Friday, May 18, 1945
Commander Kane
Guest of Honor
At Sports Dinner
Comdr. William R. (Killer)
Kane, USN, head of physical and
ttiilitary training for naval avia
tion, under the Director of the
Aviation Training Division, Of
fice of Chief of Naval Opera
tions, was guest of honor at a
dinner last week in the Pine
Room of Lenoir Hall attended
by athletic directors and coaches
from nearby colleges, Carolina
spiortswriters and radio announc
ers, and naval officers.
Commodore O. O. Kessing,
Who is in Chapel Hill on leave
from the Pacific, was the rank
ing officer present, while Comdr.
James P. Raugh, commanding of
ficer of the Pre-Flight School,
served as toastmaster.
In his brief talk Comdr. Kane
emphasized the importance of
Competitive athletics and paid
tribute to the coaches for the job
they are doing in the athletic
World.
—Discharge Plan—
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Partment, on application, for en
listed personnel 42 years old and
older in the following categories:
Inducted personnel (USN-I)
9nd members of the Naval Re
serve and Fleet Reserve. Excep
tions will be Regular Navy per
sonnel and men undergoing hos
pitalization or in a disciplinary
status.
It is expected that three
irionths will be required to ac
complish progressive release of
S. shore-based personnel.
While for personnel afloat or
abroad it is expected that release
9nd return will require six
>^onths.
In addition, enlisted personnel
Who have previously been classi
fied as fit for limited duty only
by reason of a medical survey
Will be physically re-examined
over the period of the next four
Months and, if found unfit for
general duty, will be discharged
or released. Exceptions will in
clude men who have been par
tially disabled in combat areas
but who desire to remain in the
l^avy, and men who meet the
Physical standards for induction
special assignment personnel.
T^alks To Cadet Nurses
Activities of the Navy Nurse
Corps were described by Lt. (jg)
yirginia M. Friddle, (NC) USNR,
^o cadet nurses of Duke and
Watts hospitals at Duke Hospital
last Saturday. The occasion was
second anniversary of the
Cadet Nurse Corps.
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No One Overlooked
Manila (CNS)—Jap propa
ganda is nothing if not thorough.
Enemy leaflets found near Ma
nila, in the Philippines, were ad
dressed: “To Dead American Sol
diers.”
CLOUDBUSTER
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NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICER—Lt. Comdr. Norman Loader is
shown on the left going over details of his new duties as executive
officer here with Lt. Comdr. Howard L. Hamilton, who is heading
for duty outside the country.
COMING EVENTS
TONIGHT
HAPPY HOUR
Memorial Hall at 1900. Band music,
movie shorts.
TOMORROW
BASEBALL
Pre-Flight vs. North Carolina, Emerson
Stadium at 1500. (Ration League game)
Regimental Dance, Woollen Gym at
2100.
MOVIES
Village: "Guest in the House,” with
Ann Baxter and Ralph Bellamy. Com
plete shows at 1500, 1900, and 2108.
Carolina; "Tomorrow the World,” with
Frederic March and Betty Fields.
Pick: "Pride of the Plains” with
Smiley Burnette.
SUNDAY
DIVINE SERVICES
Protestant: Memorial Hall at 1000.
Catholic: Gerrard Hall at 0630, Hill
Music Hall at 1000.
Jewish; Hillel House at 1000.
MOVIES
Village: "Marriage Is a Private Affair,”
with Lana Turner and John Hodiak.
Complete shows at 1300 and 1506.
Carolina; "Diamond Horseshoe,” with
Betty Grable and Dick Haymes.
Pick: "Coney Island” with Betty Grable,
John Payne and Jack Oakie.
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
Pre-Flight vs. Fort Bragg 2nd FA at
Fort Bragg.
Jackson To Prosecute
Axis War Criminals
Washington (CNS)—Associate
Justice Robert H. Jackson of the
Supreme Court has been ap
pointed by President Truman as
chief counsel of the United
States in preparing and prosecut
ing charges against the leading
war criminals of the Axis powers.
tJivo ^ears
Plans got underway this week
to celebrate *the first anniversary
of the station May 23rd.
Capt. Joe Foss (now Major
Foss) is scheduled to visit the
Pre-Flight school where he will
address the cadets. Major Foss
was the first American to equal
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker’s rec
ord of 26 aircraft shot down.
A swing band composed of six
cadets and two enlisted men
joined the ranks of entertainers
this week on the station.
Current ration league stand
ings place the Cloudbusters in
third place with four wins and
six losses. Carolina leads the
league with 8 won and 2 lost.
50,000 Planes Have
Landed On the Ranger
Months ago, the 10-year-old
Ranger, veteran aircraft carrier
of our Navy, celebrated an
unusual event. Naval history
was made when the 50,000th
plane was landed oh her decks.
Sacramento, Cal. (CNS)—A
bill has been presented to the
State Assembly which would
provide that any Californian
found guilty of beating his wife
would be given a flogging.
Fats^ Paper^ Iron
Salvaged Here In
Large Amounts
In co-operation with the gov
ernment policy of salvaging all
possible waste materials, sizable
amounts of scrap iron and waste
paper have been collected here
at the Pre-Flight School.
Lieut. Comdr. Edmund M.
Waller, senior member of the
Conservation and Salvage Board,
has announced that for the
month of April a total collection
of approximately 18 tons of
waste paper has been made. Dur
ing this same period nearly one
ton of scrap iron has been col
lected.
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versities where the Pre-Flight
units were to be located. He was
among a group of officers sent
on a survey trip to each of the
schools for the purpose of fore
seeing problems expected to
arise where a Naval unit is su
perimposed on the campus of a
peacetime university. The orig
inal curriculum followed by the
Pre-Flight schools reflected in
sorne measure his experiences at
Ohio State, for he assisted in out
lining several of the courses
taught.
Lt. Comdr. Hamilton reported
to Chapel Hill on May 24, 1942,
as head of the Academic Depart
ment. He served in that role un
til April, 1944, when he became
Executive Officer.
Lt. Comdr. Hamilton was grad
uated from Ohio State in 1924
was admitted to the bar in 1928*
and held the position of execu
tive secretary of the College of
Arts and Sciences when he en
tered the Navy.
The new Executive Officer Lt
Comdr. Loader, is another vet
eran in the Navy’s V-5 program
and at one time headed the Es
sentials of Naval Service course
taught at Chapel Hill.
Lt. Comdr. Loader attended
New York University and was
graduated from the U. S. Naval
Academy with the class of 1926.
He was commissioned an ensign
and served on the USS Arkansas
tor three years before resigning
to enter civilian business. He
was assistant general manager a'^
L. Bamberger & Co., Newark*
N. J., when he returned to the
Navy m March, 1942, as a lieu-
tsnant in thG Naval RoservG ‘
ordered to duty as'Pre-
light Section Liaison Officer for
Bureau of Aeronautics and
the Bureau of Personnel regard
ing the procurement of V-5 in
structors. In June, 1942, he was
head of the ENS course at the
Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel
Hill. From January, 1943, until
December, 1943, he served as
academic director at the Navv
Pre-Flight School, Del Monte^
Cal., and supervised and admin
istered all ground training He
reported for duty at the Naval
Air Primary Training Command
headquarters in January, 1944.