The White Falcon - 11.11.1944, Blaðsíða 1

Vol. VII.
ICELAND, Saturday, November 11, 1944. ho. g
The Winners President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York.
Winners Announced
In PX Christmas
Card Contest
Maj. Harold Shaw,
Base PX Officer, this
week announced the
names of the winners in
the recently-concluded
Christmas card contest.
First prize went to
Cpl. Oscar H. Boehm
(Engrs.), second prize
to S/Sgt. George Barth-
olomaeus (Air Corps),
and third prize to Pvt.
Lester Bubai (Hq., IBC)
Cpl. William Cuhel
(Engrs.) and S/Sgt.
John P. Muehlman (Sig.
Corps).
Among verse entries,
first prize went to
Pfc. Donald Zoeller
(Engrs.), second prize
to S/Sgt. John P. Mueh-
Iman, and third prize
to Sgt. Daniel E. John-
son (Hq., IBC) and
Pvt. Milton Barine
(CM).
Reproduced by the
Base Engineers, the
cards are now on salejd
at local post exch
anges.
Contest judges were
Col. A. E. Henderson,
IBC Engineer Officer;
Ted Malone, NBC war co-
rrespondent, and Lt,
! David Zinkoff •
GEN. TOURTELLOT
NOW COMMANDING
UNIT IN COLORADO
Brig, Gen. George F.
i'ourtellot, former Com-
manding General of the
U.S. Army Air Forces in
Iceland, is now Cu of
the 72nd Fighter .ling
with headquarters at
Peterson Field, Colora-
o Springs, Colo,
J. S. BATTLE CASUALTIES
3EL0W HALF MILLION MARK
U.S. battle casualt-
ies last week rose to
487,692, of which Army
figures were 417,121.
Navy casualties were
set at 70,571.

PRINTED BY BASE ENGINEER
FDR, OTHER DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES, GAIN BIG
ELECTORAL VICTORY
Gl Bill Heads
Back To Congress
For Amendment
The GI Bill of Rights
appears to be headed
back to Congress for
amendments, the Associ-
ated Press reported
this week.
A conflict has devel-
oped on the critical
point of whether a vet-
eran's disability comp-
ensation may be attach-
ed by the Federal Gov-
ernment if he is unable
to, keep up his payments
on his home, farm or
business for which he
obtained the GI loan.
Even as the Veterans
administration was pre-
paring the GI loan form
for the printer, it re-
ported that under its
interpretation of the
law such attachment is
possible.
The American Legion,
sponsor of the bill,
says just the opposite.
Details Released
Of Enemy Action
In "North Atlantic”
Details of the sink-
ing of an American tra-
nsport by an Axis sub-
marine in the North At-
lantic with a heavy
loss of life early in
1943 was revealed for
the first time Satur-
day .
Nearly 300 servicemen
and 38 crew members we-
re lost in the sinking
of the Henry R. Mallory
in a convoy carrying
army and Navy' personnel
to Iceland.
The attack came dur-
ing a snowstorm with
heavy seas, many servi-
cemen were killed below
decks by explosions of
the torpedo. Heavy wea-
ther made launching of
lifeboats and rafts di-
fficult •
FISH AND KYL DEFLATED
IN BID FUR
RE-ELECTION
Pres. Roosevelt and
the Democratic Party won
a sweeping victory at
the polls Tuesday in the
first national election
held in war time since
1864 when Pres. Lincoln
was opposed for re-elec-
tion by Gen. George B.
McClellan.
On the basis of incom-
plete returns (approxim-
ately 5,500,000 votes
have yet to be tabulated
at this writingj
Roosevelt has a popular
vote of 23,500,000 to
Dewey's 20,700,000, and
35 states with an elec-
toral vote of 413 to 13
states for Dewey with
118 electoral votes.
In 1940 Roosevelt de-
feated V.’endell Willkie
by a popular vote of 27,
000,000 to 22,000,000
and an electoral vote of
449 to 82.
States which apparent-
ly cast their electoral
votes for Dewey are:
Colorado, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Ohio, Sou-
th Dakota, Vermont, Wis-
consin, Oregon and Wyom-
ing.
The election, moreov-
er, assured the Democra-
tic Party of a continued
majority in both the Se-
nate and the House. Mr.
Roosevelt's party gained
24 seats in the latter
body and retained contr-
ol of the Senate with a
majority of 55 seats.
.Two of tne President's
long-standing opponents
on international affairs
- Senator Gerald P. Nye
(R.-North Dakota) anc
Representative Hamilton
Fish (R.-New York) were
both defeated for re-el-
ection.