VOL. 1, No. 12

News From Your Own Home Town

BISHOP, CAL. ritk Kane dug belt containing bage patch.

(CNS)-Mrs. Pat­up an old money $450 in her cab-

CHICAGO (CNS-Freddy Snite, , the kid in the iron lung, is a 1

father again. A second son was born to the famed infantile pa­ralysis victim and Mrs. Snite re­cently. Snite, who has lived in an iron lung since he was stricken in China years ago, can leave the mechanical respirator for a half hour at a time.

CLARENTON, TEX. <CNSl-Mr5. Don Brady found a diamond she i'ost last winter in a chicken she was preparing for dinner.

KANSAS CITY cCNSl-Harvey Fowler awoke at 2 A.M. and went to his regular bus driver's job.

63D INFANTRY DIVISION, CAMP VAN DORN, MISS'.

Chronology Of war I j~LSIE PREFERS Gis 1 I Corp. T. J. Sims, jeep pilot for ! f the 861st F. A. Bn. on the recent I I hegira of the 63rd to Camp Van 1° PROMOTED

WASHINGTON

•. 1939

Sept. I- Germany invades Po- • land. I Dorne, is a conscientious young I i driver who knows that Gis can"t 0

Sept. 3-Great Britain, France, c ride non-service personnel in ! Australia and New Zeland declare f their GI vehicles. While tearing I war on Germany. f along one of Florida's finest high- i

Sept. 27-W a r s a w surrenders f ways-at regu!ation speed of 25 i after s.eige. I m.p.h-he espied a gallant Fed- i

Sept. 28 -Poland is divided be,- , dinand paying amorous attent- c

tween Soviet Union and Reich. j ion to a not-too-receptive Elsie. ! Nov. 4-P r e s i d e n t Roosevelt ' Sims slmved down lest he run I

signs law repealing arms embargo. : I over some 1,200 lbs. of ham- i Nov. 30-R, u s s i a invades Fin- 1, ! burger on the hoof. However, i

land after alleged border attacks. : I the bovine lovers paid him no ! 1940 ! I heed. Elsie plunged headlong in- I

March 12-Rus.sia and Finland I ·1· to the baggage-filled rear seat, ,· 1

, while Ferdinand pulled up to a -sign peace treaty. 11 I . , , D , snorting halt. The steel braces c

April 9-Gcrmany 1!1\ aaes en- · I 011 the jeep reminded Elsie with I mark and Norway. · ·

. d th 1· a sharp crack on the noggin I May 10-Germany 1nva es e, , . c

Netherlands, Belgium and Luxem- i j that she would ~ave to ~~e_k bet_- I ,1

ter transportation facilities 1f i bou,g. , she expected to make a clean c

May 11-Chamberlain resigns as _pr es i d e 11 t prime minister. is succeeded by

September 3, 19.43

CITIZENS EXTEND WARM GREETING TO 630 DIV. MEN

Mississippi-Louisiana Townfolk Open Arms

To Men Of 63d

Since its arrival at Camp Van Dorn a fortnight ago, the 63d Di­vision has received a spontaneous and generous welcome from tbo civil and Army authorities of the Mississippi-Louisiana district, and from countless hospitable indi­viduals who have tried to make easier the lives of our soldiers in their new home.

Three hours later another driver Roosevelt this week announced r;;lieved him "What are you do- promotion of General Dwight D. ing here?" he asked. Then Fowler Eisenhower, commander of Allied remembered-it was the first day Forces in North Africa, to the of his vacation. permanent rank of Major General

Winston Churchill. June 3-British Admiralty an­

nounces rescue of "over 335,000 men" at Dunkerque.

June 10-Italy declares France.

\Var en

I §;etaway from FerdinBnd. Corp- I f oral Sims is still dreaming about f I all those red coupons on the I I hoof. I •:• )---(l-l)-!)._.!)-()-(1-()-(1-<>aa>!l-<) ·=·

Last week-end large numbers of our officers and men received passes for the first time and went to neighboring towns and cities. For most of these it was their first visit to this part of the country, and they found every­where the welcome mat set out for members of this division.

Insignia Recognized

KNOXVILLE, TENN. <CNSl-Carl Berger, a prisoner, escaped irom a work gang· near the county garage. Twenty minutes later a searching deputy found him hid­ing· in a bass violin case in the basement of a church.

PHILADELPHIA <CNS)-A 76-year-old veteran safecracker, Wil­liam J. Wlson, was found dead of a heart attack in the backroom of a book publishing firm here with his hand on the dial of the com­pany safe. On the back of a chair was the safccracker's coat arnl on a window sill was his jimmy. Wilson had spent 37 years of his life in prison. He had been ar­rested 17 times.

Four 863rd Officers ❖"-·-·-0-0_"_"_"_"_"_,_,.; June 14-German troops enter i i Honor Roll Paris unoppose_d. I

Receive Promotion f ___ I June 20 - Armistice between I I France and German". I August brought promotions to c _ This week two new units of the,, ' I diviswn were added to the list . Aug. 4-German Luftwaffe begins I four Officers of the 863d Field j of 100 percent subscribers to f air blitz on Britain. I Artillery Battalion. 1st Lt. Wil­l BLOOD AND FIRE. They are the f Aug. 6-Battle of Africa starts I liam H. Crosson, of Battery C,

t. ,R6lst and 862d Field Artillery t as Italians invade British Somali- was promoted to Captain on Aug­

land.

I Batalions. ·,. ust 21. 1st Lt. James H. Rich-

Sept. 16 - President Roosevelt Others on tl1e honor rnll in- t' ards of Headquarters Battery, I elude: , signs the Selective Service Act.

t 253rd Inf., 254th Inf., 255 tll f Sept. 20 Japan joins the Axis. ' was promoted to Captain on t 1941 August 26; and 2nd Lt. Thomas

I Inf., 63rd

Div. Arty. Hq., 63rd March 11-President signs "lend- G. Larkin, of Headquarters Bal-

i Div. Hq. and separate Companies. 6 718th F A B 863"d F A B ! , lease" bill. tery, and Willis E. Brown, of

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Hq. Btr~·., 63r~-,Div.' Ar~y. · n .. f I April 6-Germany declares war Service Battery, were promoted to ' I I 1st Lts. on the same day.

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First sight to greet men of the Division pausing to window shop in army stores in McComb "'em Blood and Fire Division shoulder patches, which are already recog­nized by the citizenry of the arna.

Since the motor convoy bringing

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Dance Tonight Opens Season

Enlisted men of Special 'Troops and Division Headquarters will open the 63rd Division's social sea­son at Camp Van Dorn tonight with a dance which will see our femin-

L • h L l L • h F L A ine neighbors from Natchez coming lg t ega lg t ro m · to camp in a chartered civilian bus. PITTSBURGH (CNSl-Firemen ' • • First Sergeant Peter Pehanich, of

-aved smoke and flame in climb- Division Headquarters Company,

ng four stories to rescue Cookie, Makes L1·ght Of Movi·e Fti·ng chairman of the affair, said today bullpup, from a blazing build- that he had the assurance of the ng. They i.rought him to the Military Maids of Natchez that a round and had scarcely turned ____ :.>--------------------------------~ large representation will come down round when they heard bark- I to trip the light fantastic with foe g and looked up. There was You'd never know it to look Hood'." I to sign a contract for the pur- Blood and Fire boys. "Not only wlll

"When Paramount produced I chase of some land once, because th b · J f Nat h " Pe cokie, wagging his tail at the at him now in his wartime ca- ere e gir s rom c ez, • . d d t b "The Search for Beauty" I was . it contained a clause prohibiting hanich revealed, "but also invita-

ourth st0ry wm ow, rea Y O

e pacity as aide to Brig. GPn. chosen, in the film, to represent! goats on the property. "I don't tk:ms ha~ been extended to ,all escued again. Frederick M. Harris, Assistant the Nordic race. In the story we I have any goats, nor do I intend Bell Telephone girls and civilian PX

POINT OF ROCKS, WYO. Division Commander, but Lt. made a world-wide search for the raising them, but if I ever should girls who live on the post, to the CNSl-A cow wandered on the Robert K. Light played the part feminine beauty of our choice." want goats I don't want to have WACS attached to the station com­racks in front of a west-bound of a winsome miss in the film As a graduate lawyer of any clause p,eventing me from plemP"t, and to girls in Centerville,

"Eight Girls in a Boat," which Loyola University, Lt. Light :i.s- having them," was the way Crosby, Liberty and McComb some nion Pacific freight of 56 cars. introduced Simone Simone t d · he cow was hit by the locomo- o sumed the guar ianship of thrPe Groucho put it. of whom are known to men.bers

ive, derailing it and 27 cars. The American movies. "Dead End" Kids, as well as that "I always welcome a conference of the diviskm." erailed cars then were hit bv "Eight Girls in a Boat" por- of Edith Fellows, Virginia Weidler, with Bob Hope," said the Lieuten- Music will be provided by Mr._

64-car east-bound freight and trayed life at a Swiss Girls school, Mary Beth Hughes and Patti ant. "He and his wife are pleas- Randolph Cruger's No. 1 dance band. 23 more cars were derailed. and during the 14 days that the McCarty. He also handled legal ·ant, charming and agreeable. Members of- the dance committee

cast was on location a group of affairs for Bob Hope, and Bud Bob's humor is clean and always include, besides Sgt. Pehanich, NEW YORK-As a Fifth Ave- male extras, including Lt. Light, Abbott, and probated the estate above board and his wit is spon- T/Sgt. Manuel Valdes, entertaln-

nue bus came to a halt for a red donned wigs to play the part of of the late Joe Penner. taneous. ment; M/Sgt. Robert Lewi;;, re~ k girls in distant rowing shots. The "Abbott is always busy and very freshments·, S/Sgt. Morris E. Mason, light a passenger shouted: "Loo·, "I saw the script of 'Road To

close-ups featured the new beau- difficult to reach. Universal guards Cpl. Sam Ginsberg, Sd. Fred N. on the sidewalk, thaL baby car- Morocco' before the picture was ~ t_v. Miss Simone, but few of him night and day. Once you pin Vanley .. and Sgt. Sam Johnson, riage fell over on the baby.'' Out made and it was good. After the

jumped the conductor, righted the Light's friends could identify him him down he's a great guy. He film was finished more script was' house committee; Sgt. Alan S. Bu~-C?,3Tiage and replaced the scream- in his female role. starts talking business but winds added containing the ad-libbed !er, finance, and Sgt. Talby, deco-ing infant. "No trouble at all. "I also worked in several foot- up showing you his swimming humor of Hope which greatly im- ration. Madam,'' he told the frantic ball pictures while at the Uni- pool or his dining room." proved the original." Officer's advisory committee in-mother as she ran down the steps versity of California at Los An- Groucho Marx is another diffi- Casually he reeled off names of eludes Lieut. John R. Swenson, from the Public Library. Without geles,'' said Lt. Light. "I think cult person with whom to neal. Hollywood stars with whom he special service officer; Lieut. Ohilip

the largest part I had in any He wisecracks during every con- ______ _______ -~-- J. Flower, MP Platoon, and Lieut. (Continued on Page Five) film was that of a page in 'Robin versation. Marx almost ,cfc1sed \Continued on Page 8) John E. Rodman, QM Co.

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Ex-Whiteman Player Toots Sax For 63rd ONCE THREATENED WITH BRONX EXILE

Master of the tenor saxaphone, clarinet, flute and piccolo and a member of the 63rd Band is Sgt. Sidney Seidman, musician extraor­dinary.

"Please don't picture the contrap-

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SIGNALMEN TRY 650 ·MILE RADIO FOR COMBAT USE

tion exhibited by the one-man band Success Of New Antenna musician," Sgt. Seidman asks, "I play them all separately:'

Born in Brooklyn, his early at­tempt at playing the clarinet nearly

Stimulates Experiments By Division Signalers

made necessary the flight of the Following their remarkable suc­Seidmans to the great open spaces cess in long-range communication,

.of the Bronx-and that to a Brook- last week, when they spanned 650 lynite is comparable to the exile in air miles from Camp Van Dorn to Siberia to a Russian. Camp Blanding, using a set de-

Tomatoes, Rotten Eggs signed to carry only 40 miles, Neighbors reacted violently the 63d Signal Co. has been ex-

flower pots were dropped from up- perimenting with the same set per windows, panes in the Seidman and similar types of antenna to apartment were smashed with j.uicy determine if such a setup will be tomatoes and rotten eggs, and it practical for use as a field ex­almost became dangerous for a Seid- pedient. man to appear in public. According to Lt. L. G. Patrick,

"Finally, in desperation, the land- the experiments have not as lord threatened to oust them. But been completed. "We are not the as time passed the mumblings a nd only ones who have been carry­threats died down. Paradoxically ing on such trials," said the enough, two years later, that same Lieutenant. "The Signal Corps landlord humbly brought his son to Laboratories at Ft. Monmouth, Sgt. Seidman for "sax" lessons. N. J., have also been working on

"My first job was playing for a the project." New Year's Eve dance. 1 wouldn't Special Antenna Used have tackled the job if 1 hadn't The set which was used in last thought that the job would be noisy week's experiment is an ordinary as it was the first time I'd ever play- one which is used for field corn­ed with a band a nd I'd never munications covering comparative-practiced with them." ly short distances. By means of

Plenty of Noise special antennas which were The result was plenty of noise," he erected from motor vehicles ftt

added " and a ,co~plete disregard I camp Blanding and Camp Van

for tem1xi or stJle. · Dorn, it was possible to com­"However, the customers were too munioate by voice and code for

high to notice what we played, any- one and one-half hours starting

at midnight.

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Basic Training For IRTC Units Now 17 Weeks

Although considerable publicity has been given the recent exten­sion of Infantry basic training to 17 weeks by order of the Army Ground Forces- Headquarters, the training schedule for the 63d Di­vision, as now established, calls for only 13 weeks.

The purpose of extending the cycles in IRTC units was to give additional time for bivouac and field training. The AGF directive which created the new schedule 6tipulated that two of the fo_ur additional weeks would be passed in the field in continuous bivouac, with the trainees working on a variety of practical problems.

Since division units are gener­ally static, and normally go on field maneuvers following their basic training period, there is no necessity for extending the cycle for these troops.

Whatamelon MARIANNA, Fla. - Buddies of

Sgt. Joseph Weber of the Army Air Base here believe him now when he talks of the huge water­melons grown in Arkansas.

When Sgt. Weber was laughed at for his stories of the size Arkansas melons reach, the Ser­geant sent home for one. His folks sent him a 109 pounder.

Only fly in the ointment was that Sgt. Weber wasn't around to get his share of the watery m~mmoth. He was home on leave.

Long distance communication of this nature has seldom been accomplished when vehicles bear­ing similar sets have been used. Such experiments have their limitations however, as they must be confined to periods of the day or night when the airways are comparatively free of traffic.

Vocal Effort Amazing Commenting upon the Van

Dorn-Blanding hookup, Lt. Pat­rick said: "We anticipated suc­cessful code communication, bm we were amazed at the success of the vocal effort."

Lt. Patrick is at present at work on a book designed to aid field radio operators in the in­stallation of special antenna. Any man in the division who has had any special training in the erec­tion of antenna is invited to vis­it the Signal Co. section at Di­vision headquarters and contribute his knowledge and skill.

LEARN TO CONCEAL yourself com­

pletely from the enemy. Concealment

is successful only when your camou­

flage becomes an actual part of your

background. V

TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE a mission and return safety with the in­

formation a scout must practise pa•

tience at all times. It is the one quality

absolutely essential in scouting. ..,.

BLOOD AND FIRE

'" Is _she your benefic:iary1"

WAC ZEBHAS GET SNAFU'S OKAY AFTER COMMAND PERFORMANCE

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"Sergeants is strictly okay," the! romance, , didn't it, Yardbird?" Yardbird told Pvt. Thomas ·Hoc- ' Hoctor said. tor, BLOOD AND FIRE'S editor. "I yam not skidded so easily "They are strickly alreet." i as some people think," said the

Hoctor was surprised. i Yardbird. "I got me kiss, anyway." ''What brought that on?" he "How'd you do that?"

asked. The Yardbird studied his fing-

September 3, 194:

3 BUS LINES JO SERVE 63RD AI VAN DORN

Members of the 63d Division will find three bus lines servicing Camp Van Dorn. The Arrow Bus Line makes five round trip:, daily between camp and Natchez, averaging an hour and forty-five minutes each way; McComb is serviced by a line which runs eight daily trips from McComb to Camp and six trips from Camp to McComb. Running time for this trip is also an hour and three-quarters. The two-hour trip to Baton Rouge is made t.wicc­daily by Industrial Transportation Co. buses, which also make two return trips a day. Trips between Baton Rouge and Centreville, nearest . town to Camp Van Dorn, will be made by this line on a :;;huttle system on Saturdays, and are regularly scheduled at thrre round trips daily on other days.

Prices and time ~chedules fol­low:

NATCHEZ: Arrow Bus Line, Leaves fror.

depot at 15th Ave. and 7th Ave. Camp Van Dorn. One-way fare 95c, Round-trip, $1.75, Commuta­tion Tic.ket good for 6 round-trips, $5.50.

FROM NATCHEZ TO CAMP

2:45 A.M. 6:00 A.M.

FROM CAMF TO NATCHEZ

9:00 A.M. 2:00 P.M.

"Well, of course," the Yardbird ernails a moment. I 10 :30 A.M. qualified his statement, "I yam "Oh, I got me ways," he said., 1 :DO P. M. speaking of only some sergeants.· He took a minute to d. • his: 11 :00 P. M ..

5:15 P.M. 6:15 P. M. 8:00 P.M.

Frinstance WAC sergeants." a Jus.. I McCOMB: "Oh," Hector said, "That ex- tie. Moaks Bus Line, Leaves frorr

"I foun' out that these here same camp terminal as Arro11 she-soldiers is pretty good sol- Line, servicing McComb througt

plains everything."

"Now this here WAC sergeant ctiers, see? So I just upped and Liberty and Gloster. One-way fan I got on me string is practically give her a command." 90c, Round-trip, $1.65, Commuta• eatin' outa me han'," Snafu sald

nonchalantly. 'Tm loinin' her' Hoctor was curious. i tion ticket good for six days, $5.lC who is boss in this man's Army.'' "What did you command her?" FROM McCOMB FROM CAM:

"Uh-huh," Hector said absent- he asked. TO CAMP TO McCOMl

ly, sharpening his pencil. The Yardbird was nonchalant. 3:00 A. M. "Oh," he said, "I just took in a 6 :OD A. M.

"I yam loinin' her the meaning big breath and give her the com- 8:00 A. M. of leadership. The foist time we mand, 'Present Arms!' " 10 :30 A. M. met she tole me she only goes ----o--- 1 :00 P. M. out wid zebras. But I tole her off. GRAND ISLAND, N. Y. <CNS)- 5:15 P. M. r ain't had no trouble since." 0 M

The 74th Regiment, New York 6:3 P. . "What did . you tell her, Yard- Guard, ,used a giant ~lingshot to 10:45 P. M.

bird?" inquired Hector. hurl grenades in recent mock bat- BATON ROUGE:

8:40 A.M. 2:30 P.M. 5:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 7:15 P.M. 8:15 P. M.

"Oh, I tole her off all right. tie maneuvers against defending Industrial Transportation Con I ain't takin' that stuH from no guard~me-n here. The ~ligsh,"Jt was pany, One-way fare $1.21, Roun< babe, especially no sergeant. I made of a forked piece of iron pipe trip, $2.20. got me independence. I esplained and a section of inner tubing which FROM to her that this here is a strickly catapulted the grenades 75 yards. CAMP TO democratic Army. See? I esplained ----e.--- BATON ROUGE to her that the· reason fer this NEW ORLEANS _ City-owned 1 :35 P. M. here war is because the Goimans Moisant Airport will be enlarged 6:35 P. M. figgered that they wuz better than ' and beautified under plans out- FROM other people, See, and thass how lined this week by Mayor Robert CENTREVILLE they got these here superman s. Maestri which call for the TO ideas. I guess I tole her a thing erection of a five~story admin- BATON ROUGE or two." istration building which would 7 :OD A. M.

"What happened after that?" make it an international airport. lO:OO A. M. Hector asked. Maestri is seeking authorization 7 :3o P. M.

FROM BATON ROUG'

TO CAMP 9:00 P.M. 3:00 A.M.

FROM BATONROJ

TO CENTREVII

7:00 A. l\! 11 :00 A. I\ 4:30 P.l\!

"Oh, evvything wuz rosy after of taxpayers to make the changes ----0----that," the Yardbird told him, -at a cost of $5,000,000. "When I tells 'em off, they stay tole off, all right, all right."

Williams-Rockwell

The Yardbird tapped out a Screeching Mimi S/Sgt. Daniel A. Williams, couple of steps on the floor. S h b A Hq. Battery, 863d F. A. Bn. i

"Is she pretty good looking?" crate ed y irman 'Miss Mabel Rockwell, both Hoctor inquired. --- Port Chester, N. Y., came to

"Me lad," the Yardbird inform- SICILY-A new 210-mm rocket home of Judge E. K. Perrym ed him, "This is war. You can't ID{lrtar used by the Germans against at Starke, Fla., just before have no egg in your beer in these American troops has been given the 63d left for Van Dorn. "We w: here times. Anyway, she ain't bad. name of "Screeching Mimi" by the to be married," they said. "A Not repulsive, anyways." Americans. who is to be best man?" they w,

"What did you do the whole A captured sample of the mortar asked. They'd forgotten to briI evening?" shows it to be six connected mortar one.'

"Well, we danced for a while barrels, so contrived as to fire sim- Out from the parlor stepp(' and then we went outside. I put ultaneously. Brig. Gen. Frederick M. Harri me arm aroun' her, an' tried an The shells, wh'rh can be fired at Assistant Division Commandc envelopin' operation, but she put ranges as far as 6,000 yards, are , He and Mrs. Harris were visitin the stopper on that in a hurry.'' propelled by a rcc'.:et mechanism. I the Perrymans. The General sai

"What'd she do, Yardbird ?" On the first occasion it was ustd, , he'd be glad to help out the need "She tole me, 'As you were, ' an air m•ss1on was called to ,i..1t ic sergeant, and he became bt

Yardbird!' Thass the trouble with out of business. It took the Ameri- man. Mrs. Harris acted as bride them she-Gls." can airmen exactly 47 minutes to maid, and the ceremony went c

"Sort of put the skids on your do the job. without a hitch.

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eptember 3, 1943

iaiety, Music ireet Officers ~t Natchez Ball Soft music and gaily colored nterns welcomed officers of the :ct Division to Natchez on their rst week-end in Mississippi.

Arranged by the Pilgrimage arden Club of Natchez, a dance as held in the gardens of pic-1resque old Stanton Hall, one : the ante-bellum homes of that ty. The dance was held outdoors ables were strewn around the J.nce floor and beneath the rnnches of ancient oak trees. Similar dances will be held in

1e future for officers of the Di­Lsion. Mrs. Balfour Miller, Pres­lent of the Garden Club an­ounced.

ARMY REALEASE CURFEW HOURS

Under existing curfew regula­ons, any soldier expecting to be 1 any portion of the Eigth Ser­ice Command (Louisiana) after 330 weekdays-, or . 0200 Sunday 10rning, must have a special pass gned by his company commander iving him permission to visit the ;ipulated town after the curfew ours. Local curfew regulations ow in force in Centreville re­uire similar passes to be held by )ldiers after 2330 weekdays and 20.i} on Sundays. Exception to 1ese rules will be made if · a sol­ier is proceeding under official rders, attending certain recrea­.onal activities such as dances eld under military supervision, r when special permission has een given to live off post.

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Little John Lt. John R. Swenson of the i

Division Special Service Staff i has been informed that he ca>:1't i get in the Army. He's too tall-! 6 feet, 6~:, inches. f _,,_~,_-,,...-,0...,0,..,-< - •- ,.._.~11 •!fi

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C. 0. of Special Troops A Photo Fan Citizens Ext~nd

But War Duties Keep Him Always Busy ~~';d g:-:.e~i:!s Lt. Col. John M. Underwood,

Special Troops Commander, likes to take movies, but with a war going on he hasn't had any time at all to take any of the 63d Division, and hasn't even had an opportunity to make a good search for some of his choice films which were lost-through one way or another-in transit between one of his overseas posts and the United States.

Born May 12, 1907 at Bellefon­taine, 0., young Underwood mov­ed with his family to Cleveland \\'here he was graduated from West High School in 1924. After one year at Marietta College hP entered the U. S. Military Acad­emy at West Point.

While a member of the West Point class of '29, Underwood sang in the Glee Club and Choir and was a member of the Academv gym team. Upon his commission­ing as a Second Lieutenant he was assigned to Fort Missoula, Montana, where he served for 2 ',~ years in various capacities with the Fonrth Infantry.

With Philippine Scouts

Lt. Col. John M. Underwood

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the Division to Camp Van Dorn from Blanding failed to pass through McComb, few of the men had previously visited this city, which lies about 52 miles north~ east of camp. All Saturday after­noon buses left camp filled with the men of our division, jammed in shoulder-to-shoulder with members of the 99th Division, Ninth Corps, and Third Army. In the evening there were to be seen on front porches clusters of 63~ Division men gathered around McComb residents listening to tales of this part of the South, and the important part it plays in the supplying of vitally needed cotton and cottc:1 goods.

A number of men visited the McComb Service Club, where they found recreational facilities and. games. CWO Randolph Cruger brought members of the Division Band to McComb to play over the local radio station Sunday morning, and the group stayed later to tour the town.

When he left Montana, Under­wood went to the Philippine Islands where he was attached to the Fifty-seventh Infantry, the famed Philippine Scouts who lat­er-during the Bataan Campa!gn -earned for themselves a lasting al United States, this t1ine to place in history. join the staff of the 33d Infan­

In 1935 he returned to the try in Panama as a company

Natchez Maids Welcome 63rd

In Centreville, only a mile and a half from the camp gates, the sidewalks were jammed with men from the Division who consumed large quantities of soft drinks and 3.2 beer, and who made it a busy week-end for the local merchants.

United States for a year's course at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, and from there he was assigned to Fort F. E. Warren, Wyoming, where he served as a company commander, regimental adjutant and in other adminis-trative capacities.

House Hunters Plentiful commander. Shortly after Pearl Harbor he bobbed up at Trinidad ____ In Gloster, eight miles north or as Assistant G-3 at our base Some 300 enlisted men from camp, and in Liberty, a few miles there. He remained in service in various units of the 63d Division further along the highway, a

nd

the American-Atlantic until this packed off to Natchez Wednesday in Baton Rouge to the south

' summer, when he returned to tne evening to attend a dance ar- there were plenty of married of­states. He joined the 63d Divi- ranged for them through the of- ficers and men who drove up with sion in August. fices of Major Robert K. Leiding, their wives, seeking off-post.

Besides his- interest in pno- Division Special Service Officer. homes. Since most of the avail­tography, which he admits has Upon arrival at Natchez Com- able quarters have lone: sine& had to be thwarted due to pres- munity Auditorium they found been rented to men from 0ther

It was while he was at Fort Warren that Col. Underwood served on the test board examJn- outfits already stationed at ing the "PTD" maneuvers-from sure of official duties, Col. Un- much more than they had hoped which sprung the modern "stream- derwood is also interested in rifle for, as the evening's festivities camp, these groups went from

and pistol marksmansh1·p. He has t. urned out to be a most agreeable town, frequently meeting each lined" infantry division such as - if the Blood and F'ire Division. served in various administrative informal community welcome to 0ther in two or

three ct' ferent

Served In Panama capacities for Northwest and the division. places. In 1940 he again left Continent- Rocky Mountain matches, and in Despite an all-day storm which Down at Woodville, some twelve

1938 was assistant adjutant of continued through part of the miles the other side of camp, the the National Matches, the annu;:;J evening; more than 200 girls U. S. O. reported that men ot

[J T R Th• A championship pistol and rifle turned out in formal attire to the Division were in evidence rI.OW o un IS rmy matches held at Camp Perry, dance with the men. Many of last week, but that considerably Ohio. them were so enthusiastic in their larger groups of the men are

rakes 13 250 Pages A Day While on a brief leave in J,m- reception of the division that they expected to be present this week, , uary of this year, Col. Underwood brought along with them their now that word of the USO facil•

returned to his adopted home mothers and sisters. A few fathers, ities there has spread among the

d th ·1 1 town, New Boston, Texas, where' f th dl • Division units. Every ay e ma1 man saps o·overned by lono- circulation lists I . 'some o em prou y wearmg wn upon the desks of 63d Divi.- ;hich have :uffered radical he was manied to the town:s l world war veteran's ribbons, also Three young privates who vis-n Publications Section person- . pretty femmme postmaster. He JS turned out to say "Hello" to the ited the little village of Crosby,

changes and growth m recent I "Batching" now at Camp Van . . . . b t tl d . v Ile" 1 an average of 13,250 pages of weeks. These lists vary in size members of this f1ghtmg outfit. a lum er own nes e

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my Regulations, circulars, tech- . . Dorn, b.ut hopes Mrs. Underwood some 14 miles off the highway al manuals and other offici::tl from. goner~l llSts w~ich sen cl will be able to take time off from I Warm Welcome to Liberty, found that other Di-

cumcnts governing . the admin- cer~am ~ub~tshed 1:1:atenal to the her official duties occasionally to I The event marked the first I vision members had already "dis-ration, technical training and enti_re Di~iswn p~rsonnel to spe-; visit him here. time that any large body of our I covered" the fine swimming pool\

ciallzPd lists which would send ----{1>----- : troops have had permission to . Th 1 f d that intenancc of Division person- . 1 t "bl ff. I m Crosby. ey a so oun

1 and prop(!rty. '.natena . ~ _poss1 Y a ~one o i:er HAPPY MOTHERS visit Natchez, and the welc-ome Crosby girls like to dance, ancll m the d1~1s1011 who 1:11ght be m- FEARLESS G . I extended to our men by the plan soon to hold a dance in hon-

hese 4.836,250 pages a year tere t d I d 1 th IS s c n, or ea mg w1 a Natchezians was spontaneous and or of the Di·,,1·s1·on's arr1·val. Cros-ke a pretty sizeable library, T b I '

t Cpl. George Lukacs says th::it spec1 ic pro lem. , PRODUCED BY DRUG •1 warm. by, since it is situated Ill moun-e men in the section can easi'.y In addition to distribution . ol' I ____ From the moment CWO Ran- tain woodlands, offers ~ restful ate within a few minutes the this War Department material, BALTIMORE-A new coal-tar i dolph Cruger's dance band swung weekend, and some officers are

gulations which answer such ya-- Publications Section also hand!cs derivative which will make almost\ into the Grand March, which reported to have rented quarters d querries as "Upon which form the procurement of all War De- painless the battle wounds of sol- i opened the dance, the air was there.

men of Graves Registration partment forms, and the distribu- diers and will also make possible filled with cheerful greetings, and Few men were able to get to .,i·vice fill in their reports?" and tion of these to the proper per- Yirtually painless childbirth has long before the strains of "Home Natchez over last week-end, but My wife is pregnant, how can so11s. When a new GI enters one been developed by Dr. Alfred B, Sweet Home" brought the dance those who did flocked to the ser­,e get government aid on ·our of our Divisional units, PS must Dixon, Baltimore obstetrician. to a close, many of the girls and vice club, where they were given ,aby bills?" see that right on down the line Dr. Dixon has been doing re- their families had invited service- free conducted tours of the his-

Publications Section, as it everyone who comes in contact search on the new drug for two men to visit Natchez for Sunday torical spots of this ante-bellwn tands today in its temporary lo- with the soldier's records wm 1 . dinners and personally conducted ·t

ation in the 63d Division Recrea­ion Hall, is just a void some txl 2, set aside from a score of tiler offices by . portable ber1ches. Iowever, the -amount of paper nanuals and booklets which fill ,lmost every available inch of his space mutely identify the lepartment to all who see- it.

Distribution . of the pri11.iled ma~ erial handled by this section is

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have the bl years. He expects to have 1t c1 y. h' h t r;op;~ . an~ upon i ready for public use within the tours of this hiStoric city. At every hand Fourth Service

w ic O ma e eir en nes, etc. i next month. Among the men who attended Command MPs and Third Army _ With 162 different organiza- j The new drug acts to fortify the dance, the general consensus authorities welcomed inquiries

11, ns and units within the 63d I the spirits of nervousness, induc- of opinion regarding Natchez was: from our men as to the curfew receiving material daily, Sgt. An- ing a sense of fearlessness and "We'll be back, and often." hours and points of interest to be gelo Cassaro has devised his OWi! I well-being, Dr

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Dixon said. It seen in the area, and numerous index ca~d ~ystem }o keep_ track c?uld be taken in tablet or injec- Ice Cream Given Italy Raiders instances were reported of citi-of what 1s issued. Makes 1t eas- t1011 form under general condi- SICILY (CNS) - Fliers who took zens foregoing their Sunday af­ier for me to find out what's I tions, but in cases of childbirth part in recent bombing raids over ternion siestas to stroll through going on," he says. "It works, I it would have to be suppleme1:3-ted, Italy were given ice cream when neighboring towns to show scenio too." by doses of a type of soporific. .1 they returned to their Sicilian bases. spots to division soldiers.

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BLOOD AND FIRE

Blood and Fire THE ENEMY WILL BEG FOR PEACE

Official Newspaper Of The BLOOD AND FIRE (63D)

iNF ANTRY DIVISION Camp Van Dorn, Miss.

~- =============== BLO)D AND FIRF. is published weekly by and for men of the 63rd Infantry Division with editorial of­fice,; at Public RP!ations Office, 63rd Division Recre­atio:1 Hall. Telephone 2131.

BLOOD AND FIRE receives Camp Newspaper Servvice material.

P,·t. 'll·homas A. Hoctor ..

rvi. lfcdwin H. Brown

f,g·t. John F. Bowen Pvt. QJUert Wilke

EDITORIAL

Saliute To Families

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Reporter Staff Artist

\Vives ancl children of officers and enlisted men of the 6:\l'd were unofficially conuene11ded last week by Major General Lom, E. ll ihbs, Division Commander, for theic parl in the westward trek. They were the 1··eal heroes of Lhe Division, the General said .. News From Here And There

'Those stalwarts don't shoulder guns or v,alk in the path of glory, but undeni­.abl:1 they are among- the inumerable un-, Dcn't Try Any Punk Remarks

sung heroes be_hind the battlefronts. T_hey i CAMP STEWART, Ga. (CNSJ­~·ec.e, ':e r~o pn-~1se_ .or m_e,dc~l,~, no he~dlmes I There is one non-com here that m , e rness. 1 lie11 gloi_y hes solely Ill the soldiers neve d . 11 b, h' 1 1'" uf being with their husbands and keep-! H, ; t ai~ c.1 Y

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lei their families together-of keeping.name. es g · Abert Ptmk. the(,' homes intact. I

Their job is not easy. The husbands, CAVE SERVES AS

hom(•s had to be found, children, house-

Whatsinaname Dept .

If names mean anything there's one man in the Army who should certainly have gone into the Navy,

He is Pvt. James L. Seabrease of Salisbury, Md.

Exit Cotton Socks have, l,een moved a_bout the _country. New INVASION HQ l holif equipment, and baggage had to be WASHINGTON-Dress socks for n10·,-<~<l to the new locations. Often crowd- NORTH AFRICA (CNS)-A lime- soldiers in the future will be a eci 1 ousing conditions precluded immedi- stone icave on Malta servevd as mixture of cotton and wool after ate :.,<~tting up of a home and agonizing de- headq.uarters for Gen. Dwight Eisen- existing stocks of cotton footwear lay,'-, resulted. The women and children hower during the Sicily invasion. have been distributed and used, had. Lo be crnwded into one room at times. it was announced recently by the IT'heI '-~ were many days when they had to War Department. get :.heir meals in restaurants. Long days Girl Will Wed in Cotton socks are unsatisfactory :\Ven· spent visiting local chambers of com- ichute Gown' for field use and outstanding con-n1erce and rental agencies, and e:ven longer tracts for their manufacture have dcl}','-l spent in tracking down possibilities been cancelled. of a

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,artmenls and houses. ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) - Miss -----e:>----­Lois Fromer is going to save the Sailor Pulls Live Bomb

From Flaming Plane During all this time the men had the parachute her pilot boy friend sent

comfort of having their wives and c·hildren her until he returns from the south neac at hall(l. 'That factor alone contented Pacific, Then she's going to use it them., kept them happy. as her gown on their wedding day.

The families ,vere not only doing their job and doing it well but were at the same time contributing greatly to the morale of Nazi Flak Tougher their men in the 63rd. Than Japs, Says Flier

We can't give them any medals but we do SALUTE THEM and. extend our thai: ks for their part in keeping up the hl)lendid morale of the Blood and Fire Divi:sion.

63d On The Ball

ENGLAND (CNS) - German flak is tougher than that of the Japs, according to Capt. Frank Kappler of Alameda, Cal. who has flown through both.

Capt. Kappler, a veteran of Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle's historic bombing of Tokio last year and a recent participant in bombing mis-

It has often been said that the quality sions over Europe, said: of aa outfit could be tletermined just by "We didn't see any anti-aircraft fooktng at its appearance. The 63rd's per- fire over Japan and we were over som:el has always been smart and clean the island for 45 min.utes. We were looktng and now we have a statement from only over France 11 minutes and a C::.mp Blanding inspector that the 63rd's there was plenty. It's tougher here." .area was the "cleanest ever left by any ~ - ., _, • 1

division that had moved from Camp Bland- I ing.''' Love and Fire I

That item provides the attention to --- I detall that will make the Blood and Fire Soldiers of the 63rd Division I D4vi:.sion live up to its promise of greatness. evidently have not lost their I It is an omen that the 63rd is "on the romantic touch in the move from ba.11"-is preparing to be a top outfit that Camp Blanding to Camp Van i wi:H smash the enemy with its courage, I Dorn precision, and discipline. Ob~erving the Gis of the 63rd i

Cleanliness and oderliness of person at work in Natchez last week-1, .ai;d are_a show th~ pride and discipline in-

1 end, one officer of the 99th com-

stilled lll th eumt. As the foundation is mented caustically, "Blood and well laid we can look forward to a power- Fire, hell! They ought to be . ful structure-a great combat outfit. f called 'Love and Fire!' " I

Carry on, 63rd ! • + - - - ,_o_ - - .1

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CNS) Machinist Mate Arthur McArdle of Brooklyn was cited here recently for pulling a live bomb from a wrecked and burning fighter plane after a crash at Lee Field, auxiliary base of the Jacksonville Naval Air station.

McArdle r.ushed to the plane, pul­led the bomb from a pool of flam­ing gasoline and dragged it away. He was then taken to the station dispensary where he was treated for severe burns of the hands and forearms.

100,000 CASUAL TIES IS U. S. TOLL TO DATE

WASHINGTON, D. c. - Latest reports indicate that total cas­ualty figures for all branches of the Service plus the Merchant Marine have crept over the 100,000 mark.

The Army repirted that up to the end of last week, its casual­ty total had reached 69,358 men dead, wounded, missing, or pris­oners of the enemy.

A breakdown of the figures shows 8,927 killed, 19,391 wounded, 21,406 ruissinf, and 19,634 prison­ers of war.

Other total casualty figures thus far are: Navy, 21,556; Ma­rine Corps, 7,904; Coast Guard, 363; and Merchant Marine, 4,751.

September 3, 1943

Wl]t ~ky Jilnt ~ttt!!i it LIVING TO THE FULL

By Chaplain Dean W. Dryden 254th Infantry, 63rd Div.

Most people are eager to live life to the full. We see them trying almost every device and technique in the hope of 1·eal­izing this end. Some seek to do so by satis­fying every passion and appetite. Others try to satisfy life's craving by adventuring in every kind of new experience. su:-1 others appear thwa1ted frustrated and a_fraid to make the nec~ssary vent~re to fmd a new and larger life. Of all the dif­teren_t approaches that are made to "liv­mg hfe to the full" comparatively few people seem to find a satisfactory answer.

The father of modem psychology the !ate William James, suggested that ~vhat 1s needed is "a moral equivalent of war" to challenge people's best and utilize their energies. He wrote, "Compared to what we ought to_ be we are only half awake. We are 1:1-akmg use of only a small part of our p~ys1cal and mental resources. Stating the thmg broadly, the human individual lives far wi!hin his limits. He possesses powers of van~us s~nts ~vhich he habitually fails to use. This failure to use our powers l~a_ves many with a sense of futility. In ad4 dit10n to this another important reason for a sense of failure is we use our powers in wrong directions.

Many people have written books and magazine articles or given lectures from· platform or radio to eager audiences on the question of how to live to the full. If anyone _wer~ able to give a formula telling how this might be done easily, he would have the world at his feet. The fact is that many who attempt to deal with this pro­blem over-simplify the process. They lead tho~e who are hunting an "easy way", to believe that they have found life when really they are only half alive. They also leave those s~rious souls who are willing to pay the pnce of a full life still unsatis­fied.

Of all answers proposed, more hope and help has been realized through re­ligion than through any other approach. From religion we draw the essentials for living to the full.

If we give God his rightful place in our lives; if we find worthy objectives out­side ourselves; if we relegate the conflict .. ing urges within ourselves to their proper places, we can live life to its fullest pos­sibilities.

We hold that religion offers the chance to do those things. As Jesus said, "I am come that ye might have life and have it more abundantly."

G. L Jingles You may talk about your armies

And the latest things in tanks And the miracles worked with a'ircraft­

But from me you'll get no thanks.

For I've watched your motored mammoths And your thund'ring guns I've seen

But the item that will win the war Is the mighty coke machine.

Oh, you step into the office With your mouth a dusty drouth

And your nickel goes into the slot ' But no bottle will come out.

For it's dry, dry, dry With your mouth a bone-dry drouth

Though you've treasured all your nickefo Theres no bottle will come out .

Oli, It's dry, dry, dry With your tongue ahanging out.

Though your jits may jingle in the slot, No cokes come banging out.

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RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Protestant Services Chapel No. 6, 253rd Inf., 1000. -Chapel No. 7, 254th Inf., 1000. Chapel No. 8, 255th Inf., 1000. Chapel No. 10, Div. Artillery,

0930. Roman Catholic Mass

Chapel No. 6, 253d Inf., 0900 & 1100.

Chapel No. 7, 254th Inf., 0900. Chapel No. 8, 255th Inf., 0800 &

0900. Chapel No. 10,

0830 & 1100. Div. Artillery,

Jewish Services .. Friday Evening, Chapel No. 1,

1930.

Here's A Cool Prize

CAMP BLANDING, Fla.-How much ice cream can a G. I. with a sweet tooth and the ability to draw, eat? This should go a long way towards being answered here at Camp Blanding. The soda bar at Service Club No. 3 (Remember

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'MOVING SEPARATES MEN FROM BOYS, SAYS TERRY 1;:':,;:.,:'.

0 ~n:,,,:"'H:;;,:, T~~ and all the people of the world"

BY SGT. TERRY FIED

Well, I'll have to admit that move from Blanding was a damn good one. I didn't think we couM do it that well and you surprised hell out of me. In my outfit we worked like beavers on the police of our area and it sure looked nice when we left-a lot better than when we entered it, as a matter of fact, which is thP, way it should be. But was I mad as hell when the inspectors dis­covered one latrine which had been touched! Kept us from get­ting a superior rating. It's too bad that a whole outfit must suf­fer for the shiftlessness of a few. A weak link sure. raises hell, doesn't it? Only one thing to do and that is to get a new link.

I've been in this man's army for a long time and I've seen lots of moves. There are always three good things about a good outfit on the move: It likes to

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The Wolf Copyright 1943 by Leonud S.nsone. distribvttd lay Cunp Newsp,,-, St,nio

by Sansone to hold a peace conference "on my 20 acres of land."

PORTLAND, Ore. - The rising tide of Portland's ship production and the falling alcoholic supply finally crossed on Aug. 10. On that day there were christenings of three ships, to wit:

A U. S. Navy tug-champagne. A Liberty freighter-champagne. An invasion barge-a hottle of

pop.

SAN JOSE, Cal. - Walter Ro­bles, 30, stole only twenty-one cents, but Judge Percy O'Connor sentenced him to jail for 100 days. The Judge said the actual cash taken did not count; that he had imposed the heavy sentence on the theory that Robles would probably have taken any amount that happened to be available.

it? l is offering a first prize of move-stays footloose this way "all the ice cream you can eat" and doesn't get bogged down with to the soldier who submits a car- excess baggage and garrison toon which is best in the opinion ideas. It always leaves a place of a group of judges. The drawing better than it found it, and most will be used to decorate the bar important of all it pitches in and

NEW YORK. N. Y.-Relief from the beef shortage came too sud­denly for one William Bradford. He was standing placidly watch­ing the polar bears at Central Park Zoo when a keeper tossed a. grizzly a four-pound chunk of meat. The meat hit the top of the fence, bounded off and struck Bradford on the head. It took four stitches to close the resulting laceration.

The second prize, it was an- works like hell in its new place. nounced, is "half of all the ice Those inspectors eyes were cer- time or place for garrison , • NEW cream you can eat." tainly bulging when they saw weather soldiers. or .air I S FROM YOUR

WAC Totes 'Full Pack' those newly painted mess halls at . . . . 'OWN HOME TOWN Blanding and I overheard one of This movmg busmess certamly l them remark that the 53d area separates the men from the boys I

In Her Utility Bag was left in far better condition as far as NCO's are concerned. I (Continued from Page lJ

FT. DEVENS, Mass. (CNS)-An than that of any other division' have a few under m~ and m~st I another word he push~the bu;.

PHOENIX, Ariz. - An umpire for the recent Firemen vs. Police­man benefit softball game was called "Robber" in its fullest legal sense. A soldier reported he was robbed of $2 as he left the ball

that had left Blanding. I of them turned out fme but Ive zer and resumed h1·s humdrum inquisitive male peeked inside his WAC girl friend's utility bag-the You can't exactly call Van Dorn: one or two that 1 would gladly and routine life of conducting.

a love nest but there are some exchange for silhouette targets one she slings over her shoulder and.here's what he found: mighty good things about it. I for at lea~t the outfit would save

overheard our mess sergeant re- some ratwns. A good NCO is mark that he'd taken over a blg, God's gift to the Army and I well equipped spotlessly cl'ean suppose I should look on the poor mess hall fa. better than the one ones as the bitter with the sweet he had left so mournfully at -crosses I have to bear. But I'm Blanding. The company com- not • going to do that. I'm get­mander, too, likes his barracks ting rid of them before they "get" setup and can't say too much for me. One old company commander the training areas for instead of of mine used to say that getting a pancake variety of ground and to be a NCO was like getting pine trees he'll have some real married in some ways; that your training terrain which after all squad was your family and you is what counts most, for after all were the head of it and just as we're getting ready for war and responsible for those eleven sol­it just can't be done in a feather diers as· if they were your wife bed. If your morale is inclined ~o a nd children.

park, and one of the two suspects ROCK POINT, MO. (CNS)-The arrested and charged with the

director of the town band in this theft was-the umpire. A can opener, a cue-umber, salt, a pair of stockings, cigarettes, a toothbrush, matches, a broken gar­ter, a driver·s license, a flashlight, keys, a letter from home, a water-proof hat cover, soap, i',ddress book, stamps, pen, theater tickets, and l:alf a cookie.

asprin, an a fountain candy bar

Officer Declines Raise SICILY (CNS) -Lt. Col. Wil­

liam 0. Darby, leader of the Amer­ican Rangers has declined an of­fer for a full colonelcy and an In­fantry combat command. This was his third refusal.

"I feel I can do more good with my Ranger boys than with a com­bat team," he explained. -

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sag over a nice place for train­ing like this I wonder what it'll be doing about a year or less from now when you'll be exchang­ing it for a foxhole. This is no

AB~l>ffii 'nO'tiMG, CrltOIIII~ M,l,

.. "Oh I know, we'll p_ull straws for hlml"

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quiet little hamlet is Miss Silence. WASHINGTON. D. C. - Brig,

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Exam- Gen. Robert Wood Johnson, 50, ining a normal-looking collie for has stripped off his army uniform rabies, Dr. J. B. Holland discover. to become "a champion of civilian ed that the dog had two brains. economy to a large degree." He is Both brains were attached to the head of the government's Smaller spinal column and both showed War Plants Corporation and vice evidence of rabies. This was the chairman of the War Production first such case on record. Board.

WICHITA, KAN. (CNS) - Mrs. Edgar Burton didn't know what to do when identification marks painted on the chests of her tiny

What burns me up ls how a j twin daughters melted away. The guy with an armful of chevrons : police department finally estab­doesn't realize this. A non-com i lished who was Evelyn and who who has this feeling of respon- was Elaine by comparing their sibility, corrects errors and takes footprints. his outfit by the neck and runs it as a priceless jewel, even though SAN FRANCISCO (CNSl-San he be as ugly as hell. And the Francisco restaurateurs offer a ones who don't have these qual- · service called a pet pakit which

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Stockhold­ers of Western Union and Postal Telegraph approved Aug. 10 terms for the merger of the two tele­graph companies which will create the first nationally unified telegraph system.

Theatre Schedules WAR DEPARTMENT THEATERS

ities aren't worth a dime a dozen. contains leftovers It looks as if we're getting off plates which they

on the right foot here, just as to their dogs and

NO. 1 AND 2 from customers' (Starting time-No. 1-18 :45; may take home No. 2_ 18 :l0) cats, etc.

we did at Blanding, as regards winning the good will of nearby I SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) civilian communities. I've already Home life was bad enough for heard several remarks to the ef-1 Hendrik Grinderslav when his wife feet that "the Blood and Fire , kept six Pekingese dogs in bed outfit" behaves and dresses well with her but it became unbearable

SEPT. 3-4 We've Never Been Licked,

with Richard Quine, Gwynne, Noah Beery, jr.

5-6 Loew Salute To The ,Marines, with Wallace Beery, Fay

when visiting them. These two , when she bought four opossums. 7

things kind of go hand in hand- ·, Hendrik has sued for divorce. dress and behavior. There's an old Army saying that a soldier- TACOMA, Wash. (CNSl - Ed-or an outfit-is no better, no I ward Strothers is looking for the worse, but just as good as he , wise guy who advertised in a local looks. The guy who throws his JI paper for cats using the address

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necktie away, cuts off his shirt of Strothers' gas station. When sleeves and trouser legs is Ed arrived at work the other day mighty comfortable, but no sol- seven cats and their owners were

10 dier. Good outfits dress up when- waiting for him. Later 70 more

Bainter. DOUBLE FEATURE--Alask~ Highway, with Richard Arlen and Jean Parker;. Honey­moon Lodge, with Harriet Hilliard, David Bruce, Oz­zie Nelson and Orchestra. The Sky's The Limit, with Fred Astaire, Joan Lesiie and Robert Benchley.

ever possible. Poor ones don't. arrived. This is a good outfit. Dress up!

Victory Through Air Power.

WAR DEPARTMENT THEATERS NO. 4 AND 5

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Police (Starting time - No. 4-\8:45;

Spurs Them On ' Chief Isaac Palhamus of Yuma, No. 5-18:00)

Ariz., faces charges here of raping a 14-year-old child bride. Palha-

Mechanized Army or no mech- mus was accused of attacking the anized Army the 63d Band is girl as he was returning her and out every afternoon to play two other juveniles from Yuma to "Boots and Saddles" as the ve- San Diego authorities. hicles are brought into the motor

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stable. I TULSA, Okla. (CNS)-A local

SEPT. 3-4-Let's Face It. with Bob Hope

and Betty Hutton. 5-6 We've Never Been Licked 7-8 Loew's Salute To The Marines 9 DOUBLE FEA TURE--Alaska

Highway Lodge.

and Honeymoon

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Artillerymen Draw First Blood In Softball Finals ----~--------------------------- .,

Sports Slants .By Camp Newspaper Service Joe Di Maggio is hitting again.

HC' broke out of a slump recently wl1en he clubbed a triple and sin­gle' in four trips to the dish while hL Santa Ana, (Cal.) team was Jo,tng to the Kellys of Kirtland :F'lr-ld, N. M .. 6 to 5.

Johnny Beazley still has his ;;tuff The young St. Louis Cardi­.tnl star, now pitching for Ft Oglethorpe. Ga., fanned ten, won 6 to 5 over the Atlanta Naval Air :31 it.ion in his last outing.

HIGHTOWER'S HOMER HIGHLIGHT IN DIVISION SOFTBALL TOURNEY 863d F. A. Whips

QMS 5-4 ln Late Rally

A spanking home run from the bat of Sgt. Hightower, with two out and a man on base in the seventh inning, enabled the 863d F.A. to upset the 63d J. M. ten, 5-4. in the clisest and most ex­citing of two semi-final contests

Pvt, Maxie Shapiro, New York in the Division softball tourna­Jigl1twe1ght who holds a ring deci- ment this week. sion over Lightweight Champ The Q. M."s appeared to have Hoh Montgomery, is punching the victory within their grasp before bag :t ound at the AAF basic Hightower·s circuit blow broke up i,rc1ini11g center in Greensboro, the ball game. The losers register-N. C. ____ ed two runs in the first inning on

863d Def eats Infantry, 6-3, In First Game

Before the excited gaze o! nearly 600 fans who came to cheer their favorites, and with the 63d Division band playing martial airs, the 863d F. A. ten continued its winning streak when it defeated the 254th In­fantry, 6-3, yesterday in the open­ing game of the final series for the Division softball champion­ship.

The Artillerymen clinched their victory in the first inning when they sent five runs scurrying across the plate and blasted Zim­merman, the Doughboy's starting pitcher, from the box. Harnett,

I the relief twirler, held the victors to a single run for the remainder of the game, but the damage had

Fred Li1:~han, former line coach at NYU. is now a lieutenant sta­tioned at Camp Campbell, Ky. where the Post boxing team is coached by Cpl. Billy Conn and Cpl. Dan Mooney. The latter :s a former featherweight contender.

two hits and a walk, and added another in the third when ,Heres Sgt. Hightower, 863d F. A. Bn. sliding home Granata homered to center. The the winning run-as his team knocked the 63d Artillerymen tallied their first run 5-4 in Division Softball Semi-finals.

·tl been done and the 254th could Wl l t . . t QMs not overtake he wmmng earn.

The 254th batters were unable to secure a foothold on home plate until the fifth inning when they shoved two runs across the rubber and added another in the sixth. The Artillery unit scored another run in fifth to clinch the victory.

in the opening stanza of the

fourth but the Q, M.'s made it L S U To Dla 4 Games 4-1 in their half. l J 4 ,r L1 Y

The boxing team at Tuskegee (Al.a.) Army Air Field, which re­cently captured an inter-post fight tournament held at Ft. Ben­ning, Ga., is looking around for

Two additional runs in the fifth

enab(ed the 863~ to remain in the Wii.th r·n R,,_nge of 63d runnmg, and with the count 4-3, W

~haUengers.

as the seventh inning arrived, Cocita walked and Hightower blasted his four sacker.

The 254th ten was also forced

College football ~ the big time• · 'bl t sol- gained in gridiron circles in variety will be access1 e o

diers of Camp Van Dorn this ons paSt , but considering Fall with the announcement that conditions, it is anticipated

Seven hits were registered by the seas- wining team while the kisers col­

war lected five. that

Cpl. Martin Fogel, Miami Beach golf pro, won the Enlisted Men's golf tournament at Ft. Hancock, ·N. J. last week with a two round ,:score of 146.

to come from behind to gain the final when it overcame a four Louisiana State University's elev-run lead to rout the 255th, 10-5. en will play four games at Baton

a fairly capable aggregation be ready to take the field.

may Sgt. Hightowers, who distinguish­

ed himself in semi-final play for the Artillery team, starred agaih yesterday by turning in some spec­tacular fielding in center field.

Sgt. Joe Louis, his old sparring partner, F/Sgt. George Nicholson, and Cpl. Ray Robinson have be­gun a 100-day boxing exhibition tolir of U. S. Army camps. Among their stops will be Camp Van Dom, Miss.

The winners confined their scor­ing to two big innings, the fourth and sixth, and it was their five­l un splurge in the latter frame that provided the margin of vie-tory.

The lineups: 863d F. A. ·Bn. (6)

Ab Hightower, cf .................. 2 Ballou, ss .......... 3 Head. sf ....................... 3

Page Free Loaders Smith. lf :Patterson, lb Brennan, rf

·whether you're a master of the Massotti, 2b :i.nr:ient and traditional order ~f Hajducek, c .doughnut crumblers, or stick to Dunlap, 3b the plai,1 old dunking system, you Cocita, P xp.embers of the 63d Division are Corby .invited to dip into the larder of I .~teaming hot coffee and fullsome

... 3

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........ 1 ... 2

.... 2 .2

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doughnvts each Sunday morning :{rum 8 11 at the McComb Ser­vicemen's Center, in McComb's bu.,iness centei'.

63d Q. '.\I. (4)

Nuciforo, c j Geiger, 2b

Popskull Goes The Weasel· :i:~~:,1. c~f ·· ·

'f>uulish, 3b NORTH AFRICA-Thirsty Ameri- Gonsalves, sf

can soldiers in this corner of the Bruno, ss world have developed a 1ww drink Chatham, rf . ~'.ti~,h they call "Popsk,;ll de Tun-j Granata, rf l!Ste, Vanilla, p

A still composed of r.onner tubing Pianese, lb from a B-26 bomber. a water can, and a five-gallon gasoline container

Ab .3

.... 2 ........ 3 ........ 3 ..... 3

.. 3 .. 2

........... 1 ... 2

...... 3

...... 3

28 was constructed for the new drink. Score by Innings

r h 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

6 7

r h 1 0

0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

4 7

Into the still i:e noured native 1863d F'. A. . .. 0 0 O 1 2 0 2-5 'i•t.ine, which, when heated yields 63d lot: M. . .. 2 1 0 1 0 0 0-4 a nearly straight alcohol. One of I Umpll'es-Bng. Gen. Harris anct the inventors of i.11e ingenious dis­tillery described the effect of the drink as f,illows:

'"rhe first swallow feels like mol­ten Jeaci, the second feels like some

Lt. Lenkoff.

Ohio State's 5 Vets Have 4-F Ratings

Rouge. The opening game will witness the Tigers facing the University of Georgia's Bulldogs, Saturday, Sept. 25. The Bulldogs were Rose Bowl champs and boast a veteran team.

According to Head Coach Bernie Moore, the line will present the big problem because of the in­experience of most of the for­wards, only one of whom, the 210 pound Joe Hartley, has had

Other home games will bring- previous varsity comuetition.

Brig. Gen. Fredrick M. Harris was the umpire at the plate and Lt. Leftkoff of Special Service, was on the bases.

The two teams are scheduled to meet again today and if the Artil­lerymen are successf.ul they will be crowned division champions.

Score by Innings 254th Inf ........ 0 0 0 0 2 1 0-3 863d F. A ..... 5 0 0 0 1 0 x-6

Rice Institute's eleven to Baton The backfield shows promise of Rouge on Oct. 7, Texas A. & M. developing· into one of the Dest on oct. 9, and Texas Christian on in years, however. Steve Van Oct. 30. In addition the Tigers will Buren and Joe Nagata, lettermen play the Naval Air School team from last year's team, will be at Memphis, Oct. 16 and will meet available, and Red Knight and Georgia in a return game in Jack Griffith, freshmen halfbacJr.s, Georgia, Oct. 23. Georgia Tech should prove capable running will be encountered at Atlanta, mates for the two veterans. '461st F. A. Outfit Nov. 6 and the big game with Hartley Heaviest Man [Defeats Officers Tulane will be played at New Even though Coach Moore ~nd Orleans, Nov. 20. his associates, Line Coach Red

4-0 Report For Drill Swanson and Backfield Coach Officers and enlisted men of The Tigers, with 40 candidate~ Jesse Fatheree may be successful the 861st Field Artillery fittingly

already on the practice field, ma:, in building a capable forward opened the Van Dorn sports pro­not scale the heights which they wall, it will not measure up, in gram with a brace of softball

254th Inf.

Frazier, ss Dulchinso, Keel, 2b

2b

Chanda, If Smith, T, 3b Lane, lb . Jones, rf Smith, rf McCugh, C

Hammett, p Zimmerman, sf

Ab .... 4

..... 2

..... 2 ................ 4 .............. 4

.4 ............ 4

0 ... 3

........... 3

Geiger, cf ............ . ........ 3

. .... 3

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255th Inf. (5) Ab

Threatt, 2b Aurand, c Quick, sf Vicki, ss

........ 3 .... 3 ... 3

........... 2 Leach, If .2 Bryl, lb ...... 3

r 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 1

10

r 0 1 1 1 1 1

h 2

0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 2

14

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2 0 0

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size at least, to most Tiger lines games. of the past. Hartley at 210 pounds In both games the EMs showed will be the heaviest man on the that morale had not been dimmed team. In former ydars most of by their long trek from Florida. the linemen started at 200 and Scores were 9-8 and 7-4. The scaled upwards. officers are looking for another

Moore, like the late Knute set of games .this week to re­Rockne, and many other mentors, juvenate their own morale. believes that much of the football is played up front and that a backfield is often only a~ good as its accompanying forwards. Despite reduced weight and a dearth of experienced linemen, however. the pilot feels that en­thusiasm and speed may providP, the impetus to produce a lively, colorful team.

WAR IS HELL DEPT.

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Eb Caraway, of Lehigh University, finds that war has somewhat upset his daily routine. Now he must handle

No Saddles Either

In case you see a long, lean cavalryman striding· down the street in breeches, but no boots, you will know that he is a victim of a recent War Department regu­lation which prohibits the wearing of dress or semi-dress boots by soldiers. You can wear tJ:\e breeches, says the Army, but the boots are out.

one was u1aying a piano cor,cP.rt with his bare feet on your back­bone, tlle third feels like somPone had on,pped a flatiron on your !head, That's why we call n "Pop­r,kull. cte Tunisie"

COLUMBUS, 0. - When Ohio Smith, 3b .. 3 0 1 all the work formerly distributed

63d Cavalry officers, long accus­tomed to the admiring glances of the fair sex are the hardest hit by the ruling.

State grid aspirants turned out Cameron, p .. 2 0 0

last week there were sixty fresh- Weinberger, cf ............... 1 0 0 men, all 17-year-olds, a handful Ehrhardt, cf .......... 2 0 0 of inexperienced upperclassmen, Cannella, rf ............ 2 0 0 and five survivors of last year's Sullivan ............................. 1 0 0

' Rudolf Hess is now paranoiac, squad-all of whom have been Serenewski ....................... 0 0 0 :!wars nonexistent voices, says classified 4-F by their selective Jeport service boards. 27 5 6

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among a staff of five. He is now acting director of athletics, acting faculty manager, assistant football coach, baseball coach, physical eduation instructor for the Army training· program at the school and acting track coach. Wonder what he does in his spare time?

There is no joy in the 63d Reconnaissance Troop since the spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle are out.

Berlin again bombed by heavy R. A. F. formation; British lose 48 planes.

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LEGAL SERVICE HELPS SIMPLIFY G. I. PROBLEMS

·By Camp Newspaper Service More than 600 legal assistance

offices have been established in military installations in the U. S. and abroad to aid soldiers. This program was started several months ago by the American Bar Association and the War Depart­ment as a contribution to the esprit-d'-corps and efficiency of soldiers who:;,e civilian affairs need attention.

Approximately 14.,000 civilian members of State bar associa­tions have volunteered their ser­vices to arrange legal matters ranging from drawing up wills to straitening out problems in in­surance. It's all free.

Problems Simplified If your blacksheep brother-in­

law is trying to do you out of a nest egg, the legal aid boys will hold up your end of the battle. And if the landlord has been threatening to toss your wife and kiddies out, the Army will go to bat for you too. You can stop worrying about problems like this and concentrate on the l{rauts and the Japs.

To get this aid you apply at the legal assistance office at your post and lay your problems on the table.

At each legal assigtance office, officers and noncoms of the Judge Advocate General's De­partment advise soldiers on legal problems. Most JAG personnel were lawyers in civilian life.

Services in Demand During a recent period 50 legal

assistance officers reported that since the establishment of their office they had aided soldiers in 24,000 matters. Of these 6,000 were unclassified. Of the remain­ing 18,000 43% were concerned with drawing up wills and 40'ro with drawing up powers of a!­torney, 6% involved tax prob­lems, 5%. domestic affairs and 3 11:, % dependency allotments. The remaining cases covered annul­ments, separation agreements, foreclosures, affidavits, t o r ts, estates, citizenship, adoption, name changes, rent and insur­ance.

This legal service does not in­clude military courts martial, nor can the military personnel of the legal assistance offices appear in civil courts on behalf of their clien:s.

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Survey F a.cilities

For the information of men in the 63d Division the Special Ser­vice Office has prepared a leaf­let of information on local rec­reational facilitie~ bus schedules. curfews, and otJi.er matters of in:erest to men st:>tioned here.

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I CAN'T SEE HOW IT CAN LAST BEYOND CHRISTMAS The Inquiring Line

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By Camp Newspape.r Service Q. What is the retiring age 1or

officers in the Army? A. At present, the retiring J.f!C

for major generals is 64, for briga-• dier generals it is 62 and for ..ilJ other officers it's 60. Incidentally the War Department sool'l. will .re-­tire or relieve most of the 90C officers who are over these age­retirement limits.

Q. I lost a watch in a fire in my barracks. Can I get a new one from the Army?

A. You can try. While the Aun.y does not run a personal-property insurance business it does repay soldiers for property lost or da;o­aged under certain circumstances. If you lost your watch while re::;­cuing Army property from f_i 1 e, you have a good chance of gd­ting paid for it. Apply througl1. the Claims Division of the Ju,:,;') Advocate General's Office ·in Washington.

Q. My outfit sh:ps out s<,011. How are my chances for a 1t11·-

lough?

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CHRONOLOGY

i63d Sets i .

- \ A. They are good. It is the pol-l 1·11 d conclu e 10-~ay con_ference at lcy of the War Department - to Casablanca, ask uncond1t1onal sur- grant furloughs to enlisted men render." before they go overseas if th"y

Jan. 27-Heavy bombers make have had no furloughs during tlie i i (Con+mued from Pag·e 1)

i Pohce Record 1 i -- i j _The final police of the 63rd i i D1v1s10n area at Camp Bland-_. i ing, Florida, prior to departure i ! for Camp Vsn Dorn was super- i I ior and set a new record for-, I policing by divisions at that f I camp, according to report from f ii the Camp Blanding Camp In- I ! spector received by Brig. Gen. I I Ferderick M. Harris, Assistant , I Division Commander. ! i The unsolicited statement off i the Camp In~pector said in part, I , "The 63rd Infantry Division I Ii left it's area in far better con- i

diticn than anv other division, i wh'.~h has departed Camp Bland- f j ing and has set a standard which ! i will be extremely difficult to I i equal." • j I The inspectors commented very • -, favorable on the great improve- , . ment in the condition of f j grounds and buildings. This ap- • j plied particularly to landscaping f f and the interior decoration of j I mess halls and day rooms. f ~~)-IJ-(-1)-!).-.l)-l)-l)..-.• l-f_l,.,_.<) ....

on Yugoslavia. I first all-American assault on Ger- pre:eding six months. Enlist, d May 10-Rud,Jlph Hess, Hitler many, men, regardless of length of si 1-

aide, lands by parach.;ite in scot- , Feb. 6-Brazil declares war on vice who have had no furlO\'~~h land. Japan. since their call to active duty ,;;,c June :Z2-Germany declares war 011 Feb. 10-Guadalcanal completely also granted furloughs prior to

Russia. taken. I overseas assignments within the July 7-United States forces oc- Mar?h 3-Japanese covoy of 10 I limitations im~osed by urg•-.,,t

cupy Iceland. II war~h1ps. 12 t,ransports dest;,oyed , m1l!tary necessity. Aug. 4-"'Atlantic Charter" a0ree- at New Gumea. I -----

ment between the President a and, March 29-Rommel's defe:1se of Q. I'm s~ationed in Texas bu', I Churchill is announced. Mareth Line collapses. w.::nt to vote in the State elecUi ;;•;

Dec. 7-Japanese bomb Philippines April 17-All-out aerial assaul: in my home State of Kansas 1·1is Hawaii and Guam. on Germany launched. fail. How do I go about i,?

Dec. 8- United States declares May 7- Tunis and Bizerte fall. A. First you apply to your :::·o war on Japan. Japanese raid Mal- May 14-American tr,oops estab- for a special post card request .,1:J aya. lish foothold on Att.u. a war ballot. After filling this ,ut!t

1942 May 30-Jap garrison on Attu, and signing it you have to ge!: jt Jan. 26-United States Troops land wiped out. certified by an officer, then r ,Lil

in northern Ireland. June 3-ProV'isional g-overnment it to the Secretary of State in Feb. 15- Singapore falls.

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for French Empire set up. your home State. When you r•.~t March 5-Japanese occupy Java. I June 11-Pantelleria surrenders. your war ballot from him you -1 ·,n ~arch_ 17-General MacArthuri . Ju~y 5-~er~an s-c1mmer offen- it out and return it to your Sta:.e.

arnves m Australia and assumes , s1ve m Russia is stopped. command of the United Nations July 9-Allies land in Sicily. , Tippling Quota Cut forces in Southwest Pacific. July 19-Rome bombed for first '

June 3-Dutch Harbor, Alaska, time. SALT LAKE CITY - Ut:i:1',, raided by Japanese. Jul 25-Mussolini resigns, Bado- monthly two quart whiskey ra:ion

July 4--U. S. Army bombers stage glio becomes new prime minister. was cut in half this week by 1\ie

first_ raid in western Europe, ham- \ Aug. 1-Berlin ordered evacuated. state liquor control. Permit ho. cl­mermg German bases in Nether-· Aug. 2-Ninth RAF attack ,'.ln ers will now be limited to 1 qt vr lands. Hamburg in 10-day 8,0-00-ton rec- , of \Vhiskey per month and , _1e

July 5-British stall R-:Jmmel's ord-breaking blitz. 1' tottlc of w:nc (of any size) sc 0 ,i-

Spacious Auditorium drive before Alexandria. Aug. 15-U. S. forces occupy Kis- mont-hlr. Sour wine has b• 'l'n To the soldiers who came to Nov. 2-Afrika Corps flees be- ka. · added for the first time to '),e

the dance particularly to those . fore Montgomery's Eighth Army. Aug·. 17-Conquest of Sicily com- restricted list. ' . ! Novi. 12-U. S. wins 'thl1Efc-day plete. Utah law prohibits sale of lir. 11 or

from the NortheaSt who are VIS-; battle in Solomons. A.ug. 24-Roosevelt and _Church- by drinks, and limits pncl, .. ~e iting this portion of the South Nov. 13-Drafting of 18 and 19- ill meet at Quebec, push against rnles to state-operated lie tior for the first time. the Natchez year-olds ordered. Japan. stores. auditorium was a pleasant sur- Nov. 27-Most of French fleet prise. A completely modern struc- scuttled at Toulon. ture, the hall is a brick building 1943 built along graceful southern Jan. 18-Seventeen-montti seige Colonial Jines. of Stalingrad broken.

' Jan. 26-Roosevelt and Church-

----0------TO MOVE an infantry division , Harry James Becomes 'Bugler'

by rail of 15,000 men and their I HOLLYWOOD <CNS) - H,, ry equipment requires 65 trains-365 ' James will rec-'.lrd all Army l::J•,)e pas.se119;er cars, 82 baggage cars' calls for use on public add1•)ss and over 900 freight cars. i systems at training camps.

Fire Control Manual ••. THAT SHOULD DO IT,

-GENERAL ••• AND IF YOUR SU6AP:: 5TMm; C£YIN' IN l-lE12 INK 60TTLE AGAIN-Jll5T COME AROUND AND WE'LL BUILD UP A V-MAIL TI-JAT'LL BU£>J OUT TI-JE

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Tn~uiri~;l Swim Champ And Dance Star, Reporter I Lt. Want~ Post-war Army Job

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Q, "Do you readily adapt your- In Ice Debut 1·

self to changes?"

S/Sgt. William R. Creamer, Hq. At G d Co., 254th Inf.: "I do not adapt my- ar en ,, self to changes that are sudden. I find it difficult especially when From national freestyle swimming I moving from place to place. Given a champion to stardom on the dance I period of time, however, I usually floor and the ice arena did not

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orient myself. I don·t care for ab- prove too difficult a transition for rupt changes of environment." Lt. Norris w. Houser of the. ,lg_ij;h

Inf. He accomplished these feats Pvt. Edmund A. Donnan, Hq. Co. in comparatively short

355tn Inf·: "I find no difficulty in his civilian career. changing from one place or from While in high school Lt. Houser one situation to another. This has was crowned national champ in both always been the case and was not the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events brought about after my induction and on the strength of these per into the Army." formances he obtained a scholar-

1 ship for swimming to the Univer­T/Sgt. Robert Lewis, A. G. Of- ;:,ity of ,Sr,.uthern California.

fice: "Yes I can get along almost A keen devotee of dancing he be-anywhere. For instance, in our shifting from one camp to another -All I am usually interested in is the location of the PX, the cUmaie

came a member of a Los Angeles troupe. Facinated by the skill of om, of the skaters, Edna Holmes, lw , quested lessons, she complied and he added another accomplishment

September 3, 1943

Local Girls Pit Brains

Against Gls At 3 p. m. each Sunday after­

noon the Woodville U. S. 0.-14 miles from Camp Van Dorn on Route 24-has a quiz show pitting locar girls against enlisted men from camp. To the winners: each week two S-T-E-A-K dinners. To the monthly aggregate high­scorers: A free phone call any­where in the U. S. A.

EX-WHITEMAN

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way." At the time, "Sid.' or "Muscles"

Seidman, as he's called by members of the band, says he was just "Fool­ing" with music as a means of pay­ing his way through Pace Instit.ute.

··But it weaned me away from Peace-although I still want to go into the accounting ileld."

"Music is 0. K. for young people and geniuses but as the average musician grows older, he finds it

'. hard to keep up with the trends and he's inevitably supplanted by fresh blood."

and the accessibility of the camp to nearby towns. I don·t find it hard to adapt myself to a hot cli­mate either, I'll take hot weather to cold any time."

to his repertoir and blossomed forth Sgt. Seidman studied under Mer-as a partner of Miss Holmes.' rill Johnson, prominent New York

Toured With So,nja Henie saxaphone teacher. When the troupe toured with Played With Name-Bands

Sonji Henie broke up. both he and He's been with Paul Whiteman's, Pfc. Charles Morris, Hp. Co,., 63rd , and Edna joined Doct-:ir Brandt's Ice Richard Himber's, Harold Stern's,

Div.: _"Well, it depends, if y_ou a~e I Show which toured the West Coast. Freddy Barren's, Nat Brusiloffs and speaking of the army, sometimes 1t : Leaving that he returned to Los Charlie Barnett's Orchestras, at 1s rough, When y.::m know you have I Angeles where he became a part of vario.us times playing at the stork to make abrupt changes however,

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one of Sonja Henie's first ice pro- Club, the Versailles, the Rainbow you can usually gear yourself to ! ductions, and later toured with the Room and at the st. Regis. them. I might find more diffic,ulty

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show until 1938. He appeared in sev- '-"····/'''-':c:':,/, Later he joined Bill Wirges' N. in adapting such an attitude to- ' eral of her pictures--- the most re- B. c. Orchestra and has also fill-wards such things in civilian life. cent, "Iceland." ed various engagements over the Well. you know how it is. you don't "I've played plenty of movie bit Mutual and Columbia Nets. take things so readily when not in parts tc-:i," said the Lieutenant, "but };)::/)/( At the New York World's Fair the service." ____ I guess the shots usually ended on in 1939 he played with Virg Mer­

tht ,;utting room floor, as I never "Honey" goes Boomps-a-daisy with Lt. Houser, but it'~ !in at the Merry England. Little S/Sgt. Delbert Hattenburg, Chem- saw much of myself." ' because they were dancing partners at the time. "Honey" Old New York and Railroad Ex-

ical warfare: "I am at h-:ime any In 1938, Lt. Houser met another is now Mrs. Houser. hibits. place. I may gripe at certain con- partner, a dancer who was r -------------------------------- His Army career b_egan in Jan-ditions brought about by changes forming under the name "Honey". • LIGHT uary, 1941, when he joined the Na-at times, but I get over it quickly. "Gus Arnheim suggested that we Brothers Meet On 63rd tional Guard and was assigned to

team as Yvonne and Wayne. We Trip i --- the 186th F. A. Band. Since then ----<•---

$25 BANK ACCOUNT AWAITS SERVICEMEN

NATICK, Mass.-Thls town, with

followed his suggestion and the ____ J 1Cortinued from Page 1) he's been a member of the Band. partnership lasted until I came in-1 . h' . t d th late Irving on its perennial Odyssey. to the Army last Fall." "Honey" .:Jr Lots of interesting little t mgs was acquam e - e "Playing in an Army Band,'' he Yvonne is now Lt. Rouser's wife. I happened to the 862d Field Ar- Thalberg, Norma Shearer, Laraine says, "is a splendid opportunity. It

Toured 32 States tillery battalion during the march Day, who played in the Dr. Kil- gives many musicians opportunities t t from Camp Blanding to Camp

"The west coast toured 32 s a es dare series, Antoinette Lees, whose i to play with those who are older 1,500 of its 15,000 men and women Van Dorn 1

was our first stomping grounds, · film name is Andrea Leeds, and and more experienced - chances already in the armed services, is sai·d the Lieutenant. We were book- The night Camp Shelby was th 'd b bl e t i civilian t t . b k t f Rochelle Hudson w1·t·11 whom he ey pro a Y n ver ge n s ar mg a an accoun or every ed with Pa,ul Whiteman in Seattle, the bivouac site, Lt. Gordon Ja:r:- n life."

one in service, with an initial de- and later danced with Gus Arnheim, rett, commander of B battery, was attended Hollywood High School. West Point posit of $25 in a saving·s account as ! bl t t · ·th his the objective. The first check for' b th G T 4 m Harry James and Phil Harris at I a e O s age a reun __ 10

~ Wl . _ As trust officer for the Bank "A number of years ago I played the Wilshire Bowl in Los Angeles ro er, ene, a I m an of America he administered trust at West Point proms during com-

$1,100 is already ·on dep,:isit and Then on to Chicago and New York. fantry unit there. It was the first matters for Charlie Farrell's fam- mencement week. It was while the drawing interest, having been con- Befor~ we were through we'd toured/ time the t"".o brothers had seen picture "Flirtation W::tlk", starring tributed by the E P Clark Post each other 1n four months ous Racket Club. He also super-

. · 32 states, Mexico_ and Canada." I · Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, was of the American Legion. . ----u~--- · d th tat f Dou la Fa1·,. "My last engagement before com- - vise e es e O g s .- being made there. In fact, our band

The whole program calls for $37.- Would yo.u like to develop a ing into the Army was at El Ran- I banks. was used in the picture and both of 500 and the committe in charge ex- smooth line? Would uou like to be cho Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada. With · , "One of the funniest things I them sang with us." no warning at all the Arm\ .. ' clipped , considered the kissable type? Would "It's a beautiful place with every

saw in Hollywood," he said, "was me in September. 1942. Consequent- I you like to have you~ .date b;ok re- bit of the military pomp and splend-ly we had to concel engagements semble a telephone dnect-:iry · Learn when Edgar Bergen introduced or usually associated with it. "As

book handed to him when he comes at the Sir Francis Drake in San how to do all that by following the Mortimer Snerd as a new char- for m.e, I've always had a hankering home again. This is the first com- Francisco and the Waldorf Astoria adventures of the WOLF in BLOOD acter at the 'Oscar Dinner' of the to play in a West Point Band." munity in .A.merica to start this plan in New York. Next time maybe!" AND FIRE every week. Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

pected to raise that amount in a few weeks, so that every returned vet­eran will have his $25 savings bank

for after the war eneouragement Like most entertainers, Lt. Hous- Snerd stole the show completely M . p l to the returning soldier-citizen. from Charlie McCarthu." arnage roposa er had a fund of humorous anec- ly at me. First she took the flower ,

, d-:ites relating to his career. from her hair and t-:issed it t J the The road to even mediocre fame Snafued By Red Cross "In 1938 on the opening night of floor, then she removed her -· :oes. in the movies is hard, according Lonely Officers

May Date WACS Miss Henie's show at Madism Just as she started to slid, the to Lt. Light. "It's a tough game CAMP CHAFFFE, Ark. /CNS)-A

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I Square Garden, a funny thing hap- ' strap of her evening gow:- :rom to break into. As an example you dogface walked into a Red Cross , pened," he said: ''During the mil- her shoulders, I decided th'.,c per- can drive into any of the large Recreation Hall here and asked to ! itary number, we were supposed to haps I'd better stop!" roadside restaurants and see any send a proposal of marriage by

NORTH AFRICA-Lonely offic- I glide down the curved, oiled ramps, Has Show Offer number of beautiful girls who record to his best girl back home. ers in this section of the worlrl i smoothly and gracefully, but in in- Lt. Houser has had an ~. · er tc came to Hollywood as film aspir- "Okay," said the Red Cross gal, have been made happy by a recent I imitable Houser style I Ut a snag, work in the planned Army f Force i ants but who finished up as adjusting the needle, "now begin." ruling permitting them to date en- ! flew ungracefully into the air and Show which is scheduled •.J ope waitresses. I would say about one The yardbird made his prop,:isal, listed WACs. slid across the ice on my face. I

I on Broadway in November. in 25 make the' grade." shipped the record to his lady love

Formerly, junior officers were on haven't yet lived tl1 9.t one down." I "My real hope though, b to stay The Lieutenant has been mar- and in a few days got a curt re-the outside of things. Red, Cross Another time when I was dancing I in the Army after the v:,, I never ried seven years. His was a fusal. She wanted no ,Jart of a man girls, it was said, would date only at Curly's in Minneai:-::ilis wi,h' thought seriously about '.t when 1 whilwind courtship which ended who had to be told by a woman to high ranking officers, and lieuten- Yvonne, my collar popped off. I was was a civilian, in fact I had no at the altar in seven weeks. He begin proposing, she wrotP. ants were forced to look ,'.Jn while so hot that I decided to strip a lit- ideas as to what it was like-but met his wife while attending corporals and privates took the tie more-and kept on going, dis- I enjoy ir:• U. C. L. A. He is an ardent WACs out. regarding her mumbled entreaties A resident of Los Angeles, Lt. booster of the Golden State and

Only one limitation is phced on to stop.'' Houser v,;,,, born i!'. Pittsburgh, Pa. was a leading official of the Los the officers. They can't take out "Then her manner and meth'.Jds He was co,nmissi-:med a 2n·l Lt., on Angeles Junior Chamber of Com-WACs with whom they are working, changed! She began to ~mile sweet- April 24, 1943. merce.

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