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Show PAGE TWO THE BINGHAM PRESS BULLETIN I . Fascists Celebrate Eighth Anniversary - t ivi.uer JIuh.-.lln- l. dictator of Jtiily. Inspecting his Black Shirts" in the Popolo square. Jtouie, and receiving their salute on the eighth anniversary of the Fascist party. Northern Army Fleeing Before Cantonese Tills photograph, Just received from China, shows a scene during the retreat of the Northern army before U Cantonese. The boat, loaded with men, guns and equlpmeut. Is being piloted across the Yangts river. n plilE I AMEMC&N LEGION (Cttpf for This Department Supplied by tfe G0V COMPLETES PARIS TRIP PLANS II Arrangements for the Parts con- - 1 ventlon of the Amerlcnn Legion to be j held September 19 to 23 huve prac-tically nil Ueeii completed both on this side and abroad, Jiiinea K. Barton, national adjutant of the legion, after Inspecting arrangement recently In the French capital. Kcpre-tentativ- e of veternni' organizations and high city and government officials Diet Adjutant Unrion. Itowmnn Elder, ontlonul chairman of the France con-vention committee, and John J. Wick-"er- , national travel director, upon their arrival on French noil. All expressed eagerness for the day" when their for-mer American eomntdc In ' I m,....t.t. .. ... . . , ....arum . . "wiihi inu uie ncencs or inevtona war. . Reservations tire increasing and! no dote has been set when any book-ings will close. " - ., ' ' Under the arrangements" the ses-sions of the ninth annual convention of the Legion In Purls will he held In the fnlace Tro'iidero, famous gov-ernment exhibition building. ' The Hotel Continental will be the of the Legion auxiliary and the Hotel PnlaiH d'Orsay that of "40 and 8," the play and honor society of the national organization. Thirty thousand rooms ranging In rate from $7 per week up are under contract to bouse the veterans In the French cap-ital. On September 19 there will be a great Legion parade. In which vet-erans of the allies will Join." In the reviewing stand will be Marshal James F. Barton. Ferdinand Foch, supreme commander of the allied forces; Gen. John J. Pershing, war-tim- e commander of the A. E. t and Howard P. Savuge, na-tional commander of the American Legion. , Plans and development of the France convention from the t" nlted Stiiu--n sltlt' have been going on for approximately two years. The Legion has obtained one-ha- lf fare for the rour.d trip from the veterans' home town to the ports of embarkation on this side. A l!eet of twenty eight of the largest ocean liners, of which the 8. S. Leviathan is flagship, will carry the Legionnaires to France. Hound trip steamship fures on the official Legion ships range from 80 to $370 on most of the ships, while on the S. S. Leviathan the rates ore from 151.50 up. Legionnaires will have full run of the ship and there will be a complete program of games and entertainment at sea. Most of the Legionnaires will travel with their local delegations. The landing ports abroad will be Boulogne, Havre. Cherbourg, and Ant wcrp, Belgium. Those eligible to take the trip at the legion rates on the official steam-ers fall into the following categories: Members of the American Legion In good standlr.g for UK!7 and with a ) paid-u- I0!i6 membership card ; mem- - i bers of the American Legion Auxiliary paid for the same period ; fathers and grandfathers of Legiouualres; s of women members of the Le-- i glon or auxiliary when accompanied by member wives 'r minor lineal de-scendants of Legionnaires; brides of Legionnaires In 1027 prior to the con-vention ; and newspaper representa-tives with credentials from the pub-lisher showing that they are on active duty covering the conventions. Although department quotas of space In the movement were recalled by national headquarters on March 15 there stilt remained space to be hud with local delegations, It was an nounced after a check. The Legion has prepared an attractive two-col- "On to Paris" steamship folder show-- j lug the ship assigned to the state dele j gatlnns, the official plans, rates and other information essential to veterans desiring to make a reservation for the Paris trip. Veterans may obtain one of the folders by writing either to th France convention officer of the par-- 1 tlcular state whose address may be obtained from the local Legion post or te the Franc convention commit-tee, national headquarters, the Amer lean Leglan, Indianapolis, Iod. . Actual Photo of Evacuation of Nanking I,. u . This photograph, Just received from China and transmitted from San Fruneisco by telegrauh wires shows Scene of Chicago Explosion That Killed Eight Bight dead and scores Injured was the toil of a terrific explosion and lira that turned a row stores at 8416-2- of oue-stor- y brick 6 West Harrison street, Chicago, Into a seething furnace shortly before three a. m The causa of the explosion has not been determined. LONGEST IN ALASKA .un.iiiiiiK, un girl to a tribe In northern Alaska, who Is the possessor of the longest hair In Alaska. This belle time and again has refused to have her hair bobbed, although that fad has Invaded the Arctic. - I Oldest Naval Officer Is 100 li,t'it54i a - celehrh'. the oldest living American naval officer, recently Z iJTn rl T "U"dred'h, blrthdl" at l"" ""me - Hood River. Ore. Abova of Z N..iVu-f,- Ll:u:- - C"ra-- p- - W. Northcroft a letter from Secra-tar- y Schetky was a first lieutenant on the frigate Constitution In 1876. v. b LUCKY ARTIST -.-oaoea witn what he claims to be sacks of gold, Nell Ashley, desert artist, drove up to the Elltmore hotel, Los Angeles, with the announee-- . ment that be had made a rich gold strike In Death valley, 160 miles north of Barstow. According to Ashley, he was In the Funeral mountains, 8,000 feet above the bed of the valley, painting. Toward sunset, he says, be , started down the mountainside on his homeward way. Suddenly he was at-tracted by a glittering light In the rocks. Digging Into the hillside, he found a large vein containing free gold and lead. L Unspillable Liquid Container In connection with a series of international standardization tests of electromotive force the United States bureau of standards in Washington has devised a unique unspillable container In which to transport the delicate cells on their trips across the oceans. The arrangement consists of two boxes one Inside the other and mounted by a swivel device so that, regardless of the position of the outer box, the cell Is always right side up. TO WED FRENCHMAN ' it-- ' h ',' I) ! XIII! . ' ' Sliss Helen Cussln Curusl, duughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Carusl and a popular member of the younger set In the national capital, whose en-gagement to Commandant Emmanuel Lombard, assistant military attache of the French embassy, has been an-nounced. Tha wedding will probably take place this summer. Kicks and Complaints From Fans Radio fans all over the nation are flooding members of the federal radio commission with an average of 750 letters per day full of kloks and praise. This photograph shows Judge Eugene O. Pykes of the commission with some "t the mailman's offerings p iM'Wfcii'l ; T I J "A I ' f ' - "'"4r . L 'W ' rIfft, ' J ' " I w W:W j I- - KJilr ,l ' F tirfJ".rV.'jL"---,.Jf.f.'.T- i. . DIRECTOR OF FLEET slV-- 2i Consolidation of the fleet and opera-- - Uon departments of the Merchant Fleet corporation, formerly the Shlp--' ping Board Fleet corporation, and ap-- . f polntment of E. A. Kelley (above) as director of operations, was announced by A. C-- Dalton, president. Figures in Detroit Murder Case k aHBSsiai j Dr. Frank R. Loomls, prominent Detroit physician, and Mra. Gertrude j NewelL who Is likely to be called as a witness at th trial of Doctor Loomls, ! ttarged with tha murder of bis wife. lira. Loomls waa clubbed to death In j Fabrnary. |