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Show ; f ' vi. .. s I 'in ii v V : ?&':4 1 M J rivt! a 2 isliMto Adele I PORTIA New York City. reeent-r,ied.- d head of tlie National iitiun of Women Lawyera, tall 1 upon mrn and women fGKllVS il..,,. y, a for united action to d order. ybbli'h iim-ri- i I- ... -' In connection with 50th anniversary of establishment of rural mall delivery, the past and present of the Is shown postal servlre are depu ted in this picture. A navy helicopter of a new five-cca on three-poihuge replica a landing perfect making airmail stamp. The stage coach at right sy mbolUcd the type used to deliver mall in the last century. PAST AND PRESENT ' i ' e iV vA vi?W r ;apPv- - nt j ' BLAST WRECKS SCHOOL . . . Crowds of anxious parents and volunteer rescue workers lathered quickly at the Baroila consolidated school at Baroda, Mich., followinf a bolter explosion in the basement of the school which killed one child and injured at least IS others. When reports were first received at Chicago rescue planes with medical supplies were rushed to the scene. Dire Predictions on Founding Oi D.F.D. Foil To Materialize ffSll . , .. BYRD HONORED Bear Adm. Richard Evelyn ird planning another Antarctic who was recently apedilion, petroled s gold star In lien of legion of Merit for i second secret service during roast war years. IPJHKAL W. Va.p was viewed by some as "so-- ng 30 was 5106 846,521, representing cost of $3 50 a year per patron. When Representative John ODonnell of Michigan Introduced the first Transportation Varies. bill for a rural mail delivery system declared For years the mall was carried In in 1892, critics In congress that sending men and horses all up buggies drawn by teams. Later weatherproof wagand down rural America with the sprcialiy-lniilt- , ons were utilized. Now, most permail would bankrupt the country. sons on rural routes get mail delivDoomed Gatherings. ered by automobile, of course, but Others argued that mail delivered there still are many routes in northto the farmers door would give ern states where horses and sleighs him less opportunity to gather at come into use in winter and some In the post office store and thus would mountain states where horseback destroy his social life. delivery still is In vogue. Rural free delivery proved Itself Even some farmers were rea boon to rural dwellers from the luctant to sign up for the experifirst, relieving the Isolation of farm ment, one West Virginia farmer life. With more rapid distribution of who liked hlo toddy seeing his and magazines. It newspaM-r- s regular excuse for coming into moved not only the town but also town being snatched away from the state, nation and world Into ruhim. It saved farmers often ral communltlei. Postmasters themselves were unhappy about the proposal. trips to towns. Aarlcd Services. Many postmasters, particularly in mall communities, were storekeepIn the best tradition of rural ers as well and they gloomily foresaw loss of customers as the need mail delivery, carriers have secured to come in for the mall was taken aid fur sick people, notified farmers that their stock was out, put In lira away. alarms, helped with stalled vehicles Small O (fires Closed. and performed Innumerable other Other postmasters were worried services. that the new system would elimiThe main of nate the need for their little cross- is to get thejobmall R.F.D., however, through, and in free rural roads postoffice. Actually, these 50 year carriers have more of course delivery did result, in the than carried on the postal mandate 0 time. In discontinuance of some given in the New York post offourth class postnfficcs. fices free translation from Herodowere Some unrealistic soul tus. ancient Gretk historian: worrlrd that farmers would be Not snow, ner rain, nor heat, spoiled by such o luxury service. nor gloom of night alaya these emulatfarmers foresaw They couriers from the swift compleing city folks, even to the extion of their appointed rounds. the to from stir tent of refusing house until the morning paprr had been read. In 1893, hnwever. a bill providing for an experimental rural mail delivery route received congressional of an DOVER, N. J. approval. Three years later enough old Iron mine In Discovery an unsurvryed to the available waa begin money wooded section of PIratinny srse-nnWest Virginia experiment. reservation recalled RevoluWithin nine months, R F.D. had tionary war period mining In this 82 from to routes, i.perating grown area. The old mine was found by 43 post offices in 29 different states. two arsenal guards while posting Ten year later this number had no gunning" signs. increased to 37,728 routes covering Abandoned mine have nearly a million miles of road. Since been discovered in theworkings four northern that time rural roads have been im- New Jersey countips of Morris. Warproved. permitting a consolidation of Sufscx and Passaic. Seldom, ren, numroutes and a reduction in the ore large working uncovber. Total miles covered by car- however, ered that have gone unnoticed for riers, however, have bren increased. Holistic" and "ridiculous." ! -fto iroabla ! ire m ;o!Eif tin. k"'t Stun vaunt ! ! 1.20 n (V-- HONOR YANK PIGEON . . . Credited with flying 21 miles In 28 minutes with a message that saved the lives of 108 Allied soldiers during the Italian campaign, G.I. Joe," a V. 8. army pigeon receives Britain's highest award for animal valor, the Dlckin Medal, In a ceremony at the historic tower of London. It was the first time a bird or animal ever received this medal. MaJ. Gen. Sir Charles Keightley Is decorating the pigeon. Insert Is a close-u- p of G.I. Joe. it: W w WHBf im, MOB Mtisaa I0BEL WINNER . . . Prof. Don-d-f W. Kerst, 25, University of Rinds physicist, who has been aounced as a 1916 winner of Re Nobel prise for bis contribu-l-u to physics on his research yrrtaining to Features From a humble beginning in 1896 when four men on horseback and a boy on a bicycle embarked on the first experiment in carrying mail to rural areas, the rural free delivery service 0f post oflice department has expanded to a $100,000,000 ,,nterprjse as jt notes the 50 anniversary of its establishment this year. Financed by a congressional appropriation of $40,000, the initial experiment of free mail delivery in JeiTerson county, StjWTSk.! & n - ad Ion :idio4 kr G01DEW JUBILEE V J out RODEO AT FENITENT1ARY . . . Views of tha rode staged la the Texaa slats penitentiary at II Bert Slone hoc Music waa provided by women prisoners, who call themselves tha Gorce Gals. the and his trained mule were In tha cast to provide laugh. Bert waa released from tha penitentiary next day. Racing, roping and wild mare milking contests all contrlbstrd to make the rode a aaceeao-fu- l event. Profits ga lata a general fund to provide for tha rehabilitation program. ; atomic science. CALIFORNIA WF.ATIIER , . . Whea freak rabia of torrential proportions hit Lang Beach, Calif., daring southrra California's stormy weather, tha northern section of Long Beach wan flooded with npwurdu of ala Inrhea of water. Hera lifeguards a sc navy plana crash host to evacuate Inhabitanto af a trailer parh. T ii fiiM1'- - enwiii 'lOfipcj p 30,-00- Old Revolutionary Mine Discovered ls iwifth ct ii Mia' JfcS - mite'ii W1 und-- n( fkem h HOPE . . to double might with whirh he topes to take American pugilis-- 1 to honors and earn some of Ihc fwd old American currency, Hired Ccrdan, French boxer, too his fists at American cm- tossy while awaiting visa. ESCAPE IN FRANKFURT . . . Although It must seem unusually tame to people who have looked aloft in terror as Allied bomber showered down thrlr loads of death and destruction, the arrial show riti-seIn battered Frankfurt proved a main attraction for who tried to forget a multitude of troubles that beset tiiem. war-wea- ry 12,000 G.l.s ipnfl flP . . rrinee Carl Gustaf, third line of In succession to the Swedish rnio, poses for first photo. The prince is the first son of 'ipg !T::r p Gulaf Adolf and Pin-r- '' hyll. IN THE GOOD OLD WINTER TIME . . . They are traveling a mile a minute on their water skis at f ypre. Gardens. Fia.. but Rill tiilzlr, who hails from Anaheim, Calif. land if this he treason, make the most of ill finds time to put the eye" on Nancy Millcy, Florida aquatic star. If the California ihamher of commerce want to know why Bill Is vacationing in Florida, away from hs own bailiwick, the Florida rhamber of commerce will answer. d rcf-ir'- ed Arsenal engineering division msps reveal that Chester Iron company was one of Ihc early owners of the abandoned mine site. Official believe the workings may have been eiti er the Copperas mine or Green Por.d mine. Ore for coiiTiMibnlii f :r Washingtons C"n'lncninl army was taken from hoh mines. ARMY H one-arm- MSgl. Richard Montgomery, b-- rr OLDEST nERO . . . Austin Denham, 96, or Los Angrlra, believed to be the oldest living holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor, recently was presented a medal by members af lp Bcllarmlne-Jcfferso- guards. n F h' IV ( "k -- ! Pedals at 82 HASTINGS. NEM - M.v rrr; j '. ".I.1'.-,- . Martha .s tT sy ; '4sis, . i , a. Abandon War Brides At least 12. W) wartime marriages between Anutr- lean soldiers and foreign women al- have broken up. R. G. Mas- trude, official of the Irileinritior.al rn his migration service, return to the United States af'er a survey in Europe. In a large jierreutage if raie. Mast rude said, the G1 brides were slir.ply abandoned. The st'ldicr gees home, nnd that's NEW YORK. 'Wf niSH 1IE1R . year. Serve Eight Million. Now. on the 50th anniversary year, 32.161 rural routes arc In operation, 428 of them being routes. Thousands of friendly rural carriers, rain or shire, carry mail to nearly eicht million families along R.F D. routes today. Average Irngth of R.F.T). routes Is 44.g mile. Longest route, rovering 1111 mile, operate out of Anlnnitn, Colo. The shortest is C miles, operating from Glrnshaw. Pa. Average daily travel for the entire K.F.II. is LI33.K01 miles, or more Ijian 57 times the distance around the earth at the equator. for the R.F D. Total expend. during the fiscal year end ng Jure . . . Pleas of a Pittsburgh, I'm., to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower for permlsiiion to resume hi urmy servlre prompted the army chief of staff to welcome liark Into servlre thousands of disalilrd combat veterans for limited service. Ma J. Gen. administered oath to Montgomery, right. Edward F. Wilsrll, he was sworn into the army as the first disabled combat veteran the service. to DISABLED VET I j -- the last hi wife in Europe ever of him. We have discovered that a great many gave false drescs in America. Countless mar- riai'i'S weie L!cair'js, the man already having a wife in the United States." Masr.ide declared. s iiiternaiinrinl on divorce laws ns Maslndc said it is possible fur an American to divorce a foreign wife without notifying ter. lirsf-.'iiri- agree-mci.t- "upfor-tiir.ntr- ," 'A'-'jM - HOLY CARPET GOES TO MECCA . . . One of the moat picturesque of Moslem ceremonies, the departure of the lloly Carpet for Mecca, took place In Cairo, Egypt, recently. Here Is the carprt, loaded on a cam el, just before the departure. Every yrar the Egyptian government srnds to Arabia girio which are to adorn Meeeaa shrines. Most important of these ia the Holy Carpel, a huge black brocade, embroidered wilb gold thread which Is laid over Ka'Aba. - ' A- - - v.f 'V .' j . : i LEAD REDS . . . Maun-le- a Thanes, head of thu Communist party of France, whose party won 168 seal to the i Ilona! assembly, the largest ber of nay single party. MAY mj w & |