The White Falcon - 23.12.1944, Blaðsíða 6

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—GI Xmas
(Continued from Page 3)
and Kay Kyser. COMMAND
PERFORMACE goes on the
air at 1400 hours.
On Christmas Eve, start-
ing at 2200 hours, there will
be special programs of holi-
day music featuring Marian
Anderson, Leopold Stokow-
ski and the Westminster
Choir, among others.
Yule Day programs get
under way at 1100 hours with
a program of Chi'istmas Car-
ols, followed at 1115 with a
special CHRISTMAS CARD
sent to GIs by Dinah Shore.
A duplicate copy of the rec-
ording on Xmas in Iceland
being presented overWMCA,
New York, will be aired at
1615 hours here. This broad-
cast, recorded at Club 14,
presents GIs, Navy and ARC
workers from the New York
area.
Ronald Colman, John
Charles Thomas and Gladys
Swarthout join in a present-
ation of THE JUGGLER OF
NOTRE DAME at 1730. Gin-
ger Rogers opens a CHRIST-
MAS STOCKING at 2000
hours. The stocking is chock
full of surprises like Helen
Traubel, Cornelia Otis Skin-
ner and Roland Young, Din-
ah Shore and John Nesbitt.
A complete schedule of the
Christmas Day programs,
presenting the best Americ-
an air shows, has been distri-
buted with each copy of the
/“Ice Front” news sheet.
V-Discs Bring Carols
Each unit this week rec-
eived a new series of V-Discs
including several records of
carols sung and played by
Eileen Farrell, Jan Peerce,
the Ben Yost Choir, Andre
Kostelanetz, Dick Haymes,
the Travis Johnson Singers,
Jesse Crawford and the AAF
Training Command Orch-
estra. This special Christ-
mas package also contains
such records as “Chatta-
nooga Choo Choo” played by
Glenn Miller and “I’m In The
Mood For Love” with
Frances Langford.
Church Services Planned
Protestant Christmas Ser-
vices will be presented at the
State Church in Reykjavik,
Christmas Eve at 1930
hours. A Catholic Midnight
High Mass will be observed
at the Tripoli Theater, while
on Christmas Morning at
0900 hours, at the Catholic
Cathedral in Reykjavik,
there will be another Mass.
Xmas Show at ARC 14
A “brass choir,” an instru-
mental ensemble, and the
.“Gremlins” dance combo —
all small units within the
Army Band — will be spot-
lighted at a gala Christmas
Eve show planned for 2030
hours at ARC Club 14. The
program will be a repetition
of the show presented at the
hey look fellas! now do you believe in-Santa?
War Dept. Looking For
Postwar Homes In K-9
‘Rehabilitation’ Setup
The rehabilitation proces-
ses of the War Dept, have
just been extended to some
300 U.S.-bound members of
the K-9 Corps, with the an-
nouncement that a search
for postwar homes for war
dogs will be started soon.
The 300 dogs will be ready
to return to civilian life by
the end of 1944, the War
Dept, says, but will be re-
leased to their former mast-
ers or new owners only aft-
er they have gone through
their “De-militarization” at
the Quartermaster War Dog
Reception Center at Fort
Robinson, Neb.
If the original owners don’t
want the highly-trained dogs
returned, the Treasury Dept,
will put them up for sale as
surplus property. Dogs For
Defense, Inc. — the non-pro-
fit civilian agency that ob-
tained the dogs for the K-9
Corps — will investigate re-
quests for the animals to
make sure that the dog vets
get decent homes.
Allied Shipping Losses
In Four Years Of War
Put At 5,758 Vessels
Allied merchant ship loss-
es between the start of the
European war in September,
1939, and the end of 1943
have been set at 5,758
ships, totalling 22,161,000
^ross tons.
An announcement releas-
ed simultaneously by the
U.S. and Great Britain re-
veals that of the losses,
which averaged between
hree and four ships a day,
753 were American ships,
2,921 were British and 1,184
belonged to other Allied na-
tions, while 900 belonged to
neutral nations.
PACKERS OUTPOINT GIANTS TO
BECOME NAT0NAL PRO CHAMPS
Tripoli Theater last night.
Sgt. A1 Cerunda is MC.
Club 14 holds Open House
on Christmas Day. The snack
bar opens at 1500. A string
ensemble, ping pong and
pool tournaments, hill billy
rythms and a musical come-
dy, “Hell is Popping,” will
be part of the activities.
Other Christmas week
highlights list the formal
dance and crowning of the
Icelandic Snow Queen on
Tuesday evening.
Christmas Trees Arrive
Some units in Iceland will
decorate their Christmas
trees on Christmas Eve as
the main attraction for their
dances and parties. The
trees, recently-arrived here,
will dress up unit day rooms
and add a touch of home.
Many camps will be visited
by the caroling groups. A
special movie, CHRISTMAS,
1944, will be shown in many
of the theaters.
Dinner
More venturesome GIs
will go skating and skiing
in order to work up an ap-
petite for the grand Turkey
Dinner which the Quarter-
master has planned for the
day. Centered around Roast
Maryland Turkey, the menu,
calls for such delicacies as
baked country ham, candied
sweet potatoes, hot rolls, hot
mince meat pie and ice
cream with fresh raspberri-
es.
Those few GIs who were
strong of heart — and stout
of mind. — will open their
packages on Christmas
morning — much to the en-
vy of their weaker-willed
hutmates who couldn’t wait
for the festive day.
Two touchdowns in the
second period gave,/ the
Greenbay Packers a 14 to 7
victory over the N.Y. Giants
for the championship of the
National Professional Foot-
ball League.
Using Don Hutson, their
star pass-catching end, as
decoy most of the time the
Packers opened their ground
attack for both scores.
Fullback Ted Fritsch made
both Packer touchdowns, the
first coming on a one yard
plunge after he drove
through the Giant line for
27 yards. Just before the half
ended, Irv Comp passed 27
yards to Hutson who was
downed on the Giants’ 30.
Fritsch made through the
line, then took Comp’s second
pass for a touchdown. Hut-
son converted each time.
.The Giant touchdown came
in the last period after-Howie
Livingston intercepted Lou
Brock’s pass. Interference on
the pass gave the Giants the
first down on the Packer 42.
Herber followed with a 41
yard pass to Frank Liebel
who was downed on the one
yard line. Ward Cuff went
over on the next play and
Ken Strong converted.
The player’s pool set a pay
off record for the game. The
Packers received $41,896.61
— about $1,500 per man. The
Giants received $27,931.91
which is approximately
$900 per man.