The White Falcon - 09.01.1943, Blaðsíða 8

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News From The Forces
Infantry
Losses to OCS were Sgts. Glen
Sehneider and Kenneth Ander-
son. and Corp. Robert Weibel.
Some new nicknames for men
in this clicking outfit are as fol-
lows: “Mr. 5 by 5” Greco, "Fath-
er" Boomgarn, “Short Stuff”
Lane, Wally “Last Ticket” Craig,
Oakes Cleary “B. DeMille Jr.”,
Oscar 'Seehafer, “The Flying
Dutchman,” I). A. Krutz, and his
“boss”, P. S. Ter Bush.
T/.5G. Fred Baker.
Corps. Kelly and Barbour have
revived the age-old art of duel-
ing, using an entirely new weap-
on. They were seen slugging each
other with celery stalks in the
mess ball the other day. During
a, recent dayroom class held by
LI. Russo, Sidecar Zver was found
to be sound asleep under the
ping-pong table, all unbeknown
to Lt. Russo.
Pfc. Harold Massey.
After leaving the area at mid-
morn a few days ago, our Motor
Sergeant, Erizland, got to the
place they decided on the night
before. Instead of inquiring as
to where the truck was going,
he just rode. After riding a couple
of hours, he couldn’t find the rest
of the outfit. Seeing that the driv-
er was getting impatient, he told
the driver to drop him off, and
to go on. After scouting around
for a while, he decided to start
back home. He tells us he walk-
ed at least 20 miles.
Andrew C. Kason.
Field ArtfiBlrry
T/Sgt. Cecil Miller, commonly
known as the "Master Mind,” oft-
en blasts out the phrase “I’ll fix
her!” lie's trying to prove to
the boys that his 1903 Morris-
Commercial will beat all records
set by Barney Oldfield. Of course,
be ran into a little trouble on a
/
bill while coming from work the
other day, but he swears it was
no fault of his racer.
Sgt. James, A. Withers.
Bee’s Blackbirds
Lack Their Ol’ Punch
Nurses, officers and enlisted men joined together during the Christmas holidays to present
an entertaining musical revue at a local Army hospital. “Trixie,” Pfc. James Emery Fulton
of Los Angeles, (left) stole the show with “her” bewitching tactics — here “she’s” wooing
bashful T/5G. Alfred Babineau of Putnam, Conn. Abbreviated costumes (right) show off
shapely 2d Lts. Madline Vronich (left) and Margaret Culbreth, who also participated in show.
One GI parka does the trick when the gals begin, to shiver between stints on the stage.
The American Scene
The plush basketball days of
Clair Bee at Long Island U. ap-
parently are ended, at least for
the duration. The rush to enlist
or work in vital war industries
has depleted the clever coach’s
squad to such an extent that
teams which formerly quaked
al the sight of the Blackbirds
now chastise Bee’s cagers with
painful regularity.
Of course, Long Island still
must be treated cautiously by
rivals because Bee is noted for
his ability to develop champion-
ship quintets in a hurry. But
unless they recover from a dis-
astrous start, the Long Island
hoopsters arc destined for their
poorest record in several years.
In two early starts, the Black-
birds bowed to Southern Cali-
fornia, 48-40, and dissipated a
seven-point lead with only three
minutes remaining lo fall before
Creighton, 31-30. So Bee, a fidg-
■—Football
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passing artists, Left Halfback
Glenn Dobbs and Right Halfback
Clyde Purdin, to trip the “minor
league champion,” 14 to 7, in the
Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. The
Voils trailed at half-time, 7-0,
but added a safety and touch-
down in the last two periods.
II was Tulsa’s first setback of
the season.
In other games, the Second Air
Force Bombers, headed by Vic
Ppadacinni, formerly of Minne-
sota and the Cleveland Rams,
trounced Hardin-Simmons, 13 to
7, in the El Paso1, Texas, Sun
Bol game, and the Eastern all-
Stars shaded the Westerners, 13
to 12, at San Francisco for the
first East victory in thelast five
years,
ety, nervous man even when his
team is winning, has plenty of
cause lo worry these days.
Three successive victories in
convincing fashion indicate that
Kansas will be an important
factor in disposition of the Na-
tional title late in March. South-
ern California, Nat Holman’s
New York U. five, Illinois and
Toledo have been equally as ef-
fective to date.
The wildest game of the infant
campaign was staged in Madi-
son Square Garden before a
screaming throng of 18,000 fans
when Rhode Island State, hav-
ing previously averaged 93
points per game, faltered against
a torrid Fordham quintet, 84-75.
Fordham sported a 40-45 margin
at the intermission, an all-time
high scoring record for the
Garden.
Texas Christian won the all-
college tourney title in Okla-
homa City by humbling Arkans-
as, 37-25, in the finals. Other
entrants included Rice, Baylor,
Texas and elongated West Texas
State.
Ration Books
The OPA urged everyone to
secure first ration books be-
fore Jan. 15, the new deadline,
because no one can get a second
book unless the first one is
turned in as exchange. The ori-
ginal date had been Dec. 15, hut
ii was advanced a month due
to transportation difficulties, and
heavy.work loads at many of the
board offices.
Blaze
Fighting a 19-hour blaze, 70
firemen were injured in Green-
ville, Ky., when a fire broke out
in the Red Cross Headquarters.
II was estimated that the da-
mage amounted to $500,000. Sev-
enteen business buildings were
destroyed.
Imprisonment
Life imprisonment faces Frank
Marketon of Buffalo, Minn., for
the slaying of his wife while she
was asleep. Marketon pleaded
guilty, but blamed Mrs. Adeline
Lenouc, accusing her of urging
him to commit the crime. Mrs.
Lenoue, after pleading innocent,
told the authorities her suggestion
was only a joke. But she was
held for trial.
Air Transport
A Minnesota Supreme Court
ruled that the Northwest Airlines
Inc. must pay more than $18,000
in personal and property taxes
to Ramsey County, Minn. The
Supreme Court opinion claimed
that the state had power to tax
the entire fleet of planes, as long
as no part of it is permanently
located in another state. The rul-
ing upheld a lower court decision
that the air company was subject
to 1939 taxes on its fleet operat-
ing between Chicago and the
West Coast.
Heroine
Preventing a train wreck al-
most at the cost of her own life
70-year-old Ida Peck, station-mas-
ter at tiny Husted, Colo., flagged
down a speeding passenger train
and saved many lives. Realizing
that the engineer on the oncom-
ing train could not see the sema-
phore signal, guarding the stalled
freight ahead, and another train
that was waiting on the line,
Mrs. Peck, to be certain she would
be seen, stood close to the tracks
and waved her lantern. As the
flyer sped by, if ripped the lant-
ern from her hand and injured
her arm.. The engineer sent an
ambulance back to aid her, but
when it arrived she was found
trying to work.
Solved
Wisconsin’s new governor is
Lt. Gov. Walter Goodland. Due
to the death of Governor-elect
Loomis, the State of Wisconsin
was forced to choose a successor
to the post. This week the Wis-
consin Supreme Court ruled that
Goodland would succeed the pre-
sent governor, Julius Heil, when
his term expires in January.
Collision
A train wreck in Dixon, 111.,
took the lives of two trainmen
and injured 28 perspns. The Chal-
lenger, a swift passenger train,
was rolling out of the Dixon sta-
tion when a fast mail train crash-
ed into its rear. The mail train
crushed the rear car of the west-
ern limited, but there were no
passengers present. The engineer
of the mail train, Chris Larson
of Chicago, and a flagman of the
Challenger, Charles Voelz of West
Chicago, were killed.
Slice-less
The lost art of slicing bread
will be cultivated again, due to
the order prohibiting bakers
from selling sliced bread, effec-
tive Jan. 18. The ban on the
pre-sliced bread is expected to
avoid waste, since the sliced
loaves turn stale more rapidly
than whole loaves.

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