Only a Slight Difference of Fifty-Three Years
•ice in a great while Mother Nature permits herself a whimsical chuckle and turns in a performance
that makes us gasp. The old lady gave such a performance on the day that George Thomas Morton was
barn in Sioux City, Iowa. He is called either "Ike” or “General,” for little George looks as if he were a pea
out of the same pod that gave us General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower. There is an interval of 53
years between the births of the two "Ikes.” George Thomas will soon be two years old.
Fired First and Last Shots at Jap Invaders
The leathernecks of the U. S. 4th marine regiment, shown as they were briefed before their landing at Yo
kosuka, Jap naval base at the entrance to Tokyo bay, by their commanding officer, Lt. Col. Fred I). Beans of
Annapolis, Md. The 4th marines served in China from 1927, then defended Corregidor. As raiders they saw
action in Solomon campaigns, Emirau, Guam, Okinawa and finally landed on Japan proper with General
MacArthur’s surrender commission. They have the honor of firing some of the first and last shots.
Old Glory Over Tokyo Embassy
Insert shows Admiral William Halsey, famed commander of the U. S.
3rd fleet, and General Douglas MacArthur, Allied commander, as they
salute Old Glory as it is unfurled over the American embassy in Tokyo.
The general view was taken from the gates of the embassy, showing in
the background the wreckage of the city of Tokyo, caused by bombs.
Will Try German War Criminals
Left shows Francis Biddle, former U. S. attorney general, who has
been named the American member of the four-power military tribunal
that will try the major Axis war criminals. Judge John J. Parker, of Char
lotte, N. C.f has been named as Biddle's alternate. Parker was nomi
nated by President Hoover to the Supreme court but rejected by the senate.
! Miss America of 1945
Twenty-one-year-old Bess Myer
I son of Bronx, N. Y., who won the
| Atlantic City title of "Miss America,
1945.” She turned down movie con
tract offers which went with title.
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Allied Prisoners’ Aid
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Evelyn Gore-Symes, 15-year-old
English girl, who spent seven years
in Budapest. Through the German
occupation, she aided scores of
Allied prisoners to reach safety.
Receives Honor—Expected Blame
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“The general and his lady,” shown in Washington, shortly arter their
happy reunion. General Wainwright stated that all the time he was a
prisoner in Japanese camps, he thought the American public would bold
him responsible for the fall of the Philippines. The honors heaped upon
him by the nation came as a gratifying surprise to America’s No. 1 hero.
President’s Daughter Chorister
Listeners throughout the country had the opportunity to hear Mar
garet Truman, center, daughter of President Truman, when she broad
casted with the choir of the Trinity Episcopal church, from the Inde
pendence, Mo., “Church of the Air,” on a coast-to-coast network. She has
appeared in operas in several cities in recent years.
Rattlesnakes at Ford’s Funeral
The faithful of the Dolly Pond Church of God, surrounded by a
pushing crowd of curious, bury Brother Lewis Ford, as he had wished,
fondling over his open casket the rattlesnake which killed him. Preacher
Ford died as the result of snake bites received during a service held near
Daisy, Tenn., at which snake handling was a highlight.
Millionth G.I. Home From Europe
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Corp. Almon N. Conger, medic, of Tacoma, Wash., left, the millionth
G.l. to be redeployed from the European theater of operations since V-E
Day, is greeted by commander of the 35th infantry division, Maj. Gen.
Paul W. Baade, on the arrival of the Queen Mary at New York. Conger
wears the distinguished service cross along with his service bars.
To jo in Suicide Try
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The "mighty” leader of the Jap
anese empire at the start of the
war, Premier General Hidrkl Tojo
is pictured here as he lies in a
semi-coma condition after shooting
himself. Doctors report his life will
be saved so he might be hung.
Named to State Post
Donald S. Russell of South Caro
lina, whose nomination as assistant
secretary of state was made by
President Truman. Russell will fill
the vacancy caused by the elevation
of Dean Acheson to undersecretary
of state. It is expected that other
changes will be made.
Try Lidice ‘Butcher’
Karl Hermann Frank, German
secretary of state for Bohemla-Mora
via, who is better known as “Butch
er” Frank of Lidice. He is consid
ered responsible for the liquidation
of the Lidice populace following the
assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
In ‘Hall of Fame’
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Dick Fowler, 20 years old, Phila
delphia Athletics, who by pitching a
no-hit no-run game against the St.
Louis Browns has entered base
ball’s hall of fame.
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