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FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1944.
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Training, Fun Marks 411th
Four Day Lake Bivouacing
much to the great glee of its de-
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main, and the man with the cash are shown put-
ting a soldier through the consequences after
he missed his question, but he still got the cash.
— (Signal Corps Photo.)
Gibbs, Errickson, cf; Tye, and
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Medics—Polk between 19th and
20th.
DARTS BRING DOUGH — The Dr. Pepper
quiz show here last Wednesday night at both
Service clubs brought happiness to many GIs in
the form of greenbacks. Orville Anderson, quiz
CHOWMASTER—While Pfc. Alonzo Potter fills the dishes for
the tables, Mess Sergeant James Rigg (left) Service Company, 140th
Here’s where you’ll find the
103d baseball diamonds.
409th—Lincoln and 25th.
410th—Wilson and 17th.
411th—Lincoln and Anderson,
behind chapel; also, Lincoln be-
hind Reg. Hq.
QM Co.—Washington and 16th.
Hq. Co.—Lincoln and Anderson,
behind orderly room.
Ord. Co.—Washington and 16th.
Div. Arty—Polk and 22nd.
The Mormon tabernacle in Salt
Lake City houses an organ con-
taining 6,868 pipes.
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Colorful News
Of Yanks All
Over The World
News Center Set Up
WASHINGTON. (CNS)—Home
town newspaper files have been
established at the United Nations
Service Center on Union Station
Plaza here for the use of GIs
who want to catch up on the
news from home.
HAVE A CIGAR
WASHINGTON (CNS). —
Members of the armed forces
at home and abroad are going
to receive 750,000,000 cigars
during the remainder of the
year, the War Department has
announced.
(PLEASE PRINT IN PENCIL, OR USE TYPEWRITER)
NOTE: Applicants for enlistment in the WAC must be be-
tween the ages of 20 to 50.
The study of the geography of
the moon is known as selenog-
raphy.
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No Guardhouse at Kwajalein
KW A J ALEIN ATOLL (CNS)—
There is no guardhouse at Kwaj-
alein. “There’s too much work to
Laff o’ the Week
CAMP CAMPBELL, Ky. — A
certain discharged soldier can
have his teeth back by reporting
to headquarters here.
The ex-GI was stripped of his
clippers because a literal-minded
clerk had been instructed to take
all government issued articles
from soldiers given CDDs.
Key Men Abroad Will Get
Furlougs
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The
War department has disclosed
that plans are underway to grant
non-emergency leaves and fur-
loughs to key personnel, officers
and enlisted men alike, now sta-
tioned abroad whose jobs are of a
nature which makes them indis-
pensable in overseas theaters.
WHAT DO YOU DO
IN THE INFANTRY?
ITALY (CNS).—Cpl. Andrew
Sumakis, of New York, is an in-
fantryman here. His brother,
S-Sgt. Constantine Sumakis, flies
around in a Liberator. When the
two decided to get together for
the first time in a year it was
poor old Andrew who had to
hike 200 miles across Italy to
visit his brother. They chatted
an hour and then Andrew hiked
back.
S-Sgt. Joseph Godlewski,
g 409th Infantry regiment charg’
de supply, is definitely having
Wacs Mark Second Birthday
of Branch
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The
soldier in skirts observed the sec-
old birthday of her branch of the
Army May 16.
The occasion actually marked
the anniversary of the Women’s
Army Corps’ forerunner, the Wo-
men’s Army Auxiliary Corps,
created by Congressional legisla-
tion May 14, 1942. Two days later
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, of Hous-
ton, Texas, took the oath as di-
rector of the WAAC. It was more
than a year before the Auxiliary
was actually taken into the Army
and its name changed to Women’s
Army Corps.
Montgomery’s Ex-Driver Gets
Fine for Speeding
LONDON. (CNS) — Arthur
Haylock, who was General Mont-
gomery’s chauffeur before he was
discharged from the British
Army, can’t break himself of the
habit of fast driving. The other
dav he was fined $10 for speeding
in London.
Pfcs. Get Motor
Drivers Badges
♦ Eight Pfcs. in Headquarters
Co., 1st battalion, 409th Infantry
regiment, were awarded qualifi-
cation badges as motor vehicle
drivers this week.
Qualifiers were Pfcs. Stanley
L Hair, Orville E. Hecht, Paul T.
Lawson, Peter G. Maniatis, Fred
W Pallas, Aaron A. Sheely, John
A. Verdegan and Lester D. Wood.
No Subs, So the
Sarge Will Stay
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Quick Reverse
ITALY. (CNS). — Lt. Leo
French, of Texas, and Cpl. Perry
Brown, of North Carolina, were
bouncing along a rutty front-line
road in a jeep when suddenly a
slug bounced off the officer’s hel-
met.
At the same moment a large,
grim shape loomed out of the
darkness before them. It was a
deadly German “flak” wagon, ve-
hicle-mounted anti-aircraft guns
capable of being used for ground
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Lt. French threw the ieep into
reverse. Back went the jeep,
veering’ from side to side like
mad. Out of the front seat flew
Cpl. Brown, carried into the air
by the rapid reverse.
The lieutenant stopped the car,
picked up Brown, turned around,
and whooped away, flak falling
around them like sleet in Minne-
sota. They arrived at our lines
uninjured, save for Brown’s nose,
which had been skinned in the
ditch.
SPENT TO FEED GIs
NE WYORK (CNS).—It now
costs 59 cents a day to feed a
soldier, the WD has disclosed. To
maintain a soldier for a full year
the Quartermaster Corps now
spends $21.5.35 for food, $173.70
for clothing, $44.70 for individual
equipment and $31.31 for bar-
racks equipment.
SEATTLE (CNS) .—“Please
step to the back of the bus,
folks,” the bus driver pleaded,
“it’s going the same place as
the front.” Everyone smiled at
this remark. Nobody moved.
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Discharged GIs Get $653,800
WASHINGTON (CNS). —The
Army has' paid $653,800 to 3,345
honorably discharged servicemen
and women or their survivors
during the first 12 weeks of op-
eration of the new “mustering-
out payment law,” the War De-
partment has announced.
103d Signal Co. belted
voters in these states to apply
for a ballot by sending the of-
ficial WD post card (WD AGO
Form 560) to their respective
secretaries of state.
This plan will interfere in no
way with personnel returned
from foreign service under the
Army’s present rotation plan.
1 Those returned under the rota-
tion system are not ordered over-
■ seas again until they have per-
l formed non-emergency leaves and
i furloughs will not serve in.the
i U. S. but will be returned to their
OKLAHOMA PILOT
NEW ETO ACE
ENGLAND (CNS). — Capt.
Robert Johnson of Lawton, Ok-
lahoma, a Thunderbolt pilot, tied
the American fighter record
when he shot down two Nazi
planes on a recent mission bring-
ing his total to 27 planes de-
stroyed in the air.
Sharing Capt. Johnson’s rec-
ord is Maj. Richard Bong, AAF,
with 27 Japanese planes down-
ed. Capt. Don Gentile, of Piqua,
Ohio, has downed 23 planes in
the air an dseven more on the
ground.
THREE STATES PASS
SOLDIER VOTE LAWS
WASHINGTON (CNS).—The
states of Maine, North Dakota
Rigg, who has been cooking on
both the front and back burner
in the army now for over three
years, has a spotless kitchen.
That speaks for good food even
before the first dish goes on a
table.
This native of St. Louis, who,
as a civilian worked in a cafe-
teria, has the art of cooking and
seasoning down to the finest
point. Also, he demonstrates more
interest in his work than do many
others.
Perhaps one of the principal
reasons for Rigg’s success is that
he is forever in the mess hall,
Modestly, though, he points to his
cooks as the boys who are rotat-
ing squarely “on the ball.”
But at the same time, if every-
one in the army put in as much
time at his job and attempted
perfection as does Rigg, there
would be an abundance of ex-
perts in the battle.
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Who serves the best chow at
Camp Howze?
Well,, S-Sgt. James W. Rigg,
Service Company, 140th Infantry,
might well be the chow-master.
This isn’t intended to start an
argument, but so many happy
stomachs are leaving his mess
hall these days that something
ought to be said in his behalf.
As a matter of fact, there is
some pretty fair authority for
the delicacies served up in this
chow house. The enlisted person-
nel of the 15th Headquarters De-
tachment, Special Troops, Fourth
Army, are considered gourmets of
the first water. The rating has
developed because the detach-
ment switches mess halls almost
as often as you change your shirt.
T-Sgt. Woodrow Roche, cur-
rently “working” for hash mark
No. 2, puts it this way: “I’ve rub-
bed elbows at hundreds of dif-
ferent mess tables, but this is the
best.”
There’s much to substantiate
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number the GI’s were cheering
wildly. The girls are billed as
the Seitz and Dixon twins. Their
sweet harmony promises a bright
140th vs. Tankers
In Baseball Tilt
The lt04h Infantry regiment’s
baseball team will blow the lid
off a new season Saturday after-
noon when it takes on the 52nd
Tank unit in a contest scheduled
for the diamond behind Service
Club One.
Although various company
teams of the regiment have been
swinging their bats for some time,
this game will have the com-
bined forces together for the
first time. New uniforms will go
sliding into the dust for the first
time as well.
Either “Lefty” Bajek or Russell
will handle the pitching duties
for the doughboys with the other
top. performers including:
Biencik, Banks, Henry, Cullum
and Bowdin, infielders; Creek
and Benetski, catchers; Ratliff,
Duffy and York, outfielders.
Co. E of the 140th, behind Ba-
jek’s five-hit hurling, took a 9 tol
decision from the Cannon Co.
nine last week. The winners
scored in six of the seven frames.
Berra and Mascelli packed the
power at the plate for Co. E. each
collecting three hits, while Pitch-
er Gawlik had a perfect day at
bat for the losers.
The lineups:
Company E—Zelenkiewcz, Li-
son, 1b; Bisack, 3b; Berra, 2b;
Boentski, c; Wells, rf; Harwark,
rf; Mascelli, cf; McDaniel, ss;
Engr.—Madison between 17th 59 CENTS EACH DAY
and 18 th.
150 TSCW Co-eds
Dance in 411th
With 150 co-eds from the North
Texas State Teachers college,
Denton, for dancing partners the
enlisted men of the 411th Infan-
try regiment were jumping and
jiving again last Friday night in
the regiment’s Rec Hall.
Music for the dance was fur-
nished by the 411th dance or-
chestra, featuring the blues sing-
ing of the petite De Vergne, and
the piano accordion of T-5 Frank
Scardino.
Dignity had its brief moment
when Mrs. Mary B. Wesson, as-
sistant to the dean of women,
NTSTC, and Lt. Edward A. John-
son, 411th orientation officer, led
the grand march.
The dance marked the end of
the 411th college social season.
The Denton schools wind up their
spring terms this week. Dances
in the 411th will continue, how-
ever, with pretty guests from
nearby towns attending.
boughs lashed to the shovel han- Headquarters Co.’s four pitchers
dies with bark. to gain a smashing victory 13 to
A “destroyer” escort for the . 9 and 9 hits and 10 walks and one
“battleship” was devised by Sgt. ’ man hit by pitched ball.
Robert Morgan and Pvt. Frank McNellis showed mid-season
Kruppe of the Co. G, LMG sec- form for the Signalmen by fan-
tion and added to the 411th’s ning nine Headquarters batsmen
“two-lake Navy.” This fleet craft in seven innings. He also helped
mounts a caliber .30 LMG ready along with three bingles in four
for action and was made by plac- attempts. On paper Headquarters
ing a helmet under each leg of Co. looked good with quite a few
the tripod and buttoning two former minor league players on
shelter halves under and around its roster. However, the team
the tripod proper. An ammuni- showed very ragged on the de-
tion chest placed in the center fense. The infield missed many
provided balance. The gunner' opportunities. High winds made it
and assistant gunner (who could hard for outfielders to judge
probably be considered as the balls. _
pitchers were used by the win-
ning nine.
oquu.. .u. U. u.. U..__* The Quartermasters staged a
ing five by three paces, the flat- fourth-inning uprising to count
four runs in their biggest hitting
the grandstand got a
Saturday’s review. They ad-
mired those big handsome men
who looked so smart. There Was
however some disagreement.
Were those howitzers or rifles
our prime movers were pulling?
When is a jeep a peep? The lat-
ter received a new solution One
wife was heard saying "It's a
jeep when the top is up and a
peep when it’s down.”.
Answering to a question about
this column. Many men have
asked “Who does the reporting?
The answer: Any and every one.
You do, men. So keep sending
your stories to S. S. O. Div. Arty.
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igated through rough, choppy (spree.
waters. Stretched tight and se- Pvt. William Eshen homered in
cured to the framework with' the first for the 411th to drive in
strips of bark, a 212-ton truck three runs, while Pvt. Sam Price
tarpaulin provided buoyancy. The
Army Version of
LCIIs Invented
Sailing to an all-time high in
creative ingenuity last week, the
men of Company G, 411th Infan-
try regiment took all-out advan-
tage of stream and river crossing
training at Lakes Davey Crockett
and Coffee Mill near Honey
Grave, Texas. Mixing liberal por-
tions of imagination, elbow
grease and enthusiasm the men
produced many seaworthy craft
of home-made design and con-
struction in which they happily
sailed the unsalty deep.
A veritable battleship of a
barge manned by 18 sea-goin’
“dog-faces” of Co. G was seen
moving across Lake Davey
Crockett with stately dignity,
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411th Combat
Team “Takes”
City of Bonham
Bonham, a quiet, friendly Tex-
as city reached out its arms and
gathered Col. Donovan P. Yeull’s
Combat Team 411 close to its
heart Wednesday night when 500
of the men stormed the town for
a bit of relaxation.
As the GI trucks drove through
the town, cheers and welcoming
waves greeted them from the
townsfolk lining the streets and
gathered in little groups in yards
and on porches. It was the first
large scale “invasion” of pleas-
ure seeking GI’s ever to descend
upon the city, but the Bonham-
ites were ready and waiting.
Restaurants and fountains han-
dled the capacity crowds of ever
hungry “dog faces” in the speedy
and friendly manner so natural
to Texans.
The feature attraction was the
dance, held in the Bonham High
School Gym. Playing for the
411th Jitterbugs was the “Pride
of the Regiment” — The 411th
Jive Masters The dance was in
full swing when the feature
bombshell of the evening was
loosed—Those Blondes and Red
Heads from Sherman who com-
prise the “twin set” quartette.
be done for us to spare men eith-
er as guards or inmates,” one of-
ficer explained.
India Bombers Get Camels, Also
Colonel’s Goat
NEW DELHI, India—The sol-
newspaper China - Burma-India
Roundup reported Saturday that
an American colonel command-
ing a Chinese flying school in
western India posted this notice
this week:
“Yesterday someone got three
camels and two probables on a
strafing mission. I don’t give a
damn whether it was a Chinese
boy or an American. But it will
have to stop.
“Furthermore, these camels'
were pregnant, according to a
letter we received.”
his troubles.
In urgent need of an assistant ।
to takeover in -the event he is I
granted a furlough, Sgt. God- I
lewski has attempted to teach
selected men the art of supply.
No sooner does the assistant be-
come proficient, he is transferred
to other duties.
If the present schedule con-
tinues, Sgt. Joe’s hair will turn
to gray He just wasn’t cut out
to be a teacher.
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The MAC-SNC-VCs continue
to lead the officers’ softball
league this week with a score of
5 wins against 1 loss. Lt. Clar-
ence Willis of the MACs is the
“man of the week,” having
pitched a no-hit, no-run game
last Friday as the MSVs trimmed
Headquarters to the tune of 2-0.
Standings of the teams:
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Infantry, inspects the procedure. Rigg’s tables rate with the best
fothis chow-master puts out food the boys declare is “the next - . - 4,
best to home.” With more than three years of service, the sergeant The quartette sang with the or-
maintains a set goal—to make each meal better than the one be- hecine + Q • eir
fore.—(Signal Corps Photo.)
TOLEDO (CNS). —Arthur
Fleesher put over a canny deal
the other day. He swapped his
1941 Ford station wagon even up
for a 1924 Model T touring car.
Reason for the trade: The Model
T has four good tires. The sta-
tion wagon has none.
INDIANAPOLIS. (CNS). —A
window cleaner working on the
windows of the Board of Trade
building kicked the bucket just
as group of school teachers was
passing beneath him. The buck-
et, in this instance, was full of
soapy water. And so, eventually,
were the school teachers.
“propellers” were entrenching
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War Photos Being
Shown In Clubs
Exhibits of outstanding war
and action photographs now are
on display at Camp Howze’s
service clubs.
Aprroximately 100 pictures are
included in the display which has
been arranged by The Folmer
Graflex Corporation through the
cooperation of the various photo-
graphic services of the U. S.
Army Air Forces, Signal Corps,
Navy, Marine Corps, Coast
Guard and O. W. I.
Those interested in photog-
raphy will be interested to know
all prints were made from copy
negatives and most of the nega-
tives were exposed and processed
under difficult field conditions.
CAPTAIN GETS ASSIST
ON ANOTHER’S HIT
ENGLAND (CNS).—Capt. Hi-
ram Conant, of Cambridge,
Mass., looked out the window of
the bomber he was flying over
Germany and saw a 500-pound
bomb rolling around on the
wing. The bomb, dropped by a
plane in Capt. Conant’s own for-
mation, finally rolled off and ex-
oloded on a military target be-
low. ,
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GIs Work, Play
And Experiment
A bright Texas sun added color
(just look at their faces) to Com-
bat Team 411 as .they spent four
days on the shores of the beau-
tiful lakes, Davey Crockett and
Coffee Mill, near Honey Grove,
Texas. The four day bivouac
was devoted to practical work in
stream crossing expedients.
Working with enthusiasm, the
men soon tested and proved, to
the complete satisfaction of all
concerned, every crossing expe-
dient in the manual—then, still
eager to match wits with nature,
improvised highly original ex-
pedients of their own. Shouts of
laughter echoed through the
woods as some new wrinkle
proved its worth or capsized to
damp defeat. Everything from
the individual GI to 105 Howit-
zers and 2 12 ton trucks were
afloat on the placid waters as the
“landlubbers” from the Infantry
Combat Team turned nautical.
Not all of the training was
mechanical. Classes, under com-
petent instructors for the non-
swimmers .were held, with men
who had never ventured into
anything deeper than a bath tub
splashing away with an abandon
which resembled a flock of duck-
lings taking to the water. By
the end of the bivouac, many
were on their way to becoming
swimmers and each had lost his
fear of water.
The bivouac area took on the
air of a country club after re-
treat. Boating, fishing and, yes,
even more swimming, filled the
evenings of many of the men.
Others, nattily attired in Sun
Tans preferred to loll along the
outer edges of the beach, sipping
beer under the huge moon as the
cooling breeze ruffled the water.
Movies and athletics were pro-
vided by the Sepcial Service of-
fice and the 411th Orchestra
filled the air with “boogie
woogie” on two of the nights.
The peak of the entertainment
program came Wednesday night
when 500 men invaded Bonham
for an evening of city life and
dancing. The dance, held in the
Bonham High School Gym, was
attended by upwards of 150 girls
from Bonham, Sherman and
Denison. Music was by the “411th
Jive Masters.”
A complete PX service was
maintained with the men of
drum and bugle 'corps taking
over in addition to their regular
duties.
Combat Team 411, commanded
by Colonel Donovan P. Yeuell,
comprises the 411th Infantry
Regiment, the 928th Field Artil-
lery, Co. C, 328th Medical Bat-
talion, and Co. C, 328th Engineer
Battalion, welded together into a
tough, smoothly - coordinated
combat force.
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career for these personable
twins.
When asked about girls for the
dance, Mrs. Jack McGraw, Di-
rector of the the Bonham USO
said “Can do” and then enlisted
the aid of Mrs. Theresa Wegener,
Sherman USO Director and Mrs.
Agnes Oliver, director of the
Denison staff. The three women
had upwards to 150 dancing part-
ners lined up in the gym when
the Combat team arrived. The
Sherman girls, dressed in formals,
made a pretty spot of color on
the crowded floor. Others help-
ing with the dance arrangements
were: Mrs. Denton Williams,
Chairman of the Junior Hostess’
Bonham USO, and the Senior
Hostess Committee, also of Bon-
ham. The general direction was
under Capt. William H. Curran,
Jr., 411th Special Service Offi-
cer.
Colonel Donovan P. Yeuell,
Commander of the Combat Team
411th and many of his staff at-
tended as did Battalion and Com-
pany officers.
PLENTY GOOD
NEW GUINEA.—There’s a na-
tive over here who evidently has
been taking lessons from the pi-
lot who radioed back the now-
famous “sighted sub, sank same.”
The native, an eye-witness of
an American bombing and straf-
ing attack on a Japanese en-
campment, reported the follow-
ing when asked to tell what hap-
pened:
“Plenty dead, plenty wounded,
plenty good.”
BROOKLYN WRITER
WINS ESSAY CONTEST
NORTH AFRICA (CNS).-
First place in the North African
Theater “Why I Fight” essay
contest and a $100 victory bond
were won by T-5 Jack J. Jurof-
sky, of Brooklyn. N. Y. More
than 300 essays were submitted.
100 TSCW Girls
Open 410th New
Rec Building
One hundred girls from TSCW
were guests of the 410th Infan-
try regiment Saturdav night at
a dance celebrating the opening
of the 410th recreation center.
“One o’Clock Jump” started
off the 410th dance band’s music
which didn’t stop until 2330.
A schedule is being made to
have a battalion dance each week
and a regimental dance every
second week. Two weeks of re-
modeling have made the center
an enjoyable place for leisure
time.
It is open from 1115 to 1245
and from 1700 to 2300 on week.,
davs, from 1115 to 2300 on Sab
urdavs and from 1300 to 2300 on
Sundays. Men are urged to bring
their wives and girl friends to
the hall.
There are books and magazines,
stationerv and envelopes, a radio
and a juke box, a piano and an
assortment of games, which in-
clude in part shuffleboard, crib-
bage, checkers, chess, dominoes
and table tennis.
Color scheme and supervision
of the remodeling were under di-
rection of Lt. L. A. Bedell, as-
sisted by Cpls. Lane and Wagner.
Painting of signs and murals was
by Pvt. Robert G. King of Co. M.
During World War I, 85 Amer-
ican ships were launched on a
single day—July 4, 1917.
U. S. Takes Care
Of GI Youngsters
WASHINGTON — Foreseeing
a large number of service babies
before the end of the war, the
Senate this week passed and sent
to the White House a bill appro-
priating money to the states for
medical and hospital maternity
care for the wives of enlisted
men.
The appropriation, totaling
$6,700,000 will be added to the
$23,000,000 already set up for the
current fiscal year which ends in
July. Next year $42,000,000 will
be requested for such care.
Play On At Club
Next Wednesday
“Miss Jimmy,” a 3-act play
produced by the senior class of
the Sherman, Texas high school,
will be presented at Service Club
One, Wednesday evening, May
24th, at 2015.
Arrangements for the presen-
tation were made by Camp Spe-
cial Services office.
p,e in Review: The wives in I Bajek, P-
rass in me": Cannon Co.—Kelly, 2b; Skur-
thrili our oi; ska, ss; Wolfso, cf; Gawlik, p;
Bauldwin, If; Norden, lb; Paulis,
rf; Vienneau, c; Arendt, 3b;
WE’RE ALL IN THIS
FIGHT TOGETHER
NEW YORK (CNS). —Cafe
Zanzibar, a New York night spot,
is doing its part in this war. The
club has hired a beautiful girl
whose sole duty is to awaken
soldiers on furlough in Gotham.
All a GI has to do is tell the Zan-
zibar when he wants to get up |
and the beautiful girl will buzz
him in the morning, talk to him
soothingly for a few moments,
and speed him on his way.
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Chief Engineer) swim along be-
hind their “destroyer” and man
the gun. There is a little doubt
as to the “destroyer’s” accuracy
but there’s absolutely no doubt
but that it could scare hell out
of any enemy ashore or afloat.
Still other “Landing Craft, In-
fantry” appeared on the lake.
For example, the speedy three-
man canoe fashioned, Indian-
style, of willow branches bent to
form a round-bottomed, sharp
prowed frame covered with the
canvas' cover of a jeep trailer.
Altogether C. T. 411’s two-lake
navy provided a lot of fun and
a world of education to the sol-
diers of Co. G. King Neptune
has not yet recovered his custo-
mary aplomb from the invasion
of. the FIs. But one thing is cer-
tain ... he has a new concep-
tion of the term “Landing Craft,
Infantry.”
140th Mess Sergeant Has Reputation of
Serving Best Chow To Be Found in Camp
this statement.
Pitchers Hot
As Cactus Hold
Diamond Tilt
Pitching staffs dominated play
as of the 13 six teams of the 103d
Infantry division opened the di-
vision baseball tournament Mon-
day on diamonds in the Cactus
area.
Other teams in the league will
see action tonight.
Fielding was spottv as most of
the teams took the field without
sufficient practice to eliminate
early season faults.
The scores:
Signal Co., 13; Hq. Co., 3.
409th Inf., 16; 384th FA, 0.
411th Inf., 13; QM, 6.
Pitching no-hit ball for nearly
six cinnings, F-Sgt. Cooper paced
the 409th to a 16 to 0 win over
the 384th Field Artillery nine.
With two outs in the sixth in-
ning, Cpl. Lemmel, the 384th
pitcher, slammed out a double
with 3 and 2 on him, Lemmel
lifted a high Texas leaguer to
left field. It was the only hit for
the losers in the entire game.
Two men reached base in the
last inning on errors.
On 13 hits, the 409th drove 16
runs across home plate before
darkness halted the game in the
seventh. In the third T-3 Opatkie-
wicz lifted the ball for a homer,
driving in the singling Sgt. Ra-
mariz. Cpl. Hamilton dittoed in
the final frame when he con-
nected to send the ball well over
the center fielder’s head, scoring
Ramariz again, as well as Opat-
kiewicz.
Ramariz counted with four bin-
gles and Opatkiewicz with three.
Hamilton and Cooper hit safely
twice. The game was played on
the 409th diamond at Twenty-
sixth and Lincoln. Pvt. Pyles was
umpire and Pvt. Lesner score-
keeper.
Sgt. Jim Carter pitched hitless
ball for the three innings he_was
in the game to start the 411th
Infantry off with a 13 to 6 tri-
umph over the 103d Quartermas-
ter Co.
Big Jim took over the pitching
from Col. Donovan P. Yeuell,
regimental commander, who offi-
cially opened the season by toss-
ing the first ball. Two men reach-
ed base during Carter’s tenure,
both via errors.
Five runs in each of the first
and third innings gave the 411th
a comfortable 10-run lead before
Pvt. Milton K. Lins, coach, sent
out the rest of his squad. Four
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By ARTY
The Headquarters Battery
Division Artillery Travelers are
still setting a fast pace on the
Camp Howze sandlots. They lost
their last encounter to the 103d
Reconnaissance Troops in a 10-
inning pitchers’ duel by the score
of 4 to 3, their first defeat of the
season. It was the first mound
appearance for Pvt. Hofmann,
who had 13 strikeouts against 12
for the two pitchers on the hil-
lock for Recon.
The past week the Travelers
also played Co D of the 328th
Medical Battalion, winning 6 to
0, and also beating the Medical
Detachment, 409th Infantry, 3 to
2. The game with the 409th was
nip and tuck all the way, but
the Travelers emerged victors,
scoring their final run in the top
of the seventh.
* There is a shortage of umpires
about camp but the situation was
‘ well in hand Sunday afternoon
when Lt. Col. Therrell of the
409th took over the role of arbi-
* ter.
Before starting time, the men
were scouting around for an um-
pire to officiate their game, when
Sgt. Joe Hess spotted a man
- stripped to the waist in the door-
way of a hutment nearby. Hess
bellowed out, “Hey, Pal, how
about calling ’em today?” Five
minutes later Hess looked up
from second base where he ca-
vorts for the Travelers and saw
his umpire was none other than
Lt. Col. Therrell all set for the
game.
T-5 Bert Hosking is the strong
arm of the Travelers pitching
staff and has only given up four
hits in three games this season.
We don’t know if Johnny Vander
Meer of double no-hit fame ever
tried his arm at softball, but we
are sure that Hosking will come
close to his strikeout records be-
fore this season closes. Hosking
has been averaging 11 strikeouts
per game and with Pvt. Hofmann
ready to take his turn every 3 or
4 days the Travelers are ready
and willing to play any team on
the post.
The 928th Field Artillery Bat-
talion enjoyed itself last week at
a summer resort, Davy Crockett
Lake. The cool evenings were
spent playing softball. Battery
B toped Battery A, 2 to 1 in their
oener. Their one mistake was in
accepting a return game, which
« they lost. Batteries for Battery
• A were Sgt. Frank Dabrosky and
Sgt. Al Caniff. They were op-
posted by Sgt. Randy Strickland
L, and Sgt Gorden Camden. Cpl.
" Mike Mrozovich of B saved the
second game for his team with a
* home run. Now for the play oft.
Flying High: A Div Arty radio
operator, whose name we will re-
frain from using, was in contact
with a liaison plane. He radioed
“Give me your location. The
plane answered, I am flying over
you now. The operator looked
up, saw nothing and remarked,
“I didn’t know those little planes
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