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MAIL FROM HOME —At a sun-kissed United States bas
m the South Pacific — Espiritu Santo by name — Marine flier
father around for that happiest break in the routine of far-fluni
outposts, mail from the folks back home.
ARMAMENT CARRIE R—Designed to carry tanks, ammunition, supplies, troops, or para
troops, Fairchild C-82, now in production, has range of over 3,500 miles.
H E R 0—Lt. <jg) Ira C. (Ike)
(Kepford, USNR, of Muskegon,
• Mich., former Northwestern star
backfield man, is a leading Navy
pilot with a record of 16 Japa*
nese ships knocked out.
MIDGET — Less than 13
ounces in weight, this tiny Lear
Avia electric motor held by
Helen Devlin turns up one-six
tieth horsepower at 9,000 revolu
tions per minute. It was designed
to operate cowl flaps and other
devices requiring mechanization
on modern U. S. fighting planes.
OX-POWERED AMBULANCE S—With wagons drawn by oxen serving as ambulances,
wounded Yugoslavian partisan fighters are moved from a field hospital to a hideout.
FAVORITE — Faye Lynch,
shown at her machine which
trims fan belts for Army trucks
and jeeps at the B. F. Goodrich
• plant, was voted favorite model
of the Akron, O., Camera club.
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CONDUCTOR AT HOME— Little Grepor Leinsdorf.
small son of Erich Lcir r". .o. 1 conductor of the Cleveland
Symphony and the Me..-. . »* -iys on the floor witn
his fatuc ' ‘1 home. i
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LOADING ESCALATO R—New cargo loader, shown in
use at Detroit airport, operates on escalator principle either to
raise air shipments into the nose of plane or to unload them,
cutting average time from 20 to 10 minutos. <•»