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f Ton would never think that Pvt. Joseph Dernier of Fredonia, Wis., shown above as he appears (left) at
the Kennedy General hospital in Memphis, was the same man who is shown at right, a bag of bones, as
U. S. troops found him when they captured a German prison camp where he was held. He weighed 70 pounds
•a March 29, 1945. On June 7 he weighed 124 pounds. He was fed a planned starvation diet while a prisoner.
Drums Furnish Home and Industrial Convenience
How empty oil drums are being used in the Pacific area is shown by these photos. Left, the drums were
used in asphalt plant, as stacks, etc. Center, household use, wash sinks made from drums. Upper right, view
•f one of the oil drum farms. Lower right, used for barbecue. Other uses include bomb shelters, gateway
arches, legs for water tanks, incinerators, sewer pipes and reflectors on light poles.
Coaches One-Armed Ball Players
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Amputees at the Walter Reed hospital, Washington, watch Pete Gray,
one-armed ball player of the St. Louis Browns, demonstrate how he can
catch a ball, shake off his glove and throw the ball with the greatest of
ease. Left to right are: Pvt. Steve Lawrence, T/5 Anthony Motyka, Pfc.
Peter Brennan, Sgt. John Gallagher and Cpl. Harry Waters.
Army's Experimental Helicopter
What the helicopter of tomorrow may look like is pictured by this
new army model. Seen in flight in Upper Darby, Pa., it looks like a
giant bumble bee with its stubby fuselage. The craft is an experimental
model and has been undergoing tests since August, 1944. Early tests
indicate that it has merits not faiund in previous models.
New Veterans’ Head
Gen. Omar Bradley appointed
head of the veterans’ administration.
“If I had a son I would like him to go
to Bradley or Ike for advice,” the
late Ernie Pyle once said. Service
men are backing the choice.
Nelson Wins Again
Byron Nelson shown as he won the
72 boles of the $10,000 Canadian
Open Golf tourney. He finished It
strokes better than Jug McSpaden,
the second man.
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By VIRGINIA VALE
BEA WAIN’S new program
is one of the high lights of
radio’s summer season. She’s
been doing guest shots, mark
ing time, refusing to tie her
self to any definite commit
ment—like many another
army wife, she wanted to be free to
join her husband any time, any
place. Efforts to lure her to radio pro
grams emanating from Hollywood
BEA WAIN
failed. Now Maj. Andre Baruch's af
fairs are set, and Bea's on the air
with “Starlight Serenade,” on Mu
tual Thursdays. Though she’s young,
she’s a veteran entertainer; she be
came a professional at the age of
six. And because she always knew
just how she wanted to sing, she
studied everything but singing; her
method is all her own.
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George Raft’s first RKO picture
is "Johnny Angel,’’ a romantic mys
tery. It revolves around the efforts
of Raft to track down the unknown
mutineers who killed his father and
highjacked eight million dollars in
gold bullion from his father’s ship.
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Though they didn’t know who he
was, a lot of people still remember
the tenor who sang “The Rose of
Tralee” in "The Informer,” while
Victor McLaglen emerged from a
building with his sinister reward.
The tenor is Larry Burke, and he
sings the title song in “Those En
dearing Young Charms.”
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Twentieth Century-Fox won out
over other studios and snared Burl
Ives for a picture. He’s the ballad
ecr whose singing in “Sing Out,
Sweet Land” was one of the hits of
New York’s theatrical season this
year. His first film will be a tech
nicolor version of “Smokey.” While
in Hollywood he’ll continue with his
Sunday night “Radio Reader's Di
gest” shows, with the rest of the
program coming from New York.
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Richard Tucker is likely to be
come one of radio’s headliners, so
if you want to be in on his debut
listen when he replaces John Charles
Thomas on Sunday afternoons over
NBC late in July. Tucker is one of
the Metropolitan Opera company’s
tenors.
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The American’s Breakfast Club,
radio’s oldest and most continuous
program, heard six days a week,
60 minutes each day, recently cele
brated the completion of its 12th suc
cessive and successful year. The
program first hit the air on June 23,
1933, under the guidance of one Don
McNeill, who has served as master
at ceremonies of the show ever since
that date.
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Singer Danny O’Neil Is headed for
nation-wide recognition soon, if his
tory’s any indication. He has re
placed “Music That Satisfies” on
CBS and that spot has been the
springboard to fame for such stars
as Kate Smith. Bing Crosby, Martin
Downey and Frank Sinatra.
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Jennifer Jones didn’t have to learn
the rolling-hip walk she uses in
“Duel in the Sun”; it was already
there. She’s remembered by a
friend who was with her at North
western university as "the girl most
whistled at” when she w.s an un
dergraduate there. "It was that
walk,” he said. Incidentally, Joan
Tetzel has joined the "Duel in the
Sun" cast, leaving a hit Broadway
show to do so.
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Joan Leslie’d like to convince
Warner Bros, that they ought to
make a picture based on the life of
Rosina Galli, the former first bal
lerina of the Metropolitan Opera
company, and give her the title role.
She’s been working hard at ballet
dancing for the last three years.
Buddy Easton, the studio’s ballet
coach, says she could step right out
of “Janie Gets Married” and star
as a dancer.
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ODDS AND ENDS—Jimmy Durante
turns dancer for the first time in his
35 years as an entertainer, in Metro’s
“Two Sisters From Boston.'' . . . Felix
Knight and Franria If hire will costar
as replacements for Nelson Eddy this
summer. . . ■ Jerry If'ayne will have
Joe Baker and Gladys Swarthout on his
new show over CBS, on July 6th. , , . \
Guy Lombardo’s postponed his con
cert tour, as he and the Royal Canadi- j
ans are booked to start soon on a film
based on his life. . . . Georgia Gibbs
was so moving in that bond-buying
talk on “Hall of Fame” that three peo
ple wrote her that they’d bought bonds
and named her as coowner.
Swashbuckling General Cries
Photo shows that even Gen. George 8. (“Blood and Gats") Patton
may be overcome. At a reception given in his honor In Boston, at which
time honor after honor was heaped upon him. General Patton responded
with praises for his men and ended with: “We thank God such men were
born, I can’t say any more.” At this point the photo was taken.
Twenty-Four Planes—25 Minutes
These marine pilots made aviation history off Okinawa by knocking
down 24 Jap planes in 25 minutes. L. to R. in rear are: Maj. O. Axtell, La
guna Beach, Calif.; Col. W. E. Dickey, Du Bois, Pa.; Maj. J. Dorrah, Hood
River, Ore.; Lt. E. Abner, Washington. Front row (L. to R.): Lt. W. L.
Hood. Benton Harbor, Mich.; Lt. J. J. O’Keefe, Biloxi, Miss.; Lt. N. T.
Theriault, Milford, Mass.; and Lt. C. Allen, Fort Worth.
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launching from their home islands against continental United States.
Big Four at Berlin Conference
Representing the Big Four at the Berlin conference, where the pact
granting the Allies full supremacy over Germany was signed, are, left to
right: Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, General of the Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov and Gen, Jean De
Lattre De Tassigny. They will be in charge of occupied Germany.
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Pfc. Clarence Craft, Santa Anita,
Calif., is credited with killing more
than 30 Japs in a spectacular, and
almost single-handed, rifle and gre
nade fight. He was exposed to en
emy action during the entire time.
It was his first time- in battle.
Most Decorated G.I.
First Lt. Andie L. Murphy, Farm
ersville, Texas, is the most decorat-,
ed American soldier. He has every
decoration for bravery save the Le
gion of Merit. Murphy won the
Congressional Medal of Honor by
beating off 250 Germans and six
tanks at Colmar.
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First Postwar Cars
The first photos of 1946 postwar
cars to be received show, top: the
1946 Nash “600” passenger automo
bile. Lower, the “handmade" Ford
passenger, to be known as the 1946
model. Motorists may have to wait
from one to two years for these.
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Marine 1st Lt. Robert Klingman,
Binger, Okla., who knocked down a
Jap plane at 43,000 feet by using his
propeller as a carving knife. His
guns had frozen because of cold. j