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WASHINGTON, D. C.—The relief map above, prepared by the U5. Navy, shows the terrain and
locations of harbors, airfields, railroads and other information of military value on Okinawa, where
U.S* Marines have landed and captured the airfields of Yontan and Katena. U.S. forces are battling
their way from their central holdings toward both ends of the island. These new fields give U. S. forces
bombing bases only 300 miles from the Jap mainland.
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LEBANON, IND.—When the 2,000,000th mortar shell rolled off
the line at the U.S. Machine Corporation this spring, employees halt
ed only lone enough to present the shell to their “Big Boss,” Col.
Joseph C. Shouvlin, chief of the Cincinnati Ordnance District, then
resumed work with loud cheers as a second line was cut into service
to double production. Abner Riley, veteran employe, is shown pre
senting the shell and a plaque signed by 1,000 co-workers, as Carl J.
Winkler, president, looks on.' Winner of four Army-Navy “E” flags,
the U.S. Machine Corporation now devotes 80% of its output to war
materials and the remainder to Winkler bituminous and anthracite
coal stokers which have played a leading role in the government’s
fuel conservation program.
GYPSY GIVES — Gypsy Rose Lee makes a donation for
the united clothing drive to Singer Jerry Wayne,
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DAMAGED PBM RESCUED — A Navy PBM seaplane, slightly damaged when the pilot
made • forced landing, arrives at the Coast Guard Salem, Mass., air base towed by a rescue boat.'
Where v-2 was launche D—Two Dutch civilians sit on a log platform from which
v Germans formerly launched V-2 rockets to talk with Trooper C. Floyd of Parry Sound, Ont.
How Germans Treat U.S. Prisoners
GERMANY—(Soundphoto)—One of the most emaciated of ,tht
Americans freed at this German prisoner of war camp, lies dazed on
his wooden bed. He is one of the prisoners captured in the Ardennes
salient. His daily rations consisted of a slice of bread, a bowl of
dried peas and unpeeled potatoes.