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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1943)
-- - -- ---... .. Ransacking Davy Jones’ Locker Off North Africa Lieut. George N. Ankers of Seattle Is in charge of raising ships sunk during the North African campaign He is shown at right surveying Oran harbor, where American and Royal navy divers have already begun (he task of raising battered ships, sunk mostly by Allied bombs. Left: When General Grant tanks were being unloaded at Algiers one fell into the water. A crewman who went down with his tank is shown being brought to the surface by a French diver. The crewman recovered. Five Marine Fighters Bring Down 110 Jap Planes Five pilots of a marine fighter squadron which has accounted for 110 Jap planes in two months’ fighting are shown near one of their Grumman fighters on Guadalcanal, in picture at left. They are (left to right), Lieut. Roger Ilobcrman; Lieut. Cecil Doyle; Capt. Joseph Foss (who tops the list with 22 planes shot down); ^William Marontate, and Lieut. Roy Ruddcll. Right: A Jap fighter pilot, captured after being shot down during m dogfight over Guadalcanal, has plenty to say during an interview with a U. 8. interpreter. The prisoner and others have shown a surprising willingness to give information concerning their own forces. Jungle Hikes Precede Action in Buna-Gona1 After being flown across New Guinea to the Buna-Gona area, U. 8. ►oops hiked six days through the jungles before getting into action with tke Japs. Here they found plenty of action, with the Japs coming out •econd best. Photo shows a group of American troops as they were gath ered around an exhausted Jap as he was lying on the ground. “Flying Tiger’ Ace Decorates Chunking Aces This radio photo (one of the first to be sent over the new U. S.-China photo link) shows Gen. Claire L. Chennault, left, pinning a Distinguished Flying Cross on the tunic of MaJ. Edward F. Rector of Marshall, N. C. Brother aces MaJ. David (“Tex’*) Hill of Hunt, Texas (seated) and Col. Jtohert L. Scott of Macon, Ga., look on. Best Fighter Plane Maj. Thomas Hitchcock, who re cently returned to the United States from England, is shown in front of a P-51 Mustang, in Inglewood, Calif. On his return from abroad Hitch cock said: “Current opinion in Eng land, among both American and British fliers, is that the P-51 with the Merlin engine will be the best fighter plane in the world in 1943.” While in England Maj. Hitchcock served as assistant military attache i for air. -- ‘vr Flying Twins Cause of much confusion at the navy’s pre-flight school In Athens, Ga., are Gale and Hale Grebe, twins from New Florence, Mo., who are being trained to fly navy bomb ers. Gale Is at left In this picture of the twins studying model planes. Telling of Britain’s Deadly ‘Mosquito’ The earl of Athlone, governor general of Canada (left) and the Hon. C. D. Howe, Canadian minister of munitions and supply, listen as Geof frey de Haviland, test pilot and son of the famed plane designer, tells them of the maneuverability of the “Mosquito” bomber, now in mass production in Canada. The bomber, which is shown below, is said to be the fastest in the world. Mystery Gun Given Test in Los Angeles One of America’s newest weapons, an automatic, pneumatic gun, capable, Its manufacturers claim, of firing 12,000 rounds a minute, was demonstrated before army, navy and marine officials in Los Angeles. No powder is used, there is no noise, no flash, and no recoil. The gun’s in ventor, W. B. Hale, is shown at the right. Dons Roller Skates to Speed Paralysis Fight The quicker these greeting cards for the President’s birthday go out the more time people will have to send their contributions to the White House, says the office boy of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis. To speed things up he has donned roller skates, which enable him to cover twice as much ground around the office as ordinarily. Celebra tions of every kind will be held throughout the country between January ! 15 and 30, when the President’s birthday climaxes the campaign. Doughboys Palsy Walsy With Algerians U. S. doughboys get along fine with the natives in whatever remote part of the world the fortunes of war have carried them. This soond photo shows a group of United States soldiers entertaining several natives in Algeria. North Africa. They are shown passing out smokes to their ^ new friends. Rationing Mixup The OPA and the customs bureau found themselves at loggerheads over the 195 pounds of green coffee bought by Mrs. Aubrey Ramm at a customs sale in Seattle, for $18. The OPA notified her there was some question whether she could take delivery of the coffee due to rationing regulations against sale of green coffee. The customs office told her to take the coffee. But Mrs. Ramm decided to leave it in the warehouse until she hears from the OPA again. Here she is looking over her coffee purchase. ‘Spirited’ Giraud Capt. Gerauld Wright, USN, of Washington, D. C., who successfully spirited Gen. Henri Giraud out of Krance and transported him to Al giers via British submarine, is shown above. Captain Wright ar rived at Algiers with his important passenger on the same day the North African invasion started. ‘Doing’ India Wartime “tourists,” Miss L. Don ner, of Minnesota, and Sergt. T. Doo little, or Mississippi, visit ruins of Kutb Minar, one of the oldest cities of India. Miss Donner is an army civilian employe, while the ser geant is one of many U. S. soldiers stationed there. Notch for 100th Ship A. O. Pegg, Calship official (Los Angeles), proudly displays the 100 notch broomstick. Each notch rep resents a ship that has successfully completed a trial run. ON THE (HOME FRONTj DRIGHT blue is the color key note in this bathroom. Blue is used for towels and bath mat stripes and for a painted box cor nice. The curtains are of coarse white muslin tufted with old-fash ioned candlewicking in bright blue. It is difficult to find appropriate curtains that will stand steam and moisture so you may want to copy these in your favorite color. Cut the attains the length and width desired with ample allow ance for shrinkage and baste the STITCHES WITH CANDIEWICK [NEEDLE AND 4 4 STRANDS OF / COTTON YARN JF DOUBLE# Jl dip) IN WATER €> TO SHRINK hems in. Next place the material flat on a table and mark diagonal lines on the goods with a yardstick and pencil, spacing the lines four inches apart to form the plaid pat tern. Now, thread a tufting needle with four strands of candlewick yarn, and work along these ruled lines using the thread double, as at the upper right. Also, sew the hem in this manner; then clip the stitches, as shown at lower right and dip in water. Spread out smooth to dry but do not iron. 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