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The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
310th Tech. Sc. So.

Sgt Thomas e Bowen of lie
squadron vas married recently by
ChspiaIn sol8n Cole. pvts. Leland
u. Kfaase and Charles Grove tilp=
PED q coin 20 5ee where they would
Fo on a recent Sunday night. TIE
Service Club won the tss 50 ihay
Wcni - hear tar broadcast PR.
rata Kfaue eaa called 70 ihn
m re- ard N1n some candy. Pst
john e Mcdonnell. - Memphis.
Tenn sud Pgs Wyatt Il Cunning
ham. Union city. Tenn. we're
picked by Inspecting offIesr1 of the
squadron far tHrif neafness and
fo'dIeflg manner
sRt Edward Red MART.
charter member Of the
squadron when II vas formed
At Chanuls Field. May ie,
1871. Is leaving tht squad
ron. lie was assigned A. COOK
while AZ ksesler rield
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
German Prisoner
In World War1
Stationed Here

A civil prisoner in Germany for
four years during World War l,
End st. Pardon c. Williams, Army
Air Forces, is now assigned to the
General Mess at this field.
A native of Watertown, NY,
Lieutenant Williams was arrested
in 1914 while travelling in Ger
many with his father who was to
have an operation performed on
his eyes. Between the time the
armistiee was declared and his re-
turn TO the United States in 1919,
the Lieutenant acted as unofficial
interpreter for the Third Division
Army OF Occupation, in Coblenz.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
414th Tech. Sc. So.

Pfc Gus Shorts IS supervisor of
causthenics in the squadron. II is
with regret that the squadron
loses Pvt Vino Forbes who re-
Gently received medical discharge.
He had been here five months.
Corp Howard l.. Crawford is
nome on furlough. Pfc. Allen d.
owen leaves ON furlouRh today.
Pvt. John Clifton. reporter.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
OuaIifiers:
Tell the News

me home town people would BE
interested in reading that you
qualified for serlai gunner, Avla-
ion Cade., Officer Candidate
schooi or glider pilot training, and
ihe Public Relations Office can
ie'l them.
II yon have qualified Tor any 81
he foregoing schools and nave not
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
A Gunner's Vow

l wished 10 be pilot
And you along with me-.
But II we an were pilots
Where would the Air Force be-
Il taxes CUTS 10 be a Gunner,
To sit out In the tail
When the MesserschmittS arc COM
ing
And Tho slugs begin % wall.
The pilots just a chauffeur,
It's his job to fly the plane,
But It's WE who do the fighting.
Though we may not Get the fame
IN We all must be Gunuers
Then let US make This bet
Wen be The hset damn Gunndfs
That have left thus station vet.
Author Unknown
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
3o4th Tech. SC. So.

Priz william G. Rslst1n and
Paul w. Melis married their
hometown s#eeibchris here last
week I. must have been more
than just small talk pYf Richard
r. Hebbin was whispering to his
Wri friend la q long distance call
90 Dayton. %, Hhc oiuer night
Telephone charge S25.
Sgt Raymond r Peterson, sem
Tor mai orderly, reports new
record Of lG baRs Of mail received
daily Corp. Jimmie Burns. quad
ron boxing Instructor, IS awaiting
shipment after qualifying as q
glider pilot candidate
Pvt. Louis Gair. reporter.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
Booth ech. Sc. So.

Mai. Leo seh.sgaM Command
lug officer 81 ne 30g5a has beer
Transferred. Tire ncN commanding
officer of tHe quadHeH s Capt
Elton T. RaNHan. former com
manaer nf ths sn5.h Teen 81 81
Majaf sch.sFau gas veII liked -
all tht mrm aefa of Ire squaaran
and shc.F best y shes 70 N'ih him
Pssz EdsHf Beaumont; john
KunkeI EaaaHs Bla|sdsu ard
Richard Fdisf are leaving fsf
Aviation Cadei Training Get Hfes
letters of recommendation and
your birth certificate aud come
into ne orderly room and you can
ioin ms group very soon IL you
qualify
Pvl Charles saRlc. neN si Min
tsr field. Cal. writes
a man In uniform in Cal
ifornia cant spend any money
unless hr sneaks off by him
self. We Wrnf to = bar and
eNefyiime ws ordered civil
Ian would pay for Il. We fin
Ais had to leave IN self de-
fensr The non confs here call
~ gentlemen. and Al first
80 didn't know who theY
meant The wrathef being
about the same a. In Afissis
xippi. We dunt work In The
afternoon. but swim or go 10
the show. iisvr watermelon
or Ice cream every daY"
Barrhck IS is going 70 have two
beer parties, ono Tor having the
best harrark in thc squadron and
The other for defeating barrack -
In a no-hlt sofihall game. 10
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
Ella Fitzgerald
Sings Here

Ella Fitzgerald. Negro swing
singer. aad her band performed
before a capacity audience in War
Department Theatre No. l Tues-
day afternoon at a special show
arranged through Pvt. Joseph
Tim Gale, 309th Tech. Sc. 50,
who with his brother formerly
managed the orchestra.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
pRnIRsTANT CHOIR

A General Protestant Choir Is
being formed BY Chaplain Virgil
A. Cameron. Those interested may
apply a. choir Kshesrsalz every
Thursday u Recreation Hal % a.
7.50 pm. Pfc. Howard Okie, As
sslant Post Organist. IS director.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
COLONIES TO GET MEDALS

Coils. Robert ]. Plat, Post Sur
geon, and Harry Z. Smalley, Post
Dental Surgeon, and 1t. Col. Ray
mond D.sHenderson. Hospital In
spector, are among officers who
will soon be issued the ribbon OF
the Army of Occupation Of Ger
many medal for men who served
in Germany or Austria Hungary
between November Il, 1918 and
July IL, 1923.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
396th Tech. Sc. So.

PYt Joe x. oyler Of the 3g6lh
and Mss Jean O'Toole were mar
ried here July I and are plan
ming 10 make lhoir home in BIZ
loNL S Sgt Robert l.. Miller and
pvls NJ Knihlo, Harold Braddoek
and Rollins Dent left en fugiouRhs
last week.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
Four Officers
Win Promotions

Promoted from Captain . Major
last week we're william = Rentz.
Executive Officer of the AAFTS.
and Lawrence 4. Petersen. Post
Acjutant. Promoted from st Lieu
tenant o Captain were William
T. Pacxwood. Jr- Assistant Posi-
Personnel Adiusznt, and Alva 3.
Parsons. Assistant Finance Officer.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
Part of Hospital
Air-Conditioned

Air conditioning for the Sta
ton Hospitals major operating
room, the X-ray clinic and the
recovery ward has been approved
and win soon be installed, ac-
cording to Capt. Sanford H. Ham,
ilton, Hospital Adjutant
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
REORGANIZATION

The civilian employment office,
under Maj. Archie Sorenson, OIc,
Civilian Employment, has been
reorganized so as to administer ef-
fectively to all civilian personnel
on the field. In order TO complete
ly coordinate activities, a repre-
sentative Of each department win
be stationed in the civil service
employment office.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
308th ech. Sc. So.

The following men from tho
squadron have left lor Aviation
Cadet training. Corp. william L.
Golden. pvis Walter J. Kingman.
Nathan J WelimHn. Ernest "
Reea. Alexandra Macurak. s. sRl.
Harris J Van Antwerp married
recently Ia now residing In h
Low
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15

filed o.. > P1biic Relations form.
come . ne Public Relsiions o.
Ice, Building :. Block 81, and
fll OF 30 we can let re home
loan papers knog.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
LAUNDRY OFFICER HIRE

2nd Ii George B, Strain. Quar-
termaster Corps. last week was
named Post Laundry Officer. He
has had IA years laundry eNper-
ienee. The Post Laundry IS ex-
peeied in early September.
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
1,SsBuy In Biloxi

Biloxi is ehome- town Of A. C. T. $ during training
at Keeser Field These merchants and firms Of Biloxi
welcome you made special effort to provide the
things Won need Patronze them No need elsewhere
Biloxi has it, Check your needs from this list then the
firm that has what YOU need. They fighting the
homefront" and backing YOU 1900,
The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
VOC INSTRUCTORS

To determine the ability Of Vol
unteer Officer Candidates in hand
ling men. The Replacement Train
ing Cenier is appointing those who
have finished their basic training
as drill instructors.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
TOM MIX'S HORSE, TONY,
WAS CHLOROFORMED

Hollywood - Tony, the grand
old horse of the movies who
pranced to fame with the late
cowboy star, Tom Mix, died
quietly Saturday in barn of his
masters palatial estate.
Ivon D. Parker, Hollywood at
torney and horseman who has
cared for the 4O-year-old Tony
since Mix's death in an auto accl-
dent, said the movie horse was
given an overdose of chlorotorm
that put him to sleep.
81 almost wonder if Tony dldn'1
know what was coming early this
morning" Parker said. Il took
him from my ranch in a truck
and he entered it easily. On the
ride to the Tom Mix estate ne
looked about the country as If he
knew he was getting his las
view"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
JUSTICE STONE REACHES
HIS 10th BIRTHDAY, SAT.

Washington-Chief Justice Har-
Ian F. Stone reached his 10th
birthday anniversary Saturday
and became eligible to retire, but
there were indications that he
would continue to serve indefin-
itely as head of the Supreme
Court.
His health was described as ex-
cellent and he was said to be in
tensely interested in the work of
the tribunal. Friends predicted
that the day of retirement was
quite a distance away.
He will preside over a session
of the Supreme Court which may
the powers of a President in war
time.
The opinion, if delivered, will
deal with the petitions of eight
Nazi saboteurs challenging the
\ constitutionality of a military
commission appointed to try
produce a decision interpreting
them.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
BROUGHTON IN FAVOR
OF SCHOOL AMENDMENT

Raleigh - Governor Broughton
issued a statement strongly sup
porting a proposed constitutional
amendment to unity administra-
ton of public schools under a new
state board of education.
The Governor said the amend
ment was designed to remedy "a
condition of admitted confusion
and overlapping in the admins
tration of our public schools"
The amendment, which will be
ratified or rejected by voters in
the general election next month,
would set up a new state board
of education to replace five boards
and commissions which now adj
minister various phases Of pub
lie school activity.
"There is nothing partisan or
political in this proposed amend
ment," the Governor said, point
ing out that "it has received the
public and emphatic endorsement
of a very large number of public
leaders, Democrat and Republican
alike.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
AUTOMOBILES WANTED
FOR SCRAP COLLECTION

New York - Proposals to re-
claim the nations non-essential
automobiles for scrap metal and
pay their owners trade-in allow
ances were advanced this week
by Dean Alfange, American La
Dor party candidate for governor
and member of the New York
state salvage commission.
In kilograms to Democratic
Senators James M. Mead and
Robert F. Wagner, Of New York,
and to Senator Harry S. Truman
3D., Mo- chairman Of a senate
committee investigating the war
effort, Alfange urged the govern
ment to buy up cars laid up for
the duration and compensate
owners with war bonds.
Such step, he said, would pro-
vide 100000 tons of scrap i'm
mediately.
The purchasing under Allan
ge's plan would be carried out by
an "auto reclamation authority
with power to pay fair trade-ins
based on standard used car valu-
ations. This would be accom-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15

Washington - The new victory
tax which was quickly passed by
the Senate, on Saturday, will af-
feet a large number of Amerl-
cans. Here are the answers TO
some of the questions which Will
arise:
Q-Who is subject to the VIC
tory tax?
A-Everyone earning more
than 1924 next year-or $lz a
week-will pay a victory tax
next year. It does not apply TO
1912.
Q-How much is the tax?
Alive per cent. of everything
YOU earn over and above your
1924 minimum exemption. If you
earn $2,625 next year, you Will
pay a victory tax of $500 in addi-
ton to your regular income tax
es. The tax is the same for mar
ried and single persons, and there
is no additional exemption for de-
pendents. But if husband and
wife both work, both get the S624
exemption.
Q-Does the government keep
this money for good, or will some
of it be returned?
Apart of the tax is refund
able. The refund amounts to 70
per cent. of the tax paid for a sin
gle person, 40 per cent, for the
head of a family, and an addition
al two per cent. for each depend
ent. If you are married, have one
child, and pay a victory tax of
$500, you would be entitled to a
$42 refund.
Q-When and how could I get
this refund?
Aft you are entitled to $42
refund, under certain conditions
you could get it right away in the
form of a credit against your vic
tory tax. In other words, you
would pay the government $5e
instead of the full $500. These
conditions are that during the
year you must have spent at least
$42 for buying war bonds, pay,
ing off a mortgage or other debt
outstanding on Sept. 1 of thi!
year, or paying premiums on E
life insurance policy which was
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
RAINIER ELK ORPHANAGE
REMEMBERED BY CANNON

Concord - The city of Char
lotte, the Charlotte Observer
fresh air camp and Grandfather
Orphanage at Banner Elk even
tually will share in the million
dollar estate left by Joseph F.
Cannon, who was killed October
2 in an airplane crash at Morris
Field, at, Charlotte.
Under terms of the will made
public by the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company of Concord, one
of the executors of the estate
the Cannon property is held in
trust for his wife, Nella Douglas
Cannon, and his friend and bust
ness associate, John A. Cunning
ham of Charlotte, during their
life time, and then is divided in,
to three shares as follows: -
Fifty per cent. to GRANDPA
Their Orphanage at Banner Elk.
2-Twenty-five per cent. to the
Charlotte Observer fresh all
camp.
3-Twenty-five per cent. to the
city of Charlotte ''to be used by il
in furnishing facilities for and II
the furtherance of aviation"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
WILL COMMISSION BASE
ON NAVY DAY, OCT. q

Miami, Fla. - The navy's new
$4,000 section base at St. Peters
burg will be officially commits
stoned on Navy Day, October II,
it was announced by Rear Admir-
al James L. Kaufman, command
er of the Gulf sea frontier and the
seventh naval district.
The base, built to accommodate
several hundred men and numer-
Gus small vessels to patrol the
waters of Florida's Gulf coast,
will be placed under the COM
mand of Lieut.. Cmdr. R. C. Big
Glow.
Admiral Kaufman said he
would attend the ceremonies III
, war conditions permit"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
BATTLESHIP OREGON TO
GO INTO SCRAP YARD

Washington - Over many SEN
timental protests, the navy re-
gretfully announced that the ia
nous old battleship, Oregon,
whose stormy race from the west
coast around South America to be
in on the xii of the Spanish feet
at Santiago, Cuba, in 1898 was an
epic of the service, is to be brok-
en- up for scrap.
The scrapping of the historic
vessel, which was loaned to the
state of Oregon in 1925 and has
been preserved as an exhibit at
Portland since, was proposed
some time ago by the War Pro-
duction board and opposed i'm
mediately by Oregon officials and
residents, historical societies and
some official within the navy it.
self.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15


nestle worker or a member Of the
armed forces-your employer will
deduct the tax from your pay
check and forward it to the gov
eminent. All others will pay the
tax on March Is of each year-or
in quarterly Observation-Disclosures
er with the regular income tax.
For example, if you earn $24 a
week your employer will take 6O
cents out of each pay check,
which is five per cent of $12.
Q-Suppose earn $24 week,
but work only 20 weeks out OF
the year?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
Wings ofWctory

Electricity make Americas planes of the worlds
Here few of the which GE
equipment the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
JOE LOUIS SAYS HE
PLANS TO RETIRE

Omaha-Joe Louis, urdefeated
Negro heavyweight boxing cham
pion, now in the United States
Army, told newsmen at Omaha,
Neb., that he was retiring from
the ring.
Louis said:
I'm in the army and they're
taking care of my plans. But, as
for the ring, my fighting days are
over"
He did not express care for re-
turning to boxing after the war,
pointing out that he would be o.
YER 80 years of age then. He is
the first champion since Gene
Tunney to retire from the heavy
weight picture unbeaten.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15

A-Since your annual earnings
are only $3.50, which is less than
the exemption, the government
would pay you back all that had
been withheld from your pay
checks, or $12, at the end of the
year.
Off I earn more than 1924 a
year, and pay my whole victory
tax through pay-check deduc-
tons, how do I get my refund if
1 am entitled to take it right a.
way?
Aft you had had 500 taken
out of your salary checks during
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
Questions On New Victory
Tax Answered In Summary

in force on the same date. If you
haven't done any of these things,
you will have to pay the full $lOO
and wait until after the war for
your refund,
Q-How will the victory tax be
collected?
Aft you are a wage or salary
earner-other than a farm or do
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
Brief Review OF State World News During The Past Week

the year and were entitled to-
claim an immediate $42 refund,
the government would apply this
$42 against your 1912 income tax
liability. In other words, you'd
pay $40 less in income taxes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15

Winter apples will be designa-
ted as a Victory Food Special IN
retail stores throughout the
country October % through Oct
ober 81, announces the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15

panied by campaign to persuade
owners to turn in their cars in
stead of putting them in storage.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-15
whose boy VIII II
Because You Failed?


something
do alive
in the
of
badlyn now.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-03-14
CATHOLIC SERVICES

Services for Roman Catholics will be held every Sunday, until further notice. in the American Legion hall at 9:30 a. m., and will be conducted by Chaplain Hayes.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-03-14
Volunteers Must
 Act Before Draft

Regisa ants who enlist after being called for perturbation physical examination can hardly be credited with outstanding pat riotic motives for so doing John l. Mccormick, Territorial Dir ector of Selective Service, stated today.
 "Such men," he said "seem to crave public recognition as vol unteers when it is perfectly ap- parent that the compelling mo- tive is the knowledge they will be ordered into the Army within afew days. Director Mccormick said that while the recruiting ser vices continue to operate men of draft age may volunteer up to the time of being called for in 6uction.
 He continued: Before a regis trant is permitted to enlist after call for pre- induction physical examination, his board must cer- tify to the recruiting office that the applicant is not a necessary man to industry. If successful, the registrant enters the Army within two or three weeks from the time he would be inducted anyway.
 1t is, of course, different with the registrant who prefers to serve with the Navy, the Marine C0rpS, or the Coast Guard, but in such eases, we cannot help but feel that the man who is sincere n his preference will not wait to volunteer until he is about to e drafted. Then too, the Local Beard has the privilege of declin- ling to give a waiver after it has called registrant for physical examination and the plans of the nan who waits until the last mo- Rent may be defeated"
Kodiak mirror., 1942-03-14
CHURCH NOTICES
Greek Russian Orthodox Church
 Rev. Gregory Gleboff

A cordial invitation is extend ed to all members of the church to attend the services. During Lent services will be held every day at goo a. n. and 800 p. m.
 During the absence of Rev. Gleboff services are being con ducted by Father G. Schmaltz of Spruce Island
Kodiak mirror., 1942-03-14
Sermon: Jesus Religious Conflict

Sermon: Jesus Religious Conflict 5:3O Fellowship Supper-l5c. 6;30 Christian Youth Fellowship
 Intermediate, High School
 and Young Peoples group 7:30 Evening Service
 Hymn-Sing
 Sermon: A Holy Temple Wednesday, 7:30 pm. Mid-week
 Vesper Hour Thursday,
 7::30 Church Cholr prac-
 tice
 Friday. zoo Boy Scouts All meetings and activities Sunday and weekdays after , p. m. are downstairs in the Social Hall. where the windows have been "blacked out" PUBLIC READING AND
 RECREATION ROOM Open: Daily l to II p. m.
 Popular magazines, games
 etc. In church social room.
 Public invited to visit at
 any time. Free Public Circulating Library Books may be secured by asking at the parsonage next to church.
 REMEMBER: The wind ows are 'blacked out".
Evening star., 1942-05-28
Welfare
Continued From First Page.)

Minded. They made the point that
under existing law the supervision of
the Welfare Board over these insti-
tutions, as well as the exercise of
other powers vested in the board,
Was free from the control of the
Commissioners.
The Commissioners are response
BILE for carrying out the public as
sistance program, including aid for
the blind. aged and dependent chill
dren. they said, and have designated
the Welfare Board to administer the
laws providing such aid. They add
ed:
The Board Of Public Welfare can
function only by the employees under
its control The situation created is
that employees of the board, respon-
sible to the board. carry out pro-
grams of aid for which. under the
law, the Commissioners are respon-
sible."
The city heads also made the
point that Welfare Board employees
now may be appointed by the Com
missioners only on the nomination
Of the board and may be discharged
by the Commissioners only on its
recommendation.
During the last year the Social
Security Board withheld for a time
Federal grants in aid to. the Dis
trict because its officials main
tanned that in some respects the
Welfare Board program did not
comply with Federal law. Emer-
gency steps were taken by the Com
missioners to straighten out that
tangle.
The Commissioners said one Sec
ton of the bill was designed to
bring the District more fully into
compliance with the Social Security
Act.
The present Welfare Board pro-
gram has been operating since 1926
when Congress provided for its crea-
ton as a successor to the old Board
of Children's Guardians and other
District welfare agencies.