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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1943)
Partisans in Jugoslavia Salute British Officers When British naval officers recently visited a Jugoslavian village held by patriot partisan forces they were taken to meet the commander (top left). At his right is his interpreter. Bottom left: Using the partisan army’s clenched fist communist salute, Jugoslavian children greet the British officers. They wear the star marked caps of their organization. Right: She doesn’t look it, but this young woman has the reputation of being an outstanding sniper and anti-Nazi saboteur. Women like her comprise 25 per cent of the partisan army. No names are given to shield friends and relatives from possible Nazi reprisals. 3 of ‘10 Outstanding Women in America’ A “jury” of well-known women recently gathered in New York to select the “10 outstanding women of # America in as many fields of endeavor.” Pictured above are three of their choices. Left: Dorothy Thomp son, journalism; center. Dr. Katherine Blodgett, science; and right, Nancy Harkness Love, aviation. The other seven are: Mrs. Hortense Odium, business; Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, labor; Marion Anderson, music; Vivian Kellems, industry; Rosalind Russell, motion pictures; Kate Smith, radio; and Pearl Buck, literature. Sea Ceremony for Dead Marines nr— \m * imvAMarx jr jl* it Xmas a Year Late Flag-draped caskets of three U. S. marines who died at Tarawa rest on a hatch aboard a transport as a burial service is conducted. Comrades ^of the dead stand by with bowed heads. Marines were assigned to Rtake Tarawa island because it was known to be the most heavily fortified of the Gilbert group. Marine losses after 76 hours of fighting on Tarawa approximately equalled losses on Guadalcanal after six months. , Military Hitchhiking in Middle ••■■■•"■■'MnMyxMAry**-*■• •>•<•> • • • - ■ ••..v.v./.v,.* at •:■> >»iiWMWiiWSawl^*w Hitchhiking is now organized on a military basis in the Middle East. A group of hikers is pictured at a "bus stop" in Cairo near the Suez canal. These shelters have been built at points on the main road traffic routes in the desert and here servicemen may rest until they find a military vehicle going their way. * Those cards and packages were mailed to reach Private P. C. Han lon for Christmas, 1942. But they didn't catch up with this fast moving marine until a year later. He was on Guadalcanal when they were mailed. But when they arrived he had left. Dog Hikes 470 Miles in rirnitHfilnriniwoKii - •• • • va-mw•...-• • ■ '.wa-.v.uimha,....... v mUmi < From Norfolk, Va., to Patehogue, : N. V.—170 miles—that’s the walk “Pete,” this Pomeranian,took to find his mistress, Barbara Ann Stand, 13, of Norfolk. She was visiting Patehogue but when Pete found the right house, she had left. Three Powers Decree 1914 Status for Japan r“~ KAMCHATKA)) «. _ i KOMANDORSKIE «»Ar attu*. w PARAMU^H.RC Kl5lfc KURILE IS. m m TOKYO pAClF|C^ocfAN # BONIN \ MIDWAY* MARCUS \ .MARIANA 15. - V ' WAKE I \ UAM»* ./*• ..Jruk MARSHALL IS • lALAYA^ •" PALAU - ' mN.PF JAU»T> 4QAPORE1 __ 4 CAROL INE LS. . J7Ltl Glt&ERT >MBOi NA VGJLM Nt A/fiaA»'** * V -• '*V • ELLICE IS. * » *.*_ «. yV^RWiN V AUSTRALIA Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek, and Churchill decreed at their Cairo conference that Nippon will be stripped of Pacific islands seized or oc cupied since the First World war and China will reclaim such islands as Formosa, Man churia, and the Pescadores. Within the dotted line of this map are the Jap-held properties of today. Inset is Japan of tomorrow. The trio stated they “have no thought of territorial ex pansion gain for themselves." Part of California’s Record Grape Crop A few of the 2,610,000 tons of grapes grown In California are pictured being unloaded at a winery in Guastl. Most of the record crop will be utilized for raisins according to a government order. About half a million tons will he crushed for California wineries which supply more than 85 per cent fcf America’s table consumption. Trio in Teheran Guarantees Victory . nnnihm—iiiiiim i ii'Mii —i 77 iJ -F~ Premier Joseph Stalin of Russia, President Franklin D. Roo&evelt of the United States, and Prime Minister Winston ChurchHI of England, as they appeared during their conference in Teheran, Iran, where they committed their peoples to full co-operation during the war and after it. Their declaration read in part: "The common understanding which we have reached guarantees that victory will be ours. And as to the peace we are sure that our concord will make it an enduring peace. W'e recog nize fully the supreme responsibility resting upon us and all the United Nations to mal'’! a peace which will command the good will of the over whelming masses of the peoples of the world and banish the scourge and terror of war for many generations. We came here with hope and deter mination. We leave here friends in fact, in spirit, and in purpose.*' War Orphan With Army Buddies Overseas Under the auspices of the “Stars and Stripes” this little British war orphan enjoyed a day’s outing with a U. S. quartermaster battalion which has adopted her. She is pictured somewhere in England standing in line for ciiow with buddies. Repatriates See Santa Santa Claus meets Johnny, six, and Marlon, eight, children of Dr, Raymond E. Stannard of Redlands, Calif., and they tell him how it feels to be a prisoner of the Japs. They eame back home on the Gripsholm from Portuguese India. Queries Corn Price War Food Administrator Marvin Jones as be discussed a plan to move corn off midwest farms into short age areas and to raise the ceiling price. The OPA raised the ceiling price nine cents, bringing it to $1.16 per bushel. Retreating Nazis ■eti: a mmr-1 Shattered remains of a building are seen in this picture received through neutral Lisbon which also shows retreating Germans carrying explosives to a new target. This is a sample of the destructive tech niques carried out by the Germans before they evacuate a town. G. O. P. Chairman H^BBgE^aanagiMa&ia^y:^ ?"•:.i Charles A, Ilalleck of Indiana, wh« was unanimously elected by the Re publican Congressional campaign committee to lead the 1944 presi j dcntial campaign. I 7639 ! IAUNTILY forward tilting or be ** hind a youthful pompadour . . . either of these ways are right for the wearing of this pliant, easily adjusted beret with its flirtatious ruffle and matehihg bag. You can crochet both at little cost in spare moments. Use a short yarn. • • • Pattern 7639 contains directions for hat and purse; sUtches; list of materials needed. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time Is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 564 W. Randolph St. Chicago 80, 111. Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern No. Name . Address . | SNAPPY FACTS | ABOUT RUBBER -—(i Water used in a rubber water bottle should never have a temperature higher than 140 degrees Fahrenheit. BoMing water ages rubber prematurely. There should be no air in the bottle when in use if long service Is to be expected. The Amazon Valley, once the world's chief source of rubber. Is expected to produce about 35,000 tons of crude in 1943, during which year 50,000 laborers will have been established In the rubber forests. 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