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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1946)
Favorite Costume With Teen-Agers BOOK TOLD HIM HOW TO FLY ... “I have read a book on how to fly and 1 can fly anything that flies,” said 12-year-old Don Kruegar, Dayton, Ohio, when he applied for a surplus plane at the air technical service command. He is shown above when he was greeted by Brig, Gen. L. C. Craigie. In the background are some of Don’s air commandos. Don will have to wait a few years before he can qualify for a pilot license. WHERE THE AWESOME ATOMIC TESTS WILL BE HELD . . . The above map reveals the location of the Bikini atoll, a part of the Marshall group, where the atomic bomb will be tested under combat conditions in May. The tests, arranged under the joint army and navy command, will be known as “operation cross roads.” An armada of 97 fighting ships ranging from landing ships to giant carriers and battlewagons will be used in the demonstration which may result in a revolutionize sea warfare. A large number of observer* will be present. CHINESE VETERAN . . . This 12 year-old Chinese warrior, who be longed to the Chinese 6th army, has been credited with active participa tion in many of the roughest battles in which the Chinese forces took part. CONQUERING THE HOUSE SHORTAGE . . . While the housing shortage hasn’t come to this it's an idea. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph ^JTlowers, Hickory, N. C., built this igloo from standard 100-pound ice blocks. It is lighted with electricity and should be cool this summer—if it does not melt. Replacements for melted walls will be available and the children say that they will use It all year if the supply of ice lasts. CO-ED NAZI PRISONER . . . Lotte Wallerstcin, who has entered exclu sive Radford college, Radford, Va., with the strangest and most adven turous pre-college background— three years a prisoner of Nail Ger many. WORLD FAMOUS HANDS AND CREATOR . . . Ray Shaw, one of the out standing artists of hands in the United States, is shown with her most recently completed sculpture. Here are the hands of the late President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, holding the wheel of an allegorical “ship of state.” "Hands are more expressive than faces,” says Miss Shaw, who has immortalized the bands of the world’s great, in all walks of public life. , LOSS OF HANDS AND FEET DOES NOT STOP HERO . . . Pfc. James Wilson, Starke, Fla., demonstrates that loss of hands and feet is no bar to driving an automobile. He is shown (right) at New York City as he was greeted by city council president, Vincent Impelliteri (left),and Bess Myer son, "Miss America of 1945." “WINNIE’' AT HIS FAVORITE PASTIME . . . Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, vacationing in Florida, spends some of his leisure moments at his easel. In addition to being a statesman and author, Churchill is a recognized artist. He is shown completing an oil painting of an ocean and cabana scene at a surf club near Miami. FROM PRISON CAMP TO HOME WITH HIS VALENTINE ... To Lt. J. Welling Pidcock, Trenton, N. J., Valentine's Day this year will be far dif ferent than what it was a year ago. Holder of the air medal with cluster and the Purple Heart with cluster. Lieutenant Pidcock was shot down over the Brenner pass during a bombing mission and spent Valentine’s Day last year in a German prison. This year, like millions of other return ing heroes, he will be welcomed home by the familiar sight of a senti mental valentine from the girl who waited. PRECIOUS PACKAGE CONSIGNED TO U. S. A. . . . At Tidworth recep tion camp, where G.I. brides and their babies arc waiting to board ship for a trip to the United States to Join their husbands and fathers, Pamela Esme bids good-by to her six-month-old cousin, Maureen Hazel Law rence, who is going to her father, Bruce Wesley Lawrence, Fond du Lac, Wls. Hundreds of brides and babies are awaiting transportation. HOW TO SAVE MONEY . . . Larry Marsh, Brighton. Mass., while only five years old, has learned how to earn money by saving it. With a bill in his band, that “mom’’ gave to have his tooth pulled, Larry per forms operation on dentist's door. LEWIS RETURNS HOME . . . John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, pictured as an nouncement was made that his union had re-affiliated with the AFL. Lewis has taken his place on the AFL executive committee. MASTER-MIND OF THE AIR WAVES . . . Maj. Edwin H. Arm strong, 55, former Columbia univer sity professor of electrical engineer ing, and inventor of frequency mod ulation, as well as other basic radio patents, who is credited with ra dar’s trip to the moon. Since 1930 he has won many awards for out standing radio and radar develop ment. Armstrong also served in World War I. UNO SECRETARY-GENERAL . . . By a big majority, Dr. Trygve Hal voan Lie, 48, Norwegian foreign minister, was chosen by delegates to be United Nations secretary-gen eral. His salary will be $20,000 a year. DISARM OR FACE RUIN . . . Was the theme of a two-hour speech with which Sen. Millard E. Tydings (I)., Md.) interrupted, but did not stop, FEPC filibuster. He demanded that all nations disarm. I Ml T~\ ELIGHT of every teen-age miss is the dirndl skirt and gay peasant blouse. Juniors who sew their own can make this outfit in no time at all. Beading with narrow ribbon run through high lights the blouse—the side-button skirt has two rows of ric rac for accent. Wearable and tubbable. • • • Pattern No. 8887 is designed for sizes 11, 12. 13. 14. 16 and 18. Size 12. skirt. 1% yards of 35 or 39-inch; blouse. 1% yards of 35-lnch; 4 yards ribbon; 4 yards ric rac. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South Wells 8t. Chicago Enclose 25 cents in colna for each pattern desired. Pattern No. _size j I Name Address_ To Save Money, Mix Your Cough Relief at Home BoEasy! No Cooking. Quick Relief. Even If you’re not Interested in saving good money, you surely want o really effective relief for coughs due to colds. So try mixing it yourself. 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