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Vol.1 No. 38
SEYMOUR JOHNSON HELD. N. C.
September 4,1943
The Joint Is Jumpin’:
U. S. 0. Camp Show Brings
Broadway Stars to Field
MP’tJobis
Plenty Tough
Help Tbein!
Recently aiUltery police b*Ye
been ordered to camp down on
many of the* regulations being
broken by men of tbe Armed Ser*
▼ice. As these men are governed
by rules and regulatkns handed
down to them, tbe utmost coopera*,
Moo Is being esked from tbe of*,
fleers and enlisted men of Beyxbour
Johnson Field.
Ihe IdPs have mao(^ dutlee
which they have to perform. It la
their Job to st(^ and reprimand a
OX wearing an officer’s shirt. It Is
their Job to keep tbe service men
dressed according to regtUatlon.
These mentioned things are' only
trivial to the many more important
things that have to be done.
It can be seen from the above
that only personnel of a very high
a te. both physically and men-
ly . possessing sound Judge*
knent, mt^ and &yalcal courage,
biw fitted by VP ^xAf. His Is often
pot a light
qnently bear, IHloirat Teiauauon,^
only verbal but physical at*
* Loaded to Ibe brim with gals,
gags, and top bit tunes, the USO’s
latest Camp Stow. "Balljdioo.” hits
Synaour Johnslon Field this coming
weM and with a bang. Starring
Gloria Parker and her all-girl or
chestra; the Kim Loo Sisters, well
known swing trio; Joe Phillips and
Marlon Oolby, fastj>aced comedy
and dance team; Canfield Smith
and Snodgrass, ventriloquist and
dummy extraordinary; and A1
Gordon, rlhttckllng fuimyman ^
— with all these acta freah from
Broadway’s stage and night spots,
"Ballyhoo'* promises to be an eve*
ning of entertainment long remem*
bered.
'Scheduled for September lOtb and
11th, tbe show will be presented
at Theatre Number One and, like
all USO Camp Shows will be ab*
solutely free. Keep an eye peeled
for the exact time in your Dafly
Bulletin.
Gloria Parker, who beads the
list of stellar attractions. Is a little
lady with an ear for music, an
eye for beauty, and a will to let
her audience In on it She’s mas
tered such widely • varied instru
ments as the vlolm. xylophone, con
ga drums, vibraphone, and musi
cal glasses. She’s also mastered
tbe art of making her orchestra’s
music please the most discrimi
nating ear.
..Jt’s a talented outfit l^t
leads, too.' Jn addition to'
bcks, as well as sneers and Jibes
tfrom those who lack- tbe intelli
gence to appreciate the Im
portance of his Job and the neces*
alty for Us existence.
Ah membeip of the mllitsry po
lice are to bir^vemed In the per*
formance of their duties by a
spirit of service and helpfulness.
Tour closest cooperation and as
sistance will not Hily help them
obtain this spirit, but wiu ralM
the morale and Increase tbe ef
ficiency all personnel of this
BoRd Sales Near Quarter Mark
During Opening Day - Of Drive
Sparked by several individual purchases of $1,000 bonds, Seymour Johnson Field’s ef
fort in the Third War Loem Drive wings through its first week with flags flying ond high
hopes fo^ reaching its set quota of $_100,000.
Led off by Commanding Officer Donald B. Smith’s purdiose of a $1,000 Wor Bond,'
Captain David Saperstone, Post Sschend^e officer, and Sergeant Joel F. Gronbold of the
006th Quartermaster Detachment, hove followed suit. Three detachments on the field
—the Ti^ACs, the Signal Corpe, ond the 906th Quartermoster—have doubled their quo
tas already with twenty-six doys of the Bond Drive still left to go.
Many officers on the field have offered to match the investments of their men dollar
for dollar. With these exam
ples to spur the drive to its
peak, the opening doys op-
pear to have gotten off to an
excAlent stort. As the week
draws to a close, a total of
.S^d-.ySO worth of bonds (ma
turity volue) hos been sold,
according to Mojor E. W. Mul
ler, Finance Officer.
Beat-oeUlDg feature of tbe whole
bond drive um been the fact that
"The ‘Finance Department" he
to return the actual bonds to their
purchasers within 34 hours. To
date, this promise has been kept
to the letter and BCaJor Muller ex
pressed tbe vlew that this promp*
ness was a big factor In the success
of the opening week’s sales.
"tbe Finance Department." he
said, "will continue to get bonds
to their omers on this record
schedule. The faster all of us buy
War Bonds, the fester this wsr will
be over — and It can't last a
minute too long."
Leading the field as the week
closed were tbe olvlUan employees
of the Post Exchange, with a total
purchase of Id.l'n. As returns con
tinue to come In, however, this
record will probably be exceeded
by many other and larger organisa
tions on the field.
With the war costing an estimat
ed ten mllUoD dollars every single
The War Department announced hour around the clock. It was em-
this week that members of tbe i pbasbee that our quota of $100,000.
.Woiben'B Army AuxUiary Oorpa when rakcbed, will pay tor but a
Over the Migth and breadth of vdm become members of we Worn-j little over thirty seconda of this
eolonel Donald B. Smith. Post Commanding Officer (left) Is seen
above receiving his $1,000 War Bond from Major B. W. Muller,
Finance Officer as the Third War Loan Drive starts cm Seymour
Johnson Field.
Tobacco Mart
Attracts Gls
To Auction
WACs to Wear
Servi(» Ribbcsi
from the ranks of her band. Mia
Parker has a successful musical
and daneiwg career and formerly
did so.o stage work before or
ganising her 12-plece, all-glrl or-
diestra.
OFs who keep up Mth tbe
tertalnment world will probably re
member the splash the Khn Loo
Sisters made when they hit the
big time a few years back. They’re
pretty American - boim Chinese
girls vrtio can latch on to a tune
and take It for one of the swingleet
rides srou’ve ever heard. '
The Six Dancing Lovelies, a sex- _ _ _ _
be eerrled out, ud It I. wl>e oev- IfSu’SSf “!I.Wblle U»> meImj ,mnot_b^^ ^ ^t t,,mOTbm olJto
er to argue with one since they
have tbe authority to carry out
their aims regardless. Alwaj^ re
member that the MP Is right un-:
tU be has been proven wrong. '
80ft _ kUD lllT-rtW »•«* MWb M* ,
cepU^Uy pretty fac^ B^ ^-1 is being beard these days.'ufactured until aft» tbe war, rib- field pi^*for aUghtly more than
^ The season started a few weeks ^ mean-, a third of a second of the war.
complicated buttofUes, nip - up».| ..v-,, ..i time* The ribbon Is of rayon moire. The vital importance of buying as
evtwhee^. The six ^veUa kgo TOldlers taken ad- same slse as other service many bonds as we possibly can is
hsve played to enthuslasUo audl-
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Sdx)p! Who Wakes The Bugler...
vantage of tbe fact that Seymour ribbons, and has a mens
Johnom field la situated ^ the center with old gold edges at’each of $4,000
many bonds as we possibly 
green atreawd by this fact An average
„ i each of $4,000 per day lor this bond
heart of the tobacco country to end. jdrlve month of September Is need-
witness some of these interesting Authorised • to wear the ribbon ed to make our quota — a small
scenes. are thoee women who have served bu‘ slgnlfleant part of tbe tremen-
Parmers from all over the state honorably as enrolled or commls- dous drive starting all over the
bring their prise leaf Into towns sloned members of tbe WAAO and cobntry.
surrounding tbe field where buy- who subsequently enlist or are The quota standard, a picture of
ers from tobacco companies bid pointed in WAG. lour flag with a star for each com-
for the golden sheafs at ware-, Awsid of tbe Ribbon Is sutber- pleted qu^, is standing now be*
bouses. A typical warehouas ls,i2ed to be made at the time of fore Post BeadqtiBrters. Already,
a huge, open. bam-Uke structnre enlistment or acedptanoe as a stars have begun to shine tbsrs
^th rows of tobacco leafs, tied member of WAC. Tto ribbons now and, before toe month is over,
m bundles and resting on large are m requisition and* became|every squadron and every de&ob-
sballow pans stretching as far as available ^en the WAAC official*' ment on the field topes to see their
the eye can see In Rmg lines. ty become WAG Sept. 1. ' (Gontinued On Page 3)
^ It Is down these lines that the - =—. , _ r
F*®W Repair,
walks. Bach individual lot of to*: _ r '
bacco has been appraised In ad-1
vanoe and a minimum price set
by the warehouse. Starting from!
, mis ilrice. the suctloneer works Holding tbe destiny of men'strainlng. The routine of work
^ way up, spurred tqr tbe bidding lives in their bands, the ^racliute starts with tbe unpacking and
of the buyers, to the final selling Division of ^ 37th Sub-D^pot here >»*«g*g up of the chuteaTBanglDg
^ount. Bidding is done by a se* on the field goes on al^t Its vital 4$ feet in file air, their fannpWd
[ quick. Insignificant ges- work with a buatnessUke air, little and shrouds are dried for 34 hours
the bands, and it takes known to hundreds of OPs here, | by a power fan. Then, -alter visual
a trained ejre to catch their mean>| Set up to give parachutes their i inspeetion and treatment with
w .X. xw regulation ao*d» cbecUng andjnapthalene flakes to repid mll-
Altbougb it B tbe usual thing for repacking, the Parachute Mvisloo dew, they're repacked ' sent
vtattors to walk alonpide the Is housed in a small bulldtaig near to their point of origin,
group, soldim and their friends th^- hangars end is equipped wtth| AitHmigh they've never vet had
, tovs recenUy been In abundance.'a 40-foot hlgfa tower for drying the to rqjeck a chute which was Wed
om a small cubby^le in tbe.BllUngs from Spokane! Washing- Si7i,^^cl^-bred chi^. “ aerial escape, dues work-
V_ ou^ calls we bear through{'.rr^SSL,. 1.“ ^ 2L ^ *1*^. »nd even native carefifl search for jips and tearB.'fore retumbm s^ST^M omSl
I Check, Repack Parachutes
every comer of the field by
W*tem of loud-weakers, bugle
tolls fnm tbe backbone of daily
renttoe In an Army post.
Awakenad m the grey hours of
tbe monaing ton ordlniry alarm-
clock. fbe bnCKr goes pn duty be- and then soonebody else takes
- — many* tlmM hffnrn
plane magaxlnee. The walls of his 00^ back acmln.
UtUe cubby-hole are lined with ao- ^
tlon Dictures of United Nationa air
craft.
"It's not s bad Job,"
said. "I'm on seven days In a tow
s dVsr
foes OCDO and doBwi’ eloae up ah(m,for ths next sevto." Hs looked
MU tsf^ at 3430. As in most Ar-lr^lectively at tbe rows of airplane
toy osknps. the bugler blows ajpictures iming-^ walls and add-
trumpet or oornet to give theed. "I gudes Ibeie’s other tliingi
oalb mors tans and accuracy. ed, "I guees Ifaere’s other tttings
Interviewed by the Alr-O-Msch'i mi^t like better, but thla isn't
last week was Pfc. Bogeoe N. such a bad Job.’*
A man killod in the lost
minuta .oF the war is og
dead as one killed with the
opening shot— '
BUT BONDS
AND END THIS WAN
AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN
atwaye may develop to damp weather. |n place, folding tbs canopy over
lAny one of these thtngs, idua Im- them, and then setting tbs aodnch
'proper packing, may mean toe in puot Smt# whlA
death of a deeperato flyer, sprtuga toe caitopy jm
cut, after plane trouble, toe ^ a tauTior
yillan workers employed In this Minor repalre are made on oOtr-
division know their important tag there ta toe
tasc and woric wUh toe care It tag. but major onee. usoally stew
calls for. Imtar Iran tto setnsi om ef Ha
of ifr. «. Suto. must be doM rnttabS
O. Strickland, they examtoe andlstatko. Tbe Parachute Olvlalea ta
repack as many as twtive ebutea also eogagad ta maktan doth aoa$
:«»*«««. atti nr-
Armv Air Forces fidds have bow ar’s kit bogs. Ths sms ttaadaid
dstaOsd hers to tahe tota oxaettag of work ptwraita toBouaboS^^