The White Falcon - 27.02.1943, Síða 3

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Jane Froman Hurt
In Clipper
At least four lives were lost
when the Pan-American “Yankee
Clipper” exploded in a Portu-
gal harbor earlier this week.
The injured included Jane Fro-
man, radio singer, who suffered
a severely crushed leg in the
mysterious disaster.
"While searchers continue to
drag the Tagus River for bodies
of passengers listed as missing,
it has been definitely determin-
ed that four persons were killed
and at least 17 were injured seri-
ously. When the accident occur-
red, the huge transport plane
was carrying 40 people.
According to officials, the
clipper passed over Lisbon and
then proceeded to a harbor up
the Tagus River. The plane
struck something in the water
after landing, and wras soon pul-
led under the surface by the
outgoing tide. Survivors float-
ed two miles down the swift
river before harbor trawlers
picked them up.
Miss Froman was with a USO
unit, en route to entertain over-
seas troops. “I only remember
a terrible crash, hitting the wat-
er, then the rescue,” she describ-
ed. “I am glad to he alive, but
I hope they won’t have to am-
putate,” she added.
The giant plane was piloted
by Capt. R. Sullivan, who was
badly battered by the crash.
His first question, while on the
operating table, was, “Are the
passengers all right?”
Ben Robertson of MBS and
an unnamed correspondent for
the New York Herald Tribune
were listed among the missing.
Welles Offers
Finland Peace
Finland may negotiate a sepa-
rate peace at any time it desires,
Under Secretary of State Sumner
Welles declared at a State Depart-
ment news conference this week.
Welles explained that “the
great understanding between
Finland and the United States
has been very real.” He added
that it was his hope Finland
soon “will cease giving effective
aid to Germany.”
There was slight reaction to
Welles’ statement in Finland, al-
though the little nation has indi-
cated it would appreciate an
“honorable withdrawal” from
the Axis.
Slav Guerrillas
Capture I'000
Yugoslav guerrilla forces, con-
tinuing their harassing attacks
against Axis forces in the Balk-
ans, captured the Bosnian town
of Prozdor this week, and cap-
tured 1,000 Italian occupational
troops.
In addition, war materials, in-
cluding five tanks, seven field
pieces, 67 machine guns, 500 rif-
les and large stores of ammuni-
tions, were taken.
Crash
information identifies the sub-
ject to his own satisfaction. If
you recognize yourself “in ac-
tion,” come to THE WHITE
FALCON office and you will re-
ceive the artist’s original sketch
appropriately framed.)
“IN ACTION.*
At 1430 hours Wednesday, Feb.
24, you were guarding your post
in a military manner. A buddy
leaving on pass asked, “Want
to come along?” You laughed
and said, “Not ’til four o’clock.”
Then you readjusted a wad of
tobacco, and continued to dream
of good old Mississippi.
Girl Workers
May Get Aid
Priority buttons for women
workers, giving them the right
to by-pass all others in stores,
beauty parlors and restaurants,
was suggested by May Anderson,
director of the Women’s Bureau
of the Labor Department.
Miss Anderson pointed out that
the button identification idea is
working in England, although it
has not solved the women’s shop-
ping problems entirely. The new
method would, for the present,
help in the United States, only
those who work on part-time
shifts.
Miss Anderson stated that even
in England the problem in cer-
tain areas is still acute, so Ame-
rican woman must not be too
impatient.
Lawyers’ Guild
Hits ‘Black Market’
The National Lawyers’ Guild
issued a call for voluntary mo-
bilization of the nation’s 180,000
lawyers to help enforce the price,
rent and rationing provisions as
established by the Office of Price
Administration.
If such a plan can be enforc-
ed, thousands of attorneys will
be sworn in as legal advisors
to local rationing boards. They
would help to combat the “black
market” practices or ceiling vio-
lators, it was pointed out by the
guild’s secretary, Martin Popper.
The fees gained in winning
trial damage suits against “black
market” methods will be turn-
ed over to agencies for war re-
lief, according to the plan.
• • •
lllini To Meet
A meeting of officer-alumni of
U. of Illinois will be held to-
morrowr. Further information
may be obtained at the Base
Bond Office.
Heavy trucks arrive on flat cars at a rail junction for service
on the new Alcan Road which links Edmonton, Canada, with
Fairbanks, Alaska. The 1,600-mile military highway, which joins
previously established roads to the U.S. at Edmonton, was cut
through pioneer territory and is a vital link in continental defense.
Canned Goods Join
Point-Plan Ration
A point system to regulate
canned and processed foods for
which rationed sales are neces-
sary will go into effect March 1,
it was announced by Price Ad-
ministrator Brown in Washing-
ton this w’eek.
The consumption of canned
goods will be cut in half this
year because of the increased
needs of the Armed Forces at
home and abroad, as well as the
fulfilling of Lend-Lease obliga-
tions.
The shopping problem under
the new point value system will
be solved by an OPA measure
requiring retailers to mark points
of value on each package of food
or on the bins that house them.
If one item'sells faster than an-
other, the points xan be adjust-
ed after the program gets under-
way to give an even distribution.
The system is not intended to
correct the diet or make people
eat certain foods, but to limit
the distribution of the existing
stock of canned goods. The con-
sumer may spend his points in
any way he likes. The only lim-
itation under the new system will
be the amount of points the con-
sumer may spend during the al-
loted period.
The OPA citod an example. Dur-
ing the month of March, a con-
sumer will be permitted to spend
a total of 48 points. Beans will
be worth 14 poipts, sliced pine-
apple will sell at 24 points, and
grapefruit at 10 points. If a con-
sumer wants to purchase all three
of these items, he would use his
48-point allowance, and then
wrould have to wait until the next
given period to purchase more.
U.S. Plane Missing
With 26 On Board
The body of Maj. Arthur Mills,
one of the 26 persons lost in a
large Army transport in the
South Atlantic, was washed a-
shore on a raft near Natal, Bra-
zil, this week.
Tho giant transport had been
missing since mid-January. The
25 still missing include six U.S
Army officers, 13 members of
the British Air Force, and the
crew of six.
In addition to the lifeless body
of Mills, the raft carried some
personal belongings of other
members of the party.
(This is the fourth in a series
of candid sketches of local sol-
diers as seen by THE WHITE
FALCON Artist. The following
FALCON Candid Sketches—No. 4
Disc Show
Lures Men
To Center
Musical-platter jivesters are
flocking to the No. 1 Rec Center
Saturdays with their favorite
records to participate in the
“Favorite Record Horn-,” 60 mi-
nutes of tunes chosen by the
soldiers themselves. Today’s ses-
sion will get underway at 1600
hours.
Records the men bring along
aren’t played in any particular
order, so it’s possible to hear
swing, symphony and sweet me-
lodies in rapid succession.
A “fireside chat” by Stanley
Davies, whose subject will be
“War vs. Education in the Uni-
ited States,” is the Monday fea-
ture, while non-listeners may
participate in a program of pro-
gressive games. The dual attrac-
tions will be preceded by a mo-
vie, “Maisie Gets Her Man,” co-
starring Ann Sothern and Red
Skelton.
“Reap The Wild Wind,” an-
other Cecil B. DeMille dramatic
epic, will have two showings
during the week, Wednesday and
Saturday. The movie, filmed
spectacularly in technicolor,
stars Paulette Goddard, Ray Mil-
land and a host of others.
“Red Kloak’s No. 2 Rec Cen-
ter” follows the same movie and
dance schedule this week, and
also offers a stage show Friday
at 2000 hours. “Reap The Wild
Wind” will be shown there Mon-
day evening at 1900 hours.
Jusf overnight, T/4G. Louis
Riedel and Pfc. S. Russo turned
from their vehicles and became
outdoor sportsmen. Judging from
their recent remarks, now they
just want to sit quietly and be
indoor experts.
Pvt. Arthur J. Zych is the gen-
ial host of the Rose Room—
equipped with showers, wash
stands and all “modern” conveni-
ences. T/5G. Wm. R. Cremens.
Infantry
The hill-billy band is coming
along quite well with its practic-
ing. “Sassafras” Cornett, “Dead-
pan” Palmer and Red Rimpson
are seen doing real jiving with
their instruments. Possibly they
will all get together and learn
one piece well enough to be able
to finish it together.
Every mail call, the entire gang
“sweats out” a letter from Annie.
Only two of the boys have actu-
ally met Annie, but judging from
the conversation, a lot of the
other boys surely would like to
meet tier.
By the way, who is the man
seen walking around here ■with a
hammer and saw looking for
someone’s beer?
S/Sgt. Archie B. Baldwin.