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Zurich Herald, 1945-02-01, Page 3DON'T FENCE ME IN I DON'T LIKE IT Barbed wire fence causes only slight delay to this Yank infantryman, as reinforcements move up acrossmuddy, snow-covered country -side in the Bastogne sector. Infantrymen shown here are part of General Patton's Third Army forces which relieved the enemy -surrounded Belgian city. VIMY . CANADIAN FRONT LINE ... 1917 .'Eon. John Bracken, (fourth from left) and his party are seen here in the official Canadian front line of 1917 on Vimy Ridge, where Canadians of a quarter of a century ago covered themselves with glory. Notice old fashioned sand bag reinforced trench. WINTER ON THE GREAT LAKES If you think it's cold, look at icy fingers formed on deck of new 5090 -ton Coast Guard ice breaker Machinaw. Bundled up in heavy clothes, chief boatswain's mate examines ice formations as veseet heads for port after trial run through heavy winter weather on Lake Huron. FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST Posing before a Cornell elementary air force trainer and a Lancaster wing these workers at. Fleet Aircraft, Fort Erie, have just been presented with pins as five and ten-year veterans. They have seen their plant turn out hundreds upon hundreds of trim little Cornelis on which R.C.A.F, airmen have received their first flight training, The Cornell is the smallest plane used by our air ' forces in Canada. Now they're working on the great Lan aster program, helping to build the largest bomber built in the British Empire. SWEDES' NEW PLANE HAS LOTS OF `PUSH' Radiophoto above, from Stockholm, isthe first photo received in this country of the Swedish Air Forces's newest fighter plane, which is a radical departure from conventional types. A low -wing twin -boom model with retractable tricycle landing gear, it gives the pilot greater visibility by having the motor at his back. It is a "pusher" type, with propeller at rear between tail booms. KEEPS ON EDGE Ben Rocklin, Chicago's one-man commando knife factory, proudly displays one of his eight -inch, double-edged "Jap stickers," He estimates that he has turned out 6000 of them, from salvaged steel, since the war began. . KEEPING COMMUNICATIONS OPEN IN,,BELGIUM Lines of communication must be kept open day and night in tnodern warfare regardless of shell fire or weather and the photo- graph on the left shows a post -hole digger in action drilling holes for telephone poles. At right Canadian signalmen are seen stringing telephone wire to a main control pole. They are Lorne Foster, Port Hope, Ont; John Welsh, Bowmanville, Ont, and len Nay, Stratford. They serve with a Canadian Railway and Telegraph Company of the Canadian Army in Belgium„ ENVOY TO TURKEY Edwin C. Wilson above, 51 -year- old career diplomat, has been named U. S. ambassador to Turkey by President Roosevelt. One time ambassador to Panama, he has been serving in the State Depart- ment Office of Special Political Affairs. WHY LO IS LOW REWARD PROMISED if you serve Maxwell 1=lous Coffee to your family to. night. They'll just love you for it! Comes in an A11 Purpose Grind which suits any type of eoffe maker. SUFFERING from a cold? Want fast relief? An Instantine tablet, taken with a glass of water, usually acts quickly to relieve the discomfort that comes with a cold. And, you'll find that prescription -type Instantine's help doesn't end here, because this specially -compounded, triple -action medicine is designed to work these ways in fighting cold misery. 1. Eases pain and discomfort. 2. Prolongs relief from discom- fort. 3. Offsets "depressed feeling."j Gives mild, stimulating "lift", Try Instantine to relieve pain off rheumatism, neuralgia, neuritis, or the discomfort of headache, too. You'll find its action prompt, effective. All drugstores. 12 tablets 25¢. Ifine a product of The Boyer Co.; Ltd. Even to, the poor wooden In- dian above, who serves a San Francisco tobacco store, feels the pinch of the cigaret short- age. But apparently he still can get cigars.