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FEL Trig-7(r- friS--:4- 54-f::- stStY11"Bay Pa IL Espiritu Santo FT allotisa-- : 1 Island Wus e ?vilaewo A r Vunmarama Oba Pentecost Island Homo Bay Ambrim 441titt t ataP 00 14te 10 Fi zp4e 1:TcoS p 0 Tongoa Mai t 4' Itwon '''D'Entrecasteaux :I -- -- Reefs -- a P Reef 4itit Efate Vila e wo c Eromanga z tr Cook Reefs lz a — :'NCook Bay LloeTana Astrolabe Reefs Belep Islands Frencht- Reefs'-- : 2 9 0-- Lenakel L Putt : 97Negoa: N Poiivdimie it Ar---f- - -1 - g NEW Bourail' CALEDONIA - 'Thio ' -:-- N - Ar Mare Tad-inuaVA:- f -- -- — 16 k- N v Noumea Port Boise : 1 k I 100 90 ISLANDS '4 Isle of Pines Walpole - HighIign By National Geographic Society Sweeping southeastward from big New Guinea the curving land bridge of Melanesia runs through the Bismarck Solomon Santa Cruz New Hebrides and Loyalty island groups hooks westward and anchors at New Caledonia Japanese plans for conquest of the Pacific were rudely al0 tered in by events on France had New Caledonia fallen In her far-ocolony with the Scottish name the governor and a few officials d into line promptly behind Vichy Almost to a man Caledonians howeve r New rallied to the French and native new Free French banner and forced Vichyites to take ship for Indochina Had Vichy prevailed in New Caledonia Japan might have been granted permission to establish naval and air bases there as in Indochina She would have continued without check her well started grab of the island's nickel and iron Or had the Yanks not arrived In force on March 12 1942 the bound sweep Jap Australia this minmight have reached eral Treasure island and its Loyalty and New Hebrides where position on neighbors Supply lines as well as geology would have aided Japan's war Cheers greeted the Yanks at Noumea capital and chief port of the French colony Noumea's 12000 people had found they liked Americans when a handful arrived in 1940 to man the new seaplane base on Pan AmerZealand ican's California-Ne- 0 of whom men and women were indicted by a federal grand jury for violating the Mann act mailing obscene Ilterature - New Caledonia stands out for mineral wealth perhaps unmatched in satitar area any e nickel and chrome are plentiful in the island's serpentine where on earth an urgent Jap goal but the Yanks got there first New Caledonia made ridges They the back two fighting French colonists Uncle Sam's nephews up years ago—to —just miles California 6200 Near by to the north are Yank from Noumea are based at in and Efate New Hebrides bases the group—ow Espiritu Santo War-scarc- Problems of Wartime Richard Hart Sitting off in the corner of the Stage Door Canteen recently was a rather undersized young sailor gazing wistfully at the gaiety on the dance floor Finally an older hostess asked him why he too did not join th the fun She offered to get him a girl to dance with but -- he shook his head sadly and explained that he had promised his girl back home that he would not dance with anyone else while he was away from her Naturally the tactful hostess did not insist but she knew from the way he talked that the boy bitterly regretted this promise A girl who is so foolish as to Impose such restrictions on a lad going off to war is certainly jeopardizing her chances of ever Marrying him Ile may remain true to his promise but ultimately he may find a way of breaking off the slavery she has Insisted upon She is depriving him nt many a happy and innocent evening Few Man Hunters These girls back home do not understand how sincere the very great majority of these Stage Door Canteen and TT S 0 hostesses are Many of them are engaged themselves and they are far from the type They are picked very To the outsider an carefully evening of service at one of these canteens seems like great fun This is not always true A well supervised canteen requires that the girls play no favorites and they must shift from one man to another It LS really a very impersonal job g and sometimes a very exhaust-luone A girl has a right to ask her finance to keep away from all questionable women and questionable places But she IS on in a mistake rnaking great "man-huntin- REIT '0-0- 0 WHY SUFFER FOOT TROUiLIES THAT DRAG YOU DOWN TIRED SUNNING TINDER PERSPIRING CALLOUSES ITCHING Pm AND CORNS OWE YOU THAT cm''''t - ii" x k ot Citr 'tlit'-i7- IX14-A-1014-11- OE? PlIONIPT MEP WITS SOOTHING JOHNSON'S FOOT SOAP SOFTENS COINS AND CALLOUSES( AT All DRUDOISTS AND EFFICIENT 00091 flower role when he is in one She can make his period of war service a very drab and lonely affair Need for Faith It is much the better policy to place him on his honor To be sure the girl runs certain risks In so doing but marriage is a lifetime contract and he had better learn through experience that she is the only girl for him The girl who shows some faith In him has some confidence in the sincerity of his affections is in a far better position than the selfish child who can make a fellow's life miserable in his fidelity Asides To Harold G: Maybe your sister has a financial motive for telling you all this stuff about your wife To H D S: Under the new amendments an allowance to one's parents does not cut down a class "A" allowance A Q: If she to a wife To-wants to join the W AV ES you cannot prevent her from doing so even though you are engaged With this experience be-a hind her she will make you much better wife Utah Honor Roll --- - --- --- route At Noumea Uncle Sam's crusaders are 6200 air miles southwest from the California coast Brisbane Australia is 865 miles farther southwest New Zealand's northern tip 900 miles southeast American bases on Efate and Espiritu Santo of the New Hebrides group are north 300 and 450 miles re spectively DwArfed by giant neighbors to the west New Caledonia is large among Pacific islands It tops Massachusetts in area Ridged with irregular mountain masses it resembles a lumpy green caterpillar 250 miles long with width Coral an average reefs fringe its sides and extend In broken parallel lines 100 miles beyond its northwest tip On the southern edge of the tropics New Caledonia is a land where temperatures vary little mean and from ta white people live healthily Of d are 54000 inhabitants are native Melawhites one-hanesians Javanese and are the island's counterpart of Fiji's British East Indians brought in to labor in mines and on plantations because easygoing natives will work only on the land they own New Caledonia's list of exports is a reminder that Australia is near bk1 The large and deer number of cattle accounts for 'sizable meat shipments---Coffee copra araucaria timber pine are important a n d trochus shell for buttons lead marine exports But the island stands out for mineral wealth perhaps unmatched in similar area anywhere on earth Nickel tonnage second only to Canada's long has been New Caledonia's most valuable export Chrome has e held second rank cobalt and antimony iron copper silver and gold lead and mercury are found in the island's serpentine ridges Island neighbors which are part of the New Caledonia French colony include the Isle of Pines 30 miles southeast the barren HUM group 170 miles northwest and the Loyalties paralleling New Caledonia 65 miles northeast s the Totaling land area of Rhode Island the Loyalties consist of three main coral islands—Mare Lifu and Uvea—and a few tiny islets and reefs Highest elevation is 246 feet Women far outnumber men in the group's 10000 population Copra and some rubber are produced for export Northeast of the Loyalties 150 miles is the base of the - This honor roll with names of next tif Includes the names of war heroes reported by the as prisoners of war missing and killed in the service of their country from March 8 to 15 of-k- ent war-departm- Army Webster son of Mr and Mrs John IT WebMajor John ster 222 Thirteenth East street husband of Mrs Virginia C Webster now visiting in California missing in central Pacific since February 24 Captain James N Bryan son of Mr and Mrs Howe D Bryan 1103 Denier street missing in European area Second Lieutenant Frank B Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Louir B Thompson former Salt Lake residents now living in California missing during action over Italy Private First Class LaMar Day son of Mr and Mrs LeRoi Day Layton missing in action in Italy Second Lieutenant Prank H Hunter son of Mrs Alta H Hunter Cedar City killed in action over Italy First Lieutenant Woodrow S Ellertson former Salt Lake resident scn of Lads Ellertsor Carson City Nev killed In airplane crash over Durham Scotland February 4 Sergeant LeGrande C (Corky) Cross son of Mrs Earl B Cross 267 Houghton court died February 10 in a station hoe-pa- s' in Itfey of wounds suffered in action January 8 Private First Class William Vernon Gordon husband of Mrs Rayola Smith Gordon Draper killed in action at Truk 3 23 February Second Lieutenant Robert E Burgess husband of Mrs Verle Poulson Burgess Salina missing in action over Germany since February 20 Second Lieutenant James C Evans son of Mr and Mrs Horton H Evans Centerville missing over Germany since February 22 Lieutenant Cnarles 'teed Alexander husband of Mrs Beverly B Alezander Ogden missing in action over Europe since Son of Mrs Ruth Alexander Ogden February-2Staff Sergeant Arden Leslie Miner son of Mr and Mrs Arden Miner Pleasant Grove missing in action in European war theater Sergeant Leo W Johnson brother of Mrs Vera J Campbell Sandy chemical warfare fighter missing in action in the Mediterranean area Second Lieutenant Fred S Turnquist on of Mrs Harriet Turnquist Ogden missing in action in European war theater Lieutenant Vern Barnett son of Mr and Mrs Frank Barnett Spring Lake Missing in action in European war theater 2 - Navy A ) DtPAIIITIOINTS ZIONNSONNi FO OTIS'oAR 70-degr- ee one-thir- lf Indo-Chine- se War-scarc- three-fourth- ed New Hebrides 'chain Exterrding 500 miles north and northwestward it comprises 12 main islands 70 small ones Total land area is that of New Caledonia island Population includes more than 40000 two-thir- natives 2000 borers 1000 French and British planters a n d administrators Copra cocoa and coffee are chief exports Although not of great commercial value the New Hebrides since 1878 have beena "region of joint influence" for France and Great Britain which neither has been willing to relinquish to the other- Consequently since 1906 the islands have had an unusual dual government with separate commissioners separate police and a joint court Officially known as a condominium its scrambled operation caused British settlers to dubr It the "pandemonium" Indo-Chine- - Scanlan First Class Myrie John Edwards son of Mrs Lyda Stillwell Ogden missing in action in Pacific area Marines Sergeant Lynn Hughes Osborn son of Mrs Daisy Osborn Provo killed at Tarawa ds se movee by federal L Work Resumed F -- Construction work was resumed on Genevt steel 'milrs $17250000 structtral steel Unit by war productios board order assuring Utah of la permanent postwar induatry in the huge plant Only delay May be In delivery - of machineq W P B said Salt Eitel McCullOughl Inc Lake radio tObe enanufacturer cut off two leighit-hou- r shifts releasing hundred tt of workers after a reduction tn government contract& Iritst 'Output front a e $16000000 gasoline Oil Refining at Utalig refinery company will be drawn soon Source of a new industry—coat deposits in Sanpete county near Mt Pleasant4—haS been located and made public by U S geological survey AtiSpantsh Fork slowdown of the periodical Gold Medal Explgaives division Illinois Powder coinpany caused tO men tor leave their Jobs for a high-ortan- short time ir misunderstanding over reduced IworkinghoUrs At Afton Wyoj 'a plant to construct light airplanes for small field landing has received civil aeronautics admInistration approval Refusal by the office of defense transportation to approve application for two heavy truck-tractoand a trailer unit for hauling pipe threatened last week to block resumption of work on the Salt Lake aqueduct Salt Lake City already is drawing on deep wells for water in an effort to build up a stammer reserve by letting Mountain Dell reservoir fill completely Ogden Is planning development of new wells to augment Its artesian water supply Western agricultural and reclamation leaders are making surveys preliminary to resumption of work on the Scofield dam and reservoir In Carbon county At Superior Wyo deep wells have been completed and a water system has been placed in service to suppracplant residents' tice of carrying culinary water from town hall to their homes In Provo wartime population increases have placed the municipal power plant on a peak load basis and engineers have recommended construction of an extension immediately Junior Van Noy who stood alone against 40 Japs on a New Guinea beach and accounted for at least 20 of them before he was killed posthumously was awarded the congressional medal of honor last week His mother Mrs Pauline Van Noy received the medal from Governor--C A Vote Problem Outlined March 27 special session of the em- Bottolfsen at Preston powered to consider not only soldier vote legislation but also to facilitate casting" of ballots by war workers accOrding to Governor Herbert B Maw's official proclamation' summoning the Governor legislators In C A Bottolfsen isigned special session legislation to raise teaChers'i salartea bj) empuwering counties to levy one-- and a half mills special ' taxes a "eommand pilot" at Carlsbad army air field New Mexico Returning to civilian life is Major Harris counsel for the inetrOpolitanJ water district of Salt Lake Citty For the sixth time Kearmi has changed Its name now 1"army air forces ground training installation Kearns Utah”- Iho Sugar Beef Price Pegged 1 Ogden Mayor Resigns Under a cloud of conflicting "rumors and reports" Ogden Utah and Idaho sugar beet growers will receive $950 per on Accoun : Ij Making the appointment Governor Herbert B Maw said he will select another jurist to sueceed Justice Wade who had been E serving while Justice Eugene ab--! Pratt is on military leave of sence as a major in the army Deaths: Norman Jacobsen 59 Berthol Guy Salt Lake artist Sweet 59 former Salt Lake mining engineer and chairman or "Tooele Tunnel Days" celebration in 1939 at Webster Groves Mo - Names in the news: Seven Masons who received the coveted thirty-thir- d degree at cere monies in Salt Lake City included Newell B Dayton Clyde Early and J William Stoner of Salt Lake City and the Rt Rev Frank Archibald Rhea Episcopal bishop of Idaho Chosen members of Skull and Bones University of Utah honorary society were Richard Warner Fred J Sheffield David Reiser Richard IL Smith Robert Darger and Frank Wood Awarded life memberships In the Utah State Agricultural college alumni association were Dr Albert S Hunter Salinas Cal Nictor R and Astella L Larsen Idaho Falls and Sergeant Samuel Monson stationed in Near Guinea New president of Salt Lake county chapter Amer- lean Red Cross is George Honored before leav-- ing for South Africa wersMr and Mrs June B Sharp( who will take charge ofthe S South African missfon - Sporfs - New- pro at Fort Douglas Country club is John Geertsen Champions of the Intermountain A A tT hoop league are Leadthe Ecker Studio five ing contender in the state bowling tournament thus far Is Jerry Dunn of Magna Society Miss Weddings: Mary Lee Keyting and Robert Louis Bar Miss Dorothy Marion gantz Stockman and Lieutenant Junior Grade Robert A Hamilton and Miss E Louise Stockman and Richard Gamblin EngageMiss Dorothy Elaine Diaz and Richard Butler Miss Afton Gatherum and Rawlin E O'Leary Miss Virginia Forrest and Robert V Henry ments: of the War 1 - officer The Japanese of an people flow claim a tmosp ering synthetic rubber inOlustry despite the fact they hive conquered DO per cent of the world's resources of natural rubber In Malaya the Netherlands East Indies and other parts ot soutteastern Asia A recent Tokyo broadcast said "This produat excels natural rubber It is matnufectUred in accordance with al simpler process than 'those wed by other nations Already 'mass production Is under wa " had one two wounded A Utah woman last week left for duty overseas! She isn't exactly going to shoulder a gun but she'll make it possible for She's Mrs someone else to Edna Monteer 23 former civilian employe of Fort Douglas She requested and obtained a transfer in government service and is now assuming new duties at the Panama air depot in the canal zone oney Plan Prépare i Donate Old Books' To make air travel outside the United Statea more convenient World Airways system has developed a "world air currency"' known as Clipper Air cheques and they're acceptable in 63 countries and colonies around the globe1 The new "flying money" issued in small attractive booklets Is designed toiovercome the restrictitn$ on carrybetween couning of currency tries and alsci to meet the needs of the mass transportation by enair which travel In visions for world-wid- e the peace to come Pan-Americ- accounta the war Salt Lakers are asked to donate their read and priceless volumes so our fighting men who get no kick out of visiting libraries what's left of them where literature is "all Greek" or who are stationed on some gob of terra firma out in the middle of nowhere where a library woUld look silly may have reading naterial The current drive is under sponsorship of the California Library association and loCal contributions will be ac- cepted at Fort Douglas head quarters Ninth service command army service forces On an war-impos- ed Pan-Americ- an Claims Distinctions The oldest Overseas marine arsouth tillery unit fightitg in thedistincPacific claims these tions: It wasiin tie first convoy to head into the Pacific after war was declared Its mascot is Siwash most celebrated duck in the marine :corps who swam ashore under fire at Tarawa vanquished a Jap rooster and pig then got drutk on sake As a result of the Tarawa opera tion two of its tnembers have been recommended for the navy cross 17 fork silver star medals and 35 for 14tertI of recommendationCasualties lin an artillery unit usually are 1ight lout1 in four days at Tarawa this detachment killed and Leaves for Panama i i - Justice Lester A Wade last week was appointed to fill the vacancy on the state supreme court bench caused by the death of Justice David W Moffat I ! - Idaho ceremonies Major Frank D Adams of Layton has been rated 5000 Smiths in Marines A Mr Smith U S A is well States represented in the United marine corps Since November 10 1775 when the corps was more than 8000 organized Smiths have enlisted Close to 5000 Smiths are serving in the marine corps today Over 100 Smiths have been casualties to date Matchmakers Worry Matchmakers are feeling the rub and it isn't warming With the fear of having to cut off production staring them in the face leading match manu 0 : Court Vacancy Riled Smith Idahoan Receives Credit for Deeds as assistant county attorney principal contenders rs i - church welfare progrant DS Endangers Work The C A A meanwhile state legislature will be City Commissioner Harold L Welch announced last week resignation of Mayor Kent S after an office tenure of two months and 14 days Mayor bramwell said he had decided to join the navy as "I feel that I can serve my country in a more effective manner" In Salt Lake City a contest loomed for the post of Democratic county chairman with J Henry McGean Incumbent and Ronald Hogensen Truck Refusal has indicated It lnay withdraw financial support from Hinckley field Ogden' Gust P Backman executive seCretary of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce has received "advices" that army air baie Salt Lake City may be closed ! : To Someone in Service producperiment station Wool tion in Utah in 1943 was 180000 pounds below the 1942 recerd of 20898000 pounds I At Genea ront E Douglas E Scalley vice presi deht and general manager of the Utah-Idah- o Sugar company appealed to draft boards to defer essential agricultural workers for the 1944 season Repreeentatives J W Robinson and Walter K Granger have opened a campaign in Washington to gain increased funds for the intermountain forest and range ex- - Mardi 19 1944 tibutte Calle-- er 4o legal cohabitation Itnd violating the Lindbergh kilinaping law and the remainder et whom were charged in state courts with "advocating (and) encouraging plural marriages" and other offenses The L D SI church first "compretidency of f I cfally mended and uPheter authorities' efforts to cOmbatt polygamy Federal District Midge Tillman D Johnson lwasi disqualified from sitting in the case by an affadaVit of prejadice filed by defendants' attorneys and Colorado and Wyoming judges were assigned to preside le 1 LOOK D VICK REIM TOILET g" sisting that he either stay away from canteens or play a wall- i ton for beets again this year and will receive $3 per ton (as for beets againat $180 in 1943)content as testing 162 Sugar the outcome of a grower-producconference in Pocatello Supplies of milk in several rural school lunch projects have been disqualified for failure to meet standards Utah agricultural officials reported At Hailstone Wasatch county a model dairy farm is being built under the stamp out alleged polygaMoui practices in Utah Idaho ind Arizona last week resulted in larrest of 48 goose-steppe- 30-mi- By Concerted and state officers w © National Geographic Society Mites osi (This is the tenth of 12 articles titled "Where Are the Yanks" The series has been prepared by the National Geographic society for The Salt Lake Tribune to inform readers about the regions where Amer-lea- n service men are stationed) -- 3 ‘ 0 Tu 4 - As t J Gatchi : Kohe LOYALTY A MIJIi41 1 ' 't - livea 0 - '" N AneityumC) q-r- it Clip This end ff -- clic H do M e mid-194- I Zliotning ' I 1 Vital Metal Tanoriki u0 a e 4 Sunday Gives Allies and Cape Cumberland t16 Pacific Isle ::: e I I facturers in the eastern states are bilking superstitious smokers to "please light three on a match and shorten the war" Use a match as long as then Is a flame is their earnest appeal With he increasing shortage of wood fiber more vital industries are served first and secondary industries such as matchmaking get what's left' Pull the rta Trig-ao- lazyninnottle - z A-:-- i' ( lt::- e Nr ‘ ' p ill J ( Ire It to tzltt ( ) a:11 lb tl Azi millet ton feel the dickens brings on stomach WHEN CONSTIPATION punk as upset sour taste gust discomfort take Dr Caldwell's famous medicine to quickly and pull the trigger on lazy "innards help you feel bright and chipper stern OIL CALDWELL'S is the wonderful mime laxative contained in good old Syrup Pepsin to make it so easy to take MANY DOCTORS use mein reparations in prescriptions to make the medicine more palatable and agreeable to take So be 'tiro your Wall is contained in Syrup Pepsin INSIST ON DN CALDWEWS—the favorite of minions for $O years and feel that wholesome relief from constipation Even finicky children byte It CAUTIONt Use only as directed bit CABWEES SENNA LAXATIVE "NWNIVIS SYRUP PEPSIN |