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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1943)
(Vlrlirilit’s Join Up Willi l nclr Sam Men in all walks of life are answering Uncle Sam's call for fighters. In photo at left, Lieut. Charles Gehrin ger. former Detroit Tiger slugger, is shown leaning on a wall decorated with baseball photos as he studies a map of thu United States. Center: Two soi^ of the late emperor of Austria and Hungary are examined at Fort Myer, Va., for induction in the U. 8. army. They are Karl Ludwig llapsburg and Felix Ludwig llapsburg (seated). The boys enlisted as privates. Picture at right shows Stirling Hayden, yachtsman husband of Madeleine Carroll, slinging lead on the rifle range at Parris Island marine corps recruiting station. Army Dogs Serve as Messengers to Men at Front Carrying pigeons on their sides at the front line is a doty that army dogs often perform. In picture at left, dogs are shown at a simulated front line position, while the men prepare to release the pigeons to the rear for more aid for the medical corps to help with the wounded. A soldier writes the message. Right: Here Rin Tin Tin III illustrates how a dog would bring a message from a command post at the rear of the de tachment holding the front lines. These dogs would prove of inestimable value to detachments and other units during actual warfare. Private Wins $1,500 Air Medal Competition Private Walter Hancock of St. Louis submitted the winning design for the new air medal. Private Hancock entered the competition while he j was yet a civilian. Word that his design won the competition came at 1 the end of a day of KP at Camp Livingston, La. Picture shows Hancock, i left, receiving $1,500 check from Col. W. M. Dixon, finance officer, U. S. army. Inset: Cast of the new air medal designed by Private Hancock. The Home Town Boys Lend a Hand Natives, who know New Guinea territory even better than the jungle bardeqed Aussies and Americans, carry the wounded past a machine gun nest. Transporting the injured from the line of battle is merely one im portant function of these dark-skinned men and boys who act as porters, guides and carpenters. ' * Somewhere in India Capt. James W. Snyder, U. S. army intelligence officer, who in civilian life was a historian, is shown in conversation with a veteran In dian guide. This picturesque native served in China during the Boxer rebellion. The ribbon decoration is for service with the late Lord Kitch ener. He also served under Lord Roberts. Riding High Personally we are of the opinion that Sergeant Baycura belongs in the air force. If he can make a motor cycle fly just think what he could do with an airplane! The sergeant la an instructor in the motorcycle school at Camp Lee, Va. Onhlnnm (ht ir Dining Hontn In \lt ntittn* Alaskan scout* dine outdoors in season in the Aleutian Islands "In season" means when it isn’t raining there. Fur a warm entreat taa the Pacific <we used to call It the Japan current) keep* anew and fust from the bleak Islands, but It encourages rain—and how! Here one of the scouts passes a piece of cherry pie to his pal. Children’s Hospital Closed to Save Fuel With severe cats in fael rations of non-residential users in eastern states bringing supplies to about 45 per cent of normal, the Xepoasit children's hospital gt Rockaway. N. Y.. was emptied of its little patients so the hospital could be closed. Bedridden evacuees are shown being carried from the hospital. What Mermaids Will Wear Next Summer Just to remind you that somewhere in the world the son is shining, and that it'll be shining on you, too, some day, presented here is a preview of what the well undressed mermaids will be wearing on the beaches next summer. This preview took place at Los Angeles, where it is sum mer most of the time. 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