Our Sky Fighters in the Pacific
Looking something like * football cheer leader, a signal officer aboard a C. S. navy aircraft carrier in
the Pacific fires the "go" sign to a fighter plane (at right) about to take off from the flight deck. Photo at
left was made from a plane which had just left the flight deck of an unnamed C. 8. aircraft carrier some
where in the Pacific. It gives you a bow-on view of the floating airdrome.
'Somewhere on the Eastern Front' ^ *
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' An ammunition damp In a forest somewhere behind the German lines in Russia is shown in lower picture.
Men are starting giant aerial bombs near a bomber base, whence Nasi planes go out to blast Russian posi
Hons. Above: Long lines of Russian war prisoners, carrying their worldly possessions in a sack, are beta;
marched to an internment camp somewhere on the eastern front by the Nasi army.
/. Coal for Strike-Bound Yale |
Picket at (ttti el of Tale university. New Hitw, Can.,
moves aside when trnekload el eeal arrives for (he strike-boond uni
varaitj. Maintenance employees al (he university struck aa hoar before
the state heard el aiedtettea eras scheduled to meet with the CJ.O. to
disease settlemeet el aalue shop dlspote. Inset: Phillip Marray, CJO.
presideat srhe, ea the same day resigned from (he national defease medi
ation heard because el aa epiaioa rendered en "captive" eeal mines
?ol the bituminous eeal industry.
'Plaything'
Ik* German caption tap* tkat
these ar* Russian children playing
about the remains of a Red army
bombing plane, shot down some
where In occupied territory. The red
star, Soviet insigne, may b* seen
on the fuselage. What strange "play
things" war has brought to children!
Giant Flying Ship Nears Completion
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Ftrrt dt a fleet at float taw-enfined flytaf ship* built far American ex
pert alrllaaa, mi rttp Tmeiatlantic air icrviea, neartnf completion at
Vctigt-8lfcorafcy aircraft, Stratford, Conn. The planet hare a top^jpeed^of
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Iceland Chief
Navy Secretary Raoi has estab
Uahed a naval operatinf base In lee
land. Photo shows Bear Admiral
James L. Kaoffman, who has beer
named commandant at this impor
tant base.
Scene of Violence in Coal Strike
Pickets at the Bed Lion mine, one of the "rebellions" spots in west
ern Pennsylvania's captive coal strike are routed by state motor pollee
after the pickets had earlier stoned ears and blocked a public highway
for two hours. Above photo shows a picket arguing vainly with a trooper.
This particular incident was closed without personal injury.
Crash of Streamliner in Texas
This photo shows the wrecked locomotive, tender and car of the
streamlined railroad train that struck a track near Dallas, Texas. Note
the rail twisted and uprooted 30 feet in the air by the impact. Two
were killed as a result of the accident. I
As Neutrality Act Was Revised
Revision of the neutrality act in the boose was one of the hardest
fought battles to come before that body in years. These photos, taken
on the day the bin was repealed, show (top), left to right, Speaker Sam
Rayborn and Majority* Leader John McCormaek, examining letter from
President Roosevelt declaring that a vote by the boose against repeal
would "cause rejoiying in the Axis countries." Below: left to light. Rep.
James P. Richards (8. C.) door leader tor the Democratic opposition,
congratulates Rep. Sol Bloom (N. Y.), leader of fight for passage.
Strengthening Burma's Defenses
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A Burmese longshoreman, eUd only la breeehelout, aids la unloading
> Brea jan carriers from a British freighter at Baagoon. Burma Is very
? much la the spotlight as the gateway through which passes British
- aad American supplies to keep the Chinese fighting. One of Japan's
British Chief
Gen. Sir Alan Brooke (above),
has been named chief of the Brit
ish imperial staff. An expert on
mechanical warfare, be earned
fame as head of Britain's "anti
invasion" home forces, which be
brought to a high level of efficiency.
Time Out
Attending C.I.?, convention in
Detroit, Phillip Murray, C.I.O. presi
dent, (right) found time to tour Ford
Motor company plant and lunch with
Harry Bennett, Ford offleial.
Enrolls in Red Cross
Miss Adelaide Whitehouse. of
Wash In {too. D. C., enrolls the Pres
ident in the American Bed Cross
as its annual membership drive be
gins. Miss Whitehouse wears the
new volunteer uniform. She is as
sistant director of volunteer services
of the national organisation. Photo
shows the President receiving his
membership button.
Chilean Resigns
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President Pedro Afairre Cerdm,
popular front head of the Chilean
government for three rears, who re
signed in favor of Geronimo Mendes,
, head of the radical party.
PNEUMONIA ATTACKS
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
The sudden chill, followed by le
ver, rapid and painlul breathing, a
distressing cough with the raising
of bloody sputum,
and blueness of the
lips, that mark the
onset of a pneumo
nia, strike terror to
the hearts of all. In
one or another of its
types, it attacks all
ages. Until very re
cently, one-fourth to
one-third of those
who had it died.
From 1921 to '23, its
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milium ucdui i cite maung uiaica was
81.9; among females, 63.9 per 100,000.
Beginning about five years ago,
the death rate from pneumonia has
fallen rapidly. As a result of the
use of improved sera and of the de
velopment of rather specific chemi
cal therapy for its treatment, its an
nual death rate had for 1938 to 1940
fallen to 38.8 per 100,006 for males
and to 23.9 for females.
The number of cases of pneumo
nia has, however, not been reduced
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appreciably, yet the sting has been
removed as the death rate has been
more than cut in half.
Some progress seems to have been
made in the prevention of pneumo
nia by the use of a vaccine but for
the conquest of the pneumonias, we
still depend op improvements in the
methods of treatment.
Developments have been so rapid
in this field during the last few years
that it .is not possible to state defi
nitely what the most effective meth
od of treatment is. A few doctors
depend chiefly on the various types
of specific sera. Others use both
the sera and the sulpha drugs.
Oxygen therapy which was.large
ly responsible for the improvement
in the mortality statistics prior to
1939, is also of great value.
Fortunately the new preparations
for the treatment of the pneumonias
seem to be equally effective in all
age groups. The sulpha remedies
are, however, sufficiently toxic to
make them unsafe for indiscrimi
nate use, are classed as dangerous
drugs and can be sold On prescrip
tion only. The sera must of course
be given only under the supervision
of a doctor.
As pneumonias are commonly
complications of influenza, colds, or
acute bronchitis or follow such upper
respiratory infections, anyone who
catches one of these relatively mi
nor respiratory tract infections must
watch his step. If he remains at
home and takes care of himself and
so avoids exposure to pneumococci
while his resistance is down, he will
be less apt to get pneumonia.
Be Carefal of CoMs.
Those who try to work, to go to
i school and to keep all social and
business appointments when they
have colds or bronchitis, who fight
the infection instead of giving in to
it, are much more apt to develop a
complicating pneumonia. This is
especially true if there has been
some fever during the course of the
upper respiratory tract infection.
One should never go out after a cold
until the temperature has been nor
mal for from 34 to 48 hours.
The maintenance of good health
by avoiding undue fatigue, by eat
ing foods containing adequate
amounts of vitamins, minerals and
proteins and only enough calories
to keep the weight within normal
limits, makes one less likely to ac
quire the disease.
So while the rapid advances in
our knowledge of methods for its
successful treatment have greatly
reduced the death rate from pneu
monia, we must still depend on gen
eral .principles for its prevention.
The groundwork of all happi
ness it health.?Leigh Bunt in
the Death of Little Children.
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QUESTION BOX
?cad quMtlotis to Dr. Nathan 8. Da via in.
Wtnnatka. DL (Encloaa a aail-addraaaed.
atnaapod anvatopa.)
Q.?Can you suggest s home treat
ment tor corns, callouses and in
grown toenails? T. O. S.
Wear shoes and stockings that ?t
and are large enough, and corns,
eallonses and ingrown toenails will
Q.?What causes regurgitation aft
er meals? H. S. O.
A.?Too rapid eating, erereating,
same at the diseases at the digestive