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Show I t I ; THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH Dock pfavy Floating in Service H Lpleted floating dry dock shows eight sections which have been together, after having been towed separately for thousands of id advance bate. Complete with crane and other necessary I, this dock will afford rapid repairs to battle-damag- ships now Kicifio waters. Hundreds of ships will be mended on the spot Real Short Timer ld Sgt. Joseph A. Lowe of Atlanta, Ga., aircraft groundcrewman with the 7th AAF Fighters in the Oklnawas, whose age makes him eligible to return home, takes no chances with fate. He is protected against everything but di-rect hit. How to Don Traditional Sari Shown by Indian The sari U the traditional costume for women in India. It la a one-piec- e garment, really Just a long length of cloth, reaching from waist to ankles and fastened with a drawstring. It Is six to nine yards in length and has neither hooka nor eyea, but may bo elaborately embroidered. The wearer picks up the bor-der of the sari with both hands and, with a quick twist of her body, wrapa It about torso. i Things You Knetv All Along: (But Which I Didden Know Til Now) Scientists claim singing inspires robust health. Yodeling is supposed to Invigorate the circulation, revital-ize the tissues, eliminate toxins and strengthen the throat and lungs. (Oh sure. That's why Sinatra is the cave man type.) Patrick Henry was one of the world's great orators, but he couldn't write a memorandum that made sense. Verdi's biggest competitor was Enrico Patrella, who aped his style Patrella penned twenty operas (now forgotten) and died In poverty. Famed Verdi died a millionaire. (Copycats, beware.) Caligula, a Roman emperor, made guests pay for their meals. Think double features are bad? A Buenos Aires movie house exhibits five different films daily. (A cure for insomnia?) A Rajab In India has a billion dol-lar a year income. (He's almost as prosperous as the owner of a hot dawg stand on the road to ruin.) Moiart was an enthusiastic bil liar player. Much of his music was composed while awaiting his turn. (I don't believe it, either.) A sneeze lasts about a tenth of a second. (Or just long enough to ruin the big scene.) The first railroad tunnel in the U. S. was built in 1833 near Johns town. Pa. (And you always thoughi the only famous thing about Johns town was the flood.) About sixteen million thunder storms occur each year throughout the world. (That's what the man said.) Poison Ivy Is most poisonous in the spring and early summer when the sap is most abundant. (So stay in the city and out of the bushes, you dope.) The building of railways in Eng land was at first forbidden by Par liament. Because it would interfere with (You've prob'lj heard this definition of a fox: He gets what a wolf goes after.) You can't hide strong emotions from the tips of your fingers and toes. When you're excited they get cold. Gobbling too much sweet food makes the body susceptible to colds (Your medico would charge money for this kind of information, you lucky you.) Oranges contain practically no starch. (Ain't that wonderful news, girls????) Typing for 45 minutes burni up 100 calories. (Which makes this a 200 calorie colyum.) In the 19th Century, Kalesnikoff, a Russian shoemaker, distinguished himse'f as a doctor and rapidly rose to the office of chief surgeon at the Kiefl Hosp. He performed 600 ma-jor operations before his deception was uncovered. (Try and top that, Dr. Kildare.) In Siam a man is allowed only one divorce, but he can sell his oth-er wives. "New" and "old" potatoes have about the same nutritional value. (So don't be so fussy.) When Mount Pelee (a volcano on the West Indian island of Marti-nique) erupted some time ago, it killed all of the 26,000 inhabitants of the town of St. Pierre but one. That one was a prisoner in the town jail. (Make your own moral) The universe Is one solid mass traveling at 180 miles per minute. (Correct, Prof. Einstein?) This is the origin of the word "cop." London's first police force wore blue uniforms with large cop-per buttons. These buttons gave the police the name copper, later short-ened to cop. Snapping turtles have been known to bite completely through an oar. (Ain't that oarful?) A halibut always lies on its left side, and both its eyes are on the right. (Gruesome, ain't it??) Lack of common salt actually caused Napoleon's failure before Moscow. Because his soldiers didn't have sufficient salt in their diets, their wounds refused to heal and their systems were unable to repel disease. (Amazing what you can find in books.) W. Va. has a law which makes it illegal for an alien to own a dog. May Is the only month in which a U. S. President has neither been born nor diec" Baka Bomb No Longer Secret but Still Suicide . ssHBHisMslissWBsBlsssssssssHrTfefc SsBssssBi One of the latest secret weapons used by the Japs in a desperate attempt to stop the American advance westward in the "baka" bomb. Jap ward for, "fool," name given because It Is controlled by a suicide pilot. The drawing shows how the Baka resembles a "flying torpedo." A suicide pilot controls the craft from the bubble canopy. Rockets in the tail section furnish propulsion. The bomb is launched from bomber. Directed Attack Against Japan than 1,000 airplanes of Admiral Halscy's (center) 3rd Fleet carl-e, which started sped up attacks against Tokyo and territory. I!Commander Vice Adm. John S. McCain (left) and Rear Adm. Bogan (right) were responsible and figure prominently in the Sc. vastation of Japan. They are shown aboard ship somewhere in One Legged Pitcher Lt. Bert Shepard, shot down aft-er 34 missions over Germany, with the loss of one leg, recently pitched four innings against the famous Brooklyn Dodgers in a Washington charity game. .He is shown warm- I ing up before the game started. Isigny Cows Return to Fields 'hey knew that the bells of peace have rung in Europe, and it "ley had their grazing fields to themselves again, these eons I' Into an ammunition dump on the road near Isigny, France. battles left of head of cattle, driven away by Germans and '" the farmers of France. themselves, are being divided among Queen of Freckles No one is going to dispute the de- - cision of the New York judges who named Frances Scully of Richmond Terrace, Statcn Island, Queen of Freckles' in the annual contest held at Children's Aid Soci- - cty's playground. It really was no j contest. Keeping Flies Dry Fisherman Lee Studeny of Pitts-burgh "dunks" his flies in silicone oil before starling for his favorite stream. The new oil keeps dry flies dry. It Is derived from sand and coal in combination with brine. The fly will remain dry for a long period. Blue Grass Quadruplet Calves m'l.ww .' """""" ""'1 Little Eve Is the proud mother of quadruplets born on the farm of C. D. Lucas near Dyer, Ky. Little Eve Is only 5 and her husband, Adam, 2 years old. Both are pure bred Hereford stock. The event of quadruplets among cattle is as unusual as among humans, or about once in every 850,000 births. Photo shows mother and children are doing well. Shoots 'Round Curve Captain Sharpe of ordnance head-quarters in London inspects a Ger-- ! man secret weapon, used to shoot around corners. It is more terrify-ing than accurate, despite special sights. Come on In, Captivity's Fine! A Jap prisoner of war and an interpreter broadcast megaphone calls to Japs hiding out in Okinawa, telling them that surrender to the Amer-icans is their best bet. The broadcast is made from a landing craft off-shore. Instructions to the hidden Japs are to come out unarmed and swim to the craft. Many accepted the invitations. 1Champion Service Man's Family father of 1J c lrt I.. Fleury of Port Huron, Mich., J "e sIlnwn in photograph with the.r mother top, Barrett, formerly called the "C- h-T mn , pnPlc h of the children were visiting relatives made. - Half Victory Ours 5 . ' ;tJl-- ' iHf ' , - - Roosevelt and Gen. Mrs. F. D. Dwifkt D. Eisenhower stand in rev-renc-over the grave of F.n.R. as reported to his ieneral Eisenhower chief," "half the victory is ours. |