The White Falcon - 21.11.1942, Blaðsíða 2

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Navy Sweeps Japs
From Guadalcanal
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Knox warned that the Japs will
undoubtedly make another at-
tempt at the vital island group.
President Roosevelt, at first
hesitating to speak about the
strategic aspects of the naval ac-
tion, later called it a “major
victory.” He expressed sorrow at
the American losses in the battle
—far smaller than those-suffered
by the Japs—and disclosed that
one of the men killed was Rear
Admiral Callaghan, the Presi-
dent’s former Naval aide.
Meanwhile, combined Ameri-
can and Australian forces at New
Guinea are advancing rapidly
without apparent opposition. The
Allies are now less than 10 miles
from Japan’s important strong-
hold at Buna, where it expected
the Japs will dig in for an im-
portant battle to halt General
MacArthur’s onrushing columns.
There is a possibility that the
Japs will attempt to evacuate
their forces from Buna. But Al-
lied fighter-bombers will make
a wide-scale evacuation a costly
maneuver, even if the Japanese
can succed in placing sufficient
shipping in the harbor to evacu-
ate its retreating force.
Allied air units again were ac-
tive during the week as they bat-
tered Jap shipping in Rabaul har-
bor, scoring two direct hits on
a large merchant vessel. Medium
bojnbers also staged a nocturnal
raid on the Buin airdrome in the
Solomons, and attacked the Jap-
oocupied towns of Maobisse and
Bobonaro.
YANK Invites
Tirades Against
Axis War Lords
Hitting the Axis where it hurts
— that’s the aim of the “Nuts to
the Axis” contest now being
sponsored by'Yank, the official
Army newspaper.
The contest calls for short,
hard-hitting messages to Hitler,
Mussolini and Tojo. Winning
messages will be broadcast to all
parts of the world through the
cooperation of the Office of War
Information, and winners will
receive free six-month subscrip-
tions to Yank.
News From The Forces
Air Warning
Rosenberg’s Rascals: Is Fred
T. Johnston actually a contem-
porary of Omar Khayam, or has
the loss of Jeannie with the light
brown hair brought this sudden
advocation of Omar’s verse?
T/5G. J. P. (Chips) Delaney,
alias ‘Lucky’, the Brooklyn Badg-
er, is writing to one of Jersey’s
lovely creatures — name and ad-
dress may be obtained by con-
tacting yours truly.
When T/5G. Phelan begins his
ear-bending exercises (too often)
I’m reminded of that bit by Ovid
— “The tuneful Horace held our
ears enhanced.” (“The doleful
Phelan, etc.”).
Poor Sgt. Comer------No letter
from his luscious little heart
twister in many weeks. Too, too
bad William--------could she be
dazzled by a pair of Silver Wings
on the chest of H. Y.?
Here’s my chance to predict
Messages may be any length up
to 200 words, and with the ex-
ception of cussing or obscene! the winners of the Ping Pong
language, no holds are barred, tournament now in progress. Sgt.
Suggested titles are “I’ll Be See-! Linzer 1st Prize; T/4G. Jordan
so mad when someone disclosed
that Dorchester, Mass., address?
If T/4G. Galvanek had receiv-
ed that beautiful photo a few
weeks earlier, the search for the
Command Sweetheart would have
ended much sooner.
Staff Sgt. Gordon.
Gannuccielli’s Gardeners:
The most prominent gos-
sip concerns the organiza-
tion of our local chapter of
the M.G.M. Club (My Girl got
Married), which consists of such
outstanding members as: Corp.
Walls, T/5G. Johnston, and Pvt.
Graves; however, we are looking
forward to new members. Cap-
tain Walsh has been appointed
a committee of one to see that
the boys do not lose heart but
go on to further conquests.
We notice that Tech. Sgt. Som-
mer still is in possession of that
prominent moustache; the Fire
parts are off limits, could it,
boys?
The race for Chow Hound is
almost at a standstill with Corp.
Nichols still leading the paeji.
Just how long he will stay out
in front is a matter of concern
to no one but “Wolf” Ramsey.
Corp. Leigh.
This is a story about Pfc. Han-
nibal Mortimer Casagrande—he
of the strong cigars, little twist-
ed cigars of black Tibetan to-
bacco. When Hannibal comes on
shift he is equipped with all side-
line comforts: a box contain-
ing five pipes, a can of tobacco,
a pack of the aforementioned
foul cigars, gum, candy, and a
book to read while not busy. His
Department is always alert for routine is sometihg like this: eat
any brush fires which might be a bar of candy, smoke a cigar,
^—Russia
in’ You!” “Here’s What I’m
Fighting For,” “My Father Did
It in 1918,” “Doolittle Was Only
the Beginning,” “If I Had You In
My Squad,” but it is not neces-
sary to limit entries to the above
suggestions.
Entries must be postmarked
on or before midnight, Dec. 10,
and winning messages will be
broadcast as soon after that date
as possible. Yank’s address is
205 E. 42d Street, New York, N.Y.
Africa
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grad and killed at least 100 Ru
tnanians.
The invaders were scattered
from their positions northwest
of Stalingrad when Russian ar-
tillery silenced four German bat-
teries, while on the Black Sea
coast of the Caucasus, north-
east of Tuapse, Russian forces
regained an important height.
The successful counter-offens-
ive in the wrestern Caucasus con-
tinued southeast of Nalchik at
the approach to the rich oil
fields as the Nazis retreated be-
fore a heavy assault. In one
skirmish, the Germans lost 250
officers and men killed.
Soviet guerilla troops in the
Orlov district were credited
with wrecking a German troop
train, causing the death of 200
more German officers and men.
2nd Prize; T/4G. Olds 3rd Prize.
The officers are going to need
plenty of practice to beat them.
Wonder what happened to the
Barry-Junger Syndicate? For a
long while it was rumored that
every night after lights were out
one could hear in whispered ton-
es, “Ten for you, ten for me.”
We wonder why Sgt. Betta got
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However, late Allied air recon
naissance reports indicate that
the Afrika Korps is preparing to
defend Agheila, a bottleneck be-
tween a desert depression and
the Mediterranean coast, where
strong defensive action is pos-
sible. Because the Germans and
Italians are setting up fortifica-
tions at Agheila, the Allies have
concluded that Hitler has order-
ed Rommel to maintain his toe-
hold at all costs.
Sir Stafford Cripps summa-
rized the African battle in a
statement to the House of Com-
mons in London when he de-
clared that there was “A very
solid reason for a more con-
fident outlook in North Africa,
although the Allies face a ‘stern,
uphill fight’ before victory there
is complete.”
Setting It Right
The White Falcon regrets
that last week’s edition named
Capt. Stanley Deck’s 100%
Bond unit as of the Field Ar-
tillery, when the men are In-
fantrymen — and proud of it!
Mrs.Roosevelt Returns to White House
After Air Visit to Great Britain
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Ame-
rica’s First Lady, is back at the
White House today, having re-
turned from her visit to the
British Isles earlier this week.
White House Secretary Steven
Early disclosed that President
Roosevelt met his wife when she
arrived at an airport near Wash-
ington, D.C. She had been gone
since Oct. 21. ,
Mrs. Roosevelt flew to Britain
last month and toured many sec-
tion of the isles, visiting units
of the AEF and studying the pro-
blems of women workers in war
industries.
Chest Made
For ’18 War
Received Now
Visions of a romantic corres-
pondence with a beauteous me-
dical supply packer flitted before
the eyes of Corp. John C. Neide-
rich of a local hospital unit as
he unfolded a note found in a
recently-opened medicine cabinet
crate. “Good luck and good wish-
es to the soldier boy who finds
this note,” it said. But, alas and
alack, it was dated Sept. 21, 1918,
and was signed by a man.
Undaunted, Corp. Nejderich
wrote a letter to the packer, Ed
Ritter of Columbus, Ohio, point-
ing out that the crate had been
opened 24 years to the day after
the note had been penned. Mr.
ritter, now 81 years old, replied
stating that he had been a fore-
man in a factory making hospital
equipment during World War I
when he had placed the note in
the cabinet. He enclosed a pic-
ture of himself and added, “The
note holds just as good now as
it did then.”
started by that ancient meer-
schaum of his.
Our most important bit of in-
formation concerns one Corp.
Karkheck (Dutchman). Seems he
recently received a picture of a
very nice looking brunette. He
was very much excited and ent-
hused, but his hopes were short
lived when he found that she
was touring Long Island with
one of Uncle Sam’s sailor boys.
We are all wondering what
keeps our Poet and Author, T/5G.
Johnston (his most recent pub-
lication: “The Country Swain”)-,
in such a philosophical mood,
especially since be received a
letter saying his best girl was hav-
ing a wonderful time with three
English soldiers.
Latest flier to receive his wings
is “20-mile-an-hour” Barth. His
one fault seems to be his fond-
ness for mud holes. “Tubby” is
always stuck.
T/5G. Roteelli seems to think
that by some underhand method
he can get a certain girl’s picture
without her husband’s know-
ledge.
Pvt. Graves.
Field Artillery
T/4G. Claude L. Lair has found
a beautiful gal in a secluded store
down-town. He claims he bought
ten cans of shoe polish, one at
a time, so he could gaze into
her deep blue eyes. Did anything
hit you on the back of your head,
when you left, Claude? Don Juan
Prewitt is also doing OK with his
gal from the latest reports.
The Signal Section has been
feeling pretty blue for the last
two weeks; they finally broke
their victrola — and that broke
their hearts. There will be no
more jam & jiving down there
until they acquire a new’ victrola.
Corp. Geo. Gable.
We are beginning to wonder
just why Sgt. Groves jumps every
time the ’phone rings.
Why .all the moaning here of
late? It couldn’t be that certain
another bar of candy, smoke one
of the pipes. The pipes are smok-
ed in rotation. Casagrande has
a sideline, too. He doubles in
brass as a hash burner, on which
days everyone who can takes a
pass and eats in tow’n. Others
proceed with caution through a
meal.
Now that Pfc.’ Edwin Pankey
has shaved off that black bush
which adorned his upper lip for
quite a spell, many of his friends
arc asking where ho has been.
T/4G. Hugh Young.
Conversations to hoar: Pvt.
Bolwinik and Pfc. Gdldberg.
“Bottleneck” separates his lips
and leers, “Abadaba.” “Nappy”
brushes his hair and smiles,
“Synisis.” A language all their
owm. Pfc. Negovetich, imitates
Durante w’ith the aid of Milocie-
wicz. T/4G. Jackson Trying to
explain his favorite football team
to Corp. Cohan, Pfc. Ansorge,
an,d ditto.
Characters with a care: Pfc.
Lawerence who goes to attend
to some tires and sends a mes-
sage for thumbtacks. To plug the
holes, Jimmy? Pfc. Schwartz who
is completely awake only when
jitterbugging. T/5G. Slinnet, the
human movie directory, w’ith his
own little brain, too. Pvt. “Musc-
les” Lingoes bending a can just
like that. Pvt. Grether with his
nightly monologue. Pfc, “Monk”
Montgomery who, it is hoped,
will attend every class at the
Cooks and Bakers School. Pfc.
“Sent - another - hundred - home”
Barstow the logical successor to
Sears. Corp. Arnicar and his
quips. Pvt. Belbow who has sud-
denly become interested in his
surroundings, not to mention a
cute little redhead. Pvt. “Reb”
Silver saying sixteen or thirty-
six, they all suit me. Pfc. Pear-
son 'humming “Kalamazoo” with
a’ reminiscent air. Pvt. Furness
w’hose correspondence course
will be a success as long as Pfc.
Voss is near.
Shawn.