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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1942)
New Rubber From Old to Help Bridge Shortage When you answer the nation’s call for your scrap rubber, here is what becomes of It before it becomes reclaimed rubber, mixed with crude and served up to bridge the shortage. At left you see scrap rubber which has been ground, heated and mixed before being forced through a fine screen to remove dirt. The rub ber comes out like spaghetti strings. At right is a pile of finely ground rubber scrap. Building New Naval Base in South Pacific A naval officer and a couple of chiefs stand in water above their waists (left) as they pick a site for seaplane ramps at a new base upon an undisclosed island in the South Pacific. Right: The luxuriant fronds from the plentiful palm trees quickly, effectively and inexpensively camouflage the tents of the army, navy and marine units that occupy this South Pa* cific isle. Part of New ‘Toughening Course’ 1.\ ■ . . A seven-foot high collection of logs, sandbags and dirt, piled to a 45-degree angle, is really no obstacle to these boys at Selfridge Field as they go over the new 220-yard obstacle course, designed to toughen them up. At this side of the obstacle is a four-foot ditch filled with sand. There are hurdles, tunnels and jumps where a miss means a mud bath. Yanks in the Caribbean This photo, from somewhere In the Caribbean area, shows U. S. troops in the course of their vigorous training for bush warfare, while becoming acclimated to the intense heat prevalent in these tropic ont posts. A jungle fox hole is seen, well camouflaged. Cousin to F.D.R. Jorge Delano, a cousin of Presi dent Roosevelt, from Santiago, Chile, called on the President dur ing a visit to the national capital. He is shown as he left the White House after his visit. Gold Star Mother Mrs. Mary F. Mill, 72, at conven tion of American Gold Star Mothers, in New York. Mrs. Hill, past presi dent of the organization, was again 1 elected president. One-Man Medical Corps on the Move Dr. Gordon Seagrave, who was In the Harpfer Memorial hospital at Namkhan, Burma, when the Japanese moved in, Is shown with three of his Burmese nurses in an army Jeep after Dr. Seagrave had joined up with General Joseph StilweU's Chinese army In Burma. Dr. Seagrave was in the thick of the savage fighting In this campaign, attending to wounded and operating under heart-breaking conditions. During the beat of the early fighting he worked one 24-hour stretch with but 90 minutes off, taking care of 150 casualties. The only assistance he had was from Makio, his head nurse, who handled 20 of the minor cases herself. Confer on All-Important Subject—Gas iww-vn.*.* T-aK-.'Mo* -OIXttOHc'MHiHMaHHmSSM The President indicated to a special house committee that there would be no nation-wide rationing of gasoline unless a comprehensive study made by the White House should establish it as absolutely neces sary. Three members of the committee are shown as they left the conference: L. to R., Rep. Clarence Lea, Calif.; Rep. R. M. Kleberg, Texas, chairman; and Rep. P. G. Holmes, Mass. Another Chapter in U-Boat Sinkings These pictures of a sinking tanker were taken by the radio operator from a lifeboat. The tanker was blasted with shells fired almost at random as the men took to the boats, after the torpedo struck. Top: The flaming tanker wallows in the Atlantic, hundreds of miles from South America. Below: The tanker veers around in the wind as this picture was taken, just before its final plunge. Armed Forces at ‘Gibraltar of West’ This picture, from the "Gibraltar of the West," shows Scrgt. Vic Schmidt of Plain View, Minn., Private Charles Jamisch of Chicago, and Private Alex Golman of Qneens, N. Y., showing “natives" how a mor tar operates. The picture was taken at a North Atlantic outpost, where U. S. armed forces are based in strategic areas covering the gateways to our East coast. War News Chief Elmer Davis of New York, who has been appointed chief of the Office of War Information by Presi dent Roosevelt. The 52-year-old for mer school teacher and radio com mentator has supreme authority to deal with the press, radio, film in dustry and all other news sources, either federal or private, and an swers only to the President. In England Lieut. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., ■on of the Freaident, chats with an officer of the women's royal naval service after his arrival in London. —Cable photo. Ladybird This aviatrix is Virginia Farr, who came all the way from New Jersey to London to help the British Royal Air force as a member of the air transport auxiliary. She ferries planes from factories to air stations throughout Britain. There are sev eral other American woman fliers engaged in this work for the Royal Air force. ‘Penalties’ for USO uso TRAP ^ T1. J"? Sand traps Inre quarters for the USO on Los Angeles golf courses. A handy bank is waiting to receive a 25-cent piece every time the golfer lands in a bunker. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT CHICKENS ■mi ■!!!■■■»■» i i i rnmrnm^m BARGAINS ON CHICKS. Reduced prices. Hurry. Easy pay. Brooder loans. Big hatches daily. Write. Free catalog. Roccoe HU1 Hatchery, Lincoln, Nebr. TRAILERS TRAILERS -Alma Sllvermoon-TRAILERS For sale or rent. Will buy used trailers. IIAKRY HENDER *311 Hsrney - - - - Omaha, Nebr. BOXES AND BASKETS BERRY BOXES fruit and vegetable packages. PHILLIPS BASKET CO.. Omaha. Nebr. If you know a Navy man, don’t ever call him a “gob”—sailors consider the name an insult. Yon can get on the right side of hiss though if you offer him a Camel— or better yet, send him a carton. Camels are the favorite cigarette with men in the Navy (Army, Ma rines, Coast Guard, too, for that matter) based on actual sales rec ords from the service men’s stores. Local dealers are featur ing cartons of Camels to send to any member of our armed forces anywhere. Send him that Camel carton today.—Adv. I - J. Fuller Pep By JBRKY LINK // I been readln' about some of these divorces and It seems to me hus bands are like automobiles. If you take good care of them, you don’t have to keep getting new ones all t the time. And one way of takln' good care of him Is to see he gets all hla vitamins. And that's where KELLOGG'S PEP comes In. ’Course j it hasn’t got 'em all, but it’s extra rich In the two most likely to be short In ordinary meals—vitamins B, and D. 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