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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1941)
London Town of Today A striking photograph of the city of London, looking toward St. Paul’s cathedral, which was damaged by Nail bombs earlier in the war. The city has not been bombed for many months, and much of the debris has been cleared away, but there is still “plenty of room for im provement.” Bomb-Barricade in San Francisco Following almost nightly air raid alarms and blackouts of San Fran cisco since the start of the war, the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany has installed a sandbag barricade across the front of their building. Workmen are shown here erecting the wall of sandbags, which will pro tect vital telephone equipment from possible enemy bombs. American-Built Planes Over Malaya Here we see American-built lighting planes sweeping over the dense Malayan jungle in the Singapore area. These war craft are now serving with the British Royal Air force, and giving battle to invading Japanese forces in this strategic area. The ships are Brewster Buffaloes and they are giving a good account of themselves. War News Comes to Little Tokyo This sign in Japanese is on display outside a newspaper office in Los Angeles’ Japanese colony, which is known as "Little Tokyo.” Only a scattering of persons were on the streets in Little Tokyo as residents of that section read this news of the war’s beginning. After reading the message they went quietly home. Navy Birds' Roost J I A striking view of the U.S.S. Ranger, aircraft carrier of our navy, with a part of her brood ol planes clustered on her flight deck. This photo appears in the U. S. 1 naval aviation issue of Flying and 1 Popular Aviation magazine. Explains New Draft | Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selectivr service director, who says the draft is to take only men 21—35 now, and the 18 to 64 registration is for pre paredness. Spies Convicted Several of the 14 men found guilty of conspiring to avoid registering as Nazi agents and guilty of delivering military information to Germany are shown filing from the Brooklyn, N. Y„ federal court, under guard, alter a “guilty” verdict was ren dered. Farewell Kiss A U. S. sailor, summoned to re turn to his post following the attack on Hawaii, kisses his girl good-by at Penn station, New York. It may be a long time between kisses. Battle Stations on Pacific Front Above map shows strategic points In the naval and avlal war now being waged between the U. 8. and Japan In the Pacific. Los Angeles Girds Itself for All-Out War With the U. S. and Japan fighting so close to home, maneuvers of Los Angeles Women’s Ambulance and | Defense corps turned into a public morale-building review. At left you see a demonstration of a gas mask drill, and rescue of a victim during a mock gas attack. Picture at right shows an anti-aircraft gun crew. Isle of Guam, Attacked by Japs View of Guam, our lonely Island outpost in the Pacific, which has been attacked and reported taken by Japanese military and naval forces. Guam is regarded as the key American Pacific outpost. At the upper left is the Pan American Airways terminal. Guarding America's Industries Elevated positions permit guards to give better protection to General Electric’s plant at Schenectady, N. Y. There are several guard houses such as this one. They are being built hurriedly to prevent sabotage, now that America Is at war with Japan. Atop each guardhouse will be a powerful searchlight, with armed guards Inside. East Indies Leader -- ■■■■■:■■■■.•wjqvC’Xsv.;::vWI A recent portrait of Dr. A. W. L. Tjarda Van Starkenborgh Stachou wer, governor-general of the Neth erlands East Indies. With the Jap anese move into Thailand, Nether lands East Indies are threatened. Patrol Chief MaJ. Gen. John F. Curry, who has been named national commander of the Civil Air patrol. He will seek enlistment of 90,000 licensed pilots and 90,000 student pilots. Planning Helps Late Shoppers Select Presents Despite Incessant reminders to "shop early," last-minute shoppers will crowd the stores the day or two before Christmas in a mad search for gifts. When there is little time left it is best to sit down and think over the problem before leaving the house. This sounds paradoxical, but far more can be accomplished by spending time planning than by rushing around a store without any idea of what is wanted. A little ingenuity will disclose countless presents that can be ac quired with a minimum of time. Simple combinations of articles make admirable presents. For ex ample, if the friend is a camera addict, combine several rolls of film, a flood lamp and a few flash bulb* into an attractive package. It is inadvisable to hastily select monogrammed or initialed station ery for an inveterate letter-writer. A very welcome present can be | made by enclosing a book of postage ! stamps in an extra-nice box of plain stationery. These are just two of many com blnations which will satisfy the need for last-minute presents. If you are too tired or too busy to employ even this simple device there are still several other practical remedies. Fill in that subscription blank for your favorite magazine that hae been around the house, and wrap a current issue in an attractive car | ton with a note explaining that there are 12 more to come. Only be care ful that the friend does not already subscribe to the magazine or your I present will lose a good share of ita interest. Another welcome gift can be se cured at the last minute by tele phoning the local theater for a few | tickets. Then write a little note, preferably in rhyme, and include it with the tickets. A little ingenuity will disclose countless presents that can be ac quired with a minimum of time. By all means don’t buy things that come in sizes unless you are sure of the size. And don’t buy a gift that may have to be exchangee unless the store will exchange the ; article willingly. Apple Ornaments Santa Claus will get a big sur prise when he sees this tree being decorated by a young lady from Virginia. The tree is completely dec orated with brilliant red, yellow, green and mottled apples, dried ap ple tinsel and crab apple lights. Holly Decoration Used In Pagan Celebrations Holly has become closely associ ated with Christmas, but why, no body knows. Some claim that holly, with its thorns and blood-red berries, sym bolizes the crown of thorns worn by the Saviour. Another belief is that the use of holly as Christmas decorations was handed down by the pagans. The Romans dedicat ed the plant to Saturn to be used at the Saturnalia, his festival, oc curring in December. At about the same time the early Christians cele brated the birth of Christ, and to protect themselves from prosecu tion. they decorated their homes with holly. Holiday Decorations Christmas decorations are an ad mirable first aid to the Christmas spirit They usher the holiday feel ing into the home and revive that belief in Santa Claus we all need so much. So hang the house with holly and mistletoe. Hang a bow tied wreath of holly on the door. Bring out the festive candles, deco rate the mantel with spruce, and dangle shiny balls where they will capture the eye. When you’ve made the house bright and gay you’ll be aglow with the true Christmas.