Bradley beam., 1943-11-20
QUARTERMASTER-
 CASTER
By Cpl Tnegras

buy our tickets for tonight's per forrnance for nigh onto five minutes what the heck is the delay all about As we stretch our necks in and out of the mingling crowd it seems as though the two persons responsible for the delay are Sgt. George (Requisition) Trout and Cpl. Edward Nixon. Thye're argu- ing to see which one will dig down and pay the price for the tickets. Come on fellows let's get together. here. You're holding up the line of cash customers. Sgt. Trout is asking the ticket seller what the price is for the performance. Maude, our little ticket seller, grits her teeth and goes through the old routine. Orchestra seats are S1.00, First Balcony 50 c, Sec ond Balcony 25 and programs are 5c. Being the sport in this case Cpl. Nixon agrees to pay the bill. still can't figure out how the boys planned to sit on the programs.
 The next obstacle we encounter is Pvt. William Erwin. . he is try ing to figure out how Maude gets into the ticket stand through the small hole in the glass window. Sh, don't tell him she uses the door in the back, it might disillusion the kid. However, we do know some one who does go right through windows according to his story. Pfc. Marcel Carbonneau is the GI who does it. Don't know what his sec ret is for not getting cut. come to think of it, don't think he said the window was closed. Cpl. Alan Polgreen has found out at last, that his big toe was broken. After eat ing the mountain rations last week he thought he was kinda tough, so went around kicking things that got in his way. You dern fool don't you know you should never kick a booby trap no matter how strong you feel. When the cast is put on, Al, we'll all put our autograph on 1t. ~-
 Pfc. Joseph Davis (Our Cookie Boy) from up around Maine is pur- chasing his entrance into the show now. Rumors indicate that Joe has recently put the ring on the "third finger left hand". Congratula- tions!! Pfc. Joseph Godo certainly is learning his aircraft identifica tion to a "T". Everytime a B-17 is shown on the screen Godo is the first to shout out the name. There goes Godo now, sneaking in the stage door. Could it be that his Honya is one of the cast? We'll the line is getting a little smaller and before long we may be at the win dow ourselves. ....
 With the holiday season ap- preaching, all the fellows are try ing to make up with their girls, so they will have some packages at Christmas. 'Taint a bad idea but there's another angle to it too fel lows, she will expect a present al so. Looking around the crowd we can't seem to locate Cpl. Robert Ferris and it reminds us that he is in the hospital and claims you need not make any appointments to visit him. Hope you're feeling better Bob. We'll be up to see you soon. While we are on the subject of the hospital, our old puddle, Cpl. William Padfield is well on the way to recovery.
 We'll it looks as if We will have to dig into our pockets now. Upon purchasing ticket a familiar voice says "Take two they're small' so "Umbriago" and I proceed into the theatre. By rights the picture should have started ten minutes ago but the machine operator was on K. P. so the picture will be de- layed a short while. Sitting in the seat beside Us is Pvt. Leroy Houltz, who upon delving into his past weeks accomplishments told us he