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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1943)
Mrs. T. R. Jr. Serves Coffee and Sinkers Three Yankee doughboys, Just returned from field duty, are served coffee and doughnuts by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, wife of Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, in the American Red Cross club in London. She is a daughterin-law of Former President Theodore Roosevelt. Needless to says the boys relished the handout. French Naval Chief in United States Vice Admiral Raymond A. Fenard, chief of the French naval mission, under orders of General Giraud, is pictured during an interview in New York, shortly after his arrival in the United States. Where Yanks Faced Setback in Africa * The first big armament battle of North Africa gave a foretaste of the severe nature of the fighting which lies ahead of the Allies before the Axis can be cleared out of that front. With General Rommel’s hardened tank fighters pressing westward to Sbcitle (1) and Feriana (3) from the * Maknassy region (2), American troops were forced to re-form in the Tunisian hills to the north. The Allied forw'ard base at Gafsa (4) had been abandoned earlier. The retirement from Gafsa was not complete ly unexpected. China's First Lady White House Guest Madame Chiang Kai-shek, first lady of China, is shown on arrival in Washington to be a guest at the White llouse. President Roosevelt and his wife greeted the distinguished guest, who later addressed a crowd ed congress. Admission was by ticket. f Shoe-Saving Lesson Ray Harden of New York carries a pail of water in each hand as she demonstrates the proper way to walk to equalize pressure on both shoes so that they’ll both wear at an even rate. The chart she is walking upon is supposed to meas ure the proper length of stride. Shoes cannot be cross-switched like tires, so equalization of wear is im portant. Youngest Deputy Virginia Sanderlin, 15, of Seattle, Wash., youngest deputy sheriff in America, shakes hands with her new boss. Sheriff Harlan Callahan, after receiving her badge. She is the daughter of A. T. Sanderlin, law en forcement officer, now one of Calla han’s deputies. When Sanderlin goes on emergency calls Virginia drives j the prowler car. Real Yank Now Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankee’s star, joins up with Uncle Sam. He is shown in the induction center in Market street, San Francisco. In picture at top he is taking his oath. At bottom he is being fingerprinted. Big and Little Guy A study in canine contrasts at the opening of the Westminster Kennel [ club show in New York. The big dog is a Great Dane, Dino Xanthippi. The half pint is Thein’s Little Man II, a Chihuahua, and weighs only ' about a pound. United States Army Nurses in North Africa The first U. S. army nurses to arrive in North Africa are shown at work and at leisure here. In pic ture at right three American nurses set off in a bicycle taxi to see Algiers, and create quite a stir among the natives. Left to right they are Lieuts. Doris Gressel, Herkimer, N. Y.; Margaret Farrell, Paterson, N. J.; and Florence Christman, Kregesville, Pa. At the left, Lieut. Betty Eggitnan of Rochester, N. Y., takes the temperature of Sergt. Leonard Krenakc of Racine, Wis., who is obviously pleased to receive the ministrations of an American army nurse. German and Italian Prisoners Not Too Unhappy The brighter side for enemy soldiers is to be taken as war prisoners, as Is apparent In this picture. Shown on the left are smiling Italian prisoners who realize that the war and all its horrors are over for them. They are on their way to a prison camp for the duration. On the right, German prisoners from a U-boat don't seem to be too unhappy over their plight. Perhaps they are thinking of food, shelter and comparative safety. Stacking the Deck on the Axis At an air operational station in England, an American ordnance crew stacks bombs in one of the scores of ammunition dumps at the station— stacking the deck on the Nazis, as it were. The big busters are taken from the truck by means of a small crane. In this working party are, left to right, Master Sergeant Warren E. Gray of Export, Pa.; Private Hubert Biessinger of Huntingsburg, Ind.; and Sergt. Alex Balacki of Rochester, N. Y. His Gun Blazes in Raid Over Tunis Calm, but with determined accuracy, waist-gunner Robert L. Doremus controls his blazing gun as he directs lire at enemy planes. This action took place when Flying Fortresses accompanied by the deadly P-38s bombed Tunis in one of the biggest air raids on the Tunisian front. Twenty-year-old Doremus of Henrietta, Okla., hero of the operation, kept his guns going all the time. ' , Tables Turned First it was the Chinese who was held prisoner by the Jap. Now he has been freed, and the Jap is held prisoner. Here the Chinese lights a cigarette for his erstwhile captor. Women sUSMC Head MaJ. Ruth Cheney Streeter of Morristown, N. J., director of the women's reserve of the U. S. marine corps. 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