Around tlie W^>rld News in Pictures
ALONG THE LEDO ROA D—Four American Red Cross girls try out a slit trench along the Ledo road in northern Burma
to get used to their new environment. Left to right they are Maxine Robertson, Portland, Ore.; Mary Elizabeth Rogan, Glendale, O.;
Julianna Fitch, Hudson. O.; and Olga Star Giddy, Melrose, Mass. "
BATHING IN THE MARSHALL S—Taking time out from bombing missions to the Carolines, Seventh Air Force fliers
p m i use air.filled irtattress covers in a new kind of surfboard riding near their base in the Marshall Islands.
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N O R M A N D I E—Taken with the lower Manhattan skyline as a background, this picture gives an
/ • Idea of the immense size of the Lafayette, formerly the French liner Normandie,»
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I^CHEERLEADE R_ Helen Blackert of Fort Worth, Texas,
relaxes from her duties as cheerleader at University of Oklahoma.;
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U. S. BEAUTY GOES
ORIENTAL — A mere photo
graph of former model Betty
Caldwell brought her an offer
to compete for the lead role in
the film, "Salome, Where She
Danced." Here's Miss Cald
well's evidence.
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RECORD BREAKER — Mak
ing a musical name for her
selfis pretty blonde Martha
Stewart, whose voice will be
spinning out soon from rec
ords.