The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
ARMY PAPER IN
 HAWAII RUN BY
 ENLISTED MEN
By CHARLES P. ARN0T United Press CtaR CorrespOndent)

By CHAHLES F. ANNOT United Press CtafR Correspondent
 Honolulu, oct. 27. (UP)-A dozen former mainland Ilewspapermen, now in the armed service, are keep. ing Johnny Doughboys diary at this Pacific outpost.
 Twice each month they devote from l2 to l6 pages to tell army personnel what fellow ofaceEB and enlisted men are doing in the war effort, what they are thinking, how they are entertained, what they hear from home.
 Their newspaper Is the Mid- pacifican--the official army publica- ton of the Hawaiian department.
 Now in It's seventh month, the MidpacificAn already has boosted Its circulation figure into the thou sands. It has virtually blanket cov- craze among servicemen in the island-and eight mainland sub- scribers for each island reader.
 The Midpacifcan has developed the appearance of an aggressive metropolitan tabloid, complete with action pictures, gossip columns, one. minute interviews and general re. ports on the Pacific Wars progress.
 Now SustainS Itself
 The unusual name resulted from a contest which attracted hundreds of suggestions. Warrant Od1cer Jack Gregory, of Chicago, the pa- per's editor, said the contest com mittee felt that Midpacifca1i best described the papers locale and purpose.
 Gregory, 0 former midwestern newspapertnan, became editor when army officials saw the need for c territorial servicemen's publication to serve as 8 clearing house for inter-camp and inter-island news.
 He assembled half dozen en. listed men with newspaper experi- ence and launched the project with government financial assistance.
 Government money financed the first two issues in February and early March. Since then the Mid paciflcan has been on its own.
 And we're going to stay that way" Gregory declared.
 The staff is composed exclusively of enlisted men, most of whom were drawing substantial paychecks as experienced reporters, camerarnen and cartooniSts on the mainland when the war came.
 Mainly for Enlisted Men
 "W9 publish an enlisted mans paper designed primarily for the enlisted man." Gregory said. "Of course, officers come in for their share of news space"
 One of the Midpaciflcan's first majc:-' projects was the selection of M.,e5 Mercedes Katherine LeRoy, 19-year-old Olympia, Wash, stenog- rapher, as Clipper Sweetheart"
 Enlisted men were permitted to enter pictures of their mainland girl friends in the Midpacifican's contest. From hundreds of entries, judges chose 65 girls representing every State for the finals. Miss Le. Roy, girl friend of Sgt. Larch c, Cody of Olympia, was awarded 6 sheet of clipper stamps and because 6 newsreel subject.
 Every issue devoteS at least twc full pages to pictures of enlisted men on duty in various parts of the territory. Sports events are covered exhaustively by two-man staff- Tech. Sgt. Charles MarsiS, who for. merly worked for several publica- tions in New York State, and his assistant, Pvt. Martin Romeo, whc picked up experience with the Brooklyn, N. F., Eagle and othe' eastern papers.
 Gregory Is the Midpacifican't "idea man." Tn addition to super vising the publication, he must sec that parents of servicemen receive extra copies of the Midpaciflcan ir which pictures or items concerning their sons appeared. Such requests run into the hundreds every month
 Enlisted men such as Pvt. Johnny lBerglund, former staff artist for the Minneapolis Tribune, provide spe' cial cartoons, designed particularly to interest Hawsii'S servicemen. Pvt Jimmy Mooney, who formerly worked for a chain of Louisiana is a combination reporter and cam- eraman with 8 special flair Soi action pictures.
 Writes Up Daily Life
 Pvt. Jimmy Ritchie, formerly staff member of the Los Angelei Times. digs up human interest , yarns such as the story about rarsi Sgt. Ray Fellows of San Diego Cal, who advanced from the ranl of private first class to sergeant n 10 days.
 Pvt. wally Wachter. who oncs pounded 8 typewriter for th' sharon, Pa, Herald, writes what hs calls strictly soldier stuff"-ths everyday activities of the average enlisted man. An accomplished fea' ture writer Is Pvt. Willard Brown .. who was known as Bruce McDonalS when he served as & professions radio announcer on the west coast Fropt-page cartoons for severn issues have been contributed b' Stan Sgt. Ray Lanterman, Whs , worked as Q free-lance artist il Honolulu before the war.
 Circulation problems have beel assigned to Sgt. Kingston Chilling worth. formerly with the Honolulu star. Bulletin. Chilllngwogth ha found himself working over tim since the Nidpaclflcan's malnlanl circulation began to Kkyrocket. The publication originates and ''lald out" in the recreation room of an island army post. one iaFg [ room already hes been devoted ' nrsgoFy and his staff. but eve