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Show Friday, June 18, 1 9 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE SENTINEL, MIDVALE, U T A H - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P a g e Seveu Good Luck Coast Guard Cutter Blasts an Undersea Killer l End of War for Nazi Generals ! • J I Crewmen aboard the United States coast guard cutter Spencer run to their battle stations (left) as a submarine is sighted attacking a convoy in the North Atlantic. Judging from the broad grins the men seem pleased to get a crack at the sub. Seconds later a depth bomb (right) is flying through the air from one of the Spencer's guns. The terrific concussion cau!<ed by the depth charge forces the subJ;tarine to the surface where the Spencer's guns are poised to deliver a final barrage which will send the undersea raider to Its end. On the Hard-Won Guadalcanal Battlefront Judge Fred 1\1. Vinson (left) who was named director of the Office of Economic Stabilization, replacing James F. Byrnes (right), who was appointed director of the newly created Office of War Mobilization. They are shown congratulating each other. Monocled Gen. John von Broitch apparently still thinks he is in charge of the situation as he crosses the threshold of an Allied headquarters after his capture in North Africa with 200,000 other Nazis. In front of Von Broitch is another captive, General Cramer. Captured generals receive all the courtesy due their rank and Von Broitch looks as though be expects it. A Torch Queen A Different Kind of War I At the site of some of the bitterest fighting of the war, a senior medical officer of the United States naval construction battalion is shown, at left, giving a blood transfusion to a Seabee in a foxhole on Guadalcanal island In the Solomons. At right, several husky natives line up to receive their pay as stevedores. The Seabees-men of the naval construction battalion-are making a base of this island which was wrested from the .Japanese after a long battle In which both sides suffered heavy losses in planes, ships, and men. All Dolled Up As France Armed to Fight Again · ···~ . .. I :.··· . .. ' ~j '''4 j ,1 America's champion woman welder for 1943 is petite, 19-year-old Vera. Anderson (left) , shown as she was presented with a silver cop, $350 in war bonds, and a ticket to Wa$hing· ton, D. c., where she will meet Mrs. Roosevelt. Nimitz Wins Again • t Chessboard warfare is very different from the bitter conflicts these Purple Heart wearers have weathered in tbe Tunisian campaign. They are, left to right, Corp. Vernon D. Tilford of Los Angeles, Calif., Pfc. Robert G. Ussery of Rockingham, N. C., and Pfc. Raymond Deadman of Boston, Mass. They are recuperating at the Halloran hospital in Staten Island, N. Y., from wounds received in action. Japs Dug Their Own Traps .........---,., • ~ Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill get together on the work table of ~Iiss Anna Spalla of Brooklyn, N. Y., a nurse, who turns out doll caricatures in her spare time. Her dolls are sold throughout the country. A Glamour Gal A crown is placed on Ute head of three-year-old Jusianne Swensson after she was chosen queen of the models in New York by virtue of her charm and high earning power. 1 At ceremonies in Casablanca, Morocco, marking the presentation to the Fighting French of war material from the United States, these generals reviewed troops at the start of a parade. Left to right: Lieutenant General Lasoroux, French commander in Morocco; Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark, 5th American army commander; and French GP"neral Nogues. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, strides victoriously as he wins a horseshoe pitching match with Signalman William B. Scoggins who is shown measuring the positions of the horseshoes. Macabre Epitaphs Teach Fliers Care Plays for Pay at 16 Two photographers re('line In the "cemetery" at the army air forces school of applied tactics at Orlando, F"la. Serving as warnings to students about to engage In real warfare the epitaphs on the crosses read a-s follows: "He showed a light at night." "His gas mask leaked." "He lit a match on board a convoy ~hlp." This school gives the final polish ' to army fliers by putting them under actual combat conditions. Here is the youngc t professionlie is Jack al baseball player. Moesch, 16, 5 feet 10 inches, lEO pounds, who plays infield positions for the Baltimore Orioles. Holes like the one above connected with tunnels were the last posts occupied by the Japanese on Attu island. These United States sailors are examining Japanese medical equipment left by the routed enemy. According to a Japanese radio broadcast the invading Americans annlhllatt>d all Japanese forces attempting to hold the island. • Digging in Gardens Instead of Mines These coal minefs are shown working on their victory gardens after leaving their posts in the mines. For the second time within a month virtually all mines employing UMW members were paralyzed by lack of manpower. A nation-wide dim-out to eliminate all nonessential use of electdcity and a 25 pl"r cent curtailment of all train travel were mentioned as possible coal sa\'ing de\'ices shoulcl they be necessary. _j |