The White Falcon - 27.11.1943, Side 1

Vol. V.
ICELAND, Saturday, November 27, 19b3.
No. 10.
President Roosevelt asked
Congress this week for immedi-
ate action on a full program of
aid to returning servicemen and
women.
The President slated, “We
must have plans and legislation
ready, instead of waiting until
the last moment. It will give
notice to our armed forces that
the people back home do not
propose to let them down.”
He pointed out that members
of the fighting forces want,
above all, the assurance of satis-
factory employment.
The President also proposed
legislation to give the new war
veterans mustering-out pay, un-
employment allowances until
they are absorbed by the indust-
ries, unemployment insurance ad-
justments with inclusion of the
Merchant Marine in this benefit,
credit for the period of war
service in Federal old age and
survivors’ insurance.
Educational and training op-
portunities for members of the
armed forces who want to pur-
sue their studies after their dis-
charge already have been asked
by President Roosevelt.
He listed benefit measures al-
ready taken in behalf of memb-
ers of the armed services. These
include: insurance for all, pay-
ment of premiums on commer-
cial insurance, hospitalization
and medical care, rehabilitation
not only for soldiers but of civili-
ans rejected for service and pen-
sions for families of those killed.
“When the war is over,” the
President declared, “our men
and women in the armed forces
will be eager to rejoin their fam-
ilies, gel a job, or continue their
education, and to pick up the
threads of their former lives.”
Crowd watches intently as portrait of late Lt. Gen. Frank M.
Andrews is unveiled (left) in Andrews Memorial fieldhouse,
while Maj. Gen. William S. Key, IBC commander, dedicates
building with speech from boxing ring (right photo).
Overflow Crowd jams
Andrews Fieldhousd
“If Gen. Andrews were alive
today he would be the most enth-
usiastic guest at this gathering,”
Maj. Gen. William S. Key, IBC
commander, declared as he dedi-
cated the Andrews Memorial
fieldhouse before a sardine-like
throng of 1,700 military and civil
officials and enlisted men Satur-
day evening.
“Gen. Andrews, whom I had
the honor and pleasure of know-
ing personally, was a staunch
booster of athletics to mold
physically sturdy fighting men,”
the general continued. “He al-
ways said that a good athlete is
a good soldier.”
Shutter-Bugs In Britain
Censors On Their Toes
The chief fault with the soldier
snapshots is under-exposure. The
Yanks in England don’t seem to
realize that daylight in England
isn’t as bright as it is in the
States.
Keep
As the general said, “I’d like
to dedicate this building to heal-
thy bodies and healthy minds...
and to the memory of Lt. Gen.
Frank M. Andrews,” the lights
were extinguished and a single
spotlight was focused on the life-
like portrait in oils of the late
ETO commander, which was su-
spended from the north back-
board. The painting was made
by Sgt. Ben Beverwyk Jr.
There wasn’t an inch of space
to spare during the inauguration
affair. The bleachers were con-
structed to accomodate 500 and
924 chairs had been placed on
the basketball court surrounding
the boxing ring, but, the over-
flow was handled without trouble
or discomfort.
In spite of the fact that roll-
film is very scarce in England,
Yanks stationed there snap about
9,000 pictures a day and are just
about the most enthusiastic photo-
graphers in the Army.
Every day the negatives come
pouring in from soldiers’ camer-
as to the Army Pictorial Service
in London, which develops the
roll and makes one picture free
of charge — for censorship pur-
poses.
The censors complain that prac-
tically all the pictures show the
same thing. One of the four
officers who pass on the prints
put it this way: “A guy stands
up against some historical back-
ground, and his friend snaps a
picture of him — London Brid-
ge, Buckingham Palace, Piccadil-
ly Circus. Or in the park. Or kiss-
ing a girl. Or around an air-
plane. A guy will stand at one
end of a plane and move along
it, having his picture taken at
half a dozen different places op
it.”
Army Deserter
Has 9 Wives
Kenneth R. Jordan, 22-year-old
Army deserter, was turned over
to military authorities by police
of Akron, Ohio, this week after
he had admited taking nine wives.
Jordan, whose allotment troub-
les far exceed those of any GI
in Iceland, confessed that while
posing as a sergeant he had, over
a two-year period, married three
girls from Cleveland, two from
Rochester, N.Y., two from Akron,
j and one each frojn Detroit and
I Midland, Pa.
‘Stage Door’
Wows Doggies
In W. Sector
“Stage Door Spotlight,” a mu-
sical comedy staged by Air Corps
personnel and considered one of
the finest GI entertainment dish-
es ever produced in Iceland, met
with an enthusiastic reception
this week when the cast invaded
the Western Sector.
Directed by Capt. Stanley Roth,
the breezy show hinges on the
brink of insanity, with comedi-
ans and mimics cutting up from
the stage and audience like Olsen
and Johnson, the Ritz Brothers,
Abbott and Costello and whom-
ever else strays from the ordi-
nary pattern.
Two veteran IBC showmen
have been added to the large cast.
They are Sgt. Robert Conto, who
apes Milton Berle, and Pfc. Rich-
ard Kimball, the show’s Red
Skelton.
V-Mail Gets
A Congressional committee is
investigating charges that Lt.
Gen. George (Blood and Guts)
Patton, commanding the U.S.
Seventh Army, slapped a soldier.
Air Priority
Soldiers of the Iceland Base
Command who wish air service
on letters to the folks at home
were reminded by Postal Auth-
orities this week that they should
stick to the V-mails during the
coming winter months.
V-mail, it was pointed out, is
the only mail leaving this Com-
mand with air priority.
Booklets On Sale
A 36-page souvenir booklet,
containing scenic photographs,
black and white drawings and
full-page oil, watercolor and
tempera paintings by T/4 Har-
rison Standley of THE WHITE
FALCON staff will go on sale
in PX’s next week. The book-
let has been approved by cen-
sors and may be mailed home.
GI Aid
Urged
By FDR

NBC To
Air IBC!
m
Show
Iceland will have a 15-minute
spot tonight from 2045 to 2100
hours on a world-wide NBC
radio broadcast from overseas
bases, marking the first time IBC
has been included in a program
of this type.
The script has been written by
S/Sgt. David Penn, former radio
news commentator now handl-
ing the evening news roundup
over Radio Reykjavik. Penn also
will announce the NBC program,
assisted by Sgt. Robert Conto.
The popular Engineer string
ensemble will participate, play-
ing Acolas’ “Derecho Viejo.”
Members of the string group in-
clude: Sgts. Joseph Paderewski,
Brooklyn, N.Y.; Irving Jaffa, Cal-
gary, Alberta, Canada; Charles
Rugg, Chatham, N.J.; Cpls. Mil-
ton Moss, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Sidney
Shapetro, Chester, Pa.; Henry Se-
nick, Patterson, N.Y., and Pfc.
Sam LaSusa, Chicago, Ill.
Iceland’s newest dance band,
comprised of musicians from the
Ordnance and Coast Artillery,
will play “King Winter Stomp,”
a new swing tune composed by
Pvt. Dale Stevens of Mansfield,
O., guitarist in the band. Stevens
was leader of his own band in
Ohio before Uncle Sam called him
into the fold.
The Ordnance-CA musicians are
Cpl. Edwin Manus, Burt, la.;
Pfcs. John O’Brien, Bangor, Me.;
Charles Gerth, Vallejo, Calif.;
Bud Sigretti, Washington, D.C.;
Pvts. Russell Butera, E. Boston,
Mass.; Benjamin Scanniello, New-
wark, N.J.; James Keller, Ne-
wark, N.J.; Matthew Bastardo,
Cleveland, 0., and Robert Jamie-
son, Nigara Falls, N.Y.
An accordian selection will be
aired by Pvt. Ernest Fejes of
Cleveland, O., while Pvt. Archie
Keller of Baltimore, Md., will
sing “When Irish Eyes Are Smil-
ing.”
Holiday EFM
Ban Relaxed
Postal authorities announced
this week that all regular EFM
service will be discontinued from
Dec. 6 through Dec. 25. During
this period only the following
EFM messages may be transmit-
ted:
A. A merry Christmas and a
happy New Year. All well.
B. Love and best wishes for
Christmas and the New Year.
All well.
C. Love and best wishes for
Christmas and New Year to all
at home. All well.
D. Love and best wishes for
Christmas and the New Year to
all at home.
E. Love and best wishes for
a happy New Year. All well.
F. Every good wish, for the,
New Year.