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MARCH 20, 1943
PAOB I
NEW SEYMOUR JOHRIOH FIELD RADIO PROORAMS ARE LAUNCHED OVER LOCAL STATION WORD
MEMO: TO Cl’S
S#yBOur Johu^OB Fl®ld •©lil®r®
plBDBlae or furlou«hi b®®^
not worry ■bout boing unobl® to wot
aft®r th®y g®t ho*® b®caui® of th®
point mtioniae •yit®*, th® OPA hm*
oBAouaeod*
If th® furlough i® for ioron
dt/i or longer th® »oldi®r any pre
test hi® p®p®r® to th® local r»tioB-
Ing bo®rd. Th® board will i8»u® a
point cortifieat® allowlns enough
poiBta to cower hi® leaw® period.
Th® grocer will accept thl® point
certificate instead of point staap®.
All point® in th® oortificat® auat
be u®®d at on® tia®.
On other rationed food® ®uch a®
coff«® and ®ugar, housewiT®® nay aj^
ply at local rationing board®, a®
heretofore, for euppleaental allot-
aent® to aeet th® roquiremont® of i«
additional aember in the family who
i® in the armed force®.
StMhn Ofw 31 WarMi
Of Daadha Far Obciiarga
John®on Field men ower 38 year®
of age who are conaidering applying
for dlecharge in order to accept
eaplcyaent In an eaeentlal war in-
duatry auat oubait applicationa
fora May 1, in accordance with a War
Departownt ruling.
If the application ia not made
before May 1, the enliated man for
feit® the right to diacharge.
Although application® muat be
made by thl® date, the War Depart -
aent ha® announced that mai^ men
will not be actually releaaed until
later.
World News Daily
Continued fro* Page 1
The new® wi 11 be prepared by
officer® who are a?.l experl enoed e»>
newspaper men.
To insure that tiie new® 1®
fresh and up to the minute, Special
Serrice i® obaerwlng a late dead
line. Writing and editing will con
tinue until midnight every night.
Tranamlasicn 1® scheduled to be eon^
pleted to all point® by 3 a. m.
These susmarie® will often be more
timely than the new® dispatches in
the morning newspaper®.
The sunaarie® will be mlmeo -
graphed immediately after they are
received at this station and will be
distributed at an early hour to all
squadrons.
GAS ALERT DRILL
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almm will be nounded throug>»out the
poet* The alam will contUhs® to
sound for e% least one minute*
In orter that a gae attack will
be iMMdiately detected, aquadron
OQ^mders and department heada will
designate a gae sentinel Cor duty
each Gae Alert Day. It will be the
duty of the gas sentinel to proceed
to, eM sound the nearest alarm up
on the detection or rwtificatlon of
gM, It is the reeponeibillty of
the squadron, datactaent and depart
aent heads to give the "All Clear"
when they are satisfied thattheper-
eonnel under their command have ad
justed their gas naske and Ihs aia-
ulated gas attack is over*
ill personnel who are leaving
theaters and post exchangs bldga*
head ths warning without delay
theater prograae will continue as
will the trade in the PX.
In the pstet there has been a
tendency to treat li^tly these sim
ulated attacks*The attitude taken
by many to if a comedy of them A
ould be discontinued at once, this
is serious busiosss and it is advis
able to treat it as such., one act-
attadc would dnangs ths mind of
snyone irtw> feels this mj*A great
deal of time and effort ie ^ing in
to this program which ia for your
on protection; so every member of
the post should get behind it and
give full CO upsrhtion*
WAR BOND
Contmu-l from P-E* 1
Under the new regulations en
listed men will not be permitted to
Mke allotmente for less than $3*75
per month while officers will not
be pezmitl^ allotments of less then
^•75 per month*
The foUowing amoxmts of allot-
Mots will be authorised: Allotments
of $3.75, $6.25 Md $18.75 for pur.
ehM. of $25 bond*; .Uotwnta of
:i2.50 ud $37.50 for tha purelttaa
f $50 bond.;. allatMnta of $25, 75
$150. $225 and $300 for tha pneha-
ao of $100 bonda: and allotaanta of
$375 for $500 bonda.
It will not bo oaeeaaary for
alUtwj poraonnal to put In Foma
30-5 to ewteal tbolr pronnt oUot.-
■anta.
‘STRAIGHT SHOOTIN” TECHNICIAN
Five New Redio
Feitirei Stirt
Five new Seymour Johnson Field
radio program® are being produced
over the local station WSBR, Lt. C.
S. P'Arri® of the Spooial Service
Section announced this week.
The new features Include Re
veille Rouztdup, a program of pepu -
lar racordad music from 0630 to 0780
Monday through Saturday with Pvt*
Johnny Grant at the oilke.
AIR-O-MECH on the Air l» ths
of a new® broadcast of field
activities on Sunday morning from
1030 until 1045 handled by Pvt. A.V.
LtBky.
The other three feature® will
be broadcast regularly frea tha Post
Service C?ub. A guic program will
be held on Monday nights from 1930
until 2000. Thia week four nurse®
will face four mombars of n->adquart>
mnd Headquarter® squadron. Wed-
r'CMay will feature a variety show
ae broadcast from 1930 to 2000.
Tho regular Monday through Fri
day now® broadcast at 1330 by Pvt.
Johnny Grant will ba continued.
Variety show performers this
week included Pvt. Hilllam Cutler of
the 793rd T.S.S. in a song and
dance aet| a violin trio composed cf
Khoury, Coffeen and undrew®} a col
ored quartet singing spirituals made
up of Pvt®. Richard Jones, Robert
Jones, Norris ®nd Farmer. The Post
band will be n regular feature of
the program. Pvt. Grant was master
of coremonlos.
Lt, Burris said that aa soon as
the male chorus devolopod a little
more, it, too, would make broadoasts.
Sgt. Donmld Bwru), » "straight
■hiwtln'- technician, graduate of
tha Technical Training CiMiand i
amaBCnt achcol at Lowry Field, is
shown behind the Flying Fortress
waist gun with which ho shot down a
Nazi PW 109 in his first shot at a
live target. Sgt. Sevan without pro-
vloua training aa a flexible gumar
"stowed away" in the Fortress in
place of the regular gunner who was
unable to report because of illneoi
The action took place during a raid
over Rouen, Franca*
On the day of the Rouen raid,
Sgt. Sevan discovered that th. re
gular waist gunner aeslgned to the
ship he served as an armorer, was
ill. Bafora ths sick man's replace-
msnt arrivwl, Sevan, dreosad in tha
gunnar's flying clothaa, boar^
the Portreee, end in the exeltmeot
of the take-off th® reat of th® erm
didn’t aee through hla dleguiaa.
Hhan the bo^r neared Rouen ,
Bevan added another episode to the
growing list of stories that proves
graduates of the Technical TFainii^
Comuod*® vaat netifoz% of technical
school® are "straight shootin*, two
fisted" teehnieians* He caught an
109 in his eights and polled the
trigger for a long buret* Nothing
h^pened. He tried two more burets,
lut the gun was jaamed* While the
PW roared in for a kill, Bevan cle
ared the gun, and gave the attacker
a quick buret at eloae range which
sent the FW spinning down to earth
in a large ball of flame*
When news of the Technical Trails
ing Coaand’a recent directive or^
ering flexible gunnery training for
all properly qualified tachnical
school fftudedta finally reaehaa AAP
personnel in England thare’U be a
ground crew sergeant namad Donald
Bevan who will undoobtedly wish ba
could tun time backwards for a few
months*
Commanding Officer
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so far, but ho was favorably inpres-
Bod with what he had aeon.
Ho omphasltod that he insletod
upon strict observance of military
oourtosles.
col. Smith, who i® e graduate
of Wo®t Point Military Academy and
a native of Denver, Colo, was •ta-
tionod at Knollwood Field before hi®
assignaent here. At Knollwood ho
wa® assigned to C-1, porsonnel offi
cer for tho entire oonaaad.
After graduating from West
Point, Col. Smith docidod to oen-
tinuo hi® military career In evia -
tion and attended flying school at
Brook® Field ia 1929. In 1930 he
completed the pursuit pilot® oourse
at Kelly Field.
Re ha® been stationed at Rock
well Field, March Field, Randel^Dh
Field and at Panama. Re studied
at the Air Corps Taetioal School*
Maxwell Field, Ala* With the Ar^
Air Foreea Technical Traimlmg Com-
he ha® seen duty at Lowry
Field, Keeeler Field end Oulf Pert.
He ie a eoimaad pilot*
Col* Smith la married end has «,
11 yoar-eld dau^tor and a 9 year-
old aoB. He expects to bring hla
femily here aa soon aa he Is able
to find quarters*