The White Falcon - 30.12.1944, Blaðsíða 3

Chicken and ice cream were part of the bill of fare
at a Christmas party for Icelandic children given by
members of an Air Corps unit here. As shown in the
above picture, the children were presented gifts by Santa
Claus. The packages were purchased and made up by the
men who also shared their own gifts with the little tots.
Lt. Charlotte Doherty of Boston, Mass, plays Santa
Claus to a patient at an Army Base Hospital here Christ-
mas morning. Lt. Herman Robbins looks on as Cpl. Floyd
Colquiste of Detroit, Mich, smilingly receives the gift.
Local Gl, Pal In Italy, Make
Song-Writing Team Via ¥ Mail
Using Uncle Sam’s Post-
office Department as part of
his “remote control system,”
Cpl. Millard S. Thomson of
the Chaplain’s Office is en-
abled to write music with a
friend stationed in Italy —
thereby keeping up a com-
posing team which produc-
ed “Ten Minute Break,” a
two-act musical comedy
which was the hit of Camp
Croft, S.C., several years
ago.
However, Thomson is a
composer on his own right
also. Recently
the Army
Band intro-
d u c e d his
“Sailor In
Town,”arhap-
sodv for piano
and band. —
CWO John D.
Corley, leader
of the band, is
enthused over
the work and plans on feat-
uring it at many of the con-
certs he has planned.
Last spring the young IBC
musician wrote “Roadways”
which he dedicated to S/Sgt.
Albert M. Basso, a fellow
worker. Sgt. Basso introduc-
ed the song at a concert at
the Andrews Fieldhouse
where it was well-received.
In addition to his duties
of issuing TS slips to the men
who come to the Chaplain
with their woes, Cpl. Thom-
son is kept quite busy as or-
ganist for the military religi-
ous services held at the State
Church in Reykjavik. He has
written the music for an Ice-
landic verse, “Voice of
Spring,” which he has dedi-
cated to Pall Isolfsson, org-
anist at the State Church.
An accomplished pianist
as well, Millard is called up-
on quite often to appear with
tire Army Band. Early this
fall, he accompanied Wern-
er Gehauer and John Grant
of the USO when they toured
the Command. Thomson
played the field organ
Christmas Eve when he went
around with the caroling
group.
A native of West Hartford,
Conn., he has no plans for
the future at the moment.
“I think,” Thomson says, “I’ll
just wait until I’m out of the
Army before I make any de-
finite committments.”
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onel.
Of the physical condition-
ing phase, he says, “the trend
over a period of. time to-
ward conditioning through
use of obstacle courses con-
A. P. Report Asserts Nazi
Leaders Making Ready For
Five Years* Guerilla War
Vast supplies already hid-
den away in Alpine strong-
holds of Austria, Bavaria
and Northern Italy are in-
tended to support at least
five years’ Nazi guerilla ac-
tivity against the Allies after
this war ends.
So says an Associated
Press report from Alsdorf,
Germany, based on informa-
tion gathered “inside Ger-
many.”
Gestapo Chief Heinrich
Himmler, the dispatch says,
became convinced late in
1943 that the Hitler regiipe
had missed its chance to win
the war, and that German
armies in the field were
doomed to defeat. Therefore,
the A. P. continues, Himm-
ler began to lay plans for
continuing the struggle after
the day of defeat. These
plans it is said, are already
being carried out and follow
three main lines: (1) Open
warfare, to be directed from
Hitler’s headquarters. (2) Sa-
botage and guerilla activity,
organized by districts inside
Germany. (3) Propaganda
warfare, to be carried on by
some 200,000 Nazis all over
Europe.
Picked S. S. (Elite Guard)
troops have been established
in underground strongholds
in the mountainous region
of Southern Germany, and
will he joined there by party
leaders, says the A. P., when
military collapse comes.
“Only tried and true party
members will he allowed to
enter the strongholds,” the
dispatch goes on. “S.S.-men
and party members unable to
reach the Alpine strongholds
will he assigned to directing
parlison activities from such
places as the Black Forest
or out-of-the-way villages.
Himmler has overlooked
few possible ways of upset-
ting Allied military control
of occupied Germany, ac-
cording to the dispatch. In
order to hinder the identity
of party members, thousands
of identity cards of soldiers
killed in battle have been
collected for distribution
among the faithful, portend-
ing terrific confusion in the
unscrambling of official re-
cords.
Even in the postwar pro-
paganda techniques — a
field in which it would seem
that the Nazis have tried
every trick possible — some-
thing new has been added.
Says the A. P.:
“One of the main propag-
anda themes will be to build
a legend around the name
of Hitler, and to convince
the German people that
some day he will come
back.”
‘YOUNG AND GAY’ AT
FIELDHOUSE SUNDAY
Memories of the “Roaring
Twenties” are brought back
in “Our Hearts Were Young
and Gay” — movie featured
at the Andrews Fieldhouse
tomorrow evening 2000
hours. Based on the best-sel-
ler of Cornelia Otis Skinner
and Emily Kimbrough, the
movie co-stars Diana Lynn
and Gail Russell. Charlie
tinues. Such conditioning is
designed to improve a man
in agility and the handling of
his whole body rather than
merely his feet and legs. At
the same time, marches and
hikes are also stressed.”
The lessons learned in
combat find their way into
the training program in two
ways — by being incorpor-
ated into official training
doctrine after evaluation by
G-3 and through personal
contact between new men
and veterans with combat
experience.
Some of the changes in-
corporated into training
doctrine are: Use of over-
head artillery in small unit
problems in which the Field
artillery pieces operate as
they would in battle. Revis-
ion of extended order drill
and breaking the squad
down into three groups —
scouts, BAR men, and riflem-
en, each of which can he mo-
ved about independently by
the squad or platoon leader
to meet specific require-
ments. Intensified instruct-
ion in first aid, and a greater
effort to keep men informed
and to give them a feeling
of personal responsibility
in the war.
Rugggles plays Otis Skinner,
while Dorothy Gish plays his
wife.
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Qepoht&i
Should rationing be continu-
ed after the war?
Ruth A. Hanna of Rochest-
er, N.Y., with
the ARC here,
said, “I think
rationing
should most
certainly be
continued for
a certain
length of time. It will be nec-
essary as a preventive
against inflation for one
thing. For another, there will
be a scarcity of many com-
modities and consumption
can never be spread evenly
or fairly without rationing.”
“No,” answered Leon De
Fernelmont,
Y/3c, “I think
that by the
end of the war
most supplies
will be ade-‘
quate and I
think that as
many war-time restrictions
as possible should be lifted
from both the public and
business. Unless this is done,
an expanding economy and
full employment by^ private
enterprise cannot he accom-/
plished.” Leon is a native of
Fallsington, Pa.
Dee J lingers of Sleepy Eye,
M i n n., also
with the ARC
here, thought
a moment and
replied, “I
hardly think
so. After all,
with the end
of the war, Lend-Lease
should ease up considerably
— enough at any rate to al-
low us to do away Avith ra-
tioning. I hope I’m not dis-
appointed, for I’m already
thinking of going into a store
and buying anything and as
much as I want — what a
feeling that will be!”
“I hate to think that all
of the boys
after fighting
this war, will
not be able to
go home and
buy the many
things that
they have
thought and dreamed of for
years, maybe,” said Pvt. Ge-
orge Rolnick of Brooklyn,
N.Y. “But it looks to me like
rationing will have to be con-
tinued for some time for
many things; otherwise, the}7
may not get any of them at
all. With all of this loose
money in civilian hands, the
abolishment of rationing
could become a dangerous
thing in many ways.”