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The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
395th Tech. So. Sc.

Welcome TO 2nd ii. Waylon Z.
Argriff, Who recently joined the
Squadron "a Assistant Supply OF
fiesr.
Reccn. promotions Included one
staff Sergeant 20 Technical Ser
Reant, five SerReauts 10 Staff
Serzeans, nine CorpDrals 10 Ser
geanis. nine Pr.vates 10 PIES.
Staff Sgt AuEon J McGee has
takon over the duties Of lst Ser
geant. FRS. Sgt James p. Ken
needy having been promoted 10
Technical Sergeant
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Booth ech. Sc. So.

The Squadron welcomes tst 1t.
Robert NJ Wood He Is no rela-
ton 70 SGT Cleveland y. Wood
Who mas a brother of That name.
lat 1t. Robert n BaRlcy also re-
Gently was ssslgned 70 JOG
The 3Odth claims PVT. Leslie
Perry Is direct deseendent OF
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
nero OF the Battle OF Lake Erie
m 1912 The tennis court Is near
~ complete and the squadron Is
forming team in addition 70 a
baseball team
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
400th Tech. Sc. So.

The second open air SHOW at the
400th was held recently Major
Siberl Rains played the steel gui-
Tar and sang a novelty number to
his own ukulele accompaniment.
Miss Suzanne Shoemaker, 7-year-
Old daughter OF Major Abram L.
Shoemaker, sang and danced. The
MacNail sisters also starred. The
remaining talent was supplied by
the A & r Office.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Chaplain Weds
Pair at Midnight

The Chaplain, like the doc
tor, can never claim his own
time.
Recently the first midnight
marriage at the Post Chanel
was performed by Lutheran
Chaplain Virgil A. Cameron.
lst It. James w. Walker and
his bride-to-be, Mrs. Chris
tian S. Clack, arrived at Post
Chapel at II pm. and asked
Chaplain Cameron II thew
might be married that nivhf.
The Chaplain agreed and al
tho stroke OF midnight he
pronounced the marriage
VOWS.
Capt. Samuel F. Armon and
Chaplain Jerome A. Major
were the witnesses.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
d14th Tech. Sc. So.

Guest OF honor at the open air
show was Mai. William A. Nc
Cnrty, Squadron Commander. Sgt
Bob Gordon, popular flight lead
er, ls on furlough 10 marry Miss
Charlotte Dormuth, who holds
the title. Miss Atlantic City,
Sgt Gordon's home is also in At
lantic City.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
303rd Tech. Sc. So.

Pfc Clarence Sehrader vas
married last week in Biloxi
Staff SFia Merle Cole. Quentin
Hammcs, and Andrew Sperti took
the vows last month. Corp. p. II.
Wrinkles is drawing insignia Tor
The Kecslef Field News contest.
A squadron dance wlll be held
Friday, June 10. a. The uSO, b
ioRt
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
393rd Tech. Sc. So.

There Nere 81 recent promo
a8ns from Private - Private
First Class. IN the Squadron. PVT
Charles Edens. Squadron goif
champ. has Won both Of his
scheduled matches IN hia bid FOR
NE Poai championship. Softbsii
leagues have been formed Tor
both he day and night shifts.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
586th Tech. Sc. So,

The Squadron welcomes Cap
tain I, J. Richard, 1st 1t. J. G.
Wilcox, and 2nd 1t. M. d. Muir
ply who recently joined the
Squadron. Last week 81 men re-
ceived promotions; two sergeants
to staff sergeants; six corporals to
sergeantS; "a Pies. TO corporals.
and nine privates TO Pics.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Snyder
continued irorn pass one,

continued nom page one,
work anywhere else?"
"Oh, sure. After leaving NV
home in Cleveland, Ohio, | stud
led at the Art Institute Of Chica-
go, the Art Center School of Los
Angeles and the Chouinard Art
Institute there. Then / went 10
work with Kent Studio Service in
New York three years ago"
WHAT else do you do besides
cartoons?"
.'oh. little of everything
Oils, water colors and ink
sketches. I did advertising
Illustrations and posters for
the sale Of War Bonds. After
coming to keesIer Field L
started drawing you. and Just
recently l had a half-pare
OF cartoons. illustrating the
life OF AM students, pub
lished in the Washington
Post"
Busy fellow, aren't your But
how about that allowsnce?s
Haven't you forgotten that,
Well. would 80 cents do you until
... oh, no. lust recall having
seen Page ?. You're too young to
be squandering money on girls.
even II they are rather, er-nice
looking
But I'm not going 10 spend II
on ner, Paul. honest"
Well, what are you going 10
spend it on?T
War Saving Stamps. You
know you can get 'en for dime
or 25 cents or well. after al.
you've got pay raise coming
and
That's okeh, Hubert. Here's
30 cents. No, let's make that
dollar. As long as you're
spending your money that
way, it's all right with me-.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
307th ech. Sc. So.

TIE 307fh had three men In
The recent Post bouts, pvts. Jack
Grinder, Roy Klein and Danny
Nestol sgt Walter 2. Pupka
pitched a no-hit. no-run game in
softhall against the 5aih Air Bas,
! team. The score was 10.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17

Four new officers were vel
coined 70 our Squadron this week.
They are lst IT, J. {. Hill. and
2ud LIS. J. W. Schlegel, F. n.
Bsiscll and J. Z. Rutledge. The
day room has expanded again
with The addition Of another tent.
Twenty-nine men we're promoted
last week in our Tent City squad
rrn
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
SIZES NEW TrcH. SERGEANT

Promotion Of Leland II saees.
70ls. Q u. Platoon In, from Isl
Sergeant 70 Technical Sergeant
was announced last week Sgt.
Stees has been u the Army IA
years. coming here from Camp
Shelby on March a. His parents
live IN Valparaiso. Ind
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
SAFETY CLASS PLANNrD

keesIer Field soldiers and civ-
ilian personnel are invited by the
Biloxi Red Cross Chapter to join
the Red Cross water safety class
TO be directed by Charles Russell
June 1926. Those interested arc
asked to submit their application
to Red Cross headquarters in the
Biloxi library.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
398th Tech, Sc. So.

The 30Bihs supply room head
ed by iai Ii. Joseph S. Harrison,
directed by Staff Sgt Donald J.
Parker and assisted by Corps.
Louis B Hunter. William 4. john
son and Pvt Louis Rosselte
claim an efficiency record Of 635
men per minute
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
308th Tech. Sc. So.

The Squadron welcomes iat Il
Theodore WazeiDaum. ncwiy aa-
gnod 10 me 3O8th. The SoftbaIl
team remains undefeaied, down
.ng the Posi- Chapel team. l4-7.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
30lst Tech. Sc. So.

the Squadron welcomes 2nd Ii
william X McK inusy. new Aci-
ing Adiuiant Congratulations 10
sRi Anthony A. Candone on vim
ming his third stripe
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
302nd Tech. Sc. So.

a Shovel Noae Shark 'ook
nook line and slnker away from
PVT Ernest q. p Rohfcr on a re-
cent fishing trip. Corp Robert
Probst is back from iurl0ugh
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Nurse Gardiner
To Gardner Field

Is l. Jean II Gardner. as
Eistans Chief Nurze 81 the SATIN
Hoszllai. this week left for Card
ner RIelds Cailf.. where sne viii
assume new duties IS Chief Nurse.
she is the first nuEse 70 leave the
Neld.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
1.sSBuy In Biloxi

Biloxi is Hometown" of A C. T. s. during your training
period Keeser Field These merchants and firms Of
welcome and have made special effort provide the
things need Pstronze them No need go elsewhere
Biloxi has it, Check your needs from this list then the
firm that has what YOU need. They fighting on the
homefront' and backing YOU I00coi
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
589th Tech. Sc. So.

Three newly assigned officers
have taken over their duties with
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17

That's okeh, Hubert. Here's
80 cents No, let's make that
dollar. As long as you're
spending your money that
way, it's all right with me-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
FARM LABOR SUPPLY

(Humboldt, Eureka, Times)
Unless action is taken to safeguard an
adequate supply of farm labor, Ameri-
can agriculture will be in bad way and
the food supply of the nation may be
ieopardized, the National Grange en-
phasizes. 1t is a danger that cannot be
overlooked, and it is particularly press
ing on the Pacific coast.
Reports reaching Washington are to the
effect that practically half the cherry
crop of California and Oregon will be
secure pickers Much of the asparagus
grown in California will also be lost be-
cause of the shortage of harvest hands.
In the beet sugar districts many fields
that had been planted are being plowed
under, owing to the fact that it is impOs-
sible to secure labor to thin the beets
Steps are now being taken to import
agricultural workers from Mexico, to al
leviate. in measure at least, the farm
labor shortage which exists in California
and other western states. In all sections
of the country the women and children
of the farm are contributing their best
efforts toward meeting production goals
that have been set by the government.
The lure of the 40-hour week in indus
try, with time-and-a-half for overtime
and high wages, not to mention the draft,
has practically stripped farms of the
usual supply of labor.
In bureaucratic circles there is growing
talk Of freezing" men in their present
jobs, which would border on peonage. If
the government had the courage and the
fairness to deal justly with all the diff
ferent groups in national life, it would
be unnecessary to even consider the adop-
ton of such drastic and un-Americar
nOlicies
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
Nozis Rose Aainst y. S.
I'm Anger at Aerial Ruid

women and children lost their llVeS,
the Berlin radio said.
These are terror attacks by bar
harians against the crusaders 81
European culture.
maybe Eisenhower, the new COM
mander of American forces in Eur
ope. had a hand in the Bremen
attack. The British will pay for all
attacks Eisenhower may cause to be
launched against the German civil
ian population.
THE fuehrer many times said ne
was against bombing civilians, but
Churchill and Eisenhower decided
to wage war on German women
and children. The British popula-
ton will pay with their lives for
every German victim of terror
raids"
RAIDS ON PARIS
British planes, in their night oper-
ations, centered on the 170-mile
stretch of the French invasin coast
between Cherbourg and Boulogne.
Though the steady raids on this
area are undramatic and little pub
licized, reports from France have
disclosed the enormous cumulative
damage they have done, and perhaps
German interest in them was in
creased by an announcement that
Britain with the aid of American,
Canadian and New Zealand instruc-
tors is now training glider pilots for
offensive operations.
Three German planes were de-
stroyed over Britain during the
night.
In the only serious raid, small
force of planes caused damage and
casualties at Norwich, in eastern
England A joint air and home Sc
curity ministry communique said
damage was done mainly to residen-
tial and shopping areas.
The German planes dropped flares
to light the city and followed with
incendiary and explosive bombs
Some dived almost TO housetops.
Several fires we're started, includ-
ing one in a large hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
THE DOUGHBOY
GETS THAT DOUGH
(Watsonville Register)

(WatSonNllle keglSter)
Now that so bucks a month land
found has been set by Congress and
okayed by the President as the minimum
pay for men in Uncle Sans fighting
service, the whole procedure, in retro
spect, smacks of the miraculous in hu-
man affairs.
1t isn't, of course, a startling fact
that the American soldier is the best paid
and fed and clothed in the world. He al
ways has been the envy of other coun-
tries armies in that regard. But here
are startling facts: The congressional
vote for the pay raise was unanimous
not a single mo" vote, And congress
was speaking for the people, for the
130,000,000 Americans-rich and poor,
boss and worker, democrat and repub-
lican-who are the employers of those
soldiers. sailors and marines. And the
l30,000,000 okayed the raise as unani-
mously as congress.
You can't unearth difference of
opinion on the matter in a barber shop,
even, as veteran barber L. V. Beckley,
who has been shaving a generation of
chins in the Palace hotel in San Fran
cisco, remarked when the story made
headlines. Death and taxes are only
two of the three certainties of life I've
always maintained" Beckley said. "The
other certainty is that an argument can
be started on any subject of human
knowledge in a barber shop. But no.
body'll argue the boys shouldn't have
had that raiSei
A comforting thought of philosophy
may be drawn: that some day the human
race may be in agreement as solid that
the Golden Rule be established among
all nations and war abolished forever
Meanwhile-it's good the doughboys
get that dough!
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
Russians Launch
Attack to Relieve
SevastopoI Area
BY UNITED PRESS

The German high command ad-
mitted Saturday that the Russian
shock forces had attacked the kerch
peninsula, at the vital eastern END
of the Crimea toward the Caucasus.
It was evident that the Russians,
with the aid of their powerful fleet
that controls the Black sea, had
made a double bid to relieve the
threat to the Caucasus and to re-
lieve pressure on embattled Sevas-
topol.
The German admission of the
attack, broadcast from Berlin, said
the Russians had been repulSed by
German coastal defenSeS before the
attackers reached the coast, but the
true situation was not yet known
The Russian communique made no
mention of the action.
Sevastopol, on the 21st day of one
of the most ferocious enemy attacks
of the war, was holding stoutly.
1t was indicated that the Kerch
attack was made by picked men
of the Red marines, who have played
a star part in the defense OF SevaS
topol and all other Crimean opera
tons.
Before the offensive was launch
ed on Sevastopol, the Germans had
succeeded in pushing the Russians
out of the Kerch peninsula, presum-
ably in hope that they would be
able TO reduce Sevastopol and break
through on the southern mainland
front toward the Caucasus.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
Chinese Withdraw
From Air Base

CHUNGKING, Crina, June 27 U.H
CHJNGKING, China, June 27
CUP) - A war communique tonight
said that Chinese forces had with
drawn from the city of Lishui-
the last Chekiang air base from
which TOKYO might be bombed
but that heavy fighting continued
in the outskirts.
Both sides suffered heavy casual
ties in several days of intense
fighting at Lishui, including street
battles that ended with the Chinese
withdrawal on Wednesday.
The Japanese had made power-s
full attack to knock out the Allied
air base at Lishui in their campaign
to eliminate all eastern China bases
from which Tokyo might be atH
tackled by long range Americah
bomberS.
! fighting continued in Kiangsi pro-
! fighting continue din kiangSi pro-
vince around KWangfeng and or
the Samshui and Honeymoon seq
! tors of KWangtung, where the jap
apese are attempting to advance.
Battles also were reported in the
Taiheng mountains on the Shang-
Shi-Hopei front.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
BY LEON KAY

CAIRO, June 81 CUP - German
Field Marshal Erwin Rommels ar
mored forces were within 10 miles
of Matruh today, masSed west and
southwest of the town, anchor OF
the new British line. for an attack
expected at any moment.
A middle eastern command COM
munique reported that the main
Axis column, advancing along the
coaSSl railroad, had reached a
point about Is miles west OF Mat
rub last night. They were 125 miles
inside Egypt and IT'S miles from
Alexandria, base OF the British
Mediterranean fleet.
The communique said tina, Brit
ish covering troops were in con-
tact with forward enemy elements
throughout yesterday but that
there was no major engagement.
British and German light tank
formations haG cIaShed SaVagely
over a wide front while Rommel
pushed eastward, against steadily
stiffening British resistance, the
banks, armored cars, artillery, mo-
torized infantry and mobile anti
aircraft regiments with which ne
hoped to break the British line ana
go on to Suez.
From Matruh eastward to Cyr-
prus and Syria, Allied forces were
on a 24-hour-a day alert for mass
parachute troop attacks with which
the Germans might make ferocl-
Gus bid for break through TO Suez
and thrust at the middle eastern
oil fields.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
Churchill Home
To Face Critics

had flown Churchill home from
his last visit to Washington.
RETURN TOLD
The ministry of information an
nounced Churchill's return in the
following communique, issued at 7
am. q am. EWT):
1T is officially announced that
the Prime Minister is safely back
in this country.
"Mr. w. Averell Hartman (Pres-
ident Roosevelt's special liaison Of
ficer) is in the party
In facing the house of commons,
Churchill will have one card of un-
known strength - the announce
ment that is to be made regarding
his talks with the President.
1t was agreed in advance in po-
litical quarters that a great deal
might depend on the nature of the
announcement.
A statement that the Washing
ton talks had resulted in some
definite decision on second front
probably would make the commons
debate an anti-climaX, it was said
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
Enemy Feels Out
British Strength =
FOR Egypt Bottle

1t was indicated that light enemy
advanced forces had reached points
only few miles outside Matruh.
German dive bombing planes
attacked Matruh ceaselessly by
night, trying to smash the still in
complete British defense line and
prepare the way for another such
lightning victory as that at Tob-
ruk.
A determined British tank force
succeeded in slowing the main
German advance along the coast
by driving out through the mine
fields on the escarpment southwest
OF Matruh.
News that this British force had
been operating in the vicinity of
"Charing Cross Cnly IL miles
southwest of Matruh, and had beSS
compelled to break through the eN
emy's advance screen to do SO, in
dicated how close the Germans
were.
GERMANS SLOW DOWN
Charing Cross, named by London
is the junction of the main roO
running eastward from the Libyan
border to Matruh and the desert
track which runs down to the silva
Oasis.
When the British tanks appeared,
it was reported, the German COM
mand at once slowed the march of
its main columns on the coastal
road.
Dt Sf oh
tanks moved southwark from the
coastal columns and began sweep
9ng the desert in an attempt TO
draw the attention of British tank
scouts.
A dispatch from Richard D. Nc
MILAN, United Press correspondent
at the front with Gen. Neil NJ
Ritchie's 9Th army. said that IT '"et
reports these enemy tanks were iu
the vicinity of BIZ K-uayis ADlr
FL Kanayis), 80 miles souJhW 81 u
Matruh on the silva road
The Germans We're reported r,u-
centrating increasuglr eirnIs
forces, with heavy tanks, III the
desert area to the south, sending
out light patrols OF armored cars
to feel out British strength, which
was even yet not great.
But Rommel continued to puV
his main army eastward along the
railroad, using the camel tracks on
both sides of it.
British planes, attacking at n
daringly low level. hit repeatedV
at the German rear in an attempt
to impede the advance of the sup
ply columns which Rommel must
i have.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
WASHINGTON CHUTNEY

Shoe repair shops may now use
up their frozen stocks of heavy
leather for half soles. Eleven per
cent of all drafted men have at
tended college and another So per
cent have attended high school.
Use of quinine and similar drugs
is now restricted to treatment of
malaria. Restaurants and boarding
houses may obtain increased sugar
allowances in proportion to in
creased number of meals served.
Plants cooperating in the war
production drive now number over
900. Army clothing formerly packed
in boxes is now compression baled
to save 35 per cent space. The
Army has 700 bands.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
By SIDNEY ]. WILLIAMS

LONDON, June 81. CUP)-Ger-
many, making dark threats of ven-
geance for the 1000 plane raid on
Bremen, suggested today that Maj.
Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower, new
United States Army commander in
the European theater of operations,
had had a hand in the attack.
1t was apparent that the Germans
were trying to draw a reply which
would tell them just what Eisen-
hover was doing and whether planes
of the United States Army air
corps were yet ready to join th-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
Ry EDWARD BEATTlE

LONDON, June 81 CUP - Prime
Minister Winston Churchill, back
from the United States to face a
critical and anxious house of COM
mons, scheduled a weekend of
government parliamentary leaders
meetings with his war cabinet and
today to lay plans for the parlia-
mentary debate on the Libyan re-
verses.
AS his plane landed, after flight
across the Atlantic at the con-
clusion of grand strategy confer
ences with President Roosevelt, the
morning newspapers told OF hu-
initiating government political de-
feat, in a conservative stronghold,
in a by-election foI commons
seat.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28

Royal air force in smashing Ger
man cities one by one.
While British planes were ranging
over German occupied territory dur
ing the night, bombing airdromes
and other targets in offensive oper-
ations Of limited scale, and a small
German plane formation made q
savage attack on Norwich, the Ger
man radios began blaring threats
of vengeance.
Britain will payheavily, in due
time, for the murderous, barbarou3
attack on Bremen, where German
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
CHURCHILL ShFf

Not only parllamc4-t, put the ma
ton at large showed both anxiety
and anger over the situation which
had put a powerful Axis army more
than 100 miles into Egypt.
But it was agreed, even among
the Prime Minister'S most bitter
enemies, that his position was safe
and commons criticism was now
centering on his insstence on re-
tanning the post of minister of de
fense and the direction of military
as we'll as political, diolomatic and
economic policies arc strategy.
Churchill flew &c the United
States and back in t.e Bristol, one
OF thr3e Pan American clipper
planes turned over to the British
, overseas aircraft corporations
Flight Capt. J. C. Kelly Rogers
transatlantic pilot for the British
corporation ,piloted the plane. Et
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
THE COLONIES OUTRANKED

Perhaps you remember, as Col. Leehey
seems not to do, when Gen. Mac Arthur,
fresh from Bataan, assumed command
of United Nations forces in the Pacific
southwest. Possibly you remember, too,
one declaration of his at that time which
has become famous.
Gen Macarthur, then as now the most
successful and popular of all Allied gen
erals, announced that as long as he re-
mained in command there would be no
suppression of news, either good or bad,
unless its publication would directly af-
feet campaign in the field of battle.
That was the public pronouncement of
Gen. MacArthur's policy.
Soldiers who have served under Mac
Arthur were not surprised by it. We have
their own testimony that he leads by
example, not by coercion. He told them,
always, the situation they were in-and
proceeded to do his best to get them out
of it.
Col Leehey, who declared his belief
that the people should have blind faith"
in their political and military leaders, ad-
vocates such a system as the Germans
follow. They have "blind faith" and
they're going to get the stuffing beat out
of them by group of people who demand
that their faith be earned by those who
lay claim to it.
For ourselves, we think there is no
need to build up national faith" as Col.
Leehey urged, in those who lead u.s. The
faith is there, or they wouldn't be lead
ing us. Anyone who thinks otherwise
is misinterpreting the American people.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The following edit
oriols are presented as interesting opin-
ions Uoiced by editors eiseichere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
EX- MINISTER DIES

BALTIMORE, June 27. UP)--
Wilbur John Carr, 72, former as
sistant secretary of state and one
time minister TO CZechosloyakia,
died suddenly in Johns Hopkins hos
pital last night.