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THE CHINA MAIL,

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES.

Woman High Steward

Viscountess Annie Cowdruy, widow

of Lord Cowdray, succeeds her has band as high steward of Colchester, the oldest town in England. This is

Chinese Medical Conference-

Protesting against the proposed abolition of Chinese medicine and Chinese medical practitioners, & rational con- ference was held in Shanghai at the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. A large number of delegates from all the first time in English history that medical organisations of various places assembled to discuss ways and means of defeating the proposal reported to have a woman has been appointed to this been put before the recent Health Conference held in Nanking. A number of resolutioris were passed and a delega.

tion was appointed to appeal to the third national Congress of the Kuomintang-(Chung Hwa Studio).

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When Explosion Rocked Berlin

Here's the damage caused by the explosion of a huge gasometer in Berlin. The iron container and the brick structure which enclosed

it were spread over a radius of half a mile, only the stone foundation

was left.

Vatican to Have Own Railway

Cowboy Actor

It was a beautiful romance while it lasted, but George Gillespie, handsome cowboy actor, who married beautiful Katherine Thorne, an heiress, has gone to Hollywood following a quarrel

with his father-in-law. The bride's

father. Robert J. Thorne, former pre-

sident of Montgomery Ward & Co., bitterly opposed the match, as did Clymer S. Brown, Miss Thorne's erst-

while fiance.

Hoover's Right Hand

Being secretary to the President is

is right band man for Mr. Hoover, the a busy job. George Akerson, above, new U.S. President.

Two Husbands Gone-One More to Go

Ann Mardock, stage star, is about to go through her third divorce action, recording to persistent reports from Paris. This time she is parting from Geyne (Bubble) Williams, ukulele player in Mont- martre cafes. His real name is Hallam Keep Williams, and be is * nephew of Charles Hallam Keep, Under-Secretary of the Treasury in the Roosevelt administration. Miss Murdock's first marriage was to H. Burgess Jones, and her second to Harry C. Powers, broker.

Contenders For Tunney's Crown

TUESDAY, APRIL

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Under the terme of the newly signed Papal Pact, the old St. Peter's railway station in Rome, lower, will be used by His Holiness

Pope Pius XI (inset) and other officials of the Vatican. The railway will be extended and the new track will run directly into the Vatlean

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The world's heavyweight title, abandoned by Gene Tunney last year, will doubtless be inherited by one of these three the one who can lick the other two. Jack Bharkay (at left) stands out for his impressive elimination of Young Stribling. Max Schmeling (right), the German, knocked out Risko, and is hailed by many as the coming world champlon. Then there is Paulino Uzendun (inset), the Basque Woodchopper, who recently put Christner out of the running, and now looms as the logical man to meet Sharkey in the summer, the winner to fight it out with Schmeling.

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