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Show , I -r - : fj I I I f PEACE ON EARTH ... As Old Glory was lowered In the gathering dusk of V-J Day, 1945, a marine kneels in silent prayer beside the grave of a comrade in the cemetery on Okinawa. Peace came for him after the war as it came for many on the battlefields. Insert shows Air Vice Marshall Isett, New Zealand, as he signs the surrender aboard the CSS Missouri in Tokyo bay, while General Mac Arthur looks on. One year later, on August 14, all the world will honor those who willingly gave their lives that their's might live in peace. While V-J Day marked the end of the war, hundreds of thousands of veterans are still on active duty, finishing their job to see that war never lifts its head in the world. The nation honors all who contributed to success of the war against Japan, many who formerly fought against Germany. -j LIVING COSTS h frgggf AFTER WORLD Jl S2S-WARS I AND II J. , . f 'VV 1 u , j T- - . T , X j 10 MONTHS i f - L A"E 4'' L I ! I ' WORIO f war M i ; A : -, -r, 4.'. - t i.yrfi i 8 MONTHS ,i ; ti v I ' ' : AFTER ' ' ' 'ffgfffe , WORID t ''. ; ' ? . ' IWWiJa MONTHSI I" 16 MONTHS ! j 'llfiffiy" AFTER ... 'I AFTER i -, : - ' - WORLD 1 WORLD 1 - i I WAR II j WAR lli i . H. C. L. AFTER TWO WARS . . . Following the trend of the cost of living in the United States after World Wars I and II, economists point out that in 1918 and 1919 prices rose spectacularly. Cost of commodities took but slight rises after World War II because of government price controls. Following demise of OPA, prices rose sharply on some staples and articles. This chart compares increases after both wars. It is based on the U. S. bureau of labor statistics' consumers' price index and covers 200 goods and services in 34 large cities throughout the country. WATER SPOUTED A MILE . . . Power and heat at the fifth atomic bomb churned Bikini lagoon into a caldron of flame, smoke and ! steam and pitched battleships about like toy boats. The underwater 1 explosion sank the battleship Arkansas and two smaller craft and dealt mortal wounds to the aircraft carrier Saratoga, which sank seven hours after the explosion. Sfze of water disturbance can be seen in above photograph, by comparison with naval ships still floating. .v. 'rtef " ' ' - - OFFICIALS' WIVES AID HOME CANNING PROGRAM . . . Mrs. licnry A. Wallace, Mrs. John R. Stcclman, Miss Drucic Snyder. Mrs. R ibrrt Shields and Mrs. J. A. Krug did their hit for National Home Food Preservation week by canning peaches at community center in Washington. They are shown wilh their cans of peaches ready to be placed in ranncr. Hundreds of wives of U. S. government offieials took ae'.ive part in the program to preserve home-grown food. m y;-y. mm : ' ' : w:jm a 4 :.; :i mmm. 'm:mMMSn: ; . : '. 'cyyyyy' y. : I QUEEN OF INDIAN TRIBES . . . Miss America of the Indian Nations, Na-tions, Princess Dorothy Lee Rainwater, Rain-water, selected in a recent com-j com-j petition at Atlantic City, Princess I Rainwater has traded her tribal costumcry for American sports I attire. i-- .. : ' ' - - , ;. . - - ; 1 ' " ' -. MODERN CRl'SOE ON BIKINI j . . . George A. (Gator) Medlin, Orlando, Fla., operator of a mavy power crane at Bikini atoll, where atomic bomb tests have been car-j car-j ried out, believes In being com- forlable on the job. He survived ' the final test. |