Evening star., 1941-08-17

sailors. Heaven help the first Nazi SUBJ
marine they spot from their bombers.
Hundreds of Canadians have tried to
join the Norwegian Air Force, but by
agreement with the Canadian govern
ment the Norwegians will not take them
and similarly the Royal Canadian Air
Force doesn't take Norwegian citizens.
Right now with more squadrons ready
for overseas the Norwegians are looking
for recruits and many an American Of
Norwegian descent has found his way
into the brotherhood of Little Norway.
Pay and allowances compare favorsbly
with those of Uncle Sans armed forces
and the fun-loving Norwegians are popu-
lar with Toronto hosts and hosteSses.
There's never dull moment when the
Norwegians are around.
Ask Wendell Willkie When Willkie
was in Toronto recently half a dozen
young Norwegian daredevils roared up
Toronto's busy University avenue in the
middle of the parade, wide open at 200
feet-doing barrel rolls.
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1t didn't there were locked tenders and
smashed radiator grills by the score as
drivers stuck their heads out of their
windows paying more attention to what
was happening above than in front Of
them.
Canadian authorities tore their hair
and haven't quite got over it yet. Since
then the Norwegians stay 2,500 feet up
when over the city, but Torontonians still
see plenty of their practice dog fights.
Model Quarters.
Camp Little Norway consists of set-
tlement of special wartime buildings
thrown up opposite the island airport.
Planned with characteristic Norwegian
efficiency the buildings are models of
what well-lit, well-ventilated living
quarters should be.
They have their own hospital and q
model kitchen which turns out Nor
wegian food planned with diets supplied
by former professor of the University
of Oslo whose name is known to doc
tors all over the world.
There's womens auxiliary composed
of the half dozen wives who managed to
get out of Norway with their husbands
and wives who have come from other
parts of the world and from the United
States. So Camp Little Norway is prob
ably the only military barracks in the
world with tastefully designed curtains
on its windows. and big comfortable cam
teens or lounges turned out with strict
ly feminine touch.
Preference is given to those who speak
Norwegian when volunteers are accepted,
just as youngsters from 18 up are pre-
ferred as pilots, but here and there Is
the odd flyer who doesn't. No. I Of
these is Capt. Alex Mcleod, veteran
American test pilot and veteran of air
fighting against the Japs in China. He's
been in five armies and seven wars. His
wife is Norwegian.
Older men with special skills get
chance. too, for the Norwegian Air Force,
like others, needs hundreds of radio oper-
ators mechanics and other technicians.
Younger fellows unskilled in these lines
geI training lTon tne ground up WIFI
some of the most elaborate equipment IN
use anywhere today.
Armored, mobile repair shops on
wheels, which move along at so miles an
hour, are part of this equipment along
with mobile radio stations and parts
trucks.
One of the newest American recruits Is
young chap from Norfolk, Va, who had
a few hours in the air to his credit. The
Norwegians got chuckle out of his APP
plication form and wore pleased express
sions when they read his answer to tbs
stock question: Can you speak Norwe-
gian?" mo" was the Virginian's reply,
''but can learn"