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Show -------SENTINEL'S WEEKLY FEATURE PAGE OF LATEST WORLD EVENT NEWS PICTURES _ _ _ ___.___ As Allied Troops Battle Nazis ' • Ill Knock Out 5 Zeros lta11. . 7 Finale of Italian -Allied Fighting .I When the American Fifth army landed on tbe bea.ch at Salerno it was subjected to some of the most desperate German fighting of World War II. For several days the Germans poured ammunition down on the Gunner Charles Patton iS' congratbeach. But the Fifth army held its position. Aided by planes and warships it gained the initiative and, as the ulated by Gunner Marino Galluzzo British Eighth army rushed toward the fight, the Germans were apparently resorting to defense tactics. Left: (right) after they had downed five Gen. G. Castellano, chief of staff to General Ambrosio of Italy, is pieU.S. infantrymen hunt for German snipers in this house during their advance in Italy. Right: Supplies for invad- Jap Zero planes during a raid on l lured as he signed the military armistice between Italian and Allied Jng troops are unloaded despite constant strafing and bombing by German planes. Soundphoto. Hankow. Galluzzo, who was on his lorees. at ~dvll;nc~ headquarte.rs of the. Allied forces in Sicily. Witnessing first combat mission, accounted for ~he histone stgmng are Italian Foretgn Minister Montenari, and Maj. two of the enemy planes. Gen. W. B. Smith of the United States. Brig. Gen. W. D. Strong, repreI •enting England, was also present but out of range of the eamera.-Telephoto. I This .Bazooka Toots Death at Axis Tanks Records on Wire Congress Hard at Work Again Marvin Camras, 27, of Chicago, I. with his device which records sound on steel wires as thin as human hairs. An eight-hour continuous· program can be wound on a spool five ' inches in diameter and two inches The similarity in the appearance of the army's new rocket gun to a popular freak wind instrument caused wide. '.rhe device is already on nathe gun to become known as the "Bazooka." Its official name is "Launcher Rocket, AT, M-1." It has enough val ships and will soon be in mass [bitting power to disable a tank, yet it can be used by one or two soldiers in places which are inaccessible to production. ,regular, large, anti-tank guns. Left: Loading a rocket into the rear of the Bazooka. Top right: This is the anti-tank rocket shell which is fired by the Bazooka. Bottom right: The proper way to hold the Bazooka. The pew weapon is more than 50 inches long and approximately three inches in diameter. It is open at both ends. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn is shown, at left, just before he reconvened the house for the 1 present session of the 78th congress. Right: Rep. Andrew J. May of New York, chairman of the house military! affairs committee, who was expected to introduce a bill to ban the drafti af fathers and to bring about the discharge of fathers already drafted. 'I 1 ' -----------------------------------------------------· Getting Ready for Trips to Battlefronts Queens of 1942-43 Recruiting SPARS by Horse and Buggy SPARS Katherine Drexel and Rosemary Stolz, in buggy, interest two oung women in the coast guard women's reserve of the Eighth naval disrict. The SPAR prospects are Edna Rita Broussard, left, and Anne erard. Recently, the two SPAR recruiters made a tour through part of ouisiana in their novel old-fashioned mode of transportation. = As Allies Drove Japs From Salamaua After receiving first aid, American wounded :fighters are loaded Into ~arges to be taken to hospitals. Approximately 20,000 Japanese were ~rapped between two Allied forces in this sector. After abandoning Salapnaua, enemy forces were reported fleeing toward Lae, where they apparently faced alUlihilatioD unless they --·surrendered. -·· -·---------- . - ~-- ' African Trophies Mrs. Mark W. Clark, wife of 'the commander of the U. s. Fifth army, Jean Bartel, 19, of California, is shown with some of the souvenirs "Miss America of 1943" is ,named he sent home from North Africa. .pictured in foreground with Joe CarHis troops were reported to be batrol Dennison, .also of California, who tling stubborn German resistance at ' received the tile in 1942. Salerno, on the Italian west coast. 83-Year-Old Canner Demoted When officials of the Libby cannery at Mills, Wis., asked for help iq harvesting lima bean c:rop, Mrs. 4.uhstl Uc9J":e, 8~, Q.S one of the 2:000 vOlunleei'S'. Slie works b'9.Ql 'l ' p. m. until early morning. Slie has one great-grandson and three grand~4)~ in _the navy. Col. William T. Colman, as testified during court martial proceedings against him. He was accused of shooting a Negro private, drunkenness, fraudulent transfers of enlisted men, and misappropriating government property. He was reduced to the rank of captain; Santa Claus is shown in Chicago's Merchandise Mart, as he packs up for his coming visit to American battlefronts of the world. Many of his gifts are now on the way to soldiers stationed overseas. November 1 is the deadline for mailing presents to overseas sailors, coastguardsmen and marines. I. 'One-Trip' World Series Plans for a one-trip World Series were decided upon as final arrange !1lents were made for the 1943 baseball classic. Pictured at the meetin left to right, standing, Charles McManus, secretary of the New Yor Yankees; Ford Frick, president of the National league; Sam Breadon owner of the St. Louis Cardinals; and Baseball Commissioner K. M Landis, seated. I 1 are, |