The White Falcon - 17.02.1945, Page 6

by Milton Caniff." creator of "Terry and the Pirates
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(1) Has the continental U.S. ever been d rectly attacked by the enemy in this war?
(2) What was the primary purpose of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference?
(3) What form of government exists in Spain?
(4) During the siege cf Moscow in 1911, the Soviet Government was moved to
what other city?
(5) How many of Europe’s national cap tals are still occupied by the Germans?
Only 1,000,000 GIs
On Permanent Duty
I m U .^—Patterson
Acting See. of War Patter-
son declared Ibis week that
•only about three million
Soldiers are within the con-
tinental U.S. — of whom one
imiflion are in training as re-
placements for overseas un-
its, another million in train-
ting as lacfical units also for
Overseas; and the balance
;.rc housekeeping units con-
sisting of men who are eith-
er overseas veterans or lim-
;jted service personnel.
Physically qualified men
{performing non-combat duty
^overseas, he said, are being
transferred to combat units
and that about a half-mil-
lion men have been with-
drawn from home installa-
tions and sent abroad as in-
fantry replacements.
Dog In Detroit Goes
From Rags To Riches —
Then Rack To Rags Again
A Detroit fox terrier be-
came $27,000 poorer recent-
ly when Probate Judge Jos-
eph Murphy ruled that the
late Mrs. Margaret Myers’
will, bequeathing this am-
ount to the dog, had been im-
properly executed. Mrs, My-
ers had gotten the dog from
the city pound a short time
before she died last October.
‘EMALE WALLFLOWERS
IN U.S. TOLD ALASKA
iAS “GOOD HUNTING”
Any wall flower 'who
wants to get her man should
pack up her belongings and
set off for Alaska in (lie con-
sidered opinion of Mrs. Jane
Hope Whitney, USO Club
Director, who has just re-
turned to New York from
Alaska.
At a recent dance there,
Mrs. -\yhitnev 'counted only
five, girls against 250 men.
“Of course,” she admits, “the
girls are completely spoiled
but you can’t blame them
with men trailing them all
i the time."
Jtiqubiinfy
J-UpahtQA
t ,
What do you do in
Reykjavik?
Pvt. Arthur Fischer told
the Inquiring
nnliiral curi-
osity, I guess, so I want to
he sure, that :I’ve seen every-
thing there, is to see in
Reykjavik,” ; is the way he
puts it. After a day roaming
through Reykjavik, the Red
Cross Club’s reading room
looks “darned inviting” so
he avails himself of the
many good hooks there. Also
he gets to chat with men
from the different outfits and
“exchange rumors.” Fischer
hails from Columbia, Pa.,
and was an employee for a
linoleum manufacturer.
AM. FRUIT GROWERS
“CO-OP” BUYS ENTIRE
TOWN IN CALIFORNIA
The American co-opera-
tive movement, just past its
100th birthday, took another
forward stride recently with
the purchase of an entire
California town by the Fruit
Growers’ Supply Co. of Los
Angeles. For $10,000,000, this
co-op, representing 12,000
farmers, acquired Red River
Lumber Co. properties at the
company town of Westwood
(population 3,500), • a saw-
mill, veneer plant, box fact-
ory railway equipment with
20 miles of electrified track,
and 100,000 -acres of timber.
“My only purpose in com-
ing to Reykja-
vik,” says Tec
4 Daniel Cet-
in of New
York, “is lo
obtain film or
little souven-
irs. A supper
at the Red Cross provides
a welcome change from the
camp chow, too. Frankly, I
haven’t found much else to
do — hut I’ve noticed that
the lake in the capital city
is frozen — so that gives me
an idea. Maybe I’ll go skat-
ing some fine day!” In civ-
ilian life, Celin was an elec-
trician.
Going to Club 14 and see-
........... ing the movi-
I leil), 'a ^ inn-
er Chicago salesman, states
that he “kind of likes” the
Coffee Hour and never miss-
es it when in town. Like Sgt.
Celin, Oerke enjoys shop-
ping for souvenirs. A session
at the pool table also “hits
the spot.”
Another Pennsvlvanian,
Robert J< Rid-
inger, RM3/c
From Irwin,
enjoys visit-
ing the Ice-
landic movie
theaters “just
to)seea35m/m
film once more — and with-
out interruptions to change
reels!” After the usual ses-
sion of window shopping,
Boh, like most men, heads
for Club 14 where he either
howls or shoots pool. Before
donning the “blues,” Riding-
cr was an accountant.