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The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
POST HEART SPEEDS
VITAL LETTERS ON WAY

Doe, Fort Wayne, Ind. on January
81"
When men are shipped out, Mes
sage Center sends on their records.
When special orders and circu-
lars are printed. Message Center
sees that each office and squadron
gets a copy When a telegram is
sent saying that men are entrained
for Keesler Field, Message Center
sees that the mess halls are in
formed so they can be fed, the
Replacement Center is told so they
can send trucks TO pick them up.
and il notifies Col. Arthur w.
Brock Jr., Commanding Officer,
and the Personnel Office.
NOTIFIES OFFICERS
Recently it was Message Center's
pleasant duty 10 notify by tele-
gram seven Keesler Field officers
Of their nomination 10 the ranks
Of Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel.
Because the mail must 90
through Message Center's 81
enlisted men keep the office open
from 1880 am. TO 6 pm. seven
days a week. Two men. S. Sgts.
Fred Hays and Robert Hickey, are
In charge Of the office which IS
under the direction of the Adju-
tsnt's Office.
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
Y cts Join Up

Two veteran non-commissioned
officers joined the Medical De-
tachment last week. Detachment
Informant Pvt. Ralph B. Sperry
reveals. The two are NJ. Sgt Hen
~ H. Rogers and T. Sgt. Peter
Reilly. Sergeant Rogers, the proud
father OF i3 children, boasts 26
years Army service. Sergeant
Really, formerly with the Air
Corps in Panama, mas already as
sumed his new post here. Two
others who have been promoted
into the higher non-com ratings
are 7. Sgt. Jesse Clagg and I. Sgt.
Joseph Harvath. both of whom
we're among the earliest medical
men in service at this post.
The first athletic team 10
represent the Medical Detach-
ment is the volleyball squad.
Handicapped by but one DAYS
practice on this new court, the
team bowed TO an undefeated
S09th aggregation last week.
Tho team includes Lawrence
Dunlop, Herbert Parker and
Robert Dove and was coached
by 1t. David Evans.
Corn. Jerry Erdahi. speaking for
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
lots to Count

PFC. Woodrow Wilson OF the
Fighting Finance reports the
detachment has increased its
strength many-fold since Deem
ber / S. SGT, Tom Martin and
Pvis. Ray Billbaek and Bob How
ard were the first enlisted men in
the detachment.
Other pioneers included Pes
Bob Floyd and Woodrow Wilson
pvts Dick Fehrenbaek and Don
T. Sgt T. W. Archer,
and PvtS Turner McNeese and
Garnet Hawkins who completed
at the Army Finance
School and were elevated to the
grade OF Staff Sergeant
Numerous sports are receiv-
ing the attention of the 302nd
Tech. Sc 50. ai present. The
302nd volleyball team lost tn
the 301st In the final playoff
for the post championship,
but the boys will take any
challenge from any other team
on the field. 5. Sgt. Combs
and Pvts. Daub, Grishman,
Steel. Kuowlton. Mccain, Rut-
ledge. Gimbelot. Conger and
Rousey made M the S02nd's
team.
And for a ringer: The intra-
squadron horseshoe league
tourney has been completed
with Pvt. Red Moline win
ming. Pvt Busley was runner
up.
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
SD0rts Make News

sgt Charles -. Thomas. report.
BR for the 5pth Air Base Squad
ron. finds sports making the news
.n his area. Volicyball and hasket-
ball seem 70 be the tao leading
sports. Boys Of The 50th won two
Ramcs in q Volleyball tournament
mold last week IN the Recreation
Hall Of Block 80 Teams from the
4l3ih and 3o3lh squadrons were
.hr unhappy victims But rejoicing
for the 5gth ended Wednesday
when they lost 10 the 302nd,
\ squadron basketball team also
Is being formed. The team lost
their first practice game 10 the
J0sth. hut they are asking other
teams to arrange games for the
near future.
Under the direction Of Pvt. Rich
ard DeFilIppo, the 3o4th is organ
izing an orchestra,
Congratulations arc going TO
S. Sgt John +. klyop and Theo-
drfe Grover. advanced from the
grade Of Sergeant last week. Some
20 men Of the squadron received
a. Corporal ratings.
Pvt Lawrence " Orange in
forms that the squadron's athletic
equipment is being used 10 good
advantage Flight d. f. organlx-
ing athletic teams by barracks,
squadron members insist they have
fhc best basketball court on the
post and Pvt Kenneth G. Jason
and Pvt James A Burns are in
training to accept all challenges
from boxers Of their weight on
tie Inld
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
~ Chaplain y A. Cameron
Asst Post Chaplain

one of the seeasaeases of people
today !s lHai tae3 are TOO busy and
have little tine faf relaxation and
meditation Thc body needs frB
lhe mind needs relaxation and the
foul erayes spiritual rciuFcnaiIon
Jenny Lind. The swedish night.
inFals. won great success a. an
speratic singer. YET al ths peak
Of her career shr left The stage
forever one evening = friend
found her sitting b. the scashofo,
a Bible In her lap. AZ they talked
together, came The inevitable qpess
iion. why did YOU leave the stare
II The vefY height Of your sueress9
The quiet answer ramc quickly
WHAT elts could ! D.. whcn every
day Is made me think lcrs o' ihIs
tpult,nf her finger en hcr B.bIrl
and nothing Al all 81 that tpo.ni-
lnR 10 the sansnil
We do not forget We merely
neglect and become Indifferent
Christ felt iHe need 81 whole nights
and other pefiads pfnt H COM
munion wlih The Father Tho great
spiritual loBdofs Nha have moved
the world % years past were those
Rhs spent hours and dayf In mcd=
ta1lan and PRAYER our generation
IS no different from those N the
past our problems arc too great
far us TO meet and solve tn oui
oi u strength
Lest We become moro busy than
We are. cfowdinR God out Of our
lives with thr things Of earth, let
as seek Him bs daily dcvoiions
and constant fellowship. Then We
shall not fortake the assembling
Of ourselves together IN public
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11

How would you like to be post
man for man who received 40,-
600 letters in five months? That
Job belongs 70 Message Center and
the 10000 letters, received. re-
corded, classified as to subject and
sent on by them were addressed 10
the Commanding Officer, KEGS
Ter Field, Miss"
For a good reason. Message Cen
ter is called, "the heartbeat Of
headquarters Into their office
stream hundreds OF pieces Of Of
fieial mail daily. staying only long
enough to be sorted and recorded
before they are picked up by var
ious departments or whisked out
by runners in pickup trucks to
suuadrons all over the field.
PERMANENT RECORD
The Message Center records in
coming official mail for signi-
ficant purpose. After letter is
received here and delivered, a
reply is made. which is recorded
as II goes back out Then If a
question ever comes back Was
that letter ever answered., Mes
sage Center can reply. why yes,
an answer was sent to Mr.. John
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
In the Dark?

Light mlac7 Well, here's the
tory Boys Of the 304th we're in
fae Day Room last Thursday
p ghl when the lights went out.
PVT John VI Devine decided that
singing would solve the problem
and he began a .songfest' A plan
s.. vas found in the darkness and
hose present ehimed in on the
old favoritcs.
How many squadrons can
boast Of a buEler who knows
First SerReants' Call?" Pvt
Albert Is. DelRrosso Of the
30ith does. The most impor-
tant call ever heard" says
lst sgt. Roy V WinEct.
In az impressive ceremony held
saturday morning, January 81,
Master Sgt Hawkins Crowder OF
he 30ist Tech. Sc Sd, retired
8ficr 80 years of faithful service
He was presented a gold watch
from the personnel Of bis squad
ron. after which the squadron
passed in review while the Keesler
FIeld band played Master Ser
gesnt Crowder Is joining The Pratt
and Whitney Corp. as an en-
gineer, according 10 Pvt Warren
W Gray squadron newswriter.
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
++ Between the ACTS r

o Corporal "a the squadron.
Pvt. Bert J. GesinE relays
a sad story OF how a private
i forgotten" It's the case Of
Pvt. Claude J. Ridley. the only
man left In FlIrhi Is Of the
3i0lh. Private Ridley quail
fled for the link trainer
course. He later applied for
flying n0n-com training. When
the time came for him 10 leave
for link trainer school. Pri-
Yzte Ridley was away taking
= physical exam. 20 he missed
out on school. He Il now
thinking Of applying for Avia-
ton Cadet under the new reg
ulations.
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
The Chaplain Speaks

worship. ReEulsf services of vor-
ship are held even sunday on this
Post consult bulletin boards here
Rs may he lifted Tor a while above
cares and anxieiles here. amid
sweet music. the Word of God is
fsad and exp8unded and The soul
Is naurished 10 nesness ~ life.
How busy are Yau7 There is no
substitute fer cd BE- honest HIih
YoHrrif accept HIM
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
AN TO PM

IV07T7WW'I ~" NIE000INF V7E0I
Lee. Va. Boih born in USA
Over 10 another mess hall; Pvis.
Victor Mangiafico aud Leonard
priScolI Of the 30aih, singing bar
room duets As they dish out coffee
and cream on tho chow line
Well, VIC want To keep the hoys
happy" they chime Take a
how dept CS Caspar. announcer
for tho HYDE Park radio network.
sncFkinr over station KNOK In
ST. Louis, used practically all Of
the matter printed in rHE kFES.
LER FIELD NEWS on the All
star Keeslcr grid serimmagc some
time back
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
Link Trainer

foontnued from preceding pager
storms The plane may even rnr
out OF gas
Sergeant Quick has only to sit al
his dc k and press buttons IN order
10 create serious weather dis
turbanccs, lie is assisted IN hp-
Grating the machine by pvls r "
Miller. seth Air Base Sd. and ] J.
Wiiiman 30lst Tech Sc. So.
All flying officers must take a
semi-annual instrument check
test, II they are to be granted an
instrument flying permit Fifteen
10 20 hours are generally needed
TO complete all instrument trials.
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
Pleasant Furlough'

Pvts. Rudolph Ruzek and
Henry Elmer, both Of the
307th, have reported back
from the ERC list and both
state they had a pleasant fur
lough while at home. Private
Elmer was married the day
before Christmas.
Flight Z was at the last
stage show Ell masse and Sgt.
Philip Rieger tells us they
have selected Ann Miller TO
be their Air Corps Girl" -.
From Pvt. William II. Monte ol
the 4i3th comes news that ratings
have been flying thick and fas'
in the squadron the last few days
Among those being congratulated
are Sgt. John A. Theisen, CHIEF
clerk, who has been promoted tc
Staff Sergeant. Corp. John Wool
ridge, assistant chief clerk, has
been promoted to Sergeant.
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11

Teen. Sc. So. scribe. brought IN
BIT o. news about yolleyosll IN
hs squadron. PVT John Foilathis,
.ae teams present leader, Is De-
Inr assisted oy pVts. Jack Knud-
en. Albert r Conwell, Van T.
Murphree. Raul Garcia. Robert I.
Gusaek and q host Of others. The
team challenges any other team
On lhe field 10 q game.
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
Darnyard Golfers
Here

.Barn-yard golf horseshoe
pitching 10 you--is attracting
much attention in the il4th
Tech. Sc. So. according TO
Scribe Pfc. Jim A. Hanneman.
Nineteen entrants have sign
ed for a squadron tourney.
Non-coms of the 4lfth were
instructed in the use OF the
gas mask last Saturday by LIST
LII. r. r. Swartz.
%ss
Pvt. Jack Sevirk OF the 18th
Msteriel Squadron had visitors last
week.-Mrs. mother and dad. Pvt
George l. Freedman, writing for
tine squadron, tells US that the rio
drove through the streets Of KEGS
lef Field for an hour and that the
visitors we're most impressed with
all that they saw.
Pvt Bob Vopaeke, also Of the
18TH Materiel Squadron, has re-
ceived a letter from Flying Cadet
Elmer Goodman, recently Of the
squadron, who has been training
for a month at Maxwell Field,
Ala. Cadet Goodman. first 18th
Maieriel man to become a Cadet,
reports he is living the life he's
often dreamed Of.
Pfc. Emil Stwors Of the 75th
is turning pieces Of pine and
mahogany into works OF art, we
hear. His "srtA includes everything
from a beautifully carved sta
tuette TO an exact replica of a
Keesler Field Air Corps soldier,
complete even to the blue star
shoulder insignia.
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11

Losr-Gold-plated Ronson Gig
arctic lighter with Kappa Sigma
fraternity crest. Lost between main
Pest Exchange and 3o9th Tech.
Sc. So. Finder see c. c. Mullen.
3o9th Tech. Sc. So Tor reward
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
l0tsa Cigar Smoke

A multitude Of new stripes
caused the blue haze Of cigar
smoke to fog the 302nd orderly
room this week. sgts. Harlsnd +
Daniel and Harvey A Bean nov
sport rockers on their triple
stripe. Corps. Harold x. Henry.
Edward Pykosy, Ralph D, Best
Elmer L. Fowler. Vincent W
Graef and irwin WinimilIer are
nov sergeants.
Like pinochle? Boys IN Barrack
3. 306th T.S.S., are issuing a form
al challenge 10 all comers. Those
interested may arrange game By
speaking TO Pvt. Kubera after 3
pm. This is no idle challenge.
says Pvt. Robert c. Jansen, our
correspondent.
Pyts. Kenneth NJ. Powell and
Stanley S. Oscendaosky, releas ed
10 the ERC some weeks ago, have
returned 10 the squadron. S. Sgt,
Kunkel has returned from the
Camp Shelby hospital and has
gone 10 his home in Troy, H., for
a i4-day rest period Members OF
the squadron are also welcoming
sack Pvts. ProYencal, Smith, Jack
son, Preston. Komprood and Wea-
yer, who returned from the hospi-
tai this week
Among ratings awarded Feb
ruary in the squadron we're one
Staff Sergeant, twelve Sergeants
and Is Corporals.
With the arrival OF new
athletic equipment, members
Of the 303rd Tech. SC. So,
can give vent 10 their diyersi-
fled athletic talents, Corp.
Patrick r. Sheehy writes.
Corp. Gislain LaFaye and Pvt.
John Brud are In charge Of
the equipment, which is stored
in the day room. 4 horseshoe
tournament Is now underway
and plans are being made for
checker tournament,
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
304th Produces Bugler Who Knows
The First Sergeant's CALI Yeh!

'EFlWffn the AiIH7 DO IIf III
After month Of planning In charge THE
FIELD SENs deded
unique different and improved fashion its readers
To-day the result months Between The ACTS
Pvt Eugene d. smith. squadron editor viii be
continue submit articles and items all Of which
viii appear In this column.
Endorsement"
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
Dedication

TfT1N0UT1 TTHH HTF0f1T7F FafFT
iHn significant graduation ezef-
ses Nlli be hold % attendance
limited t1 famIHes and personal
friends of the hundred of new
born mechanics who arr 20 repre-
asnt kcctlcr FIcld n iHc Battle for
Freedom
Amsng The fpe8kefs ai morning
graduation Wii be General lin
coin. Colonel Brock. IT, Col VII
liam p sloau. Assistant Com
Inandsrt and MAJ Harold kred-
e. Executive officer OF the ACTS
The Keesler field news., 1942-02-11
The Keesler Field News

Volume J. Number = FEBRUARY llt 1881
3 published Daf
herald Federal
without The Public Relations staff Of
The opinions expressed fE KEEsifR
reflect Department
Commanding officer and officers o. kssslsf TIsd
Arthur vs.. Bfoet. r. Commanding
ist Il iiarr, u. Kurt. Public Relations Offinsr
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing Editor : Clifford y Iafff
n
.......... Daniel sullivan
staff Photographer Corp wallace Matsy
Dominic n Pfc Charles Nickel
Alan Richard John Meyer PIT
O. Ttshfi william b. 4. Bunnes
Evening star., 1942-06-21
u. 5. Defense Against Subs
Strengthened, kazis Say
b. the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 20.-The Ger
mans acknowledged tonight that
the Allies have strongly increased"
their defenses against Axis sub
marine attack. particularly along
the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the
United States.
The fight against enemy supply
shipping and patrol and escort YES
sells of the enemy assumed par
ticular fierceness in the past week"
said the Berlin radio in a German
language broadcast for European
consumption, recorded here by CHS.
1t continued:
The enemy has strongly in
creased his submarine defense and
convoy protection, and is using for
the battle against the ever-greater
submarine danger all available
craft.
1T could be observed that along
the East Coast of the United States
small and very small coastal vessels
were used for coastal patrol and
also for convoy service
"Blimps of the American Navy
and all types of land and sea planes
are patrollng the -kilometer-
long South and Southeast Coast
of the United States in order to dis
cover the positions of the Axis
underwater raiders"
Evening star., 1942-06-21

Cabot, soon to be launched at
Quincy, Mass, will be renamed
and commissioned as the Lex
ington0
A strong bond is knit among men
who face danger and death together
and come through CALAMITY. This
bond exists among the officers and
men of the Lexington today.
Protected by Task Force.
The superb old carrier, you will
remember, was sunk finally by tor
pedoes fired from an American de-
stroyer as her hulk blazed on the
Coral Sea waters.
But by that time we had trans
fered our wounded men to several
ships and the men sound of wind
and limb Of the Lexington's COM
plement had made their own differ
1See JOHNSTON, PAGE AID
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Rubber Stamps Hell p to Swell
Army's 18 Tons of SALVAGE

Dspartment-the official rubber
'siucp," he remarked. I'VE ought
to get rid of all of them"
Gen. Sommervell obligingly posed
for picture, holding the hated
thing in his hand. Somebody asked
how the stamp was marked. He
studied the stamp keenly and then
commented with satisfaction: ut
says Suspended
Suggests Caption.
He proved a help to photograph
ers by suggesting they might cap
ton the picture by saying, of
fetal rubber stamps are going into
the discard"
The whirlwind campaign, con-
Quoted at the orders of Under
secretary Robert P. Patterson, got
of to fine start. In three hours
trucks began bringing in an odd
(see RUBBER, page A-3J
Evening star., 1942-06-21

1t. Gen. Brehon Somer-
veil, commander of the Army'S
Services of Supply, beamed with
satisfaction yesterday at the
sight of several bushels of Of
f1cial rubber stamps that con-
tributed to about 18 tons of scrap
rubber diSgorged from various
War Department Offices.
If there is anything that Gen.
Somervell abhors excepting the
Japs, of course,) it is rubber stamps
and departmental red tape that
slow up the war effort. So a small
crowd of onlookers was prepared
for what he did next as he sur
veyed results of the collection cam
paign dumped in the rear of the
Munitions Building
He picked up conspicuously
large rubber stamp and held 1t
aloft for the photographers.
THE greatest curse Of the War
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Three Dead , ; Missing
As Tornado Strikes
Indiana Cities
Storm Cuts Wide Swoth
Through Kokomo and Hits
Indianapolis, Frankfort
G Associated Press.

bN the ASSoClateo freSs.
KOKOMO, Ind, June 20.-A
tornado dipping into three sec
tions of Indiana killed three per-
sons here, left at least three
missing and injured $50 others,
IL seriously, as it struck Kokomo,
Frankfort and Indianapolis at
about 6 o'clock tonight.
The dead were Perry Morris, 43;
his wife, Violet, 40. and their
infant child, whose body was found
over a quarter-mile from their
home. Four of their children were
in a Kokomo hospital. Another
child was missing, as well as Mr..
Morris mother.
Indianapolis Hit.
The storm cut a swath two city
blocks wide and 2 miles long
through the city, damaging about
400 houses. Police estimated the
damage here at s500,000.
The storm struck Kokomo after
sweeping across the northern part
of Clinton County. The storm also
struck in Indianapolis, ripping roofs
off several houses there.
Five hundred members OF the
American Legion here were called
out by Police Chief Clinton Jackson
to aid in rescue work and to prevent
looting
Home Hurled $50 Feet.
The Morris home was blown ap-
proximstely $50 feet through the air
and landed against railroad en-
bankment. One of the bodies was
found in a field and another 100 feet
away.
The roof of the big Chrysler plant
was blown away and first reports
were that there was considerable
damage to Federal housing plant.
At Indianapolis Gov. Henry F.
Schricker said he had ordered out
the State Guard unit at Kokomo
to aid in rescue work and Adj. Gen.
Elmer F. Straub had instructed the
Upton unit of the guard to proceed
to Kokomo.
The Governor asserted all the help
possible would be given the stricken
area and that he would come here
personally tomorrow.
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Tax Deduction
Plan Approved;
Sales Levy Out
House Unit VirtuoIIy
Completes Tentative
Druft of Bill
By tie Associated Press.

BY ire Associated Press.
The House Ways and Means
Committee quickly killed sales
tax proposals yesterday, and
then adopted a formula for COL
lecting a part of each employed
individuals income taxes from
his regular paychecks beginning
in January.
With the decisions, the commit
tee virtually completed a tentative
draft of new tax legislation in
tended to add at least s6,64O, 900 900
to Federal revenue. Final action
sending the bill to the House is
expected to be taken this week.
The Treasury had asked for So
700,000,000, which Secretary Nor
genthau said was the least that
Congress should raise. Advocates
of a sales tax had argued that a
5 per cent retail sales levy, with
Government and State purchases
exempted, would produce $780,
900, 900.
13 to Vote Reported.
At the end of a two-hour COM
mittee meeting yesterday, Chair
man Doughton announced that
sales tax would not be considered
in this bill, and members assumed
that the subject would not come
up again for many months. if at
all. The vote against a sales tax
was not announced, but was re-
ported to have been l3 to 8 with
two proxies cast.
Representatives McKeough, DEM
ocrat, of Illinois and Healey. DEM
ocrat, of Massachusetts,, who led
the fight against such levy, con-
tended it would fall disproportion-
ately heavy on those with low in
comes.
BY a 10-to-9 vote, the committee
agreed tentatively to the pay-as-
you-go system of collecting indiv-
idual income taxes. 1t is designed
to complete in two years shift
from the current system of paying
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Allied WarpIanes Bomb
RabauI and Lac Bases
By the Associated Press.

B! the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Aus
tralia, Sunday, June 21.-Allied
bombing planes have fought their
way through Japanese fighter de-
fenses and bombed the enemy-held
air bases at Rabaul and Lac, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters
announced today.
At Rabaul; New Britain, the Allied
bombers hit wharf installations in
what was termed a successful night
attack.
At Lac, an important base in New
Guinea, the raiders directed their
fire on the airdrome, destroying two
enemy bombers on the ground.
The Japanese defense, in which
Zero fighter planes took to the air,
was described in the daily head
quarters communique as ineffective.
Evening star., 1942-06-21

the night of May as we watched
the old ship sink, kissing clouds
of steam as the cherry red plates of
its flaming hull slid beneath the
long Pacific Ocean swells But next
morning Capt. Fred Sherman-now
Rear Admiral Sherman-called to-
gether the 800 of us who had gath
cred on a smart new cruiser.
Men, I've got news for you," he
said. I've asked the Navy Depart
ment to hold us all together as one
crew and to put us abroad brand
new aircraft carrier. And I have
recommended that this new carrier
be called the Lexington II, so that
we can carry on together right from
here"
The captains announcement was
drowned by cheers.
(The Navy Department already
has announced that the U. s. s.