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Show -------SENTIN EL'S WEEKLY FEATURE PAGE OF LATEST WORLD EVENT NEWS PICTURES ---------7 tlf Nebraska Bombing -Axis Prisoners Get Medical Care, Good Food TE1EfACT WHERE THE YEAR'S FOOD CROP WILL GO 12% 13% 75% ARMED FORCES AUIES HOME FRONT TIME REQUIRED TO RAISE LEADING CROPS ,~ ~ I WHEAT t tl £••·' ••••••• •• Axis prisoners captured in the North African and Sicilian victories will probably total approximately 340,000. Transpcrting these men to prison camps, feeding them, plus providing medical care for them, are major ' Planes on a routine ftight near . war problems. Left: Wounded Axis prisoners on stretchers cover a landing dock in North Africa. Brought from a field hospital by Red Cross ambulances, they await shipment to more permanent hospitals and prison Tarnov, Neb., overshot a bombing I camps. Top right: The dish for which their ·country is famous-spaghetti-entices these Italian prisoners. Bot- range and instead hit the home of Mx. and Mrs. Joseph Ciecior, nar- I tom right: A wounded German soldier is given a blood transfusion by another German soldier. rowly missing two sleeping children. 1 The Cieciors are pictured examining the damage. Each symbol represents 10 man hours of work per acre Two Yank_s Take 1,027; Flier Missing 72 Days --. Planning More Trouble for the Axis OP A Price Deputy 1 ~ames F. Brownlee, who Vl_'a~ ap- pou~ted as OP A d~puty admm•strator m ch~rge of pnces. He fo~merly was director of tr~~sport_atton of j I the War Foods admrmstrahon and has been connected wit~ several j' Engine trouble forced Staff Sergt. William I. Coffeen (left) of Chicago, a marine llier, to bail t>ut over the Cen- business firms before takmg a gov· tral Solomon islands. He lived on coconuts and whatever he could find in the -jungle until he located friendly na- ernment post. tives. A navy rescue plane picked him up 72 days later. He is pictured as he looked shortly after arriving at a naval base. Center: Lieut. Louis Testa, who with Capt. R. E. Gerard (right) conducted a two-man campaign that netted them three Sicilian islands and 1,027 Italian prisoners at a cost qf only $3-the rental price of the fish.ing boat Qn which they rode to the islands. They also took nine small tanks ~nd ammunition. Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and President Roosevelt at Quebec for conferences. The attendance of officers from the Pacific area was mentioaed as indicating new operations there. Europe was expected to be a major subject as Allied armies were reported poised for an immediate invasion of Italy. Brendan Bracken, British information minister, told newsmen that after Hitler's defeat the "full weight of the British empire" will help destro~: ' the Japanese. . Helena Survivors After Kula Gulf Battle Sea Hog Barging Toward Japanese Shipping On Guard The eventual destination of this ammunition is the interior of Japanese ships where it will be thrown by Allied guns. This barge is loaded with projectiles of both armor piercing and bombardment variety. The cases hold ammunition for anti-aircraft guns. Steadily increasing Allied pressure is pushing the Japs back home. At their rocky perch on the lonely coast of Newfoundland, two Canadian soldiers watch for signs of the enemy. This is one of Canada's advance posts in her war against the German submarine. A party of seamen on searchlight detail in the South Pacific found this hog which they have made their mascot. "Souie" has the run of her 1 ship, a former liner, and never gets seasick. The USS Helena, a cruiser, helped sink two Japanese cruisers and three destroyers during a naval battle in the Kula gulf, but was sent to the bottom while "working on another" destroyer, according to her captain, Charles Purcell Cecil. Total enemy losses were five destroyers and four Jight cruisers. Survivors of the Helena are shown answering roll call after the battle. Freckly Closeup Switch Engine Jeep Keyhole Shaped Bath ·Tub Heals Heroes The 1943 freckle champions of New York, N. Y., are Marguerite Thompson, ll, and Edward Fitzger.! aid, 14, pictured hi this freckly closeup. The versatile jeep is shown being utilized as a railroad switch engine Fitted with steel in Australia. wheels in place of tires, it pulls a long line ~f ~reight cars, __ This bath tub, shaped like a keyhole, is one of the many m(IUernj scientific devices being utiliz«:d at the massive Halloran Genera). hospital, Staten Island, N. Y., to rebwld the health of American fighters rel:urne•ffl from the battle fronts. The bath shown here is designed to aid in restoration of leg and arm muscles. Allies Shell Italy as Sicily Falls • ....... I Thirty-eight days after Allied forces swarmed over the soutbetm coasts of Sicily the island fell to the invaders. Even as the last German troops fled before Allied might, shelling of Italy proper commenced. Possession of Sicily puts southeastern Europe under the thumb of Allied air power. Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton is shown conferring with Lieut. Col. Lyle W. Bernard as their troops neared Messina. |