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Octabn It. 1M3 Poga 7
HQ & HQ Doings; That
Dance, Furloughs, Dope
Br rVT. JEMMT HEA&NS
794 Cops
Banner,
Gloats!
Luscious, Juicy StecJcs...
Plastersnatch Wants Nourishment
But It's The Same Old Story Again
By 8GT. BILL SPENCEB
Part VUI
“Lessen,”
Just ceme from there.
The
Ihc big ^i^_^on the_ **^"WeU*Scre certainly Is s reUef,”
. ii'-. -I ference. What men (ughh)! i
fflttinr Pram AO Aaflea '
Set. Ivan Flye, diminutive shut* it>8 nice having Cpl. Johnny'
terbug of Barracks 305, alias Le> Cr.^n*. srouna the area again.;
tune > UUlB L.trlM, wm .U .nut- *1.^? Oomnumdlng oaiutp U>Jor M.- Di‘oS'lnJy"p£SiV.
ter this week preparing for a fur- SSLi «« lone these days Is the result of
iSgh to to MWne Sort to S ““ M“.lton the Eartl- ^ ,25^ thf oah^ -
?SS taroUng phases of tte^rk. . . ^ •“* dlshMxtaned. Chicken, was. after
[and stood there, looking challeng-
satd the cab driver.'ingly at the assemblage.
~' “No steaks.” he said, before any
one eoiJld cH>en his mouth
“X’U have the fried chicken.”
gata five pairs of Ups simultaneous
ly.
Reggie was disappointed, but not
' lock himself up to a ball and,
chain, soon. . . That certain bar-
is-n: ms ■ji'o Wi“ ^
BogglD Is the digging of worms:racks t.jlel continues to grow mocejjr. fi^ ua . . , .
on the heatdi for commercial sale|with each day that passes. de-'**“ *® • **** dinner at a.picL
as fishing bait Ivan, scooting ofl; cni chanev Brackett bas^^n .J”?. /^fa^irestuarant Just outside oC town.l Fifteen minutes later, after b
tpoiitooSl with lut^ to l«>a PfS^-SilSck". tot ofmaSlto hoc heapd a lot about tola, aod too Uaat.p aopgrtut ouccedrt
an tocohnttot and .xtrtdrt treat- nhn busy answwto*. Bo teft yoo- i which wa. suppoooc
^ op to. ]ya M snappy ^ traday on fuploott and Judgta* ,
[Reggie had decided to blow him-
aU, not steak, but a good substi
tute. He eyed the plates set in
front of the tbree captains sod
mentaUy approved that second
thumb and iMex finger AMund the from the many tatters. bis fre
Deck of a nice big, Joky bait worm quent Jaunts to the Jewelry coun*
as Sgf signs dsnre in front of the ter of the PX a»v1 bis sewing oo
oyes. of stripes and attaching of med-
OsaJtatlas Oatberbig dais, be Is anticipating a veddy.
TM date Is October the fifth, veddy busy time. . . FeUen and
Ihd acrt.: Hi. Scpylca Club. It DPhwoll. to. Kata^Mumrt^^
is THK night for Bq. sjtd Hq. men ?f
•■wS5J'bi rtld.towly."IIyoucM.|^^-ir7irM. - h. .Art to.
Their squadron dance Is outdoinq
an expectattoos with a Sue turn*
cut of flq. men and girlie guesis.
With the auper-aoUd strains of the
jumpln with their mischievous
and frollesQme dotmlng.
A trifle belatedf but stUl plenty
sKiroprlate are a whole basketful
Post dance ork fining*the duo,:of congratulations to Sgt. noyd
ttw writer happens to stumble a. Carmines, of tbe Orderly Room,
upon a secluded little part of the for his great work In tbe M day
dub where four welI*kDown men period taken In by the Third War
about ihe outfit are regaling an Loan Drive of September. Car-
equal tiumber of WAC buddlea. witw#*, acting as squadron repre-
T>: s- -‘get away from It-all” op- sentatlve for Bond salea, plumed
orators have themselves a sure on day after day worl^ for an
nuff private balll Through a above-quota amount of sales 1 n
wwii eranny In tbe wall we watcc the squadron. His fine efforts paid
the goit.gs on. There’s “Sun off with iho neat figures of $13,-
shine Tomorrow” Psull Well. ns, whereas tbe quota asked was
.. . ton nani >*nato»tto «kto am., Stowmall
to* Into the laal, bout. A last' ..p, artyer.
trapping thi
_ _ _ ke-bra. they I
of tbe owner. And those steaks.. ders were even now In the process
of beug prepared. “Better be.
muttered the Sergeant and stalked
SiemilS ‘“lent toa.hlartto «np^. Yto.waht|^^R^
**Kno« anything about a fiied chick
hi^ on Its belt.
Ptans for the squadron’s dance
I should pick you up. toof”
~ - pondered for a moment, i'
that have more than Just a casual
interest. The men Intend to make
this a dance that those who aU
tend will never forget. By the time
this Issue of tbe paper U out his
tory will have been made.
We don’t know bow we ever
missed this item before, but here
Is better late than never.
BgL William F. Mur^y of the
Hewburyport, Massachusetts Mor
phy's has been appointed acting
First Sergeant of the squadron.
Sgt. Pogorselskl has got em
again. Tep those old blues: tbe
reason Is the better half has gone
back borne. Take It easy 8^.
she'll be back again.
tf-Sgt. Bill Franklin and Oene
whaddya knowl! Pipe the doU he’s only $2,250! ’^afs the way. SwI
hMcSiiw TO**^rumMital in ^^e wonde^ ***** ***^ ***** *” almost cem- come back In about an our and
^Ing with saotber luscious » ^t^en^ m we wonaenui ^ ^ ^
b._ , teir nlniiv in bis arms. »*“?*“» o“_^“‘*i*}*?** Phystaal Training_men and ac-' get waited on. you know."
“Angelface* . . - , , .
with another luscious bo instrumental in
tair nlniiv in his arms, showing our outfit made.
Hawkeye Joe a^ welcome cort*n« *o them."P. T. Is the f^ ''Reggie was hkifVay t^irough the
tove cargos beauty ta “*“■ vorltc time of tbe day for ata- doorlt Plink’s when he tripped
tow and the very air Is laden with mat for a ciatt a guv wro is •* .. j—
*iirr'"ni' of roRtance. now our First ^Sergeant. F-S^.
aoottly clad fellow btiUnd the caab-
regiater. “Chicken," said the tad.
as If B®tf** ftad asked biro the
diameter cu an aark-vark’s eyeball.
“Ohlcktn?” He seemed to be oomn-
Ing his "7*n*i for aome Informattoo
go this strange new Idea.
'Ob, yes. I'll fix you right up.
frend,” be replied suddenly. “You
L-iven't gottoi It because er.
uh" be paused, raking through his
mind again for a suitable a lbi.
“Well, tbe fact to, tbe cook Just
bad an attack and be Isn’t feeling
tou well, your order'll be right up. '
Rcg^ walked back to his tab.e.
The tbree captains were Just pici -
log tbe drumsticks clean and tbe
Master Sergeant bad worked hit
way well along i. wish-bone. Regi: 1 ~
seined. Be swallowed a couple oi
times. He watched tbe waiters ear
ls the one we’re
And so, that la the way it to with ** * certain cat that
some . i iunate tods of our organ beating tlta drums for a^ we re ^ chicken and
?7»t»r,a. Tbe attenUons of four “ ^*‘haa enjoyed a couple of Waccy’s
lovdles aU for themselves with fi* ** ffwm* make a b^ hU with all *' y “
you HQ and EQ men when you
I [ret -o him. Usta be top kick
' for the Mist.
rying chicken past him tc other
_ tables. He slgficd again.
dents. from b^ilnd and brought down on! And then. Just like in tbe movies.
Waccy tbe hen to now in mourn- his face across the threshold. la waiter bore directly down on blm.
AN OKAT POOCH!
Chipa. a Oerman shepherd doe
own^ by little Nancy Wren, 6,
>Pleassntville, N. T., bss become
[the fi-^t canine in history ever rec
ommended for tbe Dlstingutebed
Service Cross and Nancy Is plen
ty proud.
Nancy hadn’t beard a word from
Chips since tbe day he trotted off
to war with the K$ Corps until re
cently when the War Department
Informed her father that Chips had
certain cat that “No mo’ seats In there, soljub,” i There was no mistake this
the wsltei said. [“Here’s your oysters, soljuh” .
Peggie lifted his bead fromtbe said, and laid tbe plate before R t-
hard pine floor and peered Into gie. .
the room before blm. The walteri "There must be some mis.,
spoke tbe truth. But Reggie had Reggie stopped as a hand tappe
not been In the Army for nothing. I him on his shoulder.
/fter a few concentrated seconds! “Enjoy yourself?” the cab-driv
of search, be found an empty place asked. "Let’s get moving eh?
next to three «-«tpWng qnq a Mas- got s couple fares wqitlng In town,
ter Sergeant. Stiffarming the wait. Reggie had a hard Ume ge*'-
e; he ran for the chair. the hulls off those peanuts, bt
Twenty minutes later a waiter, they were food, after all.
angled his way through t^ crowd *■* ■*'
News, Views
From 791st
This Week
(to be continued)
By PPC. JOE MARTIN
When our neighbors—the
B-17-G Is Latest
Fortress Model
A new model of the Flying Fort-
He*sCapt. WmCSharpsteen
O. I's switch from Esquire to the
[reading of T. O's. In wing Head
quarters these nites?
Don't mention “bicycles” to
Sgt. Nat (^wer-dlve) Flnkelsteln
- - . .- -- Seth these days. He’s convinced they’re
been cited for cleaning out an en- Squadrop—went parading off to the not to be trusts. Be was peace-
emy pillbox In Sicily. drill-field wltb the Excellence Ban- fully pedaling toward the PX the
o®r fluttering at the bead of their other day when the bike Judoed fees heavy bomber called the "B-
? ? ? 4 RS Wpirnmpft Npw CO X"*!toTpJs;'r. Cai^U; 2:5 d'u^p^l^iton’
X rr CTwO/tASg wC^o Ay got on_ the beam and the Banner gin-first Into a ditch. He’s carry- ®*uiounced this week by Boeing
to back borne again. Let’s keep It mg acreas of Iodine on hto ktorer Aircraft Company, manufacturers
"®*'®* while trying to forget the bike’s of the olgh-alUtude ship. Sixth In
Pfc. Paul (The Mad) Rago is deceit. ^ American four-englned
as inconstant as tbe whims of a Former Squadron Ist-Sgt. Bill aircraft bearl^ the B-I2 number.
By 8>SOT. ADAM SENDEBSBI itlon to make the necessary woman these days. He derided, [Orafflns—vie ths-mail:;—* rnts 'heltb. “O” features a new wrinkle
'Tt* nviniY edHr*.r who wMnt nil »"angemente for allotmenta as Imt definitely, to rid himself of hto gane to know ’’things are -e'O'kingjin armament —a chin Turret lo-
v*T trwitofliirwS L»Uar VbreM^ **“*T*®®®®- Prt*e PonUac. Exactly twenty-four Wit Swell but 1 sure mtes the mob. ’ cated beneath the bombardier's
1,V smooth running personnel hours later he dsdded. but defln- pf- wik^ (Th^ Deacon) PaJa. window.
ence has been very evident in the i?**Elnier’^*M^a**8nl't^!^^? would ^o*wUh^h1iif®But *NOW te’s *** ***“ "’*'® *“ ****
Squadron area is Captain WUllam *** * O. 1. bean-choppers he’d have nis usual two .50-callbcr machine guns
a SharpstaM. recently assigned ?? £2*'*^*^ . nirturr .-vr -'-t« - -o ^ - with an effective range of 1000
Commanding Officer of tbe sited. ma*rm£Jv*beMffeal^lchMBM A known he iMS^lhfnerfret furtouah* *« ** l®ft hand. W> -ards and to power-operated,
rellcvl ’g Major Walter E. Carter a *«* » camera so you’d better ihls oew turret, it to claimed.
* B®t ready to do a little promise-, proV * -
power I
To Wbom It May Concern Dept, of the ship which wlU help to
me SecUoB Is comprlsrt oi sis flresmln* ol owning s Cspehsrt nS.tor.'™“
- , * . .. u departments beaded by Sgt. Major de-luxe in (he post-war days. Plan* Connelly to ?®*y**B
,^An Important ^t max^ by John Dulgnan who also handles tbe,to wear tbe face off bis Coleman tr«.''‘»’'*s st J'o dw iha
tbe SSSrd speclaltota to Uie Unit correspondence. ihpwv«h'- rony of "Boriv Sr rom'” WMwer your questions? THERE’S THAT MAN AGAIN
Persomel SecUM whose functions, in the Service Record depart- It was a parting gift from IM. Does Lt. Otoorge Koenig realty
are ably dreciibrt by £reM cor- s. mt we find 8-Sgt A. O. Meyer Mert Small. want a return football match witn Comely New York City mode,
respondrat Pfc. Orrm T. Patter-.jn charge, ^teto veiy Important de- We'll report to the nurses at the Lt JAn Kley's team. Wasn’t IJd Elaine Ward and her press agent
son as follows; partmeot keeps ail records per- Poet Hospital what people have enough? combined to come up wth tbe to-
“Rave yon had a baby lately? talnlng to each soldier’s army me, been telll^ as about t-S^. Nevin wa« ANYBODY heard from *®®t publicity stunt during tb^
Did you talk some lucky girl Into history and achievements. Sgt. (RAgs) Ragsdale—he’s the O. T. Brown!? days. Elaine says she makes
a visit to tbe ChapISiiD? Do you Meyer is ably assisted by 8-^. i with the wavy hair and Uie broken - her boy friends buy a $500 war
wlrii to Increase your war bondiL. E. Rice. Cpl. Andy Lovaslk,lankle—that be spent his civllton bond every time they take her out
- — “ • —* ■ dajrs dancing In Southern night- Memo to Disgruntled Chow, on a date. In this way she says
clubs. Hounds; A fly in yorir soup is bet- she raises $7,000 worth of war
Is U a new ambitio' - or Is ter than nothing, these days vf^bonds a week. When does she dc
"towiSs.Srti^Srt'"S“!L?‘o?S!“s;bfSe,*wh‘??'Vck^iita™p'k>;ss5;ih.“s^ Si.5“ddSi
Jovr!S!ipd='f’}oS“rt!rt- JSi fop^'esS^I^'.VS’.pSin ''*' " fire power, iron, tw front eeel on
»SJw".S’‘'.*wel??n.eT"u.e‘°c!S .
tain.
allotment? If you are a member Cpl. Edward J. Houck,
of one of tbe twelve squadrons of More tnformation next week
the Air Base Group (Prov). yon,about this Important section of
will visit tbe Unit Personnel Sec-1 tbe SSSrd.
getting tougher—that’s making the meat rationing.
[her modeling work?
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