The White Falcon - 24.10.1959, Side 3

Saturday, October 24, 1959
THE WHITE FALCON
Page 3
Wistful and expectant young faces line the doorway as Keflavik’s Toyland held its grand opening last
month. Lolly-pops and balloons were dispensed to the youngsters while the grown-ups were served
doughnuts and coffee throughout the day. Located in the Seaweed area in building number 2452, Toy-
land maintains the same hours as the Main Exchange.
Here’s proof that “young at heart,” as well as youngsters enjoyed
perusing the gift-laden shelves during Toyland’s gala opening. This
giant Panda is destined to make some young fellow happy.
Oct. 24 Is U.N. Bay
America will celebrate “United Nations Day” today along with
other UN member countries.
In paying tribute to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge,
U. S. Representative to the UN, has said, “Americans want a for-
eign policy which does two things — promotes world peace and up-
holds our national interests and ideals.”
“The United Nations,” he said, “is a place where we pursue that
foreign policy. In it we work together with like-minded nations, not
only to solve dispute, but also promote positive things like the
atoms-for-peace program, worldwide malaria control, and better liv-
ing standards for people all over the world . . .
“The United Nations,” said the U. S. Representative to the UN,
“also serves as a great loudspeaker which can expose Communist
fallacies and mobilize world public opinion against aggressors. It is
the most effective single engine in the world for the influencing of
world opinion.”
Communist radio output in the
Near East, South Asia and Africa
rose 15 per cent in the first six
months of this year.
The pilot skims the treetops,
The natives all fall flat.
He’s licensed to fly solo,
But not “so-lo” as that.
Armed Forces Oldest EM
Retires After 50 Years
Washington (AFPS) — The career of the Armed For-
ces’ oldest member — spanning more than a half century
of active military service — ended'here September 30 when
Air Force M/Sgt. Horst Tittel, 75, stepped into retirement.
During a Pentagon ceremony in the office of General
Curtis E. LeMay, Air Force Vice
Chief of Staff, Tittel was present-
ed with the Legion of Merit in
recognition of his 51 years of ser-
vice. Air Force Secretary James
H. Douglas was among scores of
Defense notables who offered the
veteran congratulations on his as-
sumption of retirement rank as
lieutenant colonel and best wishes
for the years ahead.
Born in Leipsig, Germany, in
1884. Tittel came to this country
in 1904 and enlisted in the Army
Coast Artillery Corps at West
Hoboken, N. J., in 1908. He re-
calls that his private’s salary was
$13 monthly. “But in those days,”
he said, “commissary T-bone
steaks sold at seven cents a
pounds.”
For forty-two years, Tittel held
continuous warrant as master
sergeant, first achieving that
grade in 1917. Just prior to WWI,
he transferred to the Aviation
Section, Army Signal Corps, fore-
runner of today’s Air Force, and
was assigned as a flying me-
chanic.
“If the Air Force would re-
enlist me tomorrow,” he declar-
ed, “I would sign over again.
I enjoyed every minute of my
service.”
During WWI, Tittle was com-
missioned as a Reserve first lieu-
tenant and assigned as Adjutant
of the Aviation Instruction Cen-
ter in France, where, for a time
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Am-
erican Ace of that conflict, served
as Engineer Officer. After the
war, Tittel was discharged as
Captain and promptly reenlisted
in his master-sergeant grade.
In WWII, Tittel served through-
Christmas Comes Early
As Toyland Opens Doors
Christmas is a little early this year ... or at least that
seemed to be the case as Keflavik Airport’s Toyland opened
its doors last month.
On hand to view the colorful array of dolls, trains,
pandas and numerous other toys, were a large portion of
Keflavik’s smallfry population.
"®‘ Colonel Myron Barlow, Air Base
Group Commander, did the honors
as he snipped the ribbon stretched
across the door while the wide-
eyed youngsters strained to gain
a premature look at the wonders
within.
To them . . . the young at
heart and in age . . . this could
well be the workshop of Santa
Claus himself. After all, hadn’t
they been told from the time
they began to toddle alone, that
Santa’s home was at the North
Pole? And if this wasn’t the
North Pole, it was as near as
many of them cared to go.
Base Exchange Officials did
everything possible to make this
Toyland, the showplace of Kefla-
vik. This fact was evident as the
children walked down rows upon
rows of giant pandas, some of
them as large as a four-year-old
child. Dump trucks, tricycles, bi-
cycles and toy automobiles of
every color in the rainbow lined
the walls and the delighted young-
sters inspected each and every one
while anxious parents raced madly
in an effort to keep up.
Thanks to the Exchange’s long
range planning, Toyland’s shelves
were jammed with gifts suitable
for old and young alike. For the
grownups, naturally . . . especi-
ally for the man in the family,
the electric trains are the “eye-
catchers.”
But be-that-as-it-may, Iceland is
located just a hop-skip-and a
jump from Santa’s “diggins”
which means the spirit is already
here and Christmas in inching
nearer. So, unlatch the purse
strings pop and head for Toy-
land. Happiness is there for all
your young ones.
Quack, Quack,
Wool, Woof!
Barksdale AFB, La. (AFPS) —
Master Sgt. William E. Hull is
one airman who’ll never be using
comedian Joe Penner’s famous gag
line, “Wanna buy a duck?”
Reason: Hull’s big red retriever
Bambi would veto any such sale.
Bambi is too fond of Tonka.
And Tonka is a duck.
Dog and duck, both domestic
pets of the Hull family, have be-
come inseparable buddies. Tonka
likes to snooze in the caressing
confines of Bambi’s tail. Bambi
enjoys having Tonka around to
pick fleas and other insects from
her coat.
Other dogs and cats in the
neighborhood have learned to
give Tonka a wide birth. If they
so much as move in for a rumble,
Bambi materializes with a pro-
tective growl to answer Tonka’s
SOS signals.
out the North African and Italian
Campaigns as major and lieuten-
ant colonel, with base adjutant or
administrative officer assign-
ments.
The 32-passenger YAC-1 Cari-
bou transport aircraft, capable of
carrying an Infantry platoon from
the rear to improvised front-line
airstrips, was accepted for the
Army here this week by Lt. Gen.
Arthur G. Trudeau, Army Chief
of Research and Development.
AFRS Station Opens
At Air Base in Spain
Zaragoza AB, Spain (AFPS) —
The newest member of the Armed
Forces Radio Service network is
AFRS Zaragoza, originating here.
The new station is the first of
three stations to be operated in
Spain for military personnel.
OLDEST EM RETIRES — Mrs. Tittel admires the Legion of Merit
awarded her husband, Air Force M/Sgt. Horst W. Tittel, 75, who retired
after 51 years of active duty. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Curtis
E. LeMay made the presentation. Tittel enlisted in the Army in 1908
and served in both world wars. He retires as a lieutenant colonel, the
highest rank he held during WWII.