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THE CHINA MAIL.

World News In Pictures

Ailing Crowds Visit Shrine;

House Comes to Order With Prayer

November 20 marked the closing of all gutes of the Holy Cross Cemetery to supplicents who came from near and far to pray for mirnele nos nt. the grave of Rev. Fr. Power. Photo shows one of the entrances with rates barred and under guard of zulier. The gates will remain closed until the Catholic Church degrees the status of the now fucous shrine.

World Altitude Record.

Pilot Koshitz (sitting), famous Soviet ace, and his colleague, are

shown with the 'plone, which they flew in the Soviet aviation contest

at Koctehell, Moscow. Their achievement carries the world's altitudo

recard to the Soviet.

Is This Napoleon's

This necklace, which is in the custody of Mra. C. F. Townsend, the Princess Barante of Italy, and her husband, a British citizen, is represented by them as being the enme necklace that was presented to Queen Maria Louise by Napoleon, on the birth of their son in 1811. The present owner of the necklace is the Archduchess Marie Therese of Austria. Mrs. Townsend is asking Customs Officials to investigata claims made by Mrs. Ernest Graham that a string of diamonds in her possession are the genuine Napoleon ones, and discrediting the validity of the Townsend diamonds,"

Thomas A. Edison Going South

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1930.

With Gleig lights and a scure of cameras providing a Hollywood setting, the House of Represen-

tativer came to order for Rta December sitting. The photo shows the legislators being led in prayer

by the Rev. James S. Montgomery.

French Flyers Home From China

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After completing their record-breaking fight from Paris to Indo-China, Maurice Bellonte and Dieudonne Coste (inset) were enthusiastically greeted at Le Bourget Field, Paris. Above picture graphically lustrates the welcome extended to the flyers, as the immense crowd gathered round the "Question Mark," The Air Ministry has awarded them the medal of the Legion of Honour for their daring trip.

Germany's New Foreign Minister

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Dr. Curtiss, well-known Gernian statesman, was recently selected to fill the post of Foreign Minister vacated by the death of the late Gustav Stresemann. The four pretty girls shown above with the new Foreign Minister are his daughters, and are typical of modern young German woman- hood.

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