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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER RANDOLPH. UTAH U. S. Smoke-Jumper- s Wage Blitzkrieg on Forest Fires Over-Ag- e U. S. Destroyers Go to Britain Prehistoric man could produce fire but he could not always put it out. Modem man finds himself in much the same predicament when it comes to putting out large-scal- e fires, such as forest fires are likely to become, but he is making great strides towards gaining fire control. By using' parachutes to combat forest fires started either by marCs carelessness or by nature's blitzkriegs, the V. S, Forest Service demonstrates that parachute troops may be used to fight destruction as well as to cause it. The smoke jumpers have dry lightning blazes in our performed excellent work in combating ' this summer. national forests A view in the San Diego naval base recently, showing some of the World war destroyers of the United States navy which have been traded to Great Britain by President Roosevelt for air and naval bases. Under the terms of the agreement the United States receives leases for air and naval bases in Newfoundland, in the islands of Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Antigua, and in British Guiana. Mr. Roosevelt called the deal the most important action in the reinforcement of our national defense that has been taken since the Louisiana Purchase in Thomas Jeffersons administration. 99-ye- ar Listening Post in Our Canal Defenses " Clear the Ship, Then PidT Descending to the scene of the A parachute-jumpin- g The blaze. forest fireparachute is with a rate fighter is shown taking his long specially designed, of descent of about twelve feet drop here. He has just pulled the ripcord of his parachute. per second. ... Left: Amid the dense jungle of the Chagres river section of the Panama Canal Zone, a listening post of our growing air defenses is shown in action under eyes of Brig. Gen. Sandford Jarman, commanding Panama coast artillery brigade. Right: Ruins of ancient Fort San Lorenzo, Sixteenth century strong point, are used for camp site by men of the Canal Zones artillery brigade. The fort is at the Atlantic entrance of the canal. Marys Lamb LaGuardia Volunteers in Fingerprint Drive None too happy a landing, but this frequently happens when the smoke-jumpedrop to the scene of a national forest blaze. The mask worn by the jumper orotects his face from branches. rs Mary Hewlett of Ramona, Calif., old Karakul lamb. with The war having stopped importation of pelts from Asia Minor, Ramona ranchers who have been raising Karakul sheep are experiencing a two-mont- jboom. hs Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia (left) of New Fork, who recently took the initiative in declafng that every American should be fingerprinted voluntarily, for means of identification, keeps his promise. He is shown being fingerprinted at the Summer city hall in New York. Detective James Kenney and members of the staff from the New York City police department, bureau of civilian identification stand by as the mayors prints are Manna for U. S. Forest Member of a plane crew is about to drop a bundle of supplies by parachute to firefighters who had dropped to the scene by parachute. Fire-Fighte-rs. The kit of a forest service "smoke jumper." It consists of the tools for nipping fires in the bud, rations, first aid kit, radiophone, a mask for tree-to- p landings, and a light, strong rope. six-pou- |