The White Falcon - 03.03.1945, Blaðsíða 4

THE WHITE FALCON is published weekly by and for the
American Forces in Iceland, under supervision of Special Ser-
vice Section, Iceland Base Command. Some material is supplied
by Camp Newspaper Service, New York City, republication
of which is prohibited without CNS approval. THE WHITE
FALCON has been passed by the censor and may be mailed
home for one-and-one-half cents.
IBC Special Service Officer .Capt. Ileber P. Russell
Supervising Officer ........Lt. David Zinkoff
Editor .....................Sgt. John Moran
Associate Editor ...........Sgt. J. Gordon Farrell
News Editor ................Sgt. Robert Hill
Staff Reporter .............Pvt. E. C. Gray
Circulation ................S/Sgt. Rosario Tessier
AN EDITORIAL:
Next-Door Neighbors
The. Visir, daily afternoon paper in Reykjavik, last
week had some good words to say about our “Abroad
hi Iceland” feature. The statements had a special signi-
ficance for us, for they expressed appreciation of some-
thing which we’ve been trying to do ever since the first
copy of The White Falcon went to press: to do what
we can to help Icelanders and Americans know each
other.
In the world community of free nations the U.S. aiid
Iceland are just as truly nextdoor neighbors us two
families back home who use the same pole, for their
dothes-line. The streets, the houses, the people of Ice-
land are in no essential way different from those we
have known in the U.S.
But the first step in liking our neighbors is to know
them — to know them as people and to know how they
live. We. are glad that the Visir believes we are doing
some good in this direction.
People who understand each other, people who are
good neighbors, can never be enemies.
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Do you plan to obtain furth-
er schooling after the war
under the GI Bills of Rights?
“I don’t believe I will,” an-
swered Pfc.
Loren Abbey
of Detroit,
Mich. “You
see, I have a
good job to go
back to and,
besides, I want
to marry that girl of mine
back home. So I won’t have
much time for school. I’ll be
busy earning a living — I
hope!” Loren was a machin-
ist prior to the war.
Pfc. L. D. Garrett replied,
“Yes. 1 intend
to go to a
trade school
at Fort Worth,
Tex., after the
war and learn
more about
my trade —
stone masonry. I think it is
a good opportunity for every-
.^e .who hasn’t a trade, to
learn one.” A native of Al-
b;|Ly, Tex., Garrett worked
as a stone mason before
joining the Army.
“Well, I think the idea is
a swell one
for those wh*>
want it. It will
notheof much
use to me,
though, for I
already have
my own busi-
ness to return to — a fuel
business, to he exact,” said
Cpl. Joseph Roziewski. He
added, “Of course there are
a lot of things I’d like to
learn, hut how is a guy go-
ing to do that and earn a
living for a family besides?”
Joe is from “Joisey” — Jer-
sey City, being a fuel sales-
man before opening his own
business shortly before the
beginning of the war.
Pvt. Richard a Bsorklund
said, “You bet
I 'do! I’m go-
ing to finish
the business
course I start-
ed before tile
war. I think
many others,
like myself, will welcome
this opportunity to continue
with their education at no
expense to themselves. Of
course it will he a little tough
for men with obligations,
like a family, for the hill
does not provide enough for
even a man and wife to live
on.” Dick is from Moscow,
Idaho, and was a clerk in
civilian life.
U.S. Engineers Make
Super Grease From Sand
Sand has been converted
into an amazing new kind
of machinery grease in a dis-
covery just announced to the
American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers. This grease
does not harden at 70 deg-
rees below zero and does not
melt at 400 above and is one
of the new silicones — an’
entirely new class of indust-
rial materials. The grease is
translucent, does not harm
synthetic insulators or rub-
ber and has long wear.
Postwar Planes May
leekeS Fr©m NX To
Frisco In Two lours
Postwar aircraft which
will travel at speeds from
1,000 to 1,500 miles per hour
have been predicted by
Peyton M. Magruder, design-
er of the B-26 (Marauder)
medium bomber — accord-
ing to .an ANS dispatch.
Magruder admitted, in an
interview that he has little
idea what such aircraft
“will look like,” hut added
—- “any aeronautical engin-
eer will tell you the same
thing about air speeds.
“For instance,” he said,
“the German V2 goes much
faster than 1,500 miles per
hour and travels 00 miles
high. When technical diffi-
culties are licked -- and they
will he — what would prev-
ent you from putting pass-
engers in it and sending
them off on a trip?”
He said that propulsion
would probably he handled
hv either jet or rocket eng-
ines.
Lt. Col. J. II. August Borleis, IBC Chaplain, has just announc-
ed the following schedule of religious services:
Camp Place Protestant
Cathedral (Catholic) Reykjavik —
Dailey Hospital Theater 0945
Andrews Fieldhouse Halogaland •—
Hopkins Theater 1500
Laugarnes Hospital Pati’ts’ Day Room 1000
Massey Theater 1000
Meeks Chapel 2000
Monmouth Theater 1100
Nikel Theater 1400
STATE CHURCH (Borg Square) Reykjavik 1930
Tripoli Day Room 1330
Turner Chapel 1300
R.C.
0900.
1100
1015
0930
itoo
CATHOLIC MEN: Each Friday during Lent, except Good Fri-
day, Stations of the Cross and jj^nediction will be said at the
Cathedral, Reykjavik, at 1900 hours. All are cordially invited.
JEWISH SERVICE SCHEDULE, Week ending 10 March, 1945:
Tuesday, 6 March 1945
Finley Day Room 1100
Friday, 9 March 1945
White Ruse Hall Reykjavik 1930
Davis Theater 1800
Turner Chapel 1930
Saturday, 10 March 1945
Dailey Chaplain’s Office 1100
CHRISTIAN SCIENCES SERVICES* are held each Wednes-
day evening and each Sunday evening at 2015 hours at Skola-
stneli 5, Reykjavik, one block behind Petersen’s Camera Shop.
Further information may be obtained from Cpl. Black, Phone
Monmouth 42.
WHITE FALCON
GETS LETTER
FROM PIN-UP GAL
The following letter was
received by us this week
from Lloyd,ine Todd, pin-
up girl, whose photo last ap-
peared in The White Falcon,
issue of~Dec. 30, 19H. In the
photo, Miss Todd was lying
in a somewhat prone posit-,
ion and gazing at a group of
animals who appeared to be
either lion or tiger cubs —
or maybe just plain cats,
we’re not sure.
Dear Editor:
A friend of mine recently
received an edition of The
White Falcon in which a
picture of mine appeared.
Being only a new member
of the pin-up girts, I slid rec-
eive a thrill in collecting
“clippings.” So far I have
been successful pi getting
copies of Stars and Stripes,
Yank and News wee!: in
which the picture appeared.
Would you he able to oblige
me with a copy of the Dec.
30, 1944, issue and as this
is a reprint, whatever copy
it appeared in first? If not,
perhaps you could tell me
where 1 im.dd locale them.
Would like to say Ilia* I
consider it an honor to ap-
pear in your .newspaper and
do thank you for the op-
portunity. Perhaps I can
show my appreciation by
dedicating a song to the
Armed Forces in Iceland
next time I appear at the
Servicemen’s Canteen here
1 (Chicago).
Hoping you can fill my
request, and thanking you
in . advance, I am
Sincerely yours,
Lloydine Todd.
(— If any GIs here have
a particular song' they’d like
Miss Todd to dedicate to us,
let us hear about it and we’ll
forward your request to her.
— Ed.)
GI PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Winning photo in this week’s contest was submitted by Tec 4 Errol B. Law-
rence of the Medics. Lawrence himself is show on the sleigh. Each week The
White Falcon will award a carton of cigarettes and an 8 X 10 enlargement to the
winning contestant whose photo entry is printed in this space.