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1 DAYMARCH 5, 1942 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER ft ews Gathered Throug Winant Visits U. S. Troops .'"yv 3 J" 7 llli illillte'- t -.. ' f f I C. P. Radiophoto !hn G. Winant (left), XT. S. ambassador to England, visits American iLn itationed in North Ireland and chats with some of the men found s small stove in one of the troops' huts. With the ambassador e Lieut. Robert Lande, of New York, Sergt. S. Hardin, of Tatum, Texas, ana rw u, ugawa, oi ew zone The Road to India vCW ( Mwi ' '5 I4K?fcAt I X v!S IUMPUM ' lASSEWp 3nf jl HwL j&ftoyawaddi Pom) ' Of lllTM"fTnassrim Pom) y ' I' - ' vi BANGKOK (Southern PoggJ vieTomA pt. b4' II J 'efeat of a new Jap attempt to cross Salween River enhance Britain's nances of holding Burma. Map shows routes to mountain barriers pat divide Burma from Thailand, penetration of which may prove Pe of the decisive factors in Pacific struggle. If the Japanese cut cross, they can shut off Burma Road and win bases for drive on India. (Central freee) UL1 ABNER- t ALCAPP Hunting the Axis Undersea Raider . -s , 5 Patroling Atlantic coastal waters, a Navy blimp discovers an oil slick, usual sign of a damaged submarine. Top. left, the blimp drops a bomb at the head of the trail. Top, right, the blimp returns and hits the same spot with a second bomb. Bottom, the blimp circles the huge oil slick trying to determine results. r (Central Prs&) A Very Brave Little Girl 'Il's Your Lifelin(? 1 f i 7 rv-- V' C. F. Phonephot Little Janet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Johnson of London, who sur vived the torpedo sinking of the Canadian ship Lady Hawkine, is shown peacefully asleep on board the rescue ship Coamo, upon arrival at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Two hundred and fifty lives were lost Little Janet and seventy others were saved. (Central Prett Interviewed during a short visit to New York, Owen Lattimore, per sonal American adviser to General issimo Chiang Kai-shek, declares the Burma Road is more America's lifeline than China's. The noted Far Eastern expert returned from his Chungking post by air. (Central Prest) Envoy to Russia Still on Luzon 17 America's Hero Attending the Gay Nepa festival in the Philippines a few days before the Japanese invasion is Mrs. Doug las MacArthur, wife of the com mander in chief of the Philippine forces. At last report, Mrs. Mac Arthur was still with her husband and their son on Luzon. (Central Preee) V p o: V.' -: .-i . . vsiiyililAfr vi ja ""'(t j ..' ' ,i This cioseup of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur is believed to be the last made of him before the Japanese in vasion of the Philippines. Even at ease he looks the indomitable fight ing man of whom bis country ia so rightfully prond. (Central Prest) President Roosevelt appointed Ad miral William H. Standley, 70, for mer Chief of Naval Operations and now retired, as Ambassador to Bus sia. Hell succeed Laurence Stain hardt, who has been appointed Am bassador to Turkey. (Central Preee) Another Victim of Royal Air Force Accuracy V 7 Wants to Enlist Gty Says No! uVia"Bsssi 1 V- I: Frederick Donnatelli, of Revere, Mass., shown with his wife and four children, wanted to enlist in the army so badly he wrote President . Roosevelt about it. The city's welfare commissioner has fought the enlistment on grounds the family would become dependents of the city If he succeeds. Mrs. Donnatelli and the draft board have signed waivers. 'Central Prtte) Death Agony of a Merchantman b,-, :'7irx; cs t. immiiMi 1 MmP9mmvm". 1 i This spectacular photo shows an unidentified victim of the deadly U-boat menace in the Atlantic. The still-smoking British merchant ship rears skyward a few seconds before plunging beneath the choppy t waters. Her crew struggles in the water awaiting rescue craft n (Central Preee) Double Trouble for the Axis J fe; i'. i , 1 ' v I fl. The destroyers Larwdown (left) and wncan (right) slide down the ways at Kearny, N. J., in a double launching, to become the latest addi tions to Uncle Sam's growing fleet. The same day, there was also a twin launching of destroyers in Boston. The Battle for the Burma Road . attacks on Axis shipping in the Mediterranean yielded this picture. An enemy JfjJ ,hown on firs after a direct bomb hit by an R.A.F. plane. fCwtro Pr; Nearing a climax, the battle for the Burma Road will decide the faU of China's chief supply line, with British troops fighting desperately to hold positions on the western shores of the Bilin River. The Japs all out air, land and sea assault aimed at capture of Rangoon neems stalled but an enemy invasion fleet is reported off the Burmese coast in an ap narent move to encircle Rangoon and out-flank defenders. In event ot the fall of Rangoon, the United Nations plan to re-route supplies to China via Calcutta over new road being built, as shown on map. Heavy black arrow indicates where Chinese are exerting pressure
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