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Latest News Of The World Told In Pictun
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NAMED SUPREME COMMANDER of the Allied Southeast Asia area,
Lord Louis Mounibatten (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 AlUes. (International)
MULS STILL IMPORTANT TO ARMY
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DESPITE MECHANIZATION, sure-footed mules still perform chores for
the U. S. Army when troops march Into terrain unsuitable for the
operation of trucks. Members of an artillery unit In New Guinea are
shown above testing a new type of litter to be used for transporting
men wounded in mountain fighting. (International Soundphoto)
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BAD NEWS FOR THE AXIS Is this fierce-looking Goumier, one of many
Berbers from North Africa who fought valiantly alongside American
troops in the Sicilian campaign Their favorite weapon is a knife,
with a razor-sharp bayonet second choice. (International)
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THANKS to the U. S. Aruiy in re
leasing to her the vonder-drug
penicillin, two-year-old Patricia
Malone, shown playing with her
doll in New York City's Lutheran
Hospital, is making a Blow but
steady recovery from septic poi
soning. (International)
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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
bride is Peggy Pope, of Cononbury, North London, and the groom is
Corporal W, Sisk, of Austin, Texas. (International)
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SO QUICKLY did the Japs evacuate Munda, New Georgia, whel
troops closed in on them, mey aian x nave a cnance in destroy supl
Here a U. S. soldier examines some of the material left on uZ
field, which is gow being used by American planes ( Internal
POSTER GIRL WEDS IN AFRICA
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UEUT. 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)
. OUP of flying officers who re
..liuy returned from the South
Pacific have selected Tess Daniels
as Hibiscus Queen of Cypress Gar
dens, Florida. (International)
WAC Plays Jive
CAMPiiuft the MfEDDiNri CAKE followlne their marriage in North i
are WAC Sgt Ann Bradley, of Philadelphia, and Lieut. S. N. Carn
whito Plains N. V Ann nosed for Dosters used during the W'hCi
nfflrlnl O. R. Armv Siltnal CorDS photo. (lnternati
SICILY LARDER REPLENISHED
SliummG OOvVN the ways at the
Charleston Navy ard is the new
destroyer escort Tfiomason. tiamed
in honor of st Clvde Tliomason,
of Atlan.a. (in. who was killed in
the P.iciic ,iren The ship was paid
for from ovei'NuPse.-iptions of war
bonds to I mid tne new cruiser
Atlanta i Iks is an olTicial U S
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O 'W ' ' SEAMAN BOB TUOMALA does a MvtS ' ' f ?f "
If 4" f iiiaigii-1" little rug cutting as Sgt. Luanna , "4V yVt'
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W J& ' I ; - : " WAC band from Fort Des Moines, UWlllju X-" V- '-b - 'lii
hJl U : Xi - W Iowa, toots the tuba during a. ively WlXt ' 31
p ,3 Py,' I SIWW fa 1 in Chicago (International)
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CROWN PRINCE SIMEON, S, ascends
the throne of Bulgaria as King
Simeon II, succeeding his father,
King Boris UI, 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)
HAILED as a "one-man army" dur
ing the fighting on Bataan, Capt
Arthur W Wermuth, of Toledo,
O, 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 116 Nipponese soldiers sin
glehanded, (International)
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WARTIMES SHOUL&A4T
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p?a4ate it to the
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ABOUT THE HAPPIEST PERSONS In Sicily are these thrw "J
appeared from Sicilian kitchens during the period U:c .rju;
by the Axi Their meals will b regular now. - : '
YOU'RE TELLING ME
By WIUIAM RITT
Central Press Writer
THE JEEP, we hear, may be
come a civilian conveyance in
the post-war period. Sounds like
a campus cowboy's dream come
true.
Can you remember 'way back
when the customer was always
right?
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Prehistoric birds, we read, hod
no beaks. Must have been the
golden age for the worms.
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Hitler. Nazi admirers used to
tell us has the magical touch,
Well, the German people ought
to be getting pretty tired wait
ing for Adolf the Magician to
pull that vict'
the hat.
Among other
frozen for the du
Of national h-im
champion.
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reaa, win - -
We knew they'd get "
word.
Spain paid ''1'.
lumbus a bonus ";" ,
covering America. Hi.w
ever, does not t.ll .c
he had to pay buck m
tax.