The White Falcon - 01.01.1944, Síða 2

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Christmas was greeted with gala activity at the Reykjavik Red
Cross Club. In these pictures (left to right), the children’s cho-
rus from the “School By The Lake” presents a concert of Ame-
rican and Icelandic Christmas carols; two of the Icelandic child-
ren entertain the crowd with a musical selection, and GI’s crowd
around to mingle with the Icelandic tots who attended the
Christmas party.
ARC Snack Bar Proves
Big Hit With Soldiers
—Discharges
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from the armed forces, and that
if he has not registered he must
do so. He is reminded that as
a civilian he has the same obli-
gations under the Act as any
other.
The soldier is advised that if
he desires his former employ-
ment and is entitled to it under
the provisions of the Selective
Training and Service Act, he must
apply to his former employer
within 40 days after his dis-
charge.
Tlie certificate also points out
that if he saw military service
on and after December 7, 1941,
and has been honorably discharg-
ed, he has the right to apply to
the Veterans’ Administration for
hospitalization and domiciliary
care, disability pension or voca-
tional rehabilitation, if entitled
to them under the law.
The present procedure was ar-
rived at through experience dur-
ing the present war and in the
last war. It is recognized that
mod'fications in procedure may
he necessary from time to time.
Activity at the Reykjavik Red
Cross Club is back to normal
today after a hectic holiday
whirl, hut Nelson R. Kraemer,
club director, already is planning
ahead for “bigger and better at-
tractions” during the new year.
In addition to the usual run
of programs—dances, movies,
club meetings and discussions
groups—several State Night par-
ties are on the future docket. The
first, California Night, will start
the ball rolling Jan. 10, with Miss
Marie Larson, club program di-
rector, in charge of the affair.
A weekly feature which is fast
proving a favorite with pass-sta-
tus Servicemen is the tasty snack
bar lunch served every Monday
from 1500 to 1700 hours. With
the PX closed on Mondays, the
snack bar—all free, of course—
sandwiches, cookies and coffee
get a heavy play.
Last night’s New Year’s Eve
program concluded the holiday
season with another large throng
jamming the building. Two new
movies and Gordon Kurtz’ ori-
ginal one-act farce, “It Ain’t GI,”
provided the evening’s entertain-
ment.
PX Announces
ContestWinner
Winners in the Base Post Ex-
change Christmas Card Contest
will reap their reward Sunday
evening, when they will be ho-
nored at a dance at the Red
Cross Main Rec Center.
Present for the occasion will
be Maj. Gen. William S. Key,
IBC Commander, and Brig. Gen.
George P. Tourtellot of the Air
Corps.
Enlisted men who will receive
awards for their entries in the
contest are Cpl. Robert M. Heil-
bron, Inf; Pfc. John J. Hackett,
Sig.; Pvt. Michael D. Gaetano,
Inf; Pvt. Ray M. Baker, Inf; Pvt.
Paul E. Goodbet, Inf, and Pvt.
William J. Fitch, C.A.
New Carbines
Found Effective
By Marines
The Marine Corps told this
week about a new American car-
bine—a lightweight slugger with
a heavyweight punch—which
was used as an individual de-
fense weapon by officers, mach-
ine-gun and mortar-ammunition
carriers and others.
The piece is only three feet
long and weighs only five pounds.
The cartridges weigh only half
as much as ammunition for -the
Springfield or Garand, and a
soldier with a carbine can carry
twice as much ammunition as
one equipped with a standard
rifle.
Warring* Unroots
Italy
The British Eighth Army, hav-
ing captured Ortona, is now
pressing on. up the eastern coast
of Italy. High winds and snow
are hindering the advance of the
Eighth Army to its immediate
objective, Pescara, coastal hub
of a main lateral road to Rome.
At a point six miles inland
from Ortona, Eighth Army artil-
lery is plastering German posi-
tions south of Canosa. The Nazi
positions have been chopped up
in a number of places.
In the west, Gen. Clark’s Fifth
Army has beaten off a number
of powerful German counter-at-
tacks near the mouth of the Ga-
rigliano River.
Russia
On the frozen Russian front,
advanced Soviet patrols are now
within ten miles of Zhitomir,
located in the southwest corner
of the Kiev salient. The fierce-
fighting Russian Army is con-
tinuing its steam roller advance
on the Nazi-held railway center
of Zhitomir despite unfavorable
weather and desperate German
attempts to ward off the blows.
Southwest of Fastov, the So-
viets are driving deep between
the Germans at Berdichec and
Byelaya Tserkov. The Russian
thrust in this direction in the
past 24 hours has pushed Mar-
shal Stalin’s winter fighters well
beyond the farthest point origi-
nally reached before the Ger-
mans launched their powerful,,
but futile counter-offensive.
At the same time, tens of thou-
sands of Nazis on the White Rus-
sian front are staring into the
icey face of death at Vitebsk.
The most recent Soviet com-
munique stated that the fall of
the fortress of Vitebsk is immi-
nent. The Germans are faced
with surrender or complete anni-
hilation.
Pacific 1
After 11 days of softening up
air blows, and furious sea bom-
bardments, American Marines
this week struck at New Britain
with a furious two-pronged in-
vasion of the northwestern tip
of this Jap-held Pacific base.
The Marine landings came on-
ly two weeks after United States
Sixth Army units drove a bridge-
head into New Britain’s south-
west beaches at Arawe Penin-
sula. The American possession of
these two land strips poses a se-
rious threat to Rabaul Harbor,
275 miles from the Cape Glou-
cester landing point, and to the
Japs’ most vital base in the en-
tire Southwest Pacific zone.
The Japanese realized the
threat to their security and tried
for hours, after the Marines land-
ed, to block the Yanks by send-
ing in their air power, reserves
and all. They paid with the loss
of Cl planes, while only seven
American planes were missing.
Male Call
YEAH, AND REMEMBER
HOW HE COULD
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BABE AN' HAVE HER
DATED UP BEFORE
ANY OF US GUYS HAD A
CHANCE? GOOD Ol!
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by Milton Caniff, creator of "Terry and the Pirates"
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Copyright 1943 by Milton Caniff, distributed by Camp Newspaper Service'