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MONDAY, AUGUST D
1929.
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The above picture comes from Iceland and shows the Swedish flier, Captain Ahrenberg, and his companions, repairing the Svorige after her forced decent. The fliers have made little progress and their present whereabouts are a little uncertain.
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Thousands, many of whom had been helped by the Salvation Army, gathered at the Army Congress Hall, London, to pay their last respecta to General Bramwell Booth, who died at the age of 73, a few months after being deposed from the loadorship of the Army. Abovo is seen a line of mournors passing the bior on which Goneral Booth rested in biato.
One of the must colourful ceremonies In the history of the American Navy took place recently when Admiral William V. Pratt, left, became commander-in-chief of the U. S. Fleet, comprising all naval vessels afloat, and Ad- miral Louis Nultou, became C.-in-C. of the U. S. Battle Fleet. The ceremony, a double one, took place at Los An golos. Bottom picture, taken from the foremnant on tho U. 3. S Toxes, showe Admiral Pratt, botween the table and
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An extraordinary scene this, but having a serious sido. A disputo has occurred between Californian ranchers and the Los Angeles County Flood Control Board, who desiro to contruct a huge ditch across their property. They do- clare the ditch would destroy the value of their ranchon, and are prepared to resist even to shopting. The picture of
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Christened "The Answer" because it was hi pod to beat the record set by the "Ques tion Mark" this plane crashed near Roosevelt Field rouently. The occupants were Miss Viola Gontry and Mr. Jack Ashcraft. The latter was killed instantly, but the lady-flier is expected to recover from the very serious injuries sho received. The machine want into a tailspin during a fog and crashed 200 feet Tho wreckage is seen above, and insot
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A view of the big Boulder Dám power project, as it will look when completed by the Am- erican Governmont, is pictured in the above sketch drawn by Government anglooors. The power plant, which lies 550 foot below the dam, is expected to develop 550,000 continous
horsepower. The dam will impound 26,000,000 acre-feet of water.
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The 64-yearolf Duchess of Bedford, right,; and Captain' C. D. Barnard are planning a speed flight from England to India in an attempt to break the present record of 50 hours." The Duchess monoplane, plotured below, is a 450-horse-
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