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ttmftm ruu. ■. a AU-O-HECB 4. IM3 Plasteisnatch Rides Again! Gets On the Beam im GI B^acksParty Wbea last we left Reginald De Qulocey Plastersnatch, Pn. tmAAF, be had repoHed for duty, been told that be waa Pei’ manent Party arltb a job aa runner, and then put on KP. In Reginald*a heart, all waa turmoil and oon* fuakm. Aa be limped back from the mem halt that night, three, apples In hla left, bind pocket and a roaat pork sandwich under hla arm, be allied aadly and ihiugged hla ^XNilders. “Ihla isn’t sdiat the recruiting posters said.*’ be rousM aloud, and then remembered that he’d been drafted. ’’Snatched from the boeom of my family an friends,” -b e walled to himself. Too hale and bear^ to atag out.” Reginald waa wnrkmg himself inU) a anlt of Grade A proportlooa. ’’Plat feet, tbat’a all.” be mat- lared. "Plat feet and tbey make m» a runner.” And aw saying, be tan smack Into a sergeant If It bad been any other semeant SB tbe field, n^gls might have gottaa off with no more than a cnrdllBg look. But titis was Sgt. fimthei OruD^ a eamlToroos araaturs whoee ttilrd atr^ bad gUetaaad upon hli|nrm for but a few days. ''Bands out of your pock* ei, aolditr. nip that bat • wtm down. Tou’re got a pocket unbot* toned. Get thoee iboea elided up. tnok proud, and watch ertiere you’re going.” And with that, 8gt brooms and mope, the barracks* chief entered his castle and looked about Mm with a covetous eye. At his approach, the rest of the room warned by a system which would make a plane spotter's heart glow with pride, tumbled out tbe ba^ door and disappeared Into the sum* mer i^t. All, that la, but Regi nald. He was asleep, but not for long. "Let’s be gettln tbere, sol dier.” the barracks • chief said as he ataook Reggie Into a conscious ’’We’re having a Gl party News Briefs All Around The Country At an undiscloeed outfit In Eng land. turnout for a lecture on tbe Articles of War and Sex Morality hit a new record. It seemed aa though everybody tn camp was there. The reason: some wise of ficer bad Ice cream and cake served to tbe audience. WAG'S with dependents back >me may apply for and get al lowances jiist hike any othw Gl. it and you’re Invited.” Shov-rThe only catch is that tbelr bub- log a nx»p, scrub-brush, broom an bys. whether they’re dependent or fuu bucket of water into Reggie'al&ot. are tnellglble. numbed ftngm, tbe barrackwcblef A radio ojienator-guttner with ac- set out to fluBta a few more vlo- Uon to his credit m tte Ifedlfer- Urns titMn tbelr lairs. ranean area, said that oe bad Ute And so it to p*— that Real- greatest scare of bin Ufe tbere — - —* gunfire or the U casual Who had faUen asleep under tbe Lister bag, and two unlucky lads who had been caught In tbe bear trap outside tbe latme, had themsdves a small, restrained party that nl^t. A Gl from enemy bombs, either. It was the time be stepped out of aa open air shower Into an entrcBchnoent occupied by a bevy of Army nursaa. Onto a hastily empl9ed towel, and a quick retTMt saved him from Ring Sight Seat: hla bed of pain. “Thto la tlM day walklny along the Camera Gun is Big Aid In Gunnery Training "TtkiB la ttM day you begin bebif a runner,” he said to hlmseU, “This Is your biokv day.” ' ^ "Hers I am, aarge,” be said, reporting tat tbe orderly room. ’'Who,” said the Sergeant Major, "are yout’’ A few weeks ago we explained easily, a small la usually to&ped an unidentified Mr- bow gunnery school graduates tn quicker than a Wg ene. In ttte son. Wlule she was down, be stole operational Training Unite use ae- ’ Py— a bmitam weight fighter her shoes. ”*_ «■-*.»«*»■ .* moves fastsr thaw a heavyweight, Thm there wan tbe ether OaM. *"•* packs the patch ct a fomla lady who sued a man wtaeo.!^^^AmeriM pursuit ahlpa to- blx man. to a bomber, wiih W Bbe claimed, be bit the tip of her,*Wad of shooting uve ammnnition cA marhlns gims at hla dtaHsoaal, nme right tft after Bte rSimed to^«lo«ve targ^ non ntifers no aoeb de- '^nW.1.1 rta ‘tote btan. GI tetimlqoe to a Bttie f*® rnm«y sAooI "alr-to^ ^ Oeieaerm can knock out of tbe -Sytocey Pto^r-,t,etter. Ing mlmlooa. Ihto of funimry gir. anythtof that fUea, Wg or Ut- •*^!**^ I At a nytog Ptortraas bMe deeo’p^^'toe baa provM so aSeettve, tie. -f an tonen- according to AAF Beadquartera, fra Itoourl vSs ^ toto be totroduced atjra - - • — W.UU MM) Job of flattentox a schools. The ”tow target” taig.” he said softly- "Ever bandls'hundred tin with atanse praetios will still be used but tbe A ^ [weight bto Mess Sergeant baSed *^Arga.” said Reggie, ‘Tm Per- urnTBut, from MttosoaH be method win be added aa won as —ABcnt Party. Tm auppoeed to took exacti^^ oSute to get tba.A^ttipmwt to evaltoble. he A nmer." Job done, w got a steam-roller • An tstemationally kzMwn onttcal But tim was as lar aa be got operator to run over them. oompeny aanounoed last watt tbe To be ocotinued) a lad statfonW In Gniorad* manufacture of red.pla^c lemes _ —rr—■ \ ~ ■ went home on furlough to bto bonw for uee to air crew momberr geg- Xtehea ip wmething that when a to Indiana, oito to that gtoa to aid gunnera to foUowtaig rookie to stand big at attention bto family had packed up and 1^ to &acer bullets. This to typical of tbe ^ Aose always. IvtoK htan at camp, otoeouraged. attanUon given to detaU to the d»- moved off, little ^realising . : Ihe returned and shortly thfrasTlfir veta^nMnt of technique and eqi^ humah wreckage which be toft „ Ano^r (Maado Incident, this left on another furloagh, bound and ment to at^ up the cffectiveneas behind. ttaM M a clvlBan, made the head-'determined to see bto folks oome AAF gunners. murmured Rcglnsld fee- “jojwt week. A retort waa ar-'wfast may. Be anrlvad by tbe banks I apf Tratating Command statto- My as be sought refuge madrattt- £22^ tnarljuana plants of tbe Wabatoi to time to toam that ticlans are on tbe trail of aomo- AgA dttch, "This to tbe end.” Bto *25 ^ hfe fan^ had toft tbe old borne- thing wUtb may have an tatmor- henee refuasd to support htan, bto ^ aa- stead for good. Th^ l|ad nseved to SiT effect on 'flexlbla muectos laughed aloud, and tbere'2!^*!? ^ ^ ^ir stngtog. We Colorado to be wearer tbelr son. training. They believe thatt^ was a cmloas hummtng in hla sacs. * Anow -^maybe It* tbe alU- Somebody ou^t to euggest wrlt^ remarkable synthetic tratating de- DMWwtfw htaM^w .ji mde out there. 'letters now Own.' tm >r'— Dmttla hta-dTSSi toTraSt »»4. out tjtn. Tw- tabls Imitattan of a platoon storm- ) tog a plQ-box. be reached bto bar racks and rolled over the side into , bk bmt. "Oct," t» wu beud to wy.^ami tba thing* wmt bla^ Ftva minutes tojy. laden with Drill Qsiz vtoff’ called the Waller Trainer to so effective that' It may prove to be tbe most reliable check on an aerial gunxter’a marksmantotip. For weeks the figure enerts have kept careful and volomsxim records on the performance of gun nery atudenta to tbelr air to air firing mtostona wltb Uve ammtoti- . - , — —- — ^..,.1,. m-m* T-r-r- UcB SDd tow targcts, SDd IB tbelT HeA^uyter’s part tn the newbr,brave victors be complimented on, Walter Trainer sessions with movie on SeyinouTitbe tidiness of tbelr apartmento.^sereen targets and electric guna. ^ ^ JohMw Fl^ wu Tech, John and that es^ man understand htolTbe results seem to correlate. If ™ • ‘■HU bi-,nT gytt, wta Itop^ np to tb«UtmI ^ to mtH , Ttotoiy. lAlcb'b mu> » good «bot on tbe Wnll- im?: JESPl inyi bond tobte Immodtotoly mltoi PO- mightTtovo bom , Uttle OT«r*dd- or Tta&ar be', luuidly good to tbo to fa. M. 1..,* ..fa fa , ^ Rumton 0«->lp. ud rtco voriTlSiM. too dag Sgt Evans Tops Hq-Hq Bond Drive; Ex-Honor Bks., 219, Get Lyrical fipaiUug Headquarters and to no more than rlAt t&ai **>«— ^ below andlcehring bto monthly stipend andiowed this week by tbe RusWao ef-'alr. and vice vena. Ihu. the'day .Mobk .0, I** fBouft moolsb tojfensve at Kharkov. [may come soon, wben tbe Waller ftSTT ^^AUi^on Wther tree pay for «1» worth of them. These are great men. ttisae sol- Trainer wUl be used to get a final Are 0ft. Evans bu the honor of el-™* of *»• Ibey weU deaerve theiaccurate check on tbe student’s Satart^ErV m^y^LJ^S^^^^SrkoAdy having purebaaed tbe largeet,honor ^ have gained at w grat marksmanship before be grad- wtou o^ te, W'ato^ amcsmrw War Bonds by a saertlloe. We had erlgliSly iuAtes. y PI on tbe Bold. Ho bought ,IiPtoab^ toll intotomtton m Utolr Altbongb yon «n bo ilx toot oaeg w> toe brooms and thousand doUars worth at one tboi day off. Bonday morning at t, but tall and stta qualify for flexible wool ,..n -n -.to -to- .to — mfa^_ I training tbere to no quee- . I Bobl toi,5Jdm“. n ~ thStoit^IfliS 'durliig the last wetot of Apsfi of^ ats iM,thls year. It wu then that the first day evenlM so that they wUl notion but that tbe career of en as- A ImlrlthnsilrT om foiHid one,(dent drive went Into affect on ibtos a minute of having this star rial gunner offers an excepttonat the Ifsiltao trsun^n tbe iMth mna . .line field. Tbe Barge from ttie Buck-, AhtolM ovw tbtor rsst havem lopportuntty to tbe ‘‘good UUls tbe TMrd the imw >lob -ye State said ttiat he baad’t' PAjnek Banry mtatot have melt man.” broken up Mist Lefto Bunln^ toogped buying bv a long and,* rat to tbe wood ^ox If be bad in mi>. uk* tn mn-t loww aiin *^BaM — The element on which _ _ -# Itoopped buying by a liag And.Aret to tbe wood 'bn H tm badi in war, Uke to most i Motoiki ^ A* o oom that he would be back fw more been here, but we suspect nothing wberd tbe payoff to on which the elmento are Musd rt— OrenI ^ ***2t?5*” a good big man won’t be behind tbe other. P“ood one .j^ Barracks BB ^ * good Uttie msn, i. Dndb -•», optos, ftao right booton, th/Bom?B£J53Sr S ffi**”*^ wmf’SSl’fa! g>“>wry to op oieoptkio. A BtoUDce -- Space between e’s- mento tn tbs direction of depth. 7. Double time —at the rate ef U6 steps per mtanite. Bsmmt —A squad, section, oompany, or lareer unit, to A pATt of a larger unit. P. me —A 4v>hm^n of threee one behind tbs other. 91* —— *K- •* WIBIW 1-1y-n. bi.tbo, . But The Uttle man to more oomtor- tabto to a ball turret, a top turret or a tall gunner’a pultlon. He cu handle himself with greater 8gt arry Croat. "»««• Combat oopor. D to tb. couro. of bumto. rt^aSr^marLitototo.^lM’^'”b;« *S^ evnuw tt becomes necssury for rialOimners pptoto, [Honor*soir w ineir nvmi wiu me ^ An not 12th Meat And Drmm'To Close 793rd Lead Aa Biamond Season AnnounumSst from the P. T. of- flea that the Post BastonU Champ wfn oe crewaed durtne were of September U with tbe final rotmd- robin playdtt for field supremacy coming a week foQowiiit thto, atmultaneeualy with a small tomf- fling to tbe Btaxdlim. Tbs iPth Meu toads tbs loop now. Sunday and Monday saw thru strong contenders for league bem- on to action. On tha Sabbath the regenerated WTIh held a 4-to-3 mar gin om tbe IPMh u the teat out vAs. eased. Luther Jordon took credit lor tbe victory. B np ttlst Lefty Augln al- only *-'* - six hits while strtklog * I oateS lA M Jpack of tbe squadroi. It to no more of adhievement. May **>»» at* to^’'g‘to”c.?ul,^ig5yl!S ^ ^S3SSa.^!lSSf.S^i! loired out seven TPtora. a beautlfu « by outltoUsr Charley BeMeberg featured the eontost m ran back almost to tbs foul line lb snare a hard hit drtan mm bto hud and faStog demwith tiu hafi beM onto It for tbeeut A sure trtole for tbo TMth wu tkns avsrtod and tho Medics kapi thtor margin of vic tory safe. Tbe Ttttd bad Juft a Uttle more power that tbe POt and In a free hitting eonteet ‘invitivlia aaveral Ditchers they canto beau In front . , 10 to 7. Tbe 1PM to in second spre There w advantages mire ac- of the staitotres. Tbe cloeenees^ MoieCaH by Milton C-iiff. crMtor of Tony and iho Pintos Slight Snal In rsPath
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