Vol. 3—No. 32
U. S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
Friday, April 27, 1945
65th Batt Seeks 5th Regimental Title
POW’s To Receive
Promotion Chances
From Army, Navy
The War and Navy Depart
ments have announced that spe
cial consideration with respect to
Promotion will be given, with
Certain exceptions, to returned
officer and enlisted personnel of
the Army and Navy who, in the
Course of honorable service,
have fallen into the hands of the
enemy as prisoners of war or
Who have escaped from such cus
tody or evaded capture.
The purpose of special consid
eration will be to provide oppor
tunity to attain the rank, grade
Or rating which they would
probably have attained had they
not been separated temporarily
from normal active service.
May Jump Rank Or Rate
Upon return to the jurisdic
tion of their respective services
they will be considered, if quali
fied, for immediate promotion of
One rank, grade or rating, and
for subsequent promotion as
Soon as qualified. Time in grade.
Position vacancy and billet re-
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CADET MUSIC MAKERS—One of the most popular features of
the Memorial Hall “Happy Hours” is the newly-organized cadet
orchestra, nucleus of which is shown in a practice session for next
weeks’ show. Left to right are: D. L. Flagg, 67th Batt; D. J. Rees,
67th; W. E. Otton, 65th; C. O. Drews, 64th, and J. L. Morecock,
68th. Cadets Drews and T. P. Allegretto (not shown) are co
leaders of this combination which twice has been called for encores
at “Happy Hours.”
Three War Bond Records Are Broken
By Navy Personnel In Month Of March
Three war bond records were
established in March when bond
purchases by Navy personnel,
military and civilian, sent the
total for the month soaring to a
new average monthly high of
$66,281,106. This brought the
grand total since the beginning
of the Navy War Bond program
to $1,122,701,039.
In addition to the new high
total for the month, the bond
records set in March were that
for total purchases by military
personnel under the allotment
plan of $43,516,181.25, and that
for civilian purchases under the
payroll savings plan of $20,007,-
342.50.
The combined March total was
topped only by the July 1944
and December 1944 totals, but
these included results of extra
Surgical Dressings
Beginning on May 3 and for
every Thursday thereafter, the
surgical dressing room in the
home of Dr. Frank P. Graham
will be open only in the morning
from 0900 to 1200, Mrs. Earle
C. Waters has announced.
cash bond purchases during the
Independence Day and Pearl
Harbor Day campaigns and did
not reflect normal monthly vol
ume.
The Navy Yards led the Bond
program in March with their
combined efficiency index of
107.8 per cent. Charleston and
Mare Island tied for first place
among the Yards and NAS, Cor
pus Christi, again led the air
stations.
Navy Phones Say ^Aye,
AyCf Sir’ From Now On
Washington. — Beginning
this week, telephone opera
tors at the Navy Department’s
giant 60,000 - calls - a - day
switchboard will abandon the
traditional “thank you” and
“yes sir” acknowledgements
in favor of the salty and ex
clusive maritime “Aye, aye,
sir!”
“A little something extra,”
the Navy calls it—“an affirm
ative answer with a person
ality.”
67th Is 25 Points
Behind With Sports
Finals Due Tonight
Lt. K. O. Drexel’s 65th Batt
will have its sights on a fifth
regimental title when it enters
the Sports Program finals sched
uled for Fetzer Field at 1900 to-
day.
Going into tonight’s competi
tion, which represents the first
outdoor sports carnival of the
year, the 65th has a 25-point
lead over Lt. A. M. Learned’s
67th Batt. This margin, plus the
fact that it has qualified three
teams to compete in the sports
finals, makes the 65th a strong
favorite to capture the regi-
mental championship again.
New^ Sports Program Head
Lt. Richard A. Raese, formerly
head coach of basketball, is the
new head of the Sports Program,,
succeeding Lt, Comdr. Mose P.
Quinn, recently detached. Lt.
Volney C. Ashford is now in
charge of basketball instruction.
The five-sports finals tonight
will include boxing, wrestling
swimming, soccer, and track. ‘
In boxing, the 65th ringmen,
coached by Lt. R. E. Peterson,
will fight it out with Lt. (jg) A.
L. Throckmorton’s 67th punch
ers.
Wrestling will find Lt. R. B.
Hamsher’s 11-week refreshers
tangling with 65th Batt grap-
plers coached by Lt. (jg) S. O.
Rosengren.
The swimming finals will
match Lt. D. F. Cady’s 64th Batt
against Lt. L. H. McGovern’s
11-week refresher group.
French cadets, under Lt. (jg)
R. B. McLeary, and the 66th
team, coached by Lt. E. H. Staeh-
ling, will decide the soccer
championship, while Lt. C. A.
Robinson’s 64th and Lt. J. E.
Davison’s 65th will compete for
track honors.
To date the 65th has compiled
1621/2 points in the regimental
competition—75 for first place
in Military, 621/2 for a second
place tie in Class Athletics, and
25 in Academics.
Results of battalion competition ii\ Mili
tary, Class Athletics, and Academics for the
current period are shown below:
64 65 66 67 68 69
Military 10 75 50 25 0 0
Class At’l’tics 25 62 Vi 10 62 Vi 0 0
Academics .... 0 25 10 50 0 75
Totals 35 162V2 70 1371/2 0 75