Brownsville herald. [volume], June 12, 1929, Image 7

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NEWS OF THE DAY IN PICTURES
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President Hoover’s law enforcement commission hell its first meeting at the white house. Seated, left
to right: Roacoe Pound. Ada L. Comstock. William D. Mitchell, attorney general; President Hoover. George
W. Wickersham, chairman of commission; William S. Kenyon. Standing: R. R. Maclntoch. Monte M.
Lemann. Paul J. McCormick. William I. Grubb. Frink J. Loesch, Newton D. Baker and Henry Anderson.
Associated Press Photo
MaJ. John L. Griffith, ath’etic
Commissioner of the Big Ten,
expelled the University of Irwa
on a charge of subsidlz.nj Uh
letes.
Jack Coombs, star pitcher of Philadelphia's Athletics 20 years ago. Is
again shining In the baseball limelight, this time as coach of Duka
university's southern conference champion baseball team. Two col
lege stars developed this season by Coombs, left, are Bill Werbert.
artnrtstop, upper right; Ernie Jenkins, southpaw hurler, lower right.
Jerry Kearney, top photo, and
Lee Cochran, alleged partici
pants in the holdup and robbery
of a gambling resort treasure
car near San Diego. Calif. have
been captured by Los Angeles
authorities and have confessed,
according to the police.
It seems fairly certain, accord
ing to Washington reports, that
Senator Walter E. Edge of New
Jersey will be appointed ambas
sador to France in the autumn.
Thus the senate chamber would
furnish the two most important
ambassadorships — former Vice
President Charles G. Dawes al
ready having taken the ambas
sadorship to Great Britain.
Dawes is above. Edge below.
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In spite of his phr^ral handi
cap brought on by an extended
attack of measles, Co rdon Pecry
Whittaker. 13. of Kansas City,
Mo., finds life full of sunshine
and cheer. He plays with the
other children, unmindful of his
crippled legs. “No us? sitting
around thinking of being crip
pled. he says.
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Lee R. Mercer of Norfolk. Va.,
a sophomore at North Carolina
State college. Greensboro. Is
champion of college orators of
southern states this year and
will represent the south in a na
tional contest to be held in Los
Angeles. He won the regional
contest, speaking on The Con
stitution” In Asheville, N. C,
' Fifteen-year-old Zittenfeld twins, snapped aboard a liner bound from
New York to Europe, hope to swim the English channel from Dover,
England, to Cape Gris Nes. France. It has been swum in the oppo
site direction, to be sure, but this is the more treacherous direction.
Bernice, left, and Phyllis Zittenfeld.
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Among the young feminine flyers eager to top the endurance record
set by Miss Eleanor Smith. 28. of New York, is Miss Marjorie Craw
ford, 20. above, of Los Angeles. She has been flying since she was
15 years of age.
! Miss Joyce VVethered. who defeated her American rival. Miss Glenna
f Collett, at St. Andrew. Scotland, for British women’s golf champion
ship. receives trcphy. Miss Wethered is shown holding cup.
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Marriage license of Col. Charles A. Llndbereh and Anne Morrow, ap
plied for May 17 at Englewood. N. J., and lust made public, shown h»
gave his profession as “aeronautical consultant," his birth-place as
Detroit and his home as St. Louis*
The victory of the labor party in the general election bas restored Ramsey MacDonald (center) to a pos
ition of power in Great Britian. If he is asked to be premier again the cabinet is expected to include
Phillip Snowden (upper left), J. H Thomas (upper r'/jbt'. Sir Arthur Henderson (lower left) and John R.
dynes, all of whom served in 1924 .
Eddie Tolan. Michigan’s dusky track star, broke the world’s record at the Eig Ten track meet when he ran
the 100-yard dash in :09.5. Tolan is shown at extreme right, breasting tape. Simpson of Ohio, second t
at extre ne left.
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Leo Ycungworth. Los Angeles (right), Is expected to b« elevated to
the high office cf Imperial potentate by the Shriners now gathering
in his home town. With Youngworth is Lloyd Sturges. potentate cf
Albuquerque, N. M.
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Elwyn Dew. 17, Lorraine hlch,
Emporia. Kan., sophomore, has
towed the 12-pound shot 58 feet.
1 and 3-8 inches for a new in
tense holastlc record.
Loretta Yeung, 17-year-oli rr.o
ticn picture actress, may find
the man of her choice before
she becomes cf a^e. but cannot
many him. She has ri<rr*ed a
contract to that effect,
slander and libel.
A fellow has to know how to
sing as well as act to break into
the movies these talkie days.
John Boles, recent addition to
the cinema ' world, proves it.
Carrying greetings from the President. Mrs. Hoover ipokc a*, the
semi-centennial exercises at Radcliffe college May 31, and then visited
the home of Henry Longfellow In company with the poet s daughter,
Mrs. Jospph O. Thorpe.
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Scene around the mouih ■' a :rune at Y o. Ala., where nlm men w:e Mllid »• ■
when an explosion wrecked the workings. Only on 2 man of the night crew escape i. I he day s.ut ,
which was off, comprises 200 men.