Vol. 1—No. 18
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, January 23, 1943
I Cadets to Till 14-Acre Victory Garden Here
I -— — ^
Pre-Flight March of Dimes Begins
j Expect No Early
I End to War, Legion
I Leader Cautions
1 National Commander Roane
! Waring of the American Legion,
I speaking from the stage of Me-
j morial Hall last Monday, caution-
I ed the regiment of cadets and of-
! ficers of the Pre-Flight School
; against expecting an end to the
I war this year.
I “It’s to be regretted,” he said,
I “that important leaders have
made statements in recent weeks
about complete victory in 1943.
j Nothing, in my opinion, could be
) further from the truth,
i “You men must realize that so
1 far this country has been com-
I pletely on the defensive. As yet
; We have not started a single stra-
i tegic campaign, and we have hard-
‘ ly yet begun to fight.
I “You must remember that Ger-
I Many still holds all of Europe, and
I See WARING, page ^
I ■
I Coming Events
I Jan. 23—Free movie at Village
I Theatre, “Ship Ahoy” with Elea-
I nor Powell and Red Skelton. Also
short subject, “Defense of Mos-
j cow.” Feature starts at 1330,
I 1540, 1930 and 2135.
I Jan. 23 — Basketball game,
I Cloudbusters vs. Wake Forest Col-
! Woollen Gymnasium, start-
‘ ing at 1500.
I Jan. 24—Free movie at Village
j Theatre, “Rio Rita” with Abbott
I Costello. Feature starts at
I 1310 and 1503.
j Jan. 25 — Basketball game,
j ^loudbusters vs. VPI, Woollen
I gymnasium, starting at 1600.
j Jan. 27 — Wrestling match,
Cloudbusters vs. Duke University,
I Woollen Gymnasium, starting at
^ 1600.
I Jan. 30—President’s Birthday
i ^all in W'oollen Gymnasium, 2100
to 2400.
The annual March of Dimes to
raise funds for the continuous
fight against infantile paralysis
got underway this past week with
the distribution among all officers,
cadets and enlisted men of special
birthday greeting cards to be
stuffed with dimes or dollars and
mailed to the President. In fill
ing out the form cards everyone
should be sure to include the name
of the county, since 50% of the
money received goes to the Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis and the other 50% is re
turned to local chapters for work
in the community where the money
See PARALYSIS, page J,
Farming Added
To Activities
Of Labor Crew
The ancient art of tilling the
soil, which for centuries has de
veloped healthy, sinewy bodies, is
entering the curriculum at the U.
S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel
Hill, N. C. The connection between
farming and flying a combat plane
or a bomber may be remote, but
the physical conditioning benefits
to be derived from the labor of
spading the soil and hoeing long
rows of vegetable plants add
another factor in the great plan
to make our Naval Aviators hard
and strong.
A Victory Garden to be worked
by the Cadets at Chapel Hill has
been approved by Commander John
P. Graff, USN (Ret.), Command
ing Officer of the Pre-Flight
School. It will contribute material
ly to the toughening of the Cadets
for their fight with the Axis and
it will make future Naval Aviators
more self-sufficient than ever by
teaching them the- rudiments of
soil cultivation.
The site of the new Victory Gar
den is a fourteen-acre tract on the
Raleigh Road near the Pre-Flight
School, loaned to the Navy for the
duration by Dr, William C. Coker,
faculty member of the University
of North Carolina.* The activity
will come under the general super
vision of Lieutenant Commander
Harvey J. Harman, USNR, Direc
tor of Athletics, and will be di
rected by Ensign Warren H.
Chivers, USNR, head of Labor
Engineering at the Pre-Flight
School. Farming thus takes its
place in the long list of muscle
building, constructive activities in
which all Cadets participate un
der the name of “labor engineer
ing.”
During their course at the Pre-
Flight School all Cadets take their
turn on the labor crew, and to men-
See FARMING, page U
Cadet Artist at Work
LAST ARTPIECE completed by Cadet Gene Aiello, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., before departing for navigation training at Coral Gables,
Fla., this past week is a 30 by 40-inch water-colored mural for the
new office building now under construction.
The mural which Aiello is working on in the picture above shows
a cadet leaving the station after completing the Pre-Flight course.
In the background cadets are portrayed in uniforms symbolizing
the various activities—such as football, wrestling, military drill,
etc.—which constitute the training program here.
A commercial artist before enlisting in the Navy, Aiello did
several colored portraits, and cartoons for the Cloudbuster, dur
ing his spare hours here. Academically he ranked in the upper
10% of his battalion.