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THEY SIGN Gen. Sir Thomas Biamey for Australia Gen. Jacques Leclerc for France PLANE 'MACHINE GUNS' SHOO0T SEEDS INTiO GROUND The airpiane wiîl make easy one of the most arduous of farmi jobs - that of planting crops, according ta Dr. Lytie S. Adams,- Los Angeles inventor of the airmail pickup system and designer of the airpianie plante,,r shown in diagrams above. Under this plan, seed is first made into pellets with fine dlay miixed with fertilizer and insect and rodent 'repellent. These seed "pis" wouid be fed by gravity from a bin ini the 'fuselage into a rapidly rotating rimIess, wheei whose spokes are hollow tubes. Weight of the peilets; and speed of the wheel wouid imbed the seed in the soul at depths satisfactory for germination, says Dr. Adams, who dlaims that asman y as 14,545 acres couid be sowed peèr hour. The, device aiso can be adjusted for rowplanting. The aero-sower is reportedespecially usefuî in, sowing fields ta sugar beets. fodder curaips, alfalfa and other pasture grasses and other products requiring no cultivation. The essen- iai features of the system are shown on the diag ram above, based on data prepared by Air Trails Pictorial Magazine.- TO FEED THE HUNGRY Gcrmian cçivilians unload potatoes from Britishi trucks at food distributing center ini Berlin, where retail merchants will distribute food to consuxuners. Allies are using'aid machinery ta cart food into hungry city. Old warehouse is distribution center. RISE ANID FALL 0F JAP FET Sta rt Built Sence ToaliLef tAtEli ~2 ~ O f W411 Pea r Harbo r 0f Wal BATT LESFI IPS 1 4(Damaged 9 o ta 8 179(Damage CARRIERS r 1__17__(Damage_ LIGHT CARRIER! LIGHT CRUiSER DE STROYERS SUBMARINES s Dd) --- 7 6 131 2 12 19 O 1~_I(Damaged) 165 4 to 5 28-, 29 -~ 4- 4 70 to 80 ,235- _2451 2 Decom - missiooned 4 -t ¶ 140 100 24016 G22ý 21(6 ermfan) Rise and fall of the japanese fleet is shown ini this chart which indi- cates its strength at Pearl Harbor, the number of vessels added later and the2 tattered remnants. WITH PACIFIC GROUP Major C.L.H. Bowen, E.D., of Sherbrooke, Que., who will f iy ta Manila -%ith the Canadian 1Repat- niation Liaison Group, consisting of thirty commissioned and non-. commissioned afficers, wrho will speed-up the repatriation of liber- ated Canadian prisoners of war in Japanese camps. Major Bowen- has been serving wi th the Direct- orate of Repatriation,- Prisoner of War Section. - WHEREZIT? As China's Communists accept- ed Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's invita. tion to a "peace conference-" ini ChunTgking, their troops werc re. ported to- have entered Kweioui, whose capture t he Chungkýiin gavermentclaimed. JOIN THE THOUSÂNDS whio drinik and enjoy Max'. well IBouse Coffee. YOU'l love lhe superb Maxwell House flavor. Ail Purpose Grind 'suitable for any type of coffee maker. ON LADDER 0F FAME Unîted Nations girls employed ini Washington are seen on a ladder on the roof of the Waldorf Astoriai 3oon after their arrivai in New York wh'-ere they werc takenî as a reward for Lheir bond selI;ng, Red Cro-;', -1 other arwnnn activities. M)MS0BLACK HORSE lîýPW .jr 34W* i