Vo], 2—No. 2
U. S. Navy Pre-Plight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, September 25, 1943
Cadets to Dance
Tonight in Woollen
Although rationing difficulties
have made it necessary to cancel
the picnic scheduled for the regi
ment of cadets this afternoon, the
evening dance will go on as orig
inally planned in Woollen gym
nasium.
Music for the affair will be fur
nished by the popular swing sec
tion of the Pre-Flight band.
Starting time for the dance will
be 2030, with the last hop ending
at 2315. Taps will come at 2400.
Uniform for the 30th Battalion
will be service blue, baker, and
khaki for the remainder of the
regiment.
defense
By Ens. W. 0. Shanahan, USNR
Academic Department
The battles that are now open
ing for Smolensk and Kiev are
the first serious test of strength
between the defensive might of
the Wehrmacht and the offensive
drive of the Red Army.
Although the German with
drawal from Orel, Bryansk, Khar
kov, and other fortified places oc
curred under pressure, none of
these cities lay along what Ger
man military spokesmen refer to
as their “line of natural defenses.”
This phrase may be only an il
lusion created for home-consump-
tion in Germany, yet the rivers of
western Russia, particularly the
Dnieper, the Dvina, and the Nie-
men, certainly afford some foot
hold for a stubborn army. There
is in addition another natural bar
rier, the great marshes of the
Pripet along the old Polish-Rus-
sian frontier. Until the hard win
ter freeze sets in, this marshy
region, extending over a thousand
square miles, can be relied upon to
stop mechanized forces.
Smolensk and Kiev, both lying
along the Dnieper river, are there
fore bastions of more than ordi-
See DEFENSE, page U
Cloudbusters Open Grid Season Today
8
READY TO SEE ACTION this afternoon against the U. S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis are the cadets in the above photo. Starting
with number 60, who is Willard Learned, and going clockwise; Num
ber 39 is Webster Moriarta, 83 John Gattuso, 73 Vincent Calo, 50 R.
W. Stehlin, 82 A. G. Kleiber, 72 William Suydam, 43 Vernon Bennett,
32 Albert Norris, and 68 William Long. In the center circle Lieut.
Frank Kimbrough, USNR, head football coach, is on the right, and
Bill Krywicki, who will captain the team this afternoon, is on the left.
To Broadcast Game
Three major networks will broadcast the U. S. Navy Pre-
Flight-Naval Academy football game this afternoon. Ted
Husing, nationally famous announcer, will broadcast over the
ColumbiaBroadcasting System. The NBC Blue Network and
the Mutual Broadcasting System will also be on hand to cover
the game. All three are expected to start broadcasting around
1400.
Game To Be Played
At Naval Academy
This afternoon at 1430 at An
napolis, Maryland the 1943 edi
tion of the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight
Cloudbusters will open their sea
son when an all-cadet eleven takes
to the field against the U. S. Naval
Academy.
The Cloudbusters will be the
decided underdogs, but after five
weeks of drills Lieut. Frank Kim
brough, USNR, head football
coach, had nothing but praise for
his men.
“We certainly do not have a
world beater,” stated Coach Kim
brough just before the busses pull
ed out yesterday morning for An
napolis. “However, I am really
proud to be coaching this group
of men. Their attitude and spirit
has certainly made up for their
lack of football experience.”
Coach Kimbrough has had a
tough job on his hands getting the
Cloudbusters ready for the season
opener. Only three of the cadets
in the starting lineup have had
any college experience.
Reports from Annapolis rate
the Naval Academy eleven one of
the better teams in the country
this year.
A letter from Midshipman R. B.
Baldwin, sports editor of the An
napolis Log, had this to say about
the Cloudbusters’ opponent for
Saturday;
“We have a fast light bunch this
year with a lot of good material
but little experience. Thirteen let
ter winners are back, most im
portant of which are Captain A1
Channell, end, Ben Martin, wing-
back, Hilly Hume, three or four
back, and little Meatball Ham-
berg, our top triple-threat man.
“Bob Crawley will give Ham-
berg a run for his varsity spot this
year, and Joe Sullivan will put
the drive in our backfield. We have
See FOOTBALL, page 3