The White Falcon - 27.11.1943, Side 3

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Now the Iceland Base Command has its own sweetheart. At
least Deanna Durbin sent this autographed photo to the soldi-
ers. All that’s missing now is the real thing.
‘Dictaphones’ Accompany
Bombers Over Europe
Paratroopers Have No
Picnic At Ft. Benning
Hospitals
Entertain
Patients
The things that a fellow ap-
preciates on Thanksgiving Day
— the faces and voices of his
father and mother and brothers
and sisters; the laughter and bit-
ing remarks that come when Dad
starts to carve up the turkey —
were only memories and dreams
for the troops of the Iceland
Base Comm'and this year, just
as they were for two million
other American GI’s in various
parts of the globe.
But the spirit of Thanksgiving
was definitely present. And the
troops remembered and dream-
ed behind plates of turkey and
all the fixings. Mess sergeants
throughout the Command outdid
themselves Thursday, and tables
were laden with such delicacies
as stuffed olives, salads, celery,
cranberry sauce, mashed pota-
toes, peas, ice cream and, in
some cases, even that' old
Thanksgiving Day standby,
pumpkin pie.
Although there was no relaxa-
tion of vigiliance by the IBC
troops and many a sentinel suf-
fered from cold feet while pat-
rolling his bleak post, only a
small percentage of the men had
duties to perform other than
at the dinner table.
Special attempts were made
to make this year’s Thanksgiv-
ing Day as pleasant as possible
for the patients at the hospitals.
In addition to turkey dinners
cooked with the idea of making
the GI’s forget all about spam
for at least one day, there were
special entertainment programs
as well as movies.
Back in the States the soldiers
were also catered to. Passes
were handed out by the hund-
reds, and only vitally important
duties were performed by the
men not fortunate enough to
be close to home.
At all other overseas bases it
was much the same as in Ice-
land. Except, of course, in Italy
and the Southwest Pacific. For
men in those places, the fighting
went on as usual.
Human Albumin Serum
Substitutes For Plasma
Army doctors this week an-
nounced in Washington that
human serum albumin is being
used instead of plasma for em-
ergency transfusions.
The new substance has the ad-
vantage of saving shipping space,
although it is harder to obtain.
Vials of the albumin are only
one-fourth the size of those re-
quired for a comparable amount
of plasma.
The actual conversations of
bombardiers, pilots and gunners
ovqr enemy territory will be
kept “for the record” from now
on, the result of a new record-
ing outfit which the Air Corps
has come out with.
The recording outfit is the
size of a shoe box and capable
of recording more than an hour’s
conversation. The box carries
spools of magnetized wire —
thin strands of it — each thous-
ands of feet long. This recorder
is connected with the plane’s
Disloyal japs
Create Problem
Gov. Earl Warren of California
disclosed this week that disloy-
al Japs at the Tule Lake segrega-
tion center had full right to com-
municate with any part of the
country by long distance tele-
phone.
Warren said he intended to
take up the situation with the
FBI. He said it was absurd to
permit the admittedly disloyal
Japs to call any part of the
country which could keep Jap-
anese agents and saboteurs in-
formed of the things they might
be able to do.
communication system and
makes a recording of everything
that’s said on the bombing mis-
sion. (Watch the language, men!)
The bomber’s crewmen give
the hour and position of flak
bursts, and when the plane com-
es home, the Air Forces know
where to look for the trouble
from below. Crew members re-
port the positions of planes and
from their conversations intel-
ligence officers can piece togeth-
er a jigsaw puzzle of fighter tac-
tics and strategy.
When crews return from their
missions, they’re tired, nerve-
strained, jittery and sometimes
wounded’. Intelligence officers
have learned that they can’t re-
member every stage of the trip.
But with the new record box,
it won’t be necessary.
fMAKE EVERY
PAY DAY
BOND DAY
JOIN THE PAY-ROLL
★ SAVINGS PLAN ★
Paratroopers at the Fort Ben-
ning school are learning to be
flying doughboys the hard way.
It now takes just four weeks to
turn out expert jumpers.
The first week the men get
tumbling and physical condition-
ing. In the second week they
train on special ground appara-
tus. The next week they jump
from the 250-foot parachute to-
wers. And in the fourth they do
their five qualifying jumps from
planes.
The first two qualifying jumps
are made over the smooth sur-
face of Lawson Field, but the
last three are the real thing,
made under actual combat condi-
tions, and one of the jumps
comes at night.
No Allowances
For Husbands
Of WAC’s
The War Dept, this week re-
leased the following news on al-
lowances that will he paid to
members of the Women’s Army
Corps.
Husbands are not considered
dependents under any circum-
stances in the paying of allow-
ances for support. Children of
a WAC are considered depend-
ents if the father is dead and
the mother has not remarried.
If the father is living, the child-
ren are not considered depend-
ents of their mother unless it’s
established they are definitely
dependent upon her for support.
A parent, grand-parent, broth-
er or sister of a WAC gets an
allowance on the same basis as
relatives of an enlisted man —
that is, their need for substanti-
al support must be established.
The WAC’s death gratuity,
paid on death from wounds or
disease, and equal to six month’s
pay, goes to her husband if she
is married. If she is single the
money goes to any dependent
relative who may have been de-
signated previously by the WAC.
OWI this week gave out with
some interesting figures on how
much gasoline the Army is us-
ing, and in the process pointed
out that the U.S. Armed Forces
are using more of the precious
fluid than any other army and
navy in the world.
The United States is at present
buying 600,000 gallons of gas a
day for military uses, and a maj-
or portion goes directly over-
seas to combat units.
The men bail out over rough,
scrub country, hit the silk over
woods and forests, and learn to
avoid injury. In 18 months the
Fort Benning school has rolled
up a record of more than 216,000
jumps, with only eight fatalities.
Paratroopers are all volunt-
eers. Some are trained in regular
Army units, others come from
replacement training centers and
some volunteer directly from re-
ception centers.
Monty Solves
Cash Shortage
For U.S. Pilot
S/Sgt. Charles Geyer, an Ohio
hoy, was busy telling the folks
back home this week how he
obtained an advance of pay from
Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery
when flying him to Cairo re-
cently.
The Eighth Army chief asked
Geyer if he was looking for-
ward to his stay in the Egyp-
tian capital, and Geyer replied,
“Yes, but I haven’t much money.”
When he arrived in Cairo,
Geyer found an advance payment
waiting for him. Gen. Eisen-
hower had wired the cash, pre-
sumably at Gen. Montgomery’s
request.
Maj. Gen. Allen
Awarded DSM
Maj. Gen. Melvin C. Allan was
this week awarded the Distingu-
ished Service Medal for “excep-
tional administrative ability” as
commander of the Infantry
School at Fort Benning, Ga.
Allen, now overseas, was com-
mander of the school from Jan.
of ’42 to Sept, of ’45; when he
was succeeded by Maj. Gen. Char-
les H. Bonesteel, former com-
mander of American forces in
Iceland. During Gen. Allen’s stay
at Benning, the Infantry school
expanded to 90 classes.
It was pointed out that a mot-
orized infantry division will
consume 12,500 gallons of gas
in 100 miles. Army outfits at
home are being checked over to
see how many gas burning de-
vices can be converted to burn
other types of petroleum pro-
ducts.-
Already more than three-
fourths of the gas-fueled power
units on Army pqsts in the States
are using other fuels.
U.S. Army Buys 600,000 Gallons
Of Gas Daily For Combat Units
moon Mullins
By Willard

Reg. U. S Pat Off.;
Copyright, 1943. by
New? Syndicate Co Inc
I
■■V THE MADAM
WOULD BE
ONLY TOO HAPPY
TO WHALE THE
LIVINO DAYLIOHTS
-x OUT OF YOU, IF
' - YOU -DID, SUR
NAW! BUT I NEVER HAD ANY
IDEA IT WAS SO MUCH FUN1 ,
HAVIN' SOMEBODY AROUND
THAT a fella could really
BAT ABOUT A BIT, BEFORE.
FOR BEING
SO FOND
.OF ME?
Huh?

HA! YOU'RE TELLIN6 ME?
^ WELL. AFTER SEEIN' y
YOU, BUDDY
1 DON'T BLAME
MRS MULLINS
A BIT
' w-WILLIE, N
, yer own sake,
CASANOVA,) O-DON'T MAKE
THIS ME HOLLER
IS A FOR
TREAT