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IV No. 15 PUBLISHED WEEKLY 18 July 1947

STORY CHERRY POINT; TODAY AND YESTERDAY INT BORN IN '41 SWAMPS GIVE /AY TO BASE •spocse to a great many re-

from men stationed at r Point, the WINDSOCK staff

(ugurating a series of articles ng. eventually, every organi-| aboard this station. It seems I that the first article in this I should deal with the Point ^rhole. It is for this reason

have compiled with the (ration of many units the his-pf Cherry Point which is

d in this issue. Briefly, s Cherry Point as it was and i today.

I original contract f^r the kg of Cherry Point was sign-| July 1941. Work began 6

1941. Originally a series

Cherry Point Today: Here Is part of the AKS-46 flight line as It appeared last week; In the background Is the YMR-2i2 area.

CHERRY POINT LOOKS INTO ITS FUTURE DUTIES

In an interview with Mr. Jose-

WR's AT POINT FROM '43 TO '46

Women Marines were at nearly every Marine Station in the States and Hawaii; Cherry Point trained WR's assigned to Aviation when

mothswamplanda, the Point! ?„hu" D a D l e l s ' «»«<>'<* «*' Raleicl, t h c y b e s a n "> 1° May 1943. Camp Lejeune served the WR's as boot camp and Cherry

„ take shape- Atter Pearl ! Br>* C e n M i l l c r

work progressed on a seven [ ? a d l l " s t 0 s a r C h e r r y P ° " " today. "At the present time this com-

mand includes the main station, four (4) inactivated auxiliary sta-tions, one (1) outlying field, and various leased targets and ranges. The station is the principal base for Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force. Atlantic, and provides tactical units based here with messing faci-lities. quarters, transportation, air-craft fuel, parts, equipment, con sumable supplies, repair, overhaul, laundry, automotive maintenance, recreation, libraries, post exchange, communication facilities, medical and dental facilities and many other services.

"Because of its isolated location. Cherry Point must of necessity be complete and self-sufficient. It is a small community within itself and provides all the utilities and facilities of a small city, including power, central heating, water sew-age. telephone and telegraph, radio

tek, night and day r.chedule. I months after the Jap at-

? March 1942, the first plane .t Cherry Point; Lt. Col.

(now Brig. Gen.) piloted Exactly 63 days later,

r 1942, Cherry Point was of-| commissioned.

essential facilities were 1 by the end of '42; bar-ess halls, the telephone shops, runways, dispen-

fpply units, hangers etc.. all ) play their role in the lives

J'Point" Marines. Wartime f of Marine Fliers, aviation kid service organizations be-

Jearnest with the formation bird Marine Aircraft Wing

Point in November of ITith the departure of the R'ing overseas, the Ninth jrimarily a training organi-ras organized at the Point I of '44. • 4300 buildings at Cherry 800 permanent structures) and teletype, fire protection, police. .. . . that or the Assembly! s e n r t c e - b u s s e r r i c e - "Kdica! iir unit, was not completed ! a ° d d e n t a l ««*<»«". housing tor

(cember of 1943. AiR cor- i r n i I l t a r5' a n d civilian personnel, a area ot approximately *>*' exchange and commissary, a

Uuare feet 65 million dollars has

or authorized for the n of the main base.

^oint. Another 20 million j pas been authorized and 1

[ the construction of auxi-

theater, recreation and athletic facilities, chapels, maintenance of grounds and roadr, and garbage and trash collection.

"At the present time civilian and miliitary personnel at the station total almost 9,000.

. . . . ^ „ "Permanent buildings completed Cherry Point. | s j n < .e M a r c l l i 1 9 4 6 i tB c i„de a S75.000

| chapel and an annex to the dispen-* o w ' s a ' o n * distance , s a r J . whjCh will provide adequate

swimminir beach, sail- medical care for dependents of iting area at Mitchell military personnel.

"In addition to providing a base j for units of Aircraft. Fleet Marine j Force. Atlantic, the Cherry Point I Marine Corps Air Station is en-j gaged in various other activities I which cover i wide scope, j "At the present time the station j is being used as a central training • point for officers and men of the ! Organized and Volunteer Marine j Corps Reserve. During the months of April. May and June. more than

(Cont. on P. 2, Col. 1)

in port ant part of modern fclnt.

Point as the clearing center for nearly all assigned to Aviation.

The first contingent of 18 WR's who arrived here in May of '43 was soon augmented by others. Before the end of the war, nearly 2300 Women Marines were sta-tioned at the Point.

The WR's played an important part in releasing men for combat duty by filling Jobs varying from cooks, bus drivers, and weather observers to control tower opera-tors. parachute riggers, and aerial gunnery instructors. The "Lady Leathernecks" did 90% of all the parachute rigging and inspecting. 80% of all the control tower work, and 40% of all the aerology work aboard the station. Many others continued their civilian Jobs in the Marine Corps as clerks, steno-graphers, and typists. Others chose the trades such as carpentry, we!d-ing. machine maintenance, ammu-nition packing, and automobile and aviation mechanics for their work while in the Corps.

Many of the girls signed up be-cause of casualties in their fami-lies or for other patriotic reasons. They "made a most valuable con-tribution to the Corps"—General A. A. VandegrifL Cherry Point saw the last of its WR's in the summer of '46.

"MOCK WAR" ROUTINE FOR POINT MARINES

During the course of the critical war years of 1943 and 1944 nearly half of all the men in Marine Avia-tion were stationed or trained at Cherry Point. At its wartime peak, the Point trained more than 20,000 men at one time in combat maneuvers.

Point filers and men drilled con-tinually for the invasion of Japan and its surrounding islands. Day after day, mock attacks were staged on New Bern. KInstcn and other North Carolina towns with-out the inhabitants having the slightest knowledge that they were being attacked. Squadrons would rendezvous over New Bern and head for Kinston or Greenville for the "raid." Di 'ending units at the targets woulu attempt to drive off the attackers; dogfights and quick maneuvering was the order of the day.

Back at the Point the pilots and men practiced team work. They learned squadron and group tac-tics as a single combat team. Prob-lems in Dive Bombing technique, strafing, fighter work, carrier landings and anti-submarine pa-trols made up a full schedule of flying. In addition to this, more than 50 courses were given in navi-gation, radio and radar, aerology, chemical warfare and gunnery.

The Ground Offense Training unit operating at the time trained the men and pilots in the use of small arms, hand grenade attacks, the digging of fox boles, and fight-ing with knives, bayonets and bare hands. Practice invasions were made along the Neuse River with LCI's, smoke screens, flghte- and dive bomber attacks, land mines, machine guns and rifles. In this fashion the wartime Point Marines soon realized the problems of the line troops and the valuable sup-port they supplied the infantry and ground forces from the air.

DANCE 23 JULY Here It l i all ysn chicks and

chiclets! Gays and gals smooth music, low light* a-d lets of fun, all coating at the Station Dance In ihe Drill Hail at 2000, Jnly 2^rd| that's Wednesday evening In JAM yoar ralec;" -k . "v jsrr*-. -5*5 statics, band Is supplying the jive, sam-bas aaii swee* for one and alL Dont forget, big data's at the Drill Hall Wednesday evening. WeTI he seeing jnn!

CIV. CAFETERIA UNIT OF WEEK

With space for seating 500 per-sons at one time. The Cherry Point Civilian Cafeteria now serves on an average ot 30 to 35-thousand civilians and military personnel in a 30-day period. Compared with the 90 to 100-thousand persons served in the same period during the war years, this Is qnite a de-crease. But, still it Is a bigger Job than meets the eye.

Employing 64 people, the Cafe-teria staff is on the Job before most civilians and Marines have even started thinking about aris-ing. The cafeteria is open only during the five working days, but plenty of work is accomplished during those days, which doesn't end for most cafeteria employees till late evening.

After its opening In August 1944, the cafeteria was aided, financially, for the first year by the Navy on borrowed money. Once the cafe-teria was able to navigate on its own, the money was paid back, and it has been a non-profit, self-supporting organisation ever since. Government regulations won't al-low the cafeteria to use govern-ment money for its upkeep, and It is therefore operated and con-trolled In the same manner as would any civilian organisation be run.

The cafeteria is governed by the "Regulations Governing Naval Cafeterias" and is controlled by a "Civilian Restaurant Management Board" which consists of seven members and an advisory board of two officers. The seven-man board is appointed annually by the Commanding General. Monthly operational reports are reviewed by this committee, and, having been approved, are passed on to the Commanding General and his staff for review.

When and if either of the groups has a complaint or suggestion to make, they come to Mr. Alton L. DeBlanc, who has been Manager of the cafeteria since March of 19'6. On his shoulders rests the tedious Job of furnishing well-balanced meals for the A & R, Engine Overhaul. Laundry, Navy Supply, Public Works (who com-

(Cont. on P. 2, Col. 1)

Is Our Face Red! The WI>"DS0CK wishes to nse

this space to clarify the mis-understanding brought about by the "civvies" story In its last Issue. Last week the story rrrd Uiat the first three pay-grades could have civilian clothing aboard the station; Station Re-gulations say only the first pay-grade is eligible. Any married Marine living In Government quarters with hi? family aboard the base regardless of pay-grade may have civvies in his passes-slon on the station. We hope this clears up the "scuttle-butt."

Cherry Point Yesterday: This wa* Just exactly how the Point looked w hen ron»tru«^Jon £«gsa Lt *4L

\ Page Two W I N D S O C K 18 July 13?

y winc/$so£k\ Carrier-Based Jet Aircraft Pose New Problems, Require Radical Changes THE WINDSOCK I* puhll«h«*l »'T

anJ for p f r w i i f l <>f Marine Cot-p* Air B««r*. lh«* Mariiir Corns Air S u i l o n . and toe AJRFMF LANT. <hr r ry Pole t . S . C.

BRIG. GEN. IVAN W. MILLER Comtir. Air Bases & C.G. USMCAS LT.-COL. JOHN T. L. D. GABHERT

Spec. Serv. Officer 1RST L" CHARLES K. CHURCH

Edi tor

STAFF—Corp. H a r r y L. Grasse r . Managing Edi to r ; Pfc . J immy Cram. Spor ts Edi to r ; Pfc . John Anderson. J r . . Circulat ion Manager : Pfc. Robert W. White. Art Ed i to r : Pfc . William Wygan t . Art is t .

Cont r ibutors for th is issue — Phm3 c Jack She rman . Eleanor Oelise. F rances Howell.

"Our Republic and its P re s s will r ise or fal l together ."— Joseph Puli tzer .

•H-p change f rom biplaue .o mug.e w.ng anC a y-'fonxH* e f ec t tyion the h i s to r jvpf aviation. So did the rwi tcb f rom fixed pitch to con-VAJ. GEN. RALPH J. MITCHELL ^ ^ _

C.G propeller! previous developments may well n p v 1 V A V W M I I . I . K R I w

By Jack Sherman PhM3 hea r say that f rom now c a

in naval aviat ion.

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be overshadowed by the changes tha t Jet power is expected to br ing . l b e r e js going to be more detail I rotat ion t han ever iMffore—uuder

J e t s a re her.* to stay. And rad- ' l i e provisions of an Alnav that ically dif ferent methods of mainte- c a m e b u t r e c e n t l y . Seems like a nance, operat ion, repai r , t ra in ing , j R O ( j d i d e a t o t h e fe l lows who don' t etc;, will have* to be evolved, for , j j l t e t i j e i r p resent jobs but the guys Jet propuls ion is more t han a com- w n o a r c satisfied v i t i wh*t chey plete power system change It con- a r e n o w d o i n g a r e a l l mu t t e r ing s t l tu tes . also, a ma jo r s t ruc tu ra l u n d e r t h e i r b r e a t h s . Oh well, th is change. j l 8 o n e w a y t o g e t skilled corpsmen.

Piloted planes mus t now be built A b o u t t h e fir8t p I a c e s to be a f -capable of wi ths tanding the grea t f e c t e d b> . t h i s n e w o r d e r w e r e Sick s t resses that exist at supersonic off icers Q u a r t e r s and the Operat -speeds. And the en t i re quest ion of i n ( ; R o o m _ T o m p k i n s was sent to handl ing jet a i r c r a f t on board ca r - S O Q l n e x c h a n g e for Fann ings who r ie r s will have an ent i re ly new set c a m e i n t o O R

of answers . j A n d w h i l e o n t h e subject of new Improved Catapul t s deta i ls—quite a few fel lows a r e

Take-offs by Jets f rom ca r r i e r s e n v i o u s o f Mclnnis for being sent will r equ i r e improved ca tapul ts . l o t b e c r a s > , b o a t c r e w . Lucky Mac! S ta r t ing techniques—involving the- i A n e w m a n repor ted aboard the problems of in te rna l and ex terna l Q t h e r d a y _ K e y s . who came in f rom s t a r t e r s—mus t be changed. The p 0 r t s m 0 u t h , Virginia. They have danger of propel lers will be elim- h j m W O r k i n g down on Ward A. inated, but in i ts p lace "Beware of W h a t b a p p e n e d to Hoffman the Je t Blas t" s igns may have to c o u p j e 0f n igh ts ago when he was

CIVILIAN CAFETERIA tCont. f rom P. 1. Col. 5)

pr i se "5 per cent of the ca fe te r i a ' s t rade) and o ther outf i ts aboard the base who look to the cafe te r ia for delicious tas t ing meals th roughout the day.

Known to very few persons , oven those who pat ronize the cafe-ter ia regu la r ly , is the fact tha t a special 50c plate lunch is served f rom 1100-1400 every day. Th i s lunch, consis t ing of meat i changed da i ly ! , any two vegetables, a spe-cial salad, choice of deser t , iced tea or coffee, is given ca re fu l con-siderat ion by all concerned before it is put into the making .

Orders have been placed for two of the very latest type s ta in less steel s team tables , and delivery and ins ta l la t ion on the serving l ine may even be completed before th i s edition of the WINDSOCK is off the press.

Hour s for the cafe te r ia have re-cent ly been changed and break-fast is now served f rom 0700-0930: lunch f rom 1100-1400; and d inner f rom 1630-1S20.

By F r a n c e s Howell There was never a dull moment

In the Damrosch qua r t e r s . It was no su rp r i se at all for the i r f r i ends to find th ree pianos going at once or a celebri ty r ehea r s ing in the drawing room. Such was the a tmosphere in which the Damrosch g i r l s grew up—and how they did thr ive on i t! The second of the four lovelly daugh te r s . Gretchen Damrosch Fin le t te r . bar told the whole story in From the Tup of Ihe Stai rs . T h e r e were the thea ter , j the opera , and the Hippodrome -impromptu pe r fo rmances at homo —lunches with Paderewski . Heifetz or Melchior. Can you imagine yourself leading a more colorful . in te res t ing l i fe? The a n s w e r is undoubtedly no. and he re a re 252 pages of positive proof!

At a dance way back in 1910 a young social worke r Just out of college met an a t t rac t ive , r ich young man who was then mak ing his debut In s t a t e politics. They were none o ther than F rances Per -k ins and Frank l in D. Roosevelt . Miss P e r k i n s became an in t imate family f r iend , as well as a close political assoc ia te and over the fol lowing 35 yea r s she watched Roosevelt 's whole ca ree r unfold. The resu l t is The Roosevelt I Knew, a w a r m and affect ionate memoir which, she f r ank ly admits . is biased in his favor . Roosevelt the polit ician bows to Roosevelt the m a n . for Miss P e r k i n s wr i t e s "of h i ? small vani t ies and uncer -ta int ies . h is lack of the in te l lec tual approach , his s imple re l igious fai th, h is hea r ty en joyment of poll- r M r a ~ c h j o l ) ( o ' r t h c F igh te r De-tics, his a lmost naive t r u s t in the goodness of people." Even you s t aunch Republ icans might enjoy reading th is one—on the sly. of course!

While you were reading "The Brothers Karamazov" . one of the most t r emendous novels ever wr i t -ten . did you by any chance give | much thought to the m a n who pro-duced it? Dostoevsky was definite-ly a crea t ive genius who dwelt S u n d a y _ i3oo ,1500 .11 -00 . 2100. upon the inner l i fe of those about whom he was wri t ing. In Henry Trova t ' s F i r e b r a n k the tab les have been tu rned . Th i s t ime it is Dostoevsky himself who is revealed

QUESTION: I F VOL* WERE BECOME "KING FOR A Di] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE BQ TO DO?

Pfc . Eug< n*i Lescoe: ; City. Conn ; ucat ion Offic> " I would takf with some of-buddies and r. all of the m spots of Gotia A c o u p l e weeks ago *j we were in S we missed a:

of them such as the Lat in Qua: Diamond Horseshoe and the Con

Corp. J u l i u s D o h e r t y J r . ; Phelps . Kentuc-ky; Spec. Ser. Off.—"If I had a day. o r a week. dur ing the New Orleans M a r d i Gras I would vis-it the F r e n c h d is t r ic t and find Mam'selle". Then she and I could see the s ights of that Fairy " season and real ly en joy ourseln

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S y l v i a ; S Bedford. Mai VMF 122 Ji« —"With on!? day I would h to work fas; I want to r A u s t r a 1 ix thought might see 1

P e ° P l e d!

3. The Point covers 11,ltV> under live v before an act ive p rogram of t r a in - a c r e« , . I enlisted in the Mar ine Corps, ing Jet pilots is inaugura ted , p lans j There a r e 1S00 permanent look a t wha t happened to a a re being formula ted to include | , a | | d | B | r s and approximate ly 2*00 Cherry Point . " Jet t ra in ing in the basic flight syl- t empora ry buildings at Cherry M Sgt. George labus. Point . E. M c G a r r y ;

It all adds up to a t r emendous -u j« j | | | e ra i l road connects Boston, Mass. : ma jo r points on base to Atlantic & VMF 114, Ord-

sign Branch of BuAer. for Ships ' £ a s { Carolina ra i l road . , nance Chief. — Ins ta l l a t ions and for o t h e r Approximately 10 million "This is a big b ranches interested in ca r r i e r a i r - c u b | c ya rds of excavation has been country b u t I c r a f t . completed here . | should like to

be h' Landings will entai l new meth-

ods of a r r e s t i n g the a i rp lanes and new types of b a r r i e r s to s top them. The pilot in the Jet c r a f t is in a vulnerable spot, whereas in the convent ional p lanes he was well protected aga ins t a c rash into the ba r r i e r .

Since the main tenance of Jet t u r -bines di f fers radical ly f rom that of piston engines, new procedures must be establ ished. Fuel is an-other m a j o r problem. A method of fas te r re fue l ing is now required because the jet planes need a g r ea t e r amount than propel ler p lanes do. All th i s enta i l s a ma jo r supply and logist ics problem on board ship.

T ra in ing P l a n s And. though it will be some time

l iberty with Gemelke? He came back very, very sick. Musta been someth in ' he e t ! ! ! !

Mizelle's t r ick knee really trick-ed him up last week—he had to be carr ied over to the d i spensary when it wouldn ' t s t r a igh ten up.

POINTERS' FACTS

Coming Attractions sl 7. 6* Million dol la rs has been take an extended

ipent or authorized for the con- j fu r lough so tha t . t raction of Cherry Po in t MCAS. I could see all

S, There a r e about 23 miles of | of the s t a tes d ra inage pipe?* 20 miles of sewers , tha t I 've not yet 26 mile* of wa te r mains , 7 miles seen. I would jus t l ike to to

News Oddities

POINT'S FUTURE tCont f rom P. 1. Col. 2>

170 rese rve officers were given two weeks of act ive duty t r a in ing at this s ta t ion to famil iar ize them with the latest developmens iij Mar ine a i r c ra f t , equipment , and tact ics . During August it is p lan-ned to t ra in over 2.000 officers and men ~>f Organized Marine Corps Reserve Squadrons who will as-semble at Cherry Point f rom cities in the eas te rn par t of the United Sta tes for two weeks of act ive duty ."

CHERRY T H E A T R E Shows: Monday th rough Fr iday

1730. 1930 and 2130. Sa tu rday and 0 |- „ , e a m d is t r ibut ion. 26 miles ot" wha t is going on in each o:i ; Sunday—1300.1500.11-00. 2100. e lectr ic w ires underground , 8 miles them. Oh yes. I 'd l ike to take j iSubject to change without noticed u|- w | r j n f f overhead. IS miles of wife also."

7-19 SAPS AT SEA—Laure l & te lephone wi r ine underground and ! H a r d y ; CODE OF T H E WEST. j miles overhead, a heat in tr p lant j 7-20 HIGH CONQUEST — Anna r u | t M | , i e 0 | I r v i n e » city l an re r j l .ee. W a r r e n Douglas; Cartoon. , h a n Bern, and 1600 tele-

i Newark — Judge Rodney 9. P r io r to the openlne of the didn' t believe it. He fined

Idelwild Airport nea r New York Scott and J a m e s But le r i i City last year . Cherry Point had cha rges of s tea l ing 10 loavn the trreatest amount of r n n w a y bread. They testified they a rea and pa rk ing aprons In the | wanted to feed a pet rabb:t. United Sta tes . Chicago—Elmer Miller. ^

10. Larees t and most modern a t not finding a seat on a ?"• AssemoJv and Repai r Unit of any ban t ra in , vengefu l ly uncouple Naval ah l i shment in the world coaches f rom the engine ani located l .ere. ; a f ree r ide—to the jai l .

habi ts , and ways of living, but " t h e inner agonies and ou tward mis fo r tunes of genius" . Through-out h is l ife he was " to r tu red by guil t for s ins he never commit ted. t r apped in his psyeopathie web of : B H 0 0 K L V N - r r a n t S ina t ra . Kath-pamWins and th rown behind ' the G r a v 5 o n ; N ( , w s

wall ' of real i ty by his r ecu r r en t J — epileptic fits." P e r h a p s you a r e I might have been deprived ot The

! TER—Tx>retta Young. Joseph Cot-j ton : News.

7-23 BIG TOWN—Phil l ip Reed. | Hi la ry Bruce : JACKPOT NIGHT!

T-24-25 IT H A P P E N E D IN

th ink ing—what a price to pay for j Bro thers Karamazov or Crime and genius! On the o the r hand, you , Pun ishment or The Idiot.

. . . . ^ , ^M . l l | „ . r p „jde by side. On the left 1s the oft visited P . X. r » o oi t h e most popu la r b u i l d i n g and incidenta l ly the most ' Hie ,eeond deek. The o ther l ini ldi i i t '

main - , r - « , 1 <od. fonntaln on the tirst d e e t and the l ibrary , bean y ^ " h ^ u l t . Station Thea t re wb'ch draw,, the nightly crowd oi moviegoers »...n I«

L l ? WITH A NICE GIRL . S A L T > - o SARC- . I OON'r ) "\ .

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ARE THESE GUYS BOTHERING YOlj. NO, BUT WHY DON'T YOU GCV AWAY AND GIVE THEM A nar-.

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U"» aioai of you. Vnt I :eant W. S. R u s s e l l . - ^ '

THE OLD SALT —By William C. Wygant

July 1947 W I N D S O C K

MEET CHERRY POINT In 1917. P a r r i s I s land Boot Camp was prac t ica l ly t he s a m e as it is days. But. ins tead of g r ip ing about the a l l -day m a r c h e s and t r i p s

ie -boondocks", a s th* p resen t da> rec ru i t s a r e inclined to do. most ic chJW-hall-chat ter centered a round t h e - " r o c k s ' . the b e a n s " and •»14.S0 and a h o n e b lanket . '

may sound l ike jus t so j ,oti» to

[\laster Sergeant on Sergeant Major , t h o s e j 5 hold quite a bit of mean ing . >

; November 29, 1917. Sergean t ! jsell said " I Do." and for the

IT years dirf «~ite L been s e n ing both s ta tes ide and |

with Uncle Sam's " F i g h t - j 1st Outfit." | l think they j u s t wanted an ex-

> to krep the den t i s t s busy in e days.' said Se rgean t Russel l .

Jfcnow they mus t have had ' rocks fche beans, ' or else they dug them \ of solid concre te ."

i!c pay in the "Old Corps was $15 a month . Dur ing

war. Congress au tomat i ca l ly L td the mar ines ' e a r n i n g s 100$? ; it was while the f o r m e r pay

§le was in effect t h a t the $14 I a horse b l a n k e t " s logan w a s

fcpted. •hey took $ .20 out of each pay

Ick." said Se rgean t Russe l l , " fo r J hospital fund. T h a t ' s how it

jLe to be known as '$14.80 and a Tse blanket'.** lergeant Russe l l ha s seen du ty I Guam, the Phi l ippines , China, laragua. on six of t he Navy' t l-going vessels including t he air-Ift carr ier Ranger , and a t seven Hely separated s t a tes ide bases . [It was ha rd du r ing those days ne by." said t he Sergeant , | a Marine out of China once he B gotten a foothold—it w a s krine's Pa rad i se ' . " And, th i s k sour i -bo rn "30 - y e a r m a n " kuld know. Fo r h e spen t four

amongst the s lan t -eyed Asia-k. protecting Amer ican i n t e r e s t s png the China t r oub l e f r o m 1925

1929. Attached to t he 4th Regi-pt during his China s tay , Ser-[nt Russell r epea ted ly g a v e

to the outfi t a s be ing the r ines ' "best dr i l led and snap -

outfit." K'hen the notor ious bandi t S a n -lo was te r ror iz ing t he inhabi -

of Nicaragua in t he la te it was Sergean t Russe l l ' s ou t -

Khat helped keep him in check. RVe never could ca tch t h a t guy, I we had some exci t ing t imes Ing." said S e r g e a n t Russe l l , ley finally a r r a n g e d a peace Iference with h im," cont inued j Sergeant, "and t he enraged

of Nica ragua shot h im in I lack when h e got r eady to

It was t he only way they <1 stop him and h i s band of orists."

Ince re tu rn ing f r o m d u t y pj«i. Sergeant Russe l l ha s been

at t he New York and elphia Naval Yards . Quan-

Diego, P a r r i s I s land , -Mountain Lake and Cherry "Believe it o r no t . " he said,

of the best d a y s I 've spent p* service have been r igh t h e r e Ithe Point ." And, aga in , he p i know whereof he speaks .

Russell ha s been aboard

Sgt . 'Ma jo r W. S. Rasse l l

the Air Sta t ion for f o u r year.}, the l a s ' 18 m o n t h s of wLich hav-i seen b<'m in his capac i ty as S ta t ion Se rgean t Major .

"Back in 1934," t he Se rgean t said, " I w a s ass igned a s an order ly for Pres iden t Roosevelt when he made an inspect ion tour of the West coast . T h e order l ies were al l decked out in ful l d r e s s blues, and we rea l ly had to be on our toes. T h a t w a s good duty ."

Despi te the fac t tha t Se igean t Russe l l was born in Missouri , he t h inks when h i s 30 yea r s a r e up, he' l l se t t le in e i the r Nor th Carol ina o r Cal i fornia . " I 'd like to send my 17-year old son to one of the Nor th Carol ina colleges, and I th ink we'll s t ay h e r e till he ' s o r t of school ."

In addi t ion to t he "soon-to-be college son ." Se rgean t Russe l l ha s < g i r l 13, and ano the r 9-year old boy. T h e Russe l l fami ly res ides a t 575-B. MEMQ.

"I haven ' t s t a r t ed th ink ing much about wha t I ' ll do when my t i iae is up and I get paid off." said the Se rgean t , "but I can a s a u i c you I 'm not going to se t t le down on some smal l ch icken f a r m . I'd like to have a smal l home, a l i t t le ga r -den and possibly do odd jobs—but no s teady work for any one con-ce rn . AND no chicken f a r m "

Basebal l , a s any one ci the Cherry Point t eam members can tell you. is S e r g e a n t Russe l l s fav-or i te pas t ime. He a t t ends al l the ' F lye r s " home contes t s , and he ' s

been an a rden t basebal l fan s ince he w a s "knee high to a Mas te r Se rgean t . "

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POINT 'GATOR SHOT JULY 8

Decca Records announced this past week the i ssue of a new blue label r«t« -rd ser ies to sell i t £ "0, tatx. Thi& U.not . a cut. in pr ices but . r a t he r a nov. to be added.' . . CuiVsler ' s k e s p a r s e s t r ings r*tf bankrol l for the coming fall radio season. Already signed a r e "Repor t e r At Large . " and comedy s t a r Ga r ry Moore. " R e p o r t e r At L a r g e " will push DeSoto products while Ga r ry Moore will p h r : P lymouth ca r s . . . . Bob Hope Just ke*!»s going on and on It s e e n * . With t he latest Bil lboard polls in Bob airaln t akes top honors b a t Is pushed T « ; closely by Flbb»r MeGe* anc Molly. Kt« .<kc.h»a, i tad lo r n e a t e r , . l a n k V Aady ro&ru! o r t t he five most popu la r r ad io p r o g r a m s . . . . Red Carbe r . besides being a very competent spo r t scas t e r . has t u rned wr i t e r In his spare t ime. Look fo r his 44What To Look F o r At A Ball Game** now appea r ing In the c u r r e n t i ssue of Red Book. . . . Holding on to top place for ano the r week is oldie " P e g O' My Hea r t . " Cl imbing fas t into second place though is novelty n u m b e r "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba." with "Mam'sel le ," " T h a t ' s My Desire." and "I Wonder . I Wonder . I W o n d e r " finishing ou t t he big five. . . . T h e song with g rea te s t possibi l i t ies a t th i s t ime seems to be a bal lad f r o m the p ic ture " P e r i l s of Paul ine , ' and ita t i t le is " I Wish I Didn' t Love You So." . . . With t h e revival of Glenn Miller oldie "Moon-light S e r e n a d e " doing te r r i f i c b u s i n e s s look fo r a re - l ssne of his " S a n -rise S e r e n a d e " soon. . . . Add to " h a r d to unde r s t and combina t ions" Donald O'Connor and Gloria D e H a i e n . Both a r e set to open In San Franc i sco at thf Golden Gate t hea t e r In a dual a r t . . . . On his way back to t he United S ta tes a f t e r two weeks in t he Brazi l ian jung les to r epor t on t he so lar ecl ipse for NBC, Ben Graue r s topped off in Rio de J a n e i r o for a night and immedia te ly tr ied to get his pan t s pressed. Af t e r sea rch -ing f ran t i ca l ly fo r the P o r t u g e s e equivalent of "May I have my pan t s p r e s sed?" he t u r " J to an Army officer s t and ing nea rby and secured an Army pamphle t of p h r a s e s for flyers forced down in the Brazi l ian jungles . S t r a n g e as it seems. Ben ins i s t s t h a t t he first p h r a s e he saw— in th i s book fo r forced-down pi lo ts—was, "May I have my pan t s p res sed?" . . . Neates t t r ick ot* the month . Ear l Lee served as t he min-i s t e r a t his own f u n e r a l ! On CBS's " T h e Whis t l e r , " Lee w a s heard as a man who was ki l led. He then doubled as t he c l e rgyman who con-ducted t he bur ia l service . . . . "Macbe th" is now in r ehea r sa l a t W a r n e r Bros. Orson Welles will produce, d i rect and s t a r in this screen vers ion of the famed Shakespea r i an play. . . . Bet te Davis donated her en t i re s t a m p collect ion—on which she has been work ing ten years—to the vets of the Binghamton Hospi tal in Cal i fornia . . . . CBS's " L a w y e r T u c k e r " s ta ted th i s neat s imi le : "Be ing at a b a r of J u s t i c e is l ike be ing at any bar . Somet imes what you ' re handed Is mixed wrong . " . . . Two p r e t t y Iowa tou r i s t s visited a mo-'.o studio, spoiled a scene, cost RKO radio about $260 and left with the wrong idea about Hollywood. A fog scene on sand dunes was being filmed for " T h e Woman On the Beach." The act ion s t a r t ed in a co t t age on the beach. Ins ide were Joan Bennet t , Robert Ryan and Char les Bickford as well a s the d i rec tor , his c a m e r a -man and staff members . Ryan was to say goodbye and exit into the fog. He opened the door. T h e r e in t he doorway—and na tu ra l l y in t he p ic tu re—were two vis i tors f rom F t . Madison, Iowa. "Oh. t hank y o u ! " they exclaimed. "Now we can see ." . . . Top bi l l ing fo r the f u t u r e re-

This 6 foot 10 Inch a l l iga to r was killed 8 Ju ly 1947 In an Inlet about 100 ya rds east of Roosevelt Boule-vard nea r Lucky Lodge by Mr. H. V. C o l l i n s of G-2 Stat ion.

The ' ga to r was repor ted 7 Ju ly by Sgt . Moore of AES~M but could not be found when Mr. Collins In-M sf lgated. About 1600 of the eighth the 'ga tor was spotted by CoL Chap-pell and Lt . CoL Aggerbeck who were r e t u r n i n g f rom MOQ. T h e a l -l iga tor was stil l swimming to the same location when they r e tu rned with Lt . Head and Mr. Collins ol G-2, S ta t ion Inves t iga t ions . Mr. Col-lins borrowed an M-l f rom the Klfle Range and killed the rept i le with one shot in the head.

HOW IS YOUR IQ? (Answers can be found on page 4)

1. W h a t is the n a m e given to the United S ta tes plan for self-help economic recovery of Euro -pean Nat ions a t p re sen t being s tu -died in a confe rence of foreign powers a t P a r i s ? Inc identa l ly . Russ ia and severa l E a s t e r n E u r o -

lease ol -T l i e Kxlle" lo lie decided t i j t h e Los A n e e l e . federa l court | „oan s t a t e s have chosen to boycott l>ouglas F a i r b a n k s , J r . , t h inks he Is ent i t led to top bil l ing, but Maria ' Monte/ t h inks o therwise . Miss Montez c la ims h e r cont rac t con ta ins a

j proviso tha t "no n a m e will precede he r s on t he marquee . " . . . Mrs. Leo Durocher . La ra ine Day to movie fans , ha s patched up cont rac t differ-

' ences with her s tudio and is to s t a r t work on "Champagne for Every-I body" ear ly next month . . . . When product ion of new p ic ture "Daisy | Kenyon" co - s t a r r ing J o a n Crawford . H e n r y Fonda and Dana Andrews. i ge ts unde rway a t 20th Century Fox , it will r equ i r e eight d i f ferent sound | s tages . . . . Newest Bing Crosby film "A Connect icut Yankee ." will r e -t u rn to the screen Virginia Field 's In the Morgan La Fay role.

A new rec ru i t w a s being in-ducted and the officer asked if he w a s in te res ted in a commission. "No t h a n k s , " he repl ied. " I 'm not too good a shot—I 'd r a t h e r work on s t r a i g h t s a l a ry . "

D a t e : "If you k iss me I 'll s c r eam."

D a t e r : "But t he re ' s no one wi th in h e a r i n g d i s tance ."

Da te : "Then what a r e you a f r a i d o f ? "

#rltri>ule of Sitrinr &miirr Pro t e s t an t

0945*—Sunday School a t Cher ry Point School.

1000—Divine Worsh ip a t S ta t ion Chapel .

1100—Divine Worsh ip a t Commun-i ty Church.

1845—Young People 's Meeting a t

Cher ry Point School. 2000—Evening Divine Worsh ip a t

Communi ty Church . Catholic

0645. 0S45. 1200 Mass at S ta t ion Chapel .

Confess ions S a t u r d a y 1600-1900, and 1930-2100.

0900—Mass at Communi ty Church . Daily Mass a t 0630 in Cathol ic

Wing of Sta t ion Chapel . P e r p e t u a l Novena Devotions Tues-

day a t 1930.

the confe rence and a r e watch ing it with a skept ica l eye f ea r ing a n -other a t t emp t by the United S ta tes to by-pass UN mach ine ry .

2. Who won the Sull ivan Award for being the ou t s t and ing a th le te of 1946 in th i s coun t ry?

3. The legi t imate s tage recent ly had its consecut ive pe r fo rmance record broken by which of t he fol lowing: Tobacco Road, Li fe With Fa the r , Ok lahoma?

4. In the Marine Corps, w h a t is the bas ic c lose-order dri l l u n i t ?

5. Wha t s t a t e c a r r i e s t he n ick-n a m e of the Nu tmeg S ta t e?

•A special bus leaves MOQ at 0S15 for Havelock via MEMQ and re-t u r n s to the s ta t ion via the same rou te immediate ly fol lowing the close of Sunday School.

Then the re is t he s tory of the moun ta inee r who put a s i lencer on h i s sho tgun because his daugh-ter wanted a quiet wedding.

A midshipman wandered into a t enn is t o u r n a m e n t and sa t down. "Whose g a m e ? " he asked.

A shy young th ing next to him looked up coyly. " I a m , " she cooed.

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W I N D S O C K

AES-46 SOFTBALL CREW ENTERED IN5THN.D. TOURNEY

* &>erry Polnfc,"N. C..July ?—CoacLed by second br-reman. M/ '8s t . Mike Cerv.n, the AES-46 sof tbal l aggregat ion le f t th is morning for

fclfc. riiexjx. they' l l take par i i n , t h e .FWy»_NaT%l .Distr ict SiAtball Tournament .

Some 20 teams will compete in the week-long championship r r ce , and if the AES-46 record in the Just-completed s tat ion Softball lea-gue Is any Indication, Cherry Po in ' should be the proud poate„hdrs 01 ano the r t rophy when the tou rna -ment comes to a close.

Winners of n ine s t r a igh t con-tes t s in the "American Softball League", the Cherry Point repre-sentat ives had to e l iminate the "Che r ry" and "Nat ional League" champs before winning the r ight to make the Norfolk t r ip . Th i s they did handi ly .

Headquar t e r s Squadron FMF, winners of the National League t i t le (7-1) were toppled by AES-46. 6-0. Cherry League champs, VMF 114, (6-3) were stopped by AES-46. 10-1. In the la t ter game. AES-46 first sacker . Pa r t in . slapped three mighty home runs .

"The boys a re a spiri ted group ," said Mike CerTln, "and If they dis-play the hus t le and light that has brought them this fa r , I look for-ward to 'good t idings ' at Norfolk."

The probable s t a r t i n g line-up. as announced by Cenrin last Sunday-af te rnoon . shapes up like th is : Hansi l (CF) . Clark (3b), Par t in

'Pee-Wee' Blushes • Dur ing last Sa tu rday ' s game h<>-

tweeu Ihe Chicago Cubs and Brook-lyn. Dodger shor ts top "Pee Wee" Reese was the victim of an inci-dent—an Incident that sti l l has the diminut ive Brooklyn inflelder blushing.

Dixie Walker ' s bat slipped out of his hands a f t e r a swinging s t r ike in the second game of the double header . Reese, on first base at the time, stepped off the bag to pick up the bat. Chicago ca tcher . Bob Scheffing, saw what was happen-ing, made a quick peg to first base-man. Ed Wai tkus , who picked Reese off base for the out.

The sl ightest mention of the incident, and Reese 's face l ights up like a polished red apple.

Player of Week Lean, lanky Ewel l Blackwell . top

h u r l e r in the National League and winner o ' 13 consecutive garnet, this season, is ou . playe> vf t\ week.

Al though PlacVwHi won only n ine games in 1946 for the Cinci-nat t i Reds while losing 13. he never the less was the Senior Loop's fou r th - r ank ing chukker , with an earned run average of 2.46.

Th? .easy-gclng "Reo Leg" w h o i hur led Lie first three innings for the Nat ionals in the recent All-Star tilt , s t r ik ing out four and allow-ing only one hit . is cu r ren t ly lead-ing the National League in s t r ike outs (99) - n d victories (15-2).

In 19 games th is season. Black-well has allowed 110 hi ts and given up 62 f r ee t r ips to first for a per -centage mark of .882.

Cur ren t ly nest led In fifth place in the Nat ional League. Cincinnati will be count ing s t rongiy dur ing the next eight weeks on thei r A- l I

18 July I?

O r ? w o n d e r how_the^Pacific ^oaa . l e a g u e can s tand o r and 3

such a h o h e r to become the thi rd ma jo r basebal l league. To gland a few of the s tand-out p layers on the Pacific Coast th is year we s e e | fami l ia r names as Lou Novikoff, Bob Joyce. Tommy Bridges. J'.;, Rbcker . Jo Jo White, Pe te Coscarar t , and Max West to name a 1 These p layers a r e s tand-outs there , it is t rue , but a l l a r e either old o r not good enough to make t h e two ma jo r leagues we all ^ Many more of the i r s t a r s in the past have flopped only to return become s t a r s in the Pacific League once more. To the president league. Mr. Clarence P. Rowland, th i s wr i te r says why not traa two m a j o r league f ranch i ses to Los Angeles and San Francisco, the two tha t could suppor t m a j o r league entr ies . . . . The resul ts a» and Joe Baksi, a 5-1 choice to beat OUe Tandberg of Sweden, loser of not only th is bout but the r ight to meet Joe Louis for champ:onship bout. With Baksi losing the ten round decision it maa

r ight hande r to keep them in the the biggest upset in the heavyweight division in 11 years . I t s running . rumored a round Mike Jacobs 20th Century Club that Joe Louij

Ewell Blackwell—our PLAYER j gi^en up all hopes for a September defense of h is crown. . . . H»; OF T H E WEEK

CHERRY POINT-505TH SPLIT TWO; FLYERS COP ONE 8-4; LOSE 7-6

For t Bragg. N. C.. Ju ly 9—Play-ing under the a rcs , with " J u m p i n * " Joe Marasco on the mound. Cherry

( l b ) . Cervln (2b). Anderson (SS) . Point tonight l iquidated the 505th F ro lunde r (LF) Wagner (RF) .

Avery Pa rachu te In fan t ry Battal ion nine. 8 to 4.

Marasco not only turned in a neat four-h i t pi tching per formance , bu t his th ree singles in four t imes at bat led the " P o i n t e r s " at the plate. At the same time, the locals were get t ing to two " P a n t h e r " tw i r l e r s for a total of 15 safe tys .

The " F l y e r s " were set down "one. two. t h r e e " in the first two cantos , but th ree s ingles coupled with as many stolen bases ac-counted for two m a r k e r s in the th i rd . That gave the locals a one run lefltl to work with, and f rom there on, they never were headed, j Fo r t Bragg chalked up the initial 1

ta l ly in the second f r a m e on a walk, sacrifice, a s ingle and an e r r o r .

Ba rna rd and S t rouse c a m e

moments l a te r on St rouse ' s t r iple . S t rouse came home on an e r r o r on the thi rd sacker . Verbanic singled In the eighth, stole second and completed the c i rcui t on Cox's s ingle to center .

dozen tennis s t a r s headed by Jack K r a m e r swept to fo::r titles shared in the fifth in the 1947 Wimbledon championship) . Th: pleted a clean sweep of the tennis world for the United Sta tes ani: J ack K r a m e r it meant being on a pedestal unreached by all . Km holds all the m a j o r US t enn i s t i t les besides being '.he mains tay recent Davis Cup matches in Aust ra l ia . . . . With Mel Pa t ton bni up the c inders and se t t ing new records every week. United f atcs to be well set in dash events in the '48 Olympics. Coach Dean Cro: tabs Pa t ton as the g rea tes t dash man he has ever seen at Unive California. And to do th is Cromwell had to pass such g rea t sprint a s : Charley Paddock, F r a n k Wykoff. Char ley Borah, and Payton Joa . . . When Hank Greenberg was sold to the P i t t s b u r g P i r a t e s he tea with Ralph Kiner to give the P i r a t e s a unique dist inct ion in b;isri It m a r k s the first t ime tha t home-run k ings of the two m a j o r lejj

Fort Bragg, N. J . . Ju ly 10 Be- have played together on the same club. As a par t ing shot keep a: fore some 550 specta tors , the o n y o u n g Kiner who is present ly pushing J o h n n y Mize for the

e r ry Point F lye r s dropped the , r u n honors . Both men a r e also within s t r ik ing d is tance of Babe R; secon game of a two-game ser ies j r e c o r < i Gf go homers in one season. . . . When F r a n k McCormict L \ a o e n T n ^ ° r t peared recent ly as a p inch-hi t te r in Ewell Blackwel l ' s no-hit

" P a th a r 3 " ° ' E n l r > B a t t a l i o n ! aga ins t the Boston Braves it marked the sixth t ime he has been in ' t 0 " , j games. McCormick played first base for Cincinnat i when Jci

J i m Hal le t t s ta r ted on the hill ' » . . , . . , . . . . . M . . . . , . iVander Meer hur led two successive no-h i t te rs and also when for the locals, and a f t e r 5 1 / 3 innings was relieved by "Sho r ty" Fenn . Before being sent to the showers , Hal le t t had been hit by the opposing nine to the tune of

Shoun tossed one. His o the r tow came when Tex Car le ton thre* back in 1940 aga ins t the Red3 while pi tching for t h e Dodgers Lonnie Warneke did l ikewise while twir l ing for the St . Louis Carda . . . My Rill, a ches tnu t gelding owned by Mrs. Hank Greenberg. of the P i t t sbu rg s lugger , was the ou t s tand ing e n t r y in the Gree:« horse show at Greenwich. Conn., las t month. The horse won 14 bons. including four firsts, and was ridden in all the events by Greenberg . . . . Clarence DeMar, g rand old man of mara thon ras

Ring 's d'oubte T r i t h e " ttlrd~and ' o m [ , l e " ' d h l s 2 5 t h < ' n t r>' '•> t h « I ! < ' s t o n 2 6 <M« past DeMar who is in his fifties has won the event seven t imes, this beiy

six r u n s and eight hits. Camp, chukking them in for the

" P a n t h e r s , " allowed six hits, only two of them going for ex t ra bases

Life may he rough at t i m e s bat with Evelyn Kent a n j o n e would be milling to give It a c rack .

and . tied up with four mighty bingles. the " F l y e r s " pushed across i th ree more runs . Cox led off in the fifth with a single, and scored

dpzakimq cf5pctt& By J immy ( r u m

T H I S DEPARTMENT L I K E S GRAZIANO: C l ' F F S T U F F The Tony Zale-Rocky Graziano Middleweight Championship fight

was held Wednesday night in Chicago . . . This a r t i c le was working i ts way through the typewr i te r th ree days previous to t h e battle-7-Sunday . . . At the t ime. Zale was a 10 to 13 favor i te over the F l a t -bush cha l langer to repeat h is knockout pe r fo rmance of last September , when the 33-year old champ KO'ed "Rock-A-Bye" Rocky in the s ixth canto. . . We well r emember the beat ing tha t Zale took du r ing those early rounds and the way he caught Graziano on the rebound, a f t e r h is cause seemed lost . . . I t ' s not easy to forget tha t Zale was saved f rom a second-round knock out by the bell . . . We could e n u m e r a t e on .he mer i t s and demer i t s of each fighter f r o m now unt i l dooms day. but :• wou 'd get us no place . . . Both boys wer t in "excel lent con-di t ion" pr ior to much talked about Wednesday 15-rounder tor less) . . . This sc r ibe doubts if the slug fest will cover the en t i re 15-round rou te . . . Zale 's the "gu t t i e s t " fighter in the bus iness , a n d Graziano is no wall flower . . . The 20.000 fight f an s expected to wi tness Wed-nesday 's bout will undoubtedly see the same type "knock- 'em-down-drag- ' em-ou t" bat t le that took place last September in Yankee S tad ium . . . In what should be one of the best ma tches in the past decade, your s t ru ly will s i r ing a long with Rocky Graziano, and heaven help the poor re f ree *f he happens to s tep into the path of a n y flying lea ther .

CUFF S T U F F : The tough Texas colt . Assaul t , regained his " leading money w i n n e r " honors last Sa tu rday with a magnif icent victory in the $50,000 But le r Hand icap . . . His top money of $36,000 pushed his al l -time total to 5613.371' . . .

Davis ' two-bagger in the n in th . F i r s t baseman Jacohs , m » s her f a a l l - t ime high for th is f amous mara thon . Although Clarence bu

th rough with doubles in the four th , j t w Q r u Q h o m e r f o r t h - p a n t h e r s - coming in among the top g r o u p lately he a lways makes it a pos " " t h e s e c o n d a n d i e ( t fieIder H e n _ : finish the r ace wi th a goodly port ion of the crowd wai t ing around

nessy followed suit with another t l l e n - ' ' ' G e o r e e M a y ' I > r o d u c e r o [ t h e f abu lous Tam O" Shanu . two run " fence b u s t i n ' " homer t o , , r n a m e n t - recent ly issued an order whereby all en t r i e s in this JI in the fifth. I r i c h e s t Prize, $7000 to winner , have to wear identification nui i CHERRY POINT vs FORT BRAGG i T h i s c a u s e d l h £ wi thdrawal of such top names in the golf wor*

Ben Hogan. Byron Nelson, and th is year ' s Nat ional Open champios Worsham. Bobby Locke chose to cas t h is lot with May though he was promised $6,000 for enter ing . And to top th is off Locke off with first pr ize money when he defeated Ed ' P o r k y " Oliver in 36 hole play-off match a f t e r ty ing at the end of 72 holes of play. . pers is tent r u m o r tha t is making the rounds has Birdie Tebbet ts u over the reins of the Boston Red Sox next year f r o m Joe Cronin. C is due to be shoved up to the f ront office a s rep lacement for gel manage r Eddie Collins.

1st GAME Cherry Point ab r h rbi e Verbanic. ss 5 2 1 0 1 Cox. rf 5 1 3 2 0 Ring. 2b 5 0 1 0 2 St rouse . 3b 5 2 1 0 0 Davis, c 5 1 2 0 0 Barna rd , cf 5 1 1 1 0 B e a c h . l b 4 1 2 2 3 Kirby. If 4 0 1 1 0 Marasco, p 4 0 3 0 0

Totals 42 8 15 6 6 Fo r t Bragg ab r h rbi e Sparks , 3b 0 C 0 0 1 Hendr ickson. 2b 4 0 0 0 0 Hennessy . rf 3 1 0 0 0 Albri t ton. If 3 0 0 0 0 Jacobs , l b . 3 1 0 0 0 Sausvil le . cf 3 0 0 0 0 Chester , c . _ S 0 2 1 0 Hagen . c 1 0 1 1 1 Guinn. ss 4 2 1 2 2 Kie rman . p 3 0 2 0 0 Gar re t t , p 1 0 0 0 0

Tota ls 33 4 5 4 4 Winning pi tcher—Marasco. Los-

ing p i tcher—Kiernan . Time—2:15. Cherry Point ..._002 321 000—S-15-6 For t Bragg . 010 011 001—I- 5-4

2n ' GAME For t Bragg ab Sausvil le . cf 5 Hendr ickson . 2b 4 Heunessy . rf 4

h rbi e 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0

Albr i t ton. If 4 2 3 0 0 Jacobs , l b 3 1 2 2 0 Crowley. 3b 3 1 2 0 0 Guinn, ss S 0 1 1 0 Hagenback. c 4 1 1 0 0 Camp, p 4 0 3 2 1

To ta l s 34 7 13 7 2 Cher ry Point ab r h rbi e Holloway, 3b 5 2 2 0 1 Cox, rf & 1 2 0 0 Ring. 2b 2 2 1 0 0 St rouse . ss, 2 1 1 1 0 Davis, c 5 0 2 2 0 Beach, l b 3 0 0 0 0 Hayes , l b 1 0 0 2 0 El l is , cf 1 0 0 0 0 Kirbv. If 4 0 1 0 0 Hal le t t , p 2 0 0 0 0 Fenn . p 2 0 0 0 0

HOW IS YOUR IQ? Answers to ques t ions on

three . Correc t : 1 or 2, poor: 3 4 good, 5 excellent.)

1 The Marsha l l P lan , set: by Secre ta ry of S t a t e Geor« Marshal l .

2. Arnold Tucker , formerly t h e Army squad.

3. L i fe Wi th F a t h e r . 4. T h e Tlatoon. 5. Connect icut .

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p i tcher—Hal le t t . Time—2:30. For t Bragg __030 030 Hx—7-13-2 Cfcerry Point 001 020 1 0 2 - 6 - 9-1

Each ye*r a t leas t six mtf women drown while swim*-' In the r i ve r or c reeks adjoin Cherry Point . These water* T R E A C H E R O U S ; >•* changes of depth, s t ronc ^ lag cu r ren t s and orercoi.ndi* on the pa r t of the swimmer?' the chief cont r ibu t ing facta**1

these unnecessa ry deaths. S A F E !