Walla Walla Army Airfield - 02/16/1945

Air Feb. 21 Nat'l. Hookup

The fame of Walla Walla Army Air Field will be broadcast from Zoast to Coast next Wednesday night, when this field will be sal- uted on the Coca Cola Victory Pa- rade of Spotlight Bands, from 6:30 to 7 p.m. over the Blue Network red Fio Rito and his nationally Eamous .orchestra will furnish the musical salute.

A total of 173 stations will air the show, and it will be heard locally over Station KUJ, Walla Walla. The broadcast will origin- ate in the base theatre, and admission will be free for as many base personnel as can, be accom- modated.

Those who would like to attend the show ,are advised that the doors will open a t 5:45 p.m. and will be closed promptly a t 6:15, in order that everything will be set for the broadcast. At 7 p.m. the doors will be open again, and the show repeated from 7:30 p. m. till 8. This latter show will not be broadcast, but will be a performance for the benfit of those who could not be accom- mcdated for the first performance. A second performance of the regular movie will begin a s usual a t 8:30 p.m. that evening.

Six Nites "The Victory Parade of Spotlight , --

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THESE ARE the provisional and static of fciers of Squadron T-1. Left to right, 1st Lt. Glenn A. Abbott, provisional Group Executive officer, 1st Lt. Milford V. Peck, "A" Flight Leader;' 2nd Lt. Ordean T. Olson, "D" Flight Leader; F. 0. Gehringer, Provisional Mess and Supply Officer; Capt. Marcus D. Carrell, Squadron Commander (static); Capt. Myron Baumgardner, Training Section Commander (static): 2nd Lt. G. C. Wright, "C" Flight Leader; 1st Lt. William G. Stevie, provisional Group Adjutant. Missing i Waxman, "B" Flight Leader.-(Base Lab Photo). -

from the picture is 1st Lt. 'David

a ' A WORD TO THE WISE - Word emanates from Consolida-

ted Mess that a lot of small i t e m of equipment are reportec "A'WOL." These items include suck things as scrub brushes, paring knives and silverware. A word tc the wise: get them back to "proper station". as soon as..possible. "

To Honor Squadron T-l at Graduation -

Exercises on Thursday, February 22 Walla Walla Army Air ~ i e l d ' s newest stellar class of combai

crews, Sqlladron T-1, will be signally honored at special graduatior ceremonies to be held in the base theatre on Thursday morning, Febru. ary 22nd, a t 10 a. m. This will be the second in the series of thea formal ceremonies to be held at this field, in accordance with bast meni?randum 200-2. T h e impressive event adds a fitting climax tc the termination of training at this station.

Featured speaker for the event will be Major Samuel C. Grashia of Geiger Fielw, veteran hero of the early war in the Philippines.

T h e exercises begin with the filing in oi the crews to appointed seats in the theatre; preceded by the base band. T h e base band then forms in the orchesera pit and the Commanding Officer, his party and guest speaker enter the theatre and proceed to the stage.

T h e program order is as follows: Invocation, Chaplain;. intro- duction of guest speaker by the Commanding Officer; graduation ;peech ; roll call by the Secretary; awards to the three best crews by the Commanding Officer; presentation of diplomas; and Benediction ~y Chaplain.

Picture6 of the three best crews are to be seen on page three. Continued on Page 3

Whoops! More Promotions Bake enlisted who still haven't recovered from the.

pleasant shock of. the 614 promotions that came out in January will really be stunned to learn that another bulk allotment of promotions has been ~eceived from Fourth Air Force Headquarters. These will become effective on or before February 28.

Almost all unit; on the field areeligible to participate in the new melon slicing. These include Air Corps, Chemical JYarfare, Corps of Engineers, Medical, Ordnance, Quartermaster and Signal. Finance men may be promoted if a position vacancy exists on their T. 0.

Promotions will. be made strictly on the basis of merit in accordance with AAF regulation 35-51.

Decorations To Be Awarded

Clothing Issue Is Curtailed

Major General James E. Parker Commanding General,

Fourth Air Force Retreat Review Field Jackets Discontinued General Parker Four enlisted men and several

<in of Army Air Forces heroes a r e scheduled to be decorated a t reg- ~ l a r monthly retreat-review ceremonies next Tuesday, February 20. The event will be held on the parade grounds with all units par- ticipating. However, in the evenj of inclement weather, the ceremon. ies will be held in the base gymnasium.

The E M to be decorated and their awards are: T. Sgt. Edward F. Abromeit, Squadron B, Distin- guished Unit Badge; S. Sgt. Walter L. Johns, Squadron B, Air Medal; S. Sgt. William E. Bell, Squadron B, Distinguished Unit Badge; and Cpl. Jerome S. Kalis, Squadron B, Distinguished Unit Badge.

Mrs. Alice M. Kenyon, Walla Walla, is scheduled to receive the air Medal and one oak leaf cluster, m behalf of her son, 2nd Lt. James R. Kenyon, prisoner of war.

Mr. Harris A. Adams, Pomeroy, Washington, is scheduled to receive

No more field jackets will be issued do military personnel stationed in the continental United States-and very little of anything else made of ,wool or scarce materials, according to Lt. Richard J. ~teffanfak, records and admin- istrative officer in general supply.

All present stocks of many items in the winter clothing line were or- dered returned to the army service forces supply section a t Ogden, Utah, for redistribution. As a re- sult of this order, certain winter clothing items will no longer be carried in squadron supply rooms or base QM supply.

Other Items In addition to field jackets, the

list of scarce items includes wool overcoats, OD trousers and caps, overshoes, light and heavy wool socks, and wool underwear.

This directive affects all class A (new), class B (used) and class CS (combat serviceable) material.

Visits Field Recently returned from visits t c

the European and Mediterranear theatres of operation, and now vis iting installations of his own corn. mand, Major General James E Parker, Commanding General ol the Fourth Air Force, arrived a1 Walla Walla Army Air Field, Wed.

. ' nesday afternoon. After- remainin€ overnight, General Parker took of on another leg of his trip Thursday

While overseas he viewed A M bases and installations in France England, Belgium, Luxembourg Italy and North Africa, highlj praising the work of the men, man3 of lwhom are "graciuates" of thf training program of the Fourth Air Force.

G-ITEMS Tokyo radio report: We are

pleased to announce the destruc- - - of an American torpedo by one

of our largest cruisers.

HERE IS THE MAESTRO himself, Ted Fio Rito, who brings his great musical aggregation to the base theatre on February 21-for a coast to coast broadcast on the Victory Parade of Bands. (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on Page 5)

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All signed articles represent the writers' opinion and are not necessarik the views of the staff of the paper. Contributions should be addressed ta Editor, Walla Wallop, Army Air Field, Walla Walla. Washingtorr. This pape receives Camp Newspaper Service.

By ,Pvt. Ardella C. Pitts Honorable Mention in Base Military Essay Contest

Wearing of the uniform correctly is something we, as soldier and WAG, should strive to do a t all times regardless of the cohdition under which we work.

Have you ever heard of Military Discipline-that mental atti tude and state of training which renders obedience and proper conduc instinctiv-P under all conditions-and which is founded on respect ant loyalty to property? O u r uniform is the property of the United State G m r n m e n t and when we fail to wear it properly we are showing tc ethers that we neither .respect nor a re loyal to it. W e are also violatin1 Army Regulation 600-40 "Wearing of the Uniform." For such a deec we can be punished as our superior office& see f;t.

There are two types of uniforms in the Army; Dress uniform sometimes rcferred to as "A" uniform when blouse or overcoat is w o n and "B" uniform when blouse or overcoat is not worn, and the Fatiguc uniform or "Work" uniform which includes any uniform that is no dress. W e were taught in basic that these two uniforms were not tc be mixed under any conditions. When we mix these uniforms we shou a decided lack of military discipline. W e either have not been taugh to wear it as it should be worn or we are just failing to adhere to whad we were taught.

T h e uniform of the United States identifies you a t all tim& as i

soldier of the United States Army and shoyld never be worn withoui the insignia which '.'includes, all the metallic or embroidered article! which are worn on the uniform that serve to identify the wearer as 2

member of the Army of the United States-his grade 'and arm of serv. ice, his organization in some instances, and other incidents of his s e w

. ice such as wound and war service chevrons." T h e uniform is worn at all times when out of quarters unles! jln

dressed .for exercise or some similar duty. I t is worn when dining at l i home on leave o r furlough if there are more than two guests prese~ And, above all; it should be always neat, clean and repaired. Ovc coats, jackets and shirts should never be worn unbuttoned.

Paragraph 7b, Field Manual 21-15 can give you a detailed t

planation of the Manner and Wearing of he Uniform. We are American Soldiers regardless of our race, creed o r colt

T h e uniform we don each morning as we rise to begin our varied tas is the uniform of the American nation---our nation! W e should I

spect this uniform and each qnd eSery one of us should feel higk honored to be one among the millions who wear it. W e should be t

tremely proud of it and every one should be able to see that we a proud of it. .

W e are the best dressed soldiers in the wodd! Let's not for€ that fact. May we always hold in high esteem this uniform, our UI form of our country and our Nation--AMERICA!

the W& by Sansonc

Jnited States AAF, a radio ope1 ttor and gunner on a B-24 Libera or bomber, stationed a t the Walll Ualla, Washington, Army Air Fielc ,f the Fourth Air Forcey

Joins Mether Country When the war broke out in 1939

iustralia went to the aid of it 'mother" country, England, in th ight against Germany and Italy 3urnside was an aeronautical en :ineer with the Commonwealth Air #raft corporation a t Melbourne argest city of Victoria province mmediately, a roster was madl ~p by the government of thosc vho could enter the service am hose who could not. Those in vita ~mployment could not leave thosc obs to go into the Army. Burnsidc vas included with house who hat o stay on the hob. He tried the Royal Australia)

rir Force and the Australian Im ~erial Forces but was turnec own. The national register wouli

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tory of a man who did just the meverse, the story of 'Corporal Wal- .er Ronald Burnside of Gordon, Vew South Wales, Australia (a sub- ~ r b of Sydney) who spent four years :ndeavoring to get into a uniform md'went to the extent of ehang- rag his citizenship to accomplish .he purpose.

Cpl. Burnside is now in the

. . . Pvt. 'Richard Ecker becoming a steady truck driver. . . . Pvt. Roderick Carmosino as a rising supply man. P - . . . T. Sgt. Harry Holloway really a demon a t valleyball. . . ."Honest John" Elam on his way to his morning cup of coffee.' . .' . Cpl. George Wagner welcoming the family to Walla Walla. . . . Sgt. Dom Pagliuca working long and hard a t his job. . . . Sgt. Phil Green putting a real night a t KP. (I . . . Sgt. Irwin Sinelkoff as a "pistol packin' poppa." . . . Sgt. Nykk Marcello happy to be back from furlough. . . . Sgt. Ralph Freas with all the gripes out of his ~ 3 ~ 1 . - . , , Vfc. Jim Gallagher .having- a midnight cup -of coffee almost every

Cpl. Walter R. Bnrnside Brooklyn: "Whud youse - do be- G.I. : "How about some old fash- fore you joined de Army?" ioned loving?"

Before the United States entered Pvt.:- "Worked in Des Moines." Cutie: "Okay. Just a minute- the war, hany Americans joined Brooklyn: "What kind of moines, 1\11 call grandma." forces with other nations, princi- iron or coal?" mlly Canada and England,' in an . - ?ffort to do their part toward the de- Drunk (after bumping into same .eat of National Socialism and the It takes a lot of experience for a tree three times): "Losht, losht

lapanese war-lords. This the girl to kiss like a beginner. in an impenetrable forest." .

- . I --nigm. . . , . . Cpl. V. ~ ~ & p & ; # I busy lighting t ~ # his oh, flame. ' - , -

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nto the Australian Navy and Ron- ild Burnside kept trying to get intc miform, only to be continually re- ected.

Same Luck A friend from the aircraft plan1

was having the same luck. Eventu- ally the friend got into an arm3 :amp, remained there for two ~ e e k s and was kicked out. Witb his in mind, Burnside decided tc ry to get to America and sough1 ~ermission to leave Australia, en- e r the Upited States and continue lis studies as an aeronautical en- zineer.

He was given eighteen months n which to do this 6ut new dif. iculties arose. The Australian government approved of the idea mt could not finance him. The air- !raft company could not pay his vay and Burnside's own money rras "frozen" by government order n the outbreak of the war. De- ermined to make the trip, he found ~ o r k on a Swedish freighter to pay is way across the Pacific ohean.

Tries R A F ' Arriving in the United States he

ould not work in a vital industry, eing an alien. Unable to continue is studies, he tried the Royal Air 'orce through its famed Eagle cyuadron. N e e d i n g a certain mount of flying time to gain a lace in this squadron, he started fter the h&rs in the air. Nearing is goal, he was again stopped when ecruiting for the Eagle squadron .as closed. Next effort was for the cadets

E United States Army Air Force. e almost made the grade there,' ~ l y to be shoved out again when lforts to waive his citizenship ~iled. The United StatPs had en-I !red the war by this time and it ' a s nearing the close of 1942.

Overseas He was offered a position for verseass duty with tho Hindustan - 1 ircraft, Ltd., and accepted. He ent by plane to South America ?d Africa and thence on to India nd China where he served until te in 1943. After meeting the rany fine soldiers a t the fronts nd getting new feelings over ~tizenship in the United States of merica, Burnside resigned his

I "I guess he can't stand shots. This is the third time he's passed out!"

1 - position in China and headed back n

(Subject to change or cancellation without netice.) Friday, February 16

BASE THEATRE-"Hangover Square" with Laird Cregar and Linda Darnell and George Sanders. Also Edgar Kennedy comedy and Flicker Flashbacks.

SOUTH CHAPEL-Catholic Mass 5:15 p. m. Confessions 4:45-p. m Novena immediately following mass. Christian Science service 7:30 p. me

JEWISHsTEMPLE--329 East Rose skeet-~ewish Services. 8:00 p. m - OFFICERS' WIVES CLUB-Red Cross work, Nurses quarters, 1 to

4 p. m. MAIN ST. USO-Whist tournament, prizes.

Saturday, February 17 BASE THEATRE--"Between Two Women" with Lionel Barrymore,

Van Johnson and Gloria de Haven. Also Unusual Oocupatisns and Terrytoon.

OFFICERS CLUB--Dance in Club' Lounge, 9 p. m. Buffet. NCO CLUB-Dance, Swing Combo. USO-Archery, 4 p. m. Motion pictures, 7:30 p. m. Bingo, 9: 15 p. m. MAIN STREET USO-Bingo, prizes given. SOUTH CHAPEL-Mass a t 12 noon Confessions at 4:00 p. m. to

5:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m.

- Sunday, February 18 BASE THEATRE--"Pan Americana" with Phillip Terry and Aud-

drey Long. Also RKO Pathe News and March of Time, "Port on Italy." USO-Musical program, 4 p. m. Social tea, 4:30 p. m. Sing Around

the Piano, 5:30 p. m. Movies, 7:30 p. m. MAIN ST. USO-Vesper Services, Squadron C. Jubilee 'Singers. OFFICERS' CLUB-Dance trio in the "Wolves Den" 8 p. m NCO CLUB-Dance, 8:30 p.m. NORTH CHAPELRot.?stant Services: 10 a.m. Holy Communion.

10:45 a.m. Vespers, 4:30 p.m. Evening worship, 7:30 p.m. SOUTH CHAPEL-Catholic Services: Holy Mass, 7:30 a. m.; 11:30

Monday, February 19

BASE THEATRE-Repeat of Sunday program. SOUTH .CHAPELCatholic Mass, 5:15 p. m Confessions a t 4:45

p. m. a USO-Square dance, 8 pi m. MAIN STREET. USO-Service Mens' wives meeting. ~ .-

Tuesday, February 20

BASE THEATRE--Double Feature: "She Gets Her Man" with Joan Davis, William Gargan and Leon Errol. Also "Nevada" with Robert Mitchum and Anne Jeffreys. "Objective Burma," with Errol Flynn and Henry Hull. Also RKO Pathe News.

OFFICERS' CLm-Afternoon: Officers' Wives Club, wrapping surgical dressings, 9:30 p. m. to 1. p. m. Evening: Monte Carlo Buf- fet, 8 p. m.-

USO-Apron and Tie Dance, 8 p. m. SOUTH CHAPEL-Catholic Mass 315 p. m. Confessions a t 4:45

p. m. MAIN ST: USO-Old fashioned barn dance

Wednesday, February 21 BASE THEATRE--Braadcast. 6:30 p. m. Ted Fio Ritto Spotlight

Parade of Bands, and 7 p. m. "Objective Burma" with Errol Flynn and Hsnry Hull. Also RKO Pathe News.

USO-Movie, March of Time, 7:30 p. m. Archery, 9:30 p. m. MAIN ST. USO-Whist, bozlrnament, prizes.

*NCO CLUB-Bingo night. NORTH CHAPEL--Protestant mid-week meeting, 7:30 p. m. . SOUTH CHAPEL--Catholic Mass, 5 1 5 p. m. Confessions at 4:45 p. rn

Thursday, February 22 Washington's Birthday

BASE THEATRE-Repeat of Wednesday's program. 'USO-Wives Sewing group, 1 to 4 p. m. Arts and crafts class, 7

p. m. Learn to Dance class 8 p. m. MAIN ST. US-Movie, "They Came to Blow Up America" SOUTH CHAPEL--Catholic Mass, 5:15 p. n Confessions a t 4:45

>. m. to 6:00 p. m. NCO CLUB--Dance, 8:30 p. m. OFFICERS' CLUB-Dance trio in the "Wolves Den" 8 p. m. - A

o America. ltime and study a t Walla Walla Arriving back in the States, he Army Air Field toward becom-

vas able to enlist in the AAF in ing a very efficient radio operator lecember of 1943. This was a big and gunner on a Liberator bomber, lay for the young man who. had and he hopes soon to be winging ried so long and so hard to get over the Pacific. nto uniform and battle. But this be- He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. ,ame only the second biggest day, Colin C. Burnside of 58 St. Johns or in February of 1944, Burnside Avenue, Gordon, New South Wales, ~ecame a citizen of the United Australia, and has attended both Itates, to him "a really great day."Sydney Technical college and Mel-

Studies bourne ~ e c h n i c a l college. He has At present, Corporal Burnside, two brothers in the Royal Austra-

row 23 years old, is devoting his lian nav)r. .

F- 16. 1945 W A L L A W A L L 0 9 lka. . .

Income Tax Aid # .

ARC Drive To Start Soon Is Offered -

Legal Office ~ e l p s Great Cause ,

The annual Red Cross drive gets inder way at WWAAF from Feb- vary 28 and will continue until klarch 31. No financial . goal has )een announced as yet, but heavy ;upport is anticipated, in view of what the Redacross means to men n the armed services.

I t has been pointed out that EM vill not be solicited for contribu- ions on this base. However, any CM or E W who desires member- !hip in the Red Cross can teceive t by payment of the $1 member- ,hip fee. Necessary information on his is available through squadrm >ommanders. Any donations which CM wish to make from l c up, will Be accepted through squadron or- lerly rooms. The Director of ~dministratibn

vill be chairman of the drive on he field, and will co-ordinate the anvas of officers and civilians. ie will be assisted by Major Ber- lard J. Richter, Troop Corn- nander, Lt. Alfred Robinson, Ci- ilian Personnel Officer, and Lt, oel Lawhon, Public Relations Of. icer, who will be head of the lpecial Events Committee.

An annual headache for som personnel, the filing of income ta returns, is getting to the aspiri stage, with deadline day, Marc 15, approaching with undue rag idity.

Major Daniel Boone Smith, Lt gal Assistance Officer, and- hi staff, with headquarters in th Combat Crews Building, are read willing and able to assist all pel sonnel in solving this knotty proh lem. They have a supply of ta forms available and expert know ledge on how to fill out thes forms.

With the deadline not too far of1 Major Smith sends out an appea to all who plan to avail themselve of their service, to come in as sool as soon as possible, and avoit the last minute rush. Each persoi should come prepared with a rec ord of his total income, both mil itary and outside. If any tax werl paid by the withholding method a record of deductions should bc brought along, as well as the em ployer's receipt for these deduc tions.

CREW No. lW. Front row, left to right, 2nd Lt. Lawrence G. Taylor, navigaitor, 2nd U. William 0. Whetsell, dilot, F. 0. James W. Beadling, c+pllot and 2nd U. James E. Muenker, bombardier. Reat row, left to right, Cpl. Robert 6 . Peterson, Cpl. Robert W. Putney, Cpl. William A. Sloan, Cpl. P ~ u l B. Davis, Cpl. Roy H. Bassler and Cpl. William T. Hall, Jr.-(Base Lab Photo).

A few pointers to remember i t filing an income tax return are

1. That the first $1500.00 of mil - hary pay can be excluded in cal

culating for income tax purpose! the total amount of income re ceived.

2. Miritary pay is not subject- tc the withholding tax.

3. Base pay, longevity pay, fly ing pay and per diem received ir excess of actual expenses incurrec are required to be included in cal culations for income tax purposes

4. These rules are applicable i r determining income tax liabilitj for the years 1944 and 1945.

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Calling All KPs!

Are you one of those EM or E W who sport four stripes or less and find your name on the KP roster from time to time?

If so, if, while toiling a t this tiresome task, do you visualize any means of speeding up the work, making i t more efficient or san- itary? If the answer is yesathen heed this article.

Lt. Col. William J. B. Avery, Director of Administration, is anx- ious to receive constructive suggestions and criticisms from KPs on thia subject.

Several eager KPs have already turned in some progressive ideas, and these are being followed out.

Legitimate suggestions only will be heard. "Gripes" will have to be voiced to the Air Inspector or Chaplain as usual.

Make your job of KP easier. Communicate your good ideas to the DA.

MAJOR SAMUEL C. GRASHIO GRADU.\TION SPEAKER '

To Fete T-1 at Graduation

BREW No. 132. Front row, left to right, 2nd Lt. W. S. McGee, navigator, 2nd Lt. 3. W. Cottle, co-pilot,, !nd Lt. V. G. Miller, pilot and Znd Lt. J. C. Collins, bembardier. Rear row, left ta right, Cpl. W. 8.

Koelsch, gunner, Cpl. D. W. Merrow, engineer, Cpl. R. E. Robinson, gunner, Cpl. C. J. Hamilton, gunner, Cpl. R. C. Klinkicat, radio operator and Cpl. R. L. Finkle, gunner.-(Base Lab Photo).

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This class received highest raise h.om tlie officers respon- ble for their training and admin- tration. The statements of three Yicers follow and are self explan- iory: - Major Peter R. Kiernan, Corn landant of Crews: "Squadron T-1

composed of well trained crews nd should make a good name over- !as." Capt. Marcus D. Carrell, Squad- In Commander ; "In parting with is squadron I am very happy to md such well trained crews ,into ,mbat against the enemy. I think at they will be able to cope with 1y situation which m a y arise. In ly dealings with these crews I w e found them to be the type

crews that -permit nothing to :t them down."

ATTENTION, ALL CALIFORNIANS!

This information is for the bene- fit of all base servicemen who hail from the state of California. At the last general election in the state, a bill was passed to afford a tax exemption of $1,000 on real and per- sonal property. This will apply to the taxes beginning with the 1945-

_ 46 fiscal year. To get advantage oi - this exemption, servicemen or their

wives must file necessary affidavits a n d pxemption claims with their tax collector between the first Mon- day in March and the last Monday in June.

I gf Capt. Myron Baumgardner, Com-

manding Officer, Training Section 1: "It is a pleasure to turn out such well train& group of crews. I am confident that they will make their mark in whichever theatre of operations they are assigned to."

CREW No. 141. Left to right, 2nd Lt. Ordean T. Olson, pilot, 2nd Lt. Bruce 0. Covig, co-pilot, 2nd Lt. 0. D. Hagerdorn, bombardier, F. I. John H. Russell, liavigator, Cpl. William 3. Harsanyi, Cpl. Alfred L. Liberman, Sgt. William E. Mear, Cpl. Albert A. Homan, Jr., Cpl. Virgil C. Peterson, and Cpl. Clarence L. Robert.-(Base Lab Photo).

WALLA WALLA WINNIE. . 'By Cpl. George H, Wagner a

YOU ALWAYS LOOK SO SHATjq, WARFIELD. THAT'S ONE REASON I'VE ALWAVS A DATE FOR YOU.

GUESS IT PAYS. ONE OF THESE O A Y S T H E Y ~ MAKE ME CORPORAL.. IaWESS. I

THE FINE RECORD of discipline and behavior of military personnel in the city of Walla Walla can be attributed to the combined efforts of the military police of Walla Walla Army Air Field and McCaw General Hospital and the shore patrol from V-12 a t Whitman College. m e city of Walls Walla offers outstanding co-operation to the milktary police staff by placing a t their disposal a headquarters room in a le City Hall and maintaining liaision with the civilian polce. The MP station downtown is open nightly from 5:30 p.m. and there a r e no less than six MPs and two SPs on duty. The entire policing staff is pictured above in a picture taken at the downtown MP station. Front row, left to right, Sgt. J. J. Skelton, Sgt. Fred W. Cooke, S. Sgt. George R. Grazini, Verne Hanrahan, AM lc, Cpl. John J. Malone, Sgt. Timothy E. Gyles and Pfc. Arlis F. Garner. Rear row, left to right, Capt. John Hahnel, Provost Marshal, Walla Walla Army Air Field, Sgt. R. B. Ashely, Pfc. Moore, Sgt. J. J. Polyner, S. Sgt. R. C. Gardiner, Pfc. York, Sgt. Sturdican, T. Sgt. Gilbert Huck and Lt. James W. Creek. Provost Marshal, McCaw General Hospital.-- (Base Lab Photo).

By Pfc. Ruth Rowland

There were more ratings for th Wac last week. The following er listed women who have been in th Army for one year, and sever; f o r two years, were promoted t rank of Private First Class. The are Helen Bradshaw, Louella P Dent, Virginia A. Jackson, Norin L Moore, Madeline Williams, Mi dred Cook, Gladys B. Dreher, Ev M. Mask, Mary S. Thompsor Thelma R. Quiller, Harriet L. Hur ter and Ruby Wyatt.

Veterans Bradshaw, Wyatt, Cook an

Hunter are veterans of the WAAC Cook and Hunter have the seniol ity. The squadron congratulates a of these good soldiers. A correctio of an error in last week's issue CpL Catherine Williams and Cp' Berenice Young received promc tions. Everyone was happy to se (Peggy). Cpl. Rosetta Copelanc who was on pass Sunday. P v 1 Ruby Cotherine is improving s Station hospital.

Calling all "Hobby" hats, botl summer and winter, was t h c SOS last week. ThC brass coat o arms, and summer blouses werc also turned in. After all, the style: change for women, ;ven if they arc in the Army.

Wac ef the Week Private Josephine M. Wilson wa:

born and educated in Philadel phia. West Chester, Penn., a n c New York City, N.Y. are the citie! in which she received the latte: part of her education. At the timc of her induction she was a student Business Administration was he1 college course. She received '1 e I basic training a t Ft. Des Moines Iowa; and came to WWAAF las fall. Her assignment is clerk typis Combat Crews HQ.

The Wilson family has all three youngsters in the armed services The only brother is now overseas and one other sister, who is i

member of the Women's A r m Corps, is now stationed a t Cam] Atterbury, Indiana. Joe's mothe is employed a t a defense plant il Philadelphia. The Wilson family i, 100 per cent in the war.

This vivacious young woman ha "charm" and because -of her dy namic personality, sincerity, a n c high character, she is one of thc most popular girls in the squadron Private Wilson likes all sports a t roller skating she is best. He hobbies a r e dancing and music

By Corporal Charles F. Dowd . C---

We welcome 1st Lieut. Carlson our new dietician. We have fivt new men in the squadron t h i : week. They came from Lemoort Field. All say they are enjoying their new jobs.

Practically everyone you s e t around here now are either on z diet or starting on one. The lates' to start is (The Nose) Cochrane That Scotch heart really flutter: when he passes up that good fooc and free, too.

They tell me Virginia and Rudj are quite some bingo players. $I[ isn't hay.

Cpl. Bradovich started early or his Pendleton rendezvous t h i r week.

A certain S. Sgt. and a c u t f

stenographer used underhand 'tat* tics on your reporter last week ir finishing the column. They botk better beware or they will be pa. tients at that place they work.

It's up every morning a t 7 since Ipera made Corp.

Massey attempting to lose a few )ounds. How can he with all that iussian candy?

Judy Cochran having a terrible ime with the wolves a t the Exam ~ection. .Curly Mayes is barred from the

nound table these noons. That 9 - ball game is making

Shifty) Moran financially in- lependent.

"DOC" came very nearly miss- ng the ra t race Saturday nite.

McIntosh is quite the chauffeur. t can easily be "Taxi, Mister?" tfter the war. I enjoyed the hospitality of the

Ninnesota couple last Tuesday eve- ling.

Sight to see. "Rosy" Afferbach md his patients policing the area.

It's "Casino" Bell now. Anyone :an keep in spending money.

Our bowling team is leading the eague now. Cary says he can hold kis average, but it's hard to drag zhattanooga Beagle Puss along.

Heard from Lou Welton. He is en- oying Blythe. Lou qnd Junkins are )Id buddies.

Until next week, I'll be seeing ra.

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WAC recruting office?: "S c rou say you a re married. When?"

Recruit: "I don't know." W. R. 0.: "You mean you don'l

mow when you were married?" Recruit: "Oh, I thought y 0 u

said 'Why? '".

Cpl. Albert T. Clinton of the Pro- vost Marshal's Section h a s just received word that he is the proud father of a baby girl. Congratula- tions, daddy! Hope that you have many more! ! ! !

Sgt. Hilliard Marks come in the orderly room. this week looking for his discharge. I t seems that Sgt. Marks has just completed his firs1 three year hitch in the army. Sorry, Sgt. Marks, it looks a s if you will have to sign up for another three years.

It seems as if Pfc. Russell Weaver is counting on his daughter having a good set of teeth. In the mail room t h e other morning he was putting some kind of medal on a wire and it resembled a teeth- ing ring.

What is it up at Tollgate, Ore- gon, that makes Cpl. Harry Rod- griues go there every chance he gets?

S. Sgt. Kent A. Klay left this week for his new home in Squad- ron B. Sgt. Klay works a t Direc- tor of Operations and we w i 11 miss his cheery and sometimes infectious laugh in Barracks 437. Speaking of 437, we feel like hang- ing a delicatessen sign in a certain corner upstairs, where one can usually find such delectable morsels as anchovies, sardines, olives, sa- lomi, etc.

No place like a home in t h e Army 1

Another week has roiled around and off comes the cover from the typewriter, and, as the dust clears away, another column for the paper is about to go to press.

Sad Sack, now Sgt. Bauer, has returned to the base f rom'a three week furlough and from the looks of things the second part of the war for ages will not be long off. When is it to happen, Dick?

Has anyone got an extra adjutant to spare for a while?

Who is that certain S. Sgt. ' by the name of Porky, who is smiling once again, after four weeks of frowning, and then frowning once again while pulling K.P. last Sun- day.

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Failure o r . Success in Life By Chaplain Bishop --

Failure is not so much a lack E achievement, but is more a latter of self-confidence. One car lrn failure into success by con. nuing to believe in himself. The oy who whistled to keep up his mrage when going through s rave-yard, got through safely. He ad found a way to keep alive the ~ i r i t of VICTORY in his own soul hat's where the flame must be ept burning. I believe that God has a persona' ~terest in me. I am a Child ol od. He made me. He has m j ffairs on His great heart. He i: :ying to make something worth vhile out of me. I will, therfore ieet every circumstance with con. dence. The doctors tell of peoplc ho have starved to death witk .omachs full 6f food-but not thc ght kind. They had been eating ut getting no vitamins. So witk le spiritual side of ones' nature o be mentally and spirituallj lalthful, one must absorb the righl ~ r t of mental and spiritual food. A song puts it, "Let Go and Let od." When one lets go of his ars and worries and takes a trust- 1 attitude toward God, and does s best, he will find a sense of lease and relief. If the way is )t yet clear, it will become so !fore he has to walk in it-at ast the first step. Anxieties nadually dissolve, tensions lesson, orry disappears and the spirit of ~nfidence takes command of him. lat spells SUCCESS. 'lke secret

it all, if indeed it is a secret, to keep close to God, our Maker

the ultimate power under-girding 1 worthwhile success. A first-aid God is to &tend and participate the worship services in the

lapel weekly. @

ishes to know the Patest news, ease see these -two gentlemen in trrack No. 404. The Squadron's strong man finds mself on his back in the hospital. ow come, Douglas! M b a b l y too any chin ups, during off duty mrs. Our genial first sergeant is ,t quite so crabby nowadays, be- iuse of added help. Could be! All you fellas who have your gal iends call through the day born best watch out, because there .e quite a few wolves who have le nice habit of taking telephone ~mber s , and putting them in their ltle black books, for future adven- r e s in Walla. So, don't say we dn't warn you lovers in advance.

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By Pvt. George 8. Cook --- By George Henry

Tfie one and ofly Waoky" Gather around, 3;ou seals, and'

latch on to this hype I'm dropping about the info dug up by the Squares of Squadron "C" in the last past sevens. Ready, Mr. Fred- die.

Bein,g somewhat slumped by the recent departure of quite a few enlisted men transferred to the 3rd _ AF, McDill Field, Florida, we a r e glad to announce that the squadron's flourishing stamina is still a t its best. Many of us were sorry t e see the 'boys depart, but to CpL Kenny Snell i t is advantageous. Quote: "Well, Boys, it's getting better all the time. Pretty soon there won't be anyone left but me". Unquote.

Sgt. William T. Greene, the - 'chief Wheel' of the organization, has returned from furlough and has already started the wheel a-turn- ing. He requests that everybody crowd in around the spokes and - ride along with him. When asked h-ow be enjoyed his furlough, his only answer was: "Too Short".

Flash! C Squadron Path Find- ?rs have set out on their benders o cop the info trailing a fair little bliss's plea for the company of one jgt. By the way, where is SEt. - ChucK Brame?

EM Of The Week Have you ever been to Cincin-

lati? Have you ever walked the ;treets of fame? Did you ever won- ler why a city so large could have ;uch a funny name? Ask Pvt. 3eorge E. Jackson, a Cincinatti - lhio boy for true; so latch on while : lay down his past pedigree.

Pvt. Jackson was born a n d reared in the City of Cincinnati, 3hio. His father being a b a n d eader, was the source of inspira- ,ion leading to his theatrical achievements. Before his induction. m the armed forces, Pvt. Jackson tripped along the line as a mem- oer of a great professional dance team tagged "The Three Dukes'. -,

He, along with the others, has displayed his talents in some of the leading nite-spots of the country, namely 'Paradise Theatre' in De- troit, 'Cedar Gardens' in Cleve- land, Dan Montgomery's in Buf- Ealo, N.Y. and the 'Club Delisa' and Regal Theatre of Chicago, Ill. We regret to say that since' being in the A r m e d Forces, Pvt. Jackson has had little opportunity to dis- play his dancing ability, but he is not without hope. His two former partners a t the present a re con- nected with the US0 shows, an4 are doing their bit for the morale of service men all over the country. Carry on, Jack. There'll come a time- now what do you bet?, Mop! - -

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Bands", sponsored nationally by The Coca-Cola Company, is heard six nights a week from Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Narine Bases, and from War Pro- iuction plants the country over.

Ted Fio Rito and his great or- :hestra have appeared on many .adio programs, including Old Gold, VIJB Coffee, .Log Cabin Syrup, Vonder Bread and the Fitch Band Nagon. His film work includes in- iumerable shorts for MGM, Para- ' nount and RKO.

Featured entertainers with Fio Rito are Ward Swingle and the ori- zinal "Candy" Candido, I t 'is un- :ertain as to whether the Solidaires - auartet will appear, as previously innounced.

"Candy" "Candy" Candido, featured corn-

xly base, comedian and singer, &

'ormerly with Ted Fio Rito, more -ecently with Uncle Sam, received in honorable discharge from ser- {ice and has rejoined the Fio Rito xchestra in his orginial capacity.

Candido's specialty is a comedy routine with his base fiddle and '' ,he spot was always a highlight ooked forward to by fans of the Fio Rito menage. "Candy's" so- iourn with Uncle Sam, if anything, xightened the humor of the talent XI comedian.

His songs a re the slightly goong fariety so popular in the present 3ay musical set up.

Oa Thursday evening, Wash- ington's birthday, Fio Rito and . his band will appear a t the Arm- ory in Walla Walla for a com- munity dance. Admission is $1.25 - per person. .

By S. Sgt. Walter T. Wakefie

Probably no other single activi in f h e army routine comes in fc wailing and moaning more th: does the drudgery of kitchen polic I t is looked forward to with ui happy misgivings, endured w i suffering silence, and looked bac upon with relief. Since the $96. b o y s have been added . the preferred list for regular dul

s mess attendants few of us e cape a day in the mess hall ; more or less regular intervals. IY

'one feels like singing on KP da: but here is a short parody on "M Bonnie Lies Over The Ocear which hits some of the high spo in the GI's least popular of ir door sports.

K P Your body lies under the blanket, The hour i s three f<rty-five; It's your day to slave in the kitchen, And finish more dead dhan alive. KP, KP, And finish more dead than alive. The Sergeant says 'you slice the cold cuts,' And cold cuts you slice by the ton;

. Your buddies all head for the barracks, But your work is only hall done. KP, KP, but your work i s only half done. It's eight, but it seems more more like midnite, The tables are lined up and neat; The pusher says 'you ,can go home now,'

You stumble out, dead on your feet.

KP, KP, and stumble out dead on your feet. Your body lies under the blanket, Each muscle and joint aches with pain, You're tired, but all you can think i s

.How soon will I pull i t again? . KP, KP, how soon will I pull

it again? Incident

Seems a s though hum orhs in cidents just wait around for S. Sgl Irwin-and then they happen While doing the family marketin; last week in one of the local chaii stores he fimnd a dime on the floor just beating an old lady standinl nearby to the draw. He grinnec and she said "wasn't that nice,' and he agreed that i t was. Shl went on to tell the sarge that sht surery did like to find dimes anc he admitted that he, too, liked tc find dimes. At this point the lad: drew closer and in a very confi dential tone whispered, "I like tc f ~ n d dimes all right, but there's on; thillg I like to do better than that. -"And what is that", queriec brother Irwin. "To sneak in or somebody else's parking meter! ' was the happy answer.

Under Knife Two of our boys have been undel

the surgeon's knife recently, Sgt Nab for an appendix removal, anc Sgt. Rosenberger for hernia. Ly ing in a hospital bed may sounc pretty wonderful, but even tha gets monotonous, so why not drol in a t the hospital some nite at ' and bat the breeze with them fo awhile-it will really be appre ciated, and besides, where is then a better place to catch up or the latest rumors? We wish them and all the hospitalized member: ~f the "Eager Beavers" a speed3 ~ n d pleasant recovery.

Gunner ?he biggest grin of the past week

was worn by Harry Payne whc nade buck sergeant and broughl ~ i s ,wife to Walla Walla all in less han ten days. That's enough tc nake anybody grin.

The bowling team ran in to some lad luck last week when Arma- nent took all 3 games. However, ur boys were without a full team nd expect to stage a comback in ~ e i r next session with the pins. Heard in the barracks: 1st G.I.

Wonder if I'll ship out overseas efore long?" 2nd G.I. "You aren'l isqualified, are you?" 1st G.I. Hell no!" 2nd G.I. "Well, what re you #worrying about then?"

Grounded The recent fire a t Martin's fly- g field made a lot of people un- p p y in addition to the owner. !veral of our 'Junior Birdmen' a re

CWO Harry I. Martin, Base Salvage Offiver, and Sgt. William J. Norbert, Jr . survey the mountain of neatly folded tin cans, ready for salvage. At left. Pvt. Frederick 'Sauve is seen amidst a pile of broken helmet liners, which a re to be stripped for salvageable materials. - ( ~ a i e Lab photo by Cpl. Harry Rodrigues).

I'he Story of Salvage at WWAAF: Nothing Wasted

By Pfc. Ruth Rowland By S. Sgt. Murray B. Rae And %Sgt. Barney Jerman

By Cpls. Brehm and Smith - Tech. Sergeant Peter M. Kelly

was seen floating around the Squadron area in fatigues. This sergeant, _ believe it or not, was sweeping out Capt. Wiehe's headquarters. Said sergeant was seen going to the Chaplain and Capt. Wood.

Six of our boys are now in the process of packing and by the time that this goes to print will be on their way to the ground forces or, in plain simple language, the rug- ged old Infantry. These boys are Sgt. Whittington, Pfc. Englesgaard, Cpl. Gall, Pvt. J. L. Price and Pvt. Slominski.

Sgt. Alexander Tumolo has tran- ferred from the Motor Pool to the Commissary. Last seen he had spilled cases and catsup all over the back room, but Lt. Carroll hasn't found out about that as yet. S-St. Joseph Aiello, the squadron. supply sergeant, was seen over jn Pendelton spending his well earned three day pass.

Empty Lewiston was rather empty this

week with the usual customers of Pfc. Michael Marini and M-Sgt. Herman Owens being the only ones seen up there.

We have been wondering just what is wrong with our Admisis- trative Officer, Lt, Litin, He has a very rough looking patch right square in the middle of the head. He swears it was a door.

To Pnd this cohmn we will tell you that one of the authors has just been promoted.

Just one more item from here on in the Squadron F basketball cesses to lose, since Lt. Donald JC. Litin has become Official Ref- eree.

When WWAAF was reactivated last spring, the Base Salvage Iepartment opened for business, and Sgt. William J. Norbert, Jr

ays, "We started from scratch with a room and a ten foot yard. Yrom this small beginning a colossal business has grown. T h e militar sersonnel will appreciate knowing the facts about salvage, and th ivilian population has a right to know the story of what is done.

Like Mother Nature, the salvage department utilizes ever] hing. In so doing, dignity has been put into labor and the intake rur: to cash.

I t is with great pride that Sgt. Norbert shows the method i rhich he and his co-workers go about this al! important job. Wast aper runs into the tons and every scrap is pressed and baled neat1 nd then stacked against the wall until it is shipped away. Egg an egetable cases are repaired and sold to wholesale dealers. Bones as rage hundreds of pounds per day and are sold to civilian firms. -

While strolling through the are: the other day we saw "Bingo" read ing a sign. I t said "Wet Paint' and darn if he didn't.

S. Sgt. Angelo Gagliola was tell ing the boys his brother was a pan handler, "Yep, he's a ward boy i~ a hospital", pipes the character What some guys won't do for z gag.

Who Wants to Grow? Talkin' about families. .Momm~

(T. Sgt. Charlie Morris), Popp: (S. Sgt. Merle Fixen), and Sonnj (Sgt. Clarence Glawe) celebratec the reuniting of the family circlc by taking Sonny down to the NCC Club for a few. Mom and Pop arc bringing him up on the bottle, anc I don't mean the Moo Juice. Don'l they know that the stuff will stun1 Sonny Glawe's growth!

In From Detroit "The Lover," alias "Roger the

Lodger," Ralph Simmons j u s 1 breezed in from Detroit with some wild-tales about the "Flivver City". 1 understand there was a mad rush down to the hangar. . .all the guys want to go to Engine school now!

No Middle Aisle Cpl. Benjamin L. Pollock, is

sweating it out no more. Sunday he flashed his brand new stripes at his me and only, Marie by name, who xeeled in fmm Vab Wert, Ohio for a couple of weeks here. We saw em dancing on a cloud at the NCO 2lub the other night, but 'IT h e 3ock" sez it ain't wedding bells vet-and we believe him.

We doff our lids to the Sgt. Pettits who zephyred to Pasco and waited seven long hours for her ta come in. It was a very noble deed indeed. Reminds us of a couple of trips Sgt. Mose Enders and Cpl. Mickey Kityn- ski made for the boys in the outfit. Back also is Sgt. Louie Core to

supply from Buffalo and Florida. The latter trip, so Lou says, was to see Saydie for a couple of days.

A quartet of recruits were welcomed into the outfit last week, the offspring of Patsy. The poppa, ob- viously, is Bingo.

Joe Ain't Sad .

Since an infantry private left to rejoin his outfit, Cpl. Joe Bisaha 1s back in the Lewiston groove and mything but sad about it.

"The Sack," or S. Sgt. Murray Rae is on his way to New YO& :o his wife and youngster who will :ome back with him in s e v e r a 1 weeks. He's been busy for the past couple of weeks decorating h i s nouse in town.

Our Specialty Inseparables: S. Sgt. Art Sievert

and his "hayches;" Sgt. Lenny Kessler and "Smokie" ; Sgt. L e s Miller and the sack; S. Sgt. Fred 3unn and Dunn; Cpl. Pollock and Marie; S. Sgt., Gil Colestock and :how; M. Sgt. Ervin Ritenour and is new growth; Sgt. Norm Whittle and his wheez; Cpl. Sam Joseph md Pfc. Joe Dzielinski (The Grue- ;ome Twosome) ; Sgt. Glenn Bixby md hi:, & ms; Sgt. Joe DeMarco tnd the Lncyclopedia Britannica; s t Ggt. John Lucas and "Rusty"; ;. Sgt. Bob ' Goodwin and his roubles; Sgt. Calamity Wallace md his stogie.

A soljer stopped at the stage door md asked to see the hula dancer. 3 e doorman replied, "Son, she's

'CUTTERBOOTS," Salvage Department mascot, rears up her tail bn the scales ,as a neatly baled load ot rags is weighed for shipment. at right, Cpl. Oren A. Carter operates the rag baling machine.-- ;Base Lab Photo by Cpl. Harry Rodrigues).

Grease is divided into two asses. Clear grease is obtained om fat, and a days' rendering ill average about 200 pounds. Tray: rease is skimmed from the water traps under the mess hall sinks,

1d 50 pounds are saved each day hen the G. I. on K. P. bends his ick, and does his duty. Scrap mber is gathered, and the pieces a t a re too small to demand a arket price are used for fuel. wo car loads of tin cans ship out market every month. From No-

!mber to January, the scrap eta1 collected chalks up a stag- !ring figure. Iron is also collected 1d sold. All aluminum is shipped

a government agency a t Fort ?wis, Washington. Garbage has a story all its own.

There is a percentage of food tha. each member of the armed force! cannot consume, and , this a course is classed as garbage WWAAF, (like every other arm: camp holds a contract with a near by farmer who pays a fair pricc for this garbage, and it is usec then to help fatten hogs. Shoe, that are too worn for repair arc sacked and shipped to Governmen Rebuilding Factory a t Hannibal Missouri. .

COW Harry I. Martin is Salvagc Officer, and his staff includes Sgt William J. Norbert J;., Cpl. Johr Metz, Cpl. Owen Carter, Pfc Chas. E. McCue, Fred K. Sauve Pvt. Willa Griffin and Mrs. Heler Weems.

FAF To Take Two New Nearby Bases --

According to a story appearing in a base newspaper of a Second Air Force base, effective in March the Army Air Base a t Mountain Home, Idaho, and Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, two bases in the re- gion of Walla Walla, will p a s s from the jurisdiction of the Second Air Force to the Fourth Air Force.

Prior to coming to Walla Walla from Blythe, California, what is now the 423rd Base Unit at one time had been tentatively slated to go to Mountain Home, but the plans were changed later and the unit came to Walla Walla instead.

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Hollywood Ma r r i a g e Licensc Clerk: "Have you been marriec before, madam?"

Screen actress: 'Yes." Clerk: "To whom?" * Screen actress: "What's t h i s-

a memory test?"

JNACTIVATED Two bands in the Fourth A i r

Force have been inactivated. They a re the bands a t Chico Army Air Field and a t Lemoore Army Air Field. I

- Coed: "I wonder if it is all

right to receive a young man i n lounging pajamas? "

Sorority M a t r ao n: "Certain- . ly not. Make him go home and put his clqthes on."

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me a t reception centers and re- Pvt. Umbriago says that o n t

thing that is worse than being a bachelor, is being a bachelor's son.

stribution stations will be re- ricted to class B supplies. Class and CS issue will be given only troops under movement orders staging areas, POE, aerial POE, id personnel replacement depots. Decorations

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the Distinguished lying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster, on be- ialf of his son, 1st Lt. Robert H. Adams, missing in action:

A number of other civilians are expected to be present to receive iecorations.

ggested *substitutes for these ~dgling flyers are: figure eights the Arcadia, barrel .rolls at the

tn-Corns' Club, or finding ones's

'round a t the rear." "I know that," the GI came back, "but will she see me?"

Flash! Cpl. Billy .Woods tossed in a last minute basket as t h e squadron cagers toppled Squadron "C," 36 to 34.

mporarily grounded and will have do their flying in a link trainer top bunk, a t least for the present.

noise with his 'loud voice ari$hlrr horse-shoes !

Cpl. Dudley Miller is vitally in- terested in the progress of the war on the War Map. He is certainly keeping it in fine shape.

S-Sgt. Chamberlain, our future waist gunner, is .trying his best to get on a crew and return overseas, We wish you lots of luck, Pappy!

The boys are all wondering~%hre Cpl. Marvin White found such' a beautiful girl!

The marriage of Cpl. Kenneth Dewes would be a certain affair if the boys in the barracks had anything to do with it, his girl Elaine, in Brooklyn is SO well thought of.

Cpl. Herbert Gussin has b&n on the ball lately.

Cpl. R. A. Remlinger is back from pass looking so bad that we know he must have had a wonderful time.

Twins

crews have given up B-Us and have gone in for 1870 Auburns am 1492 Fords. Better have someone keep an eye out for the boys from the Smithsonian. I wonder wher rank "Not so Hotra" ObBrien i: going to ask Bette that all-import ant questiok? She owes him f i f t~ cents and he is afraid to ask fol it.

If P.S. ~ a m n e r has anymorc blackouts, they will make him ;tr

Ari Raid Warden. "Killer" Math .ws, the Missouri Kid, has jusl passed his 30th revenge missior with a brutal raid on the stock 01 3lympia at the P.X. restaurant. It ;eems that Olympia has killed a friend of his and he is getting *evenge by killing every bottle he gets his hands on.

Time for chow now, so I guess [ had better just stop before I waste away to a mere 190 lbs. Any ~f you guys taking shots for Plank lever?

They both have that old, tired feel 1 ing. Poor boys! Certain rumors are' buzzinr

about that a certain gal back i~ "them thar hills" of Tennessee i, certainly going to .be angry whex she hears about the activities of r certain "Fomeo" on crew 120.

Make Cpl. Congratulations to the follow in^

enlisted men in Squadron T-1 whc just made Corporal: Cpl. Rober Bennett, Cpl. Alvie G. May, Cpl Albert Payne, Cpl. E d w a r < Schwartz.

T-1 has finally found a w h itc hope in the heavyweight class ir Del Grosso. His manager, Bo t Brown, was a little upset over hi: previous losing a t Yakima at tht Elks smolcer. Brown claims i ;hould have been a draw at least!

B y Cpl. Maurice A. JSUMXI

First of all we wish to extenc our heartiest congratulations to the new father in our Squadron, F. 0 Foster W. White, who is the prouc father of an eight lb. baby girl Crew 319 of Flight K should bf very proud of their Co-Pilot.

Crew 114 has a new member ir their crew, Sgt. Nickoles Karaban. off, who was a former gunnery in. structor at Laredo, Texas. He re. placed Cpl. Philla&aum who was in the hospital.

Name The boy :. say that F. 0. James

Beadling of Crew 108 is promin- ently known among the officers as Willie Post. We wonder where they got that idea? .

Cpl. Cooley of Crew 114, after a flurry of telegrams finally, con- vinced his wife to come to Walla Walla. She is now visiting him and is he a happy man!

I t seems that Crew 113 really liked Blythe, California, especially the engineer who is receiving two letters a day from- the little desert spot!

The boys on Crew 113 are also jubilant because one of their members is a good cook and has his own coffee equipment to take overseas with him.

We hear that Lt. Windburn of Crew 110 is commonly know as the Yo-yo. He always comes back for more!

Ma.lted How did Cpk McDaniel of Crew

114 win a malted milk from Cpl. Cooley ?

We wonder where Crew 109 are when they are wanted for something?

We understand that the engineer on Crew 193 is taking reducing exercises by request of an officer.

There must be a shortage of bed clothing in Crew 119 as we hear that a certain gunner on that crew sleeps with all his clothing on.

Flier Cpl. Joe Jurbin of Crew 121 is

very grateful that he has all of his high altitude flying in. Wonder why?

Dan ~ c ~ r a w of Crew 121 gets down on his knees bvery night to pray for a three day pass so that he can visit his ranch in Portland, Oregon. .- TreuBle! I

"Blubbie" Jones ef Crew 121 has been wondering why they don't put larger seats in the Radio Compart- ment. Why, so-I, having trouble?

"Red" Mayo :s still yelling "lights out" a t 10 o'clock sharp. Poor Red, and he needs his beauty sleep so bad, too!

Cpl. "Uncle Fred Allen" t h e statlc-chaser of Crew 120 seems to be .spending all of his time and most of his money at the "Met" Cafe. Whats the attraction, we wonder.

Cpl. Lowe uf Crew 120 has finally adapted himself to fresh air after spending the greater part of his life mder the ground digging coal. It's a joy to him to be in the air.

"Big Lee" Martin of Crew 120 is looking for a new place to hang- out, since they closed the Strand Cafe. He misses the little redhead too!

On Leave me engineers of Crew 120 and

121 are on rest leave for awhile.

Our Gold Dust Twins, Cpl. Wil- liam Switzer and Cpl. William Jen- nett, are making their visits to Pendleton regularly. They must have shuck a gold mine!

Sgt. Arnold Conley is always busy keeping his gang on the ball. Keep up ,the good work, Sergeant!

Seems that CD~. James Caner

By sSgt. C. Jenkes 1 and Pvt. ~ d w a r d Hunter must be

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in love. Why else do they dash into a nearby town everytime they can get a pass!

Cpl. Louis Clavelli must have got- Len hold of the wrong s M f . He put his mess card in the pass,.box instead of his pass. He must be

What gunner on crew 427 was n such a hurry to return from 'endleton recently that he almost woke his ankle running for the us? Or was he running for a bus?

By Sgt. ~ o b e r t ' C. Methven

Sgt. WaUrins in " H Flight i s kr~ing to sell Barney of "E" Flighl ;he idea that a cooky duster gives 3 guy a more dignified appearance md guarantees that it will double iis popularity with the women.

We all agree that it is good tc se eager, but one of our engineers :ommonly known as "Cue - Ball" 9liff is taking this a little too sera ously. We notice that he now has Zorporal stripes on his unmention. ables !

On Pass . M. Sgt. Nichols seems to have

tagged on to a three day pass this weekend, but hls assistant is expect. ng him back Wednesday morning, Nonder how far Pendleton is from iere as Nichols makes it?

Has anyone seen a movie scoul ?-om M.G.M. or Paramount Pic. ures on the field recently? We won- ler why Cpl. Bright rushed down. .own and had a dozen pictures made of himself in his flying togs. Jould it be that he is going to give he girls an added thrill?

Vitamins Pfc. James A. Wallar seems to

se concerned with his own welfare. Ne understand that q u i t e fre- luently he visits a downtown drug- gist to secure a few bottles of vita- nins. Are they in liquid form, Pfc. Nellar?

We are glad to have Cpl. Pribyl but of the hospital. Less wofk now 'or the rest of the boys on Crew !13. He is also sporting a nice. new nustache!

Looks as though we;;21 get that :igar after all. Evan Weed decided hot to give a valentine this year. . . nstead he is getting one, in the orm of a marriage ceremony on hat day. From all indications, the belebration planned for the newly narried couple by the remainder

getting color blind. The boys 'want to know when

Pvt. Corey is going to strike a match to the cigar butt. Are you afraid it will throw you, Cory? Casanova Cpl. Cwiek is making his visits into town pretty regularly. JEAN PARKER -is our idea of

what properly should be poured into a sarong. ,f crew 423 will gd down in history,

dong with the retaking of Manila md the battle of Walla Wnlla. Note o printer: Battle with an "A" not rembled. "Here is y&r coffee and

oast," Corporal Goldman. Now will rou please arise and put our your isual doggerel under the heading ,f T-3 again this week." A serie: ,f confused," startled thoughts ra7 lurriedly through my sleepy mind juddenly it all made sense. Wa. his to be another Munich, a Stal ngrad right here in my own bay: Qo, it wouldn't be. I glared bacl ~t my opponent and retorted, "I: beace and freedom so dear as t c )e bought by the chains of slavery. IS for me, give me my sack time o :ive me a transfer." Whereupor ny assailant replied: "Either ym vrite or report to me on your daj ~ f f in fatigues." I then flew out o led, streaked into the office, grab- red the typewriter and here I am. Vhat can we do, men? Those are he conditions that prevail.

Saturday night I dropped intc he Shangri La arid there was Cpl. :hatterton happily enjoying a party ;iven in honor of his 21st birthday. Vhat amazed me the most was :pl. John Shephard buying a round ~i beers. Glancing over the next able I caught a glimpse of Curt Frew and the wife celebrating his eturn from Blythe. You know, I hink it's darn nice of the Army o send the boys South for a couple I£ weeks of rest and relaxation in he warm climate of sunny Soruth- !rn Cal. It wasn't very warm at 10,000 feet was it, Curt? I wonder vhen I'll see Bobby Sox Hobbs mjoying a brew a t the Shangri ,a? I certainly missed " ' ~ a j o r 3ong" Hegel and "Major Hoople" loover Saturday nite. I saw Major 3alamity Eubanks at the N.C.O. :lub last week waiting for some- me to buy him a drink. Goodie ittlefield and his frau were there, 00, waiting for Walt Delevich to :ome in, but it seems that Walt lad a hard time convincing the iergeant at arms at the door of he legality of his entrance. When we you going to take the Pfc. ,tripe off your blouse, Del?

I t looks as though several of the

In "0". Sleeps

Cpl. Tom Joseph, barracks chief n 316, s e t t i n ~ a n example by sleep u g the clock around after thal ough flight on Monday. Smatter, roe, is it old age. . .or was if aused by the extra-curricular ac- ivity in the writing room on Sun- lay Guess you wrote your com- ilete autobiegraphy that night, eh? Oregonians, and more especially

he good people of Pendleton, are oing to be mighty hard pressed for ntertainment now that Mrs. Bux- m is arriving to account for kobo's spare time. And just when e was making a name f~ r~h imse l f , oo!

Returnee Jimmie Lemont's staff sergeant

rother, recently returned fmm taly, was a visitor for a. couple f days with Jimmie last week. In the interim between pay rolls

3st week, one enterprising gunner n Crew 425 accumulated what urely amounted to a small for- m e by making a ten cent purchase f shoe polish and spreading it paringly (but dexterously and un- rringly) on his buddies' brogans t two-bits a throw.

By S&. Michael J. Morelli

Now that the slight swelling has disappeared from the heads of a number of the lads, I can again write my little column and feel almost assured that they at leaat. will glance at it- after they've read everything of interest. T h e promotions are the cause of the "swelling", and congratulations must .be in order to complete the job. Pfc. Daily graduated into the ranks of the non-coms, and now sports t h o s e corporal striped sleeves like a veteran. It is now "Sergeant" Harrison to you all, as it also is "Sergeant" (Fitches) O'Donnell. Naturally enough, the boys are already "bucking" for the rocker-but then, who isn't Any- how, swell going fellows, and for the love of Mike (me) take it easy on the Privates and Corporals!_

Worthy of mention is the return of Sgt. Lee from a G I vacation Home was never like this, was i t ' Lee, but then, neither was .tJr e Army like home! Just think t ee , S. Sgt. Williams has just started on his furlough, and you've come through yours without a scratch. ,

Don't you fell sorry for Williams ' now?

Last week M. Sgt. Knight enter- By Cpl. H. S.

(Bucking for Buck) Gloldman

The gay noisy chatter that buzzed brougb the barracks suddenly be- :ame a hushed foreboding silence IS quick, heavy, angry footsteps ~elonging to one S-Sgt. John Eu- ~ a n k s approached my sack. Sud- lenly, as if struck by lighting, my dankets were torn from my weary xone body. A hand guided by anger yanked me into an uprighl ;itting position and a face clouded sy the most fierce horrible ex. xession was thrust into mine. 3azed by such a rude awakening, : could only stare dumbly at the *ppalling sight before me. The xeature before me spoke. 1

tained "Wifey" ~ ~ i g h t at-the NCO Club, while T. Sgt. Kazmerskie liked the looks of the current hit at the Base Theatre. Without the help of his wife, S. Sgt. Robertson pulled a K P deal one night, and wonders of wondering wonders, he lived to brag about it! All wrapped up to battle the mountain blasts was S. Sgt. Sheehan, the rright I saw him. He sweated and sweated. and finally Stripped them off and hit the sack. Have some dreams on me, kid. .

Our relations are the friends given us by nature. Our fri>,nds are the relations given us by God,

By Sgt. Whitey Fleig

A word of welcome to our new rrivals from Hamilton Field: Cpl. )ale Beardshear, Cpl. Willaim :aryl, Cpl. Hansel Geck, Cpl. Lo- re11 Mitchell and Cpl. Victor ~oules. We have a "trying to be :asanova", Cpl. Russell Johnson, e thinks he can slay the women rith his good looks. Wake up, Bud he's engaged! Cpl. Melvin Stroud makes more

Male Call by Milton Caniff, creator of "Terry and the Pirates" Message Center For The Main Body, WELL, AS 5

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- Pntra-Mural Basketball

FAF Cage Titlt Globetrotters Series Begins Vs. Flvers - .I -

Great Cage - Game Set

An announcement of interest to Dase sport fens is the fact that .he famed Harlem Globetrotters, 3asketball's No. 1 team of all .ime, will face the WWAAF Flyers 3t the New High School gym on Wonday night, February 26.

It is impossible to praise t h e Xobetrotters' record-and current :earn, for that matter-too highly. I'his is their eighteenth consecu- .ive season of play. The l?st 17 rears have seen them write a saga )f the court unmatched for bril- iance. Their sensational brand of ~asketball, superb showmanship. and fine sportsmanship a re a lousehold word everywhere on the Vorth American continent.

Amazing Total The Globetrotters have amassed

.he amazing total of 2,439 victories while losing only 198 the last 17 rears. They establish new records ?very time they. play. Their rec- )rd is all the more outstanding hen it is remembered that they '

ravel day in and day out through 111 sorts of wintry weather, play 1s many as' eight and nine games 1 week from early November until ate April, never reject any team is too strong an opponent, 'never icout a team they are to face, find ime in every game to put on an !xhibition of their clean, humor- )us and laugh-pmvoking stunts of ihowmanship--and still manage to vin nearly every time out. Fur- her enhancing this illustrious car- !er, the nomads of basketball al- vays play on opponents' floors and tccept the latter's choice of offi- :ials without question.

Ball Handlers Without a peer in the field in

)all-handling, clever all- around day, showmanship and star-stud- led personnel, the present Globe- rotters bid fair to equal or even urpass all their predecessors. '?ley average over six feet in ,eight and are the pick of the na- ion's outstanding colored players, he list including Bernie P r i c e, ,ouis ("Babe") Pressly, Everett , /Iarcell, Roscoe ("Duke") Cum- erland, Lorenzo ("Piper") Davis, Duck" Moore and Pedro Boyd. lman Jackson, great center and )p ball-handler of basketball, is till with the team for his sixteenth ?s.son, acting in an advisory ca- acity and occasional utility man.

At a Glance /'.

2nd Half AmeaicanLeague .

W L Pet. Sqdn. B ................ 1 0 . 1.000 Sqdn. D ................ 1 0 .1.00(1 Sqdn .A ......... ; ...... 0 0 .O(M Sqdn. M ............ LO 0 .OW Sqdn. T-3 ............ 0 0 .000 Sqdn. F .................. ..O 1 .000 Sqdn. C ................ 0 1 .000

National League W L Pct.

Grease Monkeys 1 0 1 .OOO BalesBoys ............ 0 0 .OW Section I ................ 0 0 .000 T-i. ....................... -0 0 .mo T-3 ........................ .O 0 .OW Operations ............ 0 0 .OW Hoosier H. Shots 0 1 .W

Results Sqdn. B .................................................... 24

................................ G r w e Monkeys 24 Squadron D .......................................... 36 Sqdn. A ................................................... 22 Hot Shots .............................................. 18 Sqdn, C ......................... .. ................... 32

Games this Week .

Feb. 19-700: D vs T-3; 800: T-2 vs T-3.

Feb. ,26700: B vs A; 800: Hot Shcts vs Section I.

F%b. 21-700: F vs M; 800: .T-2 vs Bales Boys.

Feu'. 22-700: T-3 vs A; 80(?: T-3 vs. Section I.

Feb. 23-200: D vs M; 800: Grease Monkeys vs Bales ~ o ~ s : - Sqdn. B 24 Pos. Sqdn. F 22 Flory 3 ................ F ............ Bourland 13 Klock 9 ...... : ......... F .............. Petrocelli 2 Teague 8 ............ C ...... ..... Grieves 5 Myers 2 .............. G ...... ...MeReynolds 2 Henry 1 .............. G ............ Rosenberg

Subs-Montague, Lyons, Brown, Sauer. - G. M. 24 Pos. . H.S. IS Schiller 8 .......... F ........ ..... .....Herold 2 Crumley 2 .......... F ......... .. ..... ..Quinn 2 IZaaz 2 .................. C .............. Souders Gregory 2 .......... G ........ ...Hannawalt 7 O t t ~ 4 .................. G ......... :....:....Rose 2

Play off s - By TWX. From FAF HQ

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 - Championship of the Fourth Ai Force Base Basketball Eliminatio~ Tournament now in progress wil be decided a t the Roqsevelt Higl School , gymnasium in Fresnc Calif., on Feb. 15, 16 and 17, j necessary, Major E. B. DeGrool physical training officer, has an nounced.

With the conclusion within thl past two weeks of the round robi~ competition in the four sections first and second placed teams. i~ each launched into the champion ship elimination tourney. Marc1 Field and Ontario finished one-tw~ in the Southern Section, Bakers field and Lemoore in the Valle: Section, Tonopah and Headquar ters in the Central Section, ~anc Geiger FieM, and Ephrata in thc Northern Section.

In the Southern portion of thc playoff, Lemoore and March Fielc will vie tonight a t March Fielc for the right to play in the Fresnc Einal series. Lemoore bumped of 3ntari0, 47-45, and March whippet Bakersfield, 59-37, in elimination: to date.

Spokane will be the scene 01

the northern playoffs Friday an( Saturday. Ephrata meets Tonopal In one Friday game and Head auarters takes on Geiger in thc )ther, the winners to 'meet Satur iay night for the chance to gc .o Fresno. The Fresno series wll 3e a best of three affair.

It's a fact-Iowa's Dick Ives, last season's Big Ten high scorer, ha high blood pressure and "Big George" Mikan, De Paul's center i ?early blind without glasses.

De Paul's eleventh consecutive win, 4 8 4 vietory over Okla- homa A. & M., ranks them as the top college team in the nation. Iowa holds the second spot and Oklaboma Aggies third.

Capacity crowds still flock to Ned Irish's Garden double-header m spite of the exposed "fix". Barnett, one of the players in th Brooklyn case, charges "every college in the city is doing it," whil Bill Fbsenblatt,' only regular not involved, leads the remnant of th ;quad in completing the Brooklyn College schedule.

Converse--Dunkel has cooperated with the NCAA and has voluntarily discontinued their rating of teams and the ferecast of garnes-it was deemed wise to eliminate ratings to prevent them from getting into wrong hands. But down in Florida the stopping, of racing has boomed attendance and betting on the Spanish s p o r t j a i nlai. TAe principles d play are similiar to handball but the court is much longer and has only three wal l s f ron t , back and one side. The ball, about the size of a baseball, k hurled by basket-like scoop strapped to the player's arm. Mntuels at Miami race track handled a total $1,632,433 during 31 days.

Hatfield scored a field goal in the last few seconds to enable Geige pield to triumph over Ephrata, 47-46. The victory puts Geiger in thc play-off for the 4th Air Force championship. The Flyers won bu 3idn't look unbeatable, according to many in their game with Lewista Normal Saturday night. The second half of the intramural baskktbal league promises to be a thriller. The Grease Monkies made thei tnitial appearance and eayled a victory. The day after the game the: wished to change their name to Nine OM Men.

Squadron B knocked off Squadron F and Squadron D mere than had their hands full with an improved Squadron C. This week's team has power; Forward&Bourland, Klock, Woods; cent ers Fahey, Brown; gur~k+Schiller, Hannawalt, Teague.

Lt, Davidson's explanation to "PT will win the war" is-plane and tanks.

Pee Wee Walker and Ricky Rickman have been seen .a t the, gym recently and then this announcment: all aspirants .for the base b x i n g team report to physical training office.

Flyers Win City Title . in Flvers Defeat Lewiston 5 Thrilling Finish, 47 to 44 56-32 Victory

The w'alla Walla Flyers defeatec ,ewiston Normal 56-32 in a gamf ,f basketball played a t the loca !ym Saturday night. The Flyer: vere never behind as they chalkec p their fourth consecutive victory 1 spite of some erretic passing. 'he Chase brothers led the chase Ir Lewiston but with Kotas and Vheeler helping the Big Three tKe 'lyers could not be overtaken and XI 25-12 a t the 'half. The second aIf was a repetition of the first s the Flyers again exhibited their uperiority. The final score, 91y- r s 56 Lewiston Normal, 32.

Walla Walla Flyers FG 56 FT PF

............................ ~tevens 0 0 0 ................................ 'ahey 6 0 1

.......................... 'etrocelli 0 0 0 ............................ lourland 4 1 0

..... ................... ohnson .. 4 2 1

...... .................... [ansen .. 2 0 1 ................... lotas .... 5 1 0

................... ......... irieve : ... 0 0 1 .............................. ?heeler 5 0 1 .............................. Totals 26 4 5

Lewiston Normal 32 FG FT PF

............................ [ayhurst 3 0 0 ......... .................... a e r .. 0 0. 1

. Jhite ...........................-..... 1 0 4 ............................ r. Chase 5 0 3

McKinley .......................... 0 0 0 .................... Moscat ............ 1 0 0

Pomroy ................-. ...... 0 0 0 L.Chase .............................. 6 0 0

Totals ............. : ................ 16 0 8

~ & & - ~ c ~ i l l 2, Fuller 2, McDon ald 2, 'Robinson 2, Deming 2, K e m ~ 1. -,: -

iame before a large c r m d in thc Va-Hi gymnasium. The Flyers led all of the way af.

"iee~ ub throughout the second hai I but i t i l i had a seven point margir with only three and one-half min. utes to play. However, Whitmar tallied a couple of field goals ir quick succession to pull within : points with 2% minutes remaining. The scrapping was wild and woolly

as both teams strove to add to their totals, but a minute and a hall elapsed before Capt. Don Johnson, high scorer for the air base team, sncaked under the basket for a .field goal to put his team ahead 47-42 This goal was promptly matched by Pat Darnton, acting captain and high scorer for the Missionaries.

Miss Attempts Darnton was fouled while shoot-

ing, and elected to take the ball out with only 25 seconds left to play. The gymnasium was in an upnoa~ as Whitman fired another half dozen shots, but all rimmed the basket and bounced out and the clock chalked off the end of the game with the college quintet still trailing by three points.

A streak of excellent play by the air base team midway in the first half was the decisive factor in the rough, hard-fought struggle. With Whitman holding a 7-6 lead, the Fly- ers set up a series of beautiful plays under the basket with Bourland, Fa- hey and Johnsbon collaborating to run up 15 points while Whitman was being held to a single field goal. This took the score to 21-9 and put Whitman into a hole that it was never quite able to surmount.

Johnson put together seven field goals and made nine free throws out of 13 attempts for a total of 23 points to walk off with scoring hon- ors, while Darnton clicked on five field goals and six out of eight free tosses, all of the gift throws being in the second half, for 16 points.

In a halftime feature, Don Mona-

ter som; four minutes of the firs1 quarter had passed, but had to with- stand a rousing challenge from the

Sqdn. D 36 Pos. Sqdn. C 3: Melnick 7 .. ........ F .................. Greene 4

.............. Woods 8 ............ F...: Brown 1: Fahey 10 ............ C ..................... Pryor

................. Petit 2 ................ G Mackey : .......... ...... I'rusdale 5 ........ G .. Long 1

Subs-Fishman 2, Wolsnick 4. Physical Training

Attendance c D 3 . Keglers Are -- .

According to the week's consolidated attendance' report, Squadron A retained first place in the "Big League" in spite of a drop in percentage. Squadron F, who rest2d in third place last week, leaped ahead of Squadron B and book over the runner-up position.

In the minor league most of the squadrons increaszd their attendance as the Medics claimed the top spot with a high mark of 94.4. Following close behind the leaders, the Gunnery Range and Squadron E boosted percentage 90 to finish second and third respectively.

Fbllowing is consolidated Physi- cal Training Attendance Report for the week ending February 10, 1945.

First Division Rank % % Last Med. This Last

' Week Excuser, Week Week 3qd. 9 .. .... 1 . 64 91.78 99.47 r ,... 3. n 88.00 a5.50 3 -..-2 66 86.60 95.71 2 4 23 46.60 45.79

. Second Division M ...... 1 15 97.39 90.80 3unney R'ge 2 7 94.80 78.10 E ....... .4 8 92.50 73.33 Band 3 4 90.70 76.80 D ...... 5 3 66.60 57.93 r- *

Pool 6 0 35.09 49.00

nt In Front Lead EM Teams

The enlisted men's bowling league dayed off its semi-final games of he' first round with some interest- ng results. Squadron D won all hree of its games to break its pre- ,ious. tie with Armament and now eads .'the league. Air Inspectors, ho still training, now in second dace, won prize pay for single team .ame and the two individual prizes or single high game and total three ames went to S.Sgt. Todd Zerbe f Squadron B who licked the lum- e r for upwards of 200 for each of is three games. Incidentally, "Gen- leman" Todd's performance of 630 ins lifted him to first place among he forty odd men comprising the ?ague. Team standings follow :

Won Lost Pct. qdn. D ........,........ 14 4 -77'7 .rmament ,,.,... 13 5 .722 'inance ,.- ....... 9 9 .500 qdn., I% i--,... 9 9 .500 qdn. A. ................ 8 30 .444 'ommunications 7 11 .388

.................... qdn .E 6 12 .333 dr Inspectors , 6 12 333

ban and Reed Clark of the Booster club tossed in 35 foul throws each in 50 attempts to end their competition in a dead heat.

Box score of the game: ....... ............ Nordvedt 9 :F Bourland 12

Eckmann 4 -...... F .................. Fahey 9 ........ .......... Darnton 16 C ....Johnson 23 ...... ................. Ackerman 3 G Hansen

.............. .................... Bennett G Kotas Subs: Whitrnan-Royer 2, Saw-

yer 6, Wuerding 2, Redmon 2, Rus- sell; Flyers-Sawyer 1, Stevens 2, Krieger. Official's: Reser and Earp.

"DUKE" CUMBERLAND is one of the s tar guards on the Har- lem Globetrotters team.

L L A w

WHAT3 COOKIN' DOWN AT BLYTHE = THESE PICTURES TELL THE STORY

THESE 'PICTURES should bring nostalgic (?) memories for most of the personnel of WWAAF who made the trek up from the desert paradise (?) a t Blythe last spring, to re-activate Walla Walla. They show life a s she is lived by the handful of emigres who compose the dee ess organization of Squadron N. The two pictures a t top show a view of the flight line and the squadron area, with the friend- ly (?) mountains enveloping this jewel of the desert. In the second panel we see '"a glimpse of that caravanserie, the PX, with some of the boys enjoying cool cokes on a h& day. At right, in this panel (ah, yes! where have we seen this scene before?) the bogs are getting their profiles, with Capt. Louis Hurwitz examining the molars and Capt. Stanley Grudzien with the stethoscope. The picture a t lower left proves conclusively that there is no escape from pee tee, even 1200 miles from home base. At bottom right, the C-47 shuttle plane arrives from Walla Walla with a cargo of B-24 tires and other equipment.-(Base Lab Photo by Cpl. Harold Lawrence.) - - . - - - - - - - -

By ' ~ g t . Antonio ~i ' Tullio - So, some of you thought you could

get rid of me and my article, but I don't quit so easy as you can see. I didn't mind so much the guy who sent me threat notes so that I would stop writing my article, and the guy who sneaked up on me and slugged me, but the fellow who put that booby-trap on m y girl's picture, carried things a little far. (A guy can lose a hand that way) OK, so you'd rather wait until next summer and get some fresh CORN.

Like the other departments o n the base. we were also in the stripe line. Yours truly over-rated with

9 Sgt., Robert Bloomberg super over- rated with Staff, Johnny Linn well earned Sgt., Russ Defeyter a n d Les Hawthorne a long waited Cpl.

We welcomed our new secretary Miss Alice Barger, a few days ago, and so far all I got was her name, but give me time fellows.

Lt. Wilson, the Operations Of- ficer, is cultivating another head of hair on his upper lip a la gay ninety style. In a few months i t may look pretty well.

You can always interest a person in something pleasant, even though-it be a pleasing story or just a pleasant thought, but the average person steers shy mentally of any unpleasantness. Conse- quently people are not "accident conscious".

Surprising, isn't it, how care- ful a man will be with his money home, wife, children and friends, and yet be careless about himself. If the average man checked up on his own physical welfare a s carefully as he does others, there would be a minimum of sickness and accidents. Here on the base it behooves the

civilian personnel to check them- selves more closely, as last month, for example, the frequency rate in acci'dents was three times greater than the military, and yet the two personnels are not comparable in numbers.

Each of these groups have an important function in war and it is just as important that the civilian is on the job .as the soldier. In war, business, industry and finance, there a re only two important things, Assets and Liabilities. Which one of these a re you?

Your ARC office also underwent inspection last week. Mr. Graham Tinning, ARC Field Supervisor, was here giving us the once over. Our Lon Hartman, AFD, is back a t his desk after a four day leave in SGattle. Reason-wife's birthday. Understand last Saturday night was a big affair there. How was the head Sunday AM, Lon? A hearty welcome to Sgt. Or-

vi'lle Calvin and his new bride recently transferred to WWAAF and now working in the Control Tower. Much happiness to you and the Mrs. Sgt. Had three days without our cus-

todian, Pfc. Ablert Jackson, Sqdn. A., a s it seems a s though there was the small detail of RP waiting for him. He is back with us now, however.

'Can't help but get a kick out of the formations of "marching men" down by the combat crew barracks. There are usually about six to eight dogs attempting to keep in step with t h e columns. And doing right well, too, that is urhil the order is given "to the rear-march" and then every one gets confused, dogs not excepted.

T. Sqt. Pickerill New NCO Sec'y

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P. Sgt. Peter M. Kelly has ten. dered his resignation as secretary* treasurer of the NCO Club. T h t Board of Governors has voted T Sgt. George Pickerill of Squadror E to fill his place.

A call has been issued for "help help" at the NCO Club. Civilian: or military can be employed. Gooc wages are paid.

The monthly stag party for Feb ruary will be held next Fridaj night, February 23. If last month': affair is any indication, the comini party will be a looloo.

Bingo on Wednesdays and dance: on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sun days continue in popularity.

Lt. Jack McLain Is Married in Chapel

With Chaplain William E. Bishol officiating, Miss LaVonne Wheele of Denver, Colorado, was weddec to Lt. Jack W. McLain of Acworth Georgia, a t North Chapel of Wall: Walla Army Air Field Saturday February 10, at 8 p.m.

?he bride, dressed in black ant white, was attended by %rs. Jo( Moseley. Both carried gardenias

Last Saturday eve's dance at, the 3fficers' Club was a decided sm :ess. Dress was formal, or optional, and informal . dress se'emed to be ,he vogue. Highlight of the eve- ling was when Mrs. W. H. Wise- man announced winners of the war 3ond sale, of which she was chair- nan. Surprised Lt. Aurilio Mendez ~ a l k e d off with first prize, while 5t. J. J. Hunter won secohd prize. rhird prize, a pair of beautiful Valentine hearts, was shipped to Lt. Roger A. Poland's mother in Madison, Indiana. These hearts were,the centerpiece a t the Offi- x r s ' Wves Club tea last Thursday.

Lt. and Mrs.. Don Guinn are the proud parents of a little boy berm .last Sunday, February 11th. Big Brother Mike considers him a special birthday present, as the new arrival was born on his second birthdav. At the Red Cross meeting on

February 6, thd Officers Wives at- tained a new record in folding 1510 Iressings. Fifty nine members took part in establishing this record. 9t the meeting of February 13, the girls folded dressings for McCaw General Hospital, Walla Walla, instead of the Red Cross. An item 3f critical need, these surgical iressings_went into immediate s e n Ice a t McCaw.

All surgical dressings used at the Station Hospital, - WWAAF, are prepared by the Officers Wives Club. A large attendance of members for each Tuesday afternoon session i s urged, in order to carry on his humanitarian work. The "Father Of His Country''

motif prevailed a t the initial guest uncheon on Washington's Birthday. VIrs. Clay P. Kniss and her busy 2ommittee are to be given credit Tor the very attractive deccrations. 911 in all, the forty guests and the zighty wives present voted the af- 'air a success and much fun. - %

Mrs. Perry Shaffer, who is pab- lic relations officer for the Offi- cers' Wives Club, left Tuesday for Los Angeles for an extended visit.

Ted Fio Rito Maker Of Stars

A number of prominent motion licture personalities gathered a t I luncheon a few weeks ago in 3ollywood to honor the man who vas responsible for starting the.% In their way to fame. That man, ilso one of the most prominent 'igures in the entertainment bus- ness, was Ted Fio Rito, worid . ,

:amous orchestra leader. Included in this list of people wbs

Mere former musicians, vocalists md entertajners with Fio Rito were Dave Rose, former pianist with his 3and and composer of "Holiday [or Strings"; Lief Erickson, former vocalist with Fio Rito, later a Para- nount picture. star and now serv- mg in the Army; Joy Hodges, ex- vocal lovely with Ted and n6w motion picture and musical comedy star;Mussy Marcellino, long time featured singer with Fio Rito and now leader of his own orchestra; bandleader Isham Jones; Victor Young, ex-violinist with Fio -Kit0 and now musical director for Par- amount Studios; June Haver, former vocalist with Ted and now one of 20th Century-Fox's fastest rising young actresses; and love4y Betty Grable, one of the t6p box- office attractions in the United States. Ted discovered Betty in San Francisco when she was dancing .in a chorus at a theater. He hear&-her sing and signed her as vocalist with the band where she remained un-- ti1 entering motion pictures.

Lt. Joe Moseley was best man for the groom, A reception followed a t the Officers' club of this Fourth Air Force base in .the state of Washington.

Mrs. McLain is a former student of Lorette Heights college and Den- ver university. She later was a n industrial engineer for Gates Rub- ber company a t Denver. Lt. -Me- Lain attended Fulton High school at Atlanta, Georgia, and joined the Army in 1940. He is a co- pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber combat crew.

Their home address a t present will be the Marcus Whitman hotel in Walla Walla.

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