The White Falcon - 20.01.1945, Síða 1
OUR FORCES —
ALWAYS ALERT
Vol. VII.
ICELANf), So'nnlqy, .Unwary 20, 1945.
No. 18.
Club 14 Inaugurates Contest To Unearth
"King OS The FBIs"
Club 14 (ARC) this week announced the opening
of a contest to determine the “King of the FBIs” —
or, in more specific terms, the enlisted man with the
greatest number of years, months, weeks, days and
hours spent in Iceland.
The winner, who’ll be announced in the Feb. 10
issue of the Falcon, will be crowned at Club 14, in
a ceremony befitting his most distinctive status and
will be treated by the Club to a real, lxonest-to-good-
ness steak dinner. And that’s not all, for he’ll also
be given the chance to date Miss Iceland, 1944.
Chauncey Barbour, director of Club 14, gives his
assurance that the contest is well worth trying for.
.. Send your entries (containing name, rank, organiza-
tion and length of service in Iceland) to: THE
WHITE FALCON, BASE SPECIAL SERVICE. All
entries must have been received by us not later than
Monday, Feb. 5. In computing your length of service
. here, you may include time spent on furlough. Only
“catch” is that you must actually be stationed in Ice-
land at the time your entry is submitted.
“LEAVE QUOTAS
UP TO THEATER
COMMANDERS”
WAR OEPT.
The War Dept, has remov-
ed alt limitations on the
number of soldiers who may
receive 30-day furloughs. As
a result, the number of ser-
vicemen returning to the
U.S.on leave from war zones
will “increase markedly,” ac-
cording to the War Dept, an-
nouncement. The disclosure
of this change in policy was
made this week by Gen. Ge-
orge C. Marshall, Chief of
Staff, in a letter to Rep.
Brooks (Dem.) of Louisiana.
Gen. Marshall stated that
theater commanders now
have the authority to return
any men they can spare for
a one-month furlough in the
U.S., plus travel time. The
General said that the War
Dept, is no longer directly
involved in such decisions.
Sales Commissary To Be
Closed On Mondays
Effective immediately, the
Sales Commissary will not
he open for sales on Mon-
days. However, the Comm-
issary will remain open on
Mondays for collections on
sales of QM supplies.
Boston Clears “Witches”
After a lapse of 253 years,
a ruling is finally being ask-
ed in Boston, Mass., to exon-
erate six persons who were
executed during witchcraft
hunts in Salem in 1692.
“TRUTH ITSELF”
According to an article
prepared by Nazi Propagan-
da Minister Paul "Goebbels
for publication in “Das
Reich,” the eyes of Adolf
Hitler still “beam with
youthful radiance.”
“Never does a word of de-
ception or of base intent
cross his lips,” the Goebb-
els’ article adds. “He is truth
itself.”
“DOUBLE FEATURE”
PROGRAM PLANNED
FOR FIELDHOUSE
Tomorrow night is
“Double Feature Night” at
the Andrews Fieldhouse
with a set of color slides
on Iceland presented by
Tec 5 Luther Chovan and
the movie, THE FALCON
IN HOLLYWOOD, newly-
arrived in Iceland.
Cpl. Chovan has caused
much enthusiastic com-
ment because of the high
quality of his slides which
depict life in this country
and the GI mode of living
here. The slides he pre-
sents at the Fieldhouse to-
morrow night at 1930
hours have never been
shown to the troops here
as they have just been re-
turned from the process-
ing laboratories in the U.S.
Each man in uniform
may bring civilian guests.
No tickets are necessary.
Official Survey Reveals
Only 27*% Of IBC Personnel
Taking USAFI Courses
On the basis of an official survey recently concluded here, IBC Headquarters
discloses that slightly more t mil 21/- percent of the personnel of this Command arc
at present enrolled in corre pondenee courses offered by the USAFI (United States
Armed Forces Institute) —sometimes referred to as the “foxhole university.” High-
est enrolment is reported from an ATC unit, with 12.6 percent of its personnel tak-
ing the courses, while an AACS unit hosts the second highest enrolment with 10.5
percent. An Ordnance unit is third with 3 percent.
HftVY DESERTER TURKS SELF IN ST
BASE HERE. SKIPPED SHIP IN 1904
By T. Hibson, Y/2c.
the longest cases
One of
of desertion in the history
of the U.S. Navy came to
light this month when Pet-
Civilians Facing
Cigarette Ration
Cigarettes are to he ration-
ed to U.S. civilians — so stat-
es the National Association
of Tobacco Manufacturers
after deciding on a volun-
tary rationing system which
would allqt smokers an aver-
age of 15 cigarettes per day.
The Association, which con-
trols the distribution of to-
bacco to the nation’s million-
and-a-quarter retail outlets,
said that a card system of
isssuing smokes would he in-
augurated within two weeks.
U.S. Correspondents Say
“GI Joe” Is Good In
Combat, But Often “Isn’t
Nice At All” Out Of It
American correspondents,
while agreed that GI Joe is
the world’s best soldier in
combat, aren’t so sure that
the Yanks merit praise for
their actions out of combat.
Writing in the New York
Post, Leland Stove stated,
“The GIs are at their best
when facing the worst. But
when they go on leave they
frequently are not nice at
all. On the average; the Am-
ericans are a sadly undisci-
plined lot and by European
standards their manners are
pretty had.”
PATRIOTIC MOTIVE
When a theater manager
in Philadelphia found his
soft drinks dispensing mach-
ine rifled and $25 stolen, he
also found the following
note: “We’re taking these
nickles for War bonds.”
er Runkar Lund surrender-
ed himself to the naval auth-
orities in Iceland and slated
that he was a deserter from
the U.S. Naval Service since
1901.
Lund; now a Norwegian
citizen, declared he had des-
erted from the U.S.S. AVIS-
CONSIN in 1901 at Yoko-
hama, Japan. Cmdr. Albert
C. Buck, now comanding
naval forces in Iceland, stat-
ed that he had been with
the fleet in Japanese waters
at that time and that the
U.S.S. WISCONSIN had
been part of (he fleet.
Lund did not state why
he gave himself up. He was
released a few hours later.
He was also informed that
he would he notified at
ar
later date in regards to his
status.
The survey reveals that the
most popular courses among
Glj students here are. respec-
tively: mathematics, book-
keeping and accounting, sci-
ence and mechanics. The In-
stitute offers subjects for
part-time study on grade
school, high school, college
and university levels. In
most cases, successful com-
pletion of a course carries
with it appropriate school or
college credit leading to
diplomas and degrees. By
such means a soldier may
complete! his school or coll-
ege education while still in
the Army.
Of the various general typ-
es of courses offered through
the USAFI, those offering
the greatest number of sub-
jects to choose from are the
Institute correspondence
courses and the university
i extension courses. The form-
er cost two dollars apiece
and the latter — one-half
the charge made to civilians.
No matter what course
you choose, all necessary
materials are furnished at
no additional fee. Although
a soldier may enroll in only
one course at a time, he may
take another as soon as he
has completed the first.
While enrolment *in a
USAFI course is a matter for
personal decision, the Com-
mand urges personnel here
to give it serious thought.
The courses are reasonably
priced; presented in clear,
easy lessons, and are in
Of fairly recent origin as1 many instances especially
designed to help you incre-
ase your earning capacity
after the war.
Warsaw Was Site
Of Many Battles
Wednesday’s dramatic
announcement of the liber-
ation of Warsaw, first nat-
ional capital to be taken by
German troops in World
War II, meant peace once
again to the city which has
been attacked, occupied, pil-
laged and destroyed pro-
bably more times than any
other major community on
earth.
European cities go, it suff-
ered three separate invas-
ions by Sweden in the 17th
Century, was a battleground
in incessant wars between
Sweden and Russia in the
18th Century, was occupied
by Napoleon in 1806 and
soon thereafter invaded by
Austria and Prussia, was
occupied by Russia in 1815,
and was attacked and occup-
ied by Germany in 1915 and
again in 1939.
Bubonic Plague In China
An epidemic of bubonic
plague is reported raging in
the area south of Tengchung
in China. Number of cases
is said to be in the neigh-
borhood af 300, with poss-
ibly 100 deaths.