Vol. 2—No. 18
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, January 15, 1944
Pre-Flight Sponsors President’s Birthday Ball
Responsible For 396 Points
EXPECTED TO PACE the Cloudbuster scoring against the Naval
Academy at Annapolis this afternoon are the three cadets in the above
photo: Left to right, they are Bud Palmer, who has scored 166 points
in 11 games; Stan Skaug, who has 76 to his credit, and Whitey Myers,
who has hit the basket for 154 tallies.
Cloudbusters Play
Naval Academy
Today at Annapolis
Riding the crest of a 10-game
winning streak the U. S. Navy
Pre-Flight Cloudbusters left yes
terday for Annapolis, Md., where
this afternoon at 1430 they tackle
the strong Naval Academy quintet.
A total of 17 playei’s, along with
Lieut. R. A. Rae'se, USNR, head
coach, and other Navy personnel,
niade the trip. The team, on the
whole, is in excellent shape.
“The thing that worries me,”
said Coach Raese, “is that we’ve
had no tough competition in the
past two weeks. The boys have
ttot been pressed to win.”
The Naval Academy five, con
sidered one of the finest quintets
in the east, is expected to give the
Pre-Flighters their toughest con
test since the Norfolk Naval Air
Station team came to Chapel Hill
in December. That game, if you
I'ecall, resulted in a 39 to 38 win
for the Raesemen.
Other than the first team of
Myers, Dye, Palmer, Skaug and
Elser, the following players made
^he trip: J. R. Artman, C. J.
Sums, Ben Celian, C. S. Crowley,
J. Forsberg, R. S. Guensch, N.
Jones, Ken Laird, L. Lange,
H. Nason, Ben Peckerman, and
H. J. Scully.
See NAVAL ACADEMY, page 3
Movie Schedule
Sat., Jan. 15—Free movie at Vil
lage Theatre, “Escape” with Nor-
Shearer. Feature starts at
^555, 1940 and 2115. Complete
show one hour, 35 minutes.
Sun., Jan. 16—Free movie at
tillage Theatre, “Come Live with
with Hedy Lamarr. Feature
starts at 1320 and 1456. Complete
one hour, 36 minutes.
Manpower Survey
Group Inspects
Naval Dispensary
Captain W. A. Angwin, (MC)
USN (Ret.), Senior Member of the
Manpower Survey Group No. 9,
inspected the Dispensary of the
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School,
Chapel Hill on January 11th and
12th. Members of the group ac
companying Captain Angwin were
Commander James Humbert,
(MC) USN (Ret.), and Mr. Her
man Weinstein, representative of
the Civil Service Commission. Dr.
Floyd W. McRae of Atlanta, the
fourth member of the group, was
unable to be present due to weather
and traffic conditions.
A Manpower Survey Board was
recently established by Secretary
of the Navy Frank Knox to sur
vey the manpower situation of all
Naval Establishments and ascer
tain whether or not the various
Naval Activities are over manned
or undermanned and are utilizing
their Naval and Civil Service man
power to the fullest advantage.
Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews,
USN, is President of the Man
power Survey Board in Washing
ton and Captain Paul Cassard,
USN, heads the Manpower Sur
vey Committee for the Sixth Naval
District and maintains his head
quarters in Charleston, South
Carolina.
Glee Club Dance Tonight
A dinner dance for all members
of the Cadet Glee Club and their
dates will be held in the Pine Room
of Lenoir Dining Hall tonight
starting at 2000. Chicken is on the
menu and music will be furnished
by the swing section of the Pre-
Flight Band.
Dance Scheduled
For January 29
In Woollen Gym
The U. S. Navy Pre-Flight
School will sponsor the local 1944
President's Birthday Ball to be
held in Woollen gymnasium on
Jan. 29 to raise funds for the in
fantile paralysis campaign,
Comdr. John P. Graff, USN
(Ret.), Commanding Officer, an
nounced last week.
Officers, cadets, crew, and civi
lian employees of the Pre-Flight
School, along with university fac
ulty, students and townspeople,
are expected to make the dance an
outstanding success in raising
funds for the perpetual fight
against infantile paralysis.
Music for the occasion will be
provided by the Pre-Flight dance
band, and there will be added en
tertainment by the Cadet Glee
Club. Starting time for the dance
will be 2100.
Tickets are priced at $1.00 per
person, tax included. Since the en
tire receipts from the ticket sales
will go into the paralysis fund,
each purchase may be considered
See BIRTHDAY BALL, page ^
Navy Secretary
Praises Combat
Value of Football
The “body contact” game of
football—as first-class training
for battle against the Japs—won
new praises from the Navy and
Marine Coi'ps last week.
Addressing the annual trophy
dinner of Washington’s Touch
down Club last Tuesday evening,
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox declared:
“The Navy believes in the type
of sport that involves body con
tact. We are fighting a desperate
war ... a war in which you kill
or get killed. Nothing prepares a
See FOOTBALL, page A