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The Ely miner., 1943-11-11

Helen, dirty, tired, all but penniless,
smiled appealingly at charity's
agent. ''I had to see Harry" she
said simply. ''He mightn't come
home"
Trouble for Busy Soldier.
Harry was embarrassed and apol-
ogetic. After all, he wasn't in the
begging class, and here were four
human beings, belonging to him,
asking for food, beds, baths, shell
ter. Crowded temporary quarters
were found somehow for the chill
dren, although soldiers at that time
were sleeping on the marble floors
of hotels, and Helen sat up all night
in an armchair. Harry sailed the
next day; anxious, ashamed, and
annoyed. Yes, annoyed. He knew
that women and babies have no
right to be on trains in wartime,
and his last impression of his FAM
lily was that of an exhausted wife,
who had barely enough money to
get home, even if all train and bus
connections were made promptly,
and of three crying, draggled, mis-
cradle children.
Now, the railways make other reg
bow. Why don't they make one
more? Why don't they prohibit the
conveyance of small children for
the duration, except of course in
cases where families are moving to
other jobs or making permanent
changes? Thousands of wives, bored
by the lonesomeness and dullness
of wartime living, get the sudden
notion to take the boys and go to
Bills camp and just see him. It
isn't devotion, for it gives Bill only
an anxious, self-conscious and un-
comfortable sort of pleasure at best,
if indeed it gives him pleasure at
all. Visiting wives and parents COM
plicate matters terribly; there's a
war on, Bill is involved in it, and
the things of home seem very far
away. Nine times out of ten Bill
would much more appreciate a long,
cheerful letter, accompanied by Gig
arettes, books, snapshots or candy.
Family at Camp a Problem.
Hello, darling, Buster and had
to come to see our Daddyl" says
Mabel, all freshened up in a COM
fort station, suddenly appearing in
all the excitement of camp. She is
fascinated by everything, but Bill,
shouldering Buster, doesn't see it all
in the same glamorous light.
"Where are you staying, dear?"
"Well, we don't know. We thought
we'd have lunch in the cafeteria, and
then find some nice quiet place for
Busters nap. He's fretful because
the train was so hot"
Bill reflects that the majors wife.
after three weeks hunt, has Just
found four rooms over a garage and
is thankfully paying two hundred a
month for them.
Don't you think you've got a
smart little wife to come IL hundred
miles in this heat to see your" Ma
bel asks happily. walking along be-
side him.
AND Wnat can Bill say but yes?
One wife know had to get home
to her mother in California. She left
New York by plane with two bottles
and plentiful underwear changes for
a small baby. She reached home one
week from that night, after delays
and anxieties and difficulties that al
most broke her spirit. Nine hours
wait In one hot little railway station;
one night sitting in country hotel
lobby; IL hours without food. And a
final 500-mile humping trip in bus.
The baby coughed and cried all the
way. 81 was afraid she would die.
there isn't much life in a five-month
baby" the mother said to me.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-11
THE ANSWER
The Sensible Thing

A man whose grandfather clock
had gone wrong was taking it to
local matchmaker for repair. On
the way he collided with another
pedestrian.
Surveying the clock, the man re-
marked bitterly: 'Eh, why can't
you wear a wristwatch like any,
body else?"
The Ely miner., 1943-11-11
5000 Year Span Pictured
AS Plane Passes Pyramids

Five thousand years of mechan-
fcal progress is represented by the
old and the new in this picture of a
United States. army air transport
command plane soaring above the
ancient pyramids of Egypt. The
plane is one of huge feet flying
war supplies from the United States
acress the Atlantic and the continent
of Africa to battle zones. The pyra-
mids were built about $500 B. C..
The Ely miner., 1943-11-11
Here and There

The bride had finished throt0ing
dishes at her hubby, then started to cry.
'But for one thing, I'd go home and
stay tUith mother" she said.
''What's that one thing?" demanded
her husband.
"Mother's coming here to Hue tCith
US. She's left fatheri"
The Ely miner., 1943-11-11
POOR pa WATSON

Toughest job White House Secre-
tary Maj. Gen. Edwin (''Pa") Wat
son of the White House secretariat
has to tackle each day is keeping
the Presidents appointment sched-
ule on time.
Frequently FDR will sit talking to
an old friend for Is or 20 minutes
over the allotted time, and that
snarls the White House schedule for
the rest of the day.
This is hard on the generals nerv-
Gus system, especially when bigwigs
from the war or navy departments
are waiting to discuss military mat
ters. On such occasions Watson is
not above barging in and breaking
up the conference.
The other day when the Presi-
dents old friend, Governor Bob Kerr
of Oklahoma, was overstaying his
time-through no fault of his own
Watson walked in and began to pa
rade nervously about the room.
'Well, here's the undertaken, Mr..
President" grinned Kerr, catching
the hint. IF one of your callers gets
so he doesn't move, Pa will move
him."
Roosevelt laughingly motioned
Watson to a chair.
''Sit down and talk to us for
awhile, general" he said. "We're
having very interesting conversa-
ton"
With sigh, Watson took a chair.
BACK TO NORMALCY
Industry's eagerness to get back
to peacetime operation is seen in
the deluge of mail received by the
chemical division of WPB. Theme
of every letter is: Unlace the
straightjacket and give us a chance
to expand.
This pressure hits the chemical
division more than any other because
of the tight control which that divi-
sion has exercised over the industry,
and also because of the tremendous
future of plastics and other develop
ments in the chemical field.
1 Controls are so tight that no ma
terials may be bought or sold with
out clearance with WPB, and in the
course of getting clearance, the ap-
plicant must state lot of intimate
facts about his business, including
buying price, selling price, profit,
and inventories.
The real meaning of the complaint
is that the industry is not worried
about paper work so much as it is
worried about limitation on profits.
Under government control, prices
are held down by the fact that sales
are limited to war needs, but when
this restriction is removed, the de-
mand for chemical materials will be
terrific, and profits will go through
the ceiling.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-11
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She Snapped

She Swapped
Mary-You mean thing! You
promised me faithfully that you
wouldn't give away that secret I
told you. But now it's all round
the town!
Mabel didn't give it away. ]
exchanged it for others.
Something Wrong
WHe-T'hat boy OF ours gets more like
you every day.
Husband (nieekly)-Really? Whafs
he been up to n0to?
The Ely miner., 1943-11-11
Tree Blows Up

Contrary to common belief, a
bolt of lightning does not splinter
the tree; the tree itself elbows up"
when its moisture is suddenly
turned into steam under high pres
sure.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-11
Newspaper Letters

Some years ago, when it cost Is
cents to send letter by mail,
some people sent newspapers in
stead, at much lower rate, and
underlined words to form mes
sages.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-11

Helen, dirty, tired, all but penniless,
smiled appealingly at charity S
agent. 81 had to see Harry" she
said simply. ''He mightn't come
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
Around the Clock With -
Headquarters Detachment
BY 1T. CASTINE A. DAVIS
and PFC. EDWARD HINTON

y
The Detachment predicted a Post
football victory over the 370th.
Detachment men are: Sgts. Henry
L. Moore and Tom Taylor; Pfc. Wal
ter o. Powell and Edward Preach
er" Hinton, and Pvt. Lowell Dancy.
Pvt. Dancy is in the hospital with
fractured ankle acquired in prac-
tice before the opening game.
Former Cpl Harold Castleman,
honorably discharged sends his
greetings to the officers and men.
He has been re-employed on his old
job as post office clerk in Cleveland,
Ohio.
Weeks honor men for superior
performance of duties: Pfc. Cornell
GUS Majors, janitor, Post Hq Bldg,
and Pfc. LaRue E. Shepard, cook in
Detachment Mess.
We are immeasurably proud of
Pvt. Frederick D. McCray. staff pho
tographer for the Apache Sentinel" >"
McCray, conscientious and modest
is quite a gentleman.
Cpl. Fayard Nicholas, of the Mich
elias Brothers dancing team that ap-
peared in the motion picture
Stormy Weather" asserted that in
his efforts to return to FIT. Huachuca
from Los Angeles on time. he board
ed the train to San Francisco by
mistake and had to return to Los
Angeles. That's his story, so we
believe it!
Pvt. Oliver Pearson is the most
sought after man in the Detach-
ment. Men eagerly and anXiously
await his goingS and comings. They
rush to greet him whenever he re-
turns. Yes, that's right!-how did
you guess that he's the mail orderly?
Despite the many keys. black and
white, on the piano, Pvt. Harold
Brown, famed pianist in the Post
Hq. Band, knows exactly what to
do with them Caressing them gent
ly and with cool and serene indiffer-
ence, he produces some of the
smoothest, yes, the smoothest music
to be heard.
Mrs. Ida Bush from Bisbee, wife
of Sgt. Harold j. Bush, our news
copyiSt, dropped in on the Sergeant,
probably to learn how we'll he is
getting along. Well, ma'am, the
sarge is getting along fine. He seems
to have recovered and regained his
confidence since that awful GI.
haircut. He should have gone to Pvt.
Elmore Smith. Detachment barber,
so he would have botten such a
trimming.
Capable 1st Sgt Alexander Cor
don is our 'Top Kick" TiSgt. John
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
Bevy Of Sou ToIent
okes Special Show
To Comp Lockett

(Continued from Page One)
MGM's STORMY Weather" and is
now a rookie in the Post Hq. De-
tachment. He has been seen at
Fort Huachuca before as a member
of the group that accompanied Lena
Horne to the camp on her last ap-
pearance here, but this will be his
first time out in Gil.
There will be Is speciality acts fea-
turing Cpl. Fayard Nicholas of the
Nicholas Brothers, Sgt. Whisonant,
the Anderson-Jackson- Nicely COM
bination, Pvt. Orlando Robertson.
Pvt. Harold Brown, Pvt. Mereva
Parrish WAC, and others, together
with several production numbers by
the entire group.
The WAC chorus line" has been
attractively costumed and the unan-
inlous opinion is that the show, from
opening chorus to the finale featur-
ing Capt. Jordan's Fighting Sons O.
Guns will make worthy history for
Fort Huachuca at Camp Lockett.
I
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
Promotions At
Stotion Hosp. No. I
BY 1T. J. L. KINGSLAND

Station Hospital No. l is highly
elated this week since the War De-
partment bestowed its eraces upon
three of our members by. way of
Well-earned promitions.
Our most capable and genial Chief
OF Radiology, William E. Allen has
been elevated to the rank OF Major.
a position he we'll deserves as he is
one cf the foremost radiologists in
the country.
Henry B. Matthews, who has been
on active duty for over two years
and who at present is studying
Tropical Medicine at the Army Med
ical School in Washington, DC, has
been promoted to the rank of Cap
tain.
Agnes B. Glass, operating room
supervisor, is now 1St 1t. ANC.
Major Allen and 1t. Glass are
beth products Of Homer G. Phillips
hospital in st. Louis while Captain
Matthews is a product Of Proyident
Hospital of Chicago.
Congratulations to these three
worthy members Of our staff!
-IT WILL Be NEWS AT HOVE
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
sc. No. rs 1st Year
To Be Celebrated
CONTINUED from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
Tuesday: A Little Theater party
suspicion" starring Joan Fontaine
and Cary Grant.
Wednesday: Progressive whis t
with cash prizes.
Thursday: A Battle of Swing with
the 37th Special Service Orchestra
vs.. Division Band. It will be a
formal affair, and WACs have been
given permission to wear evening
gowns.
Friday: Swing VS.. Classic. Cash
prizes will be given.
Saturday: There will be a Hal
loween celebration The party will
be on the cabaret style. A flower
show will be held that is tops, and
food will be served.
Sunday: The Hour of Charm with
1t. B. S. Scruggs acting as Master
of Ceremonies and Chaplain John
son, 365th Infantry, delivering the
Invocation. Many talented artists
will appear on this program
Seven civilian ladies who will act
as hostesses are the two Mesdames
Butler, Mesdames .WeatherS, Lucille
Chambers. and Misses Rose Mary
Martin; Randolph. and Cox.
+--MAiL IT HOME TODAY
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
UnusuoI Religious !
Program PIonned

One of the Posts most unusual re-
hgicus services is being planned by
Chaplain G. Hamilton Martin for
the fifth Sunday in the month, Oct.
81, when a special Women's Day
program in Theatre No. l will re-
place the usual 1920 am. services
held in the Post Chapel
An effort is being made by Chap
lain Martin to have the services at
tended by all Of the women on the
Post. In a recent talk made to
members of WAC Section. Sou 1922,
he stated that he believes more en-
phaSiS should be placed on the role
that women are playing in the war
and it is his purpose through this
religious service to focus attention
on the meritorious deeds that wom-
en- are performing.
The sermon theme of the program
will be "A Woman's Choice" which
will be presented in the form of a
drama with a background of in
strumental and choral music.
A number of committees have
been appointed by Chaplain Martin
to help in the working out Of the
program and to assure the fullest
possible attendance of all women on
the Post Committee members in
clude: Mrs. johnson, Mrs. Wash
ington, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Battle,
Mrs. Muse, Mrs. Jarone Johnson,
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Carr,
attendance committee; Mrs Alice
flowers and decorations;
and Mrs. Thelma Thurston Gorham,
publiSity.
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22

ME Jones, Jr., is chief of details and
assignments; 1st Sgt. Rhegnald L.
Haynes has charge of the men work
ing on the officers line, and Pfc
Charlie Taylor is doing fine work
in charge of the Detachment day
room.
Sgt. Henry L. Moore is developing
into quite drillmaster at reveille.
Pvt. Fred D. Green returned from
his furlough spent at Inverness,
Miss, where he visited his wife, Mrs.
Eta Green and his mother, Mrs.
Mary B. Spencer. His wife returned
to FIT. Huachuca with him.
After going through the "infiltra-
tion course" with bullets flying over
head, the men earnestly declare that
Sherman was right
Salutes to the retired: M/Sgt.
Frank Jordan, after 80 years hon
orable service; 1st Sgt. Governor c..
Parker after 80 years honorable
service.
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
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is 1T TRUE THAT:

IS 1T TRUE THAT:
A certain soldier from New York
City has a tall skinny WACKY?
(Mr five by five).
w. Wright of the motor pool
should get on a diet? much too
fat)
Sgt. haywood, now a "Jodie," has
business with guy named George?
George who, Sarge?)
T. Cole has birthday coming up
real soon? Hook out, Cole, the
Unknown" knows when1-
J.HC. is all smiles because his
wife is coming to post? (Honey-
mooner, huh?)
E. McAlliSter is now a proud par
ent? Congratulations, PapaD
A certain soldier wants his fur
Tough taken in the Bronx? Gong
ride, G. G. Rider)
The ON mess hall has a touch
of feminine in the kitchen? Oearn-
ing to cook, maybe)
j. Patterson is wearing a beard for
tOughneSS? (ShaVe, 25 cents, JP)
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
Ordnance Det. Has
Novel tournament

The 1990th Ordnance Detachment
of so men, faced with the problem
of establishing, a company fund and
other company activities, recently
put over very successfully a novel
project that may give an Idea" to
some other organization 1t was a
ping-pong tournament (played, in
cidentally, on table built out of
salvaged materials by men of the
company organized in such an in
teresting way that 20 of the so men
in the detachment participated.
The loser of each game put dime
into the "pot" and the winer con-
tributed nickel. There were three
prizes, awarded not to the three
highest scorers but to the three par
Elephants whose scores came near
est to three previously selected
drawn out of -a-hat" scores, from
five to the highest possible score.
The remainder of the pot" went
into into the company fund.
Participation, by the way, was
open to both officers and men.
-IT WILL Be NEWS AT HONG
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
". D. Control Prizes,
Trophy. to Be Given

AS a part of Fort Huachuca' s
campaign against Venereal disease,
two prizes of SO and SIS respectively
are being offered each week for the
two best essays written by enlisted
personnel on a subject pertaining to
venereal disease control and assigned
by the Director Of the Medical Di-
vision. The specific purpose Of the
weekly contest is to discover how
much soldiers have learned about
venereal disease control through the
program of films, bulletins, lectures,
posters, and other activities carried
on by the Venereal Disease Control
Office and also through publication
Of the prize winnings essays, to en-
courage discussion of the problem
and greater general interest in it,
A different topic is being assigned
each week. The prizes will be award
ed formally by Col Hardy or the
post executive officer, Col. Hogan,
and the first-prize essay, together
with a picture of the writer, will be
published in the Sentinel" of the
week following the presentation.
First Essay i'll Next Issue
The topic assigned for the first
week of the contest was How the
Venereal Disease Bulletin Has Help
ed My Company" The essay which
won first prize will be published in
the Sentinel of October 29.
For further details, interested SOL
dierS and WACs should get in touch
with the Venereal Disease Control
Officer, phone 4119
The venereal disease essay con-
test, it is emphasized, is entirely sep
arate and distinct from the contest
embracing more varied contributions
to the Sentinel" that was an
nounced in last weeks issue.
Trophy to Be Awarded Also
In another venereal disease control
project which will begin on Novem-
ber l, Fort Huachuca's military per-
sonnel will be divided into four sec
tionS: Cd the 92nd Division, (2) SOU
1922, CD Sou attached units, and
"a 3rd Army, 10th Hq., and tro-
ply will be awarded to the section
that has the lowest venereal disease
rate per thousand each month, said
trophy to be kept in the section
headquarters At the end of each
month also there will be published
in the Sentinel" and the Buffalo"
a write-up which gives the specific
details of the methods or factors re-
sponsible for the winning of the
award.
The first trophy award will be
made on December on the basis of
records for the month of November.
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
Gold Trophy Awarded At
Motor Vehicle Review
Continued from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
Francisco, Calf; Sgt. Chase Muldro,
Florence SC; Cpl Leariest
Wright, Oklahoma City, Okla; Pfc.
James Riddick. Brooklyn, NY; Pfc.
Herbert G. Lyles, Muskogee, Okla;
Pvt. Wade King, Knoxville, Tenn,
and Pvt. George Bradshaw, Fort
Worth, Tex.
Medals for sharpshooting ability
went to: S/Sgt Willie Smith. Co
lumbus, Ohio; and Sgt. Henry Jones,
Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
MAIL The SENTINEL HOME
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22

ing an eight weeks special training
at Aberdeen, Md. Sgt. Weaver was
one of the two colored soldiers in
a class of "a.
He received a hearty welcome
from his WAC girl friend, Pvt. Edith
Waller, on his return.
SEND THE SENTINEL HONG
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22

The gold
review of motor vehicles members
shown abOve First ROwSgt Williams
Ohio MP Detachment PFC Irene Watts Cincinnati OhiO Pvt
Paralee Small Birmingham Aa T5th Georgia
Pvt Oean EdmOndsOn Austin,
RowPfc Edna Fletcher Magnolia Miss T/5h
gore Texas T/5h Villa EardgrOve
Philadelphia, Pa; Pvt Ruth Wade Detroit Mich Capt
A. amoure Los Angeles Caif
Ohio Pvt Fleeter Richardson
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-22
T-3rd Carl Weaver Is
Back from Aberdeen, Md.

T/3rd Grade Carl Weaver, 406
Ordnance Company, returned to this
Post Saturday night after complet-
Evening star., 1943-12-19
|CoIored Masons
Re-eIect Officers

Allan A. c. Griffith was reelected
grand master of the Grand Lodge
of Colored Masons of the District.
Others reelected were: Simpson
w. Wallace, deputy grand master;
Elridge T. Hawkins, senior grand
warden; the Rev. Melvin j. Key,
Junior grand warden; Charles d.
Freeman, grand secretary; DR..
Sylvester F. Blackwell, grand treas
urer; Oscar l.. Deane, assistant
grand secretary.
The appointive Offices will be filled
December q at pm.
Blue lodge elections we're:
Felix-Saunders Fuel, master;
Past Master Charles c. Carter, re-
elected secretary, and Past Master
William A. Becker reelected treas
urer. Others elected were: j. A.
Walker, senior warden, and j. w.
Bailey, Junior warden.
Meridian-James A. GLADDEN.,
master; Frank Williams, senior
warden; Reddy Small, junior
warden; Bernard Minor, senior dea-
con; j. Charles Hunt. Junior deacon:
o. H. Campbell, secretary; Edward
Howard, sr., treasurer; Jesse Snow
den, assistant secretary Memphis
B. johnson, senior master of cere-
monies, and William B. Hawkins,
tiler.
Warren-Anthony r. Brooks,
master; John T. Wilson, senior
warden; James H. Nivens, Junior
warden; the Rev. Hampton T. Cas-
kins, senior deacon; Herbert r.
Bates, Junior deacon; Charles Hen
son, secretary; Clarence Reed, as
sistant secretary; James Arthur Gill
bert, treasurer; Esmuss Hall, senior
master Of ceremonies; J. Jackson,
junior master of ceremonies: w. w.
Sp!ller, senior steward j. Corprew,
junior steward: Wilbur Brown,
marshal; the Rev Matthew w.
Bailey, chaplain, and John Minor,
tiler
Widows SOn-NicholaS B.
Thomas, master: Hiram S. Wildly,
senior warden; Stanley Howard, jr.,
Junior warden. Thomas Overton,
secretary; Richard Turner, treas
urer: Ulysses S. Edwards. assistant
secretary, and John Ballard, tiler.
Social-Alonzo B. Turner, master;
Henry I. Wedlock, senior warden;
Samuel Hampton, junior warden:
Andrew S. Colston. secretary; STAN
ley Grant, treasurer; Howard P.
Smith, assistant secretary: William
LaWton, senior deacon: Albert Car
ter, Junior deacon: William Chris
tian. senior master of ceremonies:
Ulysses S. Bowman, junior master
of ceremonies George Morris, senior
steward; David o. Johnson, junior
steward Robert H. johnson, chap
lain: Gerald Hatton, marshal, and
Oleon M. Lewis, tiler
1onic-Hiram Lorick, master;
Everett Carter, senior warden:
Chalmers Hamer, Junior warden:
Harrison Donahoo. treasurer;
George S. Manley, secretary: Peter
/ Phillips, assistant secretary;
Thomas Taylor, senior deacon;
James Hill, junior deacon; the Rev.
Alexander Talaiferro, chaplain.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
All a Question
Of Interpretation
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
When H. L. Mencken wrote his
book, The American Language" ;"
he really had something. Holly
wood directors are finding it out.
especially those working on films
with English locales. for it may be
the same mother tongue, but the
words mean different things here
and on the other side of the At
lantic.
A scene in Victoria Station. Lon
don, was being filmed. and, as per
dialogue, the conductor hollered
All aboard" A little. wizened
Cockney-type extra looked uneasy.
finally gathered up his courage and
explained to the director that the
phrase in London was Take your
seats. please" that "All aboard"
would be an invitation for all the
waiting friends seeing the passen-
gers off to board the train, too.
With corrected dialogue, the scene
proceeded.