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Ninth Marine Air Wing To Be Decommissioned R V , POINT $ wind /AARINE CORPS AIR STATION-CHERRY POINT. N.C. M. n No. 21 March 30. 1946 Famed [ MR 252,952 ow At Point Cherry Point's compliment of •ansport planes was increased by e arrival of two squadrons of i-C's from operations in the Paci- 1 c with Transport Air Group. i VMR 252 and VMR 952 have ing ar.d outstanding: records of ansport service in all areas of, Pacific where Marines have -ved. Starting in Honolulu, their ites have covered such places Wake. Guam, Saipan, the ilippines, China. Japan and most the South Pacific. Under the temporary command laj. Robert G. Howie, Execu- Officer, VMR 252 has return- o its first stateside duty since beginning of the war. The uadron had been stationed in Hawaiian Islands when the inese struck Pearl Harbor, j om that time their job of trans- rting the men and materials of ir was sharply defined, rst Overseas Among other things the squadron lims the distinction of being the st overseas outfit to be complete- converted to the use of the R5- While flying these planes they ped make TAG the well known nsport group that it Is today, j Versatility and safety were the tchwords of this squadron. Their iding safety record d a t e s TAG Outfits Return Second ft&g, From Overseas, To Take Over By Sgt. Don O'Malloy One of the best known or- ganizations on Cherry Point will become a memory to the Marines who are serving in it vith the Hecomissioning of the Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing. Organized in March of 1944. when the departure of the Third Wing for overseas duty becan;* im- minent. the Ninth Wing haj, since become the major functional com- ponent of Cherry Point. Through the training and administration of its sections, countless groups squadrons, and personnel have been prepared for and transferred to duty in foreign lands. The Ninth Wing was commis- sioned primarily to carry on in the place of the Third Wing, when that organization left the base. A; the time of this departure it be- came apparent that there were several squadrons in the process of formation and training that not be ready to leave. In addition there would be a need for more squadrons to be organized and trained on this base for com- bat duty. It was for these rea- POISED on the line awaiting orders to fly again the R5-C's of VMR 252 and VMR 952 add a new type of plane to the roster of those operating fro.a this station in quan- tity. Before their return from the Pacific these planes were part of the flight equip- ment of the Transport Air Broup. Four Oak Grove Award 64 Medals> Citations Fliers Decorated In Mass Ceremony Indoors Brig. Ben. H. D. Campbell i that the Commander in Chief _ . The station drill hall was the R. F. Flaherty, three Air Medals, i .tJrig. Gen. H. D. Campbell scene of a mass decoration Wed- Lt. J. O. Huston, three Air Med- i lor.s: before the beginning of presented decorations to four of- nesday morning, as Brig. Gen. H. als, MT-Sgt. J. P. lionse, one Air :'.t> and continued until the fj CPrs Df Marine Aircraft Gr up D " Campbell presented a total Medal, and Sgt. W. M. Parker,; pound of cargo was unloaded 0 , .... ; of 64 medals and citations to men one Air Medal. the pianos again rested on the * nda > 17 March, at Oak of the Ninth Wing. i Men of MAG-«3 to be recognized 1 - of the United States. * Among the medals presented for service to their country were: [authorized the Commandant ... •• Commanding Officer of VMR A J"oup of nearly 400 m e n of was the Order of the Purple Cloud Capt. Howard W. Bollman, who re- 1 Commissioned the Ninth Marine I.t. Col. Glenn L. Todd, brought MAG 34 witnessed the ceremony and Banner, Fifth Class, a decora- ceived the Purple Heart for'Aircraft Wing squadron to the United States i n which Lt. Col. A G Smith tion from the Chinese Government, wounds sutained in combat during!Trained For Combat overseas base. He is ex- M . . , .. ... ' originally presented by Generalissi- 1942 ' Lt - Alden McBarron, the D.! On 21 March, 1944, Col. Christ- ;d to arrive at Cherry Point " " • -- sc Ma J- mo Chiang Kai-shek to Col. V. J. F - c - and seven Air Medals, Lt. Wil- »an F. Schilt was directed to form, the next month. J - » an Oeveren and Lt. John McCaul. Col. McCaul was given' ,iam L - Hall, the D.F.C. and six i organize and command the Ninth Afp t *Qo^ rom J- O'Neill, Jr., were presented the decoration for his assistance in Air Medals. Lt. R. S. Hemstad, I Wing on Cherry Point. The -IF. .-5. the other half of the tokens of their country's apprecia- makin fT the Japanese surrender three Air Medals, Lt. Carl "D" j Wing's mission was defined, "to ned to the United States »u.:_ ... in China final, and in repatriating I Williams, one Air Medal, and Sgt.j command, train, equip and prepare '' 0-..1 f *<- Marine Air Units for combat op- Kalbach, one Air Medal. Assign Local Posts erations." The Wing, upon com- missioning took its place in the ae- ronautical organization with direct administrative responsibility to the Commandant. r j Senior officers most recently as-' w P ur ' l l g lts . h,st ? ry th * . "'"'5 | signed to duty aboard the air sta-' formed and commissioned - ---- Corps Air Base tl0n tor thelr part in the defe at the Chinese in his ar«u D |Paul lapan. This trip was made with of the Japanese. Top number of decorations went! unwilling aid of the Japs, who Lt Col. A. G. Smith was present- to Sgt. E. J. Broderick. who receiv-' trib'jted the fuel tanks from ed with a D F C a 0 i d star j ed a total of 13 medals. This series _ r own planes in order that the . included three Distinguished Fly- » 9 g\tA" ts might carry enough feul eu ot a second D.F.C., an Air j„g Crosses and ten Air Medals,' |0 SfiHIOf OMICGTS make the trip. Medal and five gold stars for parti- for meritorious action while parti- 1 squadron has much the cipation in aerial flights against cipating in aerial flight over sent° overseas*^is l * e Major ^ a s s e y r e c e i v - , ^ o ^ e r ^ m e n ' o f Headquarters' «on'VreT Lt'col!'BiVne^ V TruUt ™ mer °"s Marine Aviation Units j : fully e q u i p p e d R 5-C ed a Sold star in lieu of a sec- Squadron Nine to be decorated a " d Maj. Elwyn M. Stimson. to These organizations included fight- idron to leave the States. Upon ond D F c an Air Medal and five were Capt.. Theodore W. Hander Headquarters MCAB; Maj. Mau-; er ' ? ,ve bomber night fighter. lr arrival they ioined the ranks S° ld stars for strikes against the who received the D.F.C.. Lt. Nor- rice E. Monley to AES-41, Maj. ce ,* ne ad <iu a rters. medium men in TAG who kept J a P a nese. Major Van Oeveren was man "V" Hendy, Jr. who was pre-! Walter J. Carr. Jr.. to 9th Marine , ai ^, u ' arn,n B squadrons Oc- supplies moving through the Presented with the Air Medal and sented with the D.F.C. and four Air W'ing. and Lt. Cmdr. Andrea E. ? aslo " allj l V?® 3 ® V" it3 ? er ? t f a , ns " Among their experiences they two £° ld stars, and 1 Lt. John Air Medals, Lt. Kevin Cochrane. D. Bell to Headquarters Sta j ferred out of the Wing for training " the weathering of Septem- O'Neill was given the Navy and the D.F.C. and four Air Medals,! Dctached from duty were Lt ' other J? UI " P . OS ?\. . . " v 'ctobtr typhoons on Okinawa. Marine Corps Medal for heroic Lt. J. J. Gearhart, D.F.C. and four Cmdr. Edward P Heath to Nor-' a .l? n - WaS d,rected thc :cher subsequent transport-occupa- a ction in rescuing the pilot from Air Medals. T-Sgt. J. R. Adinolfi. folk. Va., and Lt. Cmdr' Michael aU Jr°: y * „ d «tv in Japan. a crushed and flaming Corsair. D.F.C. and three Air Medals, Maj. W. Hourizan. to New York v v . During its two years squadron has returned 'ates under its overseas coi.. , f 1 ^ w e " S. Reeve I '•''- Paul Krueger. Executive ] nde r this command the WO HUMPHRIES RETIRES AFTER 34 YEARS ''1| function as a Wing; Possessing a service record spa..-. 5 • - unit for Cherry Point, ning two world wars and combat j duty in both hemispheres, WO Wil-! liam A. Humphries. Adjutant of AES-44, left Cherry Point and the Marine Corps this week to . go back to South Georgia to lie in the sun and fish." Mister Humphries feels that af- ter 34 years of active service in the armed forces, a little relaxa-! tion is in order. He was just 17 j when he enlisted in the Army in! 1£12 for three years with the Coast [ Artillery. At the expiration of his army, service, he entered the Marine j Corps and saw his first combat 1 ••vith the Sixth Machine-Gun Battal-i ian in World War 1. Th« genial. I well-tanned veteran recalls that ofi dViv' M the 172 m e n in his company in j K T . •"tally closes to- France, only he and three others! *ehm;t ay 4 H** I * 8 ' d »y j did not suffer a wound of some con<ribat l'ns to the , kind in the intense trench warfare, orra 1 representa tivfs In Dnty In Germany vH|an*^^ 0 v* °"L y ! After a stint of occupation duty iUd L- «K° r nave been jin Germany, he returned to the '"nlUtftH present drive. States and drew four years of 1 ' ' mm and women ' recruiting in Georgia, South Caro- . 1| ar ^ rd *0 contribute jlina, and Texas. There is hardly ability. 'a Marine base in the country that.' ition^l Cross i v e Ends Tomorrow Cross division. *" '""rtk and last w eek of "rrent Jrive for fnnds, an- e that contributions thus 1 S,<> reached the snm of B.'J ^r^ftor I.ouls F. Fov , d ont that the totai Is not lar , ex P ecta!, ons. -But." he " • quite a few organiza- i IT. n "t submitted reports ""P® to have a much w. receive I exis- tence the Ninth Wing has had five changes in its command. Or- ganized under the leadership of Col. Christian 1 F. Schilt, the Wing continued under this command un- til 17 June, 1944, when Brigadier General Lewie G. Merritt assum- ed that post. General Meritt was WO Humphries has not been.varied experience. stationed on, in the course of his' The territory of Alongapo in the, eu insLl posi . general aeerm was ^ T"oo S h 'i d "ty station relieved in January, 1945, when Col 927 and 28 and for the next Schilt again assumed command, tv\o years he aided in the relentless , and was subsequently promoted chase of Sandino, the bandit, in to Brigadier General. Then Ge- the Nicaraguan jungles. For a; n eral Schilt was replaced by Col. time he was attached to the Ma- L. T. Burke. Col. Burke served rine guard detachment in the Pan-. through February and March of ama Car *al Zone 11945. In April he was relieved, his .. au ty was another phase of | post being filled by the present career. For 18 months I Commanding General, Brigadier 1934-35) he served aboard the General Harold D. Campbell, cruiser North Hampton ( w h i c h ! Reaches Peak was one of the first U. S. cruisers The peak in the number of per- o be sunk in the Pacific.) sonnel attached to the Wing was Commissioned in 1943 | reached in the five month period iiy virtue of his laudable record. I between July, 1944, and January, ne was commisioncd a warrant of- 1945, when an average of 21.000 icer in I^cember of 1943. As ad- officers and men were carried on jutant of Headquarters Squadron (the roster. Thi3 number included in the Second Marine Air Wing, | men in training, men waiting for ne saw service on Esperito Santos transfer overseas, and personnel and Peleliu during a tour of South Pacific duty which extended from March '44 to May '45. WO W. A. Humphries , In July of last year WO Humph- jries arrived on Cherry Point for dut£ as adjutant of AES-44 and assistant Provost Marshal He serv- ed in that capacity until Monday of this week, when he left the sta- tion Ix Lis borne in newly joined to the Wing. While the training operations car- ried on by the Ninth Wing person- nel may have seemed routine and commonplace to those concerned, the proof of their worth and ef- ficiency lies in tnelr accomplish- ments on the jobs it was their du- ty to complete. The tremendous <8©e NJath Wing Page 7)

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Page 1: AARINE CORPS AIR STATION-CHERRY POINT. N.C. · 5 • - unit for Cherry Point, ning two world wars and combat j duty din both ihemispheres, WO Wil-! liam A. Humphries. Adjutant of

Ninth Marine Air Wing To Be Decommissioned R V , P O I N T

$ wind / A A R I N E C O R P S A I R S T A T I O N - C H E R R Y P O I N T . N . C .

M. n No. 21 March 30. 1946

Famed [MR 252,952 ow At Point

Cherry Point 's compl iment of •ansport planes was inc reased by e arrival of two squadrons of i-C's from operat ions in the Paci-1

c with Transport Air Group. i VMR 252 and VMR 952 have ing ar.d outstanding: records of ansport service in all a r e a s of, • Pacific where Mar ines have -ved. Starting in Honolulu, the i r ites have covered such p laces

Wake. Guam, Saipan, the ilippines, China. J a p a n and mos t the South Pacif ic .

Under the t empora ry c o m m a n d la j . Robert G. Howie, Execu-Officer, VMR 252 h a s re turn-

o its first s ta tes ide duty since beginning of the war . The

uadron had been s ta t ioned in Hawaiian Islands when the inese s t ruck P e a r l Ha rbo r , j

om that t ime thei r job of t r ans -rting the men and m a t e r i a l s of ir was sharp ly defined, rst Overseas Among other th ings the squadron lims the distinction of being the st overseas outfi t to be complete-converted to the use of the R5-While flying these p lanes they ped make TAG the well known nsport group tha t it Is today, j Versatility and sa fe ty were the tchwords of this squadron . Their

iding safe ty record d a t e s

T A G Outfits Return

Second ft&g, From Overseas, To Take Over

By Sgt. Don O'Malloy One of the best known or-

ganizat ions on Cherry Point will become a memory to the Marines who are serving in it v i t h the Hecomissioning of the Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing.

Organized in March of 1944. when the depa r tu re of the Third Wing for overseas duty becan;* im-minent . the Ninth Wing haj, since become the m a j o r functional com-ponent of Cher ry Point. Through the t r a in ing and administrat ion of its sections, countless groups squadrons , and personnel have been p r e p a r e d for and t ransfer red to duty in foreign lands.

The Ninth Wing was commis-sioned p r imar i ly to c a r r y on in the place of the Third Wing, when that organizat ion left the base. A; the t ime of this depar ture it be-c a m e appa ren t tha t there were severa l squadrons in the process of fo rmat ion and training that

n o t be ready to leave. In addition there would be a need for more squadrons to be organized and t ra ined on this base for com-ba t duty. It was for these rea-

POISED on the line awai t ing orders to fly aga in the R5-C's of VMR 252 and VMR 952 a d d a new type of p lane to the roster of

those operating fro.a this station in quan-tity. Before their return from the Pacific these p lanes were part of the flight equip-ment of the Transport Air Broup.

Four Oak Grove Award 64 Medals> Citations Fliers Decorated In Mass Ceremony Indoors

Brig. Ben. H. D. Campbell i t ha t the Commande r in Chief

_ . The stat ion drill hall was the R. F . F l ahe r ty , t h r ee Air Medals, i .tJrig. Gen. H. D. Campbel l scene of a m a s s decorat ion Wed- Lt . J . O. Huston, three Air Med-

i lor.s: before the beginning of p resen ted decorat ions to four of- nesday morning, as Brig. Gen. H. als, MT-Sgt. J . P . l ionse, one Air :'.t> and continued until the f j C P r s Df Marine Ai rc ra f t Gr up D " Campbel l presented a total Medal, and Sgt. W. M. P a r k e r , ; pound of cargo was unloaded 0 , . . . . ; of 64 meda l s and citat ions to men one Air Medal . the pianos aga in rested on the * n d a > • 1 7 March , a t Oak o f the Ninth Wing. i Men of MAG-«3 to be recognized •

1 - of the United Sta tes . * Among the meda l s presented for service to their country w e r e : [authorized the Commandan t ... •• Commanding Off icer of VMR A J "oup of near ly 400 men of was the Order of the Purp le Cloud Capt . Howard W. Bollman, who re-1 Commissioned the Ninth Mar ine I.t. Col. Glenn L. Todd, brought MAG 34 witnessed the ce remony and Banner , F i f th Class, a decora- ceived the Purp le Hear t f o r ' A i r c r a f t Wing squadron to the United Sta tes i n which Lt. Col. A G Smith t i o n f r o m the Chinese Government , wounds sutained in comba t dur ing!Tra ined F o r Combat

overseas base . He is ex- M . . , . . . . . ' originally presented by Generalissi- 1 9 4 2 ' L t - Alden McBarron, the D.! On 21 March, 1944, Col. Christ-;d to arrive at Cher ry Point " " • - - s c >» M a J - m o Chiang Kai-shek to Col. V. J . F - c - a n d seven Air Medals , Lt. Wil- »an F . Schilt was directed to form,

the next month. J - » a n Oeveren a n d Lt . John McCaul. Col. McCaul w a s g i v e n ' , i a m L - Hall, the D.F.C. and six i organize and command the Ninth Afp t*Qo^ rom J - O'Neill, J r . , were presented the decorat ion for his ass i s tance in Air Medals . Lt. R. S. Hems tad , I Wing on Cherry Point. The -IF. .-5. the other half of the tokens of thei r count ry ' s apprec ia- m a k i n f T the J a p a n e s e su r r ende r three Air Medals, Lt . Carl " D " j Wing's mission was defined, " to

ned to the United Sta tes »u.:_ ... in China final, and in r epa t r i a t ing I Will iams, one Air Medal, and Sgt . j command , t ra in , equip and prepare ' ' 0- . .1 f *<- Marine Air Units for combat op-Kalbach, one Air Medal.

Assign Local Posts era t ions . " The Wing, upon com-missioning took its place in the ae-ronaut ical organization with direct adminis t ra t ive responsibility to the Commandan t .

r j Senior off icers mos t recently as- ' w P u r ' l l g l t s . h , s t ? r y t h * . " ' " ' 5 | s igned to duty aboard the air s ta- ' f o rmed and commissioned

- ---- Corps Air Base t l 0 n tor t h e l r p a r t i n t h e d e f e a t the Chinese in his a r « u D | P a u l lapan. This tr ip was m a d e with of the J a p a n e s e . Top n u m b e r of decorat ions went! unwilling aid of the J aps , who Lt Col. A. G. Smith was present- to Sgt. E . J . Broderick. who rece iv- ' trib'jted the fuel t anks f rom e d w i t h a D F C a „ 0 i d s t a r j ed a total of 13 medals . This se r ies _ r own planes in o rder tha t the . included three Dist inguished Fly- » 9 • g\tA"

ts might c a r r y enough feul e u ot a s e c o n d D.F.C., an Air j „g Crosses and ten Air Medals , ' | 0 S f i H I O f O M I C G T S make the t r ip . Medal and five gold s t a r s for par t i - for meri tor ious action while par t i - 1

squadron h a s much the cipation in ae r ia l flights aga ins t c ipat ing in ae r ia l flight over

sen t ° overseas*^is l * e M a j o r ^ a s s e y receiv-, ^ o ^ e r ^ m e n ' o f H e a d q u a r t e r s ' «on 'VreT L t ' c o l ! ' B i V n e ^ V TruUt ™ m e r ° " s Mar ine Aviation Units j : fully e q u i p p e d R 5-C e d a Sold s t a r in lieu of a sec- Squadron Nine to be decora ted a " d Maj . Elwyn M. Stimson. to These organizations included fight-

idron to leave the Sta tes . Upon o n d D F c • a n A i r Medal and five were Capt. . Theodore W. Hander H e a d q u a r t e r s MCAB; Maj . M a u - ; e r ' ? , v e bomber night f ighter . lr arrival they ioined the r anks S ° l d s t a r s for s t r ikes aga ins t the who received the D.F.C. . Lt. Nor- rice E . Monley to AES-41, M a j . ce,* ne a d <iu a r t e r s . med ium

men in TAG who kept J a P a n e s e . M a j o r Van Oeveren was m a n " V " Hendy, J r . who was pre-! Walter J . Car r . J r . . to 9th Mar ine , a i ^ , u ' a r n , n B squadrons Oc-supplies moving through the Presented with the Air Medal and sented with the D.F.C. and four Air W'ing. and Lt. Cmdr . Andrea E. ? a s l o " a l l j l V?®3® V" i t 3 ? e r ? t f a , n s " Among their exper iences they t w o £ ° l d s ta rs , and 1 Lt. John Air Medals, Lt . Kevin Cochrane. D. Bell to H e a d q u a r t e r s Sta j fe r red out of the Wing for t ra in ing " the weather ing of Septem- O'Neill was given the Navy and the D.F.C. and four Air Medals,! Dctached f r o m duty were Lt ' o t h e r J?UI"P.OS?\. . . " v 'ctobtr typhoons on Okinawa. Marine Corps Medal for heroic Lt. J . J . Gea rha r t , D.F.C. and four Cmdr . E d w a r d P Heath to N o r - ' a . l ? n - W a S d , r e c t e d t h c • : c h e r

subsequent t ranspor t -occupa- a c t ion in rescuing the pilot f rom Air Medals. T-Sgt. J . R. Adinolfi. folk. Va., and Lt. C m d r ' Michael a U J r ° : y* „ d«tv in J a p a n . a crushed and f laming Corsair . D.F.C. and three Air Medals, Maj . W. Hour izan . to New York v v . Dur ing its two years

squadron has re turned 'ates under its overseas coi.. , f1 ^ w e " S. Reeve I '•''- Paul Krueger . Execu t ive ]

n d e r this c o m m a n d the WO HUMPHRIES RETIRES AFTER 34 YEARS

''1| function a s a Wing; Possess ing a service record spa. .- . 5 • - unit for Che r ry Point , n ing two world wa r s and combat j

duty in both hemispheres , WO Wil-! l iam A. Humphr ies . Adju tan t of AES-44, left Cherry Point and the Marine Corps this week to . go back to South Georgia to lie in the sun and f i sh ."

Mister Humphr ie s feels tha t af-ter 34 yea r s of act ive service in the a r m e d forces, a little re laxa-! tion is in order . He was jus t 17 j when he enlisted in the A r m y in! 1£12 for three yea r s with the Coast [ Arti l lery.

At the expirat ion of his a r m y , service, he entered the Marine j Corps and saw his f i rs t combat 1 ••vith the Sixth Machine-Gun Battal- i ian in World War 1. Th« genial. I well-tanned ve te ran recalls that ofi

dViv' M the 172 m e n in his company in j K T . •"tally c loses to- France , only he and three o thers!

*ehm;t a y4 H** I * 8 ' d » y j did not suf fe r a wound of some

c o n < r i b a t l ' n s to the , kind in the intense t rench war f a r e , orra 1 r e p r e s e n t a t i v f s In Dnty In G e r m a n y vH|an*^^0v* ° " L y ! Af ter a stint of occupation duty

iUd L- «K°r n ave been jin Germany , he re turned to the '"nlUtftH presen t dr ive . Sta tes and d r e w four yea r s of 1 ' ' mm and women ' recrui t ing in Georgia, South Caro-

. 1 |a r ^ r d *0 contr ibute jl ina, and Texas. There is hardly

abi l i ty. ' a Mar ine base in the country that.'

ition^l Cross ive Ends Tomorrow

Cross division. *" ' " " r tk and last w e e k of " r r e n t J r ive for fnnds, an-

e that contr ibutions thus 1

S ,<> reached the snm of

B.'J ^ r ^ f t o r I.ouls F . Fov , d o n t that the totai Is not

lar , e x P e c t a ! , o n s . - B u t . " he " • quite a few organiza- i

IT. n " t submit ted repor ts ""P® to have a m u c h

w . rece ive I

exis-tence the Ninth Wing h a s had five changes in its command . Or-ganized under the leadership of Col. Christian1 F . Schilt, the Wing continued under this command un-til 17 June , 1944, when Brigadier General Lewie G. Merr i t t assum-ed t h a t post. Genera l Meri t t was

WO Humphr ies has not b e e n . v a r i e d experience. s ta t ioned on, in the course of h i s ' The te r r i to ry of Alongapo in the , e u insLl p o s i . g e n e r a l a e e r m was

^ T"ooS h ' i d " t y station rel ieved i n J a n u a r y , 1945, when Col 927 and 28 and for the next • Schilt aga in a s sumed command ,

tv\o years he aided in the relentless , and was subsequently promoted chase of Sandino, the bandit , in to Br igad ie r General . Then Ge-the Nica raguan jungles. F o r a ; n e r a l Schilt was replaced by Col. t ime he w a s a t t ached to the Ma- L. T. Burke. Col. Burke served rine gua rd de tachmen t in the P a n - . through F e b r u a r y and March of a m a C a r *al Zone 11945. In April he was relieved, his . . a u t y w a s another phase of | post being filled by the present

c a r e e r . For 18 months I Command ing General , Br igadier 1934-35) he served aboard the Genera l Harold D. Campbel l ,

c ru i se r North H a m p t o n ( w h i c h ! Reaches Peak was one of the f i rs t U. S. c ru i se r s The peak in the number of per -o be sunk in the Pac i f i c . ) sonnel a t t ached to the Wing was

Commissioned in 1943 | reached in the five month period i iy v i r tue of his laudable record. I between July , 1944, and J a n u a r y ,

ne was commisioncd a w a r r a n t of- 1945, when an ave rage of 21.000 icer in I ^ c e m b e r of 1943. As ad- of f icers and m e n were car r ied on

ju tan t of Headqua r t e r s Squadron (the roster . Thi3 n u m b e r included in the Second Mar ine Air Wing, | men in t ra ining, men wait ing for ne s aw service on Esper i to Santos t r ans f e r overseas , and personnel and Peleliu dur ing a tour of South — Pac i f ic duty which extended f r o m March '44 to May '45.

WO W. A. Humphries

, In Ju ly of last yea r WO Humph-jr ies a r r ived on Cherry Point for dut£ a s a d j u t a n t of AES-44 and ass is tan t Provos t Marshal He serv-ed in tha t capac i ty until Monday of this week, when he left the sta-tion Ix Lis borne in

newly joined to the Wing. While the t ra in ing operat ions ca r -

ried on by the Ninth Wing person-nel m a y have seemed routine and commonplace to those concerned, the proof of thei r worth and ef-f iciency lies in tnelr accomplish-ments on the jobs it was thei r du-ty to complete. The t remendous

<8©e NJath Wing P a g e 7)

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wg> i w» THE WDTDSOCK IMS

Springtime Ushered In On Lion's Roar

"Ah . Spring? . . . a young m a n ' s f ancy lightly turns to thoughts of love . "

But nai n k m a i t r o a i wind whips a cold ra in into his face and the t e m p e r a t u r e hovers nine degrees above f r e e l i n g . T t a t Is the way spring was nshered into Cher ry 1'olat this yea r .

F o r the week precediag the ve rna l equinox Cher ry Point was subjec ted to a ba t te r ing by the e lement*. It ra ined six of the seven d a y s ; t hunde r s to rms (with l ightning) . l e a v e d the a i r on the seven teen th and e igh teen th ; on March M the day before the f i rs t day of spr ing—winds of 51 miles an hour played havoc with shir ts and d i scarded news-p a p e r s ; on the f i r s t day of

»-pring the Aerology section re-corded n t e m p e r n t n r e of 41 degrees , coldest day of the month .

However , there IN a m e a s u r e of consolation In Aerology's fo recas t fo r the fu ture—they say It probably won't get any

^w/ncf^ccAx T H E WINDSOCK is published

weekly by and for personnel of the Mar ine Corps Air B a s e s C o m m a n d , the Marino Corps Air Stat ion, and the Ninth Mar ine Ai rc ra f t Winy. Che r ry Point . N. C.

Ma j . Gen. K. J . Mitchell C o m m a n d e r . Air Bases

Brig. (Jen. H. D. Campbel l Com. Gen. 9MAW

Brig. Gen. T. J . Cushman Com. Gen. Air Stat ion

CapL R. C. Bovd Spec. Serv. Off I X A. V. R. Bean iWRi OlC

S T A F F — Pfc . Henry McC.mn. edi tor : P ic . Char les Markey ,

• p o r t s ; Pfc . Victor MacNaugh t , a r t i s t ; MT-Sgt. W a r r e n Phipps . pho tographer . P fc . Rober t Yinger, c i rcula t ion.

InforHKition concerning the educat ioncl benef i ts of the GI Bill of Rights and the apprent iceship t ra ining program for veterans were discussed by MT-Sgt. Blair T. Leonard over station WHIT. New Bern, recently in the second of a regular series of radio programs. He is NCOIC of the Edu-cation Section of Special Services. Broadcast ing the infor-mation a r e (left to right) S-Sgt. Sam Pearce. Leonard. Pfc. Dave Murray and S-Sgt. Bill Rankin.

Minority Prejudices Decried By Writers

Education Section Has Word On Airline Training* Jobs

Army Transport Mercy 'Bombed'

A n u m b e r of announcemen t s per- -ta ining to ve t e rans ' educat ion w e r e ' m a d e this week by MT Sgt. Blair T. Leonard . NCOK of the Educa- , tion Section of Special Services, j

The Educat ion Section has con-tac ted the Civil Aeronaut ics Ad-| minis t ra t ion and also a n u m b e r of the l a rge r a i r l ines re la t ives to A bottle of medica l oxygen, on-the-job t ra in ing . It is repor ted •*"»>> m e r c y w a s dropped l a s t tha t one air l ine Is of fer ing , u c h ; » e e k on the br idge ol the a r m y training to prospect ive employees J 'oop ship SS Alex W. Domthan in teres ted in jobs in the operat ions . save the life of a s t r icken sol-t ra f f ic . and flight control depar t - d , e r -ments . I S-Sgt. R : A. H u d m a n . Cherry

In format ion can be obtained at Point p a r a c h u t e r igger with AES this office ou fellowships vary ing <6. was summoned for the e m e r -f iom $400 to $1000 to wor thy stu- gency by the Air Sea Rescue of-dents an t ic ipa t ing cont inued study fice. Exper i ence in the South Pa-in a g r a d u a t e field. with equ ipment " b o m b i n g "

Men comple t ing the 11 month qual i f ied se rgean t H u d m a n for the t i a in ing in radio and r a d a r have ex t ra -du ty a s s ignmen t . received credi t ranging f rom eight Following the troop ship ' s e m e r -to 41 s e m e s t e r hours. The credi t gency call . Coast Gua rd f l i e r s g r a n t e d is ent i re ly up to the pre- t r anspo r t ed oxygen bottles f rom rogat ive of the school concerned If C a m p Le jeune to El izabeth City, the t ra in ing received in the serv ice where a PBM took over and con-para l le ls the course pursued in t ac ted the t r a n s p o r t 400 mi les college, school off ic ia ls will be out Se rgean t H u d m a n dropped sev m o r e ap t to recognize th is serv ice eral. bottles, bound in kapok life t ra in ing to the m a x i m u m . ^ j acke t s , scor ing near -misses and

At the Univers i ty of N o r t h one d i rec t hit. Carol ina , each ve t e r an who h a s been in serv ice a s long as one vear is al lowed 3® t e r m cred i t s

Ifork is Begun On Airstrip Soil Erosion

A counter-soil erosion p ro j ec t in the vicinity of the s ta t ion a i r f ield h a s been u n d e r t a k e n by t h e public works d e p a r t m e n t in the in teres t of tna in tenance economy, dust control a n d personnel s a f e ty .

Unde r t h e supervis ion of Lt . H. . Snipes, off icial ag ronomis t , civ-

il con t rac to r s will shape level a r e a s to p e r m i t control led f l a t t en slopes, a n d re-es tabl i sh di tch g a r d e s .

The p l an t ing of shoulders a n d o ther inclined a r e a s will be done unde r a n o t h e r con t rac t . B e r m u d a grass , sod, impor ted leguminous vegetat ion and fer t i l izer will be planted to hold topsoil. t hus el im-inat ing su r f ace f i s su res d a n g e r o u s to grounded a i r c r a f t .

The resu l tan t reduct ion of dus t which h a s long been recognized a s a s t rong contr ibut ing f ac to r to the rapid de te r io ra t ion of precis ion mach ine ry , will m e a n an appre -ciable sav ing in e q u i p m e n t cost and m a n hours of l abor .

Statioa Railways Go Under Repair

Preven t ive m a i n t e n a n c e on portion of the s ta t ion ' s r a i l w a y s has been author ized by the B u r e a u ,

(of Y a r d s and Docks . A c o n t r a c t ' • will be let to a civilian f i r m some-; t i m e in the l a t t e r p a r t of Apri l .

P l a n s a n d speci f ica t ions for the rehabi l i ta t ion p ro jec t a r e at p r e s e n unde r cons idera t ion by Pub l i c Works off ic ia ls .

i Most of the work, consis t ing ii the m a i n of tie and ba l las t re-p l acemen t and in the i m p r o v e m e n t of road cross ings , will be con-cen t r a t ed on four miles of the s ta t ion ' s 12 odd miles of ra i l road .

R e t u r n Shotguns Today is the deadl ine for the

re tu rn of all shotguns issued by the Special Service D e p a r t m e n t , which were recal led in a recen t a i r s ta t ion specia l Order. They should be handed in a t the Special Se rv ices Tssue Room in the bicycle hut ^n the wes t side of the swim-m i n g pool.

By P F C . DON HOLMES T h e c u r r e n t a b u n d a n c e of fiction

a l works t rea t ing the mult iple j toU l ems of A m e r i c a n minor i ty giouj. would a p p e a r to be m o r e tha, j u s t s t r a t i f i ed coincidence. Quafe. fiedl wr i t e r s a r e f a c i n g it. a n d , host of sympa the t i c r eade i s a . p rove the t r end .

Lil l ian Smi th ' s S T R A N G » F R U I T w a s a high-ranking be* se l la r . NATIVE SON, b y Ri< h i * Wright , w a s widely acc la imed agj a s widely r ead . Both of these v.cj. cons idered impor t an t enough wh* t h e r b e c a u s e or in spi te of the, m o r a l wor th , to s u f f e r dramat i tion f o r B r o - d w a y production.

These e x e m p l a r y works le-p romin* n \ though not singula i, £ e r a r y bu lwarks a j a i n s t the furth* addic t ion of A m e r i c a n socletv * the s a m e sweet i sh , habit-foi' raw toxin wnich pa ra lyzed the Gernu, social conscience. O the r woik^ « a s im i l a r pr incipled intent, fol lowing in re la t ive profu:

WASTELAND, b y J q Sinclij ( H a r p e r ) a novel v.ithout a pw without the s t a n d a r d ascension-** max-denouemen t s t r u c t u r e xjg out m o s t of the f e a t u r e s b y whitj a convent ional novel is genera^ dis t inguished. I t ' s the soul s tory of a J e w who a t t empt s | conceal h is Semitic derivation W nea th a genti le pseudonym, and* his u l t ima te , pa infu l ly acbie-u m p h over a n u n n a t u r a l rati s h a m e .

G R E A T AMERICANS, by B t | R i c h a r d s o n (T. T . Crowe 111 Ch re la ted, f ac tua l b iographies A m e r i c a ' s ou t s t and ing Negr« of A m e r i c a ' s ou t s t and ing c* sens. It is p r i m a r i l y a chronicle« g r e a t persona l for t i tude and com age , or b lack flesh in its struggl to s u r m o u n t the m a m m o t h egotis

|of b lack hea r t s . I t ' s an examfi lesson for d a r k and l ight alike.

T H E S T R E E T , by Ann Ptb (Houghton Miffl in) How the H* lem throngs a re exploited by no ' •enary v h i t e s and collaborate

{blacks. The s tory is told with rt j lat ion to a cen t ra l c h a r a c t e r . Lutl Johns ton , a h a n d s o m e negres?

1 seeks a life of decency and securil iin a n env i ronment which has, best , a pa the t ica l ly s lender si

"of th is pa r t i cu la r commodi ty . AMERICA 13 IN T H E HEAR

by Car los Bulosan (Ha icon Brace) A s t rong-minded . touj

i hea r ted au tob iography by 111 iotic A m e r i c a n of Philippi j L-iith. The au tho r foregoes ing s t r idency and vindiction polite exposure of the Ami a t t i tude toward a ' m a n of anotM color ." Not pet ty, his work quietly f ac tua l and certainly por ta nt.

The Che r ry Point Air Sea Res-; cue pilot was Ens . A. J . Guill-]

me t t e , f lying a PBY. with Ens . C. !. M u r m a n a s copilot.

Haak '» Hobby | Hank Bosowy's hobby is tinki ing with au tomobi les . The Chici Cub ace s tudied accounting F o r d h a m . jus t in c a s e he fail m a k e the ? r x d e in the maj-

toward g radua t ion in lieu of f resh-m a n and sophomore r e q u i r e m e n t s in mi l i t a ry science and physical educat ion toge ther with nine hour: of junior elective* and nine hours of senior e lect ives , which could be advanced ROTC.

All r epor t s a r e that GIs a t tend-ing colleges and univers i t ies a r e

| doing well sr holast ical ly. The Uni-vers i ty of Minnesota renor t s only three out of six thousand in schol-a s t i c t rouble .

Ottice in Drill Hall Office Telephone 5201

T H E WINDSOCK is published in coaipl innce with Le t te r of Ins t ruc-tion No. 1100. dated 14 Aug. 1945. It is pr inted by the Ra'.eigh T i m e s a t Raleigh, N. C.. and is f inanced by the Station Special Serv ices De-p a r t m e n t f r o m app rvp r i a t ed Wei f a r e and Recrea t ion funds at the direct ion of the Air Sta t ion Coun-cil. Circulat ion is 10,000 copies pe r

T H E WINDSOCK accep t s no ad-ver t is ing. All p ic tures used a r e Air Station photos unless o therwise credi ted . Reproduct ion of Carnp N e w s p a p e r and Ships Edi tor ia l ma-te r i a l is prohibi ted without specif ic pe rmiss ion f r o m each associat ion

A a i w r r To Pnaxle

Little Reduction in Bank DspssHc

t r a m p : the knew h im, for I would see h im: rac ing a c i o s s the fields a f t e r a i rabbit , mi les f r o m home. When: he c a m e home he of ten smel led of skunk, ca r r ion , oi a s jus t full j of burdocks .

w a s one

reques t s for loans, and the

j Parable Deplores False Pride By C H A F L \ I N W. S. P E C K his eyes for permiss ion to Mop the Httle fellow. . . Rin was a mongrel puppy—no Punch- Final ly , when it cont inu- | Rin was one of na tu r e ' s s

. , • - A ed- ' sa id . "Alr ight . R i n . " He shook m e n . P u n c h thought he i a t t f ami ly t ree , no repu ta t ion jus t a b y n e c k , ; r m l y | „g a g e n t l e m a n . homely, r agged pup. He w a s also c a r e f u l l y - h o wouldn ' t real ly hur t i We mis? Rin.

hole count rys ide i

Church Service Schedule CATHOLIC SERVICES

Sander? WR Rcc. Auditor lam

©70©-Mass. ©900—Mass. 1200—Mass.

•fenslng P r a j e c i Ch»p<! 0000— Mass .

Weekdays 0046—Mass. 1200—Communion a n d Rosary. 1*00—Mass. followed by N "

Service* on Monday-aesdays . and Fr idays .

1900—Until 2100. C o n f e s s S a t u r d a y s a n d a r ea of ' days .

170©—Pre - MaHta l Instruct T u e s d a y s a n d Thursday*

170©—Instruction Classes, Mo* Tuesday , a n d Thursday-

19©0—Instruction Classes . Wednesday , a n d Fr;daj-

PHOTESTANT SERVICES S u n d a y

But Rin w a s one of n a t u r e ' s ! Dal las Hu t s Chapel gen t l emen . He never went th rough 0815—Episcopal Communion , a door a h e a d of people, a l though 0930*--Sunday School.

Over-r.ll deposits in the s ta t ion no one ever told h im not to do it. j 190©-Serv icemen ' s C h r is t i a i bank have dec reased only s l i g h t l y , O n e day I showed him jus t once j L e a r u e . in the last few mon ths in spite of wha t I m e a n t by " H e e l " two y e a r s ! D i spensa ry . Second Deck the progress ive reduct ion in per- l a te r he still heeled when told so 0900— Divine Worship.

' sonnel s t r eng th accord ing to Mr. J . to do. If we went into a room I WR Rer .Audi to r ium ID. M u r r a y a s s i s t an t Vice P i e s i - . a n d he was the re and bothered a i n dent . However , a l essen ing of de- us wi th his hun t ing odors, all we I D y e f c j M i o r IMHJ tai l work has pe rmi t t ed h im to cu t ; sa id was . "K in go Into the l a u r e l ; * * his staff f r o m twelve to nine work dry . or- " In to the k i tchen. » . » « * ^ r ^ c t C U p e l

a s never told whe re these were . 1 u s l ^ u n a * y ® J U t , r t I V I V " U C 4 c . AA n v S A | *%*W\ r \ l n , • •

The bank h a s received only a few or t r a i n e d ; he n e v e r missed . Meeting. ,d the m a - l p u n i s h ^ h im when h . w a s l m l .

jor i tv of these were to f inance t h e , ~ . * n d broke his h e a r t for a week , , w , , p u r c h a s e of p r iva t e ca rs . Loans of s o neve r aga in . I W e e W s y s

I this sort a r e m a d e only to per-1 P u n c h w a s a th roughbred— a ' Dal las Hnt Chapel ho a r e a s su red that their ped igreed P i t t bull, o r A m e r i c a n 1200—Dsvotioaals, Monday t h r o u g h

•ill be of a rea- Bull Te r r io r a s some call the: I He w a s proud. At age 3 mon ths , | I ' v e seen h im t ack le th ree g rown ' d o g s a t once—and be b e a t e n te r -

Seek Holiday Observer* ; r i b l v only to go a t it next day

In o rder to e s t ima te the n u m b e r w h e n t h < v walked pas t . He w a s of m e n to p r e p a r e for in the o b - ! t h e only dog I ever s aw who s e rvance of the P a s s o v e r Seder . 1

w o u i d rea l ly f ight a s a puppy. He to be held he re April 15. all J e w - ' wouldn ' t come when cal led. He ish personnel have been reques t - i insis ted on s leeping on c h a i r s «*-ed to notify the P r o t e s t a n t Chap- ' g a r«i leS3 of whippings . Goinf Ia in 's off ice any t ime pr ior to April th rough a door w a s a m a j o r a n 4 of their intentions to a t t end . ; d e n a k i n g wi th h im a round If he

! w a s someplace , you moved . MIAMI (CNS)—Bernar r M.-\cfad-| And how he annoyed big R ia .

S a t u r d a y . 1830—Choir P r a c t i c e , Wednesday . 1930—Lutheran Communion , sec-

ond Monday each month . 2000—Divine Worship. Kec. Room, Mess At tendan t s Rhs . 2100—Divine Worship. Wednesday .

Housing P ro j ec t Cfcapel 1900—Young Peop le ' s P r a y e r Meet-

ing, Wednesday . 193©—Young Peop le ' s Choir P r a c -

t ice, Wednesday . 1930—Adult Choir P r a c t i c e , Thurs -

day . 300©—Bible Study.

den. publisher a n d exponent of the ' 'o* hy the t ime we got Punch , Rin C H U 9 C H O F C U B I S T Body Beaut i fu l , f inally divorced w a s th ree . R i n ' s tai l w a s shaggy r o a r imBcs west of Wewpert his "wife a f t e r t ry ing 2" yea r s . T h e ' a n d t ender . One evening. P u n c h . \ ' W - F w » t road c h a r g e : She " h u m i l i a t e d " h im by ' s t i l l a pup. w a s n ipping at Se rv ices : Sunday , 1)00; Wi

he r figure. i t . Rir. looked a t me a n d a sked w k h day, M00.

« 1 Bee . AaCttorioM

180©— Mass-ing P r o j e c t Ck*P*-«

©n> M i t t - M a s s . L A n E l DAT SJUNTS

2015—Sacra m e a t Meeting. P r o t e s t a n t Chapel . -

I©©©—MIA m e e t i n g Taesdav, ' c s tan t Chape l . . CHSSSTIIUS S C S E X &

KXg—Sunaay. Da l l a s MM <-* * W I S H

1000—THaesday, Da l las u

el.

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March 3H 1946

Danes Enthusiasts Jump To Taday's Tun Tunes Station Orch. Offers Best In Popular Music

u A T . ? V " e " 1 0 r ' 9 h t ' " d ' e D e S t c a i o , G e o r g e H o l d e n , C h a r l e s R u s t o n a n d E d . K w a s -* ' A , n d Y K e , ™ ? O T - 1*7'* £ < * - n i c k ; T h i r d r o w ( l e f t t o r i g h t ) G e o r g e A d e l l , C h a r l e s B o y e r .

e r . n g a n d l o h n H o l o m a n . S e c o n d r o w , ( l e f t t o r i g h t ) , P e t e C h a r l e s B e c k e r . C l a u d e H a n n i g a n a n d B o b C a n n o n

Express Agency Air Service Now Available * » T « * I «AV SO MONTHS ( IDVKl

Clip and MIC this c « d an Ike pxogreuive drop ol dbcSnge point*, ffce chart IHMIM by SEA w w drawn «p according to Marine Corpi Heedqeer-

The Commerical Airlines out ol Ne« Bern have established co*-{

with Cherry Point for a new 1 !itne .saving: Air Express Service, |

~ Hornsby, the agent in; charge of the Rai lway express of--fire on the station announced thisi week.

"This new se rv ice" , he said, I 'will be of g rea t benefit to p e r * o n - ] w • • A . ui »ho wish to >ipns a p.ct Totals On Discharge •e- of any type, to any p a r i ; _ O tf this country, -with the g r e a t e s t ' •ssible speed ." All baggage checked In a t the

tail way Express office in the

Carolina College Students Stage'Personal Appearance'

Local de nee enthusiasts enjoy hours of dancing pleasure to th« popular Z-.u-Ac of the 15- piece Station orches t ra under the direction of Sgt. Eddie Macc.

Leading the band a t hi6 key-board, Mace 's unusual a r r ange-ment* and sound new ideas have c rea ted much favorable comment . He has worked out many tuneful special a r r a n g e m e n t s and a selec-tion of popular stock a r rangement s ranging all the way f rom the sweet to the boogie type, to please even the most exacting of dancc fans .

Boasting a combination of four brass , two trombones, five reeds and a four m a n rhythm section comDosed of piano, drums, bass and gui tar , the band's popularity with local swing addicts is due largely to the ability and past ex-

Install New Sewage Facility

The construction and installation

The former Broadway . U g . s u e - 1 ' T n T h e " J S i ™ •ess "Pe r sona l Appea rance" , comedy in three acts , was present-ed to the WR recreat ion h a » last Monday evening by the Senior Class of Eas t e rn Carolina Teach-ers College.

Members of the cas t were all

Claude Hannigan, a professional, who played with well known bands In the middle west and P fc . Char-les Becker lead t rumpet f rom Reading Pa . Charles Boyer who plays Ride t rumpet , takes care of the vocals with with his bari tone warbling and Sgt. Bill Cannon, on lead t rumpet , manages and handles the business end of th© band.

Sgt. Charles Ruston. lead trom-bone man , at tended Carnegie Tech and former ly played with such na-tionally known bands as Claude Thornhill, Ina R a y Hutton and Bruce Bubbles Becker , while Pfc . George Holden, trombonist , post-poned plans for s tudy in a school of music until he comes back f rom China, where he was sent recent-

. . . around BOOT, and wilt b . l " » r c n J ™ •>«•«> «*" M a i "Ms-1 uue t o : - - - " . " J ™ » " " \ f : I Reed section m e m b e r U T-Set iken aboard for the daily 14*) charged since V-J Day to 275,267,1 S a i l d fr ict ion. Worseley and / j Sat ina on alto Sax who did »P toNew York. Reach ing its j £ c ° r d l n g to Headquar t e r s ^ b U c ' ^ m M t o T t o the health The s tory A via ved around the ' b r o » d c * * t i n g work with ' a network M o t i o n the foUowing morntng. < * « « • V. v i S t o f l Z £ £ £ " ' f t I ? * bes ide , playing with

Announced By PIO The discharge of 5,361 Marine

of a special gr i t c h a m b e r in the students of the Greenville school, station sewage disposal plant h a * ' T , b e Production, scenery and tech-

ibJZ'cVrr r I of Lt . C. P . Davis, Navy Contract nie Cooper s t a r red in the show superintendent . (playing the pa r t of the ac t ress

The new chamber , now the f i r s t . o n a personal appea rance tour, s tep in the processing of sewage,! Other principles were Rober t Mus-was designed to save t ime and selwhite a s Bud, the love Interest ; labor by removing all sand and < Powell as Joyce, third per-small g rave l f r o m waste sluices s o n t r iangle and A. E . Man-and to improve the life-length a n d ' n , n * M actress* m a n a g e r .

"* *• Other cas t m e m b e r s were Sa rah w , ' , ^ . " B a t S . . 7 * ] C o r p ; P ™ „ . V d „ 7 t » J S ; -„\To, E Owen J . . . , i " am, .** win K . ! * * r c h 9-15 brinps the total d i s - i 1 1 « b r a* lve deteriorat ion due t o | * ° ? r e . K * « e E . Owen. Jess ie L.

there be sorted "and t r a w l I Under the demobilisation pro- f ™ c b a r 5 c dv w i t b U e iova e w i l T ' « w e 1 1 known bands there . ' On the '

ported by a i r to Norfolk, ^ • 4 4 f . unlisted Mar ines : " i n g tanks have been cleaned by I X h t l v d ' s ren ted fnmllv V h * i t e n o r » « '« C o r P - Don Burnett -hich has established a i r cOn-| ^ . ^ . o t t k e r s . , 3 ^ . « l W e d , ^ " v e i a l t imes a J ^ a r . the I g j ^ o o d ^ 5 ^ J ? J o h J ? H o i ° m . ^ J » > ^ ection? for all pa r t s of this coun- ^ R " a n d 5 2 2 commissioned women £ r i * c h a m b e r automat ica l ly

j have left the corps. ide variety of packages , f rom for the bread for the mess J

ktls to seabags for homeward i p c i s o n n e l Is handled i2h the Express depar tment , outbound business is heavier than it over has been Ini

Point history, it was re-

y i l v a ' ° s t ^ g f e r i n g * ' o#» d *of • ^ given ^ musica l accompan iment ; Measles With Serum

Marine Radio Shows Far Week Announced

The Rad io Depa r tmen t of Spe-cial Services today announced thei r list of p r o g r a m s for next week.

"Songs_ by Billy G r a n t " goes on

Joyce, moves rock and mant le sediment 1 ° ° > ^ u df

,l , * i a f c ®

to a washing p la t form, where it Is, P °!. ' e the action. cleansed of all detr i tus . . j " 3 0 ™ ? p e a l a n c ^ w a s

The gr i t ty residue, amount ing to 5 l ° S ? 5 l """ 5 L V t R S " " t i o " n . w r . « A r « w . Section of Special Services,

~ | bar i tone sax. ' ing, al to

an ave rage of two cubic ya rds per day, is used to fill washouts and other unnatura l topographic irreg-ulari t ies.

through the cooperation Teachers ColJjge officials.

the

• a sxaggering l o a d ol i n " « , . . 7 , * r , i - - 2 b a c r a c f tha t l e n t Ihe1 ° r p " 8 0 1 DiLuisio's combina-

m e m b e r s ^ the d e n a r t m i n t | t , o n - T u e S d a y ** an informa-•W"» double shif ts t ime . . r f l H v e b roadcas t concerning educa-

i:eck.

Dae to the ase of a new im-munisation scrum for the pro-

Rights wU be pot on. MT-Sgt. BtaJr j " t t i S r f i d r e n ' o t T. Leonard will give informat ion 1 MOQ, M 1 M Q , and Haveloek Is and answer questions. | completely under eoatrol . None

A 15-minute p rog ram b y the »( the children who have ns-Lost Chord" quar te t is tentaUve- | eoived the ae rnm h«vo cos t rac -

ly scheduled for Wednesday a t 1600. | tod Measles, aeoordtag to Dr . The weekly sports fea tu re will be S. C. Kaadon, of the Station Dis^ a i red a s usual a t 1600. F r i d a y 1 pensary . News for Marine, a short broad- The oerum, which is obtained

•RAND I'ORKS, N. D. (SEA)—; cas t is tentat ively set for 1100 f r o m the gfobnlln f rac t ion of vjtomobile bear ing two large this morning. J pooled h u a a n p l a sma , works to

•Uered signs w a s seen o n | All p r o g r a m s a re car r ied over ' e t iminaie completely or to a t ten-The signs station WHIT, New B - m and oato the d isease . To be effect ive ' and " M a n | W J N C . Jacksonvil le and originate j tt m a s t be admbi i s te red before

' f r o m Cherry Point . I MM r a s h appears .

ie biggest job now. Mr. Horns-reports, is shipping o u t on ' the large number of per-

cear for the d ischargees of Is Nation.

*nd Forks Streets . •Just Divorced"

tiflemen Continue Practice •nation rifie i n n , headed 260 in a contest ol aH fir ing posi-t ions, slow and rapid Are.

Major L. L Jacobs , Tuesday 'Pleted two weeks of the i r M-practice shooting, in p repa ra -

inter-station m a t c h e s with Island and par t ic ipat ion in

* r*Re Corps ma tches in May. - J f Jacobs , t e a m capta in ,

^ 4 *.avorat>)e showing by the • Point squad when t h e y

against severa l other [»- Corps t e a m s in the Eas t -- '-v:sion contests a t Quantico. ^marked, "We believe tha t .

^material we have had to ' stand a fa i r chance

*ome of the meda ls a t

^ a - ° r ha= had severa l yea r s " in competit ive ^hooting j hing. While still in high J S - s j

- / ! r e d the cadet rilSe 2 S ™ .... Alexandria, Va in the

Trophy matches . Marine Corps he f i red

, _ coached the VMS-3h team - t i a , which won numerous

competition with rifle-y - .w %r u t Virginia a n d .-. j,,' , Ma jo r Jacobs won the

champion-•*td D. C. in 1939;

« 9 out of a possible

P fc . David Picer-man , intends to

enter the Boston Conservatory of Music on a scholarship following his d ischarge f rom the Service.

The rhythm section sparked by P fc . George Adell 's d rumnas t ics , ably executed with his own ori-ginal style, which gained in popularity following various club engagements with Eddie Rogers and Bob Astor in New York City.

Bass rumblings f rom Corp. Pete DeStazio 's corner and the neat

off icers of f V l t a r w o r k b y S-Sgt. George Amer ican Veterans of World War STSM t h t m U S i c " S g L

Two will hold a meet ing a t th« p j i t f Vl® * ? f e ™ b l e ' New Bern City Hall Sa tu rday and 5 ^ * " J S ™ 8 t y l i n g c o m "

Sunday, April 6 and 7, it was p l e t e S t h e e n 8 e m b l « -announced this week by E . P . Romanus , fourth depa r tmen t vice c o m m a n d e r .

The AM VETS national com-m a n d e r J a c k W. Hardy will make his f i r s t visit to Nor th Carolina

Am Vets CO te Attend New Bern Meeting

State executive

BAKER, Ore. (SEA) — "Isn ' t the re a be t ter way to land a plane than th i s ? " asked 82-year-old John A. Burton of his pilot grand-

I— eon, who was hanging upside down in his official capac i ty to a t tend f rom his safety belt in their over-

.® ™e®ting. I t will be the f i r s t turned plane. The elderly gentle-ga ther ing of AMVETS off icers in eastern North Carolina.

All ve te rans of World War Two atid men and women still in s s rv -iee have been urgd t o a t tend . Of-

ficials ' expect a l a rge turnout of m e m b e r s and prospect ive m e m -bers .

m a n was unhur t but "cu r ious" when his f i r s t flight ended by hit-ting a snowdrift .

NEW YORK (SEA) — Meat-ranking ex-GI on Broadway is a f o r m e r l ieutenant eokmel now dancing in Ger t rude Niesen 's show "Fol low the Gir l s . "

Hill Billy Music, Humor Of *Grand Ole Opry' Score

captain, Major L. L. Jacobs props an elbow into the correct position fe>c T-Sgt. Thomas E. Hughes at

the rifle range. ^

Cherry Poin t ' s t hea t e r audience experienced an en te r t a inment change of pace last Wednesday evening as the " G r a n d Ole Opry" , with hillbilly mus ic and bocum hu-mor , p layed in the drill hal l .

Lively mus ic by Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboy orches t ra set the bea t fo r a show-

lull of laughs and songs. With I c h a r a c t e r s made f amous over na- I t lonal networks, in juke boxes a n d |

in the movies " G r a n d Ole Opry" | was a huge success . )

G r a n d p a w Jon< s. Cousin Minnie P e a r l , J a m - u p and Honey the Duko «

of P a d u c a and Reekie Barf ie ld did | * thei r f amous specialt ies. All of the Cowboys soloed in one or more of the 18 songs played. They were King, J i m m y Wilson, Shorty Boyd, Red Stewar t , Don Davis and Cow-boy Copua.

WHIT, New Bern, ca r r i ed thi r ty minutes of the topflight enter ta in-

over theiir Tabaaeo

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This new venture is designed primarly as a service to WINDSOCK readers. It is our hope thcrt we are providing the kind of information that will help you. If you. the readers, have any ideas as to L*w we can increase this service, w e would like to know it. Anyone with ideas along these lines should come in to the office, which is located in the drill hall, and let us know about them. Our aim is to give some idea on recent civilian trends, to those who have been in uniform for the past few years.

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38-Pointers Well On Way To Civvies

(CIVILIAN NOTES

By Hank McCann Sweet-swing, novelties (Did

revival of old favorites is the order of the day among re-cordings released this week ^ by major companies

Bing Crosby . H a r r y J a m e s , Bob E b e r l y and C a r m a n C a v a l l a r o , Dick H a v m e s and He len Fo re s t have all "made r e c o r d s now hi t t ing the m a r k e t s , which a lso s e e m des- , t ined to hit the spot a s f a r a s . m u s i c f ans go. I

The in imi tab le Crosby has m a d e up a n a l b u m of the fine " R o a d toi U t o p i a " sonK-*8. i s sued by D e c c a . i Two excep t iona l Crosby-Bob Hope combina t i ons a r e on one wi th Vic Schoen ' s o r c h e s t r a . T h e y a r e " r u t It T h e r e P a l " and a r ev iva l " R o a d to Morocco . " " W e l c o m e To My D r e a m . " " I t s Anybody ' s S p r i n g ' and "Would Y o u " with J o h n Scott T r o t t e r ' s o r c h e s t r a and " P e r s o n a l -i t y " wi th E d d i e Condon ' s c r e w c o m p l e t e the a l b u m . B ing Does I a i r | s i n c e t h e i s s u a n c e c f t he pe r t i nen t

E l Bingo joins with the k e y b o a r d : s t a t ion Specia l O r d e r in the l a t t e r a r t i s t r y of the c l e v e r Edd ie Hey- ( p a r t of F e b r u a r y .

Service Set Up To Advise Vets On Schooling

All Che r ry Po in t M a r i n e s wi th S8 point* or m o r e , who h*ve been m a d e ava i l ab l e f o r dis-c h a r g e . a r e now e i the r In t h e s e p a r a t i o n cen te r or on a t r a n s -f e r o rde r , acco rd ing to L t . CoL E . A. Wrenn , CO ol MASU-1.

Of the 855 m e n el igible, t he f l r*t de ta i l en te red the s e p a r a - . . . . i . , . t ion c e n t e r on 26 M a r c h a n d 73 j u r a t i o n h a s s e t u p a n a d v i s -m e n lef t fo r Ba inbr idge on 27 o r y s e r v i c e t o t e l l w h a t s c h o o l

CCNS) T h e V e t e r a n s A d m i n -

M a r c h . All of t he gronp will h a v e s t a r t e d p rocess ing by 1 Apri l a n d should rece ive t he i r dis-c h a r g e s by 5 April .

B e t w e e n 1 S e p t e m b e r and 25 M a r c h , 14,568 m e n h a v e been d i s c h a r g e d f r o m Cher ry Poin t . A lmos t a l l of th i s n u m b e r w a s h a n d l e d by M A S l ' - l . On a l a r g e point d rop , however , approxi -m a t e l y 15 to 20 pe r cent m a y be sent to G r e a t L a k e s and Bain-b r i d g e to exped i t e d i s c h a r g e s .

1,720 License Tags Issued

offer specific courses to the returning vets and ~w h i c h ones have room for more stu-dents.

(SEA)—The number jobless vet-erans will reach a peak of more than 1,500.000 in April, will de-c r e a s e d u r i n g the s p r i n g a n d sum-m e r d u e to i n c r e a s e d p roduc t ion , a n d swing u p w a r d a g a i n in the

SHORT SOCKS—

E'-WM Gi"**s Up Civilians As CJiarsehu? Forsakes Sszwsha T« Set Samurai Sword Sweet Sixteen, Once Kissed By Nice Guy

Vai«e<i W - - •• S-Sgt . H E N R Y S M I T H

N O T J U S T D R U N K T h e T h i r d Avenue c o r r e s p o n d e n t f o r t h e N e w Y o r k e r M a g a z i n e w a s h a v i n g a b e e r in a b a r over t h e r e , w h e n a p ink-cheeked , e lde r ly m a n c a m e in a n d apologized f o r the t roub le he h a d m a d e the n igh t b e f o r e . " W a s I p r e t t y b a d ? " he a s k e d . " I m e a n , w a s I w o r s e t h a n u s u a l ? " The b a r t e n d e r nodded . " A s b a d a s I e v e r s een y o u , " he s a id . " Y o u r a i s e d the r o o f . " The m a n took out a penc i l a n d got s e t to m a k e i t ' d r u n k a n d d i so rde r ly . ' " N o u s e in l e t t ing myse l f off e a s y . "

ALWAYS W H Y ? — M a n is e t e r -na l ly f a c e d wi th s u c h perp lex i t i e s a s t h e s e : Why Is a r i c h m a n ad-w a y s a b l e t o m a k e m o r e m o n e y when a poor one c a n h a r d l y e v e r m a k e e n o u g h ? A n d w h y a r e s o m e M a r i n e s who d o n ' t need s l eep al-w a y s a b l e t o q u a l i f y a s S a c k Hounds whi le t h e i r h a r d e r w o r k i n g c o m r a d e s a n d L i b e r t y H o u n d s ne-v e r s e e m c a p a b l e of g e t t i n g t h a t needed s l u m b e r . I n s u c h a ve in , Russe l l P e t t i s a sked In t h e Sa t . E v e . P o s t : " W h y is it e a s i e r t o c r a m a n idea in to a fu l l b r a i n t h a n a n e m p t y o n e ? " ( H e ' s a sk -" i' u s ? )

T H E R E ' S A S E A S O N — A l r e a d y w e a r y of c iv i l ian ( p a r a d i s e ) l i fe , Viola L e o n a r d , 30, f o r m e r WAC S e r g e a n t , c o n d e m n s the peop le a t h o m e gone c r a z y over l uxu r i e s . " T h e y s t a n d in l ine fo r h o u r s -ba t t l e e a c h o t h e r f o r a pound of b u t t e r or a p a i r of nylons . P e r -sonal ly , I wou ldn ' t s t a n d in l ine 5

fall due to the s l a c k e n i n g of; m i n u t e s f o r a n y t h i n g . I ' m going s e a s o n a l work , a c c o r d i n g to the to a s k f o r o v e r s e a s du ty , b e c a u s e D i r e c t o r of V e t e r a n s A d m i n i s t r a - j w h o r e I w a n t to go, m i s t e r , w h e r e tion R e a d j u s t m e n t Al lowance t h e r e ' s no s h o r t a g e of s tock ings . Se rv ice . ; bu t t e r—or m e n . " ( M e n ! Now w e

j u s t d i s a p p e a r e d . The Bazoofc d e a l e r e x p r e s s e d h i s disapprove b y d ropp ing the d e s t r u c t i v e weap^ arid, a r m e d only w i t h sidearasj, d a s h e d tote the c a v e . Severa l ?hctj w e r e h e a r d , a f t e r wh ich the trio®, p h a n t l y g r i m i n g M a r i n e reappear, ed, w a v i n g h»3 p r i c e l e s s souvenir, t h a t S a m u r a i s w o r d ; so Informs Q Sgt . S t an l ey F i n x in the Sat . ET» P o s t .

S I X T E E N — J e m a i l . a s t h e I n q u i r i n g Phc£ g r a p h e r , s t o p p e d p r e t t y Joan Cogavin , a M a n h a t t a n s tudent , a s k e d h e r , " C a n you t ru thfu l ly n ) ' I ' m swee t s ix teen a n d never btq k i s s e d ' ? " J o a n wi th h e r bes t Bobfa sock c a n d o r r e t o r t e d , " N o , I c u \ J u s t show m e t h e g i r l In Kq Y o r k Ci ty w h o c a n t ru th fu l ly T v e n e v e r b e e n k i s s e d ' ! S h a v e t o b s h o m e l y ! But , pleaj d o n ' t b e shocked a t m c . ( o n e boy h a s k issed m e . He is be s t f r i e n d — d o e s n ' t drink s m o k e — j u s t a n ice guy .

O N C E A M A R I N E , ALWAYS E v i d e n c e of the va l id i ty of f a m o u s d e c l a r a t i o n is q i . f r o m D a n t o n W a l k e r ' s Broadwij One of the u n e x p e c t e d laughs j 'G i lda ' , R i t a H a y w o r t h ' s cunt vehic le , c o m e s f r o m ex-Leatbe necks , w h o r eca l l G lenn Ford f a t i g u e s ( D u n g a r e e s , bub) , l a u g h c o m e s w h e n Glenn pops in w h i t e t ie a n d ta i l s on the serto (Well , h e ' s a c iv i l ian now, h e ? )

R E D CROSS LAURELS— Sul l ivan in h is Li t t le Old New Ta t e l l s of G e n . J a c o b L . Devert" s t a r t r i b u t e to the R e d . Cross, l ec ted 13,000,000 p in t s of blood, t a i n e d 63 d e a t h s , w o n i S i lve r S t a r s , 52 Bronze Stars. P u r p l e H e a r t s , 100 citations

( h e r o i s m u n d e r f i r e . Delivered | Al though one out of e v e r y fou r , w |000.000 p a c k a g e s overseas ." ' V:

v e t e r a n s d i s c h a r g e l to d a t e h a s ' UNO M A R I N E S — O n c e a g a i n the j n g th i s m e r i t o r i o u s w a r reea been d r a w i n g u n e m p l o y m e n t com- Mar ine Corps h a s been ca l led upon the non-mi l i t a ry R e d Cross pensa t ion , t he a v e r a g e m a n s t a y s | to s e rve honorab ly . Chosen a s ' the l ight of the p r e s e n t dm on the rolls fo r only f ive or s'ix, G u a r d s , o f f i ce r s a n d m e n , t h e y I f o r JJOO,000,000, we m u s t remexri weeks . Th is f ac t , p lus the p a s s i n g s t a n d d u t y a t t he t e m p o r a r y In - ! t h a t w h a t w e give eveirtus]

An a p p r o x i m a t e total of 1.720 met - of the demobi l i za t ion p e a k , is e x - ; t e r n a t i o n a l H e a d q u a r t e r s of t h e ! c o m e s b a c k to u s if no t to al a u t o r eg i s t r a t i on t a g s have been pec ted to c a u s e the level ing off Un i t ed Na t i ons Organ i za t i on a t ' budd ies . '

[ i ssued to s ta t ion vehic le o p e r a t o r s a f t e r Apri l . IHun te r College in N e w Y o r k City, j t V E T S B E W A R E — T h e Pepa ' ~ ~ — j M A N ' S B E S T F R I E N D S — E v e r J m e n t of J u s t i c e is out to get

H e v _ i — — — — (SEA>—That e lus ive c ivi l ian su i t , c o m p r e h e n d t h a t D a d ' s s h a v i n g n u m e r o u s s m a l l l oan f i r m s . n a r t or t e b r u a r v . m a y a p p e a r on t h e r a c k s a g a i n ^ t r o p s e r v e d a dua l p u r p o s e of ( a r e p r e y i n g on the V e t e r a n s by

v a n c i n g m o n e y to t h e m a t usuric r a t e s , c h a r g i n g t h e m illegal es t on loans . T h e s e G y p Shyla a r e a d v a n c i n g m o n e y t o v on the s t r e n g t h of t h e i r musi ing-out p a y and the unemploynx checks to be r e c e i v e d by the A t to rney G e n e r a l T o m Clark c loses . (If it i s n ' t w o m e n , it' one else . )

L A N D L O R D - T E N A N T WAI " T h e no ive of s o m e chara< is w h a t E d . B. Concross

A v e t e r a n w a s induced to I n v e s t ! ; ' ™ 1 ° , a .°°Jr 8 , e e m s l ° n a \ e m o r e Spokane . m e a n s when $890. for which he expec t ed to r e - ™ a n a d o , l a r 3 w o r t h o f s c n s c s t o r m f »n Coll ier s m a g a z i n e ceive a s a l a r v of $50 a week s o m e i t h e r e ' - J o n e o f h is t e n a n t s . " I charge neiv v e n d i n g ' m a c h i n e s , i m m e d i a t e I A B O V E A L L COSTS — D u r i n g b u m M0 a m o n t h , and the a? c a s h r e t u r n s , and a n exc lus ive the d e a t h - c r a m m e d d a y s on I w o m e n t h a s a f i r e p l a c e . So he d pay ing t e r r i t o r y . I n s t e a d he found J i m a , a c o m p a n y c o m m a n d e r j down the b a c k p o r c h t o mak< t h a t all he ac tua l l y h a s is a con- of the 5th M a r i n e Divis ion o rde r - j f i r e p l ace go a n d , when I

ivood on a n o t h e r p a i r of new tunes j a l so r e l ea sed by D e c c a . The bal- 1

l ad " W h o ' s S o r r y N o w ? ' ' ge t s a n | ou t s t and ing Crosby i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , a n d the r eve r se s ide, " I ' v e Found A New B a b y " is a n b l end ing of the Heywood p iano a n d the old m a s t e r ' s voice

H a r r y J a m e s o f f e r s a n o t h e r por t ion of his br i l l iant t r u m p e t a s , ; wel l a s a new f e m i n i n e s ing ing ' s t a r in a p a i r of C o l u m b i a <MSC^ VecTu'red to c a r r y f ive t housand doY- h a s been exposed by the B e t t e r o f s e n t i m e n t bu t wor ld ly .

i in p r o p e r t v i n s u r a n c e a n d ten Bus iness B u r e a u . I r o c k . p r a c t i c a l — t h e c u r s e d dol lar , t housand in l iabi l i ty i n s u r a n c e . I A v , t . r » n inHurpH in i r v « ( t T h a t o l d b ° y s e e m s t o h a v e m o r e

i The r e c o r d s in the Ga te No. 6 a s a resu l t of a n O P A revis ion I s t r app ing , w e t e n d e r l y r u b b e d " of f ice of the P rovos t M a r s h a l re- j of the p r i ce ce i l ings on m e n ' s su i t s . | h add ica l l i t s a n d a r r i v e d a t t h e

vea l t ha t of this total r eg i s t r a t i on . | T h e revis ion a l lows m a n u f a c t u r e r s , s to ica l conclus ion t h a t in l i fe a a p p r o x i m a t e l y 600 t a g s w e r e i ssued to b a s e p r i c e s g e n e r a l l y on cu r - boy ha t only two r e a l f r i ends , his

A *?«... ic „ „ rin« t o o f f i ce r s , 580 to enl is ted m e n a n d r en t costs , t h e r e b y r e l e a s i n g about M o m a n d his dog. J i m m y P o w e r s A xsew uao> » s

u » n ««"U®!5 4 0 t o c ivi l ian w o r k e r s . i700.000 s u i t s t ha t h a v e been held in h i s P O W E R H O U S E ( spo r t s F i l e s a r e k e p t on t a g n u m b e r s . b>" ' h e m a n u f a c t u r e r s b e c a u s e of c o l u m n ) te l ls u s t ha t P e p e Conte ,

.! o w n e r s ' n a m e s , and t h t d a t e of ex- l o x v Pr ice ce i l ings . I f a m o u s C u b a n spo r t s sc r ibe , ad -! pi r a t ion of the c a r o w n e r ' s in- | m o n i s h e d a you th fu l bal l p l a y e r s u r a n c e policy A pe r son o p e r a t i n g <SEA> — Ano the r ge t - r ich-quick t k a t w h e n w e r e a c h m a n h o o d w e

, a p r i v a t e c a r on the s t a t ion is s c h e m e used to m u l c t v e t e r a n s . o n e m o r e r ea l f r i e n d , void T h e s e r e c o r d s should be a t deal- r e * l u ' r c < J t o c a r r > ' f ive thousand dol- h a s been exposed by the B e t t e r ° ' s e n t i m e n t bu t wor ld ly , ha rd -e r s Monday , t h e y ' r e t ha t new. B u d d y DiVito l ends hi; " A s If I D idn ' t H a v e E n o u g h On M y M i n d " a n d J a m e s ' newes t ad-di t ion, Ginn ie Powel l , vocal izes on " D o You Love M e " f r o m the p i c t u r e of the s a m e n a m e .

C a r m a n C a v a l l a r o and Bob Eb-e r l y c o m b i n e two sof t and s igh ing m e l o d i e s on a D e c c a r eco rd tha t will p rov ide lots of a t m o s p h e r e for m u s i c lovers and jus t pla in lov-e r s . " F u l l Moon a n d E m p t y A r m s " ba sed on R a c h m a n o f f ' s P i -a n o Conce r to in C Minor g ives k e y b o a r d a n d r h y t h m b a c k g r o u n d to B o b ' s b a f i t o n e . The o the r side is " C o m e Closer To M o " f r o m the p i c t u r e " E a s y to W e d . "

K e r n ' s L a s t E f f o r t J e r o m e K e r n ' s las t m u s i c a l ef-

f o r t s be fo re his r ecen t d e a t h pro-v ides the D i c k H a y e s - Helen F o r r e s t duo wi th one of its best r e c o r d r e l ea se s . Anothe r pa i r of d r e a m y , easy to d a n c e to songs a r e "All T h r o u g h the D a y " and " I n Love In V a i n . "

A C o l u m b i a s w i n g c lass ic t h a t e v e r y c r n c s t col lec tor should have h a s been r e m a d e b y B e n n y Good-m a n . It is t he slow, beau t i fu l ly p l ayed " I t s The Ta lk of the Town. ' The r e v e r s e is " S w i n g A n g e l " rea l -ly a swing t u n e wi th p len ty of B e n n y ' s solo work . I t a l so fea-t u r e s Lou M c G a r i t y , Mel Powel l FASHIONS a n d S t a n Getz .

A n o t h e r a l l - t ime f a v o r i t e " P e r i -d o " h a s been w a x e d b y J i m m y ] D o r s e y in r e s p o n s e to m a n y re> ques t s . J i m m y a l so m a r k s the de- ( H O L I J S H A N E Y b u t of a n i n s t r u m e n t a l quinte t o n j B > P * C . HOLIJS. n A . > z i t h e coupl ing, a s he p r e s e n t s " J . | F o r m a l i t y a n d f e m i n i n t y h a v e

^ " m p . ' Tl.e r eco rd p r e s e n t s r e t u r n e d to w o m e n ' s f a sh ions . b l ack , h o w e v e r , r e ly ing on exqu i s - ' su i t s t a i l o r ed in m o i r e a n d fai l le i r e d hot j u m p n u m b e r with Louis ^ n r o be ing pe r - jte l ines a n d rich f a b r i c s fo r o r n a - ' — c u r v i n g , f l a r i n g a n d f i t t ed . F u l l

Outgoina Air Mail Service Speeded Up

An a i r ma l l route f r o m N e w B o r n w a s e s t ab l i shed by Na-t ional Air l ines l a s t W e d n e s d a y . Outgoing a i r m a l l s depos i t ed in s t a t ion post o f f i ce be fo re 1030 and tha t p laced in boxes a r o u n d the b a s e be fo re 0900 will r e a c h New Born in t i m e for de l i ve ry to both nor th and sou th hound

I f l i ch t s . a c c o r d i n g to I.t. M. A. 15i-k. Air Sta t ion Pos t Off ice Off ice r

A schedu le of a r r i v a l t i m e a t a i r p o r t s t h roughou t the coun t ry is pos ted in the s ta t ion pos t of-f ice . R e g u l a r a i r m a l l r e a c h i n g the pos t Office a t des t ina t ion be -fo re 0700 will, in m o s t c a s e s , b e de l ive red the s a m e m o r n i a g : t ha t a r r i v i n g a f t e r 1200 will b e d e l i v e r e d the s a m e a f t e r n o o n Spec ia l de l i ve ry a i r m a i l a r r i v -ing b e f o r e 2000 will , in m o s t

! c a s e s , b e de l ive red the s a m e n ight .

,IV n a s IS U c u n - « ' . u a i i u t ! * o -t r a c t fo r used v e n d i n g m a c h i n e s , ed h is Bazooka m a n to c l ean o u t ! s o m e t h i n g , he c o m p l a i n s that t h a t will not be a v a i l a b l e fo r s o m e ! a c ave into which two J a p s , one j " s m a l l s t i cks will not ev t ime. W h e n he does ge t t h e m , he b l a n d i s h i n g a S a m u r a i s w o r d , had a good log f i r e . " will h a v e to build u p h is c l ien te le f r o m s c r a t c h .

The c o n t r a c t is a l eg i t ima te one. but the v e t e r a n fa i led to r e a d i t c a r e fu l ly and t o o k v e r b a l p r o m -ises fo r m o s t of the dea l .

PERSONAL AFFAIRS—

Guileless Bachelors Must Try For Insured Future

(SEAV Of the n a t i o n ' s 77 C la s s A m e d i c a l schools . 31 a r e a l r e a d y , . . „ _ . . . , . c o n s u l t a n t s a n d r e s i d e n c i e s for t h e T h « P t i r chamng of l i te i n s u r a n c e h a v e a f a m i l y By t h a t time 21 v e t s hosp i t a l s in the p r o g r a m , usua l ly p r e s e n t s a p e r p l e x i n g p rob ha^ve go t t en o lder a n d can Off ic ia l s hope to m a k e th i s med i - l cm_ F i r s t in the r e s p e c t t h a t m o s t ^ n n l d ° l i k e y to b e c a u s e 1 the:* cal s e rv i ce - s e c o n d to none in the y o u n g p c o p ] c ( a i l t o t h c v „ l u e r ' £ , g O t U n ' S

t of i n su r ing t h e m s e l v e s a t the t i m e t h e y g r e w o lder . (SEA) T h e r e is m o r e t h a n one w h e n i t is to t he i r g r e a t e s t ad - ' T h a t s i tua t ion h a s been pn

w a y to get y o u r l a u n d r y done a n d v a n t a g e , whi le they a r e young a n d ed in the c a s e of you Marine ob ta in a n a p a r t m e n t . The wi fe Of cons ide red a good i n s u r a b l e r i sk , h a v e t a k e n ou r N a t i o n a l & a n e x - s e r v i c e m a n s t u d y i n g a t H a r - t h e r e b y g iv ing t h e m t h e b e n e f i t j L i fe I n s u r a n c e s ince you have v a r d put the two i d e a s t o g e t h e r , o f low i n s u r a n c e p r e m i u m r a t e s . | i n the Corps . Y o u a l l have » a n d a c q u i r e d a r en t f r e e g a r a g e - A good m a n y young m e n c a n a n c e . it is good i n s u r a n c e , nw a p a r t m e n t in r e t u r n fo r l a u n d r y sec t h e n e e d fo r a n d va lue of in- you took it out a t a pre t tv s e r v i c e she will g ive the o w n e r of s u r a n c e bu t put off buy ing a n y un- a g e r a t e a n d you will not t he g a r a g e . til such t i m e a s t h e y m a r r y a n d c o m m e r c i a l po l icy t h a t can

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s ib le hold a s h i g h a n aniw* i n s u r a n c e a s you possibly You m i g h t be the m o s t indf? en t b a c h e l o r in wor ld , but t he se f ine S p r i n g d a y s Cup'-

tone t h r o u g h o u t w i th a w h i s p e r e d . I n the f o r m a l m a n n e r : t he m o s t h a r p o o n you a n d in no tiir< a c c e n t of w a r m p a s t e l m a k e equal - f o r m a l d a y l i g h t c o s t u m e in jw"'11 b e * f . a , a TfvoO ly e f f ec t i ve c o s t u m e s . . . S t a r k y e a r s m a k e s i ts a p p e a r a n c e in silk ox po ten t i a l o y r e n e s . u ^

Femininity Season Keynote

•ander f r o m the s t r a i g h t m e n t a t i o n is still t he u l t i m a t e in even ing g o w n s a r e v o l u m i n o u s sk i r t s .

C a r t e r , p iano . H e r b El l is , g u i t a r , N o r m a n Ba te s , b a s s . K a r l Kif fe . .kn i t ted to - -d r u m s and of cour se the sensa - a n d n a r r o w cons ide ra t ion of the the d r a m a t i c . t ional J . D. on thc a l to s ax . D e c c a f o r m , the s t r i c t l y u t i l i t a r i a n , a n d E x a g g e r a t e d s h o u l d e r s a r e dis-h a s the r e l e a s e the c o n s e r v a t i o n of s c a r c e a n d a p p e a r i n g in f a v o r of the s t r a i g h t E l l a F i t i g e r a l d R e c o r d s ; e s sen t i a l m a t e r i a l s . a n d n a t u r a l w i th deep , ful l s l e e v e s

E s q u i r e ' s f e m a l e vocal is t of T h e r e :s m u c h t h a t is n e w a n d r a n g i n g f r o m the c a p s l eeve the y e a r , E l l a F i t z g e r a l d , b l ends ! exc i t ing , s u c h v a r i e t y i r l ine. s t>le t h r o u g h b r a c e l e t l e n g t h t o f u h he r s u l t r y voice wi th Billy Kyle color and f a b r i c . Casua l c lo thes long s l eeves . The p e n c d s l im sk i r t a n d h is t r i o on two D e c c a s . ""T a r e so f t e r , e a s i e r ; f o r m a l c lo thes Is g iv ing w a y to fu l l a n d fu l l e r D i d n ' t M e a n a Word I S a i d " a n . a r e m o r e f o r m a l , m o r e e l e g a n t ones a n d p e p l u m s — e x n p h a s i s on " I ' m J u s t a L u c k y So-and-So.

Woody H e r m a n voca l izes himself A p l a t t e r of " I t ' s A n y b o d y ' s S p r i n g ' in f r o n t of a f ine a r r a n g e m e n t . The p a i r i n g p r e s e n t s " W e l c o m e to M y D r e a m " wi th F r a n c e * W a y n e on

t h a n they h a v e b e e n in y»?ara . . . j t he t iny wa i s t l i ne . . . Sh i r t h e m s Sof t ar .d " h o n e y e d " in tone a r e ' a r e on t h e i r w a y down. the Spr ing colors —whi te , g r e y , ' T h e r e is a n e w '-'long look" a b o u t be ige , g inge r , s m o k y b rown , gold, j c lo thes f o r e v e r y occas ion—In t h e yel low, o r a n g e and o f f - s h a d e s of long, f i t t ed bod ice , In the long, all t hese . . . A sub t le b l end ing of I sof t ly t a i l o red , k » s e l y fitted j a c k -two or t h r e e of thea«a c r a s ing le | et.*.

b a c k wi th b a r e d (or

a l m o s t b a r e d ) shou lde r s , a n d lay-e r s of u n d e r s k i r t s . H o w e v e r , sho r t e v e n i n g gowns con t inue i n f a v o r — b l a c k , e l e g a n t , deco l le te — f r o m s t i f f e s t t a f f e t a to s o f t e s t l a c e .

A d d n o t e s : T h e n e w s h i r t w a i s t col lar on sui t j a c k e t s , . t h e self i m p o r t a n c e of b louses . - . s h o r t c o a t s — f i t t e d snug ly a s a f e n c e

j a c k e t o r j a u n t i l y f l a r e d . . . " h o n -e y - c r e a m , " * e w e s t co lo r f o r lin-

g e r i e — a l m o s t s in fu l ly l u x u r i o u s in a p p e a r a n c e , e spec i a l ly in h e a v y sa t in . . . a n d c h e c k s — c h e c k s of w a r y s i se , e v e r y w h e r e .

e t a i n e d y o u r N.S . I . a . will be l i f t ed f r o m y o u r she®1

y o u r loved ones a r e p r o t e s t -M a n y of the m e n a r e f

col lege or p l an a y e a r or s o m e so r t of on the job tr* T h e y c a n ' t 3ee how they fo rd to p a y fo r i n s u r a n c e * * ing on s u c h a l i m i t e d inco-m a y be tough bu t i t c an 1* You c a n con t inue to c a r r y u j i n s u r a n c e you h a v e in the J Corps , j u s t b e c a u s e you ing d i s c h a r g e d d o e s n ' t ® f ' obl iged to c o n v e r t t o a I n o r out of the serv ice , T c a r r y y o u r T e r m Insuran t* s a m e r a t e l o r e igh t t h e d a t e of y o u r first p a y m e n t .

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Fight Team Enters AAU Coach' Frailey Returns To Flier Nine; Discharge Problem Looms

t~* •«rr V i ! c f i r o t ffllmna* A f ( V i a imin.. — • Getting: h is first g l impse of the Fl ier basebal l hopefuls , C o a c h Mel Fra i ley , b a r k f r o m the Deli-ver. Col. Nat iona l AAU baske tba l l tournament where he p ^ y t d with the C a m p Le jeune fire, a s s u m e d bis duties a s keepe r of the b ig nine's a v i a r y ea r ly th is week .

Tom Clavin, a c t i ng coach du r ing the m e n t o r ' s absence a n d f i r s t s tr ing ca tcher of l a s t y e a r ' s high-geared F l i e r ba seba l l e r s a l r e a d y had the squad well condit ioned when the re ins were tu rned over to Fra i ley . A f t e r work ing with a flock of a s p i r a n t s t h a t w a s 115 Strong a t ea r ly s t a g e s of tune-up drilling, Clavin s lashed the squad to less than 30.

When in t ra -squad compet i t ion be gan this week Ccach F r a l e y w a s in the process of m a k i n g final cuts. Rema in ing af ie ld a f t e r ear l -ier squad reduct ions were four sec-ond basemen, two shor t s tops, two third b a s e m e n , seven outf ie lders , trios of th i rd b a s e m e n a n d catch-ers and a highly-talented g r o u p of mine hur lers .

The s t re tch of the 1946 F l i e r nine, which will undoubtedly be p lagued »o end by d i scha rges , su f f e r ed a severe loss las t w e e k when a clas-sy looking mound prospect , How-ard Kafer pre-serv ice s t andou t to Washington Sta te leagues , re-lumed to eivies.

Because of the d i scharge prob-lem, Fr ia i ley is intensely in teres t -ed in having low-pointed c a n d i d a t e ! report to p rac t i ce a s soon a s pos sible. He said t h a t " I won ' t even j have a full t e a m a f t e r the June j d ischargees leave the corps. '* Thus the l imi ta t ions of ava i lab le ma-ter ia l will cause a l t e ra t ion of the F l i e r ' s s t a r t i n g line-up m a n y t ime? dur ing the course of the season and candidacy will r e m a i n open in-defini tely.

Although inclement wea the r tha t prevai led throughout m o s t of last week somewha t h inderd the work-cut sessions, the coaches m a n a g e d to work in a bi t of h i t t ing p rac -tice. However , ac tua l compet i t ive practice in the f o r m of in t ra -squad contests, w a s not conducted pr ior to mid-week, due to the wet ground.

H E A L T H Y C U T a t t h e b a l l i s t a k e n b y D a v e W o o d w a r d , a f i r s t b a s e p r o s p e c t f o r t h e F l i e r n i n e , a t M o n d a y ' s b a t t -i n g p r a c t i c e . O t h e r s s h o w n a r e T o m C l a v i n , v e t e r a n c a t c h -e r of l a s t y e a r ' s s q u a d , a n d C o a c h M e l F r a i l e y .

S t 6 Mitchell Park The s tat ion r a c q u e t e e r s have

booked severa l m a t c h e s with col-lege a n d serv ice t e a m s of the fifth Nava l dis t r ic t , but to da te l acks a suff icient n u m b e r of p l aye r s to m a k e up a foil t e a m .

Pe r sonne l interested in joining the t e a m a r e reques ted to con-t ac t Don Tome a t the drill hall a th le t ic off ice immedia te ly

Boating Docks Open Monday

! Mitchell P a r k , Cher ry Po in t ' s s u m m e r rec rea t ion a r e a , common-ly known a s the boathouse, will be

96 Base Steal official ly opened for the 1946 aea-Ty Cobb stole 96 bases , and a l l - ! ? £ ! J * T ™ a n " o u c e , d

t ime record for m a j o r league base- ' # i c . , ' " * ^ u P a ^ u s » of-ball, in 1915. The record hasn ' t " 5 , , c h a r * e -been app roached by any m a n since While m a n y Po in te r s a r e vict lm-tha t t ime . i z e d by lowly April Fool ' s Day

p r a n k s Monday, o thers will find the Windhoek went to press . Coach °f £ d i " e r ® n t n a I

, F r a i l ey hoped to have C u s h m a n | f " r e *»*en they t ake advan tage of The soggy soil a lso held up the I field in playing conditon by this th® extensive recrea t ion facUit ies

diamond face- l i f t ing p ro j ec t las t J a f te rnoon, when A and B t e a m s %eek. Workmen were still pack ing will c lash in a full nine-inning new clay on the infield a n d seed- in t ra -squad g a m e . G a m e t ime " tag grass in the outfield when 1330.

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of fe red a t the Mitchell P a r k a r e a At the p a r k this y e a r . Mar ines

will find a l a rge fleet of assor ted boa ts for c ru ises on Slocum creek and Neuse River . Boat ing faci l i t ies a t p r e sen t include 35 sai lboats , 25 rowboats and 40 canoes . Sail-c r a f t a r e of the Lightning, Comet and Condor c lasses .

Lt. R u p a k u s s ta ted tha t b y mid-April the total n u m b e r of avai l -able sa i lboats will r each 57. It was also revea led t h a t a n ' addi-

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A m p l e p r o o f t h a t s l u g g i n g a n d p l u g g i n g w i l l b e a p a i r t ional 40 sa i lboats an<T 40"canoes of d e c i s i v e f a c t o r s f o r t h i s y e a r ' s F l i e r d i a m o n d e e r s h a s b e e n a r ? ° n o r d e r a n d should be re-n r l e r» r lv » i u . ceived he re within the- next f ew u c i e a r i y o b s e r v e d o m e n a t e a r l y p r e - s e a s o n w o r k - o u t s , months . B a t s m e n , s t i l l i n t h e i m m a t u r e s t a g e s of e y e - s h a r p e n i n g a r e Other Sports b a m m e r i n g t h e h o r s e h i d e a l l o v e r C u s h m a n f i e l d a t h i t t i n g ! , „ A « i i L 0 " a l . s . p o r < ? w l n £ e ' ° u " d

r . , . , . . , . , , n f ishing, sw imming , handbal l , p r a c t i c e s , r i e i a i n g , it t h e h i n d r a n c e of w e t a n d u n f a v o r a b l e sof tbal ! and picnicking. Howev r, p l a y i n g g r o u n d s a r e c o n s i d e r e d , c a n b e t a g g e d a s v e r y e n - i l , i e f ishing season for f r e s h w a t e r c o u r a g i n g . T h o s e c a n d i d a t e s r e m a i n i n g a f i e l d a f t e r t h e f i n a l *n /L l ew w i i l b e . .P lo®.ed f r o m A P r i l

m f ». X. • \ i r . . . , . . ,. i . f . : 5 t o M a y 20 while fish a r e spawn-cu t . h a v e b e e n s h o w i n g p l e n t y of s p i r i t i n t h e i r f i g h t f o r f i r s t i n g . The s w i m m i n g p r o g r a m a t the s t r i n g p o s t s . If t h e s e p r o m i s i n g o u t l o o k s c a n b e u s e d a s a r e - boathouse will not be inaugura ted l i a b l e b a r o m e t e r . C h e r r y P o i n t s h o u l d f i e l d a s t r o n g n i n e f o r ! re qui r ed * T i f eg^ rds - 6 t 0 1 & C k ° f t h C

i ts 1 9 4 6 c a m D a i a n . | Newest rec rea t ion addi t ions will Still, one obstacle is seen in the none to dis tant fu ture tha t bodes be a sof tbal l field, picnic ground

Coach Mel F r a i l e y no good. A large m a j o r i t y of his present squad and handba l l cour t s which a r e now *u l be leaving the corps before mid-season. Hence, the pilot this week being laid-off a t the ou tsk i r t s of Issued a call fo r low-point asp i ran t s , to which the response will p r o b - j t h e p a r k a r e a . An al l-purpose •My m e a n the success or downfal l of th is y e a r ' s F l i e r s . cour t is also p lanned .

„ ' A . — " . „ u . * F o r sa i lboaterc , p e r m i t s will n . i , ? . ? * ? ' ! " 4 h a s b c e ° m a k m C l t s rounds a n i o n s C h e r r j Po in t b< . l 8 s u e d d u r | n ( . i ns tmcUon p e _ Htht en thus ias t s In r ecen t weeks is tha t L a v e r n Roach one of our own j ^ e v Mondav and Wednesday . . . » * » Rained wide acc la im while pe r fo rming with stat ion , f r o m 1 3 o 6 ^ D „ n M l l | t eams , discont inued profess ional boxing due to a h e a r t a i lmen t .

WRSofMPla?; Picnic Next Week

A day-long W B MN'UXU' t««un-U M i t , with four t e a m s compet -ing for p o u e u l o a of the Gen. ( I k , M A. Larfcln t rophy ; , will be held la the WK rec rea t ion a r e a aex t Sa tu rday .

The t en rney will b e p layed off on. a . round-robin, bas i s , with Spnadron 16, W B Mess Ba l l a n d W B Off icers ba t t l ing for the s ta t ion championship .

A picnic for all pa r t i c ipan t s will be conducted in the rec-rea t ion a r e a following the title g a m e .

Tankers Drop Close One To UNC By 38-28

Coach E d Ca l l ahan ' s Cherry Po in t s w i m m e r s , outsplashed In f ive of e ight events , we re deal t a 38-28 s e t b a c k by the speedy Uni-ve r s i ty of Nor th Carol ina T a r heels S a t u r d a y evening In Pool N . 2. I t was the local m e r m e n ' s f inal m e e t of the season.

Otto Scha f fhause r , the s ta t ion ' s No. one f res ty le , a n d J a c k Roth, dependable sp r ing boa rd pe r fo rm-e r were Che r ry J o i n t ' s only indi-vidual winners . S c h a f f h a u s e r sped to a24.7 vic tory in 50-yard f rees ty le competi t ion while Roth ga the red 80.8 to easi ly outpoint George Knox, his t e a m m a t e , and Caro-l ina ' s J i m Despres .

The o ther Point win w a s turn-ed in by 200-yard f rees ty le re lay t e a m composed of J a c k s , F a r n s -worth, Pogue and Scha f fhause r . Their t ime w a s 1:41. The s u m m a r y :

150-yard med ley relay—Won b y Carol ina (Despres , Sal tysiak, Mor-row). Winning t ime , 1:23.8.

50-yard f rees tyle—won by Shcaff ing (UNC) ; second, Z i m m e r m a n (UNC) and third, Buckley (CP) Winning t ime , 2:04.9.

50-yard freestyl—won by Schaff-hause r ( C P ) ; Second, Ward (UNC) and third, Morrow (UNC). Win-ning t ime , 24.7.

Diving—Won by Roth ( C P ) ; sec-ond, Knox (CP) and third, Des-Desprer. (UNC), winning score,

v e y ' ( U N C ) ; second. Ficklen (UNC) a n d th i rd . Ward (UNC). Winning t ime , :56.

100-yard backs t roke — Won b y p r e s ( U N C ) ; second, Spencer (CP) and th i rd . Ward (UNC). Winnlg t ime. 1:06.8.

100-yard b r ea s t roke — Won by Sal tys iak (UNC) : second, Decler -que (CP) and third, Z i m m e r m a n (UNC). Winning t ime 1:09.7.

200-yard f rees ty le relay—Won by Cher ry Point ( Jacks , F a r n s w o r t h , Pogue a n d Scha f fhause r . Winning t ime, 1:41.

BosiotiToik Site Gf Bouts

One of the most propit ious aa-history, tha t of the en t ry of Cherry Poin t ' s r e m a r k a b l e f ight t e a m is the National Senior AAU Boxing Championship Apri l S, t , 10, h Boston, Mass. was re leased yes-t e rday by Capt . Charl ie Welsen-fleld, Point athlet ic of f icer .

Conducted under the auspices of the New England Association of the AAU, the Nat ional Championship o f fe r s the biggest a m a t e u r fight c a r d s in the land. Almost every s t a t e in the Union represen ted by t h e c r e a m of its a m a t e u r boxing t a l en t will send entr ies v? the t r ia l .

La rge ly because of their admir -able showing in the Charlotte Pied-mon t Golden Gloves Tournament , the local leather-pushers , unlike all o the r t e a m entries, will not rep-r e sen t a s ta te . They will be bid-ding for Nat ional crowns under the colors of this Marine Corps Air Stat ion. E v e r y o ther en t ry reach-ed the Championship by emerg-ing victorious in State AAU elim-inations a n d will f ight under the n a m e of the i r respect ive s ta te .

The powerhouse Lea the rneck punch t e a m will fly to the AAU bat t leground next Sa turday and t a k e to Boston Gardens , site of the Championship, for the opening round the following Monday.

F i v e Golden Glove kings, includ-ing Johnny Byrnes , f ea therweigh t winner a t C h a r l o t t e and Greensboro and semi-finalist in the N e w York T o u r n a m e n t of Champions this yea r , will head the magni i fcen t a r r a y of Point fist t h rowers a t Boston. Joe Descepoli, the Stat ion 's h a r d hit t ing south-paw, who has been idle f r o m ring act ion due to a hand i n j u r y since he g a r n e r e d North Carolina Gold-en Gloves l ightweight laure l s a i r Charlot te , will c l imb back Into the squared circle a t the AAU.

Three o ther Glove t i t l is ts to f ight a t Boston, all of whom h a m -m e r e d out t r i umphs a t the Pied-mon t tour , a r e Tom D u m a s , a heavyweight ; Joe Rindone, light heavyweight , and Hal Anstach, a middleweight s lugger .

Making up the r e m a i n d e r of the F ly ing L e a t h e r n e c k " ent ry i s

Rau l Pa lac ios , f lyweight . J o h n Miller, ban tamweigh t , and J i m m y Cone wel terweight .

Looking f o r w a r d to the Nation-als with high hopes, Johnny .Koa-tas , t e a m coach, c la imed yes t e rday tha t hia boys have been mighty ha rd since they took the P iedmont t ou rnamen t . "They a r e in the bes t condition e v e r . " he said. " T h e r e is not a n a i lment on the whole squad . They'l l m a k e Cher ry Po in t well-known a t Boston. Win or lose, thei r opponents will know t h a t they 've been in a tough f igh t . "

WK Volley Ball Finals April 3

Tigers to S t a r t F a r m s (SEA)—The Detroi t Tigers plan

to go into the " f a r m i n g business.** Execu t ive Vice P res iden t George F . T r a u t m a n of the Tigers said t hey a r e working on a p r o g r a m whereby they p lan to own and opera te t e a m s in eyery league classif icat ion f r o m Class D to the new Triple-A ca t egory .

F o n r : WB. volleyball, t eams , ipeting f o r the Point crown, " p lay In the third annual

t o u r n a m e n t Wednesday evening. Resul ts of tke opening round were not ava i lab le a t p r e s s t ime .

The semi-f inals will be played on Monday evening with the win-ne r s advancing to the champion-ship f r a y scheduled for Wednes-day evening on the WB rec rea -tion hall court .

Sextets en tered a r e WBS 16 WB Officer8 and two t e a m s f r o m WBS 17.

Roach, in a l e t t e r to •»«<« d e p a r t m e n t , said that the r u m o r w a s un t rue and that " I a m now en joy ing a vaca t ion in m y hometown. P la inv iew, Texas. I a m going b a c k to New York in about two months and will "tart m y profess ional boxing c a r e e r where I le f t off a few weeks * g o . "

' Big George Boerne r , the happy-go-lucky I r i s h m a n who exhibited * steller g a m e f r o m his cen te r post with the F l i e r c age r s las t season. * a s d i scharged l a s t tveek. Another C h e r r y Point baske tee r who will t rade in his fo res t g r e e n s f o r c ivvies within the next f ew days is P inky " R o u r k e , a s t r a l fo rward , who with a season tal ly of 394 points w a s

e f l i e r s ' second bes t s co re r . O 'Rourke p l ans a re tu rn to collegiate baske tba l l c i rc les next s ea -son.—Leo Nav ickas , hus t l ing g u a r d on the Po in t e r f ive this season, is now a pa t i en t at the C a m p Le jeune N a v a l hospi tal awa i t ing t r a n s f e r to Bethesda , Md., whe re a nose In jury he received dur ing a lato season cour t g a m e will be co r r ec t ed . — Howie Brod t , a f o r m e r Cher ry Po in t we l t e r and Nat iona l Golden Gloves champ , fought a th ree- round bout on the M a r t y Servo-Rocky G r a i i a n o c a r d in N e w York ' s Madi&on S q u a r e Gar* dee l a s t n ight .

hours will be f r o m 0900 to sunset Sai l ing tes t s a r e given by W. F .

Kohberee r , R . R. Crawford , Char-les Torrents , J . N. Cooke, E r -nest K r a u s o r . Robe r t Semler , R . A. Vogel and K. J . Kouch, all qualif ied ins t ruc tors . P e r m i t s a r e not r equ i red for rowing a n d canoeing.

All personnel des i r ing to u s e boa ts m u s t be compe ten t swim-m e r s , a cco rd ing to Dick Hol io ip-ple, NCO In c h a r g e .

Authori t ies a t the p a r k announc-ed that , beg inn ing J u n e 2, sai l-boat r aces , s imi la r to tho*e of las t season will be held on the Slocum Creek-Neusc R i v e r course eve ry Sunday.

Fon! Ball (SEA)—Bob F e l l e r . Cleveland

Ind ians p i tcher , c lassed a s " s t r i d -lv a r u m o r " a repor t he w a s of-fe red $100,000 a ,'eai- fo r t h r e e y e a r s to join the Mexican l e a g u e , His 1046 con t r ac t wi th the Ind ians calls fo r a n e s t i m a t e d $80,000.

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FINALISTS in the Station Headquarters Squadron pool kmrnament po*v vi ta th&lr prise* and SquaHroo CO, M<4, Leon IS. Williamson. Champion Is Louie Henderson (right) who took t U tills 100-92, owe delU Dan McOsady. PK> W l r, r s o K ? .

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