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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH ' i They Advanced Our Operations by a Week V; Possible Nazi Triangular Defense Line Gymnastic Economist High above Sicily groups of gliders dip earthward as silently as the air which flowed over their streamlined surfaces. They swoop to a stop in some remote farm field. Men, heavily armed quickly step from the gliders, then dash for cover. The only sound is the booming of nearby enemy and invading force fire. At the rear, enemy lines are thrown into confusion by -a barrage from grenades and howitzers. The glider borne troops are at work. With its fire divided the enemy fails to stop the invading troops who take a beachhead and rapidly advance inland. t fj The training of glider pilots begins in light planes like this. After eight weeks they progress to larger sailplanes, the transport gliders. M I I John Bovingdon, former economic for the OEW'who was disanalyst Italys exit from the war, military experts believe, would force missed after Representative shortly to and Rumania thus abandon losing Greece, Jugoslavia, many Bulgaria, Dies Martin Bovingdons protested e defense line with 600,000 satellite troops and necessitating a about 5,500,000 men. The line may run triangularly from Narvik, Norway, appointment and called him a balBovingdon said he into Bordeaux, France, to Odessa in the Ukraine, then back north to Nar- let dancer. vik. Neutral Sweden and Switzerland fall inside the triangle but Sweden dulged in rhythmic gymnastics for his health. has announced that such movements must end August 20. Ger- 6,000-mil- To Run Sicily United Nations Conquest Technique t 1 ( & The sudden morale shattering attacks of glider borne troops which dropped out of the night sky so disrupted enemy defenses in Sicily that General Sir Bernard L. Theyadvanced Wesley A. Sturges, who was named our operations by a week. overan state as the by department Sicilian children gather about an American army sergeant who shares all director to assume charge in Above: Trainees file into a part of his rations with them. With the fall of Catania accompanied by a Sicily when hostilities end. He has of that toward it offensive occupation Allied Messina, appeared sweeping for the Office of Eco- glider. Inset: The pilot. Right: been Mont-gomerysa- the entire island of Sicily was not far off. Catania was wrested from some of the finest troops of the German army. Five Killed in $5,000,000 Harlem Riot working nomic Warfare in Africa. New Guinea Student id: Loading a jeep into the glider. f v. i. . v 5ft V ' t f ft I v I V y; MS ' , f , ' s 'f s ' . , , Above: Although heavily loaded, the glider leaves the ground before the bomber which tows it. Note tow-linwhich can be released far from enemy ears. Left: Troops waiting to touch ground. y e, an rivate Robert Bandy, left, interfered with a policeman making five which riot N. in Y., a Harlem, t, was shot, and thus ignited was damaged Des were killed, 600 persons were injured and property with Dr. FioreUo LaGuardia, e extent of $5,000,000 Right, Mayor on conferred as they Yergen and Ferdinand Smith, Negro leaders, ures to stop the rioting. - - . A native boy ponders an arithmetic problem in a New Guinea school conducted by Rev. Harold E. Short, native a missionary. Seventy-fiv- e Troops leap from the glider and charge through a protective children attend. This is the prob- smoke screen to take installation by surprise. Just lem:. If an airplane travels 325 such attacks marked thenearby enemy borne air largest troop operations in history' miles an hour, how far will it travel 10 about which of at m. an hour? the in began night of the Sicilian invasion. p. three-quarte- rs |