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...rocky sides rising sheer as a battleship's, swept by tidal currents too strong for any man to swim, a little island called Alcatraz dots the broad expanse of San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz means pelican. The island was used by the Spaniards as a harbor fortification. In its sandstone bowels are deep dungeons and underground passages. For years the War Department has used it as a military prison. Last week the island was transferred to the Department of Justice. Attorney General Cummings announced that its 600-cell jail would become the home of the nation's worst criminals...
...Brothers is exceedingly simple. It consists of assembling dancers in as many improbable patterns as possible, photographing them from unexpected angles. In this one, the chorus warms up on a few simple circles, live-pointed stars and sprocket wheels, shot from above. The novelty lies in having the chorus swim and pose in an extraordinary pool backed by a combined waterfall and diving-platform. While still immersed, Warners' geometrical water-babies arrange themselves further into formations resembling a caterpillar unfolding its legs, a zipper-fastener opening & closing. On dry land they conduct their usual gyrations on a flat stage...
Last week, day after Manning's wife gave birth to a daughter, his body was washed up at Indiana Harbor with those of his companions. They were partly dressed, unbruised, obviously had tried to swim ashore after the 'giro settled onto the surface with a faulty engine or empty fuel tanks...
...that institution's favorite daily diversion. Johnny has been roller-skating since last April, which was before his first birthday. He now boldly coasts down inclines, steers around corners. Skating is not Johnny's sole athletic accomplishment. At seven and one-half months he began to practice swimming. Now he can dive and swim under water. Other abilities: climbing up a steeply inclined plank, climbing from a 5-ft. pedestal. Johnny's trainer from the instant he was born, when she began taking a long series of moving pictures of his every activity, has been Dr. Myrtle...
...haired Ruth Tower-Corsan of Toronto: $3,000, first prize for the 10-mile Dominion Championship swim; in 5½ hr., with Evelyn Armstrong of Detroit second; in Lake Ontario...