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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH n " Yanks Press Back Counter-Attackin- g Japs Firemen of the Fleet Hes Hunting Planes .v." . y.yA,.v,'Kyjcy w.w.s' S: A During times of peace or war there is one foe eternally feared by every man that goes to sea fire. In wartime ship fires reach their maximum deadliness. Ignited by enemy shells or bombs, the flames menace personnel al- ready busy at battle stations. I Also, every man called from his post to fight fire gives the enemy that much more ad-- ; vantage. Thus, the navy has founded schools to train specialists in the art of extinguishing fires anywhere aboard ship quickly -- and methodically. fire-fighti- ng Fire-fighte- rs train aboard imitation ship sections built on land in which fires can be ignited for teaching purposes. This camouflaged soldier appears to be hunting wild boar. Actually Japanese landings in the South Pacific, probably for the purpose of he is trying to spot an enemy regaining the offensive, were foiled by United States forces. This sound-phot- o plane during maneuvers in Tennesshows U. S. coastguardsmen and marines unloading supplies near see. His uniform closely matches a Jap warship, the Kinugawa Maru, which was beached after a battle. the hides of the spotted pigs. Admiral Nimitz warned the enemy of new offensives. United Nations Launch U. N. R. R. A. SOOT SUITS might be a proper slang term for these weird looking asbestos suits and oxygen breathing apparatus. These student . firemen are equipped to fight a fire below decks. Miss Coolidge a WAVE AT ANNAPOLIS midshipmen g is fight a test blaze. part of their regular training. Fire-fightin- Miss Betty Coolidge, a fourth cousin of former President Calvin An international agency of 33 United Nations and 11 associated powers Coolidge, who was sworn into the to relieve suffering in liberated countries was launched at the White WAVES. She is a former model and flouse. President Roosevelt speaks with British Ambassador Lord Hali-Sa- x will don a uniform at Hunter colas Leighton McCarthy, Canadian minister, signs for his country. lege, where she will receive her basThe new agency was named the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation ic training. administration. Early Blizzards Kill 7; Delay Trains Coal Flies Plane NOZZLE KNOWLEDGE Fireman First Class George Gruber, above, explains the uses of INFERNO A member of the a spray nozzle to a class. Practical demonstrations follow. fire fighting school is almost veiled from the camera by smoke arising from a roaring blaze below the decks of a training ship. n C r v C Early blizzards which swept the central west brought about the deaths Seven persons, five of them in Minnesota, where 11 inches of snow to 1 reported in some localities. Track laborers are shown struggling and railroad Transportation yards. switches the in Minneapolis J open JUnunication systems were stricken and most trains ran late. - Gasoline made from coal was used in an airplane for the first time in the U. S. recently. It carried the plane from Morgantown, W. Va., to Washington, D. C. Senator Joseph OMahoney, Wyoming, receives a can of the gasoline from Representative Jennings Randolph. TONGUES OF FIRE that flash out 40 feet are ignited at school. Inset: A Briton and Yank attending same fire-fighti- school. |