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Flesherton Advance, 18 Jul 1945, p. 7

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BORNEOâ€" A RICH PRIZE FOR ALLIES > r- mm\^m^ - ' ^l 1IIIU-IUIII4.1.... I. - â-  " â-  - lllL.l.iJL.ii. . .| i mi ! iuUll...X ' . ' .J. I III|..I...UI".I.MII I ... U l ll ^woie TTMOft ._.^^...J By recapture of the island of Borneo the Allies will reap a rich store of oil and rubber and by the same token, will deprive the Japs of these vital products. Map above shows principal produc- tion centers of these and other raw materials. Interior of island is mostly jungle-covered mountains. HOME OF B-29'S t Runways and parking spots carved out of coral on Guam are shown in airview of B-29 base on island. Chief of Staff Gen. George Marshall says that 1000 bombers will be sent from this base against Japan daily. Big planes are scattered on the field between raids. HITLESS WONDER f Fifty iir.-.i5 a: b-t â€" no hits, no runs, no errors. That's record of disconsolate S Sgt. Walter J. Szulborski, above, pictured be- side a 50-caliber machine ' gun he manned on 50 missions dur- ing 250 hours over Europe's toughest targets â€" and never fired a shot. Szulborski, hailing from Bethkhem Pa., now is at Langley Field, Va., ready to hop to the Pacific for another try. WHIRLWIND FINISH BY OLD MASTER Premier Churchill wound up the election campaign by speeches in labor districts in London and -jthe meetings were lively. Here he is seen as he 5p;l:e to a crowd of 15,000 from the balcony of th* Red Lion Hotel, High Wycombe, from which Dis-ae!i made his first speech as a parliamentary can- didate 123 yaars ago. AND ANOTHER JAP IS CAPTURED Marine rifleman signals his companions to hold their fire as a Jap soldier emerges from a cave on Okinawa. Leathernecks captured occupants of hideout after using smoke grenades as persuaders. A YANK IS CROWNED With a colorful ceremony at the Russian Church in London. Lt. Calhoun Ancrum, Jr., U. S. paratroop officer was married to Prin- cess Xenia, daughter of Prince Andrew of Russia and grand- daughter of Grand Duchess Xenia. sister of the late Czar. The couple is shown being crowned during the ceremony. CANADIANS HAVE HUNS CLEAR MINEFIELDS •»- « 1 Under the direction of Royal Canadian Engineers, men of the beaten Wehrmacht remove the lethal traps they sowed in Holland during the Hun oc.upation of Europe. A German officer (left), ex- pliins a map of a minefield south of Haarlem to Lieut. D. S. Melavsky. Saskatoon, with tne 50th Company, Royal Canadian Engineers. A German soldier. riAht, digs a mine out by hand. TOKYO-BOUND ^ y-i w Gen. Carl A. Spaatz. above, who directed the strategic air attack that destroyed German resources, will play a similar role in the Pacific war. He will have overall command of the 20th Air Force and the 8th Air Force, now being redeployed from Europe to the Pacific. His new command wiH be known a^ the U. S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacfic. with headquarters probably on Guam, possibly on Okinawa. EUROPA TO SAIL FOR ALLIES J On^e . ^ L iiniir Europa is mo\ed tor the tirsr ume m live years, into ary Jui.k at Bremerhaven. The ship, which once held the trans-Atlantic speed record for passenger vessels, will be repaired and refitted for troop- carrying activity. American soldiers in the ETC will be transport- ed to the U.S. aboard the vessel, which is expected to make two round trips a month. WAR'S END FOR ANOTHER JAP "£\\i fighting is all over for this Jap soldier, pictured safely behind barbed wire on Guam. The mess kit and canteen aren't photo- grapher's effects. They bang against wire, giving alarm, in case of escape attempts. YOUNGSTERS CAPTURED ON OKINAWA Two tiny Jap soldiers captured on Okinawa ate interviewed in sign language by Marine 1st. Lt. Hart H. Spiegel, of Topeka. Kans. Youth at left ga»e his age as 18, and his companion said he was 90. L

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