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Show - ;Je sf ft rlWNl 'vV4V.,i 'f t nr .aK v- r tr '''' I t:.c I ' S;ort3' ' .:, I1' i "g . V-- ; ; r 'V'- ' V1- ' ' trf . J - a. - -. ,, 4 .. A y-- V. y t , ' &.' Mz, b S f ' V & ? 'r--t ' A :&h- !'" KAf ... FLLlJOBS HEAD . . . Edwin G. Nonrse, vice president ef the Brookings Institute, Washington, who has been named by President Truman to be chairman of newly created economic advisory council for fall employment. In conneclion with the 450th anniversary STUDY I CONTRASTS of founding uf Ciudad Trujillo, oldest rit in the nrw world, a recent airview of tin' city itnp photo) shows him tile recent modernisation program has transformed the aneient city into one uf the most modern in Latin America. Parallel to the sea runs Avenida Washington. The shaft is the Dominican Washington munumcnl, dedicated to lasting friendship between the Dominican republic and the Coiled States. In sharp contrast is the street scene (lower phulol showing Ciudad Trujillo at the time when it still was known as Santo Domingo. At that d uf the nation was and time mure titan ill-fe- onc-tliir- HIRERS TAKE TO AIR . . . More than 5M flying farmera from Illinoii, Michigan, Wisconsin kO their Irartora and combinrs to By to Lafayette, Ind., to attend the first annual flying and Indl-farmer d m ' THE OLD AND THE NEW - to prove that the airplane will play an Important part in Midwest till lay at Purdue university, and The new group, which has 1,056 members, watched demonstrations. gridHure. i New World's Oldest City Fete Stages Anniversary of the ; NEW ARIZONA GIIOST TOWN . . . Fhoto ahewi town ef Jerome, Arli., founded on the sloping aides of I bo mountain from which rich ore wna taken over a period ef more than 66 yearn of mining, leaving the town dry from ere. The site produced more than (GOO.OOf.CM In copper, uilvrr end gold and will be abandoned nest year. Businessmen plan te develop the area as n tourist center wilh dude ranches, resorts end private schools, so it will not be n ghost city. ';.c 1-'- " y; ) ? ' ; ''X first buildings in Amor-- . ruins of some ica stand picturesquely among muJcrn structures, suspvn-- , sion bridges, spacious boulevards, fine hospitals and schools in the oldest city in the western hemisphere, Ciudad Trujillo in the Dominienn republic, which on Sunday, August 4, ob- -. served the 4!)0lh anniversary of its founding. Moss-covert- d IMS I h K.l masted caravel, mudiltii after one of Columbus' ships, soiled up the the foundOzuma river to first ing of western civilization's permanent site. Wearing lute 15th century costumes, sailors moored the ship to a replica of a tree used by Columbus' biolher, nartolume, when he founded the city in 14:ili. Share With Haiti. The original city, nuinrd Nucva Isabilla in honor uf Spain's c;ueen, was lucated on the south shore of the island wiiich Columbus named Hispaniola. Hispaniola, second to Cuba in size among the West Indies, lies between Cuba and Puerto Iticj in the Greater Antilles chain. Sharing the island wilh Haiti, the Dominican republic occupies its a nal idi! 'K&y.lSr fW Vi A BABY TIirN AM) NOW . . . Whrn Richard Kose-a horn in 1913, he weighed Just II ounce. Dm tors figliling to r the life uf as shown dip tiny mite fed him wilh an rj Hr wm krpt In nn Inrahator. Today, Richard U a atraniiiij lu( man of 40 pounds, of sturdy bmly and musilrs. j K i;;! mf. the KV : - p'-- I ; '.' - pf. " ,V'f . i & ...C j?: x ' i - . s 4 :i ; r h wsr on rsgweed, hblimej for most of the miseries of hsy fever victims, was 11 campaign got underway to eradicate the weed eM wr0k,ya Fhoto shows city employees spraying a luxurious growth In six to weeds with herbicide, dichlorophenoxyacctle. plants die from a .01 per cent solution of upraying. fmpbL Mntrol of ragweed Is now possible. i POTATO BLOSSOM QUEEN . . . Miss Yvrtte Gagne, Van Burcn, from Me., who was chosen some 15 queen candidates and crowned Maine potato blossom queen by Gov Horace Hildreth daring festival at tloultoa, Maine. j ' i ld vine-cover- 4 ... ONE YEAR AFTER ATOMIC BLAST . . . Here is a view at the i' ef llinivhims, Japan, n year after the cosmic blast that shook the world was released by I'. S. air forces. Utile attempt lias been made at lion due to laik of building material. During Ihe (leaning up hundieds of loidie were rceoicrrd from (lie debris. It Is estimated lliat between 6,01)0 and 10.001) corpses still lie under (hr ruins of tln eity. CAN HE SWIM Can n pig swim? Koine authorities say they are excellent awimmrra, aome My no. It Is maintained by some that tin! natural fat keeps them afloat. Olliers Inslxt they would sink from thylr own weight. Pictured hair and hearty Is Ilg 311, who was said to have brrn found swimming afler the Jap cruiser Sakawa went down following first Bikini atom bomb lest. v w 0 biaiicis Drake In 15SG. Spani.h interest was diverted to mainlai J mineral wealth. Internal quarrels, at'acks by English, French and pi-- r .'(-thinned the colony to 50!) pe I V V- - : " , A'9''? i s by 1735. An Oddity steps. i' " .tS ass for hay FEVER SUFFERERS . . . Full i tuber-cu- li n The WHATS YOUR NAME . . . Calmsandwich In ly munching on Philadelphia police station, where he Is comfortably enacoased, this lad answered nil questions by asking others. Ho wanted to know all, but told nothing. At latest report the police still were Dying te determine his name. Irnpnrlant voyages ul discovery. cer.luriei of decay fnlovced C!.; line of the settlement by Sir Woman Mail Carrier No Longer . ultra-moder- AT POLICY CONFERENCE . . . Three memREPRESENTATIVES bers of the National Irague ball cluba, left la right, Marty Marian, St. Louis; Dixie Walker, Brooklyn, and Bill Herman, Boston, who will represent players at policy meet to discuss reforms and adjustments. Including pensions and expenses, pay and other enntrart provisions. The movement was started following attempts to nnionlie ball players sad do away with some objectionable practices. Two designed by Benvenuto Cellini, famous Italian artist, and other priceless items. SEATTLE. Acc pled an.'u.q thi rr.Lii in the station urcl the hij an her route sri,smn 1 veteran and a neihhiiih'.ijii fixture, Mrs. Ellen Xirmo. stibit.tu'.e nuiil rairier at the Smttle pi st cihce fur the last two years, is pl.mnirg to take civil service x:imin;.l,oi.s lor pcrmaneiit nppou.tmnril. Reriillinc her fiist day as a letti r I said, carrier, Mrs. N'ermo thought o..e woMian was gotr.g to faint when she saw me come up i were launcliri, conquest fortes, Balboa, Piarro, Ponce lie Leon, De Soto and others made it the starting point of i. (TIl Rdl 1 lll.ASI. ItE . . . Valued at live million dollars, the above church treasure was on display during Ciudad Trujillo's anniversary fete. Included are the original cross planted on the island by Columbus, an altar bell A. er jl s ' L a citys ls r - : l lit- I'A T"4 ' uJJw:-: X' s, ' . monastery in America offers an exciting contrast to the modernistic verandas uf the Jaragua hotel, reputed to be the finest resort hotel between Miami und Rio de Janeiro. The Cathedral of Santo Domingo, another first" fti the Western hemisphere, is close to a long row of modern government buildings. Wrecked by Hurricane. Two violent hurricanes striking 428 years apart each stimulated the community's growth. The first In July, 1502, demolishing the few flimsy buildings of the post The second struck the Dominican capital in September. 1830, a few days after Trujillo became president Through must of the lGlh cental y, Sarto Domingo thrivid as Spain's cap.tal of the western world. visited it often, even ignoring a royal decree when be stopped there on his last voyage. In accordance with his wishes, he was buried there. Azln.-- of the great now rest in the Cn'heitral of Domingo, await. ng tr:i:;:,fi r the Columbus Men.' r :,l h.Tlit-!- . '.isc, soon to be built :. a high p: "lriontory jm.t outside li'o city ! ns a beacon for ships plains. Nobles seeking gold, siieu-lisand rxpliircr, rich, enterprising merchants, fia, ki d to tho new world's capital, nijlnnz it a springboard I ruin which new K - - .. wv 'Sis hospital. arch of the first ' v i M Han-tem- rigl-tfu- a V .4.' FAMOUS TREE . . . Two nuns and a little girl stand at the base of Ciudad Trujillo's famous tree, the old cottonwood to which Bar tiilomr Columbus, brother of the new world's discoverer, moored his ship in founding the oldest city lu the Western hemisphere. India, was believed to have died and been burned on funeral pyre, IT years later rrgained his memory and was awarded his property rights, lie reported that rain had pot cut the lire and hrouglit him out of ronia and (hat for l as a beggar years he over Iiv:i:i. The I.o:,l Privy council now has ruled that he Is the owner of a huge estate with a yearly Income. who Kt ..SfiiTtR of grand-daught- pTSC ra Kay DAUGHTER . . . Mrs. Alexander McCormick Sturm, Weilport, ef the late Conn., President Teddy Roosevelt, la shewn with her daughter, Joanna. Mrs. Stnrm is the daughter ef Alice Roosevelt. 9 REGAINED MEMORY AND RIGHTS . . . Rajah Kumar Xarayan S !;' ; Long called Santo Domingo, the city was renamed Ciudad Trujillo (Trujillo City) iu 1936 after President Rafael Trujillo, iu gratitude fur his efforts In reconstructing the city along modern lines after a hurricane in ItCiO almost completely demolished the city. Proud of their capital citys long history, the 2.000,000 people of the Dominican republic are even mure conscious of its modernity and Ruins of the first hospital built in the Americas arc a short distance from the sun decks DECONTROL BOARD . . . Future price conirol will rrst with n three-ma- n price decontrol kut Recently named to the board by President Truman are, left to right: Daniel W. Bell, Wsshlng-h- s, D. C., former undersecretary of the treasury; Roy L. Thompson, New Orleans Federal Land Bank pnident, chairman; and George II. Mead, Dayton, Ohio, former chairman of the Industrial advisory bird anler the KRA and member of advisory board of Ollier of War Mobiliiation. Tfcsj Kv H'), 'vvf eastern TEBEE-M.T- GREAT - GRAND TEDDY'S As a highlight of the fete, a three-- 1 I j i ' Mid ired." - Kids used to whimper ' ... i f . . g.n! whf.u " i r.. Her only trouble, Mr. N'ermo in- was with a housewife af r she made a wrung delivery of a i'.l- ter This woman kept lecturing - about the mistake and I took it m long as I could, then told her off." Mrs. Nermo said. f , ff ' b .. .. f ' ,, Mrs. .N'ermo was among Uie worn, ro bind by the Siattle post i.fhc wl.ui war depleted ranks of carnets. Mi'ts, f i j . A i s. - J feMM ... Americas chickens will bo IDEAL CHICKEN OF TOMORROW bigger, consumers will eat more ef them because of their tastier qualities, If poultry scientists showed at baby chirk convention, SL Louis, hare their way. Shown with painting of Ideal chicken are Dr. R. George Jaap, Oklahoma A AM college; Dr. S. S. Munro, Washington Cooperative Chirk association, and Dr. T. C. Byerly, U. S. department of arii culture, Washington. FIRST AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR First United States am- ,,, bassador te Australia, Robert Roller, Is shewn a ha took oath f office. Former representative! aR held tha rank af mlnlstera to Australis. |