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The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12
.V-MaiI Service
Will Continue

Extension Of Y-Mail Service on
a two-wsy basis 10 the United
Kingdom, the Middle East, Hawaii
and Australia has been announced
by the Var Department.
V-Msil letter sheets are being
distributed 70 all postoffices In the
United States and are given to pa
tnDns without cost. Several mil
lion have been distributed to SOL
dierg at overseas stations.
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12

SC. So, Private Anil pointed out
The danger OF water touching el.c-
tricai connections when sprayed
with hoses on Mess Hail walls
during cleaning; Private sampson
suggested a concerted emphasis ON
safe disposal os old razor blades:
and Private Koeh suggested re-
moval Of all unnecessary ronstruc-
lion marker sticks along streets
lalat..-nura % rara L.alni
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12
First Honor Diploma
Is Given AM Graduate

A former Bronx, n Y, auto
mechanic received diploma
with honor and distinction" sign
ed BY Maj. Gen. Walter r. Weaver,
Commanding General Of the Army
Air Forces Technical Training
Conn1and--tne first diploma Of
that kind to be awarded al Keesler
Fied--st informal graduation ex-
ercises for the 18th class in Han
gar 2 Saturday night.
He Is Pvt. Robert ?. William
son. ore Of hundreds Of Keesler
Field soldiers who rsceived dip
Tomas sisnifyanG tinsn asslfiss-
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12

ton as competent sirplane mech
snics. Private Williamson ayeraz-
ed grade Of "a n his 1g-weeks'
study. Tnirty-three graduates re-
ceived diplomas with distinc-
ton Tor grades Of 90 or better.
These diplomas we're signed BY
MAJ. Gen. Jacob z. Fickel, Com
manding General Of tne Third Dis
trict, Army Air Forces Technical
Training Command.
General Fickel was making a
brief visit 20 the field al Inc time
but was unable 70 attend the
ceremony.
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12
Cots of Steel
Replace Canvas

Llte may not be any bed Of
roses Tor men a. Keesier Field.
but many soldiers surely viii
have softer nights from now
on. All squadrons have re-
ceived orders To submit i'm
mediately requisitlons TO the
quartermsster for folding
steel cola 70 rsplace all cam
vas oaes thai are now 10 alss.
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12
IA. P.'s Learn
About First Aid

Red Cross first aid instruction
emphasizing proper treatment for
shock, bleeding and prostration is
being given more than ESQ Mill
tary Police at the Security Section.
The 20-hour course is under the
direction OF lst 1t Clifford l..
Scott with Corp. MARCEL J. Lang
uirande Of Plans and Training IN
charge Of the instructors staff In
structors are Sgt. Anthony Zen
nowslsi, Corp. Roger Chamberlain
and Pvt. Harry Wilmore.
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12
KeesIer S Physical
Training Program
Is Intensified
Now Covers
All Officers,
Enlisted Men
~ PVT. JOHN +. ROGERS

Under an intensified, well co-or-
dinated program. keesleF Field is
keeping in step with the rapid up
surge in the Army Air Forces
Technical Training Command
physical training activity--and the
results are very noticeable.
Under the present program, ev-
cry soldier on the field fits into
a weIl-bslaneed plan whereby he
is given al least an hour Of daily
physical drill. Each recruit in the
Replacement Training Center re-
ceives a certain prescribed routine
OF exercise. all based on a care
fully worked-out Man.
The director OF physical training
at Keesler Field is J. Frank
Grimm. an expert in this work.
Mr.. Grimm points out that physi-
cal training always has been re-
cognized as playing an important
part in fitting men for the grim
task Of war.
Unless we have physically
fit manpower. and by that 1
mean men who can stand up
under constant grind--and be
mentally alert 10 meet every
emergency. our other training
might well go for naught To
contribute the most TO our war
effort, every individual must
have organic vigor, agility,
endurance and muscular and
nervous strength Mr.. Grimm
said.
The objeetives Of the physical
fitness program at Keesler Field
are five-fold.
/. To develop and maintain
high standard Of physical
and mental efficiency.
2. To maintain organic
vigor.
3. To reduce nervous and
mental tensions.
4. To develop neuro-muscu-
lar coordination, skill and
stamina.
S. To stress continued par
ticipation in activities in order
to maintain physical and men
tai fitness.
The program here is broken up
into two phases, one for recruits
and one for Am. student In the
Replacement Training Center, the
routine is more formal than in the
Technical School Squadron, EN-
phasizing extensive callisthenics
and work on the obstacle course
near the drill field. The recruits
alternate daily in the use of these
two forms of exercise, taking cal
listhenics one morning and the OBJ
stacle course in the afternoon, and
vice versa the next day. The pri-
mary emphasis, where recruits are
concerned, is on formal condition.
ing exercises.
GROUP GAMES STRESSED
IN the School Squadrons, the
program is progressive continual
ton OF the system that has its
foundation during the recruit per-
iod. There is reduction OF time
devoted to calisfhenics snd pro-
portionate increase in time in sc-
tive team games and vigorous
group games.
According 10 Mr.. Grimm, all Of
the conditioning exercise used
have been selected from physi-
cal standpoint. That is, each day
the individual goes through the
callisthenic movements, all the
major muscles of the body are
called into play. Even the order in
which the exercises are given is
important Conditioning exercises
are the foundation on which the
entire physical training program
is built.
Looking TO the near future, Mr..
fcontinued on page threei
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12
PRIVATE BOWLING DIES

Pvt Juraius c. Bowling, 80, oi
the 5s2nd Tech. Sc. So, died SUM-
day evening apparently Of a heart
silnent, medical officers al the
Station Hospital said. Private
Bowling was found Gnconcsous
in his tent ana was pronounced
dead on arrival al the Hospital.
He arrived here several weeks age
from Memphis. Tenn.
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12
OFFICERS COATS

Winter service coats worn by
Army Air Forces commissioned
and warrant officers this winter
will De no different from those
worn by other Army officers. All
officers coats viii have four but
tons down the front, and a SEMI
detachable cloth belt supported by
removable belt loops. Buttons, in
stead Of being ornamental. will
be Of bone or plastic. Two metal
hooks previously used to permit
wearing Of Sam Browne belt are
now onfionaI
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12
Permanent Party Men To Get
Extended Pass Privileges
New Passes to Be Granted
On Good Conduct Basis

Good conduct passes which permit The bearers 70 remain o IA
Pot a. time hey duty VIII lc issued within
few days TO all permanent party good standing
fed Cel Rehort = II. Gee Commanding Officer yesterday
Men who granted these extended privileges added
cas lher With h.m ni all time
The Keesler field news., 1942-08-12

iheA are of duty. ard may return
a. any hour without losing their
passes at The gate.
CJgfEH on NIGHTCIuBS
However. Colonel Goolrlek said.
kofslcr Field men viii continue 10
oisserve The present earfew hours
as they apply 10 frcauentinK or
lrihf,ng about downtown night
spuas
Ffe good conduct passes will
elinlnate the necessity Of signing
~ and out Of the squadron order
" Poems whenever = man leaves
the Post. but bearers OF such
ps.ses must return 10 the Field IN
iinr to report for duty
Men who have completed their
n efuit drill and have not been
assigned viii be issued regular
Class y passes, allowing them to
remain of the Post from 100 20
22un during the week. and from
i7oo until 0l00 on Saturday
nghts, Colonel Goolriok said.
No CHANGE FOR STUDENTS
No changes were made in stu
dent pass regulations. but men
undergoing recruit drill viii not
receive passes during the first
four weeks.
'ASe are not placing restrictions
on recruits simply because they
are recruits. and We don't want
them 10 feel that we are" said
& lionel Goolrick. However. we
heihve Il is necessary for their
proper training. A man Just en-
tcring the Army should devote all
hit attention during the first four
weeks 70 becoming soldier, rsth-
or than thinking OF leaving the
lieh at every opportunity"
Also. by remaining here and
resting at night. they are in much
better condition for the hours OF
strenuous drilling the next day.
Those restrictions were made for
then own good, not Just because
they are recruits he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09
Albert Kahn

BECAUSE he lived Quietly right mere among Il is
d difficult for the average pctroter properly 10 ap-
praise the achievements of Aher' Kahn VINO died yester
dav Through years Of association came 10 take the
modest little genius for granted Just as take auto
mobiles for granted and The vast buildings most of them
conceived bv Albert Kahn whence automobiles oInanate
Now that he S So suddenly gone from us We must
actually take pause recall how very much OF the steel
and stone and mortar .-7t metropolitan Detroit came
from the brilliant and tirelcss hran of Albert Kahn
TIE FISHER Building the General Motors Building
the National Bank Building the Maccabees Building, the
Detroit Athletic Club designed by him. So was the
Detroit Times Binding ] which this is being written and
the buildings of the Detroit News ana the Detroit Free
Press.
MIR KAHN was the father Of those giant modern struc
vi lures that house the manufacture of automobiles
For wears he as architect for the Ford Motor Company
the Chrvscr Corporation and the Packard Motor Car
Company And he remained busy at his profession up
to his doath4s hewas when ho started his Detroit career
half q century ago
Thr66 OF ms recent famous creations arc the Willow
Run Bomber Plant. tn, ChYslor Tank Arsenal and the
Wriea, AefaaaetleaI liant Cincinnati ThrEEVere ait
emergency buildings designed and constructed against
time and the demands of war
Only recently he designed naval bases in Alaska,
Midway Honolulu and other key spots held by American
arms in the Pacific
1t no extravaganza to say that his fame in the field
Of architecture and construction is worldwide and that
he is entitled to high place indeed in the history OF his
profession He than any other is responsible
for the present trend in industrial architecture and when
the whole story of American industrial development is
written he considered significant contributor
to il.
IN HIS personal relations Mr. Kahn anything but
| the prima donna. He practical and simple and
friendly and reticent about his aanmens constantly
deprecang his success by saving he merely lucky
He loved music and beauty everything, but he also
loved the salty and plain things Of contemporary life
such roofing Justify at baseball games
L., IL. i,
Detroit with it's many towering his genius.
but all the five continents of the world where ne has
left his imprint in architecture.
Genius is a tricky word. II should be applied spar
ingly and perhaps only by posterity
But Albert Kahn seems to have been surely
genius as though he had composed great symphonies
written great novels painted great He
a useful genius in moding the structures in which men
live their lives, and work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09
u. S. Production Miracle

rRIC JOHNSTON president of the United States
L Chamber of Commerce, utters timely warning to
the country in an article in the American Mercury.
He SAYS that FREE BUSINESS, which is the back
bone of our liberties and great prestige is facing
changing world" the economic direction of which IS
coectivsm.
Collectvists who would absorb all business into
giant bureaucratic paternalstc setup says Mr. John
of lone breed whether they call themselves Fascists
or Communists.
In the attacks on business normal profits and salaries
which the New Deal is Systematically CARRYING Mr..
Johnston reminds these saboteurs that 1t is The MIRA
Gle OF AMERICAN PRODUCTION THAT Is WIN
MING THIS WAR
THAT miracle which the colcctivss would sabotage
l is the product of $50 years Of FREE ENTERPRISE.
Saws Mr. Johnston
Our allies the fearful ncutrals' and the conquered
nations alike look to this American miracle to man
kind from the Fascist scourGe
Consider the implications of this fact In a time of
supreme crisis all civilization must stake lis survival
American productive genius American resources Ameri-
can ingenuity
But those things are not accidental They have a
history Behind the economic miracle that must save our
own country and the world from enSlaNrncnt the
forces set loose and brought o amazing pitch of de-
yelopment by the American system OF iNDINIDt Al
Our technique of mass production chronological
achievements, talent for economic organization,
ability TO mprovise under prcssurea these products
of the profit system
THAT our way OF economic life without faults
MIR Johnston readily admits But nc says Of the Reds,
near Reds and New Deal Socialists:
I'm their anger they would throw the bah, out with
the bath water"
Tho remedy for tho detects Of our economic system.
Mr. Johnston truly and boldly says 70 DEEPEN THE
VIRTUES or THE PROFIT SYSTEM
The remedy for Ills is then MORE FREEDOM
in business than eyer MORE profits MORE personal
ecway.
\ MEXICAN bufncss is a-Afoaeedlar and from all
y indications tho N.u Dealers and .te.r suer-mIndcd
allies plotting postwar campaigns Of eco
monte warfare against il.
III III SINESS II OBIITFRNTED," Says Mr. John
ston. "AMERICAN LIBERTY " WE KNOW IL -
OBIITERATED"
a profound truth that every American should learn
by heart
If We as people ever corced5 the rsh, Of the gov
20 destroy the profit system regulate I'll earnings
and confscs'e giar' Industries aNd our little
well then automatically admit tHc GOV runents right
90 regulate movements oar speech. press and
even religious predictions.
That would BE- THE END Of the republic Of the
founding fathers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09
What War Bonds Buy

Stop spending, and save for
the future. That has been good
advice since biblical days You
cannot buy tires today but YOU
can start saving 10 buy that
now set when they 20 on the
market again.
Your regular investment Of 10
per cent or more Of your earn
mgS in war bonds through your
pay roll savings plan VIII pro-
vide tho necessary funds 10 buy
those tires later and help win
the war now. Let's top that
10 Per Cfnt by dowdarododow
10 per cent by New Years.
United states Treasury Departm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09
| etters
To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

~ TX I-Cl OIN.
A FTER having craw ed all
over my home and meas
ured the corners and computed
the number Of square feet. called
the oil dealer, found out how
much oil used last year, and
answered many other silly ques-
tons, in fuel oil and gas ra-
tioning questionnaires, it is 10
say the least interesting TO note
that the OPA Offices are heated
to temperature of 50 degrees.
This is all the more Intriguing,
as our offices are located in
building where the owners are
making a sincere effort 10 COM
ply with government regulations
with reference 10 heat, and our
temperature never gets above 65
degrees.
II might also he OF interest
10 the rest OF us who are vic
tins Of The OPA If Miss Will
liamS could carry her thermome-
ter around 70 the homes OF the
hureauCTatS oCa Q q in this
neighborhood and check on their
room temperatures II she finds
one IN which the temperature is
SIS or less. this official should
be given %" card. and placed
az the foot Of the class. Ger
tainly any OPA official who
obeyS all the OPA regulations,
would be rara avis Unusual
bird). Most Of them don't know
what the regulations OF their
own departments are. and when
YOU do find one who knows what
the numerous regulations and
rulings arc. he doesn't know
what they mean, so it's all the
same anyway.
What can we Americans eX-
pect from an outfit. whose gen.
eral counsel openly boasts
that the OPA is trying to force
retailers 70 withdraw from bust
ness without the stigma Of
Bankruptcy (See proceedings
and debates Of the seventy
seventh Congress. Nov. Is. 1912.
page 9lSSD Remarks Of Con-
gresham ArendS. tCongreS-
Sional record }
Apparently we have now
reached. or unless the bureau
,crats are curbed. will soon reach
the point where only those en-
ployed by the government arc
properly fed. housed and clothed.
II helps some 70 know that you
are on the Job checking on these
fair-haired pets Of bureaucracy.
More power 10 Miss Williams
and her thermometer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09
CLARENCE CONSTANTAKI
1852 Edgewood avenue.
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR;
YOUR editorial entitled "a
L Homeland for the Jews
dealt with a most important
problem that needs immediate
consideration II is A problem
that will have 10 be settled at
the peace conference, If the Jews
Of the world are 10 receive JUS
tiCe.
You arc 10 be commended and
thanked for your honest and
fortnight journalism on this
score.
hope you will find il adviS-
able TO further enlighten Us. the
American public, through fur
ther editorials on this subject or
preferably a series Of articles on
Palestine
JOSEPH FPEL,
30l9 Pingree avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09

Party had marked the President
of the United Mine Workers for
the discard. He must 60
There is more TO this than
there is space here for the tell
InC II is a big story m itself,
TO be told. perhaps, at some later
time
But where is John L Lewis
today in the labor movement
Have the Communists got
him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09
PHILIP A. GALE,
David Stott Building

TO THE EDITOR:
I READ letter written by one
L Fred F.. Sutterfield which dis
gusts me. The nerve OF him
criticiZing our government for
rationinG gas.
He complains that the officials
IN Washington are curtailing the
lives Of the people who put them
there,
The men on Bataan. who
will glow in history, had LOT
Of liberties curtaiied, including
their lives.
They don't complain in Brit
ain few people have any cars
left 10 ride in or roads 10 ride on.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09
March Of Events
by Benjamin DeCasSeres
TWO celebrated American nu-

1.-TWO calehrated American MI
-
''i'''''''
Governor OF Puerto kico keN-
ford Guy TugWell : guinea pigs
arc heginninq IN so1oal
cinco IT, o,o., ovaor;r,o,,or
'''''
las been Gown 'heIe' ne mas
been trying 10 put over a Tug
Wellian form If socialism on tho
inhabitants of that island.
II seems that the moro Doctor
TuCwell experiments the more
desperate becomes the condition
of those unfortunate people.
A&
An ARTTCT in tho Ner
a Yorl, Herald Trihuro from,
tho non or Homer rigar, -,yes
Super-Nutoplan is dong there:
"In land of abysmaI squalor
and almost universal malnutri-
ton, millions are souandcrcd on
dreamy distant social reforms
with scarcely q nennv car
marked for direct relief"
."Groving svmntoms nj fame f"
"Tbis vear's 500 ooo ooo h,,d-
GET was devoted IN .aI,r,os Tor
tbe ranidIv m,,It;nI,;na arr,, =,
gov rnmen, ;ohhoIdors
own baen,, noc,or T,c..Ii
,ho ,roa.,, 'r"'01 'or e. rd,; " -,
-, m" -, wi pi,o 81 VI
",n1,,iar sa,a TO- - a. poa,o.
r,' n",h, s''' W "r"rI n'.''.
"s"'.i ar e','ei any " u
4" '"a" .or r"i,'p'nao''
U.s. - VI 'ne "'leu ,D'''c>' -.
"'"uI' CLASS e'nP'"Her> ana
n'tr'h"h'N are peing Sqle'heo
ou' Nv "''l-oph"'S'ereu eii'e
"' popu'alre ofticiai>'
TiIS "populairo " is the radi-
L cal Socialist Party Of Puerto
Rico with which Governor Tug
Vcll has allied himself Between
them they are operating sue
CcSSfullY' on the Puerto Rico
guinea pig although the patient
is dying.
What can he more CHASTITY
than Columbia radical intel
lcCWal Experimenting on the
living flesh and blood OF a whole
people?
' WALLACE is ALWAYS IN
venting fvc-dollar phraecs that
enclose l0-ccnt ideas. His latest
is "cthnIc democracy" Fthnic
is n word that means ANYTHING
that pertains 10 race or races.
Wallace wants U.S. after tho
war. 10 co I'M for "cthnlc de-
mocracv Uo means hv that q
comnIcic lcyclinc of AN race
distinctions Chinese JapS Ne
qrocs white. UinduS and F,kI-
mos uu,r e., together and AN
admit amid great feaStlng and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09
Fuswrll
Rampage

civilization Excluding the leu
tom is superior 10 ASlatic and
African civilization, The proof
OF this hes in the fact that Asia
and Africa copy western Anglo
SaXon-American ideas, and not
vice versa.
After all. tho test Of mans
theory is IT'S personal appllca-
ton. DO you think. then. for
one moment that Wallace would
live IN an apartment house filed
with "ethnlc D. m ocrats'
,exhiteS. yellowS. blacks and
browns? III bet Henry Wal
faces AnElo-S axiom Adams
apple 10 a wart on the face Of
a Moor that he wouldn't CAnd
p. s Is Vice President Wallace
in favor OF lifting the immigra-
tlon ban on ASiaticS to further
ms hoSSy idea Of an "ethnic
democracy
TIE best history Of the war
L today is told in pictures.
with bit Of explanatory text.
And here il War in our
time, by Harry b Henderson
and Herman c. Morris Double
day-Doranl.
II Is a large book Of over 400
pages that begins with JapanS
conquest Of Manchuria in 1881,
through the rise of Hitler, the
invasion of Ethiopia, the Rhine
land grab, the sack Of Poland.
the fall Of Chamberlain, right
down TO Midway.
Nothing is wanting either in
picture or text. 4 tremendous
scenario OF blood, sweat. tears
and humor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09

Six 25c Stamps Will pay for
one HAND GRENADE. Thanks
10 baseball, American soldiers
know how 10 make good use Of
hand grenades. Help send them
plenty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09

DAUL V. McNUTT is the dc
tstor Of all American labor.
He has power 10 assure that all
hiring Of workers IN any occ r
patton or area which he m
designate shall be conducted
only by the United States En-
pIoyment Service or in accord
ance with such arrangements az
he may approve This means
that he may approve an arrange
mont whereby workers may be
REQUIRED to Join unions
He also has power 70 compel
any employer 10 discharge any
worker on the ground that the
workers services are more
urgently needed in any occupa-
ton or area which he may deSic-
nate AS moro essential
About three months after
Mrs Roosevelt made her pro-
posal Victor Olander. an old
time Chicago unloneer. writing
In the Journal Ct the plumbers
and SteamfitierS union. declared
that a compulsory draft of labor
would supplant information and
argument with force and. fear"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09
Restrictions
Made Clear
BY First Lady
Tip Given 2 Months ~
Foretold Dictator Law
By WESTBROOK PEGLER

A LITTLE less than nine
months ago. on March 10,
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote
in her column that, after a very
interesting discussion in the
White House. she had come 10
one very clear decision, namely.
that all OF us. men and women
in the service and men and
women at home. should he
drafted and told what is the Job
we are 10 do
THE only way can see to get
the maximum service out of our
citizens" Mrs. Roosevelt wrote,
"is 10 draft us all and tell us
where we can he most useful
and where our work IL needed.
would he relieved beyond
measure, and 20 would people
throughout the nation. if an au-
thority greater than our own
personal decision told us where
we could he most useful"
As 10 whether Mrs Roosevelt
was testing the wind. AS they
say in Washington. or proposing
another dictatorial law IN her
role Of ruler OF the people. one
can only guess. but. either way,
her clear decision. arrived At
after that interesting discussion
in the White House is now the
Law. hV decree.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-09


III NUNS Party adcmand,
associated directly in The 1928
Of All income above SIS 600 a
year
ABOLITION or AL 1%DI-
RECT TANES Iic'c Nou see
trc sales taN
EXEMPTION FROM ALL
KINDS OF TAXATION For
ALL WAGE FARMERS
TAX EXEMPTION FOR ALL
WORKING AID EXPLOITED
FARMERS.
GRADUATED INCOME TAX.
STARTING WITH INCOMES
ABOVE s. 600 AND INCREAS-
ING GRADUALLY. 50 THAT
ALL INCOMES OVER $4,000
PER YEAR ARE CONFIS-
GATED
ALL TAX EXEMPTIONS on
BONDS. STOCKS, AND 81
CURlTIES MUST Be ABOL-
ISHED
TANES on GREAT For
TUNES MUST BE INTRO
TARIFF ON ALL NECESST-
TIES or THE WORKING
CLASS AND TIE FARMERS
MUST BE ABOLISHED.