The White Falcon - 06.10.1945, Síða 4

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Male Call by Milton Caniff, creator of "Terry and the Pirates"
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WROTE MOST OF THE AR HIMSELF.1
HE HAP 1)5 ALL Po'P HALF THE .
TIME... WELL/TH/E PAy HE STUCK US
OUT AHEAP OF OUR OP ANP THE MOS
WENT BLOOIE.1 WE HAP EVERY GEE
rON A EAR OR. M 1...THE ENTIRE
FROM THE CO TO THE LOWEST FFC
PH- THANKS TO THAT ONE 88/
"You Are Going To A Strange Country'
Organization Mews
ORDNANCE
Birthday greetings are in
order for Tec 4 Ralph Tiso,
who celebrated another ye-
ar of existence in this old
battle-scarred world of
ours.
Bobby Nyerges, with an
eye toward the future, is
rapidly becoming one of our
most promising gunsmiths.
A trio soon to bid us fond
adieu includes Roy (Shuffl-
ing Feet) Berend, Fred
(Slim) Lupkes and last but
not least Louis (Isaac Walt-
on), Jirak. To these three we
send our best wishes and
hope the process of recon-
version is not too* much of
a strain on them.
Tec 3 Adam Dunlap, who
manages to check in from
time to time, is in dire need
of a safe. He’s good at find-
ing hiding places for his
money but later on when he
looks for it even he can’t
find it.
Those sounds in the night
down Hounslow way are on
ly Russell, Harris and Cuz-
zone knocking each other
out. Take it easy, Ed.
Bruce Paschal.
forth, the transmitter build-
ing ticket office will he open
nights.
Tec 5 Eisenman has a
great future as.a dance pro-
moter, if last Wednesday’s
Reykjavik dance was any
judge. There were consider-
able excursions taken by
men with stulkas, outside
the Red Cross. I wonder
what the attraction was?
Sgt. Mascali has a genuine
paternal instinct judging by
the young stulka he was seen
riding with towards Grinda-
vik.
The new jeep rolled off
the assembly line by Sgt.
Schnell must have had a
bottleneck someplace — it’s
been overdue three weeks.
Tec 5 Collins.
qURRTERmRSTER
Most of the boys are look-
ing forward
to the big
BROADSTREET
After six weeks of sus-
pense, Mr. Hicks and Mr.
Lowell departed for the land
of milk and honey. We wish
the hoys the best of every-
thing.
We understand the boys
who went on bivouac last
Saturday really had a rough
time — nothing to eat but
eggs.
Alcatraz has its rockpile,
hut Broadstreet has its wood-
pile. Just ask Sgt. Waddell
or Sgt. Bjerke.
Music lovers around these
parts frown upon Bjerke’s
accordion practice. Hence-
dance at the QM Bakery
October 13th. Tony Kronur
and his Five Aurar will
furnish the jive.
Pfc. Harry Sclierfel, Hut
15, holds the record for get-
ing the most sack time dur-
ing the month of September.
He now challenges anyone
to try beating him during
the month of October.
Congratulations and best
wishes to Cpl. Scusa and
Ann who were recently mar-
ried. It is reported that a
handsome Tec 5 from Hut
15 is thinking along the same
lines. I also wonder what
the intimate details are con-
cerning the Tec 4 from the
laundry, who receives daily
phone calls from Reykja-
vik? Ask Tony, he knows-her
very well!
Since Briggs has assumed
command at the Gasoline
DP his morale has improv-
ed considerably, not to men-
tion his sack time.
Speaking of morale what
is all this business about
placing orders for Xmas
trees? I thought it was go-
ing to be Christmas in Con-
necticut (or aren’t you from
Connecticut?)
The hoys at the laundry
want to express their best
wishes to Chief Laundryman
(Hit-A-Lick) Fong and hope
lie’s as lucky in the future at
shooting craps as he was
here in Iceland.
To all the men who are
leaving, those of us left be-
hind extend to you a hearty
“Bon Voyage” and wish you
an early return to pin strip-
es and polka dots. Good
luck!
Tohy Kronur.
One afternoon last week I
happened to pass the boiler
room behind IBC Head-
quarters. Hearing the melo-
dic strains of a guitar and
a mandolin emanating from
a boiler room aroused my
curiosity. I peeked inside the
door and found two master
string instrumentalists, W.
0. Dyrgal and Pfc. Bemas
entertaining an audience of
GIs. These two musicians
not only play, but also rend-
er some pleasing vocalizing.
A gallant effort was made
to give the Motor Pool men
a little publicity at one of
the recent dances. The plan
called for the presentation
of awards to all eligible driv-
ers during the intermission.
About 10 names were called
(many of whom were pres-
ent) before Cpl. Woehl step-
ped up for his award. Most
o'f the drivers must have
had stage fright.
There’s no work to do in
Iceland but some of the boys
manage to keep busy. For
instance Bob Christy and
Thomas MacFadden recent-
ly became “phpas” so then-
work is cut out for them.
Several Lochinvars (Steve
Thomas for instance) are
rumored to be contemplat-
ing marriage and a handful
of men are busy preparing
to go home.
As for myself, I just heard
a rumor which convinces me
I’ll be spending Xmas in a
Nissen Hut. Enough said!
Pfc. Irving Nusbaum.
Over here we view with alarm the numerous strikes
taking place back home. Just at a time when recon-
version should he at its height in order to absorb re-
turning veterans and unemployed war workers into
waiting jobs, production has been halted and jobs are
not to he had. Americans, who have gone without many
things during the war are forced to forego them still
longer. And the United States is losing valuable time
in producing goods for world markets. All because of
strife between labor and management.
Since we are so far from the actual scene of the trouble,
we hesitate to place the blame on either labor or ma-
nagement. But it does seem that both parties might rem-
ember the cooperation achieved during the war, with
some exceptions, between the workers and their em-
ployers. It was absolutely necessary that they work to-
gether that we might win the war. It is just as neces-
sary that they work together that we may win the peace.
A nation which cannot control its own economic pro-
blems is poorly equipped to cope with those of the
world. Must all the lessons of working jointly together
learned during the war, be so quickly forgotten? If so,
the men who died that this might be a better world in
which to live, died in vain!
Most GIs are tired of fighting and regimentation. They
do not want to return home to find themselves bickering
with their employer about a fair wage. They do not
want to find themselves involved in a lot of union rules
and regulations. All they want is the right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness by doing a fair day’s work
and receiving a fair return. Certainly the United States
is rich enough in resources and productive capacity to
maintain a reasonable standard of living for all. The
efficient producer should have his just profits; the ef-
ficient worker his just wage. Both depend on the other
for a source of income. One cannot work without the
other. Then why should they not be reasonable and
work it out together?
No one desires a return to conditions of the1 ’30s dur-
ing which strikes, lockouts, bonus marches and riots
prevailed. It can be prevented if labor and management
will be reasonable toward each other. All can be settled
at the conference table, if both parties will forget their
petty grievances and selfish motives and work toward
the good of all concerned. It has been done in war. It
must he done in peace.
Send THE WHITE FALCON Home
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