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THE CHINA MAIL,

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES.

Home Again

Thomas Edison, world famous

inventor, steps from the train hale and

hearty after a long vacation at Fort

Meyers, Fla. Most of his time was

spent in experiments on rubber plants. He is going to Lo has now selecting &

young American from competitive ex-

aminations for the privilege of work

ing as his protege.

Five-Letter Hubby

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'Plane Comes to Grief ›

The new Sikorsky amphibian 'plane "Washington" was all set to blaze & passenger-mail 'plane route from New York to Buenos Aires, but at its first stop the ship found difficulty in arising on the muddy field at Santiago as it took off for Eavana, and it crashed telephone wires before gain- ing sufficient altitude. The plane was completely destroyed by flames, but two passengers and two fliers survived.

Channel Air Crash

Forced down en route from Croydon Field, to Le Bourget Field, Paris, the air liner, "City of Ottawa," crashed into the English Channel with the loss of seven lives, among whom was Adolph shown above, Meister, insel, af Garfield, N. The plans, sister ship of the "City of Glasgow," signalled to channel craft for he'n, which reached the 'plane soon as it hit the water, but not soon - enough to save all,

Giant Bridge Spans Canyon

Husband Condemned

Wrecked with grief, Mrs. Henry

Colin Campbell heard Judge Case at

Elizabeth, NJ., sentence her husband

to the electric chair for the murder

Mildred Mowry. of Mrs.

Mrs.

Campbell is shown above with a friend

being led from the jail at Trenton after

being refused permission to sca her

husband,

THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1929.

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Many in Indian brave and squaw rubbed their eyes in wonderment to ace the giant Colorado Canyon spanned by a bridge at Lees Ferry, Colo. Their forefathers had fought against the stream. many times trying to cross in the treacherons eddies. Now they ride quietly over the top on this latest engineering triumph. This composite picture shows how the Lees Ferry bridge compares with the Los Angeles City Hall,

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