One Axis Leader Down—Two to Go
The sudden political demise of Benito Mussolini makes him the first Axis dictator to fail under the
military and Intellectual might of the Allied nations. Left: King Victor Emmanuel of Italy who accepted
Mussolini’s resignation and appointed Marshal Pietro Badoglio, center, as the new premier of Italy. Al
though Badoglio announced that “the war continues,” as he proclaimed martial law, he was never a member
of the official high ranking Italian fascist group which surrounded Mussolini. He has been known to have dis
agreed with the former premier several times. Right: Benito Mussolini who took advantage of the unrest of
World War I to create a dictatorship and now finds himself overthrown by similar forces in World War II.
Get Sick on Land to Stop Sea-Sickness
In a giant land, sea and air Invasion, Allied military leaders mnst consider and plan for every emergency—
.including seasickness. To accumulate data on this subject, the army developed a sea-horse which gets soldiers
as sick as they would be after several hours on rough water. As a result of these experiments, capsules to pre
vent motion-sickness are given to invasion troops an hour and a half before embarkation. Left: Sergt. Arthur
F. Nichols after a session in the sea-horse. Right: The contraption in action.
U. S. Privates Round Up Some ‘Supermen’
These German prisoners include parachute troopers, vaunted super
men of many campaigns. They were rounded up by a few ordinary
soldiers in the invasion of Sicily. It appeared that the total number of
such prisoners taken by the Allies would run into several thousands.
Cigarettes for Defenders of China
Chinese soldiers on their way to m battlefront are given cigarettes by
a Chinese mother. These soldiers were part of the stubborn unit that
resisted and finally routed a huge Japanese army along the upper
Yangtze, the gateway to Chungking. These defenders accounted for
over 40,000 casualties to the enemy, and conducted one of the most he
roic victories of the war.
High Scorer
Allen Martini, youngest major in
the Eighth U. S. army air force. He
led the first American raid on Paris
as pilot of the "Dry Martini," *
Flying Fortress.
F ormer F ootball Hero
V ■
COCONUT
PERIOD.,
As a former grid coach for Ford
ham and one of Notre Dame’s Four
Horsemen, Lieut. Comdr. Jim Crow
ley is accustomed to posing with a
football. In South Africa he uses a
coconut despite the sign. ^
Yanks Meet ‘General Mud’ Near Mundal
The capture of Rcndova island, a stepping stone to the Japanese air
base at Munda, has brought American soldiers face to face with “Gen
eral Mud”; Top: Marines carry .a generator through the mud in prepara
tion for a barrage on Munda. Bottom: Two men set up an automatic
rifle emplacement on Rendova. Americans controlled the island the
same day they landed. A total of 191 Nipponese planes attempting to
break up the landing were shot down.
Allied Skirted Soldiers Meet
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Uniformed women of America and Britain meet on an English road
and like their male contemporaries on other battlefronts, they get along
as well as old chums. These WACS were among the first contingent of
American women to arrive in England. They were strolling and the
English WRENS were bicycling when the meeting occurred.
‘Little Italy’ Rejoices at Benito’s Fall
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New York’s “Little Italy’’ went wild with joy at the news of Musso
lini’s sudden political demise. A jubilant family is shown on the fire
escape balcony outside their flat. A picture of President Roosevelt
hangs on the balcony railing. Italians throughout the country generally
hailed Italy’s change of government.
McSparlen U. S. Golf Champ by One Stroke
Harold McSpaden is awarded the first prize check of $2,000 after he
nosed out Oncal White for the title of American open golf champion
at the Tam-O-Shanter country club near Chicago. The final round was
played before a tense gallery as McSpaden won by one stroke. Left to
right: White, George S. May, president of the club, and McSpaden.
Davis in London
Elmer Davis, director of the Bait
ed States Office of War Information,
seems interested in London’s traffic
light system in this picture taken
when he visited there recently. Da
vis met Brendan Braken who holds
a similar post in England.
Guides Convoys
Adm. Sir Max Horton of the Brit
ish navy’s operations department
poses in front of a map on which is
charted the positions of convoys en
route to England. This work is high
ly confidential and a mistake might
result in the death of many seamen
and loss of ships and ammunition.
Too Big’
The army rejected Mike Naymick,
pitcher for the Cleveland Indians,
with the explanation that he Is "too
big." Mike towers to a height of
6 feet 8 inches and says the air np
there is Just about the same as it
is nearer the ground.
Survives 500 Hits
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Despite a hail of 500 bullets, an
American plane returned to its base
after a raid on Sicily. Staff Sergt.
Henry B. Hicks examines the rudder
sf the ship.
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Bride on Display
For seven days after their mar
riage, a Moroccan wife clad in her
most gorgeous costumes, must sit
alone in her husband’s home. Any
woman may come in from the
street and look at her.
JUST
DASH
CZ_I
Relative Values
A wise man is he who knows the
relative value of things.—Deaa
Inge.
’ SNAPPY FACTS I
ABOUT
RUBBER
The bails ef modern rubber
usage is vulcanisation, a word
that is derived from Vulcan,
the Greek God of Fire.
The cryptostegia vine yields about
17 drops -of rubber latex a day,
a seven-year-old Hevea tree three
to six pounds of rubber a year.
Properly treated Hevea trees,
when 10 years old, can give from
1000 to 1500 pounds of rubber
per acre per year. About eleven
pounds of rubber are used in
making a small automobile tire.
Lay rubber articles flat when
storing, allowing them te as
sume their natural position.
Rubbar loses its life when un
der a permanent strain.
