Evening star., 1942-05-21

E$* equipment ndS
kSsSs,ss put their pocket
Henry MeLsmors. books squarely
on the firing line.
The mechanical warfare Of today,
with It's need for metals, alloys,
plastics and all the other crea-
tions of science, has played havoc
with their living.
The corset, the suspender and the
wrappings Of cigarettes all have
a part in the war today. The same
Is true of ten thousand and one
other things which, in the wars
before this one, were not needed by
the fighting forces.
This is an all-out war for sure,
and nothing is too trivial 10 be i'm
portant.
The perfect example Of how true
this Is has Just been given bv a
| spokesman for the British Admiralty.
kSpeaking over B. B. c. hookup,
he asked that all Britons turn IN
ktheir snapshot albums to the gov
.ernment. and he cited how a vaca-
ton snapshot played an important
part in a recent commando" raid
on France.
! The success Of this raid by the
| daring "commandoS." which de-
stroyed a Nazi radio communica-
tions center at Bruneval, was made
possible by some pictures Of Brune-
val which British officer had taken
when he was vacationing there.
years before. He dug the pictures
out of the family album, and away
the Commands" went.
While the appeal for albums con-
tanning pictures Of foreign countries
was made only TO Britons, Americans
should offer their albums, because
there can be no doubt but that
American tourists have photo
graphed every square foot of Europe.
Take my own case. AS soon as
I read Of the British appeal I ran
and got my old albums, and GER
tainly have got lot of European
scenery, although my wife and are
in frert Of most of It. Bear with
me while I run through my album
and see If any of the pictures would
help the Commands.
Here I am, covering among the
pigeons N front Of ST. Marks in
Venice. I won't send this one, be-
cause it would only get me or the
pigeons in trouble.
Here is one of my wife, matching
the finery of her new hat against
the finery of Napoleon's tomb. At
the time we thought the hat had
little the better of it. but styles have
| changed-in hats. not in tombs.
Here is one of me in front of the
| Castle Of Chilkon, looking not at all
unlike what the prisoner must have
/ looked like when they let him out.
The people with me are the Schoon-
makers of Evansville. Ind. couple
we had met in the torture chamber
/ in the Tower OF London.
Here is another one of me and
the Schoonmakers. This time we
are staring at the spot where Marie
Antoinette was beheaded.
Here is another one of us saying
good-by to the Schoonmakers at the
square in Florence where Savona-
rola was burned at the stake We
had lot of fun with the Schoon-
makers that summer
Here is picture Of both Of US
outside Notre Dsne Cathedral. and
for some reason I thought at ths
time it would be funny for me to
try to look like Lon Chsney as the
Hunchback
/ Here are the Mc1emores in cheap
but native dressgin Budapest. The
water back of us is the Blue
Danube -da dada -da -da-da- -da-
dada.
Here is a picture of us in Holland.
The water back of us is the Zuyder
Zee. The worried looks we have on
our faces are not due to the fact
that We didn't like Holland. but be-
cause this was near the end of the
trip and We were, running out Of
money.
Here Is picturesof our gondolier
in Venice Here is, a picture of our
taxidriver in Prague. Here is
picture of our guide in Paris. Here
is picture of our guide in Brussels.
Here is a picture OF man with a
long beard. Here is picture OF
beardless youth.
Just why we wanted these pic
lures, I don't know, but Britain Is
welcome to them adj just In case
one Of them turned out to be useful
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