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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1943)
What Camera’s Eye Registered on Tunisian Front' These pictures, taken In Tunisia, show various phases of the struggle in this bitterly contested terrain. Top, left: A buck private enjoys his morning shave—close to his slit trench. Top, center: A wounded Ger man soldier gives a light to the private who captured him. Top, right: This Nasi soldier might Just be lean ing out of the turret of his tank to peer Into the shell hole. But he’s not. He is dead. Lower left: General Patton (left) studies progress made by V. S. tank forces. Lower right: Italian prisoners taken by U. S. Learning a Trade That Will Help Lick Japs and Nazis Today it is possible for almost any enlisted man to become a skilled mechanic or technician for Uncle Sam. These pictures, made at Chanute Field, III., show some of the phases of training to qualify as hydraulic ex pert.-;. Left: A hydraulic “mock up.” This is a B-18A pilot seat with all the controls which operate the hy draulic system of the plane. Center: One of the important functions of hydraulics in a bomber is the opening and closing of bomb bays. Here Pvt. Willis Nord checks the operations. Right: Those huge wheels used on the powerful planes are retracted by hydraulic power. Here a wheel is being lifted. Take-Off for Land of Rising Sun This photo was made as a B-25 (Mitchell) bomber took to the air from the pitching deck of the U. S. carrier Hornet, to give the people of the rising sun a taste of war on their own islands. It shows the bomber climbing into a gray sky. The raid, made from low altitude by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle’s men, caused large fires and great damage. Americans everywhere were aroused to overwhelming anger at the announcement that the Japs executed some of the eight fliers captured after the bombing. They Captured Jap Position on Guadalcanal Five U. S. men In Guadalcanal went out Into glory when they cap tured a hill, silenced a machine gun thus destroying a mortar point that held up the American advance for two days. Their reward was a rec ommendation for the Congressional Medal of Honor for Captain Davis, left, (now a major) and the DSC for the accompanying men. 15 Years for Fire Barnett Welansky, who was con victed for criminal neglect In the Cocoanut Grove (Boston) Are trial, was sentenced to serve from 12 to 15 years in the state prison at Charlestown, Mass., on each of the 19 counts in the indictment, the sen tences to be served concurrently. Welansky is shown, left, with deputy sheriff, entering prison. Back to Old Job Vernet Wltham, 19, of Elizabeth, N. J., is back at the factory mak ing shirts. Wanting work with more action, Vernet applied for a Job at a pretzel factory where the work would be more intricate. Said the U. S., “You are an essential work er in this factory; back you go.” At British-Ameriean Refugee Conference Rescue of the oppressed peoples from German-occupied lands was the main topic of discussion at the British-Amerlcan conference held In Bermuda. The principal figures at this conference are shown above. They are, left to right, George Hall, British delegate; Dr. Harold W. Dobbs, chairman of the United States group; Richard K. Law, British under secretary of state for foreign affairs; Rep. Sol Bloom of New York, U. S. delegate; Albert Peake, British undersecretary for the home office. Hands Across Mexican Border This presidential handclasp occurred as President Roosevelt arrived in Monterrey, Mexico, for his historic conference with President Manuel Avila Camacho, left, as Mrs. Avila Camacho, center, looks on. The Presi dent’s military aide, Brig. Gen. Edwin A. Watson, Is shown at the ex treme right. No More Washday Blues for This Yank When the Aleutian winds blow we may or may not have snow, but at least Pvt. Early Krech of St. Paul, Minn., will have snow white laundry. He rigged up this windmill washing machine In which a chain and sprocket connected to the blades of the windmill delivers power to the wooden paddlewheels in the wash backet. Fought All Three Axis Partners Not every bunch of fighting men can make the proud boast of having fought both the oriental and occidental members of the Axis. Since Pearl Harbor this Flying Fortress crew, shown in front of the "Geechee” In North Africa, has blasted at the Japs, the Germans and the Italians. Commanding officer Is Capt. Joseph J. Kramp, New Britain, Conn., shown at left. ‘Landing’ Vets ---------! ' Two men who have led actual land ing boat activities under fire in com bat tones cast critical eyes during coast guard landing barge maneu vers at a U. S. training renter. At left is Lieut. Douglas Fairbanks, C.S.N., who has been in action lead ing landing boat operations. At right is Ensign Stephen McNIcbols, V. 8. ' coast guard, who took part la land ing troops at Fedala, Morocco. - Kangaroo Victim MaJ. Kenneth McCullar, 27, above, of Courtland, Miss., outstanding master of heavy bombardment tac tics, was killed In a freak accident. He was taking off on a night bomb ing mission in New Guinea when n brush kangaroo sped directly In the path of his bomber, causing it to explode most of its bomb load. On to Tokyo “Here we come, Tokyo,” say* a sign somewhere in New Guinea, leaving no doubt whatever about the sentiments of those who erected it. Since the execution of the American fliers captured after the bombing of Tokyo the “coming” is likely to be speeded up considerably. Wins Hun Fund Each flier In one U. S. outfit In Tunisia contributes to a fund before each mission. The first to run down a German flier wins the bundle. Here Is Lieut. J. D. Collingsworth of Boerger, Texas, collecting. I ^ A* O- <V. (V. A. (V. fV. A- A* (V- (i. (V. (U fta | ASK ME O j 1 ANOTHER l j P A General Quiz " p The Questions 1. The littoral of a country is it4 what? 2. An army pursuit squadron usually embraces how many planes? 3. George Washington belonged to what political party? 4. What city is known as the Russian Pittsburgh? 5. How many pounds of V...— film are required to send a ton of letters to our boys at the front? 6. What is the largest single printing job to date? 7. The longest baseball game by innings played in the major leagues lasted how long? 8. How many Minute Men were killed or wounded at Lexington on April 19, 1775? The Answers 1. Coastal region. 2. Twenty-five planes. 3. Federalist. 4. Kharkov. 5. Twenty pounds. 6. Printing the government’* new point-system ration books No. 2—150 million books. 7. Twenty-six innings—Brooklyn vs. Boston, May 1, 1920. 8. Seventeen (eight killed, nine wounded) |fwHY PUT UP WITHl I CONSTIPATION? 1 If you suffer from that com 1 mon form of constipation i , ■ due to lack of "bulk” In || your diet, dosing yourself ; | B with harsh cathartics and H laxatives will give you only 1 temporary relief, j However, adding kellooo's 1 all-bran to your regular 2 diet and drinking plenty of I water will not only get at \ H the cause of such constipa P tlon, but will correct it. I KELLOOG’S ALL-BRAN is a § delicious breakfast cereal 1 that, unlike medicinal ■ purges, doesn't work chiefly S on you-but works princi- ! f pally on the contents of j; your colon. L Try KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN, 1 eat as directed, see If It ^^^oesn’t help you, tool p SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER Chewing gum and rubber tires have something In common. They both at* the product* ol Utex-beanng trees. The chicle latex, bom which chew . tng gum 1* made, ha* a high isiis and low rubber content. Rubber letax ha* the reverse characteristics. Chicle and Castillos rubber trees are tound in much the same areas m Central America. Synthetic rubber tract er tires have bean under tests by b. f. Ooodrtsh engineers far aloe* fa a year. Whan synthetk rubber beseems available In saffMant quantities, farmers may exp Sit sash tire# aa their treat or*. A Russian rubber - bearing pleat is now being suooeesbdly grown in the United Stales. Its value in the American rubber program, how ever, is still undetermined. Tire ra tapping hem proved Its war tlaae value. Sot th* recepplag should ho dono before fha tread rubber of the Hr* Is soiaplatoly worn. RFGoodrich] Energetic Birds Birds are among the most ener getic of all creatures. The chim ney swift sets a fast pace of physi cal exertion—he is on the wing 19 hours out of every 24! May Warn of Disordered Kidney Action Modern life with Its hurry and worry^ ), irregular habits, improper eating and drinking—its risk of exposure and infec tion—throws heavy strain on the work of the kidneys. 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