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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1941)
/ Making Sparks Fly at Tank Plant This picture is typical of the way the national defense program is progressing. Here two hooded welders at the plant of the American Car and Foundry company in Berwick, Pa.f are shown at work on some of the armor plate that goes on the fighting tanks being turned out by the hundred. Tanks roll off the assembly line at a rapid rate. ‘ Panzer Parade in Captured Belgrade Radiophoto of German panzer units parading down one of the main thoroughfares in Belgrade in review before General Von Kleist, after the occupation of the Jugoslav capital. Part of Parliament square is shown in background. After 11 days of fighting the Jugoslavs capitulated. Visits F. D. R. Premier W. L. Mackenxie King, of Canada, stepping out of his car to confer with the President at the i White House. Aid for Canada on a lend-lease basis was said to have been the chief topic of discussion at > the meeting. Still Holds Floor Wendell Willkie addressing the “Americans of Polish Origin” at their dinner In New York. At left is Gen. W. Slkorski, premier of the Polish government in London. Americas to Observe Music Week Cultural relations between Western hemisphere nations will be strengthened May 4-11 as 19 Latin-American nations and Canada join the V. S. In observing National Music week. The observance will be opened May 3 by the NBC Summer Symphony orchestra (above), which will present a special concert on a coast-to-coast network. Preakness Stakes More than $50,000 in prize money will be at stake May 10 when some of America’s greatest three-year-olds run the Preakness Stakes at Balti more, Md. Bold Irishman (above) is the favorite. In addition to prize money, the winner will receive custody for a year of the famed Wood lawn vase, also shown above. Sandlot Champion 5 | Eighty thousand sandlot and semi pro baseball clubs will officially open the season on May 4. Above is Manager Nick Urban, who will lead his champion Enid (Okla.) Champlins in another attempt for the national crown. Heads Convention The annual convention of the American Association of University Women will be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5-9. Dr. Margaret Mor riss, (above) is president. Under the Wing of the American Eagle —. ~i r'M . — "~mr.. 'iit n i v?" nftiM' ■ t ..i 11 '■ Greenland came under C. S. protection when the government signed an agreement with Danish officials. Thus the Monroe Doctrine spreads northward In scope. Photos show the fishing colony at Fmanak (below) and fishing boats at Seoresbysund (upper right). Circle: Hendrick De Kauffmann, Danish minister to the IJ. 8., recalled by the German-controlled Copenhagen government, for his role in the negotiations. Cherry Blossom Time in Washington This photo shows how people walked or rode to view the splendor of the hundreds of Japanese cherry trees as they burst in full bloom around the Tidal Basin in the nation’s capital. Inset: Nancy Alden Strong: is crowned Queen of the Cherry Blossoms. With her is 8en. John Overton of Louisiana. About a quarter of a million people attended the coronation. Three Generations of Tears in Greece j As the Nazi air blitz shifts fr- m nation to nation only faces in the familiar pictures of ruined homes are changed. Censors are quick to realize that photos like the one above, taken in Greece, do much to Invite sympathy of neutrals. Here three generations of Greek peasantry weep amid ruins of their “blitzed" home. ‘Slight’ Loss in Compensation William McChcsney Martin, 34-year-old head of the New York Stock exchange, signing his induction papers at local draft board No. 15, in New York. He i« Riving up a $48,000-a-year Job to become a $21-per month selectee. 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