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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1942)
Down to the Sea in a U. S. Submarine These navy-approved photos may give you an Idea of life aboard a U. S. submarine. If you were standing on the conning tower of a sub this is how your craft would look, forward (picture at left). And this (upper right) is the gadget-studded spot of the torpedo room. All those wheels, dials and gauges are as plain as capital letters a foot high to the boys that know how. Lower right: Submarine deck as a gun crew takes bat tle stations at the deck gun. Filipinos Train to Recover Lost Homeland Under command of Lieut. Col. R. H. Offley, an American officer of the regular army, the First Filipino infantry battalion at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., is now undergoing rigid training. The battalion will give Filipinos a chance to fight for the restoration of their homeland. At left First Sergt. R. Simmons, rear, in structs two Filipinos in machine-gun operation. Right: Pvt. Gregorio Mante is shown here practicing throw ing a band grenade. 4Happy Birthday’ to Der Fuehrer The people of New York celebrated Adolf’s birthday In Duffy’s Square by hanging an effigy of the leader of the Reich. The purpose of the rally was to urge the purchase of war savings bonds and stamps. Der Fuehrer was hung and burned and his bier rested in view of thousands who saw a fresh nail driven into his coffin for each bond or stamp purchased. Generals Talk Bomber Production Brig. Gen. Kenneth B. Wolf and Lieut. Gen. William S. Knudsen (right) talk production with Andrea Longstreet of North American Avia tion’s tubing department, in Inglewood, Calif. Andrea is working on tub t ing for North American Aviation’s B-Z5 Mitchell bomber, which is similar to the type that carried out a recent raid on the Japs in the Philippines. Gets Japs, Medal Navy pilot Edward O’Hare, 28, who pitched into a formation of nine heavy Jap bombers and shot down five before they reached his air craft carrier. O’Hare received pro motion to lieutenant commander and the Congressional Medal of Hon or—at the White House. Assists Mac Arthur Gen. Sir Thomas Blarney, of Aus tralia, who has been named by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as commander of the Allied land forces In the Southwest Pacific area. First Casualty in Argentine Shipping This view of the new 12,500-ton motorship Victoria, first ship under Argentine registry to be damaged by a submarine or a mine, shows the effect of the explosion. The Victoria was proceeding with her flag plainly visible, and showing lights at night. The ship continued to Mew York under difficult conditions, and managed to reacb port safely. U. S. Marines Adopt Commando Tactics Somewhere in the U. S. marines are at commando practice. In the background is the mother ship, a U. S. destroyer, and about it are marines in rubber boats, which they have inflated to three pounds per square inch, and in which they are starting on a practice shore raiding party. Pontoon Bridge for Heaviest Tanks Officers of the lG'.h engineers, Fort Knox, Ky., have devised a pontoon bridge capable of transporting the heaviest tanks. Rubber pontoons are used instead of wooden floats. Photo at top shows pontoon with men ready to move it into place. Below is a section of the completed bridge showing a light tank climbing the rails to cross the bridge. The light tank weighs approximately eleven tons. New Record in Famous Marathon Joe Smith of Medford, Mass., crosses the finish line in the 46th annual American marathon race of the Boston Athletic association as winner, at the same time establishing a new record of 2 hours, 22 min utes and 51.2 seconds for the Olympic distance of 26 miles, 385 yards, from Hopkinton to Boston. Keeps 'Em Buying Every family ia expected to in vest 10 per cent of their income in U. 8. savings bonds to help win the war, while preparing for their own future security. Shown above is Miss Jetsy Parker, who is leading a group of movie stars on a nation wide bond-selling tour. Pros and Cons Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, is one of the few real oldtimers In the baseball business. He Is shown here giving Joe DiMaggio, Yankee batting ace, a few pointers on batting. Rain had postponed the game. ‘Conquering Hero’ Gen. Douglas MacArthur, su preme commander of the Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific, is all smiles as he greets a cheering crowd in Melbourne. Australia is jubilant over the bastioning of the continent by the U. S. as a spring board from which to attack the Japs. Mobile Machine Shop With the woods as walls and the sky for a roof, this welder does his stuff beside his mobile machine shop near Salem, Ore., as the master ser geant in the foreground looks on. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FARM EQUIPMENT 28-inch late type ball bearing ADVANCE ailMLEY THRESHER almost like new. KINO COAL A IMPLEMENT CO. Cedar Rapids * Iowa. 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Chil dren will demolish a plate of them in a wink. Grown-ups rave about their ••different” taste and new crunchy tex ture. They’re made, of course, with the famous cereal, Kellogg's All-Bran. KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN FUDGE SQUARES 3 squares un- 1 cup sugar sweetened % cup flour chocolate >A cup All-Bran u cup butter Vi cup nutmeat# 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Melt chocolate over hot water and add butter. Beat eggs well, add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate and butter. Stir In flour, All-Bran, chopped nutmeats and fla voring. Pour Into greased pan. making a layer about one-third Inch thick. Bake In moderate oven (375°F.) about 30 minutes. Yield: Sixteen 3-lnch squares (8x8 Inch pan). May Warn of Disordered ^ Kidney Action Modern life with Its hurry and worryj Irregular habits. Improper eat'ng and drinking—its risk of exposure and infec tion—throws heavy strain on the work of the kidneys. 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