The White Falcon - 03.03.1945, Blaðsíða 2

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Police Force
Reykjavik lias had
police force since 1752 ■—
just 2(5 years before the
London police force was
established. However, it
wasn’t until 1918, when
the first chief of police
was appointed, that the
Reykjavik force really
developed into the mod-
ern and efficient organiz-
ation that it is today.
Two-way radio-equip-
ped ! cars, modern vans
(“Black Marias”) and
motorcycles are all utiliz-
ed by Reykjavik’s 100 pol-
icemen in enforcing the
law. Under the direction
of Mr. Agnar Kofoed-Han-
sen, Chief of Police, the
men carry out their duties
of controlling traffic, cov-
ering accidents and tke
multitudinous other tasks
which fall to policemen
in any modern, busy met-
ropolis. Just as in the U.S.,
an Icelandic policeman
may not enter a house
without a search warrant.
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who are arrested ready, Roy Scouts are
brought to trial as serving as school guards,
aThose
— are
speedily as possible.
Naturally, the arrival of
Allied troops and the con-
sequent number of vehic-
les needed to supply them,
increased Reykj avik’s traf-
fic problems manyfold. In
a city without even a traf-
fic light, these problems
would have gotten out of
hand, Mr. Kofoed-IIarisen
reports, if it weren’t for
the “complete harmony”
and “close cooperation”
shown by the military and
the civilian police. In ac-
cidents where the troops
and civilians are involv-
ed, both the MPs and the
Reykjavik police are call-
ed to the scene to make
their official reports.
Under the supervision of
members of the depart-
ment, Reykjavik’s schools
are instituting a safely
education program simil-
ar to that carried out in
American schools. Al-
directing childreii cross-
ing the streets at intersec-
tions near the schools.
Chosen for their charac-
ter and physical build, the
men study criminal laws
and regulations, accident
cases, first aid, use of fire- £;
arms (which they do not «
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come members of the for- ;5
cc. Their distinctive ilni-
forms are especially de-
signed. Many of'the men
are “glima” experts, while
others are members of the
choral group which has
gained fame throughout
Iceland.
A criminal force, head-
ed by Mr. Jonatan Hall-
varSsson, functions in
much the same manner as
our detective and crimin-
al bureaus. Iceland, how-
ever, has not had a major
crime since 1929.
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S SHUT
NOT WOKING, SAYS
According to Stars and
Stripes, daily paper of the
U.S. armed forces overseas,1
an American sergeant was
shot when he was late for
reveille at a German prison
camp and other prisoners
were killed for refusing to
work.
A staff writer obtained
this story from Pvt. Frank
Andrasovskv, Cleveland, 0.,
who claims to have witness-
ed the shooting and killings.
Andrasovskv was captured
Christmas Day. lie escaped
by feigning illness and ro-
aming for four days behind
enemy lines before be was
rescued February 8 by troops
of the 99th Division.
Andrasovsky said 1,000
prisoners were held in a
barracks built for 400 men.
Most of them had dysentery,
he added, but none was all-
owed to leave the barracks
except for duty. The build-
ing was never cleaned.
The Germans forced him
to work on a rail line under
fire from Allied planes,
Andrasovsky asserted. The
prisoners received a loaf of
bread every eight days.
Killing Japs, Germans
Is An Expensive Business
By the end of the 194(5
fiscal year, the U.S. will
have spent $450,000,000,000
on AVorld War II.
U.S. Factories Turned
Out 2,397 Bombers in Jan.
WPR chairman .). A. Krug
revealed this week that U.
S. aircraft pro due I ion for
January included 2,397
bombers, 2,907 fighters and
naval reconnaissance, (553
transports, 252 trainers and
32(5 communications and
“special purpose” planes.
WOMAN IN THE WIN-
DOW with Joan Bennett
and Edward G. Robinson
will be shown tomorrow
night at the Andrews
Fieldhouse at 2000 hours.
Each man in uniform may
bring only one civilian
guest.
PvT. ET. Jax.k
(During the temporary absence of Pvt. Jack Gray, this
column is being written by Sgt. Bob Hill.)
Dick and Rob Thomas are believed to be the only
set of GI twins in Iceland. The fact that these Ord-
nancemen are, respectively, six-feet and six-feet-one-
inch tall arouses comment wherever they go. Rorn in
Springfield, Mass., 22-vears-ago, they came into the
Army in March, ’43 and were sent to Aberdeen Prov-
ing Ground, Md., where they studied small arms work.
BV the way, they fell into Ordnance as easily as four-
letter epithets roll from some guys’ lips because they
worked as gunsmiths at Springfield Armory. Now el-
evated to (he rank of Tec 5, “Spike” and “Link” arc
kept busy after hours playing on the Hornets court
team. John McCabe, the Falcon’s Ordnance unit corre-
spondent, says that the twins, while alike in appear-
ance and stature, are somewhat different in personali-
ty and mood. Dick is reserved and serious. Rob is de-
scribed as being “full of fun and ready for anything.”
Mac says, however, that they stick together like syrup
to a mess kit and put up a united front against any-
one wlio’d split them up.
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Tec 5 Francis Darcy, a new arrival in the IRC, for-
wards the lyrics of a song which is tops with the GIs
back in the Slates. Called (with apologies to Cole Port-
er) “Don’t Ship Me Out,” the words are destined to
be GI classics:
“Oh, give me land, lots of land, under the flak-lcss
skies above, don’t ship me out!
Let me ride on those overcrowded subways that
I love, don’t ship me out!
Let me walk my post in the evening breeze and listen
to the murmur of the Rockaway trees,
Keep me here forever, I ask you please, don’t ship me out!
Under the neon lights above,
On my cayuse let me saddle and skedaddle,’
’Til I see the one I love.
I want to ride to the north where the Bronx begins,
And gaze at the girls ’til I lose my sensesr
’Course I don’t take to water, but I don’t mind the
fences, don’t ship me out!
Oh, Mr. President, don’t ship me out!”
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NISSEN NOTES: George Sparacino of the Ordnance
took the picture of the Icelandic policeman with the
two GIs shown in the “Abroad In Iceland” column at
the left. The Cph- submitted the picture for our “GI
Photo (.onlest,” but it was just what we wanted for
the police story — so we took the liberty of printing
it here in stead .... Anyone who can play the Hawaii-
an electric guitar and is interested in teaching it, please
contact this office .... Recent arrivals have been get-
ting their introduction to skiing and skating — and
are enjoying the sports immensely. They’re also being
introduced to the taunt: “You’re overseas now, Bud!”
riiey’H probably lake months to live down the phrase:
“This storm is mild compared to the storms we have!”
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The White Falcon office took on the appearance of
a Giant’s Convention Tuesday when three six-foot-tall
GI Giants walked in. Pfc. William Haughwont (QM
man from Staten Island, NX) and Tec. 5 Arthur Hayes
(AAA man from Sumner, Miss.) scrape the clouds at
6'6". The “Shorty” of the trio, Pvt. Oliver M. Hall (QM
man from Montgomery, Ala.), is a measly 6'5%". All
three sleep on cots with special extensions — although
Haughwont.complains “I was gypped — they gave Hall
a cot an inch-and-a-half longer!” Haves* lias heard a
rumor to the effect all men 6'6" will be discharged.
He says, “If it’s true, boy, am I bucking!”
GERMAN OIL SUPPLY
GOING BUT NOT GONE
In spite of continued
heavy blows against German
oil centers, a SIIAEF an-
nouncement warns that
there is still enough coal
available to the Wehrmacht
to permit the launching of
•enough large-scale offensive
such as the one which took
place in December.