The White Falcon - 12.05.1945, Síða 7

The weather in the coun-
try has been rather extra
special lately. Even the most
habitual hut dwellers have
stepped outside for a look at
the sun. And the camera
fiends have been shooting
almost everything in sight.
We knew that summer
was here the day Bill Ever-
sold went fishing. He’s so
tender hearted, though. He
merely catches a fish and
then drops it hastily hack
in the water.
The girls who come to
Iceland are always surprise
ed when they find a man
who can both design and
make any kind of costume
they require. Sgt. George
Jordanek of the QM corps
is certainly the answer to
any maiden’s quest for the
right thing to wear.
George was responsible
for the polka outfits and
Svenna’s evening dress in
“Glad To See Ya.” During
his 22 months in Iceland he
has created costumes for
three USO performances
and one Special Service
show.
As a civilian Sgt. Jordan-
ek studied dress designing
at the; art institute in Chica-
go. After the war he intends
to finish his course and then
specialize in creating clothes
for the ultra glamorous and
sophisticated types.
V-E Day in the country
was like a combination of
New Year’s Eve and the
Fourth of July. As a grand
climax to the evening a stove
in the Red Cross Quarters
went up in flmnesy dnd all
the cousins rushed around
with sand hags, fire exting-
uishers, and dish pans full
of water. The fire depart-
ment arrived after everyth-
ing was over-and, worst of
all, nobody even heard a
siren!
Men Meet Convoy, Retreat
Albany, N.Y., motorists
broke all records in closing
automobile windows recent-
ly when they came upon a
convoy of 300 skunks cross-
ing the four-lane Albany—
.Sehehectady road. Local
people believe brush fires
drove the skunks from their
lairs.
Still Fighting On Saipan
Although official records
decreed that Saipan was-
“freed from organized resi-
stance on July 9, 1944, after'
bitter fighting,” Pfc. Justin
Gray reveals in the May 11th
issue of YANK, The Army
Weekly, that members of the
24th Infantry Division, vet-
erans of Guadalcanal, New
Georgia, and, Bougainville
are still husjr mopping up
there. v
“Since then,” writes Gray,
“over 12,000 Jap troopJ
have been killed on the is-
land and 1,100 more have
surrendered.”
Arc de Triomphe—where an eternal flame flickers in A study in reverie. The A trip through Paris whets the appetite, and there’s no
honor of World War I’s Unknown Soldier. All service- young lady gazing into the better place for refreshments than a wine shop—in
men render a salute passing the memorial. Seine explained later that her the Montmarte quarter. Notice wine press screws ir. the
husband was in a German foreground.
concentration camp. |
German half-track on the road to Paris.
Paris stulkas.
Crowds milling in front of L’Opera, popular playhouse.
ICELAND GOES TO PARIS
“The Last Time Lt. Col. Howard E. Price Saw Paris” it was a liberated city, a happy city, a gay city, a city surprisingly devoid of
the ravages of war—after more than four years of oppression.
As Base Signal officer of the IBC, Colonel Price snapped some pictures of the historic city on a recent mission to the ETO. THE
WHITE FALCON thought a few of the camera’s revelations might prove interesting to its readers. 7

One of the most familiar skylines in the world-
Can you see the Eiffel Tower in background?
-Paris I
French Jaywa’ker.
The famous Cathedral of Notre Dame—spiritual mecca
for thousands of visitors from all over the Globe: