SWEEPSTAKE

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4675, 25 January 1945, Page 4

SWEEPSTAKE

A fellow drew a lucky elephant in a sweepstake. He had three wishes, so he rubbed the elephant once and asked for a thousand pounds. The money dropped right into his hand. He rubbed it again and asked for something that money cannot buy—a crate of bananas. They duly appeared. Then he thought he had better ask for something that would benefit the whole of humanity, so he said: “I’d like to kill Hitler.” Next day he got his calllng-up papers.

General Eisenhower chats with Major General Ira T. Wyehe, com mander of the 79th U.S. Division, during a recent tour in France. ■

General Eisenhower, riding in a Jeep, inspects front line troops on march somewhere in Normandy.

Fresh U.S. infantrymen, reinforcements for American units serving in France, crowd the deck of an Allied transport crossing the English Channel on their way to France.

Commodore William A. Sullivan, Rear Admiral John Wilkes, and Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, inspect the wreckage of the Cherbourg arsenal, which the Germans blew up during the bitter battle for the port captured by the Allies. The extent of the blast can be uua-.ed by the fact that the huge concrete roof was shifted over the entrance,.