The White Falcon - 11.10.1941, Síða 1

Vol. 1, No. 3. Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday Oct. 11th, 19M. Price: 3 cents (20 aurar)
On the Alert. Whiling away the minutes between flights comes
easy to this group of pursuit pilots for they find an outlet in their
vocalizing and playing. The “musicians” are from left to right Lt.
W. E. Lotz, Lt. J. E. Tucker, Lt. \V. B. Reed, Lt. G. L. Werten-
baker, Lt. \V. W. Walton, Capt. E. F. Williams and Lt. O. B. Farley.

BY UNITED PRESS.
(Special to The White Falcon).
WASHINGTON. — The house
appropriations committee asked
congress to vote an additional
unrestricted $5,985,000,000 for
the lend-lease program in res-
ponse to an appeal by General
George Marshall for every pos-
sible assistance to keep Russia
fighting and speed the destruc-
tion of Germany.
ATLANTA, GA. — A tropical
storm was blowing out into the
Atlantic Friday near Charleston,
S. C. leaving death and destruc-
tion in its wake. The storm has
swept across Florida, Georgia to
South Carolina. At least ten per-
sons have been killed and scores
injured.,
WASHINGTON. — Attention
of the State department has
turned to Finland who is wag-
ing war along with Germany on
Russia. Although he made no
threats, Secretary Hull made
clear the United States would
like to know what Finland’s int-
entions are. The move is believed
aimed at discouraging Finland
from advancing far enough
into Russia to cut off the vital
communication lines which
would permit shipment of Ame-
rican and British war supplies
through Murmansk.
WASHINGTON. — President
Roosevelt in a special message
to Congress Thursday urged
immediate action on the repeal
of Section 6 of the Neutrality
Act This portion of the law for-
bids the arming of American
owned and controlled merchant
ships. The President declared
that is was time to stop playing
into the hands of Hitler. This is
a matter of “extreme urgency”,
said Roosevelt. New York Re-
presentative Sol Bloom, of the
House investigating committee
gave assurance that appropriate
action would he taken to get the
measure adjusted early next
week.
Truck Accidents
Take Two Lives
American forces in Iceland
were saddened his week with
news that two of its soldiers had
been killed as a result of truck
accidents.
Pvt. Timothy J. Noland of the
Infantry died in the station ho-
spital Tuesday night where he
had been taken Monday after the
truck he was driving fell over
an embankment. He suffered a
skull fracture. Noland, who was
23 years old, resided in Cincinn-
ati, Ohio, prior to joining the
army. Funeral services were
held at 2 o’clock Friday.
Pvt. J. B. Hanley of the Force
Quartermaster was killed Oct.
3 when the truck he was driving
slid over an embankment, caus-
ing the vehicle to overturn.
Hanley was a private, specialist
6th class. Funeral rites were
held last Tuesday in Reykjavik.
He was a native of Commerce,
Ga.
Andrews Promoted
To Lieut. General
The War Department has
announced that Major General
Frank M. Andrews had been ad-
vanced to the rank of Lieutenant
General as head of the Caribbi-
an Defence Command and the
Panama Canal Department.
TOC H TO BUILD
ICELAND CENTER
Toe H, the British organiza-
tion of war veterans and other
men more than eighteen years
old who wish to dedicate them-
selves to “unselfish service in
fellowship” in both war and
peace, is planning its first Ame-
rican-British rest and recreation
house and chapel in Iceland, it
has been reported by the Brit-
ish War Relief Society.
From reports and letters
reaching the society, which has
contributed $70,000 for Toe H
activities in England and on
various war fronts in the last
few months, the society has
learned that Queen Elizabeth
has taken an interest in con-
struction of the Iceland service
center.
Candidate School
May Take 6 Men
From Iceland Forces
Six enlisted men from the
Army forces in Iceland will be
recommended for Officers
Candidate Schools during the
next two months. The number
recommended is three for Signal
and three for other than Signal.
Applications have been sent
to the Base Command head-
quarters where they will be revi-
ewed by a board of officers. The
war department has announced
changes in policy regarding the
schools as follows:
Of the 2,600 enlisted men who
are taking the three months'
courses commencing this month,
some 650 will be Selectees of
four months’ service who will be
selected by the Commanding
Generals of Replacement Train-
ing Centers and will report dir-
ectly to the Officer Candidate
Schools from these centers. Of
the remaining 1,950 officer
candidates, about one-half will
be Selectees, the other half being
members of the Regular Army
and National Guard.
From the service at large,
men between the ages of 21 and
29, who have completed five
months’ service on October 1
will be eligible for selection.
Formerly the maximum age was
37 years. The present reduction
to a maximum, of 29 years will
not be applied to Selectees al-
ready inducted, nor to members
of the Regular Army and
National Guard who originally
enlisted in the service subsequ-
ent to August 27, 1940. These
last will continue to be eligible
prior to their 37th birthdays.
First U. S. Bread
Homemade American bread
made its first appearance this
week on mess tables of army
forces as one of the large bak-
ing units was set up under the
direction of Lieut. James Prenn.
Equipped to turn out thous-
ands of loaves of bread daily, the
unit is now virtually ready to
care for the American troops.