The White Falcon - 12.09.1942, Page 3

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More US Women Don Uniforms As *WAFS4
, Something new has been add-
ed to the WAAC’s and WAVES.
The WAFS-—Women’s Auxiliary
Ferry Squadron—has been or-
ganized to ferry newly completed
aircraft from the factory line to
airfields.
Mrs. Nancy Harness Love, a
well-known pilot and wife of
Colonel Robert Love, Deputy
Chief of Staff of the Air Trans-
port Command, will head the
new organization, War Secretary
Stimson revealed at his news con-
ference. Mrs. Love said she ex-
pected no difficulty in recruit-
ing an initial 50 WAFS from the
hundreds of qualified women pil-
ots not now engaged in essential
work.
WAVES
Applications for entrance into
the WAVES, the Navy’s answer
to the WAAC’s, were accepted be-
ginning yesterday, the Navy De-
partment announced. Women ad-
mitted to the WAVES will under-
go training similar to that offer-
ed to the WAAC’s at Ft. Des
Moines, la.
WAAC’s
The first contingent of WAAC
graduates will have wide-spread
activities, Director Oveta Hobby
announced from Washington.
Some of the 436 officers gra-
duated recently will remain at
Ft. Des Moines, la., as staff and
faculty, while another group
will be stationed in Washington,
D. C. Others will serve as re-
cruiting officers, and a few will
go to Ft. Riley’s cooking school.
Espionage
At Amityville, Long Island
John Kroeger was held by the
New York FBI Bureau today on
espionage charges. District FBI
Chief Foxworth described Kroe-
ger as one of the most important
cogs in the German espionage
machine in the Western Hemi-
sphere, saying that Kroeger
had gathered information on air-
plane and other vital war plants
on Long Island, and forwarded
them to Germany through Nazi
agents in South America.
Nazi Gals
The official newspaper of
Hitler’s private army, the Elite
Guard, is indignant over the way
scheming women in Germany
are trying to work soldiers at
the front. The paper complains
that women have hinted to their
unknown soldier correspondents
they would be delighted with a
present of figured silk, smart
shoes, or anything nice the boys
“can pick up in Russia.”
G-Men
A sweeping FBI cleanup in
New York City resulted in the
arrest of 142 aliens. The raid
sent agents to more than 100
homes.
Hollywood
Walt Disney’s military- ani-
mated cartoons have been adopt-
ed on an international basis.
Among 500 Disney insignias for
Army and Navy are a red-eyed
alligator for Army amphibious
command; a polar bear for Al-
aska troops, and a giraffe with
earphones and a lion bicycling
for the Fighting French.
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Movie Star Lyle Talbot, 38, was
working for Uncle Sam today,
having enlisted in the Army Air
Corps as a private this week.
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Unless Mickey Rooney mends
his ways, his pretty 19-year-old
wife, the former Ava Gardner,
will tell her troubles to a lawyer,
she declared. The couple separat-
ed earlier this week after nine
months of married life.
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French Film Actress Michele
Morgan and Actor William Mar-
shall will be married in a couple
of weeks, they revealed when
applying for a wedding license.
Treason
Treason indictments—covering
41 specific charges—were re-
turned by a Federal Grand Jury
in Chicago this week against six
relatives and friends of the exe-
cuted Nazi saboteur, Herbert
Haupt. All counts carry possible
death sentences upon conviction.
The indictments were directed at
Haupt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hans Haupt; his uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Froehling;
and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wergin.
Marines
The Marine League of America
staged its annual convention in
Chicago this week and voted to
conduct next year’s conference
either in Tokio or Berlin, or per-
haps both.
Young Draft
Republican Representative
Wadsworth of New York this
week introduced a bill to make
18 and 19 year old youths sub-
ject to the military draft. The
Wadsworth bill is identical to a
measure introduced a few days
ago in the upper house by Rep.
Senator Gurney of South Dakota.
Hitch-Hiking
To facilitate hitch-hiking in
Williamsport, Pa., drivers will-
ing to pick up passengers en
route to work paste “V” stick-
ers on the windshield, while pe-
destrians seeking a ride wear
colorful feathers in their hats.
Hall of Fame
William Beattie, 68, curator of
baseball’s Hall of Fame museum
at Cooperstown, N. Y., died this
week after a month’s illness.
Rickenbacker
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, avi-
ation authority, foresaw the need
for 300,000 pilots, more than
4,000,000 mechanics, and a total
military force of 15,000,000 men
before the war would be won.
The World War I flying ace scof-
fed at reports that American war-
planes were inferior to other na-
tion’s ships, saying they are much
better than any others.
Hot Mail
John Clay of North Bend, Neb.,
was held on $1,000 bail today in
a Omaha jail on charges of de-
laying, destroying and secreting
mail. A rural mail carrier for 22
years, Clay said he stuffed 351
pieces into a furnace. “It got too
cussed, infernal heavy, especially
that third class and government
mail,” he added.
Mrs. Lewis
Mrs. Myrta Bell Lewis, 62-year-
old wife of John L. Lewis, head
of the CIO, died Tuesday at her
home in Alexandria, Va. Mrs.
Lewis had been ill for seven
months and had undergone a
series of major operations at
Johns Hopkins hospital in Balti-
more.
Released
Joseph M. Schenck, former
chairman of the board of 20th
Century Fox Film Corp., has
been released on parole from
Federal prison at Danbury,
Conn., where he had served four
months of his year-and-a-day
sentence.
Cargo Planes
Production Chief Nelson was
still considering Henry Kaiser’s>
cargo plane program today, but
Washington sources indicated
Nelson’s special investigating
committee had submitted an un-
favorable report.
Income Tax
The Senate Finance Commit-
tee this week voted 13 to 6 to
adopt a five percent tax on in-
come of all individuals in ex-
cess of $624 a year. The annual
yield from this source is esti-
mated at approximately $3,600,-
000,000 in addition to present
tax revenue.
Navy Haven
Kermit Roosevelt, cousin of
the President, announced that
his one-time exclusive Long Is-
land estate will be opened next
week as a convalescent home for
torpedoed merchant seamen.
Bald Heads
Two Army Engineer units in
training on American soil turned
up with bald heads this week,
having given their barber a busy
session -with the shears, But for
maneuvers the men were order-
ed to camouflage their nude pa-
tes because the sun’s rays re-
flected and gave away their po-
sitions to the enemy.
Willkie
Wendell Willkie, the Presi-
dent’s envoy to the world battle-
fields, declared yesterday he was
certain Turkey never would per-
mit an Axis’ invasion through
its borders. He assured the Ame-
rican people that Turkey would
maintain its neutrality.
Taxi Ban
One-third of the nation’s taxi-
cabs will be retired for the du-
ration, it was announced this
week, in an effort to conserve
fuel and tires. In New York,
alone, this means 2,000 cabs will
be removed from service.
Study V Work
Los Angeles officials disclosed
that students over 16 years of
age and physically fit will divide
their day equally, attending
school one-half of the day and
working on nearby farms the
other half. The move was neces-
sary because so many farm hands
have joined the armed forces.
Real Foxhole
Digging foxholes may be a pain
in the back to most soldiers, but
not to Privates Leo Prince and
Manuel Caparelli, of Camp Ed-
wards, Massachusetts. They hit
the jack-pot. Out on a combat
problem the other day, they start-
ed digging a two-man foxhole
— and to their surprise unearth-
ed a real live baby fox!
— Roosevelt
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been inflicted on the Jap fleet,
it remains a major threat to Paci-
fic victory, the President said.
He advocated a united stand of
land, sea and air units to assure
control of this area, with the
Americans keeping the initia-
tive.
Continuing, Pres. Roosevelt
declared, “In the Middle East the
Axis nations are fighting to gain
control of the Suez, the Red Sea
and the Indian Ocean, and to
gain contact with the Japanese
navy. The battle is now joined.
We are well aware of our dan-
ger, but we are hopeful of the
outcome.”
The President concluded, “This
is the toughest war of all time.
We need not leave it to histori-
ans of the future to answer the
question whether we are tough
enough to meet this unparallel-
ed challenge. We can give the
answer now, This answer is
‘Yes’.”
— Rec Center
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those who would like to know
a bit about these new hostesses,
Miss Goodell guarantees the boys
will meet five real American girls
who can claim attention any-
where. To prove her point, she
can identify them too. Miss Eve-
lyn Orcutt of Detroit, Michigan,
was a former director of the
Women’s Department for the
Pennsylvania Central Airlines in
Washington, D.C. Miss Jane Snod-
grass, Collinsville, Illinois, has
not only had experience teaching
voice and dramatics, but has also
Pretty Red Cross hostess Eve-
lyn Orcutt wields saw with near-
professional dexterity as she
helps remodel new Recreation
Center for grand opening next
Wednesday.
been in radio work as her affilia-
tion with KSD of St. Louis prov-
es. Miss Florence Coleman, who
comes from Palmyra, Illinois,
was former director in WPA re-
creation in the state of Illinois.
Miss Elizabeth Todd, native of Los
Angeles, comes here almost dir-
ectly from the Pacific theater of
war, as she was at Honolulu on
December 7, working for the
Bergstrom Music Company; and
before her nine month’s service
in Hawaii, Miss Todd was with
the Bureau of Investigation of
the CCC. And Miss Carol Levene,
another Californian, this time
from San Francisco, was State
Supervisor of recreational train-
ing in California. Miss Goodell
adds that all other regular en-
gagements of the Red Cross work-
ers have automatically been can-
celled so that there will be a com-
plete staff present to keep the
party rolling. Refreshments are
also promised to all comers.