The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-07-31
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Tenersee division was maid to do a
is mile hike all yer again for yell
ing yoo hoo at half dressed women
and male golfers looking for lost
balls. From now OF I 60 strictly on
the idea that anybody l e in open
lots may be a general for all I know.
Personally l wood not poke no fun
at a general on a golf coarse any
how on account Of I like to see them
there. The farther a general is from
the camp the less times I get in
spected. This is a war of decep-
ton, ma, and where a a general
find more deception than on a golf
link? 1t is also a war of movement
and you don't know what move
ments are until you see a middle
aged duffer going into his golf swing.
Generals need exercise like any
body else but if he is seen walking
on a highway he loses face. The
only place he can be seen hiking
five or ten miles a day without be-
ing disgraced is On a golf coarse so
l don't see no sense criticizing Gen
eral Lear for being on one that day.
The outfit l am with is very good
hammered and wood not yell at no
golfers in a ungentlemanly manner.
A couple Of weeks ago we was pass
ing a link and Otto Bixby yelled at
a duffer but he was so deep in a
trap he could hear NJ voices unless
they were from China. There was
a few women players in shorts and
At first I thought they was fugitives
from ladies' day in a turkish bath.
We paid no attention to them. not
even one 700 hoo and the ladies
seemed soarer than if we had paid
some notiss to 'em. Women may
get soar if soldiers yell at them but
they mind it worse if they snub 'em.
There was a very pompous looking
man looking for a lost ball near the
highway witch we marched on and
one of the boys made some re-
marks like Looking for something.
m~ister?" and Did you try under
the bureau" He did not think much
of it then but ever since reading
about the General Lear incident he
has been scared stiff for fear the man
was a officer and got his descrip-
ton.
Personally 1 think General Lear is
getting worse punishment than his
troops and I bet he wishes he never
played golf in his life. I think peo-
pie are rubbing it in. Discipline is
discipline in a army and most Of the
boys here do not think a army
should give Bronx cheers to nobody
on the line of march and espeshully
not to ladies no matter if they wear
shorts or whoopskirts. This is a
all out war but we should not be all
out of manners.
We don't even wave at nobody no
more becuz for all we know it might
turn out to be Secretary Stimson
or Mrs. Roosevelt. The Lear thing
maid the army awful careful. But
l hope the people let up or General
Lear becuz I hear he had plenty Of
excuse for being upset. l hear he
was nine strokes on a par four hole
and still lbs yards from the green
when the soldiers 700 hooed. And
not only that but he had gave his
opponent a stroke a hole. Anything
wood've made him soar.
Well so much for that. l got the
heavy sox in case l get to Iceland.
Tell Irene Mahoney if I get to Ire
land l will look up her old man.
Love.
Oscar.
Not much Roadway can be
found in making the world fit
to live in again until somebody
invents a tank-proof treaty or
develops a hog-proof man.
Beautiful models have paraded in
a style show before the draftees at
Camp Upton. The idea is to show
the soldiers what the well-dressed
Iceland woman will not wear.
25-CENT SPECIAL
There's one thing I can't do. I've
found,
No matter how I try.
I cannot get my mouth around
A sandwich three decks high.
Merrill Chilcote.
We have seen the photos of
Marshal Semyon Budenny of the
Russian forces, and think this is
the first time a panZer mustache
has been used In the war.
HERE'S HOPING!
When the Hitlers to hittle
And the "Mussies" muss no more
Then may humans sit and whittle
With no further thoughts of war.