Maryland youth breaks pole sitting record. William Ruppert, 14-year-old youth of Colgate, Maryland, as he appeared atop the flag pole in the yard of his home yesterday after breaking the pole sitting record of 23 days set by Shipwreck Kelly. Young Ruppert who started his sitting on August 1, has wor

Position is everything in life", anyway its a lot in the life of John Reynolds better known as the "human fly". He is shown doing his stuff on the flag pole of the Times-Herald Bldg. Wash ington D.C.

Tarzan paints the Senate flagpole. Washington, D.C., July 11. There comes a time each year when things around Capitol Hill need a bit of fresh paint, flagpoles no exception. Here is the flagpole over the Senate Office Building getting its new paint job, curiously enough, from a steeple-jack named Ta

Youthful radio expert

A Veteran Inventor. About 6 miles from Washington, on the edge of the little hamlet of Hyattsville, Md., may be found Dr. James Harris Rogers, wizard inventor, now 80 years old, retired from his work but still erect and energetic It was Dr. Rogers, who during the war proved that water as well as ear

In recognition of his having conducted the most successful radio show in the U.S. Alfred Stern, director of Washington's first radio show, was presented with this elaborate loop antenna by Dr. J. Harris Rogers, famous inventor. It is estimated that 50,000 persons attended this exhibition

Largest Old Glory placed on U.S. Capitol for flag exercises. An unusual view of the largest American flag in the world as it was displayed across the front of the United States Capitol where flag exercises were conducted by the United States Flag Association. The flag is 160 feet in length and 90 fe

Boy's Camp -- wig-wag *Abstract/medium:; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Add record depth reached by Navy divers. William Badders, Master Diver, U.S.N., who recently made a record dive of over 500 feet, is helped into his underwater suit just before taking an experimental dive in the tank at Washington Navy Yard, 8/9/38