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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1944)
Hitler, Rommel, Visit ‘Atlantic Wall’ f Eleventh-hoar inspection toars of the vast Axis coastal defenses known as Germany’s “Atlantic Wall” are being made by Marshal Rommel, according to news dispatches, which say that Hitler has made personal “pre-invasion visits." Rommel is reported making day-by-day tours of areas shown on the above map, which provides a general picture of the coastal fortress. Broken line indicates territory referred to as “Rommel’s defense tone.” Swastikas Indicate points which have been mentioned as “Rommel’s command forts.” Reconditioning Program Reclaims Wounded The function of the England General hospital at Atlantic City, N. J., is the reconditioning of convales cent soldiers and officers before being sent back to duty. In picture at top, Sergt. Vic Ghezzi, former na tional PGA champion (1942) instructs a class, using golf clubs for exercises. Lower left: Two soldiers, both wounded in Sicily, exercise on the pulleys. Each was recipient of the Purple Heart and other decora tions. Circle: Sergt. Sam Goldman of Cleveland, Ohio, leads a class of soldiers in abdominal exercises. Kings and Queen of Health As one of the preliminaries of Health day, the healthiest boy and girl from the Children’s Aid society’s city-wide centers (New York) were chosen and crowned at the society’s west-side center. And here they are (left to right) with nurse Odalovich. Viasco Cardoza, 514, king; Marie Romans, 514, queen; Hilton Douglas, 6, king of Negro children. Floods Sweep Mississippi River Valley Floods have been sweeping the Mississippi river valley, with the water at an all-time high in the St. Louis terrain, inundating great stretches of agricultural land, making many homeless, and wreaking un told property damage. Here is water flowing over the chain of rocks bridge highway, where a break in the Chouteau island levee loosed great floods of water. . _ L t ft ‘Fashion Note’ Miss Linwood Gisclard, Louisiana belle, who holds title of “Maid of Cotton,’’ shows her dress to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the canteen fashion show in Washington. The dress is made of some $2,000 worth of war bonds and stamps. WAC Summer Gear *‘G. I. Jane” proudly exhibits a new summer uniform as an enlisted member of the WAC. The blouse and skirt are of the same tropical worsted material as that woru by officers of the corps. Seabees Open Ice Cream Parlor Destined for the scrap heap because many of Its parts were worn out and could not be replaced, an ice cream manufacturing unit of Guadal canal was salvaged and put in order by a naval construction battalion and now Is turning out ice cream twice a week for Seabees and tbe marine unit to which they are attached. Pegging a Strike at a Jap Pillbox A Jap pillbox has been located on Bougainville island, and Sergt. Charles H. Wolverton of the 37th division sticks out his tongue as he takes aim before letting a grenade fly to its target. These are two of the soldiers who beat back Jap counterattacks in the Empress Augusta Bay area In March, taking a toll of about 7,000 Jap dead. Rail Key Loss Perils Honan Province Two critical situations face China as Jap drives along the Peiping Hankow railroad (1) have resulted in the taking of Chengchow (2), both key points on the north-south line. As the map shows, Cheng chow is on the northern rim of the Honan province, a great food-raising area. From Chengchow the rail line cuts across Chinese territory (indi cated by dark areas). Prize-Winning Waste Paper Campaign Photo A,. dh i HIM If1 Mil Hi Hi i ii it The above picture won the national grand prize in the news picture contest sponsored by the U. S. victory waste paper campaign. It was en tered by John Mendicino of the Chicago Sun. Award was a $500 war bond plus $200 war bond for first place in the East North-Central region. Prize , winners were announced by Linwood I. Noyes, president of the ANPA. f Watch Skies This photo was made as Gen eral Eisenhower (arrow) was on an Inspection tour of an RAF bomber wing, somewhere In England. With him at the control tower are, top left, Maj. Gen. L, H. Brereton, USAAF; top right, air marshal Sir Arthur Coningham; center left, group captain C. R. Dunlap. The general at lower left is unidentified. Sewell Avery Family Sewell Avery, chairman of the board of Montgomery Ward A Co., Mrs. Avery, and their daughter, Nancy, shown after the annual meet ing of the stockholders of the com pany, in Chicago. The Ward plant was seised under President Roose velt’s orders. Behind Firing Line As if they didn’t have enough shooting, these American doughboys who came back from the front line at Anzio beachhead for a rest, bang away at targets on the rifle range, somewhere in Italy. . ; I Miss Pan-America,’44 Lovely 19-year-old Virginia War len of Miami, Fla., holds huge tro phy presented to her, following her selection as Miss Pan-America oi 1944, at s contest held In Miami. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Live Stock Commission BYERS BROS & CO. A Real Live Stock Com. Firm At the Omaha Market Penguins Handicapped Penguins cannot fold their wings, as other birds do, but must carry them extended. NEEDS - j YOUNG WOMEN 18 to 30 Are you looking for regular employment? Do you wish employment with a company that has been in existence 93 years ? Do you wish to learn a trade you may follow through life? Do you wish to be paid while learning a trade? IF SO Western Union offers you a career. Regular employment after completing training j course. Experience not nec essary. 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