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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1942)
Racing Against Time—And Tide Jt Time and tide wait for no man, we’re told. So the Zebulon Pike, a new freighter, was launched at five in the morning because the next tide would be at 5 p. m. That would have meant a 12-hour delay in laying the keel for the next ship, and in this war, time is important. The launching was made at the California Shipbuilding yard, Los Angeles. Leaders Discuss Caribbean Defense Rear Adm. John H. Hoover, left, commander of Caribbean naval coastal frontier; Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, commander of Carib bean defense command; and Maj. Gen. James L. Collins, right, in com mand of Puerto Rican department, are shown at San Juan, Puerto Rico, as they discuss defense measures during an inspection tour of the Carib bean defense command. U. S.-Built Planes in Libyan Desert When the British made their last drive across the desert, American built Tomahawks, like the ones shown here, helped push the enemy back. In the top photo a squadron leader addresses his men before taking off. Below: The alert has been sounded and ground crews rush toward the planes to warm them up. Army Takes Over Terminal Island It was “moving day” for Japanese residents at Fish Harbor as United States troops took possession of the harbor under a federal condemnation writ, and scores of Japanese families began their mass evacuation of Terminal Island area in California. Photo shows soldiers patroling a Japanese section, while a truck loaded with household goods passes by. Dummy Periscope A submarine torpedoman is shown here with a dummy “periscope,” found floating near Pearl Harbor. Designed to lure army and navy patrols into wasting bombs, the de vice resembles the visual gear of a full-scale submarine. It is held up I right In the water by means of coral weights and tin cans. This “sub” fooled nobody but the Japs. Hurled From Sea First photo of a piece of the first enemy shell ever to be fired at Cali fornia soil from the sea. It was fired by a submarine at Bankline oil field, near Los Angeles. From the Boss Manager Joe McCarthy of the New York Yankees is showing a group of rookies the correct way to contact the horsehide. The scene, of course, was the Yankee spring training camp at St. Petersburg, Fla. • ‘Holy Cats!’ Pierre Mande and his five-year old cat pictured on S. 8. Serpa Pin to, on arrival In New York. Mande, who displays the cat’s passport, was captured by Nazis during tbe Battle of France. I . • I With Our Hoys ‘Somewhere in Northern Ireland’ Picture at left shows a private in the A.E.F.. on sentry duty, somewhere In Northern Ireland. Irish chil dren—two of them barefooted—watch and admire him. It is a true case of "hero worship.” Right: These sol diers have Just finished mess and are pictured as they clean their tin plates. Judging from their happy faces, the food "over there” is agreeing with the boys well enough. Generals Leam How to Keep ’Em Rolling Brig. Gen. T. E. Marchant (left), and Brig. Gen. J. C. Hutchinson get into overalls at motor transport school, Holabird, Md., where, for the first time in history, high ranking officers are taking a two-weeks’ course with a view to giving the officers first-hand Information on driving convoys in difficult terrain. Right: A master sergeant shows three brigadier generals the inside of a truck wheel, and how to keep it properly greased and prepared. War Bonnet for 4Big Joe’ Stalin I The head of the Russian Reds has been named honorary thief of the Red Indians, as outstanding warrior for 1941, although the Indians asso ciated with the Indian Confederation admit that Gen. Douglas MacArthur Is a sure candidate for honors in 1942. A fine war bonnet, which will go to Stalin, is being presented to Edward Carter, president of the Russian war relief, by Chief Falling Trees at the Indian Confederation pow wow in New York. Paraski Troops Ready for Action After a hard training grind, ski troopers of the 503rd parachute bat talion are now seasoned paraski soldiers. A group of the jumping snow birds are pictured inside their transport plane en route to their jump-off place near Alta, Utah. Their skis and other equipment will be dropped | to them by large parachutes after they have leaped. Rough on Japs An Igorot warrior of the Philip pines. Thousands like him are now fighting with American comrades on Bataan peninsula. Gen. MacArthur reports that Igorots rode on top of U. 8. tanks, guiding them through the jungle in an annihilating attack. Youngest Captain Capt. Robert Knight, 28, youngest captain in the U. S. marine corps. He Is stationed at the U. S. naval reserve aviation base at Atlantp, Ga., as flight instructor. Perhaps Joe JPas Out to Set a Non-Stop Record A Negro called upon an old friend, who received him in a rocking-chair. The visitor noticed not only that his host did not rise, but that he continued to rock him self to and fro in a curious way. “Yo’ ain’t ill, is you, Joe?” he asked, anxiously. “No, 1 ain’t ill, Mose.” There was a moment’s silence during which the caller gazed wide-eyed at the rocking figure. “Den,” continued Mose, “why does yo’ rock yo’self dat way all de time?” “Well ” explained Joe, “yo know Bill Blott? He sold me a silver watch cheap, an’ if I stop moving, dat watch won’t go!” GAS ON STOMACH Wh»t many Doctors do for it When excess stomach weld eauae* tras. »our stomach or heartburn, doctors prescribe the fastest - acting medicines known for ■ymtoraatie relief—medicines like those In Bell-ans Tablets. No laxative. 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