News Highlights of the World In Pictures
12/y Gu i On Corregidor
CORREGIDOR, P. I.—Following furious onslaughts by
numerically-superior Japanese forces, the gallant little army
of Lieut. General Wainwnght moved from Bataan to
Corregidor. The photo shows one of the 12" disappearing
guns, with which Corregidor is equipped, in action.
F. D. R. Receives Passes
■ 4SHINGT0N, D. C.—The base ball season is open, both
the American and National League. President Roosevelt
received his season passes from Clark Griffith, representing
the American League, and Ford Frick, president of the Na
tional League. Mrs. Roosevelt was also presented with sea
son passes. Photo shows, left to right, President Roosevelt,
Ford Frick and Carl Griffith.
Third Fire On Normandie
NEW YORK—Fireman had to use acetylene torches t«
open the steel plates on the side of the capsized liner Nor
mandie, which was ravaged by fire here. As soon as the holes
were made by the torches, the fireman started pouring thou
sands of gallons of water into her. The former queen of the
French line was re-named tne U. S. S. Lafayette and was to
be a troop-transport carrier. This is the 3rd fire, which re
quired help from the city fire fighters since fire first destroy
ed it on Februray 9.
Changed Its Shape
GKAND JUNCTION
COLO.—A Weeping Mul
berry tree has been trained
and pruned a new shape
near here by David A.
Moore It took several
years and considerable
patience to develop this
mulberry into an elephant.
The photo is of the “E e
phant Tree;” the branches
sticking above the ele
phant’s back are the top
limbs of another tree in tne
yard.
A Fighting Mara And His Men
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—General Douglas Mc
Arthur is pictured as he reviews an honor guard of American
troops in Melbourne General McArthur, at. the time of this
photo, was officially called supreme commander. Now it has
been announced that the U. S., Australia, the United King,
dom and the Netherlands have conferred on him the titled
“Commander-in-chief of general headquarters of the south
west Pacific area.”
They Held Out Until The Last
WASHINGTON, D. C —U. S. Army Signal Corps Official Photo—Photo shows an anti-tani
company of the U. S. Army in Bataan as they held their position before the arrival of the on
coming sons of the rising sun. Men like these in the U. S. Army held up the advance of tit
onrushing Japanese for three months before they collapsed from lack of sleep, and disease. Th
is one of the latest pictures to arrive from Bataan and has the official sanction of the war dept
for release.
Bombed By Party or Parties Unknown
^TOjS^-This of Toi^ capital ^
Japan. The Tokyo radio announced Saturday, April*“® age on schools and hospit*
this city for the first time in the current war, l , gt office building, !
At the lower left here is central station, above it o e - reDOrted destroyed during *
right is the Marunochi building. Some Japanese ac ones losive and incendiary bo®
1,000 miles trip of the bombers (believed to =be American ..The^explosive a ^ ^
were also dropped on Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya the cap .
craft production center.