The White Falcon - 01.04.1944, Side 3

Japanese Pilots
‘Shy Away’ In
China Dogfights
Japanese pilots in China have
become fearful of the'l4th USA-
Pilots or are just plain bashful,
because Yank airmen of the 14th
’eport that Jap.fighter pilots fail
to press attack's whenever they
are in the neighborhood.
According to Clyde A. Farns-
worth, writing for the Associated
Press, the Japs’ refusal to mix
>t may be due to the fact that
°Ur aircraft is superior to theirs.
Other reasons may be that China
ls a transition phase for new Jap
Pilots destined—if they make
good—for southwest Pacific
squadrons.
The Nipponese invariably back
awaV fom American pilots .when
a dog-fight is in the making,
their principal tactic when con-
fronted with the prospect is to
"'heel about over their anti-air-
cr8ft guns in an effort to draw
the Yanks into flak range.
"-Meets Queen
(Continued from Page 1)
"'ards, accompanied by Sir Ken-
neth Clark and Lady Clark.
Her Majesty spent some time
exa®ining the various paintings
and talking with the artists. Sir
(enneth finally pointed out one
*n Particular. “This is by Sgt.
tandley who has been in Ice-
land,” he said.
‘Said the Queen, “Oh, was that
Painted in Iceland?”
To which old comrade Stan.
rePlied: “No, M’am. That was
Painted at an American bomber
base in England.”
The Queen smiled and moved
°n- And that’s all there is to the
sJory. From hut 39, Camp Her-
f °la, to the Churchill Club to
a talk with the Queen in three
ln°nths! We humbly submit this
as one of the true success stories
of this war.
production Up
Nicaragua
^According to a report this week
°m Managua, Nicaragua, sextu-
eis — four boys and two girls
'' have been born to Paula Esqui-
th • The children and
°ir mother are doing well.
“Ready on the
mixing line,” ex-
claims Pvt. Lest-
er Pieper as he
pours his vanilla
powder into the
freezer. Holding
the cans is
Pfc. Freddie
Watson. The two
men manufac-
ture close to 300
gallons of ice
cream each week
at the plant re-
cently opened
here by the
Base PX.
Ex-Dairymen Making
Ice Cream In Iceland
“The right man in the right
job,” battle cry of Army classi-
fication experts, ■was seen in op-
eration this week at the Base
Post Exchange here, where two
white-jacketed ex-dairymen turn
out 50 gallons of ice cream per
day.
Pvt. Lester Pieper of Shawano,
Wis., and his co-worker, Pfc.
Freddie Watson of Chillicothe,
Ohio, claim that their job is
“more fun than milking a cow!”
Except when a minor dispute
arises over the question of flav-
ors — Pieper usually giving the
nod to vanilla which Watson
wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot
dixie cup — the two work to-
gether in close harmony produc-
Record Mail Cargo
Carried By ‘Mars*
More than 800,000 letters from
Servicemen in the Pacific have
arrived in San Francisco aboard
the Navy’s flying boat Mars—
the largest air mail load in hi-
story.
The weight of the mail was
23,84G pounds, about 9,000 pounds
heavier than any previous mail
cargo. The Mars was under the
command of Lt. Commdr. Willi-
am E. Coney of Baltimore'. The
mail was put aboard at Pearl
Harbor and landed in San Fran-
cisco a day later.
ing frozen goodies for the Red
Cross downtown and for all Ar-
my units within melting distance.
Apparently the fondness of
neither man for their product has
decreased since the beginning of
their close association with it
two weeks ago when the plant
opened. As they gave their story
to the press both men were ob-
served inching nearer to the
freezing machine — each deter-
mined to get first crack at the
beater.
Army Venereal Rate
Hits Record Low
A new bulletin published by
the Army’s medical department
reveals that the Army veneral
disease rate reached a record low
27 cases per 1900 men during
1943.
The use of penicillin in ex-
tensive trials on gonorrhea cases
which fail to respond to the sulfa
drugs effected cures in 96 percent
of the cases. This low rate for
gonorrhea, syphilis and other
veneral diseases compares with
38 cases per 1000 men in 1942;
40.5 in 1941; and 42.5 in 1940.
In the Civil War the rate
reached 214 per 1000; in the
Spanish-American War, 133;
while in World War I, the rale
was 107 in 1918.
Concert Series Starts
Here Next Saturday
Latest Plays
For Troops
Overseas
Arrangements are being made
l'c r GI theaincal groups over-
seas to get the latest plays by
the nation’s top-notch play-
wrights through the Special Ser-
vice Division, the War Dept, has
announced.
Manuscripts of the leading
plays, edited and adapted to the
needs of the troops, will be sent
overseas weekly in mimograph-
ed folios. In addition to the plays
and their stage instructions, the
folios will also contain skits
from dozens of the best network
radio programs, with plenty of
emphasis on comedy. All plays
and skits iiftluded in the folio
are easy to stage and require
no elaborate settings or costu-
mes.
Current plays appearing in the
folios include Robert E. Sher-
wood’s “There Shall Be No
Night;” “Abe Lincoln in Illino-
is.”
• • •
—New Films
(Continued from Page 1)
Betty Grable and Robert Young;
“So’s Your Uncle,” with Donald
Woods and Elyse Knox; “Pistol
Packin’ Mama,” with Ruth Terry
and Bob Livingston; “Swing Time
Johnny,” with the Andrews Sist-
ers and Harriet Hilliard; “Gang-
way for Tomorrow,” with Mar-
go and John Carradine; “Riding
High,” with Dorothy Lamour and
Dick Powell; “Rationing,” with
Wallace Beery; “Phantom Lady,”
with Francot Tone and Ella Rain-
es; “Around the World,” with
Kay Kyser and Joan Davis; and
“Moonlight in Vermont,” with
Gloria Jean and Fay Helm.
Ears Worth 25 Grand
Ears — to Stanley Castle of
Chicago — are worth $25,000.
Stanley is suing Mrs. Pauline
Saylor for that amount. He claims
she bit off his ear during a dis-
pute in a tavern. Mrs. Saylor is
also being held for Grand Jury
action on a charge of mayhem.
An all-soldier concert featur-
ing some of the most outstand-
ing soldier artists in Iceland will
inaugurate a series of fine mus-
ical entertainment Saturday
night, April 8, at the Andrews’
Fieldhouse.
With the Army Band, under
the direction of W/O John D.
Corley, will appear T/3 Reino
Luoma, pianist, and Cpl. Gomar
Wolfe, baritone. Luoma, who
made his debut at Town Hall in
New York City, has been featur-
ed soloist with many symphonic
orchestras, including the Chicago
Symphony and the National Sym-
phony Orchestra conducted by
Hans Kindler.
Cpl. Wolfe, familiar to radio
audiences here, was formerly a
soloist with the San Carlo Opera
Company of New York.
New Armored Car
Unveiled By Army
Completion of the Army’s
latest combat vehicle has just
been announced by the War
Department. Designated as “Ar-
mored Car, M8 6x6,” the new
weapon combines the speed
and maneuverability of an auto-
mobile with all the punch and
armored protection of a light
tank.
Despite its eight-ton-weight,
the new six-wheeled vehicle is
capable of chalking up high
speed over any type of terrain,
and in addition it has good grade-
climbing qualities.
In appearance, the M8 presents
a low silhouette which makes it
look similar to a turtle’s back.
It mounts a 37 mm. cannon and
a .30 caliber machine gun in a
manually operated traversable
turret that covers the full 360
degrees.
Normally the car carries a crew
of four, all protected by armor
plate. The driver and co-driver
have protected vision through
steel-shuttered openings, and
through indirect vision devices
known as protectoscopes. The
War Department stated that
thousands of these new vehicles
have been produced and are al-
ready in operation by Army
troops at home and overseas.
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