Chinese and Jap Forces Fight for Pass
Savage fighting between Chinese and Jap forces in Honan, west of the strategic rail point of Chengchow,
now centers on Hulao Pass, which the enemy is reported as rapidly fortifying, following its capture, to pre
vent counter-attacks. Arrows in the map indicate centers of fighting outside Mihsien, where the Chinese have
circled the enemy, and Yingshang where the Japs have been more successful. Diagonal lines in map at right
indicate the general zone of action in relation to China.
Mass Baptism on Anzio-Nettunio Beachhead
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Squatting on the sand, this choir of American doughboys (left) supplied hymnal music during a mass
baptismal ceremony held at the Anaio-Nettunio beachhead, in Italy. More than a score of U. S. soldiers
were baptised by Div. Chaplain Leroy W. Raley of Cameron, Texas. Picture at right shows some of the
soldiers standing in the surf, awaiting their turn to be baptized.
His Honor, the Mayor, Samples Some Bacon
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia is a guest of the campfire set up by Troop
617 of the Boy Scouts of America, in New York. He samples some of
the bacon cooked by the Scouts, and finds it good. The camp site was
set up by way of celebrating National Boy and Girl week, and also
National Children’s week, held simultaneously.
Seaman From USS Lansdale Rescued
One of the many rescued by coastguardsmen of two destroyer escorts
during the German bombing attack that sank the USS Lansdale in the
Mediterranean, this navy seaman relaxes as coastguardsmen Virgil
Mathis, St. Augustine, Fla., and Melvin Howard of Pittsburgh, Pa. (left
to right) scrape a thick coat of oil from his body.
I Young Hero
Robert Dicey, five years old,
shows how he carried his 15-months
old brother, Kenneth, downstairs
and to safety, as flames raced
through their home at East Ded
ham, Mass.
4K’ Ration Feast
A Marshallese boy perches com
fortably on a wind-twisted coconut
tree and prepares to open a box of
marine K-rations. The natives found
U. S. rations a welcome change.
‘We Lost Two Heavy Bombers'
Announcement of our losses in terms of planes brings heavy hearts
in America, bnt in many cases it Is not as serious as It sounds. For
instance, these two bombers were written off as “lost.M The one at the
top, a Flying Fortress, made a crash landing in occupied Holland. The
lower one, a Liberator, was shot down In Germany. Both were badly
damaged, bnt, according to the German caption that accompanied the
pictures, crews of both ships survived to become prisoners of war.
Former Grid Star Nips 16 Japs—Wins DFC
Lieut, (jg) "Ike” Kepford, USNR, a brilliant backfleld man in former
days for Northwestern university, and hailing from Muskegon, Mich.,
has shot down 16 Jap planes and ranks as top scoring pilot in the navy
fighter groups. His Vought Corsair, with "Ike” at the controls, is shown
at left. Inset: Closenp of Lieutenant Kepford, taken on bis return from
the Pacific theater of war.
U. S. Glider Troops on Parade in Britain
With the Stars and Stripes flying proudly above them, American glider
troops of an airborne unit are pictured on parade at an airfield “some
where in the United Kingdom.”
Two Hoovers Meet at Boys’ Club Dinner
J. Edgar Hoover (left), head of the FBI, and former President Her
bert Hoover, chat in New York just before the latter went on the air,
broadcasting to the youth of America about the expansion of Boys’ Clubs
of America throughout the nation. The two Hoovers first attended a
wartime conference of Boys’ clubs at a dinner gathering.
‘King of the Banjo’
Navy Comdr. Eddie Peabody, ex
vaudeville star and World War I vet
eran, winds up his famed banjo act
at a “sandbag theater” for marines
on a South Pacific base. This thea
ter has 3,000 sandbag seats, and
each night draws capacity crowds,
composed mainly of Tarawa vets.
New Navy Secretary
James V. Forrestal, who was
nominated by President Roosevelt to
I succeed the late Frank Knox as seo
I retary of the navy. Forrestal was
undersecretary of the navy at the
time of Knox’s death.
‘Nazi Watchtower’
Above is one of the watch towers
in the replica of a German prisoner
of war camp, built in London to give
Britons some idea of the daily life of
an Allied prisoner of war in a Ger«
man camp. All signs are in Ger**.
man. *
New Baseball Togs
Charlie Grimm hangs up his
Brewer nniform which brought him
success and a pennant while man
ager of Milwaukee Brewers, prepara
tory to returning to Chicago Cubs.
RUTH WYETH SPEARS
tpARLY American wall pockets
cut out of light weight pine or
scraps of half-indi material may
have many modCTn uses. In the
kitchen they are just the thing for
ration books and a pad for the
grocery list. Just inside the front
MARK ON
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USE
COPING SAW
OR JIG SAW
TO CUTJUST
SIDE MARK
^/Z'HR ADS TO
NAIL FRONT
fcTO SIDES-THEN
SACK TO SIDES
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BOTTOM IN PLACE
door one will lend a decorative
note and make a convenient place
for driving gloves and keys.
Originally these pockets were
made in a great variety of designs
and were used for letter boxes.
They are still useful for this pur
pose or for a leave-a-note pad and
pencil. If you enjoy working with
wood you may v'ant to cut these
pockets out by hand as shown
here. But if you have a jig saw
available it is much faster.
• • •
NOTE—Mrs. Spears has prepared pat
terns in actual size (or this pocket and
two others in typical Early American de
signs. The patterns are on one large sheet
with complete directions (or making and
finishing. Request Pattern 261 and enclose
IS cents. Address:
^________
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS'
Bedford Hills New York
Drawer 10
Enclose 13 cents for Pattern No. 261.
Mam**
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The Questions
1. How many of our states have
only four letters in their names?
2. What is a rodomontadist?
3. Who tamed the winged horse
Pegasus with a bridle which
Athena gave him?
4. Which of these sports, foot
ball, hockey, basketball are truly
American in origin?
5. The tallest wooden structures
were recently built along our
coasts. For what purpose are they
used?
6. What is the approximate
length of the continent of Africa
from north to south?
7. What states were admitted to
the Union during the Civil war?
The Answers
1. Three—Ohio, Iowa and Utah.
2. An empty braggart.
3. Bellerophon.
4. Basketball.
5. As blimp hangars. They are
17 stories and built entirely of
wood.
6. Five thousand miles.
7. West Virginia and Nevada.
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