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WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES.
May Succeed De Groot
Ralph E. Hematreet, former district. attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn, is reported to be the successor to William A. De Groot, former U.S. district at- torney for Eastern New York, who, was ousted by President Hoover at the re- quest of Attorney-General Mitchell.
May Get Judgeship
The President will again submit to the Senate the nomination of former Senator Irvine Lenroot, above, of Wis- consin, to be a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Quizzed on
"Wet" Trip
Bishop James Cannon, jun., who has always upheld the Volstead Act, is being questioned by Congressinan LaGuardia of New York, for returning from abroad on the s.s. "Olympic," a British Hiner, and therefore a "wet" Vesset.
River Floods 6,000 Acres:
Mississippi reached Its Photo above shows a break in the levee at South Quincy, where the
The highest crest in 78 years, pouring over 6,000 acres of land and forcing 25 familles, to dec. water swirling through the gap uprooted trees and tore great chunks of earth from the broker ands of the levee. Below is one of the many homes in Canton, Mo., which set sail after being deluged by Old Men Mississippi. The kiddies, not fully realising the danger, think it is quite a lark to travel by rowboat.
Rescue Scenes at School Disaster
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1929.
Escapes With Life
Mr. L. H. Gabu was wounded during the looting of the Asiatic Petroleum Co. at Changteh, of which he is manager, later being captured by Chinese rebels, tortured and finally tied to a post and left to
starve for 18 hours ho managed to escape.
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Left shows some of the 52 injured when a tor- nada collapsed the school at Rye Cove, Va., being placed on the train to rush them outside for medical treatment. Some of the little tots are shown, upper right, being carried from the ruins on stretchers by many of the willing vulteers who rushed to their aid.
One of
the remarkable stories told by survivors is illustrated below, right. Principal A. S. Noblin of the school was outside the building and saw the wind approaching. He was "picked up bodily and thrown 75 feet into the pond shown in the foreground. The rains of the school may be seen the rear of the pond.
Modernising Ancient City
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Colonel Eari D. Church, who saw ser- vice in both the French and British. armies as well as the A.E.F. during the War, is the new Commissioner of Pen- sions recently appointed by President Hoover.
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Above is a view of Tirana, the picturesque capital city of Albania, now under the regime of King Ahmed Zogu; right. This young monarch is suing for the hand of Princess Giovanna of Italy, whose expected betrothal to Boris of Bulgaria may never materialise on account of religious differences. Tremendous changes are taking place since the reign of Zogu, who is modernising the city in many ways. Below is a portion of a new road being built from Myzeke to Berat, modern in every res pect Note the car in the forefront. Recognise its make? No amount of modernis- Sing, however, will make this Albanian youngster on the left give up the charm he
wears in his hair to keep away evil spirits.
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