The White Falcon - 28.04.1945, Síða 1

Vol. VIII. ICELAND, Saturday, April 28, 19'rj. No. 6
President Truman Talks To
United Nations Conference
President Harry S. Truman who officially opened the
United Nations Conference at San Francisco Wednesday
with a radio talk from the White House.
LOCAL SMBS WANT LIGHT SHOWS
INSTEAD OF SERIOUS ENTERTAINMENT
ACCORDING TO RECENT RADIO VOTES
Magic Mi Songs
Feature Program
By ENSA Artists
Organized in recent weeks,
the cast of “Variety Capers”
ENSA show made their first
appearance before “the
Yanks” at the Tripoli Theat-
er last week.
Headlining a well-known
British magician or conjur-
or, De Faka, the show feat-
ures Loll Park, comic; Isa-
bel, pianist; Tina Trent,
soubrette; Rosemary May,
soprano; and Renne Hooper,
acrobatic dancer.
De Faka proved to be a
walking brewery when be
pulled glasses of beer out of
nowhere and started passing1
them out to the GIs in the
audience. Acting1 as a slight-
ly “tipsy” magician, he
brought a new slant to his
act.
Loll Park and Tina Trent
were bringing on the laughs
with their comedy scene at
the end of the show. Earlier,
Miss Trent sang “Darling, Je
Vous Aime Beaucoup” with
a delightful French accent.
Isabel — adept at any-
thing from classics to boogie-
woogie — got the audience
to whooping and hollering
during the community song-
fest with “Don’t Fence Me
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HOLD LAST SERVICES
FOR ERNIE PYLE ON
ISLE WHERE HE DIED
With' machine guns beat-
ing a sharp tattoo and mor-
tars barking but a short dis-
tance away, little Ernie Pyle,
the doughboys’ reporter,
was buried last Friday with
military honors on the is-
land of Ie in the midst of
tiie boys whom he loved so
much.
Battle-grimed Yanks stood
at attention as services were
held for the columnist who
was killed by Japanese
machine gun fire a week
ago Wednesday on the is-
land which is a few miles
off Okinawa.
After the services officers
returned to their duties and
infantry men trudged back
to the front.
Name Overseas’ Bars
In Honor Of Hershey
It was bound to happen
sooner or later! It’s the
“Hershey Bar” now — the
bar that signifies six months’
service outside the States.
The sobriquet has nothing
to do with chocolate but
a way the boys have of show-
ing their appreciation of
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
Selective Service director,
who has made it possible for
them to see other , parts of
the world.
Soldiers of the IBC -want
their radio entertainment
light — but they also betray
a decided interest in the ser-
ious aspect of the business
in which they’re engaged —
according to a study of the
recent STATION SIGI —
WHITE FALCON radio poll
which was held to deter-
mine likes and dislikes of
local listeners.
Reflecting the general
trend of the moment, the
soldiers showed a decided
preference for news ann-
ouncements every hour on
the hour while voting heavi-
ly for light entertainment in
general.
Ballots are now being
studied in detail by Special
Service and SIGI personnel
in an effort to meet the de-
mands of the voters where
possible.
GENERAL SUMMARY OF
VOTES.
The first question, “WHAT
ARE YOUI\ FAVORITE
PROGRAMS HEARD ON
SIGI?” received a large
number of replies for War
News, with “GI Jive” and
“Melody Round-up” taking
second and third place.
“Mercer’s Music Shop” and
Bob Hope also shared a
number of votes.
The boys didn’t minc.e
words in their answers to
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IBC Encourages Cash
Purchases To Attain
7th War Loan Quota
With the Seventh War
Loan Drive now in effect,
IBC Headquarters has set its
goal! at $15,000.
According to Lt. Robert
E. Simon, Base War Bond
Officer, it is hoped that the
goal will be reached through
individual cash purchases
by the men of this Com-
mand.
Calling on the peoples of
Urn world to choose between
a “continuation of internat-
ional chaos or the establish-
ment of a world organiza-
tion for the enforcement of
peace,” President Harry S.
Truman Wednesday night
opened the United Nations
Conference at San Francis-
co.
The President, in a speech
broadcast from the White
House, did not mention the
Polish question — one of the
unsolved problems facing
conferees — but did stale
that “differences between
men and nations will always
remain” — but if “held with-
in reasonable limits are actu-
ally wholesome.”
Among others taking part
in the opening session were
Secretary of State Edward S.
Stettinius, who welcomed
the delegates, and Governor
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Am. Sgt. Used To
Be Warrant Officer
With RCAF
Until last year, Sgt. John
Black (above) was a War-
rant Officer, Second Class,
in the RCAF where he
served as nose gunner on
a Catalina in North Atlan-
tic patrol work. A resident
of Cleveland, Ohio, Black
joined the Canadian air
force in 1940 and transfer-
red to the USAAF last
year. Fortunately, he says,
service in the Canadian
force will count in the de-
termining of discharge
credits. Now an armorer
here, Black has nothing but
praise for. both the RCAF
and AAF.
THEY’LL BE “SEEING YOU”
Ready to greet local servicemen in “Glad To See You,”
a musical variety show which opens at ARC’S Club 23
tomorrow night, are (1. to. r.) front row: Cpl. Ralph
Manza; Susan Learoyd, ARC; Pvt. Edward Varelli; middle
row: Mary Gardner, ARC; Svenna Karlsdottir; back row:
Stina Ingimundardottir and Hanna Gisladottir. After two
more Sector shows on May 1 and 3, “Glad To See You”
will bring its dancing, musical songfest to the Reykjavik
area May 6, 8 and 10 for performances at Club 14, Tripoli
theatre, and Knox respectively.