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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1942)
* I On Heels of Rommel’s Westbound Afrika Korps Britain’s eighth army has been hard on the heels of Gen. Erwin Rommel’s much-vaunted Afrika Korps, poshing them westward towards Tripoli. Photo at left shows local Arabs, friendly to the oncc-again-invading British army, gathered around British armored cars when the British occupied a wrecked town in the Libyan desert. Dense smoke from a burning tank fills the background. Insets: Left, General Rommel, leader of Axis desert forces, aod Lieut. Gen. Bernard Montgomery, commander of Britain’s eighth army. I Anti-Aircraft Artillerymen ‘Keep ’Em Falling’ Men behind our big anti-aircraft guns must move with clock-like and flawless precision. The heart of the anti-aircraft artillery is the battery commander headquarters (left). Here in the underground station Lieut. E. Seeleye, White Plains, N. Y., plots the progress of approaching planes. At his elbow Pvt. John Drtina, Brooklyn, reports messages from the units on the range. Right: A 90-millimeter gun has just been fired. The gunner’s last duty before firing a new round is to kick the shell case from the gun platform. ‘Phantom Ship’ Takes to Waters Here is the phantom of the sea, a concrete vessel, completely auto matic, crewless, and designed to travel in convoys of ten or more operated by radio control from a master escorting vessel. Photo at top shows ship being launched at West Palm Beach, Fla. Lower photo shows ship on its way through inland waterways. The deckhouse is only temporary. This is a 91-foot model. The larger “phantom” will be 260 feet long, difficult to sight, and hard to sink. He Fed Them Before—He’s Doing It Again rT nliniwnrwnninfiniinTfnii^——Miiriiii' ~nr --fiirnmniiiniinBiiliniMliin<rr-rnni~~ nv inrfimumi^Mftvwinrni , . Former President Herbert Hoover, who fed the Belgians during World War I, visited the stage door canteen and helped to feed some of the boys who are doing the job in World War II. He Is shown putting sugar Into the coffee of Aviation Cadet Marion M. Powner, while Pvt. M. Walosky I awaits bis turn. Egypt Celebrates Fourth birthday of Egyptian prin cess, Ferial, was a happy one. Fer ial is shown with her mother, Queen Farida, in their girl guide outfits on the palace balcony, where they re viewed a birthday parade by that organization, which is similar to our Girl Scouts. Mugs From Trees A visit to the giant Panama air base makes one the recipient of an individual, inscribed coconut drink ing mug. Here Col. G. F. Hix, commanding officer of ihe base and originator of the idea, points to his own drinking mug. Tough Going for Planes on Captured Field The airport at Safi, French Morocco, offered hard going for navy planes which landed as the field was captured from the French. In pic ture at top, men are laying a metal strip for takeoff of the torpedo bomber before which they are working. These metal strips have since played an important part In Allied air operations in Tunisia. Below: A navy dive bomber lies nose-down in a ditch near the Safi airport. Another takes off, using the roadway for a runway. Hero of USS Boise Returns Home Upon his arrival in San Francisco, Capt. E. J. ("Mike”) Moran, of the cruiser Boise, hurried to his home in San Rafael where he was greeted by his two children, Michaela, 13 (left), and Moore, 11, whom he has seen for only ten days in the last two years. Captain Moran's light cruiser settled for six Jap warships in the Solomon waters. Pacific Fleet Commander Talks to Newsmen Adm. Chester W. Nimltz, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, is pictured giving his fifth press conference of the war at Pacific fleet head quarters. He reviewed the first year of the war in the Pacific. Seated on bis left is Capt. L. J. Wiitse, assistant chief of staff. Kids Buy Army Jeep With War Stamps ‘ A I Up the steps of the 24th Street school, Los Angeles, goes an army jeep loaded with thrilled children. The jeep was their present to Uncle Sam, a present bought with war stamps from their savings. At the wheel Is Sergt. Virgil Yewell. Stamp sales totaled $11,190.35—a lot of nickels and dimes—and they’re buying more. U. S.-China Link President Roosevelt is shown hand ing a letter to the Chinese ambas sador, Tao Ming Wei, which he wrote longhand to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and which was transmitted by radio telephoto as the first facsimile sent to China over the new radio photo service between America and China. Time for trans mission to Chungking was about an hour and a half. The President spelled “generalissimo” with two “l's,” but the error was detected and corrected. Russia’s Ace Sniper In the foreground, setting out for tho advanced line is Soviet sniper Vassily Faronov, who has already shot 136 German officers and men, taken seven prisoners and destroyed one Nazi tank. Faronov has been decorated with the Order of the Red Star and the Medal of Valour. Take note of the telescopic sight on his gun. Crack shots like Faronov, to say nothing of bravery, have helped to make the defense of Stalingrad one of the epics of the war. Vagabond The gagstcr who accused this baby kangaroo of being kicked out of its mother’s pouch for eating crackers in bed, might know by this picture that the youngster, despite the fact that it is on its own, is doing very well, thank you. Open air mess is picnic time, and a generous offi cer like this one (commander of an Australian armored division) pro ceeds to make life easy for the baby vagabond. Ace of Aces Capt. Joe Foss, 27, of Sioux Falls, S. D., who is the champ of all aces stationed on Henderson Field, Guad* alcanal. Foss has shot down 22 of the 450 Jap planes bagged at this base. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT RAZOR BLADES KENT BLADES <v. o- o-. (V. (V. f\. fv. (V. <v. o- O- O'- P" O- O- O.. fv- O l ASK ME *) l j ANOTHER J j l A General Quiz | r^- o-* o-o- cv. cv. p.. rv. o-. cv- o-- o~ <v- fv. p~ (v. o~. The Questions 1. In the navy, which hours of watch are called the dog watch? 2. What state has the most pop ulous capital city? 3. Who was the only woman ever to receive two Nobel prizes?! 4. Where is the body of John Paul Jones buried? 5. What is the largest state east of the Mississippi river? 6. Who gave the Pacific oceaf* its name? 7. A pleasure-seeking person | sometimes called what? 8. Achilles, the hero of Homer 1 "Iliad,” was mortally wounded i|_ what part of the body? 9. Of the three most common surnames in America, Smith,| Brown and Johnson, in what order do they rank? 10. Was there ever a Deadwood* Dick? The Answers 1. Four to six p. m. 2. Massachusetts (Boston). 3. Marie Curie (one in chemis* try and one in physics). 4. Naval academy, Annapolis. 5 Georgia. 6. Magellan. 7. A hedonist. 8. The heel, supposedly the only vulnerable spot on his body. 9. Smith first, Johnson second and Brown third. 10. Early white settlers in Amer ica took and gave nicknames of every kind. There may have been many Deadwood Dicks, but there is no historical character upon whom “western” stories are based. Early Band Saw The introduction of the band saw In American sawmills dates from the Philadelphia Centennial exhi bition in 1876, when Henry Disstoi created a sensation by exhibitinj his perfected band saw in actual operation. 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