The White Falcon - 28.07.1945, Qupperneq 1

OUR FORCES —
ALWAYS ALERT
Vol. VIII.
ICELAND, Satuiday, July 28, 1945
No. 19.
FARMER FRt RETURNS TO COVER
STORY FOR STARS ANR STRIFES
S/Sgt. John G. Wentworth,
former WHITE FALCON
editor, was a “natural”
when THE STARS AND
STRIPES decided to send a
man here to gather a story on
Iceland for the paper’s Ma-
gazine feature.
Since arriving on the Rock
last week, John (a veteran
of two years of IBC service)
has been busy observing the
changes thathave taken place
during the 14 months he has-
been in the United Kingdom.
Working on the London
edition of THE STARS AND
STRIPES, John has .been
specializing in sports — with
a few side stories (such as
the feature on Iceland)
thrown in for variety.
Just before making the trip
to Iceland, Wentworth cov-
ered the U.K. Rase tennis
tournament at Bournemouth,
England.
The former FBI also
brought back news of Elsie
Celli, who made many
friends while at Club 14 and
23 here. Elsie is now Pro-
gram Director at the Rain-
bow Corner Red Cross Club
in London.
Recently, John reports, she
spent a week at Lady Cav-
endish’s (Adele Astaire) fab-
ulous castle in southern Ire-
land.
As for his impressions of
Iceland, Wentworth finds
that GI life is still about the
same as when he left —- with
the exception that everyone
here, as in the ETO, wants
to go home more than ever.
MG C&EBRATES
17M BIRTHDAY
Tomorrow IBC personnel
of the Judge Advocate Gen-
eral’s Department will join
with contemporaries the
world over in the celebra-
tion of the JAG’s 170th birth-
day.
The department was first
formed during the Revolu-
tionary War in the year 1775
under Colonel William Tu-
dor, who served until April
9, 1777. Major General Mjm-
on C. Cramer is the present
Judge Advocate General.
Best known to many of us
who have spent boring hours
listening to the reading of
“the book,” is the Judge Ad-
vocate General’s jurisdic-
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S/Sgt. John G. Wentworth (right), former FALCON
editor and now a staff writer for the London edition of
STARS AND STRIPES, returned to Iceland this week
after a year’s absence in time to officiate at the award-
ing of an honorary “Pfc.” to Jon Thorlacius, Icelandic
newspaper compositor, who has worked on FALCON
make-up since its first issue in 1941. Looking on is S/Sgt.
J. G. Farrell, present editor of the paper, who joined
the staff a year ago under Wentworth. (Sig. Corps Photo ).
ARC Club 23 Features Premiere
Of Bogart-Bacall Film Tomorrow
Iceland Printer
Receives Rating
For Falcon Work
Unheralded and unsung
devotion to duty was recog-
nized by FALCON staff
members this week when
they bestowed an honorary
rating of “Pfc.” on Jon Thor-
lacius of Reykjavik who has
helped put the Command
weekly “to bed” at the Fe-
lagsprentsmiSjan, print shop
since its first issue in 1941.
Having worked with the
WHITE" FALCON editors
since mid-summer 1941,
compositor Thorlacius now
has full command of
such GI phrases as “goofing
off” and “all fouled up” (or
the more virile counterparts
thereof).
Jon’s intimate knowledge
of American slang, however,
stems from the fact that he
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Two 85ers Flip Coin
To Decide Lucky Man
Cpl. P. A. Testa and Pfc.
Joseph Maiuro, who work in
the typewriter repair shop
at the Fort Thomas (Ky.)
AAF Convalescent Hospital,
both had 90 points,, but
because of the hospital’s
quota for discharges, only
one could go. They flipped
a coin and Maiuro won.
Testa kept the coin; he want-
ed it as a souvenir.
Camp Meeks Soldier
Baptizes Clubmobile
Monday night at Club 23,
Pfc. Frank Johnson of San
Francisco, Calif., had the
honor of christening the Red
Cross clubmobile. In a color-
ful ceremony during an in-
termission of the weekly
dance, he broke a be-ribbon-
ed bottle of near-champagne
over the front of the ’mobile
and said, in traditional form,
“I christen thee ‘Annabelle’s
Buggy’.”
Competition was keen in
the name-seeking contest
right up to the deadline,
July 21. Among the runner-
ups were “Donuts Asway”
and “Draw One.” •
, For his prize-winning ent-
ry, Johnson, of the 14th Air
Squadron at Camp Meeks,
received a carton of cigar-
ettes in addition to being
honor guest at the “Christen-
ing Partv” dance.
STRICTLY GI’
OPENS TUESDAY
AT CAMP TURNER
Cashing in on the success
of GLAD TO SEE YA, Sgt.
Ralph Manza, aided and ab-
etted by Pfc. Ja}r Aashworth,
has prepared a new locally-
produced show -—- STRICT-
LY GI — which will open
at the Turner theater Tues-
day night.
Like its predecessor,
STRICTLY GI will be pack-
ed with comedy and music,
including several “originals”
by Manza.
Featured in this show, in
addition to Manza and Ash-
worth, are Susan Leroyd
(ARC); Gunna Thorsteins-
dottir (Icelandic stulka de-
scribed by the directors as
“plentv hep”); pianist S/Sgt.
Boh Davidson; Cpl. Ralph j l)ublidly can bemsed as^any
Schneider! (IBC’s new come-
dy White Hope); Cpl. “Fren-
chy” Lebelle; M/Sgt. Gino
Crivello and Pfc. Joe Gil-
berti.
Other performances of
STRICTLY GI have been
booked for Camp Meeks
(August 1), Camp Dailey
and Club 23 (afternoon and
evening, respectively), on
August 4) and' ARC Club 14
(August 5).
Humphrey Bogart and
sultry Lauren Bacall are re-
united again in Warner
Brothers THE BIG SLEEP
which will receive its world
premiere at the ARC Club
23 tomorrow evening at 2000
hours.
Written by Raymond
Chandler (whose MURDER,
MY SWEET has thrilled IBC
fans), THE BIG SLEEP is
an action-packed, dramatic,
fast-moving mystery just fit-
ted for Humphrey Bogart’s
talents.
“Bogie” plays Philip Mar-
lowe, a two-fisted, realistic
private detective, who is hir-
ed to do some investigating
for General Sternwood,
Lauren Bacall’s father.
Of interest is the fact that
Dick Powell played the Mar-
lowe role in MURDER, MY
SWEET which was also re-
leased this year.
If the studio’s advance
Where Rank Means Nothing
Things are rough for Lt.
Alfed Elkin, classification
officer at the Atlantic City
(N.J.j AAF Redistribution
Station. He’s allergic to cos-
metics. Face powder makes
him sneeze and lipstick mak-
es his lips sore. Back from
New Guinea, he hasn’t haR
a date in six months.
MIttssey Soltliers Sotvc Otvn
Tree b* spor tati&n Frableins
criterion, “The Look” (Mrs.
Bogart) is more ravishing
and appealing in this film
than she was in her first
movie TO HAVE AND
HAVE NOT.
The supporting cast in-
cludes Martha Vickers, S.
Charles Waldron, John Rid-
gelv and Sonia Darrin.
With typical American in-
genuity, two GIs in Camp
Massey recently solved their
own transportation problem.
It has proven to be such a
satisfactory solution that
many others are now at-
tempting to emulate them.
Gathering together such
discarded things as odd
wheelbarrow wheels, scrap-
ed engines and old pieces of
pipe, Cpl. Leo Seroka and
Sgt. Foy Pierce of the 14th
Service Squadron, have
manged to construct very
workable, hand-made, mot-
orized scooters for them-
selves.
AVorking only one week
during his spare time, Sgt.
Pierce fitted his. scooter out
with an abandoned one-cy-
linder engine, pieces of old
water pipe and discarded
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Lauren Bacall