£5 aah te RF FEL. 1 : When H. G. Wells, above, famous Eng- lish author and historian, is re- ported seriously ill. He was 79 last Sept. 21. LONG SHOT WINNER Betty Ann Reyman of San Dgeio, Calif, was- born she was given about one chance in 100 to survive. She weighed only 20 ounces. "Now, one year Jater, she looks like Little Miss Health herself, She's pictured with her mother, Mrs. Ralph E, Reyman. IN JAP CABINET Foreign, Minister. in. new: Jap Cab- inet isc Shigeru Yoshida, who has been' out of the' government for «many years due to his pacifist views, He once served as foreign vice-minister. and also: as: ambas- sador to Great: Britain, _ COMMANDS DUTCH Lieut:Admiral C. E, L.' Helfrich, above; is- commander4in-chief of all Netherlands forces in the Pacific, At his disposal are Dutch troops which had served with British: and American occupation forces, plus 4000 new troops en route from the homeland, When strike of street car and bus operators in Washington left 500,000 persons without public transportation, A. L. Wade showed unusual enterprise by riding lis horse to work. Unheralded trans. portation walkout started when members of Local 689 of Amalgam- ated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees (AFL) voted to stay in continuous meeting until Capital Transit Co. acted on their demand for a 30-cent increase in hourly pay. ARMY HAS SELF.-LIGHTING CAMERA Many a wounded or ill soldier owes his recovery to the. newly- revealed Army 'secret weapon" pictured above. It is a revolu- tionary surgical camera, with a built-in light source--a quartz vapor tube flash unit that produces up to 50,000 flashes more bril- liant than sunlight'at 1/25,00th of a second duration. Developed by the Signal Corps, the camera' uses 35mm. film, weighs 5 pounds and is operated from a 27-pound portable pack that may be plugged into any ordinary current line. PALESTINE--MID-EAST'S PRIME PROBLEM PALESTINE"S POPULATION - JEWS 1921-75000 BO sss ARABS 1 ne 1 120% In¢réose br Ss High on the list of tough problems to be' tackled by President Truman and Britain's Prime Minister Clement: Attlee in Wash ington is the Palestine question. Map, showa geographic: distribu+ tion of Jews in Palestine. Inset chart shows relative numbers of Jewa ande Arabs. Fo Here's the New . 'Reconverted' B-29! Obsolete materials and parts, once used in making B-29 Superfortresses at the ation's Marietta, Ga,, plant, had been sold to salvage firms in carload lots. But, believing that Bell em- ployees could make good use of the discarded materials, the firm recently opened a retail Salvage Sales Store. Now workers flock in to buy the "junk." practical uses to which they put it. Their ingenuity and skill produced scores of scarce household iteras. The Occupational Therapy section of Atlanta's of B-89 salvage. Convalescing veterans find relaxation and learn new skills in designing and making useful objects which they can send home. A transparent "blister" canopy from a B-20 makes a fine bathtub for little Jean Clair Bretherick, pic- tured with her mother, Mrs. Homer I, Bretherick, in their Atlanta, Ga., home. Inset shows a weather. proof davenport built from salvaged B-29' parts, by William Davis, Bell Aircraft worker. It has duralu- min frame and broad, plexiglass arms. Pvt. Johri B. Lenioine, Columbia, SiC.,, displays hot plate he made from B-29. scrap. Such work helps his "comeback" in Lawson Gen- eral Hobpital, Bell Aircraft Corpoc Photos below show some of the many Lawson General Hospital uses a good deal "Don't fence me in," says chubby Cpl. Raymond Watson, patient in Karén Sewell, but her daddy, Joe Lawson General Hospital, Ga, Sewell, Bell Aircraft worker at beats the electric fan shortage with Marietta," G~. did -- with- salvaged fan made of aluminum scrap. LAUGH'S ON HIM to his famous cousin, Shiroiyuki, Hirohito's horse, which Adm, Wil. liam "Bull" Halsey wanted to ride, New York veterans purchased Constitution from Cal Thompson, Nebraska rancher, and will pre- sent him to Halsey. RELIEF FOR (fe]V]c]3 EF ali)}] BRONCHITIS ASTHMA SIMPLE SORE THROAT Kd We Recommend: CHESGO MINES LIMITED (No Personal Liability) ENQUIRIES INVITED ° W. R. Manning and Co. Manning Chambers, Toronto B20 metal. Relievethat cough NOW before it be- comes serious. Lymoid Cough Syrup usually dy. instantly torelieve distressing cold and bronchial symptoms in dren and adults, AT ALL DRUGGISTS een: TYMOIDS TY @ 4 7 7 ¥ ACDONALD'S Canacla's Stanclane Smoke m----_-- | 2 Contributed by DAWES BLACK HORSE 1 GIVE HIM A REAL WELCOME - =with a good job BREWERY