Dickenson County herald. [volume], October 28, 1943, Image 6

About Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?

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Four Ways to Cross a Jungle Stream
United States troops in Australia learn to cross jungle streams in
more ways than one. Four methods are demonstrated in this picture:
1. Via a raft made of timber found on the spot; 2. Via amphibious jeep;
3. Via a rope ladder suspended across the water; 4. Via a “flying fox,”
a form of breeches buoy.
Losing Weight
Benito Mussolini, left, and Mar
shal Hermann Goering appear to be
losing weight in more ways than one
judging by this picture taken recent
ly in Berlin and radioed to London
from neutral Switzerland.
Old and New Typewriter Keyboards
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Top: New typewriter keyboard designed by Lieut. Comdr. August
Dvorak compared with the old keyboard at bottom. The new arrangement
gives the right hand more work and is designed to increase speed. White
lines separate the work done by each hand on the old and new keyboards.
Bataan Air Hero
Lieut. Col. William J. Cummings
Jr., one of the U. S. flight heroes on
Corregidor and Bataan. He now
commands a fighter group in the
European theater of operations.
I Yankees in Germany Fare Better Than Civilians
A visiting delegate of the War Prisoners Aid of the YMCA made these photographs of captured American
soldiers at a German prison camp southeast of Berlin. The prison camp fare plus weekly 1% pound food
packages from the American Red Cross give the interned Yankees a better diet than that of German civil
ians. Top left: Prisoners receive Red Cross food parcels. Bottom left: American prisoners lined up before
the mess hall. Some wear British uniforms because theirs were worn out or destroyed in battle. Right:
Henry Soderberg, Swedish YMCA representative, talks with a leader of American prisoners.
Indian WAVE
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Seaman Second Class Carolyn
White Bear, first full-blooded Indian
to be graduated from the U. S. na
val training school in New York,
shows her identification card to a
shore patrolman. She is a grand
daughter of one of Custer’s Indian
scouts.
Locker Room Scene After Yanks Won Series
Judge Kenesaw Landis is hoisted atop the shoulders of members of
the New York Yankees in their locker room after they won the 1943
World’s Series, Landis is supported by Chandler, Etten and Turner.
Pitcher Chandler hurled for the Yankees during two of their four win
ning series games,
Reunion
When Seaman Michael Quinn left
his job as keeper of the gorilla house
at the Bronx Zoo, New York, “Cook
ie,” the chimpanzee, pined herself
into the hospital. They are pictured
during Quinn's first leave.
Polio Victim and His Family
Fred B. Snite, who has spent the last seven years of his life in an iro*,
lung fighting infantile paralysis, is shown with his wife and two children
as they left Chicago, 111., bound for Florida. Mrs. Snite is holding their
youngest child, Katherine Bernadette, two months old. The other daugl*
ter is Theresa JVIarie, who is three years old.