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Latest News Of The World Told In ~~ T Pictures leasers new t: ;:at^ NAMED SUPREME COMMANDER of the Allied Southeast Asia area, Lord Louis Mounlbatten (inset), cousin of King George and leader of Britain's famed Commandos, will probably strike through Japanese occupied Burma when the Asiatic campaign opens. Map shows the area. Shaded territory is still held by the Allies. ( International ) MULE STILL IMPORTANT TO ARMY DESPITE MECHANIZATION, sure-footed fftules still perform chores for the U. S. Army when troops march into terrain unsuitable for the operation of trucks. Members of an artillery unft In New Guinea are shown above testing a new type of litter to be used for transporting men wounded in mountain fighting. (International Soundphoto) ^ FOR THE AXIS * ^ J BAD NEWS FOR THE AXIS is this fierce-looking Goumier, one of many r.2.'..3rs from Nnrth Africa who fought valiantly alongside American troops in th? Sicilian campaign Their favorite weapon is a knife, v '"i a ra7.r,. sharp bayonet second choice. (hiurnatioruil) ? Penicillin Baby THANKS to the U. S. Aruiy In re leasing to her the vjnder-drug penicillin, two-year-old Patricia M alone, shown playing with her doll in New York City's Lutheran Hospital, is making a slow but steady recovery from septic poi soning. (International) V g Bond Ship "WL'L'"' nil i iimin SLIDING OOWN the ways at the Charleston Navy Yard is the new destroyer escort Thomason, named in honor of Sgt Clyde Thomason, of Atlanta. Ga.. who was killed in the Pacific area The ship was paid for from oversubscriptions of war bonds to bi'ild the new cruiser Atlanta This is an official U. S. Na /y phjlo. ( International ) Ascends Throne CROWN PRINCE SIMEON, 0, ascends the throne of Bulgaria as Kmg Simeon II, succeeding his father, King Boris III, 49. who died under mysterious circumstances. The control of the country was placed In the hands of a Council which will name a Regent to act for the young ruler. (International) VERSATILE JEEP A BRIDAL CAR ? in tm ?IW . . I,, YANKS HAVE BROUGHT many Innovations to London but none so star tling as this use of a U. S. Army jeep as a bridal car. Here it transports a party to St. Matthews Church for an Anglo-American wedding. The hrtrtg im Pn^rry Pnpo, nf fnrtnnhnry, Nnrth Tendon, and the groom is Corporal W. Sisk, o? Austin, Texas. . ( International ) New Flag Secretary LIEUT. COMM. Harold Stassen. for mer governor of Minnesota, Is pic tured just after he had been made flag secretary to Admiral William F. Halsey, Commander of the South Pacific Force. Official U. S. Navy photo. ( International ) SALLY'S SALLIES Bataan Hero Safe r,.rwrr/v-^W^-V, ?'JflB HAILED as a "one-man army" dur ing the fighting on Bataan, Capt Arthur W Wermuth, of Toledo, 0? Is reported to be safe and well In a Jap prison camp In the Philip pines Wermuth, holder of the DSC, Silver Star and Purple Heart, killed M6 Nipponese ??-^diers sin glehanded. ( International ) Hibiscus Q^ioop GROUP of flying officers who re . ^nlly returned from the South Pacific have selected Tess Daniels as Hibiscus Queen of Cypress Gar dens, Florida. ( International ) I WAC Plays Jive \ SEAMAN BOB TUOMALA docs a little rug cutting as Sgt Luanna Spurgeon, a member of the 40-piece WAC band from Fort Des Moines, tewa, toots the tuba during a lively dance at the Service Men's Center in Chicago. ( International ) A/oAH MUMSKUU. ,you aho 'AS A , TahK PBAR NOAH" /M THESE WART/MES SHOD LO^iT ALL. WHO <S^ T FAT > PC>MATH IT TO *THfi GOVERNMENT 7 J. R'OJUra-Al* CHEARAiOAIA- WAS At>AM TEMPTEO BECAUSE -me APPLE MAO ^ 5Uf" iamOahl ?3AM Dlggq. CALiI*/ PwrcAtoYi BkMhM t* '?%? MUM05 tar ttaj riMfwa l)M iu. to 1 | M II I MUNDA JAPS FORGOT TO PACK ' ? 4* SO QUICKLY did the Japs evacuate Munda, New Georgia, when our troops closed in on them, they didn't have a chance to destroy supplies. h^i-a ? u. s. soldier examines some of the material left on the field, which is yow being used by Amern POSTER GIRL WEDS IN AFRICA 3 . SAMPLING 1HE WEDDING CAKE following their marriage in North Africa are WAC Sgt. Ann Bradley, of Philadelphia, and Lieut. S. N. Carnevali, White Plains, N. Y. Ann posed for posters used during the WAC enlist ment drive Official U. S. Army Signal Corps photo. (International) SICILY LARDER REPLENISHED ipfMMWWwfct.' t ? - - - - ~ A " ? ( ABOUT THE HAPPIEST PERSONS in Sicily are these three lads, seen en joying one of their favorite foods, macaroni, which had virtually dis appeared from Sicilian kitchens during the period the island was held by the Axis^ Their meals will b? regular now. (2nte~*.Jtionat) YOU'RE TELLING ME! By WILLIAM R!TT Central Press Writer THE JEEP, we' hear, may be come a civilian conveyance in the post-war period. Squnds like n campus cowboy's dfeam come tn,rt when the customer was always right ? I Prehistoric bids, we reed, Hod no beaks. Must have beon the golden age for the worms. i Hitler. Nazi admirers used to tell us.' has the magical touch. Well, the German periple ought to be getting pretty ttred wait ing for Adolf the Magician to pull that victory rabbit out of the hat. t ? ? Among other sport titles frozen for t!:c duration is th*t of naiicr.al hambui ger-eati ng champion. tt; Women radio announcers, wo read, will tome day replace men. We knew they'd get the lot! word. ! ! ! Spain pi^id Christopher Co lumbus a bonus of $320 fcr d's covering America. History, ho* ever, does not tell us hov much he had to pay back in **como tax.
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