The White Falcon - 12.08.1944, Page 1

OUR FORCES —
ALWAYS ALERT
Vol. VI.
ICELAND, Saturday, August 12, 19H
No. 21.
Tec 5 Louis J. Green, former Louisville, Ky., poultry dealer, is
shown here with a most obliging chicken who for the past six
days has been laying eggs on Green’s bunk. This suddenly
popular GI is seriously consid- ering auctioning off a fresh egg sandwich nightly to his hungry MP buddies as they come in off the “beat.” Chief Of WPB Warns Industry Against “Economic’ Chaos” Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, warn- ed last week that unless the U.S. “takes all possible steps” to plan
Nazi Prisoner Says Robots Coming To U.S.
Shortly after a train carrying war prisoners had left the town of Austin, Minn., a railroad em- ployee picked up five swastika- decorated sheets of paper warn- ing that robot bombings were in store for the U.S. The leaf- lets read: “The robots will come to your soil soon and you will feel what war means. Quit the war before it is too late.” and prepare beforehand, “econ- omic chaos” may well follow vic- tory in Europe. Nelson declared that industry faces a “two-sided challenge.” He said that it must go ahead on war production “at full speed — without deluding ourselves that the job is already finished,” and at the same time must begin plans for reconversion.
U.S.. Icelandic Stars In
Concert At
Gina Lotito, soprano soloist on
tonight’s concert program at the
Andrews Fieldhouse, has appear-
ed with the Mason Light Opera
Co, of Los Angeles and has tour-
Fieldhouse
ed with the “Gay Nineties” revue.
Before coming overseas with the
USO, Miss Lotito appeared in the
films “Best Foot Forward” and
“High Society.”
Sharing the concert program
with the young soprano is Pelur
Jonsson, Icelandic opera tenor.
Mr. Jonsson sings Schumann’s
“Two Grenadiers',” while Miss
Lotito has chosen Dvorak’s
“Songs My Mother Taught Me.”
CWO John D. Corley and the
Army Band highlight the “Pre-
lude and Love Death” from Wag-
ner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” The
concert starts at 2000 hours.
Nazi Broadcasters:
“Battle For Paris Has Begun!”
“The battle for Paris has begun!” So states German
broadcasters as British and Canadian forces continue
their drive southeast despite the Nazis’ stubborn efforts
to resist and counterattack.
Allied units in this sector are now reported less than
50 miles from the historic city following their entry, on
Friday, into Chartres — 55 miles southwest of Paris.
Spearheads are said to be advancing towards Rambouillet
which is little more than ¥) miles west of the capital
city.
Base PX
Announces
New Contest
The Base Post Exchange has
announced the opening of its 1944
Christmas Card Contest and in-
vites response from all U.S. arm-
ed forces stationed in Iceland.
Two identical sets of prizes will
be offered for the three best
drawings and the three best verses
submitted by U.S. servicemen on
or before Sept. 1.
CongressmanSuggests
Demobilization Based
On “Longest Service”
Chairman of the House Mili-
tary Committee, Rep. Andrew J.
May (D. Ky.), has recommended
the demobilization of “several
million American soldiers,” when
Germany is defeated. He suggest-
ed that fresh forces now training
in the States should augment U.S.
fighters in the Pacific.
Cessation of hostilities in Eur-
ope should be a signal, said Rep.
May, for the immediate return of
servicemen who have seen duty
for the longest period. Others,
he added, would remain for an
undetermined length of time as
an army of occupation.
-----For what GIs in Ice-
land have to say about de-
mobilization see Page 3.
lobless May Get
Up To $30 Weekly
Under Senate Plan
The Senate Military Affairs
Committee has submitted for ac-
tion a bill setting up a super-re-
conversion agency and propos-
ing a $30 weekly federal postwar
unemployment compensation.
The new department, called the
Office of War Mobilization and
Adjustment, would rule produc-
tion and manpower until two
years after the war.
Under the plan, bachelors
would get $20 a week; workers
with one dependent $25; and men
with three or more dependents
$30. This plan covers discharged
members of the armed forces as
well as civilians.
First prize is listed as a $38
wrist watch, second prize — a
$27.50 wrist watch, and third
prize — a $12.50 Parker “51”
fountain pen.
Rules are as follows:
1. Contest will be held
from 5 Aug. to 1 Sept,
inclusive. No entries
will be accepted after
1700 hours on 1 Sept.,
1944.
2. No more than one ent-
ry will be accepted
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U.S. Planes In Burma
Using ‘‘Spike Bombs”
Lt. Gen. “Vinegar Joe” Stil-
well’s foces which captured Myit-
kyina recently were aided by
AAF bombers using “spike
bombs.” These bombs are 100
pounders with two-feet-long
spikes that stick into targets.
An example of the destruction caused by modern war Is this picture of St. Lo, French town
in Normandy which was recently laken by American forces after a hard battle.