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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEHI. UTAH Japs of U. S. Army Lady Marines Now Top Kicks Food Quiz Covers Are Heroic in Battle Basic War Issues Fight Through German Artillery; Lead American Division to Victory in Italy. ' i J American soldiers of Japanese descent now fighting in the battle lines along the road to Rome came through their first test under Nazi fire with flying colors, according to reports to the war department from Fifth army headquarters in Italy. A United States army officer, visiting the 100th infantry battalion's bivouac area spread out on both sides of the historic, muddy, cratered, Ap- pian Way, found the encampment "typically doughboy" in its layout. A shattered, cement storehouse was the command post. Pup tents disappeared in all directions under grape vines and apple trees. i 3 . rain-soake- evil-doin- g Answers to Food Quiz v 1. more 2. About the same 3. 110 4. The Army 5. 9 months 6. IVi times as much 7. V4 8. 20 9. Much more Use the right number of your own stamps jaMa-- , j tfir lrinWT'iiirvYrrt aMTMMidMg"-- "' " through tenth; lend-leas- e " ... " ' - " p' f ' V . , - - - ' - r- - t V5'- 1 11 (one- - about one-half- one-fourt- h; ). 4. Most of the food we send to Russia goes to (women and children; the army; war workers). 5. Our fighting men abroad require a food reserve of about (five days; two weeks; nine months). 6. Compared with the average cian American soldier eats vilian, iCP"'-more: Vi times fstf I as much; three times as much). Women marines are the newest addition to the First Serjeants' School, of our food 7. About Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. Here selected marines is wasted or lost every year supply are prepared to perform the corps' key administrative jobs. Top: Corp. Elva Morgan studies one of the several subjects she must master during 8. Keeping down food costs is imher course. Left: Marine Gunner Joseph A. Berwanger for everyone, but particuportant a Browning Automatic Rifle for the benefit of women marines. The girls million people for the larly are required to know the theory of combat duty. Right: A group of lady whose incomes have not increased room leathernecks relax in their hotel after classes. during the war. (1; 8; 12; 20). . 9. One big reason for food price quit and our riflemen started mak- but the men stuck it out as though control is that the American people to spend ing rapid headway on them." they were used to having dynamite as a whole have This was the first action of the explode in the middle of themselves than there are things to buy (much American-Japanesmore; much less). Their march every day in the week." 10. You can share food fairly the said some 5:30 in are "There at the the things," began morning, (use fight lasted until nearly noon, and chief of staff of the division, "that through rationing if you the company still was pushing ahead nobody can learn any other way the right number of your own in the afternoon. than in battle. These men have been stamps; give expired stamps to your in battle and they're good. We like grocer; buy rationed goods without A Jap Hero. Hero of the first show was a ser- them." giving up stamps). geant from Oahu. "We want him to get one of the ofhighest awards," a ficer said. "He led the squad that Captain Suzuki sent out to the left after one of those machine guns. " 'It's the first time,' the sergeant rescues at sea and in inaccessible AAF Emergency Rescue said, 'so I'm going first.' " In the land areas. infantry, the first scout is usually a Branch Rescue squadrons are being acti private. When a shell got him, he per cent of United States vated in every theater of operations hung on long enough to tell the man airSeventy forced dowa at where AAF personnel are stationed. crews and taking over command all he knew sea by enemy pilots action in one large They are under the direction of a about German gun positions. of operations during Sep- unit officer and each equipment In their first engagement, the theater were rescued by specially squadron is specially trained to meet American-Japanes- e were under fire tember the war depart- local conditions. Some are in fortrained four days and had a chance to an- ment hassquadrons, announced. ward jungle bases and some are on swer the Germans'" fire for two of The squadrons are members of the posts in the Arctic.' t lead the were those. They given organized emergency resMedical men, navigators, radio of a veteran American division that recently cue branch of the army air forces glorified itself in the mountains of and are commanded by Jieut Col. technicians and persons familiar with the territory make up the Tunisia. Charles B. Whitehead. squadrons. They have special equipDivision officers point to an artilAir force commanders in other ment, such as sick bays, in vessels went force the through lery barrage theaters where United States air- which go out to rescue crews forced as proving their worth as soldiers. men operate in climates ranging down at sea. of Lovell James Hastings, Maj. from below zero to blistering heat "It has been an excellent morale Neb., and Honolulu was in charge. are also reporting an increase in the builder to AAF crews to know these "It was at night," he said, "and it of crews saved and re- trained squadrons are on the alert was raining. The mud had begun percentage Colonel Whitehead at the bases ready to come to their to turned duty, to get thick, which proved a lucky aid if they crash or are shot down," break for us. I think some of announced. Colonel Whitehead said. rescue The branch, into on the emergency those shells just plowed Released by Western Newspaper Union. softness and never did explode. created late in August, other with its activities and over military shells were There going shells going short and a good many agencies to prevent duplication in its i coming right into the middle of us, mission of expediting emergency (one-four- th (one-tent- h; one-half- one-fourt- h; field-stri- ; 6 i Close-up- s of four of the run positions and seven of the thirteen ma chine guns that make the American Flying Fortress the most formidable airship in combat today. Nos. 5 and 6 are in the turret atop the fuselage. No. 7 is on top of the plane. Nos. s ana 9 are in tne oau turret midships on the underside. The gunner curls up and spina turret in direction of enemy planes. Nos. 12 and 13 are in the tall of the plane beneath the dorsal fin. Picture at bottom shows all 13 positions. ). ps Badoglio Tells His Plans to U. S. Newsmen 3t e. , . high-ranki- i ,1 7 America In AcSion KEEPING YOUR THINGS IN WNTJ Fietro Badoglio, Italian premier, is pictured with American reporters during a recent interview in which he revealed his plans for the immediate future of Italy. He said he would resign as head of the government s soon as Rome is set free. He also announced that he would appoint temporary government of undersecretaries. SPARS Celebrate First Anniversary hoi to By PHYLLIS BELMONT Features. THEY'D CALL YOU A SHOW-OF- F tWf$t ml I. '1 IF YOU WENT AROUND ORDER IS FUN WHEN YOU t BRAGGING ABOUT HOW DO IT THE TRICKS-FOR-TEENMANY BOYS WAY. HERE ARE YOU DATED, SOME BRIGHT IDEAS THAT RTIT THF.RR IS WARDARE KEEPING TEEN T S TT litiHfUltfiiB.m ' ROBES SPIC AND SPAN I TELLING THE FROM COAST TO COAST. VVN Members of the Women's Auxiliary Reserve in the Coast Guard learn WORLD HOW Send letters to your friends in the to tie SKIRT SAVER Do your skirts knots on a coast guard schooner in Boston narDor. iney recenuy YOU ARE BY service. Never feel that a man who celebrated the first anniversary of their organization wmcn is Known as always look wilted and creased when POPULAR is in the service will think you "forThis name is a condensation from the coast guard motto "SPARS." you take them out oi MEANS OF THE GADGETS the ward" if you write to him. He won't the closet? They won't YOU WEAR. meaning "Always Prepred." Paratus," "Semper you keep your letters if S' you show a wrinkle slip the waistbands to hangers withone clip oft clothesoins. A lovelv homemade nowder foun dation is easy to make. Blend face powder and face cream together. Keep adding powder until you have a creamy paste. Place in a jar to have on hand for a quick makeup. You can blend it on the spur of the moment but to have some all ready in a jar is a nice idea. Ledger Syndicate. WNU Feature. each side. WAX WORKS will Droopy ribbons and limp veils look crisp as celery if you iron them over a piece of waxed paper. They to you practically sit up and talk after one treatment. Empty spools NO SPOOLING make grand parking places for ribbons. Try hammering some nails to the back of your closet door and then slip the spools over them. Unwind your ribbons as you need them In Florida Swamp DECEMBER 7,1941 ice-erea- m SEPTEMBER 1 1 1943 Pratt, geologist and vice president of the Standard Oil company (New recently announced completion of an oil well in the Everglades in Collier county, Fla., northwest of Miami. Piatt said this was the first producing well on the Eastern seaboard, and that oil was encountered at 11,700 feet. " Jer--sy- ), o AXIS ?IANE IOSSES THE BOX SCORE OF AIR BATTLE US. WANE IOSSES 1.867 T" m Some girls wear necklaces of wooden spoons and have each boy they date autograph a spoon. Some girls collect friendship bracelet links, initialed by each date The newest way to broadcast your dates is to make a ladder-lik- e lapel eadjret of cigarettes he gave you The longer your ladder grows the more popular you must be. Incl dentally, it's much smarter to Wear your cigarettes than to Smoke them, if you're still a teen. In case you don't know it, the Jabberwocky name for a gal who smokes is "Fag Hag" and who'd want to be called something like that! TE1EF- ACT Oil Well Completed ace .ivmummmmtimmmmmt.m..t,mxn 3. Of the total food supply this A YORK.-Wall- m year, we are sending our Allies By NANCY PEPPER and they will always look smooth SAVING GRACES and new. By QABRIELLE NEW u. I" 1 rd Associated Newspapers Makt-U- pi LMmjw (one-four- th "GAY GADGETS" ' mum..! ' ! correct.) 1. Compared with the average of prefood production in war years (1935-39- ), 1943 is about less: , d the same; more). 2. Compared with prewar, the total amount of food set aside for U. S. civilians in 1943 is (one- fourth less: about the same: one-thimore) . HI 10. AiinuU How much do you know about the war weapon you have right in your home the FOOD you eat? See how well you can answer the food quiz below. You'll find the answers elsewhere on this page. Count 10 for each correct one. (Three choices are given for each answer. Underline the one you think is r-- y one-thir- one-sto- ry Rich, dark soil of the floor of the valley on which they were living was d by three days continuous showers and had turned to a sticky, oozing mud. "These soldiers are as far away from the stereotyped picture of the sons of Japan as the boy is from a headhunter," reported the officer. "It's in their faces. They obviously believe in what they're doing, and look calmly secure because of it. ' They are in the habit of enjoying life like any good American. They like the world they live in." In the words of the commander of the force of which the American soldiers of Japanese descent are a part: "They don't ask for anything. We don't. give them anything that isn't given to all the other units in our command. They're fighting, with the rest of us, taking their regular turn." Jap Unit's First Action. The outfit's first action was fought by a company commanded by Capt. Taro Suzuki of Honolulu, a veteran of 16 years in the army, 13 of which were served in the reserve. "It was our own fight," Captain Suzuki said. "The company had to sink or swim by itself. We had walked by blown out bridges that stopped heavy artillery from being brought up behind us and then worked our way down a winding road. The bends cut us off from view of our own supporting infantry. "Our leading scouts rounded a bend and three German machine guns opened up. There was nothing to do but go to work on them alone because nobody to the rear could see to fire the heavy stuff. One platoon went out to the right, one straight ahead, and a squad went off to the left. Trouble was, every time a man would stick his head up to take a look, machine gun bullets cut right close by. "As if we didn't have trouble enough, the Germans broke everything loose on us machine guns, mortars, rifles and heavy artillery. r "You know what stopped all that Nazi wrath? Our little 60 mm. mortars. We got them on there and they went right in. The machine gunners pulled out after the big guns Reasons Why Our Bombers Return Home 7 provided friendly and no,t personal. Get the habit of clipping interesting news items from papers and magazines and sending them on to the men you know who are far from home. You don't have to write them a letter. Just say, "thought this mighj interest you" and send it. Even jokes and cartoons that remind you of an incident that you shared, will spread laughter so write whenever you can, and remember to send clippings, too. Birthday and anniversary cards are fun to receive so remember the boys and girls in the service. Ledger Syndicate. i Men Who Smashed Nazi Greenland Base WNO Features. Uncle Sam Hands Out Million Checks a Day .V The federal government is paying bills at the rate of $7,500,000,000 a month a task that requires the writing of 1,000,000 checks each working day, or 300, 000,000 a year. So stupendous is the job that three U. S. armed forces that penetrated Arctic wastes to discover and major disbursing agencies, the war, destroy a Naii radio base on Greenland were sketched by Coast Guard navy and treasury departments, Combat Artist Norman Thomas. In this picture two U. S. army scouts keep huge staffs busy around the and a corporal of the Greenland army are shown as they prepared clock paying off Uncle Sam's go Inland on a reconnaissance patrol. WASHINGTON. 1 |