Area of U. S. Push in North Pacific
The strategic position of Attu island, in the Aleutians, where the navy landed strong forces to engage
Japanese troops, is graphically shown In this official U. S. navy map. Japanese troops occupied the island
about a year ago. In the upper left band corner is a chart of the comparative distances from Attu to vari
ous points in the Pacific area.
Assembly Line in Southwestern Pacific
Mechanically minded American soldiers are taking their mass production assembly line methods with them
to the Southwest Pacific. Here troops take parts of trucks, jeeps and ambulances as they come from the
ships and put them through the line. One improvement on the assembly line system is their “Change over.”
When the boys tire of one operation, a command switches all members of the line to a new position and a
new job. Left, rear running gear of a two-ton truck is assembled. Right, a cab is added to the truck and
soon it will be ready for duty in a battle rone.
Maltese Tribute to Stalingrad
A stone shelter on Malta, most bombed spot on the earth, bears the
name “Stalingrad.” It is a tribute from Malta to the Russian city which
also rocked under Nazi mass raids, yet held out grimly to victory. Be
neath Malta a great system of subterranean workshops hewn from solid
rock were the battle stations of thousands of workers who made British
tools of war even as Axis bombs exploded above them.
Army Officers Quartered in Metal
These metal buildings in Iran were formerly used for storing grain.
Now they serve as officers’ quarters for U. S. forces in that country.
Three tenants standing outside of their peculiar homes are, left to right,
Captains B. R. Seitsinger, Fairfield, Iowa; J. W. Cofer, Louisville, Ky.;
and R. L. Clayton, Minneapolis, Minn.
She's a Major
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The first woman physician to be
commissioned directly into the
United States army is I)r. Margaret
D. Craighill. She is shown being
sworn in as a major by Col. Fred
erick Schoenfeld, commanding of
ficer of the Philadelphia recruiting
district.
Outta My Way
Dashing over the home plate,
Babe Barna of the New York Giants
knocks both ball and glove from the
hands of Catcher Hernandez of the
Chicago Cubs during a tight game
at the Polo Grounds in New York.
Death, Destruction, From Six-State Flood
Rushing water from rivers swollen by several days of incessant rain
overflows onto six midwestern states. Thousands of persons In the Inun
dated areas were left homeless by the flood, and so much planting has
been ruined that food production in the area Is seriously threatened. Above:
Soldiers in Indiana erect a sandbag dike. Below: A Boy Scout rescues
another youth.
Allies Walk In: Persecutions Ended
Hated Nazi badges of persecution are torn from their clothes by
these Jewish boys in Kairouan, Tunisia, as British soldiers, who liberated
the youths, observe one of the effects of the Allied victory there. These
boys were forced to work for the Germans without pay and also were
made to wear a Star of David to distinguish them from non-Jewish
workers.
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Three Key Chinese War Leaders
Pictured as they leave a meeting with the China Youth corps lead
ers are three of China’s most influential men. Left to right, President
Lin Sen, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and General Chang Cbu-Cbung,
minister of military operations.
Marines at Work on Pacific Base
Marines aided by a “cat" beach a "Kingfisher" plane at Funafuti,
an American base in the Ellice islands, south of the Gilbert Islands and
east of the Solomons.
Defeated Nazi
SUII austere, reflecting his stern,
cold, totalitarian military schooling,
Gen. Jurgen von Arnim, defeated
Nasi Tunisian commander, strides
into a London prison camp. He re*
ceives full courtesies due his rank.
A Blind Patriot
Blindness has not stopped James
Black, father of three children, from
seeing the way to best serve his
country. He is pictured at work in
an Ohio airplane plant where be
builds bomber parts. He also buys
war bonds and has given six pints of
his blood to the Bed Cross.
Madame Motorman
With her uniform cap perched
jauntily on her curls, Mrs. Ruth
Phillips waits for her conductor to
signal the start of her street car run.
She is one of 13 women learning to
operate trolleys in a program spon
sored by the Board of Transporta
tion in Brooklyn. Instructor W. E.
Box is loud in praise for his pupils.
Ground Air Battle
This movable contraption is an
airplane gun turret without the air
plane. Trainees of the U. S. Naval
Gunnery school in San Diego, Calif.,
fire round after round of ammuni
tion from this perch.
Sew-On Chair Covers
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C EW-ON covers of chintz or other
smart cottons are always neat
and trim and, since the pieces are
all sewn to the old upholstery of
the chair with rather long stitches,
it is not difficult to remove the
cover for washing or cleaning. If
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washed at home it is much easier
to handle separate pieces than an
entire slip cover.
A sew-on cover should be pin
fitted with a 4-inch tuck-in around
the spring seat and 1-inch seam
allowances. Use tailor’s chalk to
mark stitching lines and indicate
pieces to have welting stitched to
edges. Her*^ welting is used for
the side seams of the inside center
back section; across the front of
the seat; for the top and bottom
of the outside; and all around the
front of the arm sections. The
sketch shows how welted'and un
welted pieces are sewn in place.
The welting hides the stitches if
you use heavy duty thread match
ing the cord covering.
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months before their country was
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