The White Falcon - 16.05.1942, Page 1

Vol. 11, Saturday, May 16, 19'(2. No. 8.
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(The White Falcon’s Inquiring
Reporter, continuing his investiga-
tion of the savings of his fellow
soldiers, focussed attention on the
men making deposits with the Fin-
ance Officer. Here are the results.)
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Pfc. Raymond Bruce, 21, plans to
get married on
the money he
saves through
Finance Depos-
its. Before the
war, Ray was
a machine op-
erator in the
Bunting Glider
factory. Gibfas-
town, New
York, is the home of this Engineer.
Pvt. Joseph E. Ayotfe, 22, whose
home is Lowell,
Mass., deposits
$25 a month
with the Fin-
ance Officer, so
that he can buy
a car after he
returns home.
Joe, who is
now a member
of the QM,
thinks that this
way he avoids
the temptation to spend his money
prematurely.
Pfc. Samuel Garritano’s ambition
to go into the
fruit retail bus-
iness prompts
his savings
through Fin-
ance deposits.
Before joining
the Army, Sam
was a brusher
in Philadelph-
ia, Penn.; that
is, he put the
finishingtouch-
es on wool sweaters. Sam is 21 and
an Engineer.
Sgt. Robert Kittell, 29 year old
member of the
Quartermaster
Corps, sends
$20 home to
Boston, Massa-
chusetts, each
month for the
support of his
wife. He jok-
ingly added
he’d better, or
else!
Corp. Eugene J. Notebaert receives congratulations along with his dip-
loma from Major General Charles H. Bonesteel, who made the awards
personally at a recent Infantry AO School commencmcnt.
Norwegians Observe
May 17 Anniversary
Tomorrow, May 17, will be
celebrated around the world by
all exiled Norwegians, and by
all the Norwegians in Norway
—whether openly or not. They
will celebrate this day as the
anniversary of their independ-
ence achieved in 1814, after
domination by the Danes for
more than 400 years.
But since the present Nazi
Quisling regime oppresses Nor-
way proper, the most elaborate
celebrations must take place
outside of their country. All the
Allied nations will join with
them in paying respect for the
cause for which so many Nor-
wegians are now suffering so
greatly.
Under normal conditions, to-
morrow7, the Norwegian school
children would gather in large
processions to march upon the
town hall, or the King’s castle
if they lived in. the beloved
Oslo. They would carry their
red, wdiite, and blue flag and
their school banners, and would
gather beneath the balcony to
hear their king address the. na-
tion. All sorts of entertainments
would fellow7. Flags would fly
from every house, almost from
every window.
To the historian, May 17,
1814 marks the day of the fa-
mous Eidsvold constitution
which the Norwegians modelled
upon the lines of the United
States constitution (1787), the
French constitution (1791). and
the Spanish constitution (1812).
In its day it represented the
most liberal constitution writt-
en. It has been maintained
steadily by Norway until the
German invasion, and like ours,
had been modified slightly to
meet the needs of a modern na-
tion.
Nazi Spring Offensive
Gathers Force Slowly
At the end of the first week
of the German Spring Offensive
the Nazis claim to have taken
the Kerch peninsula, but on the
rest of, the southern front the
Russians have savagely held the
enemy at bay or driven them
back with heavy losses on both
side.
Observers of the fierce Kerch
push which drove through to
Takil believe the drive, which
opened the vaunted offensive,
may be a feint while the Ger-
mans lay their plans for a later
surprise attack on their logical
goal of Leningrad. But at Len-
ingrad the Russians are reported
to be using huge new tanks
which have proven more than a
match for the new German anti-
tank six inch guns w'hich fire
shells developing a three thous-
and degrees centigrade heat
(Continued on page 5.)
Troops Get
Late Films
For the first time in the hist-
ory of film production, movie
producers have reduced current
pictures from the standard 35
mm. size to the 16 mm. suitable
to be shown to the forces awray
from the United States.
These movies ai’e distributed
to the various units on a weekly
basis, each pi’ojector being al-
loted three different films per
w'eek. These films rotate until
all the units have been given a
chance to see them at one of the
show’ings, usually two per
group.
Through the Overseas Motion
Picture Service of the U. S.
Army, the Special Services Off-
icer now has for release such
current Hollywood hits as: The
Lady is Willing, H. M. Pulham,
Esq., Babes on Broadway, The
Bugle Sounds, Johnny Eager,
Dr.Kildare’s Victory,Ball of Fire,
Sons of Fury, Hellzapoppin’, The
Man Who Came to Dinner, Play-
mate, Fleet’s In, Wild Bill
Hickok Rides, All Through the
Night, Confirm or Deny, Sulli-
van’s Travels, The Lady Has
Plans, Mr. and Mrs. North, and
Tarzan’s Secret Treasure. Many
of these shows have been rushed
here so quickly that they will
be shown to the troops simul-
taneously or prior to showings
in most American cities.
From time to time it is pro-
posed to let the troops have a
World Premiere such as the
other night when the forces
saw Johnny Weismuller and
Maureen O’Sullivan in Tarzan’s
Adventures in New York, which
as yet has not been released in
the States anywhere, and pro-
bably won’t be for a month.
With new projectors coming
into action all the time, the
troops are about to be treated
to a real fest of movies. The
fact that all these shows will
be seen free of charge will add
to the uniqueness.
Bill Would Place
Women in Army
Creation of a service unit
which would place 150,000
women in positions now held
by soldiers was passed this week
in a bill by the senate.
The bill, which now goes to
the house, is planned to allow
replacement of soldiers who are
doing “office type” work in the
States,