The White Falcon - 17.03.1945, Blaðsíða 3

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Strategically located For-
mosa, lying north of the Phi-
lippines toward Japan and
about 100 miles east of occu-
pied China, has been frequent-
ly mentioned in the news re-
cently as a possible “next-
stop” for American forces in
the Pacific. The island was
ceded to Japan by China in
1895 following the Sino-Jap-
anese War. It is r.t Formosa
that Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wain-
wright and other high offi-
cers taken at Bataan and
Corregidor are interned.
Returning veterans will be
given first crack at govt,
jobs after the war,, promises
Civil Service Commissioner
Arthur S. Flemming, who
says there will he plenty of
post-war opportunities for
veterans in the govt service.
Some 650,000 men have
left the govt, service for the
armed forces, Flemming
points out, and these men
will get back their old jobs
of equal seniority, status and
pay. Any person now in a
temporary job, formerly
held by a returning GI, will
be displaced so that the
vet can have his old job
! back.
Those veterans who’ve
H * % a 3 s* h*%jr1
The Reykjavik Male
Choir will present a spec-
ial concert at Red Cross
Club 23 tomorrow night,
2000 hours. In addition,
vocal selections will be
rendered InvDee .lungers
of Club 14, and xyloph-
one selections by Cpl.
Chick Berg.
feman Radium thieves Forgot Stuff Is
ieailf—Fase Certain, Lingering Death
German SS troops who
raided the University of
Pisa, one of the oldest
educational institutions in
the world, made one very
grave error — according
to a CNS report. In walk-
ing off with the Universitv’s
radium supply, they opened
the safe and look out the
metal, in their bare hands.
Since radium burns are
deep, incurable and deadly,
the SS troops who did the
job are not expected to have
much longer to live.
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One of the most successful programs ever presented
at Red Cross Club 23 was its 1945 Fashion Show which
delighted a packed house of GIs there last Sunday night.
Under the direction of Annabelle Mitchell, the novel
program featured Red Cross girls and Icelandic “stulkas”
parading across the stage in evening, street and snort
wear and GIs costumed in riding habits. Music was
furnished by Cpl. Chick Eerg, xylophonist, and Sgt. Bob
Jamieson, pianist. Lighting effects were handled by Cpl.
Carroll Fuller and make-up (reported a “considerably-
sought-after-job”) by Pvt. Tony Corollo. Lt. David Zin-
koff was MC. In above photo, Cpl. Robert Gabe of Los
Angeles, is shown receiving from Miss Mitchell a box
of cigars, won in a lucky number raffle. Others, left
to right, are: Svenrsa Karlsddttir, Hy Montgomery, Stlna
Ingimundardottir, Helen Fauver, Mary Gardner, Mar-
garet Nash and Susan Broaddus. (Sig. Corps Photo).
never had a "Civil Service
job will be given all possi-
ble help in securing an ap-
pointment and thd govt, will
wait until all the GIs return
before making any perman-
ent appointments.
The Commission will add
five extra points to the score
the GI makes on bis exam-
ination. Disabled vets will
be given a ten point bonus.
With the exception of a few
certain professional jobs,
they will be placed at the
top of the eligibility list.
Only 800,000 of the 2,800,-
000 employees now on the
federal payroll have perm-
anent jobs. The rest have
temporary appointments
which the Civil Service
Commission promises will
not be filled until the GIs
come home.
WHITE FJmSi BMBESS T§ RIME
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The original plan to have the entries in our PX-
naming Contest judged by the Ease PX OAHcer and the
editor of Th@ White Falcon hits been dropped. Instead,
the entries will be judged by 1:1.'.on readers themselves.
Monday noon was the deadline, and all entries which
were received by us. up to that time are printed below.
Write on a slip of paper the name (taken from the list
below) which you think best dcscrT.es the PX Restaurant
and send vqur vote to: THE VII TIE FALCON. BASE
SPECIAL SERVICE. Only cue .vote will he allowed per
man and to he official the \ ote mush he either signed
or initialed by the man who s l im its it.
Results will lie announced in this paper two weeks
from today.
Here are the names from which will be chosen the
winner:
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ARMED FORCES UNITED NATIONS
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ALLIED EATERY GALA GRILLE
THE VIKING THE LOCK
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BEfflJH IMS
Even after overrunning
Germany proper the Allies
may find it difficult to cap-
ture Hitler and his hench-
men who have prepared
noun tain, hideouts, according
to an ANS report.
At least, that is the opin-
ion of Louis P. Lochner,
longtime Berlin bureau
chief for the Associated
Press. He believes the suc-
cess of Nazi leaders in de-
laying their postwar doom
would depend solely on the
loyalty and willingness of
their personal guards.
Hitler, Goering and von
Ribbentrop maintain summer
homes less than 50 milts
from each other, Lochner
claims. De.r Fuehrer has hide- j
nits both at Oberzalsburg,
which is near Berechlesgad-
m and atop the Kehlstein
nountain,. close to the Austr-
ian' border.
Gcering’s hunting lodge
is near Rosenheim, in the
Bavarian Alps, while Ribb-
entrop has a chateau on
Lake Fuehsl, Austria, j
about 15 miles outside
Salzburg.
Gestapo Chief Heinrich
Himmler likewise has a sum- J
mer home in the Bavarian
Alps and can communicate
easily with the other three.1
All of the hideaways are
heavily fortified and en-
joy the protection of sur-
rounding mountain peaks.
It may be to protect their
littie fortresses, Lochner
suggests, that the Hitler-
ites have continued the
Italian campaign so bitter-
ly, instead of withdrawing
behind the Erenner pass
and releasing troops for
other fronts. (Only the
narrow neck of Austria
extending between Ger
many and Italy to the
Swiss border lies between
Brenner and the Nazi hide-
outs.)
“If Hitler and his satelli
tes should decide to entrench
themselves in upper Bavaria,
they have a great advantage
in terrain,” the correspondent
writes. Mountains nelnm
them become even higher as
the Bavarian Alps merge into
the Tyrolean and these in
turn into the Dolomites ants
Swiss Alps. Abundant lakes
afford many hideouts.'-.....
The Koenigsee has numerous
tittle bends and hays, idea,
for hiding. |
“Although Oberzalsburg j
seems like a dead-end
alley, there is a rear es-
cape in the direction of
'Austrian
is only
from Hitler’s chateau,
Salzburg has caves wher-
e n many people could loss,
themselves.”
The wily Fuehrer picked
bleak Kehlstein mountain for
his famed aerie in the mid-
thirties, and ordered a road
built through the thick for-
est from Obersalzburg, Even
more formidable was con-
struction of a “teahouse'
atop the 6,000-foot peak, and
to reach it, a 000-foot eleva-
tor shaft inside the mountain.
In its construction several
workmen lost their lives.
One cf the few fore'gn-
ers ever to visit Hitler at
this retreat, Lochner beli-
eves it could resi'st attack
as long as supplies remain-
ed. “Great bronze doors,
guarded closely, barred the
entrance to a 500 foot tun-
nel to the base of the eleva-
tor,” he recalls. “The tea-
house on the peak includ-
ed a large living room, a
kitchenette and bath, with
a glass porch on the east,
south and west. The al-
most continuous sunshine
on the porch during the
day led to reports that the
house revolved on a turn-
table so as always to meet
the sun.”
Even before the war, Kehl-
stein was patrolled hy Elite
* ii i ■ s. reputedly the most
fanatical of Nazis. Allied
coops are well aware how
•mg such men, if adequately
runpred, might fight with
their backs to the wall.
Salzburg, which
about 15 miles
'Aojy Ci Am. Family On
■’cAFiouso Screen Sunday
ROUGHLY SPEAKING,
Hie story of the ups and
downs of an American fam-
ily, is the film scheduled for
Ihe Fieldhouse screen to-
morrow evening at 2000
hours. Rosalind Russell,
Donald Woods and Jack
C-arson carry the lead roles.
Each man in uniform m,ay
bring one civilian guest.'
To die for the emperor is the Jap's idea
af a noble exit. Some Jap soldiers con-
tact their own public funerals before
leaving for the front. This practice
nometimes'leStds them to die recklessly
and unnecessarily, but it also makes
them a dangerous enemy.