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NEWS OF THE WORLD AS SEEN BY THE CAMERA’S EYE. , N _ \ LOOK HERE. YOU STRONG MEN—TRY THIS STUNT. Los Angeles—Frank Richards, former sailor and now a phys ical culture exponent, dubbed the man until the rubber stomach, is shown subjecting himself to the toughest kind of a test. So flexible is his stomach that sledge hammer blows affect him not. TITLED BRITISH ATHLETE COMPETED IN PENN RELAY Philadelphia—Lord Burghley, Brit .. . ish hurdler, who came from New Zealand to participate in the Penn , Relay Games last week. , I mSmmmmmm THE “ROUND THE WORLD” FLIVVER,. „ • New York—TLii. is the “round the world” car of Albert Car ter. Goebel Reeves. "Piggy” Parks and Jimmy Rogers, disabled ex-service men, as it appeared on. the last leg of its journey which has taken them 130^000 miles since they started in 1921. » • 4 “ , • i -*..*»**m*m j > , ■ ,r v ■ - .. ,,,„„ ■ - ... , , •, , „ , .j REMARKABLE PHOTO OF SINKING JAP \ VF.SE FREIGHTER. Photo shows the crippled Japanese steamship R ’.ifnku Marn. going down nose first 400 miles ( ft Boston, carrying with it entire crew of 38. Photo by passenger aboard Homeric. 1— I BULGARIAN PREMIER TO QUIT. Sofia—Premier Tzankoff whose res :gnation has been asked by King Boris. The political crisis in Bul gar:a seems to have grown acute. ,1 . } CORNISH GIRL TO MARRY MARCONI. London—Miss Elizabeth Narcissa Paynter. of St. Buryan, Cornwall- whose engagement to Senor Marconi, the wireless wizard, was announced recently and the wedding date set. GERMANY’S NEW PRESIDENT. r Berlin—A new and specially posed photo of President Von Hindenburg, President of the Cferman Republic.