The White Falcon - 06.03.1943, Page 3

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Mm. Shek
Asks Aid
For China
Officers of a Coast Artillery unit here spend their leisure
time constructing- scale model airplanes for training purposes.
The above shows framework for a Douglas “Dauntless.”
New Radio Schedule
Madame Chiang Kai Shek, first
lady of China, addressed a throng
of 20,000 people in New York’s
Madison Square Garden Tuesday
evening and stressed the import-
ance of keeping supplies flowing
to her nation so that “Demo-
cracy could be kept alive in the
Far East.”
“We are all striving for the
same common goal,” Madame
Shek told her audience, “and aid
to China is necessary to keep
the foe from taking control of
the Far East. Supplies and muni-
tions from America and Great
Britain have played an import-
ant part in our survival, and
must continue if we are to hurl
back the enemy.”
The courageous wife of the
Chinese Commander-in-Chief
was ill and nearly fainted at the
reception in her honor at the
New York city hall. But she re-
fused to postpone the affair be-
cause thousands of people were
on hand awaiting her appear-
ance.
Madame Shek will spend se-
veral days at the White House,
then will tour the nation’s mili-
tary training camps and war
industries.
After her extensive visit to the
United States, she will visit Ca-
nada. Prime Minister MacKen-
zie told the Canadian House of
Commons that Madame Shek will
be an official guest of the gov-
ernment during her visit.
Great Britain has extended an
invitation to the Chinese visitor
to spend several weeks there,
but Madame Shek has indicated
she will be unable to undertake
the trip unless she shakes her
illness.
Winners in the Command-wide
arts' V crafts contest received
their, prizes during ceremonies
at the No. 1 Rec Center Satur-
day evening. Maj. Gen. Charles
H. Bonesteel, commanding, per-
sonally presented the awards.
First place winners in each
of the 28 classes received appro-
priate prizes, while certificates
were given to holders of honor-
able mention. In all, more than
100 Servicemen were rewarded
for their efforts in the activity.
Plans for a similar arts ’n’
crafts contest will be announc-
ed soon, according to Miss Doris
Thain, Red Cross representative.
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allotted for programs appealing
to the civilian population here.
The Sunday schedule will vary
every other week. The first will
begin at 1100 hours with a reli-
gious service, then a musical ses-
sion at 1130, followed by a news
report at 1200. The alternating
week’s program will start at
1130 and then follow the same
pattern as the first. News from
1515 to 1530 and variety enter-
tainment from 1630 to 1700 are
standard both weeks.
Weekly activity—Monday
through Friday—gels underway
at 1300 hours with a combina-
tion musical and news half hour.
The American programs will re-
turn to the air at 1500 with
music and information about the
local country for the benefit of
the troops, and move into a big-
name attraction from 1600 to
1700 hours.
Quiet until 1810, the station
will switch on again from 1810
to 1830 writh Fred Waring’s me-
lodious troupe and a five-minute
“News Headlines” roundup. Each
day’s broadcasting will be con-
cluded with big-name shows
from 2200 to 2245 hours, while a
news spot will occupy the final
15 minutes.
(This is the fifth in a series
of candid sketches of local sol-
diers as seen by THE WHITE
FALCON Artist. TJie following
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.
Monday, March 1, at 2015 hours
you were beating out rhythm
for a stage production. During
a musical interlude, the band
leader said “How about a little
noise after that piece?” Some-
one in the audience shouted:
“Yeah, how about “Drummer
News from 130jfif to 1315 opens
Saturday’s schedule. Recorded
features will be aired from 1315
to 1530 and from 1600 to 1645,
followed by the weekly sports
roundup. Fred Waring’s gang
and news will complete the sche-
dule from 1810 to 1830, although
two hours of American dance
band recordings are broadcast
by the civilians later in the eve-
ning.
Complete weekly listings of at-
tractions will appear in THE
WHITE FALCON regularly.
Club Honors
‘10-Star Mother*
Mrs. Rose Radzinski, 61, of Los
Angeles, Calif., was honored at
a dinner given by the city’s Tran-
sportation Club for contributing
the most sons to the armed ser-
vices.
Given the title of “California’s
No. 1 War Mother,” Mrs. Rad-
zinski has ten sons serving their
country. One daughter works in
a defense plant.
Another son, 17, is attempting
to look 18 — so he may join
his brothers.
Boy?” The pounding you gave J
Explosion
Traps 72
In Mine
Hope of saving the 72 miners
trapped in the Smith mine at
Bear Creek, Mont., dwindled to-
day, although rescue crews con-
tinue to fight against time. The
miners were cut off when an
explosion of undetermined ori-
gin closed all passages.
Only one body lias been re-
covered thus far, and there is
some belief , that the buried men
might still be alive. The known
dead man was killed by the force
of the explosion. His body was
found nearby.
Gas and dense smoke have
held the rescuers at a distance
and they have been unable to
enter the mine.
Fortress Helps
Save Gl’s Eye
Two doctors and a Flying
Fortress saved the eye of Pvt.
William Knotze of Milwaukee,
Wis., who is stationed at Fort
Riley, Kan.
A tiny metal splinter lodged
in Knotze’s eye ball. He went
to have it removed. During the
course of the operation, the doc-
tors discovered after making the
incision that their electro-magnet
was not powerful enough.
There was a more powerful
one to be had, but it was in
the possession of Fitzsimmons
Hospital in Denver, Colo. In re-
sponse to the doctors’ appeal the
Army Air Force provided a Fly-
ing Fortress. So while Knotze
was still under anesthetic, the
flight was made and the doctors
completed the operation.
Knotze will regain the full
use of his eye.
Show Cast
To Be Feted
The cast of “Post No. 1” will
be feted tomorrow at a dinner
party and get-together. Maj. Gen.
Charles H. Bonesteel, Command-
ing, will present citations to the
enlisted men who participated
in the successful musical revue.
| the drums was solid.
Gen. Bonesteel
Awards Prizes
To Art Winners
Square Dance
TopsTonight’s
Center Slate
The frequently postponed “Hill
Billy Night” gets another chance
tonight at the No. 1 Rec Center,
and according to current re-
ports, will be staged as planned
—unless some other feature
shoves it aside once again.
A square dance ‘texpert” is be-
ing recruited from a suburban
Red Cross Center for the occa-
sion, and the atmosphere will be
definitely that of the hills of ol’
Kentucky. The program will be-
gin at 2030 hours.
A matinee dance tomorrow
and a band concert in the eve-
ning are on the docket, while
Monday’s attraction is a spec-
tacular movie of the Far East,
taken personally by Lt. Comm.
Burns of the U.S. Navy. The re-
gular dances again are booked
for Tuesday and Thursday eve-
nings.
“Take A Letter, Darling,” so-
phisticated comedy starring
Rosalind Russell and Fred Mac-
Murray, will open Wednesday
evening’s slate at 1830 hours, to
be followed by the appearance
of the Camp Shows Inc. sextet
of professional entertainers from
the States.
• • •
Plane Flies
2,000 Miles
Sans Pilot!
“It beats all hell out of me,”
replied Lt. R. C. Ulmer, puzzled
Army * flyer, when asked how
his pilot-less four-motored Libe-
rator cargo plane flew 2,000
miles from the coast of Florida
to Mexico where it crashed into
a mountain-side.
Ulmer was flying his Libera-
tor over the coast of Florida.
Suddenly the plane developed
motor trouble and began to lose
altitude. Acting quickly, Ulmer
dropped his cargo and tried de-
sperately to save the plane.
It was useless. He was still
losing altitude rapidly. He then
ordered his crew to bail out.
Thinking the plane was going to
crash, he set the automatic pilot
with a course out to sea, and
bailed out.
Police ‘Scoop*
Victim Of Thief
Mrs. Mildred Kaplan listen-
ed to the desk man of a Holly-
wood, Calif., police station tell
her that if she would come
down to the station she could
get her purse. “But my purse
is right here on the bed,” ex-
plained Mrs. Kaplan. “Oh, no,
it isn’t,” the policeman insist-
ed, “it’s right here on my desk
along with the man who stole
it.” Then for the first time,
Mrs. Kaplan discovered she
had been robbed.