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Show -----:----SENTIN EL'S WEEKLY FEATURE PAGE Of LATEST WORLD EVENT NEWS PICTURES---- --- U. S. Marines Win First Round on Bougainville 7 Reasons Why Our Bombers _Return Home Parascooters United States marines are shown as they battled their way through vicious Japanese defense tactics to form a six-mile-long beachhead oo Bougainville island in the Soutli Pacific. Left: As marines take to landing barges smoke is seen rising from Jap installations. Top Inset: Tired marines drink water and rest behind a Jap pillbox. Right: Trees on Bougainville are stripped of leaves and branches by intensive bombardment. Women Put Hellcats, Avengers Through Paces I ; ': : ' ' .'·. ..., ,:.... ·. . ·.' · •· :,'. !. :, Close-ups of four of the gun positions and seven of the thirteen mal airship chine guns that make the American Flying Fortress the most formidable in combat today. Nos. 5 and 6 are in the turret atop the fuselage. No. 7 is on top of the plane. Nos. 8 and 9 are in the ball turret midships on the underside. The gunner curls up and spins turret in direction of enemy planes. Nos. 12 and 13 are in the tail of the plane beneath the dorsal fin. Picture at bottom shows all 13 positions. Badoglio Tells His Plans to U. S. Newsmen Folding light motor scooters dropped with parachutes are a new addition to the equipment of paratroopers. They have a speed of about 45 miles an hour and can easily be lifted by one man. Top: Scooter ready for mounting. 8Gttom: Scooter being lifted from its container, Swig of Salt Water Sea-water is now drinkabl"' with the aid of a small briquette resembling a candy bar which removes the injurious salts in 20 minute~. William Hall of the air transport can!mand illustrates its use. One briquette provides a 14-day SU!Jply of drinkable water. High Allied Leaders Plan New Moves SPARS Celebrate First Anniversary Back on Her Feet Present at a recent conference of Allied chiefs of staff in North Africa were these high-ranking men, representing the land, sea and air commands. Left to ric,ht: Admiral Sir John Cunningham, commander in chief of the Allied fleet in the Mediterranean; Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhbwer, commander in chief of Allied forces in that area; and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder. Another child is added to the many cured of the crippling effects of in· fantile paralysis via the Kenny method. Sister KeiUly .encourages a five-• year-old to stand on her tip-toes iD Jersey City, N. J. Members of the Women's Auxiliary Reserve in the Coast Guard Jearn to tie knots on a coasJ guard schooner in Boston harbor •. They recently celebrated the first anniversary of their organization which is known as the "SPARS." This name is a condensation from the coast guard motto "Semper Paratus," meaning "Always Prepared." Piece of Concrete Wrecks Train New Italian Leader? Men Who Smashed Nazi Greenland Base After hitting a piece of concrete on the ralls, this train jumped its tracks, crashed into a steel trolley pole and careened 30 feet across a •treet, stopping only two feet from the home of Oscar Bouman. Be later aatd he thourht the noise was an earthquake. The accident occurred lll Berkeley, CaUl. Seven '-assencers received minor inJuries. Senator Benedetto Croce, an Italian philosopher who is revered by all anti-fascist elements in Italy, is pictured at his villa in Capri. Be has been mentioned as a logical leader of an Italian republic. U. S. armed forces that penetrated Arctic wastes to discover and destroy a Nazi radio base on Greenland were sketched by Coast Guard Combat Artist Norman Thomas. In this picture two U. S. army scoots and a corporal of the Greenland army are shown as they prepared to go inland on a reconnaissance patrol. Sight Rights Sights So keen is the eye of Robert 1\-Iurray that he can detect· a bend iu a rifie amounting to only the 10,000th part of an inch. No machine has yet been developed to replace the human eye for t.bis work. He is shown straightening barrels in a plant at Ilion, N. Y. He's on Pitch Godfrey Ludlow, a violinist by profession, utilizes his keen sense of pitch in an essential industry. In a New York plane factory he taps parts with a hammer and detects imperfections by sound. .~ 7 |