The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1945, Page 5

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1945 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. -~ JUNEAU, ALASKA : P‘\GI’,V FIVE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS IN PICTURES LEADER_Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger (above) comma the U. S. Eighth Army, whicl i made an unopposed landing on T the west coast of Luzon from PATROL—A( the top of a ridge somewhere in Germany the leader of a ski patrol of the U. S. Ninth 150 ships. my makes a turn to head the group over the deep snow back toward their base. A 4 WY i 5 NEW STYLE LIGHTNING—_Lockheed Lightning P-38Ls, latest model of the twin-boom fighter with added refinements, awzit delivery to the Allied fighting fronts. DYNAMITING FROZEN CANALS — cpl. F. W. Brown of Rexton, N. B., and Sapper OVE HE LION'S DEN — Blindfolded and with base W. A. Guerard of Sudbury, Ont., lower explosive charges through holes cut in the thick ice of a canal kcts on his feet, Blondini, the tight rope artist, walks oyer the ¢ n : : i ; ; - lion’s den in a performance at the Royal Hippod Belf: near Nijmegen, Holland. The ice is blasted to prevent enemy crossings in efforts to penctrate Cano. 4 a ancs he Royal ppodrome, Belfast. dian l.;m's during the cold *veather. When conditions permit, he plans a stunt over Niagara Falls. PLAY SUIT —Heavy white n Linen is used for this three-piece FAR-AWAY MAGIC — Capt. George P. Montgomery PIay suit worn by Dusty Ander- (left) of Corpus Christi, Tex., sees the Chinese ring trick done by orie’ntal Sy s nppiiqued “m’“ Johnny Jones, USO-Camp Shows magician, at a “Jolly Roger"” % and dowi anE anbnider bomber base in the Netherlands East Indics,. B ? CROCHETING LESSON — Awaiting a rehearsal cal? PRODUCTION CHIEFTAINS — High-ranking leaders on the production front gathered at Bayonne, N. J., when the Army-Navy ‘E’ pennant was awarded t{c the General Cahle Corporation plant. Left to right, Rear Adm. Clark H. Woodward, chief of Naval industrial incentives division; Dwight R. G, Palmer, company president: Maj. Gen. Harry C. Ingles, chief of the Army Signal Corps; and J. A. Krug. chairman of the War Production Board. for a new show, young New York actresses get tips on erocheting from Marion Shockley (second from right). Her pupils are Les. -+ Waads, Peggy Zenke and Lois Hall, OUTLOOK — P. W. Liteh- field (above), board chairman of od 5 _ a0 Goodyear and a U. S. represen- B % vy et 4 it T :flllve at the London rubber con- i erence, says maintenance of our PRINCESSES IN PANTOMIME — Prlnc]css Margaret Rose (left) and Princess Elizabeth synthetic facilities would protect i , % G il 5 % {third fromlcft) were among the principals in the royal pentgmime, “Old Mother Red Riding Books,” the nation’s supply against any ET-PROPELLED FIGHTER PLANE_The Bell P-59 (above) is the first of the USAAF jet-propelled fighter planes. This wriften by the princosscs and geesentod Teotutly in Londan. future aggressors. ) particular ship set down at the Great Falls, Mont., Army air base for cold weather testing operations.