The White Falcon - 09.06.1945, Page 8

Organization Mews
The TC celebrated the an-
niversary of D-Day this
week by being on the job —-
and well done, too.
Rank-polling was in order
this week. Did you notice
it? Such as the Baldyga —
Pospeich deal. We don’t
know who won that one.
That was a nice press job
on the fatigues worn by some
people, too. St. Claire’s look-
ed like a new spring suit.
Work comes and work
goes, hut we still have about
the best hall team this side
of Brooklyn. Ask anybody.
The B-I-G dance is the
next one. ’Tis scheduled for
next week — so start look-
ing for that lonely sliilka
with the big blue eyes and
stuff. It is going to he a
“goody.”
B. Burns.

Cpl. (Goldie) Goldsmith
gained 12 pounds while on
Td. He can take 24 off any-
body just talking about that
golden Southern-fried chic-
ken.
A V-E Day plunge: Pfc.
Wentz decided to take a
shortcut, mounting three
steps, then found himself
floating in a fountain. How
did the water feel, Wentz?
Pvt. Garni will soon he
leading a double life. Hello,
3Tou lucky Icelandic girl.
The Sgts’. mess is filling
up so fast that sideboards
will probably he attached
soon.
What a racket lire barbers
have. Now, Cpl. Henson,
don’t blow your slack. You
must have an appointment.
Pfc. John Szemer.
work, Whit.
All is calm and serene in
the Laundry Hut these days.
Wonder what changed the
atmosphere?
Lt. Robinson is hack on
the job after a short rest in
the hospital. Glad to see you
up and about again, Lt.
This is your column men
— so how about some chatl-
/
er for the next issue?
T/Sgt. Bill Davis.
ORDNANCE
Pfc. Adolph (Roy Acuff)
Groen is really in his glory
when he hears “Melody
Round-up” much to the dis-
gust of Tec 4 Marlin Eberlv.
Tec 4 Woodrow (Bootleg-
ger) Russell and his side-
kick, Tec 4 Dana (Babe)
Lansing, are hunting cooper
tubing for their “still.” All
revenue collectors lake note.
Why is it Tec 5 Boh (Ike)
Darby has to lead Tec 5 Fred
(Mike) Blonski hack to their
domicile after every hinge?
That’s the blind leading the
helpless!
Tec 5 Dom (Moitle Ave-
noo) Gandino has sold the
Brooklyn Bridge again. This
time the victim was none
other than that big “butter
and egg” man from Penn-
sylvania, Tec 5 Clarence
Domovich.
GIs who found a home in
Iceland added another mem-
ber to their ranks when Tec
5 “Krona Joe” Daflick cross-
ed the threshold.
A sure cure for anything
is a ride to Reykjavik with
Pfc. Emery (Barney Old-
field) Harris. A better name
would he “Leadfoot” Harris.
Pfc. Bruce Paschal.
We had another welcome
ENSA Show at Club 23 last
Saturday night with Jack
Denny and his quartet of en-
tertainers. As MC, Jack did
a creditable job with his jok-
es and songs: His voice was
one of the best heard in these
parts in ages.
Throughout the show the
audience was treated to
laughs by the wit of our own
Tec 4 Basham who doesn’t
have to say much to make
one laugh. It is just one of
those things.
Surprises sometimes are
nice but on Saturday night
when T/Sgt. Nolan crawled
into bed he felt something
moving under his blanket.
On inspection he found a
sea gull harbored there. So,
he gently removed the gull
and let it go at that.
On Sunday, though, when
he got up and saw what
the bird had done to his
clothing he forgot all about
being a gentleman. Well,
who wouldn’t get sore if he
had to re-do clean laundry?
Sgt. Francis J. Pesik.
What Buck Sgt. on a re-
cent trip to Borgarnes parti-
ally consumed a “plate of ice
cream” at lunch in the Hotel
Borgarnes only to find later
that it was butter?
Who is the Tec 5 from) the
Base Engineer Section who
is so dumb that he thinks a
piece of equipment to be
cannibalized has to he plac-
ed with the cannibals for a
period of six months in dark-
est Africa?
Cpl. Foltz, while breaking
down TD equipment in the
supply hut, found every-
thing from fried chicken to
ladies silk hose. The $64
question: Who owns the
hose?
The USO Show Saturday
night was a hugli success.
Ask Cpl. Smith and his four
helpers backstage. They
seem to be eminent authori-
tis on this type of amuse-
ment.
T/Sgt. John F. McIntyre.
SUNDAY MOVIES
ARC Club 14, 1700 hours:
PAN-AMERICANA with
Audrey Long and Philip
T erry.
ARC Club 23, 1900 .and
2100 hours: WITHOUT
LOVE with Spencer Tracy
and Katherine Hepburn.
The government’s recent “orientation” program as
an impetus for the “continue-fighting spirit” may well
he termed highly successful, both among the men in
service and the people back home .... There has been
a remarkable philosophical resignation among most
GI’s after the first shock of realization that most of
them were not going to go home to he discharged im-
mediately after V-E Day, or perhaps for a long time
after .... They all seem to have accepted the fact that
it will probably he necessary for each of them to fight
Japan before they can call it quits. The average GI
apparently has met such a hurdle with his usual jocul-
ar banality, backed by his American fortitude that
what has to be, has to be .... At home, too, there is
likewise an amazing (and admirable) lack of public
griping about the apparent retention of so many men
in the services, men whom many mothers, wives and
sweethearts had earlier thought should be released
after V-E, according to letters received by their Con-
gressmen and newspapers .... The victory in Europe
seems (at least here in Iceland) to have been almost
entirely forgotten by most people — everyone going
on in much the same manner as before, only now look-
ing towards the Pacific instead of Europe .... Home
still looks awfully far away.
* * *
The cast of the USO show “Broadway Abroad,” now
touring the island, deserves a deep how and citation
for services performed “above and beyond their call
of duty” .... Learning that sailors aboard a ship that
had just arrived had not seen a show for over a month
and that they would not have a chance to see their
show, they obligingly put on their whole revue in the
middle of Monday afternoon at Camp Grotta for their
benefit .... Such spontaneous good-will, means much
to such men ... We hope that the members of “Broad-
way Abroad” felt that .... and that in some measure
it will be returned to them many-fold throughout their
tour overseas.
* * *
ICELANDIC GLEANINGS
The first passenger-plane flight from the U.S. to Swe-
den was made last Saturday .... On the stop-over
here, it picked up Gen. Stenseth who went to Stock-
holm to discuss air communications with representa-
tives there, since Iceland is to he part of the planned
route soon to he established .... Mrs. Fontenay, wife
of the Danish Minister in Iceland, and her son were
other passengers aboard the plane .... On the return
trip the next day, Icelanders had their first chance
of seeing Stockholm papers on the same day they had
been published (the flight takes 7 hours) .... The first
Icelandic passenger ship to sail east since the end of
the war will he the Esja (normally a coastal vessel)
which will leave the middle of this month for Copen-
hagen and Gothenburg to pick up passengers and vital
machinery long needed .... A timely editorial in a
local paper questions the exclusion of Iceland to the
San Francisco Conference while fascist Argentina, is
admitted .... Last week Icelandic newspapermen hon-
ored American liaison officers Lt. Col. Hjalmarsson
and Lt. Bjornsson at a farewell party .... many trbutes
being paid them for their efficient handling of their
assignments while here.
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Prophesies Occupation Of
Germany For Two Decades
Allied forces can he ex-
pected to occupy parts of
Germany for the next 26
years, Sen. Richard B. Rus-
sell (D.-Ga.) stated last
week.
“We have invested too
much in lives and money*to
rush home and get back in-
to our shell,” he said.