The White Falcon - 27.01.1945, Síða 1
OUR FORCES —
ALWAYS ALERT
Vol. VII.
ICELAND, Saturday, January 27, 1945.
No. 19.
Air Corps Officer, Now
Stationed Here, Flew 76
Missions Against Germans
Capt. Hyman Rosenson, left, and Sgt. David Williams
study a map of Hitler’s “Fortress Europe” as they dis-
cuss the combat missions they flew before coming to
Iceland.
Win Hl£ 0F NEW STANWYCK
AT MOUSE, ARC CLUB 23
"ILLUSION ACT OUTSTANDING
IN NEW ENSA SHOW HEBE
“Come and Get It!” turn-
ed out to be another “swell”
ENSA show when it was pre-
sented in Command Perfor-
mance at the Tripoli Theat-
er Tuesday night, Like
all British-produced shows,
this edition blended danc-
ing, community singing, du-
ets, comedy, an illusion art-
ist, jive anti the classics into
a 100 minute package which
was hound to please.
Highspot of the show was
the “illusion” work of Earle
Raymonde, a 22 year-old
former Commando invalid-
ed from the service, who
mystified everyone with his
act which consisted of read-
ing (while blindfolded)
words written on a black-
board by an American Sgt.
Others in the cast of the
show, which will make sev-
eral additional appearanc-
•s before the Yanks in Ice-
land, are Hazel Murray, so-
prano; Mannie Zimbler, pi-
anist; Cliff Clifford, MC and
tenor; Daphne' Peterson,
dancer; Tina Downs, Scotch1
comedienne; Pam White,
dancer; Norman Ilawkin,
saxophone; and William
Wallace, drums.
In spite of the fact that
the GIs didn’t understand
some of the British humor,
the comedy sequences went
over with a hang. The danc-
ing— and especially the rip-
roaring Highland Fling at
the finale — kept the show
moving.
all over the world will dance
to music from all over the
world.
In addition to the record-
digs by the Air Force hand,
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Local Bands Make Recordings
For World-Wide Broadcasts To GIs
“Bouncing At The Borg,”
an original composition hv
Cpl. Dave Sanderson, was
one of the- numbers “waxed”
this week by the Air Force
Band for the “Yank Band-
stand” radio program which
is to be produced by the
Armed Forces Radio Service
at Los Angeles.
“Yank Bandstand” is to re-
place the popular “Yank
Swing Session” currently
heard over the Iceland AFRS
station. The new feature will
present the best service dan-
ce bands and pop combos
from all theaters of opera-
tion. In other words, Yanks
MY REPUTATION - Warn-
er Brothers drama starring
Barbara Stanwyck and Ge-
orge Brent will receive its
world premiere tomorrow
night at the Andrews Field-
house (2000 hours) and ARC
Club 23 at 1900 and 2100
ho urs.
Playing a 33-year-old wid-
ow and mother of two childr-
en, Miss Stanwyck is given
full opportunity to run the
gamut of emotions in this
film which holds promise of
being one of the best “pro-
blem” pictures of 1945. Ad-
vance publicity would indi-
cate that the film follows the
general lines of such Warn-
er Brothers hits as NOW,
VOYAGER; THE GREAT
LIE and CASABLANCA.The
Air Mail Service h
Initiated Between
Iceland And The U.S.
Following negotiations be-
tween Iceland’s Postmaster
General GuSmundur HliSdal
and American postal offici-
als, air mail service was this
week instituted between Ice-
land and the U.S. First hags
of mail to he delivered to Ice-
landic civilians under the
new arrangement arrived
here on Wednesday, and
hereafter will he transported
by air once a week each way.
Previously, civilian mail be-
tween the two countries took
many weeks to reach its dest-
ination.
pictures are similar in that
their plots are primarily of
interest to the feminine publ-
ic hut,because of their super-
lative scripts and high act-
ing standards, appeal to men
as well.
George Brent, portraying
a Major in the Engineers, has
a tailor-made part which is
right up his alley. Warner
Brothers’ Publicity Depart-
ment terms his character-
ization as that of an “amiab-
le lone wolf sort of man.”
Others appearing in feat-
ured roles in MY REPUTAT-
ION are Warner Anderson,
Lucile Watson, John Ridge-
ly and Eve Arden-
i
In this film, Miss Stan-
wyck is faced with the pro-
blem of deciding whether or
not to submerge herself in
widowdom (as urged by
Lucile Watson, her austere
mother) or to go out and
make something of her life.
She reaches her decision
(after a lot of complicating
factors are ironed out) when
she meets and falls in love
with Brent.
Nazi Troops “Comfortably
Fixed” In St. Nazaire
Civilians, evacuated from
the French port of St. Na-
zaire which is still held by
the Germans, state that the
Nazi troops are comfortably
fixed in the city and have
plenty of food, while the
French inhabitants are on
the verge of starvation.
How does it feel to hurtle
down 21,0t)0 feet in the air?
How does it feel to fly
through flak-filled, darken-
ed skies over enemy terri-
torv? How does it feel to see
a Hun Messersclmiidl come
roaring towards you, with
everything open? How does
it feel to exist for 18 days in
a broiling Algerian desert
— drinking goat’s blood to
keep alive?
Captain Hyman, B. Rosen-
son can tell you how it all
feels — lie’s been through
it. Now in Iceland as a na-
vigator on what must seem
like an old lady’s mission,
he has gone through experi-
ences that most of us only
hear or read about.
A veteran of 76 missions,
Rosenson is. probably one of
the most decorated flyers
here. He holds the Silver
Star, the Distinguished Fly-
ing Cross, the Bronze Star,
the Air Medal (with 13 clust-
ers), a Presidential Citation,
plus his theater ribbons, his
ETO ribbon flashing with
five battle stars.
He has spent 20 months
in the European Theater,
seeing plenty of action rang-
ing over most of Germany.
“Was I scared? Of course,
I was!” he said. “There’s
something wrong with any-
one who isn’t under those
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WAR DEPT. GREATLY EXTENDS AREA UNDER
JURISDICTION OF EASTERN DEFENSE COMMAND
The Eastern Defense Com-
and, which one year ago ab-
sorbed the Central Defense
Command, has now taken
over the Southern Defense
Command as well. As a res-
ult the U.S. is now divided
into only two defense com-
mands: the Western, com-
prising eight Pacific coastal
area states, and the Eastern
consisting of the remainder.
The IBC was incorporated
into the EDC last year.
The enlarged Eastern De-
fense Command will be com-
manded by Lt. Gen. George
Grunert. The War Dept, said
the absorbing of the South-
ern by the Eastern Defense
Command had been decid-
ed upon to effect an econo-
my in personnel and to simp-
lify operation procedures.
Club 14 Will Present
Awards To GIs Who’vc
Been Here 30 Months
Announcement that all
soldiers currently station-
ed in Iceland who’ve been
here for 30 months or
•
more—and who enter Club
14’s “King of the FBIs”
contest—will be presented
with a special award
whether they win the con-
test or not, was made this
week by Chauncey Bar-
bour, Club director. He
stated further that both
“T.D.” and furlough time
may be counted in reckon-
ing total length of service
here.
For complete details of
the contest see The White
Falcon, issue of Jan. 20.