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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 3 May 1951, p. 24

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:u :.h'v\ v wr<>?r> **. ~ w^'v:6 r . »; , ,• 4 ll; GONE DOG--When the word went out on the U. S. minesweeper •Mainstay for all hands to "lay down to the sick bay for shots," ilittle Chiisai, a Japanese-born pup, showed up, too. So Seaman Thomas of Cleburne, Tex., held the pup, while Hospitalman Gerald "Doc" Magle of Preston, Minn., prepared to do ht$ work. The scene is somewhere off the Korean coi NaVy photo from NEA-Acme.) ALL OUT--Mrs. Joy M throws herself into the ball making a return against Susan Cbimrford, Eng. in a Connaught Club sirtj^les (U.S. Anyone* wh? j>la®sta always IT IS NOT A WATERMELON!--It's a new type of inflated radar dome just developed by the B. F. Goodrich Co. for the U. S. Air Force. The 37-foot-high dome, made of special rubber and fiber glass. Will house aircraft warning equipiqent being installed on the Arctic rim of North America. The rubber house is capable of withstanding winds of 120 miles an hour. (NEA) BEST FOOT FORWARD--If you want to go out on a limb, try betting (you should excuse the word, Mr. Kefauver) on what year the perennial Mistinguette will call it quits and retire. At left, the Parisian music hall star, famous for more than a generation for her "$3,000,000 legs," displays a golden gam after a triumphant New York night club opening the other day. She was already legendary when the AEF hit Paris in 1917. Her age is now reported as 81, but don't bet on it. Check of ®es discloses that in 1922 she was supposed to be 58, in 1944 she was 70 and in 1948 72 years old. , At right, she's pictured in New York during a Broadway engagement in 1919. BRIDAL SUIT--This swimsuiV, seen in Miami Beach, Fla., is for, the bride who can't bear to part with her wedding finery. It's done in snow-white slipper satin and starched lace. The frilly skirt also pinch-hits as a ing cape. What, no INDIAN SIGN--That's what these three pitchers have on American League batters. Boasting a total of 57 yictarie? last season* ©9b ^Uemgn, Early Wynn and Bob Feller, left tp right, shape up once again WAGE STABILIZER - Dr. George Taylor, above, University of Pennsylvania professor, has been named chairman of President Truman's new Wage Stabilization Board during • its "organization period." Dr. Taylor served for three years as vice chairman and latfr chairman of the War Labor Board World War II. KOREA-BOUND CANADIANS--Four members of the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade sport Iroquois haircuts and a "commandeered" U. S. military poster as they prepare to leave Seattle, Wash* for the Korean battlefront. They are, left to right: J. Merowski of Winnipeg, G. Gagne of Sherbrooke, D. Prudhome of Hull and M. Juteau of Montreal. «.v • .. . , Wis-"* x<„. . • ; . MEET THE ARMY'S "OTTER"--At home on land or sea in ' Sfehi j -te 's Army's new amphibious cargo Run by a two-man crew and carrying its own armament,,, the "Otter" can make 30 miles an hour on land. It is extremely UOaneuverable on land or afloat, can turn completely around within its own length fi and In water can reverse course by use of one of its two churning treads. (Dept. of Defense photo from NEA-Acme.) EYE FULL OF THE EIFFEL--YouVe on the topdde looking 1 down in tibia rare view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The 975-foot steel tower, which has dominated the Paris landscape; since 1898, is more familiar to tourists when picturedfrom below.) Needle Tricks For <$(|| ! ^ SPARKLERS BY THE GOB--Seaman Leo Pickard of St. Louis, o., whistles over the $1,500,000 Star of the East diamond worn j|y Martha Percilla. The fabulous, 100 karat gem, part of a collecon owned by New York Jeweler Harry Winston, is now on display in San Fraadsca . -A German housewife buys a loaf of bread "West" in a West Berlin delicatessen. Berlin civil authori- 't|W recently voted to require such marking in order to cut down tbe smuggling of cheaper Eastern sector bread into Allied zones. The Communists have used the cheaper bread as a lure for West pctlittars to cross the sector dividing line. (NEA-Acme photo ty ' Staff Fiiotogrsphar PleUicb Gicsccke.) -- ON THE RAIL--False Hope lived up to his name at Bay Meadows Throwing Johnny Longden, he headed for the infield of the s»n f' trac^- Trying to clear the fence, he wound up in this slightly-inglonous position. The veteran jockey and his. mouat. MAN GOES TO WORK -- Here's that man again, headed for Yankee Stadium. It's Joe DiMflg&G, down to 10C pounds, 'JL A few hours with her knitting and crocheting needles have yielded this young woman unusual ribbon accessories wjih *vbjoh to bright** winter and welcome spring. A two-tone satin rose <left)[j adds elegance to a formal gown. Crocheted cloche (upper right; and matching ascot' and" clutch-bacil l £uo jMmsr v - - -- . •• *V* J?*-1*'1-- ' • i-;. i" _v_ • • •

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