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| *, Late News Pictures and Cartoons .. CONFERS WITH HITLER THE LATEST FRENCH STREAMLINED LOCOMOTIVE ELT EE dls Marshal Werner von Blom- berg, Minister of Defense, who conferred with Adolf Hitler over the Franco- 3ritish demands that enlist- ment of foreign volunteers to Spain be stopped. German Our photograph shows the new streamlined engine which is now undergoing trials on the French Northern Railway. The picture was taken at the start of these trials when it pulled the Calais express boat trains from Paris. BEHIND EVERY CRIME CAREER LOOMS A WOMAN Behind every public enemy in his life of crime is a woman. Such is the observation of J. Edgar Hoover, head G-man, who is of the opinion that the women actually involved in crime them- selves are more vicious and cruel than most men. Among instances cited by him in illustration of his point are Katherine Kelly, wife of "Machine Gun" Kelly, who aided him in the kidnapping of Charles Urschel, Oklahoma oil man; Helen Gillis, wife of "Baby Face" Nelson and his con- stant companion during his criminal career; Evelyn Frechette, Dillinger's girl friend and accom- Bs "Ma" Barker, who dominated the Karpis-Barker gang and died with a machine gun in her ands. GETTING READY FOR THE CORONATION Our photograph shows the familiar scene in Parliament Square, London, where accommodation is being provided for spectators to see the Coronation which will take place in Westminister Abbey (on the left) and pass this spot on the return journey to Buckingham Palace. FRANCE DECIDES TO CLOSE DOWN "DEVIL'S ISLAND" COLONY The notorious French penal colony, Devil's Island, will not receive any more prisoners from France, according to an announcement made recently by the Government. Considered by many Frenchmen as a disgrace to the French penal system, the dread prison colony provides very few means of escape. Occasionally prisoners do break away from the colony, but few ever withstand the harrowing journey of hardship and privation which have to be experienced in order to reach the nearest port of call, Trinidad, British West Indies. Our main picture shows a group of convicts boarding the French convict ship "La Martiniere'" en route to Devil's Isle, while inset are four men who were successful in escaping from the island and reached Trinidad Ernie Drury's "Chevies" from North Bay, who were defeated 3-2 by an all-star senior team in an exhibition game here New Year's night : in an open boat. FANCIFUL FABLES FP QUICK' THROW HIM : SOME PEANUTS"! f