The White Falcon - 02.12.1944, Blaðsíða 1

OUR FORCES —
ALWAYS ALERT
Vol. VII
ICELAND, Saturday, Deoember 2, 1944.
No. 11.
GREATEST PRIVILEGE
IN THE WORLD"
"The greatest privilege in the world" - Amer-
ican citizenship - was conferred this week upon
the three enlisted men shown in above photo.
Left to right are: Pvt. Raul Jiminez and Pvt.
Jesus Lomeli, formerly of Mexico; and Tec 5
Carl Zeder, formerly of Germany. Administering
the oath is Second Secretary of the American
Legation, the Hon. Benjamin Hulley. The sold-
iers declared that it was a "wonderful feeling"
to be at last bonafide citizens of "the good
old O.S.A.11
Yank Tells How
He Nipped Career
Of ’Desert Fox’
Twenty-year-old Lt.
Harold Miller of Santa
Rosa, Calif., is the
American pilot who str-
afed the German staff
car last July 24 in
which Field Marshal Er-
win Rommel (the "Desert
Fox$ was fatally injur-
ed.
Films released by the
AAF showed bullets from
Miller1s machine gun
spewing into ,a staff
car 20 miles behind the
Normandy line#.
An interview with
Miller filled in the
background that the car
was the only Nazi staff
car destroyed by the
AAF that day.
Lt. Miller reported
that he scored direct
hits with his first
burst, causing the fuel
tank to explode and
burst into flames.
SHELLS RATIONED
ON BATTLEFRONT
Pres. Roosevelt last
week backed up Gen. Ei-
senhower's plea for in-
creased production, ci-
ting the fact that sh-
ells have had to be ra-
tioned. This has brou-
ght about undue loss of
life and is caused by
workers changing jobs.
SIXTH BOND DRIVE BEGINS AS
PRES. DECLARES WAR COSTING
U. S. $ 250,000,000 PER DAY
In a radio address opening the Sixth War Loan drive, now underway for
both soldiers and civilians, President Roosevelt last Sunday night-sta-
ted that the prosecution of the war is costing the U.S. $250,000,000 a
day and warned that many costly battles must still be fought on the road
to total victory
' Participation of the
IBC in this latest bond
drive began yesterday
and will continue until
December 31.
All personnel, both
officers and enlisted
men, are urged by the
Command to purchase at
least one bond for cash
during this period.
Quota for the IBC has
been set at $10,000.
Gen. Tourtellot
Awarded Legion
Of Merit
r
NAZI GENERAL
THINKS Gl CHOW
GOOD CAUSE FOR
SURRENDER
Brig. Gen. George P.
Tourtellot, former Com-
manding General of the
Army Air Forces in Ice-
land, has been awarded
the Legion of Merit for
exceptionally meritor-
ious conduct in the
performance of outstan-
ding services to the
Government while here.
The citation commend-
ed Gen. Tourtellot for
the "training and or-
ganization of a highly
efficient air arm which
proved of greatest val-
ue in the defense of
Iceland."
Gen. Tourtellot is
now commanding the 72nd
Fighter Wing at Peter-
son Fieldi_Colorado.
Dec. 6 Is Deadline
On Christmas Greetings
Via Cablegram
The sending of EFM
and greeting messages
of the sender's own
composition will be
suspended during the
period of December 6 to
December 25.
Messages of own com-
position, other than
greetings, may be sent.
Full service will be
resumed after Dec. 25.
Major Gen. Erich Els-
ter, the German comman-
der who surrendered 20,
000 men along the Loire
River in September, re-
marked upon arriving in
the U.S. this week that
"If I knew that Ameri-
can food was as good as
this, I'd have surren-
dered sooner."
Gen. Elster is not
convinced, either, that
he's a blood brother of
the Japs. "We ought to
combine, your country
and mine, and take over
England and France," he
was quoted as telling a
fellow passenger.
ALLIED AUTHORITIES
RELEASE BRITISH
WRITER CHARGED
WITH AIDING HUN
British author P. G.
Wodehouse, who was arr-
ested in Paris for aid-
ing the Germans by his
broadcasts in 1941, has
been released.
He was released on
the condition that he
live under surveillance
at a distance of more
than 3 miles of Paris.
Mrs. Wodehouse, who
was taken into custody,
was also released.
ALRIGHT JOHN. WE'LL DO IT
TOMORROW-WE LL INVEST
ALL OUR 6AVIN6S
IN WAR BONOS."
Ro-bomb Attacks on U.S.
‘Possible’ Say Experts
Robot bomb attacks on
the continental U.S.
are "entirely possible"
the War and Navy Depar-
tments disclosed recen-
tly, answering ques-
tions raised by news-
paper editors.
Such attacks, a joint
statement said, "might
be launched from sub-
marines lying offshore
or from one-way sacri-
fice flights of long-
range bombers control-
led across the Atlantic
by submarine. It is
also possible that att-
acks might be launched
from catapult-plane
tenders. It is extreme-
ly possible that such
attacks could entirely
elude Allied sea and
air patrols."______
Gl Radio Station
Here Feated In
Special Broadcast
From Hollywood
Ginny Simms, Cass Da-
ley, Linda Darnell and
Lum and Abner were a
Tew of the Hollywood
And radio stars heard
yesterday in a special
salute to the troops in
Iceland.
The program, recorded
in Hollywood, marked
the first anniversary
of the Armed Forces Ra-
dio Station here.
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