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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH Cutting Path Through Wilderness to Japs Jtli m Tt W JMW'H Mill W Just as American pioneers pushed through wilderness to create a vast network of railroads covering the Vnited States, Allied soldiers are hacking through the wilds of Burma to bring supplies Into China and to get at the Japanese. A broken down lead truck of a convoy group Is pictured being pulled by a tractor. : : Vines in South Pacific Battle Time, Mud and Japs w- - 4t ft r ft . K "WV.s-- r prr zf" ULixu. tt: Sandy mud plus daily rainstorms created this type of road for marines during: their early days f:: ration on Bougainville. Jeeps and trucks were unable to get through to front lines until engineers and u: surfaced the roads with sea coral. Top right: Pfc. Juan Gonsalei starts across a lagoon In the South t:, with an inflated poncho or rain cape. Bottom right: Marines work frantically against the setting sun. bje day's work depended upon their success in getting a tractor raised before dark. Silent Motion for 'Ghost' Troops i Swift white-cla- d warriors, who are semi-invisib- le against snow and who swoop to attack on smooth, silent skis, are aptly described as "ghost" troops. Their means of motion skis have risen to the status of a war weapon. Throughout the nation plants are rushing production of this weapon which was once known only to sportsmen. Top: Shi troopers in action during maneuvers in the Colo-rado Rockies. 'Ml W 7 7 i ill vJwJ ' 'itk I o4 & - , Top: This man, at a Laconia, N. ., ski manufacturing com-pany, is smoothing a ski on a pneumatic drum. Right: With a new ski held in a bracket, this man is sitting on one end to test for flexibility. uj !(' i viwaB(nBH fe,, 3 " I 1 , H I 1 Above: Ci-vilian skis are generally given a natural wood finish. But army skis are whitened on the upper side so they will be harder to see against the snow. This worker is spraying a white non-reflecti-camou-flage paint on the "bedslats." Skis are new in warfare. During the Russian Fin-nish war they came into prominence as a silent war was fought in the snowy wilde-rness where heavy mechan-ical equipment was stuck. !l jfrtj rnriifotsss t Left: A plant employee forms a Vic-tory sign with a new pair of skis that may help to bring victory. Orig-inally most skis were im-ported from Europe where the sport orig-inated. Today American developed a ski which is be-lieved to be su-perior to the European model. The ski, pictured a. e cut from hickory boards and laminated. Below: A trooper emerges from his cave home on Mount Rainier, Wash. s ' jrJf ill; 1 Lv. t v: X A worker stacks "bedslats" on drying racks. Later they will be waxed. Ski harnesses are not attached by tvorkers but by troopers. m filing Toward Rome; Chiefs of Surprise Landing r, . i lis , 7 s : ,m, . -- .. r-g-w fWH 1 jljt: British troops of the Allied Fifth army are shown In their carriers rolling toward Rome after ng German forces by landing on Italy's west coast near the Eternal City. Right: Lieut. Gen. Mark Jj'rk, commander of the Fifth army, shakes bands with Admiral F. J. Lowry, chief of the naval forces .participated In the landing. Only slight defensive action by the enemy was encountered and 100,000 Gcr-face- d the possibility of being trapped between Allied armies in the south and the new landing forces. Ilannegan Receives Gavel From Democrats mi,i.j.i n mm urn in iiwiiiihj iiJ,iU'iiiiJ' n nn Following closely on the heels of the Republican National committee meeting which set In motion political wheels for the 1944 campaign, was the Democratio National committee meeting which selected Robert E. Ilannegan of St. Louis, Mo., as Its chairman. He Is shown receiving the gavel from the retiring chairman, Frank C. Walker. Both major parties will hold their nominating conventions In Chicago. Daylight Raiders Fete Their Pilot !F--' VCD "f i u&yi Their mission over, the crew of the "Blue Dreams" celebrate their return to a London base after taking part in a huge daylight raid of the Eighth air force over Oschcrsleben, Germany. They are pictured raising their pilot aloft. Left to right are Sergt. Mexico J. Barraza, Lieut. William L. Wood, Sergt. Melvln Shisslcr (kneeling), Lieut. Manuel Fisher, Sergt. John Koroly, Lieut. Kenneth T. McFarland Jr. (pilot), Sergt. Merle E. Carey, Sergt. William M. Donmoyer, Lieut. Cecil E. Williams, and Sergt. Lawrence C. Morel. 16( Soldier, Civilian After Allied Raids Mi : ii 511 I,,ft: Ruins and fires can be seen behind this German soldier who , ictored in the Kiev area of the Russian front where the Nazis have avretreating. Right: Nazi newspaper vendor in Berlin distributes stories about the previous night's Allied raid. These is were received from a neutral source. Ready to Fight If ' hr4 -- I ' Graceful curves of a modern bat-tleship are emphasized In this pio-tu- re of the USS Missouri taken just before she was launched at the New York navy yard. We Did It Before History repeats itself as state and national legislatures debate ques-tion of whether or not soldiers shall exercise their voting privileges in , the 1944 campaign. Two soldiers examine an election notice poster f August 2, 1864, from the archives of the Americana gallery in Chicago. Thev also inspect a sample ballot of that day. Nazi Sailors Supply U-Bo- at ris photograph received in the United States through a neutral jr, shows crewmen of a German submarine transferring supplies 1 robber boat. The supplies are going from a submarine supply s a raiding submarine at sea. Early in the war there were reports supply submarine" u'"u wmH nrnvide fuel and nrovisions for 1 subs and crews. Murder Victim's Kin Frank Starr Williams, husband of Mrs. Adele Born Williams, who was fatally shot by a mysterious gun-wom- an in one of Chicago's most fashionable hotels. |