Rest and Treatment Given to War Veterans
Columns of marines (left), weary from Saipan front line fighting, march to the rear for rest as replace
ments pass them on the way to the front. The X-ray is part of front line equipment. (Right) shows a Sai
pan veteran, still wearing his battle togs, being given a foot X-ray at a medical base in Saipan after he had
been brought in wounded from the fighting line. Pharmacist's Mate FC Frank E. Newkirk of Camp Bells
burg, Ind., is operating the machine in order to determine the extent of injuries to the marine.
Wallace and Truman Led Early Convention Lists
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Vice President Henry Wallace rushed to the convention to carry on his fight as well as serve as dele
gate from Iowa to the Democratic national convention. Letter from President Roosevelt preceded him to Chi
cago. He entered the convention with more pledged delegates than any other candidate. (Right) Sen. Harry
S. Truman of Missouri, who did not “choose” to run, was early boomed for the vice presidential nomination
as a compromise candidate.
German ‘Withdrawal’ in Europe
Germany’s supreme war council, according to dispatch from Ma
drid, has decided to withdraw its forces from occupied countries. On
three fronts, East, West, and South, Nazi manpower is spreading
thin, after almost five years of war, because of mounting losses.
California Ship Explosion
Calling All Shots
She refuses to spar with Clare
Luce or anyone else, but at the
Democratic convention, Mrs. Helen
Gahagan Douglas, wife of s»re?n ac
tor Capt. Mclvyn Douglas, made
known her position in political mat
; ters. She is running for congress
from her district in California.
Red Cross Sinkers
Diner De Luxe at Burma Front
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American field service ambulance drivers en route to the Burma front
lunch an a flat car and find that the food is as good as in a de luxe diner.
These volunteers are serving with British and Indian forces. They travel
by boat, road and rail for. long distances, always with their assigned
ambulances.
Efficient Job of Demolition
Three American naval officers stand amid the wreckage of the
arsenal at Cherbourg, graphic testimony to the efficiency of German
demolition squads. Left to right are Commodore William A. Sullivan,
port salvage expert; Rear Adm. John Wilkes; and Rear Adm. Alan Kirk,
commander of U. S. naval task forces in French waters.
General Talks With His Men
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme Allied commander, is shown
In center of circle as he addressed men of the First division in Normandy.
The general made a special trip to France to decorate 24 men for valour
in the field. Despite his many duties he usually finds time to personally
inspect all troops under his command and to listen to tlieir problems. His
popularity at the front has proven as great as on the homefront. Hundreds
of American homes have received letters from General Eisenhower telling
of good work done by tlieir GI Joes.
Yanks Shell Retreating Nazis
Secretary of War Henry L. Stim
son is shown examining the remains
of a flying bomb shortly after it
exploded in England. The war sec
retary has been conferring with Gen.
Dwight Eisenhower in England and
Inspecting American troops on in
vasion fronts.
‘Fello Needs a Pal’
Constant companion of this sad
eyed bewildered Japanese youngster
was “Shipper,” the ship’s mascot of
a coast guard-manned assault trans
port, where the “Little Tojo” found
haven and medical treatment from
the strife that surged over his Sai
pan home.
Invasion of England
From the gaping bow doors of an
LST, German prisoners of war
stream ashore at a British port.
When they used to sing “We Sail
Against England,” they never
dreamed that the landing on the
shores was going to be like this—
as prisoners of war.
New Jap Army Chief
Photo made at the Port Chicago pier, near Martinez, Calif., where two
Liberty ships loaded with ammunition exploded causing loss estimated
at 320 lives, only a few bodies of which have been recovered. Wreckage
of the pier is shown here, as well as the remains of the vessels, in
upper right.
Lieut. Col. Frank 8. Perego of
Canandaigua, N. Y., and Capt. Rich
ard E. Leary of Annapolis, Md.,
sample some of the doughnuts of
fered by Red Cross worker.
As one American soldier pulls the lanyard of a howitzer, two others
hold ears and turn away from the roar as they shell retreating German
troops near Carentan. American columns are still reported as advancing
everywhere along the western half of the Normandy front despite power
fnl opposition
Gen. Hideki Tojo has been relieved
of his post as chief of the Japanese
army general staff and has been
succeeded by Gen. Yoshijiro IJmezu
(above), ambassador to occupied
Manchuria.
STAGESCREtffRADlO
By VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
THEY do tell us that Alan
Ladd’s popularity with the
bobby-socks brigade has made
him Hollywood’s No. 1 “lock
et star.” Alan, currently star
ring in “Two Years Before
the Mast,” received 7,200 re
quests in one week from young fans
asking for locket photographs, and
the demand became so heavy that
Paramount’s fan mail department
has made up 100.000 special, small
sized photos of the star, which can
easily be cut into a heart-shape, to
fit the lockets favored by his teen
age admirers.
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Marilyn Maxwell likes her birth
month, August; in August she de
cided, while singing with Ted
Weems’ orchestra, to go to Holly
wood and try acting. After six
months at the Pasadena Playhouse
MARILYN MAXWELL
she got a screen test with Metro,
whose trademark is Leo, the August
sign of the zodiac. But—it was in
December that she did her first
guest shot with Bing Crosby, lead
ing to her present contract.
-*
Robert Watson, former stage star
who portrays Adolf Hitler in "The
Hitler Gang,” knows his subject
well—this is the fifth time he’s
played that role. But this time it's
different; it’s his first completely
serious characterization of Hitler.
-*
June Dupres, who portrays Cary
Grant’s chief romantic Interest in
"None but the Lonely Heart,” says
she never got her big screen break
until Producer David Hempstead or.
dered her to turn from brunette to
blonde for the role. She had her
hair bleached, and since then has
received many other Important of.
fers, all calling for blonde tresses—
it looks as If sbe’d become a per.
manent blonde.
One of radio's new singing sensa
tions is handsome Larry Douglas,
starred on the CBS “Here’s to Ro
mance” Thursday evenings. Though
he’s been chief vocalist with Car
men Cavellero’s band and has sung
in several stage hits, this is bis first
coast-to-coast radio program.
-*
Fanny Brice—“Baby Snooks” to
millions of radio listeners—has as
sembled a collection of pictures by
children all over the world that rates
serious consideration. She says that
the impish character she created for
radio led to her interest in children’s
paintings, and so to her making this
collection. Many of the pictures are
from countries now overiun by
Hitler. Forty-seven of them have
been shown in art galleries in Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle,
Baltimore and Rochester and re
cently in New York City.
Ml
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Chief Willow Bird, of the Apache
tribe, is celebrating his 32nd year
in pictures and his 1000th film role
by appearing in RKO’s "The Girl
Rush." But don't suppose for an in
stant that he's playing an Indian—
he’ll be seen as a gold miner!
-*
A soldier in Los Angeles lost his
wallet, which contained the furlough
money he’d been saving up in order
to visit his family for the first time
in 11 months. Newspapers printed
the story. Imagine the feelings of
that GI Joe when he received a
check in the mail—a check for $100,
which he’s going to hate to spend,
because it bore the autograph of
Frank Sinatra!
-*
A very special laurel wreath
should be given lovely Jane Fro
man; in "Here’s to Romance’’ and
“Stage Door Canteen’’ broadcasts
she asked to be permitted to sit on
stage during the show, because
“making an entrance on crutches
looks too dramatic.” She’s the girl
who was seriously injured in the
Lisbon Clipper crash, while she was
on her way to entertain our men in
overseas service.
sir
ODDS AND ENDS—Told on the set
of “Murder, He Says” that he had fust
become a papa, Peter Whitney got ex
cited, tripped over a cable, and sprainetT
an ankle. . . . The Jubulaires, COS' neiv
quartet, met 10 years ago while work
ing on a strawberry plantation, and
started their musical careers as singing
waiters in a Florida hotel . . . Walter
Abel was star of the “Armstrong Thea
ter of Today" the Saturday that Betty
Caine, of the air, was the voice of the
Quaker Girl. ... 28 hours of radio’s
top programs go to invasion troops
each week. ... 100 mustered-out serv
icemen have roles in the Edward G.
Robinson “Mr. Winkle Goes to War."