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DeeUo FoeleM
BONOS OP TIXA0
Roy Rocors
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Bobby WotaoD. Jow DevUn
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OOMB7 X8LAND
Betty Ontble, Oeovya Montgom
ery. Ceoor RMoero, Oberles Wkt'
twtr IT.
tJNION PACmo (RerlyoK
Joel IfeCree, Berbore Stanwy^,
BrUo Popleyy. Robert Prertoa
BOO CRACKER BUm
Color Certune
S«ttey S Moeiiy, My U A W
WBATB BUZZDf, OODBXN
Ann Idler. Jobn Hubbard. Bddle
(Rochester) Anderaoo, preddy
Martin and orchestra
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NEWS OP THX DAT
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CRIME DOCTOR
Warner Baxter. Margaret Lindsay
HAPPY TDCB AND JOLLY
UOMENT8
Man of The Week
THE WAR
NEWS OP THK X>Ar
I SIGHry to fill vowr fyes
:.to fill vom
or Htarff
July is - Bongfeat Crom 4 to S.
Feature movies at 8:90
July 18 • Bingo Nlte, first prise
a kmg distance call home.
July 90 • nature movies at 8:90
Jtily 91 • Dance at the U80 club,
Poet Orchestra supply!^ the music
July tt • Bridge Nlte at 8:i
If you don’t play, come in a
klblta.
July 3S • Oames, gals and gaiety
Nlte. Chess and dancing
July 94 • Dance at the WUUam
Street Oym, Post Orchestra will
furnish the music.
Big news over last week*esd was
the Allied Invasion of SlcUy, vdiioh
was relayed hourly over the post
public address system by O p 1.
Johnny Grant of (he Radio Division
of the ^lecial Service ■ Bectlon.
Much assistance was given this
special series of news broadcasts
by the staff of WOBR U Golds
boro. and by Miss Dorothy Droege,
editor of Alr-O-Meofa, .who' took
down the news In^ sluxlhand as It
come over tfie wire. Penonnel of
many office Indudlng Headquar
ters droK^ everything to Ust^ as
the first flasbes of this gi^t new
action eaiae' over the. ami^^rs.
"I Sustain The wings.” a new
program onXTOIa^jb^Nd %lbe
Army Air Forces Training Ocnn-
ipanfl, featurtag - Olenn Mmer's
Orchestra - (now a Major ' In
the (AAFTO) will bedrd on the
post loudspeakers weMciy, begbmlng
this tetur^y at 1400.
Last Monday variety diow,
“Plying High,*' Wae not presented
because the Post Dance Orches
tra was on duty off the reaervatfco,
but it will be given again tt^ Mon
day, as usual from 9090 to 9100.
Oreat loee to the program Is the
depariure of Pvt Artie Conroy.
^10 is leaving the service due to
age. but will not cease his activi-
ties In bulidhig the morale of the
armed forces since be expects to
work for the U80 Camp Shows.
Conroy’s going has initiated a
•eardi feu* comedians; so if anyone
has a routine be thinks suitable for
radio preeentatlon he Is urged to
contact the Radio Dlvlaion to call*
lo 300 or 913. The dfloe Is In Bid..
T-90 Just P°0t Office.
Several new programs are due to
be broadcast this coming week.
“Profeeeor OL” the popular ‘quls
show, wita Cpl. Jonni» Orant in
the C19 and gown, will be one of
thmn. as tbe Jam sessions of
the Poet Dance Orchestra directed
by T*Sgt. Antbon Trotto. This Sun
day, alfor a Itoee .of two .wedps.
tbe program.^ "Songs by Sft. Vin
cent Pi^,'* will again be heard
over WOBR and the Tobacco N^
work at 1915.
To round out this picture of ex
panded radio actlvIUM. the Radio
Division will continue with two
other of Its regular programs, the
dally “Seymour Johnson News,*'
given by Johnny Orant at ISSO.
and the breesy program, “Alr-O-
Mech On The Air,” fifteen min-
utes of lively chatter presented
Sunday at lOtf by iwo members
of the camp newspaper staff
M-Sgt Dick Tait and Cpl. Joe
Buterr.
Tour attention is directed else
where in thie issue of Air-O-Meefa,
whloh contains a full page of pic
tures dramatlsliig tbe varlmie as
pects of tbe Seymour Johnson Field
rsdlo effort.
Wasied—Taleat, Lets Of It.
I If you sing, dance, do irnttatfone,
CpMiiiiir Ctak OMS SvMlreilj Wy •VOcbm comb; or bropm., !»■
Newmrt. H. J. (CN8) - A
.Urn.’- _.f. I Aw^ wm» riMmm* 'then you are wanted, oont mas
«»»• wtf« wrote tbe
Ehski’B lAOTBir*—'* *
That every*'siight Monday thru
Friday ttiers,li'a fifteen minute
' radio program.' from 5:00 to 5:tS
.. over nSttfd the “Voice
D80.** it
Tbe two swp is a dance step
originated back yonder--eved
back as far as the udtans when
tbey'Stompad^ittt their crude steps.
Tbe modem vesaion of the basic
two sfop Is daartng at tbe USO.
for there it seems that a girl
dances two stepa with one partner
and then someone else says “Out,
At last a reward has been worked
out for these faithful two-eteppers
the best reward that could be offer
ed — a chance to dance without
intemuUI^’B*
For OW members irito faithfully
come down to tbe club on the one-
night a week that they promised
as their tTSO night, s “Date Night
Dulce” Is given each month. Then
they ask a date of their choice,
and plan to go down to the Wil
liam Street O^m to enjoy an eve-
nlzig of to the Poet Orches
tra without aU the cutting in.
Not that OSOeis don’t enjoy the
rush that is given them each night
that they eome down to the 080
tn dence. Tbey love being that
popular. But jw tbe aame, they
aim enjoy date nii^t dances. And
Date Night Dances are a fit reward
for'them too, we think. How can
you service men get to go to these
daneest WeQ, since the girls can
only aak service men as their dates
at these dances, the best thing fw
. them to do Is to get on the good
side of a 080 member.
Wanted—Talent,
Lots Of It
If you sing, danoe, do tmita -
tlona. play spoons, oosnbs o^
bcoonts, recite poetry, act (silly
or otherwise) then you are
wanted. Don’t hide your talent
under a bu^l, give Cpl. Orant
a rtns -on 319 and aw
Interview.
for an
meul Office of Dependency
fits here as follows:
“Yesterday, 1 wrote that my al-
lotment check was st^en: how
ever, Tve found It Just today. A
seulrTel carried K Into an unused
flreplaes apd was goliig to buSM a
attt froin the letter and-cheek. I
assure you I won’t ever let R lay
' *T bsM that R'l rifkt to easB .11
MgAsTttlgMr ten asd hmea*'
C^. Grant a ring on 919 and ask
for an toteniew.
Butta. liosklJ^CliS) — WAO Bel-
.1 A In
wbo Is Bta(
fowa. aad Mr iWMidiWI ^>000,
soldiar tt Tessa,.were Itfgnaetad to
staff sarfeant- on-lbs same^day,
ypM hOBM tt frttndi " '
For every bit- that T-8^ Robert
T, Droban knows about Poet Of
fice work—there are years of
study and work. For 43 years his
dad was superintendent of tbe
Oloucester Post Office in Mass.
Both of bis brothers have done
nothing but handle letters and
packages as workers tt post of
fices—and Robert has done the
same. He Is a Jack of all trades,
but a. master of one and that
Is Post Office Work.
Sergeant Droban Is the NCO in
charge of the' Post Office at Sey
mour Johnson Field. One year axid
two days ago. Bob came to John
eon Field. The Poet Office was a
small building with small transac
tions. However, with tbe help of
Droban. Captain Roy J. Brown
built up one of the beat
systems of an army poet. Now the
Poet Office Is a busy place with
large transacUons.
’s 8 years of postal ex
perience came in bandy after be
mtered the army more than 13
months ago. When be first entered,
he tbou^t be wouldr break away
from the only work be knew bow
to do. But he wae wrong. BecauM
since tbe completion of his basic
training. Bob has worked at his
present Job.
’Soldier let me read your let-
terl” could-be ^Ued to Droban.
When lettere. are not addressed
properly, and letters come for men
who have shipped rat, wen, that’s
part of hb Job; Be sees that tbe let
ters follow men'to their desttnqtion.
He makes sure that the letters get
tt the rillU hsJi^i Because jnf this
fact, lott tte fact wt be baa a
swell ttmeh ot boyi woHEttg for
him — Seymour Johnson Field’s
Post Office cap boast of their
servtte and uwmpt-work:.
ever,-Bob is not 'thb Rrpe tt,
wear rat behind the deM. He Is
an ardent lover of baseball. . ;ahd
pate hie money on the Baston Red
Socks everyttane. ^
Altbou^ Sergeant Drohim hae.ta
deal with tbouaanda of letters dally.,
be too, has bis ttuUous moments
for maiL. ffi* favorite lettere come
from his nephew who is ids prfdq
and Joy. Bis nephew is only five
yeara old, but like Bob relates,
“1 can pick hie .letter out of the
bag with my eyes closed.'*
According to tbe men who work
for Droban, tbey rejiMt that he U
a regular' guy and a man’s man.
SHORT BURSTS
From London came tbe following
comment recently from Raymond
Clapper, Internationally famous
columnist, ‘'Whatever erlUclsms
can be made of our nylng Portref*-
es — and some are made — they
have heavy fire power which tt
constantly Increasug. Much also
lies in the training of our gunners,
and X xmderstand that this is one
field In which progress can be ex
pected.’’
Before tbe end of your first week
at gunnery school you'll know that
progress IB being made In tbe
training of gunners. By the time
you finish tbe course you'U be able
tt demonstrate that progress. No
matter which of the six gunnery
schools you attend,' ^’U find that
the equipment used Is tbe best and
most advanced to tbe world, that
our gunners use more MnTnuntuww
to training than those of any other
naUoa,and that tbe synthetic train-
tog devlcee to use are remarkably
^icient.
The first week to gunnery school
may seem a little taihe tt you,
particularly If you’ve been reading
the newto*pw aoeounte of tbe
yw^^g explotts of AAF gunners
all over tbe woHd. That first week
you’D raend th'rty-two hours on a
cousie called “weapooe’’ and the
abpottag youTl do win be iriS
a raljw .99 rme.
A forpmoet book crioc once said
that no Ubrary would be complete,
without Widpole — and tbe Sey*
mour Johnson Field Library at the
Service Club will now come under
tbe beading of being complete. Ou
of tbe new fiction books Just add
ed to the library dielves is Kath
erine Chiietlan by Hugh Walpole.
The sixth novel to tbe Airies
aeries. Katherine Chrlsttoe relates
the history of tbe Arrles family,
and of England from tbe death of
of Queen X31sabeth (1S03 tt tbe
outbreak of tbe Civil war. It ends
tn the year 1841. Historical charac
ters, especially Cromwell and
Charles, and events are cloeito
tied to the fate of the Arrles and
are presented to vivid detail.
INVASION by Whitman Cham
bers.—“A stirring, dramatic plo-
ture of Just bow an invaston of the
Pacllie Coast would probahy take
place. Though presented flctfon
form, Ihvamon is baaed on inside
information of i^ans purported to
be drawn up by tte Japanese Im
perial Staff.’*
TBE TlMXLESa LAD, by
eanor Dark. — “A rtohly qoknful
story of Qie first years 0 f
English settlemeBt to Australia,
and of tbe blae^ people erttose Ufe
and culture and natural gaiety
were so eraelty destroyed to that
Molt tlins- TI1S story le a dra-
natle one, sloqittoto toU.*'
ABOSIBAID TRB O&^T. to
I'Ha:
?mjr!Sgy
wrote
taetured
' be
Bdltoria Note: AAF KoralotloB 88-
17 provMoi that all onUated men
wbo aro sradBoted froai nwiiwioi
■elieols ao qnallfled EAOIO-OFBB-
ATOB MXCHANlce. BADIO OPCB-
ATOK8. BADAB OPBBATOBS,
BOMBABDMBNT AIBPLANB MB-
CHANlCe, or BCMtBABOMBNT AB-
MOBEB8. and. te SMOt tbo pbyn-
eal roqnlrenMBto for aortal fun-
non. moat tako the aeven woeka
eoorae la floxlMe cneBcrr. There-
fora a rood msar Atr-o-Nech
readtra will be ordered to eae ef
tbe Flrlns Tralolac commaadv
elx flexible naaeiT ochoola after
cradoatlon. Alr-O-Meeh bellevae
yoa’d like aome inalde iaformatlos
ea the flexlMe niancry aeboola
*'B1NQ SIGHT 8lAr* wOl be a
weekly featore to prevtde that In-
fonnatloB. It lo ptemaied by tho
Fnbtle Belatlosa Ofneo at Toeb-
nleol TralDlBK Commond Hood-
qartera for exoliulvo dMrtbattoe
to all earns aewapapara at baale
Tbe “weaponi’’ course will Be
bard, brato-racktog work. Moot of
It Is devoted to detaUled study o(
the cal. .50 machine gun, the
greatest destroyer of enemy planes
and air crews to this war. You’ll
learn tt take It apart and reas
semble it: you’ll study Its recoil
mechanism: you'U learn bow to
clean it, load it. charge tt. and
clear It when It Jams. If that class
bores you and gou’re Itching tt get
your fingers on a loaded gun. J^
remember; tbe dope you’U b s
studying Is a gunner’s bread anil
butter. It’s also a gimner’s life to-
suranee. Take K aU to and remem
ber that starting wltti the second
week you’U be expending more lead
to one day than the boys to combat
use to a bait doien missions.
Thtofs jrott’U leani at gunnery
schofd that probably you nevor
knew before:
... that eal. 50 bullets have
tracer buUett the caL .50 projectile
has s base shaped like the stem
of a boat and called a “boat-taU’*
base (tracer buUets have flat
bases. . . . )
.... that cal. AO buUets hava
pointed noses to contrast to tbs
blunt noses of eat .45 projectiles. '*
.... that the cat AO Is alr-oooled
by means of a barr^ Jacket con-
stnieted in guch a manner as ta
cause tbe air to be forced equaltt
around aU parts of the barrel. . «
. . .that aU power turrets have
bttllt.to control devices which autor
matlcaUy cause your guns tt oeass-
firing when any part of the aliv
plane Is to jrour line of firs (this
means that no matter bow boor
your aim Is you can’t shoot on tbs
tall ot your own ship — to case
you’ve beoi worrying. ...
Sgt. Xsadore MoloMcy. Brodblyn,
New York, a recent graihiate of we
gunnery scbool at Bucktogbam
Field. Ft. Myers, na.j set a new
Ft. Myers record for aQcumcy dns^
tog tbe six weeks oourse. Hie gun^
nery average was 38.08, wbich
means that over one-third of. aO
his shots while at fttmery sdwol
found tbe target. Sgt. Mottttky if
a graduate ot tha radio mechanics
acbool at TruaiL Tfold; Madtttei,
~ ~ jcoesln, and Radar adteol
at Boca Raton. Fla. ^
N^Mleon to a modem tovlroo-
wlland at his seat. In a story
ted with excitement and stud-
i'lrlth the toomnparable, Marp
.. nfqitle and humor fw uditcb be
Is' known.
A ^few of tee books about tee
wartteat have recently been re-
celvtd to tee library:
WAR BAOLBS. the stesy «t tbe
Hagie Squadron, by Ool. James
Saxra Ohilders.
(•iffr MAN OFF WAKE ISLAND
bp Xt. Ool. Walter Bayler. —
“An eye - witness accoimt of Wake.
Midway and Guadalcanal by the
on^ -'man wbo has fought on aU
thrsei'*
TUNIS EKPEDITTON. by Darryl
sttock. —“A new chapter to tbe
story ct North Africa told by the
man who. as bead of tbe U. 8.
Obmbat Camera Crews there, land
ed with General Mark Clark and
went to the Tunisian front with
tee first American unite.’*
SQVADR^ 901. ■ the Polish
filter squadron wtte the R. A. F.,
bv Arkadv Fiedler.
^OLD NAMELESS, the epic of a
C. 8. battlewagoo« by Sidney
Sbalett.
WB CANNOT BBOAPB HlffTO-
RT, by John T. Whitaker. — “A
noted foreign correspondent here
throws ttto bold mUM tee lee trie
we muttilsam from today's blttory
If we an to attain more than a
mere saRttary vletoiT.’’
Other non-flctlon inchidee:
CALIFORNIA'S MISffiONB; their
rmnanoe add beauty by BUdegrade
Bawthome:
Am tee sto^ of the Assodatod-
Press, by Ottnr OranUtog.
FORWARD WITH SCOCNOB. by
Rogers D. Rusk — “The amastog
dsvekipninto of modem pl^stcs—
bote {frlcUca! and •theorettcal-^n-
terprettd for tbe layman. Their
slgnifteanee ta the present • tear '
and to tee peace to eome is dtt*
eusssd.**
Rswd Tbs Werld Party Otven
By AAF Men
New York (CN8) — Three AAF
offieere somewhere in tee Padfie
staged a parte by proxy for their
glrb back borne In New York.
They arat the girls a money order
for 8190, wrote teem to dress 4n
their best clotess. buy corsages,
drink ebampagne, dtoe, see a
Mow and go a round of night
A steel rake, boe, spade or spad
ing fork and garden boee are the
most useful tools for Victory gar
dener.