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NEWS OF THE DAY IN PICTURES U. S. S. New Mexico—in the Newest Battleship Mode. Representing the latest type of Uncle Sam’s war vessels, the reconditioned U. S. S. New Mexico is pictured above as she prepared to leave the Philadelphia Navy Yard to join the fleet in Cuban waters. Note the absence of a wire or tripod mast, a new innovation in battleship construction. ft* Good Pals or Triangle? Gossips say this trio constitutes a romantic triangle, but the ladv in the case asserts that they are all just “good pals.” They are Stephen Ames husband of Adrienne Ames (center), screen star, and Bruce Cabot, also of the movies, pictured at a recent Hollywood outing Xow following an unexpec. u return from Honolulu to his wife’s home, Ames! % Xew York broker, is said to contemplate a divorce a^ion. f>bot’s part, if any, remains a mystery. Accused Preacher—Two Wives Movies Get These Red Locks '-Wl—— Grace Bradley The latest recruit to Hollywood's red-hair brigade is Grace Bradley, who matches her flaming locks with a pair of hazel eyes. A child prodigy on the oiano at the age of five. Grace teas a radio artist, stage dancer and K j-—- - *-» actress before she was claimed by the screen A Banner Climb Here's the peril-fraught nocturnal trip that Policeman William En gelhart had to make up a slippery, 80 foot flagpole atop New York’s City Hall—all because Commun ists had hoisted there a salmon pink sateen banner bearing In white letters the words: “HANDS OFF CUBA.” The climb, which would have meant death or grave in;ury if he had slipped, took two tao'urs. But he brought down the banner. Mary McCormic, famous American opera diva:, »vho will shortly leave for Soviet Russia to fulfill a six month singing contract. Miss Mc Cormic’s husband, Prince Serge Mdivani, with his two brothers fled Russi# during *he revolution. He is now estranged from the songbird, with a divorce in contemplation. FLYER’S FRIEND HAS SAD TASK —---— ■ — — -a, ■' - — .1 , Stasali De Ana Pretty Stasali De Ana of Chicago, who was a close friend of Capt. Stephen Darius, one of the two Lithuanian-American flyers who p.erished in an attempted flight iwm New York to Lithuania, is a member of a committee which is erecting a monument to the. aviators in Chicago. Captain Darius and his companion, Lieut Stanley Girenas, were resident# of Chicago. Backing the NR/ ■ •■ ■ ■'I ■ ■'■■■■ I . • Just see what our “Blue Eagle" eyed photographer discovered when he took a backward glance across a Florida beach. To Sing for Soviet Beauty Starts Them on Road to Fame and Fortune I Here are a few of the beauties, male and female, who are among the 1 thirty selected from 100,000 en- ■ trants in a contest sponsored by a * major Hollywood film studio to take part in a forthcoming production, which opportunity may be the first step along the road to fame and for tune. Among the favorites of for tune are Gi! Berry, of Chicago, for GiV Berry mer Univarsity of Illinois football star; Gladys Willar, of Worcester, Mass.; Laura Lower, Birmingham, Ala.; Opal McCue,Milwaukee,Wis.; Alfred Delcambre, Dallas, Tex.; N ita Harvey, London, England; Stella Bailey, New York and Malcolm Ball, Boston. The contest was interna tional, beauties from all over the world being considered. Personality plus physical perfection was taken iiito account in selecting winners. (Central Press) Ji / >^l)paV M^Cub j J Nita I Harvey " ' IS Malcolm Ba i. .—— ma*' - — - ---!— i ii .^y AlfredDeiacambre- Stevva Baji/Ev Iaura Io\fer Fall Tweed Suit The suit is the thing for autumn. This brown tweed worn by Gloria Stuart is individualized by a smart mink cape and beige crinkled crepe blouse. La Guinan Flies from Jazz Rhythm to Religion ^ It is a far cry from the brightly-lit jazz atmosphere of a night club to the pulpit of an evangelist, but Texas Guinan seems equally at home in either. Although friends refuse to take her seriously, “Tex,” recently announced her intention of “hitting the sawdust trail,” and to prove she was in earnest made her »^bu »as a Preacher in Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, made famous by Aimee Semple McPherson. At left, Tex is pictured in night club atmosphere, where she coined the now-famous greeting “Hello Sucker!” When Tear Gas and Clubbings Climaxed Tieup in Silk Industry Hundreds or strikers had attempted to rush the gates of a silk dyeing mill at Lodi, N. J.. and this was the scene as nniiro with tear gas bombs and clubs. Pickets are shown as they dropped their placards and fled blindly from the fumes At lueM mhau were injured. Similar strikes in more than a hundred other dyeing mills brought the manufacture of silk textiles to a standstill ii east, for some 40,000 workers already were on strike from the spinning and weaving mills. 1 6UQ(l8tlli 1Q tb®