The White Falcon - 01.12.1945, Blaðsíða 2

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THE WHITE FALCON is published weekly bv and for t'
American Forces in Iceland, with funds furnished by the Post
Exchange, under supervision ol' The Information and Edueatio.
Officer, in cooperation with The Special Service Section. Ionian
Base Command. Some material is supplied by Camp Newspaper
Service, New York City, republieation of which is prohibited
without CNS approval. THE WHITE FALCON has been passed
by the censor and may be mailed home for one-and-one-half cents.
I&E Officer ................Capt. T. P. Schweitzer
IBC Special Service Officer .Lt. Robert E. Simon
Editor .....................Cpl. Charles S. Otto Jr.
Associate Editor ...........Pfc. Bernard Epstein
Circulation Manager.........Cpl. Bob Fournier
Sig C. Photographer.........Sgt. Robert F. Phillips
Contributing Cartoonist .. .Tec 5 Pete Ranilovich.
YANK TO CEASE
PUBLICATION IN
DECEMBER, 1945
The issue of Yank pu-
blished in the last week of
December 1945 will be the
final issue of Yank as a
magazine of this war. The
War Dep’t has directed that
the magazine cease publica-
tion the end of this year.
The original mission of
the magazine, to spread news
of the global war to EM all
over the world, has been of-
ficially completed resulting
in the current War Dep’t
order.
Yank subscribers who are
caught short with unexpir-
ed subscriptions will be re-
paid according to the numb-
er of issues they miss. Checks
will be mailed to cover all
such unexpired subscrip-
tions, both domestic and ov-
erseas.
AUSSIE BRIDES LIKE
HOME—CANT SEE U.S.
Over 50 Australian brides
of American servicemen
came back home on the same
liner, disappointed because
America was “not like the
movies and magazine ad-
vertisments” had pictured it.
One of the group, Mrs.
John Palboni, of Sydney, ex-
plained: “Everything in Am-
erica is fast and every one
is selfish.”
Ex-Sailor Sues
Navy; Claims He
Was "Underpaid"
An ex-sailor has entered
a suit in the U.S. District
Court seeking to collect the
difference between what the
Navy paid him as a yeoman
and what he thinks his ser-
vices were worth.
Lee Ward, now practis-
irg law in Benton, Ark., said
that when he enlisted, a
Navy Recruiting Officer 'as-
sured him the Navv didn't
need his legal talent, but dll
need men experienced in
clerical and secretarial
work. The Arkansas veteran
also alleged lie was told if
the Navy ever did need his
ability as a lawyer, he would
he paid in proportion to
the value of liis services.
Subsequently he was as-
signed to an office in Hawaii
where he made r;me tiian
300 land title examinations,
covering land valued at
more Ilian $5,000,000. His
salary, however, did not as-
cend along with the import-
ance of his work, he argued.
The attorney seeks total
compensation of $10,000 for
this work, but he’s willing
to deduct $3,500 -— the am-
ount paid him as a yeoman
— and settle for $6,500.
— Camp Frasier ....
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shack was built for point to
point communication with
Meeks Field and for a voice
and continuous wave radio
range as a navigational aid
to planes enroute to and
from the United Kingdom.
In February of 1944 the
weather detachment was ad-
ded to the group and has
been doing a big job ever
since. The weather shack is
located on the toil of a high
mountain called Vile i Myr-
dal. Observations are made
every hour as to the wind
speed and direction, the tem-
perature, rainfall, baromet-
er pressure, etc. and relay-
ed to the radio shack by
phone where it is radioed to
Meeks.
The men of Frasier live a
pretty free life. Since the
group is small, a lot of the
usual Army discipline can
be relaxed. They do their
jobs well and that’s all that’s
expected of them. Their C.
0., Lt. William R. Bastian of
Williamsport, Pa., has only
one rule he strictly enforces
— whenever the “Pennsyl-
vania Polka” is played, ev-
eryone must stand at at-
tention.
Eddy Duchin is deserting
his band and his piano to go
to Hollywood to learn the
producing business.
Typists May locome
Competent Musicians
Life is becoming so simple
one will be able to play cer-
tain post-war musical in-
struments without being
j able to read a note of music.
! One concern is advertis-
ing a new instrument called
the “typatune.” The instru-
ment has a keyboard simil-
ar to a typewriter with 32 let-
ters and weighs 5 lbs.
Music for the instrument
is written in letters instead
of the conventional music
notes. For example, Stephen
Foster’s “Beautiful Dream-
er” goes like this: NHNT:
RDED etc.
The instrument sells for
$14.95.
Otf JraAier fit Play finfi Work
On the left the men of Camp Frasier are engaged in a little recreation in their
all-purpose room. They also have dances and show movies in this spot. The picture
on the right shows S/Sgt. Milton D. Haines taking a meter reading on the radio
range transmitter which sends out a constant beam as a navigational aid for air-
craft between the United Kingdom and the Island.
IRE-PORTS.
ME FR
CHICAGO —• It might be a good idea to forget your
GI phraseology when you become a civvie. A former WAC
Pfc. forgot herself and asked the headwaiter at the
Chez Paree in Chicago “the way to the latrine?” The
grayhaired waiter looked puzzled. “I beg your pardon,
Miss?” he said politely.
DETROIT — Nearly 4,500 veterans of World War
II arc employed by Ford Motor Co. dealers under an
“earn-while-you-learn” program designed to train them
to qualify as additional dealers. Accepted applicants
are taught the various phases of sales and service and
the opportunity is open to them to eventually share in
the direction and management of the concern sponsor-
ing them.
WASHINGTON — Nearly 1,000,000 aircraft workers
lost their jobs in the U.S. within two months after the
fall of Japan, says the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
NEWBURYPORT, MASS. — Andrew J. “Bossy” Gillis,
longtime mayor of the city, was defeated for the first
time in 20 years, by 70-year-old Henry C. Learned. Harry
Merrill, another candidate, based his campaign chiefly
on his ability to play two harmonicas at the same time
— one with his mouth and the other with his nose.
PUEBLO, COLO. — Dealers here report a big demand
for red hair-dye and the buyers aren’t female. Pueblo
high school boys havtj discovered one reason for Van
Johnson’s popularity with their feminine classmates is
the color of his hair — at least, that’s what the class-
mates say.
DUQUENSE, Pa. — The judge didn’t deliberate long
before granting a divorce to Mrs. Chritina Posa. She
testified that she is 5 feet, 1 inch tall; her husband, 6
feet, 3 and ]/2 inches. When they walked down the street,
she said, people called Posa a “cradle-snatcher.”
NEW YORK CITY — More lives were lost in accidents
in the U.S.A. between Pearl Harbor and VJ-Day than
as a result of enemy action. Accidents in the U.S. dur-
ing this period resulted in 355,000 persons killed and
3,600,000 injured, of whom over a million suffered some
permanent disability.
U.S.
IN GE!MM¥ IS
3EING WEAKENED
Anti-American activities
are on the increase in Ger- ]
many, according to Drew!
Middleton, New York Times
correspondent.
The situation has become
so serious that AMG offici-1
als are protesting the pro-:
posed withdrawal of 16,000
experienced military gov-
ernment officers.
“Most of the trouble,” Mid-
dleton says, “stems from the
fraternization between sold-
iers.” He believes another
factor involved is the realiz-
ation finally, of how long
and difficult the winter will
be for the Germans.
Gen. Eisenhower in a re-
cent speech delivered in j
Boston also cautioned the,
American people. Said Eis-
enhower, “We want to get
the GI’s in Europe home as
quickly as possible, but at
the same time we must guard
against weakening our posi-
tion in Europe, thereby fail-
ing to accomplish the pur-
poses for which the war was
fought.”
Bing Crosby is dickering
to sell his share of the Del
Mar race track.
$W/ 3ace
Shapely Martha Stewart,
who used to sing in the
Copacapa Club in New
York, makes an auspicious
film debut playing oppo-
site Perry Como in the
20th Century-Fox film
“Doll Face.” The movie
must have been named for
Martha for we’d say she
is some doll. (An ANS
photo).