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Show i Training Winged Gladiators At U. S. West Point of the Air that the government has launched its huge preparedness camclasses at Randolph Field, Texas, Uncle Sams West Point the paign, of the Air, will be bigger than ever. The course consists of about 70 hours of flying, of which 3 0 hours are dual instruction and 40 hours solo. Civilian candidates must be unmarried male citizens of the United States, between 20 and 27, in excellent health and of spotless character. Now President Promotes Pan-Americ- an Friendship i unity, given impetus at the recent Havana conference, received further promotion when members of the South American delegations were entertained by President and Mrs. Roosevelt on the family estate at Hyde Park, N. T. The President shouts over the heads of cameramen for his car so that he can take the wives of the delegates for a ride around the estate. Delegations from Argentine, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay were among the South Americans entertained. Present at a luncheon in honor of the delegates was Capt. Joseph M. Patterson, New York publisher. Pan-Americ- an Irish Coast Guard Sows Death in Dublin Bay x v . A-- , '' V 1 The eyes of this cadet are underParachute instruction. The cadets going a. rigid test. Ears, heart and are dropping the skyhooks with muscular action also come in for d dummies in a special room at rigid inspection. Randolph Field. 200-poun- g Members of Eires coast guard are shown in three stages of operations as they speeded defense measures for the protection of the Irish coast against the possibility of attack by invading naval forces. The mines are of a remote control type which can be set off from shore stations by throwing an electric switch. Premier Eamon de Yalera has rallied his countrymen in a program to protect Eires neutrality and be ready to defend the Emerald Isle in case of attack. mine-layin- Baby Robins Sing for Their Breakfast Its mighty convenient when a picture flies right into the hands of a cameraman. That was the experience of a photographer in Baltimore , who took the above views of a Robin family. The birds built their nest in his yard and he was able to snap the parent bird, left, looking anxiously to see if the other parent is on the job digging up worms. At right, papa has just returned, his beak full of worms for the babies who are mighty hungry. Hell dole them out evenly. Proudest Widow Proudest widow in England is Mrs. Harry Nicholls who learns that her husband who died in action had been awarded the Victoria Cross, highest award for gallantry. She shows her baby daughter one of her fathers trophies. Almost x500 pilots-to-b- e are now in training at Randolph Field, which at present has 200 training planes. Photo shows student pilots and planes just before the daily program gets under way. Left: Calisthenics are part of the strenuous daily routine the fly in cadet, undergo in ,, r w -- j Mi Cm- . b x.v ' |