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Polish Minister and party fly to Savannah, GA., to honor General Pulaski on 150th anniversary of death. The Polish Minister to the United States, Honorable Tytus Filipowicz and the American Minister to Poland John B. Stetson, with a party of friends left Washington by plane today for Savannah, GA., to attend ceremonies commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of Brig. General Casimir Pulaski, hero of the siege of Savannah. In the photograph, left to right: Commander Louis Sable, French Naval Attache; Colonel Laborski; Polish Minister Filipowicz; Viktor Padoski, first secretary of Polish Legation; Waclaw Sicrosjowski, Polish author; and John B. Stotson, American Minister to Poland

Poland's tribute to America. Heard three thousand confessions, this old Polish priest has undoubtedly heard the confessions of more condemned men than any other curate in the world. For years he he has been stationed at the citadel in Warsaw where, during the Russian occupation of Poland, men were executed daily behind the walls of the secret prison. Three thousand Polish patriots, condemned for working to restore Poland to freedom, were sent to the fallows which still stand in the citadel court yard. All went to their death with the sustaining comfort of the same old priest. Now that they gloomy old citadel is open to the public, the old priest remains there as chaplain for the Polish army units that have their headquarters there

War Secretary greets Soviet Polar Flyers. Washington D.C. July 26. The second crew of Soviet Flyers to successfully fly from Moscow to the United States via the North Pole, were received by Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring today. In the photograph, left to right: Sergei Danilin, navigator; Andrei Yumasheff, co-pilot; Secretary woodring; Mikhail Gromoff, pilot; and Constantine A. Oumansky, counselor of the Soviet Embassy in Washington. 7/26/37

Poland's tribute to America. Old Glory flies over Warsaw, as a testimonial to America which is the model of the new republic, Poland this year declared America's Independence Day a national holiday. The celebration, a demonstration before American Red Cross personnel and either Americans in Warsaw, was one which has never been surpassed in the United States for enthusiasm. All day long the Stars and Stripes floated from the tower of the city hall in Warsaw, Poland's capital, and all day thousands of children marched through the great plaza beneath the flag and before the replica of the Statue of Liberty which was erected on the high balcony of the opera. The celebration is shown in detail in the Red Cross motion picture film "Poland's tribute to America"

Poland's tribute to America. Warsaw's skyline, gleaming across the wide vistula, is one of the most famous in Europe. Its quaint old roofs blend with the new and modern structures and over all towers the domes of the great Russian cathedral of Alexander Nevski. It was to remove this Russian note from the Polish architecture in the skyline that the Poles at first planned to destroy the cathedral after the war. The plan was changed, however and the great domes will remain as a part of Warsaw's skyline

Poland's tribute to America. This is the first of the delegation of 20,000 Polish children who marched in Warsaw on July 4 in honor of America, whose Independence Day has been made a national holiday by Poland. One by one the schools marched into the square before the Opera until the entire plaza was filled with enthusiastic youngsters shouting and singing before the replica of the Statue of Liberty which was erected in the high balcony of the opera, which constituted the reviewing stand for American Red Cross workers and other citizens of the nation being honored

Poland's tribute to America. The Russian gallows, six Polish patriots at one time were suspended from the gallows in the old citadel at Warsaw during the regime of the Russians who for years held the country. Three thousand, in all, paid the penalty of death on the gallows for attempting to free their country. The gallows, now surrounded by a fence, are preserved by the Poles as relic of the days of thralldom

Poland's tribute to America. Miss Liberty in Poland, the Statue of Liberty held up her light on July 4 as brightly in Warsaw, Poland's capital, as she did in the harbor of New York. A replica of the famous statue was erected on the balcony of the National Opera on Independence Day, which is now a national holiday with the Poles. The celebration this year was arranged as a testimonial to the Americans of the Red Cross, the embassy and other organizations now in Poland. The square before the opera was the scene of the celebration and the balcony was the reviewing stand for Americans

Poland's tribute to America. The Avenue third of May, formerly Alleja Jeruzalemski, is the favorite promenade of Warsaw people on summer afternoons. At the end of the street is the great Nikolai bridge nearly a half mile long, spanning the Vistula. The street is wide and well paved and is lined with parks and shade trees. The new name of the street was bestowed in honor of Poland's "Constitution Day," May 3

Polish Minister and party fly to Savannah, GA., to honor General Pulaski on 150th anniversary of death. The Polish Minister to the United States, Honorable Tytus Filipowicz and the American Minister to Poland John B. Stetson, with a party of friends left Washington by plane today for Savannah, GA., to attend ceremonies commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of Brig. General Casimir Pulaski, hero of the siege of Savannah. In the photograph, left to right: Commander Louis Sable, French Naval Attache; Colonel Laborski; Polish Minister Filipowicz; Viktor Padoski, first secretary of Polish Legation; Waclaw Sicrosjowski, Polish author; and John B. Stotson, American Minister to Poland

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Polish Minister of Industry talks to press club. Washington, D.C., May 10. Antoni Roman, Polish Minister of Industry and Commerce, was a speaker today before the Washington Press Club. He told members, in an 'on the record' speech, that Poland is quite able to take care of itself. Left to right: Roman, Arthur Hachton, President of the press club, and Count Jerzy Potocki, Ambassador from Poland

Carte particulière du havre de Boston avec les sondes les bancs de Sable, les rochers les Amaies et les autres directions utiles à la navigation.

Pächter Robert. Libretto. German

Michigan photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Estella Marie Zanni, daughter of the Military and Air Attache of the Argentine Embassy and Senora de Zanni

Receives French decoration. Former Secretary of State Kellogg received the cross of the French Legion of Honor yesterday. In the group, left to right are: Jules Henry, First Secretary of the French Embassy, Paul Claudel, the French Ambassador, Frank B. Kellogg and Secretary of State Stimson

Senora de Young, wife of the Naval attache of Chile and daughter Sonia

George Peck's grand revival of Stetson's Uncle Tom's cabin booked by Klaw & Erlanger.

Pächter Robert. Libretto. German

My heart is like the sable night

[Views from offshore of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, with ships passing near shore]

Commandment of West Point Cadets is decorated by Spanish Ambassador to U.S. Lieut. Col. Campbell B. Hodges, Commandment of Cadets at West Point, being decorated with the Spanish Military Cross of Merit by Ambassador Padilla today. Col. Hodges received the decoration for his service at the American Embassy in Spain from 1923 to 1926. In the photograph, left to right; Maj. Victoriane Casjaris, military attache of the Spanish Embassy; Col. Hodges; and Ambassador Padilla

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