Evening star., 1943-09-25
Special Display Staged
For Legislators al
Army Bond Show

Army Bond Show
Members of Congress were guests
at the Army War bond show on the
Washington Monument grounds at
special arena demonstration of war
equipment at / pm. today. They
saw flrst-h~~d the equipment fur
nished by congressional appropria-
tions, and were impressed by the
gigantic display of military might
The special show staged for the
legislators was in addition to the
regularly scheduled 2:30 and 8:45
pm. arena events as Chemical War
fare Day was being observed. The
three-week show comes to close to-
morrow night, officials in charge
emphatically saying the War bond
promotion effort would not be
extended.
With Maj. Gen. William N. Por-
ter, Chemical Warfare chief, as War
bond speaker, a program demon-
strating chemical weapons and mu-
nitions In action will be presented
at the shows today. Gen. Porter
also will make a fve-minute talk
during the regular afternoon pro-
gram at 2:30 o'clock.
Arriving by truck convoy from
Edgewood Arsenal, Md, a platoon
from the 5th Chemical Company
Motorized, 200 cadets from the Off,
Ger Candidate School, and the 30
piece Chemical Warfare Center
Band will take part in special cere-
monies in the exhibit arena.
Clouds of Artificial Fog.
Snow-white clouds of artificial fog
will roll from the mouth of a me-
chanical smoke generator. These
trailer-mounted smoke boxes have
been used to blanket the North
African coastline against air attack.
Red, blue, yellow, green, orange
and black colored smoke grenades
will be ignited to show the public
how these colored smokes are being
used in the Southwest Pacific to
mark targets for the artillery and
to identify ground units to friendly
airmen. Combat Engineer troops
will demonstrate the CWS portable
hamethrower, showing how the
weapon is used to attack pillboxes
and machine-gun nests.
The Army Air Forces announced
that free ride in the Link Trainer
will be given today and tomorrow
to anyone purchasing a War bond.
The trainer is motivated on an
electrically operated base. Seated in
it, a cadet can put himself into
dives, spins, climbs, banks and a
360-degree turnall without moving
from the base.
Singing daily with the crack band
of the Fourth Medical Regiment,
Camp Pickett, Va, is Corpl. Jerry
Pavelcheck. baritone, formerly with
Ben Yosts Vikings. This band is
under the baton of Pvt. Marino Bea-
trice, former trumpeter with the
Johnny "Scat" Davis outfit. It is
now a custom of the boys in the
band to meet their hiking buddies
on the road back and play them
in" over the last tough miles back
to camp. This band plays on the
stage facing the arena.
81 Am Attacking"
Buyers of War bonds, Brig. Gen.
Robert H. Wylie, acting chief of
transportation, said yesterday after
noon, can say mot only am back
Ing the attack am attacking"
He emphasized that "aIl the de-
structive power that our, mighty in
dustry can produce, all the skill
and courage of our troops, would
count for nothing unless projected
to those points of the globe where
they can be brought to bear against
the enemy . moving them there
is our task; in performing that task
we are not merely Backing the AT
tack-we are an indispensable part
of the attack"
Behind the Transportation Corps
work. Gen. Wylie said, is a STORY
of blood, sweat, toil-with no time
for tears; a story of anxious, rest
less days and nights in Arctic seas;
of backbreaking stevedore work; of
high adventure running gasoline
laden and ammunition-fllled vessels
through submarine waters; Of men
breathing the overpowering heat
while running cargo ashore on a
New Guinea coast with
out benefit of piers or equipment;
of men engaged in the exacting
tedium Of staff work; of our civilian
girls who toll their hearts out in
the dull routines of war"
Federal Village"
George Maurice Morris, immediate
past president, of the American Bar
Association and leading attorney
of this city. pointed out that "the
reputation of our common commu-
nifty will suffer if each one does not
do his duty" Continuing he said /:
1--WE people in this Federal vii
lage have an advantage with respect
to the purchase Of these War bonds
which is probably unique. Nearly
all of us Washingtonians owe at
least part of our daily bread and
butter to the activities of Govern
ment. Whether We are paid direct
ly by the Government or are in
private work of employment, the
fact is that the principal source of
our income is directly or indirectly
from the expenditures of the Gov
ernment. Stop the Government
payroll and the payment of the Gov
ernment's other obligations, and
what would become of the economic
life of Washington?
1t should be clear that, even if
we were giving our money to Uncle
Sam, instead of making a sound
investment in these War bonds, our
group as whole would be getting
back, through the normal business
channels, many more dollars than
we were putting in.
Reports say that we in the Dis
trict are tagging in our perform
ance. That means that those of
us who are real Americans must do
more than some of lis experted to