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was published June IS, 1912. That
was back in the days when this
venture was in its experimental
stages, and many times the eltters
coming in were few and far be-
tween. Well, since you were one
of the first to take a chance, your
editor certainly appreciates your
continued cooperation. He hopes
that you have gained enough from
the column to make you feel that
writing in has really been worth
while. In between letters your
good wife has sort of stood up to
the plate and batted for you several
times. This is the kind of family
that makes Dribbles very happy.
You folks not only have my sin
cere gratitude, but also hold my
deepest respect for your friendli-
ness during the past nineteen
months, the period of time over
which we have been operating.
Yes, Sergeant, things are begin
ming to move at faster slip over
in the Pacific area. The happen
ings during the past few weeks in
dictate that this time we've planned
to have the mostest men, planes
and ships where they are needed.
The Jap rats are the ones on the
receiving end this time, and Drib-
bles sincerely hopes that they will
remain on the receiving end from
now until their war is over. At
the moment our Boys are breaking
through the outer defenses of the
Jap Rat empire. After this has
crumbled, it will be the seat of the
empire itself. May God have mercy
on their souls when this comes to
pass.
Frankly, I can nd no pity in my
heart for these people. So many
times the American public has been
given the idea that the common
peoples of a nation are not directly
to blame for the acts of their lead
ers. This is not true in any sense
of the word, for any of the Axis
group. These nations had what
they wanted and they made a
whole world suffer as the results of
their actions. When the time
comes for an accounting of this
war, don't feel that the American
people will stand for any more of
the old strories like we had fed to
us after the last war. Whether a
mad dog be on the loose in Europe
or Asia, it's mad dog nevertheless
and the only way to treat a mad
dog is to shoot it before it bites
you. The appeasement policy never
did work out with any nation for
long-sooner or later you have to
do what you should have one in the
first place.
Hope that you will be able to
contact some of Our Boys over
there in your part of the world,
Sergeant. If you do, how about a
letter telling the folks about the
Meanwhile, the very
best of luck to you, Luther. May
you come back to us, your wife and
kiddies, before many more months
have passed. And don't forget, the
latch string always hangs on the
outside.
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European Area
Dear Dribbles:


Dear Dribbles:
l received your most welcome
Christmas card, and I wish to ex-
press my sincere thanks.
There has been a lot of travelling
and hard work for me since 1 wrote
you from Camp Reynolds, Pennsyl-
vania. For the present I am sta
toned somewhere in the European
area, as my sister, Mrs. Bessinger
has probably notified you.
If you remember, I took a course
of handling heavy equipment when
I was out at Fort Leonard Wood,
Missouri. Upon my arrival in this
area, I was assigned to an Aviation
Battalion, and my work is very
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people in both Smyrna and Dover
who apparently have forgotten
about me. After all, l have been
away from home for nearly three
years. During this space of time
however, 1 have not forgotten my
old friends; quite the contrary
long to see the old faces and the
old places.
At present 1 am still with my old
battalion here in the Mediterranean
area. 1 landed here on the first
day of the invasion and have been
here on active duty ever since. If
peace were declared tomorrow,
could really enjoy myself. At the
moment the activity of the enemy
sort of makes things rather miser-
able.
When one is living under normal
conditions in civilian life one has
things like pavements to walk on,
good roads to travel over, and
other convenient measures. Wealth
er is just a matter of life. Here, it
is a matter of life or death many
times. One slip in the mud and
rain may mean that you are dead
duck. Then again, you can go to
bed at night-if you are lucky
and wake up sometime later float
ing in a stream of water. This
country over here is full of small
valleys and high mountains. Here
and there you can see traces of
medieval life. High on hill, over
Looking valley, you will find a
castle surrounded by the homes of
the peasants. 1 imagine that in old
times the mobiles lived in this man.
ner, having their peasants located
nearby for protection. Seldom does
one find a village located in val
ley-only those built recently.
There are other places of inter-
est, some are in ruins, and some re-
main untouched by the ravages of
war. I remember one church that
served as a hospital. The altar was
used as an operating table, and no
doubt the life of many soldier
was returned to him right there
with a statue of the Master gazing
down upon him.
Just bit on the odd side of life.
Here the women carry heavy burd-
ems, but not in what we would con-
slider the ordinary manner. Their
way of moving a heavy load from
place to place is upon their heads.
The girls back home should try this
stunt and see how they make out.
Another unusual place is the vii
lage washing pool. 1t offers many
and varied sights.
You comment on the fact that 1
speak of women and places, both in
the same breath. To me, that's
just how they stand. For the past
eighteen months I have not seen a
civilized woman; by that, 1 mean
one that 1 could talk with. After
all, I'm no Arab or Italian. The
old grape vine will not reveal any
thing about me. There was a girl,
but she is married now. At the
moment, what am interested in
knowing is who has Joined up with
the women's services from in and
around Smyrna? Some place there
is the girl for me. I just hope that
I'll live to find her. So to all those
who have married since I left the
States, I send my hearty congratu-
lations, and wish them the very
best of luck.
To my friends in the Service who
read this column, have word.
If you are overseas and have not
Joined the V. F. w. VETERANS of
Foreign Wars) do so as soon as
possible. If you can't get an ap-
plication blank, let me know.
To one and all-Best of Luck.
Howard c. Lewis
Cpl. Howard c. Lewis
A. S. N. 32167439
A. P. o. 306, Postmaster
New York City, New York
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Sergeant, you are one of Drib-
bles' charter members. A check on
the records has shown that your
name was entered in the column on
May %, 1912, and your first letter
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much the same as it was with the
Delaware State Highway Depart
ment.
1 wish it were possible for me to
tell you more about this Country
in which 1 am living, and the people
1 come in contact with, but even
this sort of information is limited.
1 might pass along the fact that
the residents of this Country have
passed through more than folks
back home could ever realize. With
it all, their moral is high, and their
spirit unbreakable.
AS my time for correspondence is
limited, 1 must sign off, but do tell
my friends to keep on writing, as
it does get lonesome here some
times.
AS ever,
Clarence M. Emerson
Pvt. Clarence M. Emerson
A. S. N. 32758275
A. P. o. 638, o Postmaster
New York City, New York
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South Pacific Area

| DOQlu 4 ciSl11S AL CO
Dear Dribbles:
1 would like to apologize for
having been so long in writing to
you. AS you know, list Sergeant
has most of his time taken up try
ing to keep track of his men. If
you have a large Company, that
means even more work. Frankly,
1 don't mind the extra work at all,
but it certainly cuts down on the
time that might otherwise be de-
voted to letter writing.
Thank you very much for the
Christmas card. 1t was certainly
appreciated.
Speaking from a number of years
experience, mail is the one thing
that helps lots to keep us going,
and if it is received at the right
time, it is even more appreciated
than usual.
1 receive The Smyrna Times
quite regularly. From the address,
es printed in your column I am
sure that some of the Boys from
Smyrna and vicinity are close to
my location. I would certainly
like to get in contact with them,
and no doubt will one of these days.
We over this way, along with our
Buddies serving in the other war
theatres, will have some very inter
esting tales to relate when we re-
turn to our old home towns again.
The war in this part of the world
is beginning to gain momentum,
and the results are really notice
able. Because of the great number
of islands out this way, progress
has been bit slow to date, but
with the increase on war materials
we are really going to town.
I would like to take this oppor-
tunity to wish all my friends in the
Service the best of luck, and a
speedy return back to Delaware.
Yours very truly,
Luther M. Adkins
list Sgt. Luther M. Adkins
A. S. N. 6718916
A. P. o. 713, o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
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old grapevine might have to relate,
even at this very moment, if the
name of Corporal Lewis was men,
toned! The best plan to follow,
when youth starts a discussion
touching on the fair sex, would be
to keep your fingers crossed, more
so than ever now-with Spring just
around the corner.
Don't know much about this
business of old friends forgetting
when one absents himself over a
period of time, Corporal. OF course,
an exchange of letters would keep
these friendships alive if the idea is
put into execution. That is appar-
emily the need of the moment. So
Dribbles is going to ask all of
Howard c. Lewis former friends to
drop him a line after reading this
appeal. This is the best way to
make him aware of the fact that he
has not been forgotten. And if
anyone wishes to obtain Towards
full address, short note to Drib-
bles will bring it to you quickly.
Enough of these letters going
through to this young man and he
won't care so much about the dam
gers and the other hardships he
must contend with over there in ac-
ton.
Good luck to you, soldier. May
you someday find the one and only
girl that you now have in mind. A
good wife and children can make
the sun shine on any part of the
world you happen to live. Drop in
for another visit soon.
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Well, old friend, Dribbles is GER
tainly glad to hear from you and
also to learn that things are not
going badly at all for you over on
the other side of the Atlantic. Yes,
Soldier, your sister, Mrs. Delsie
Bessinger, has been helping out a
bit in between your letters, and
Dribbles appreciates her friendly
spirit of cooperation. 1t is mighty
nice to realize that someone right
here at home is willing to fill in all
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Mediterranean Area
Dear Dribbles:
have here before me my last is
sue of The Smyrna Times, and
want to tell you that no one looks
forward to receiving their copy of
this newspaper any more than 1 do.
This is not because 1 lack reading
material, more to the point that 1
want to know where everyone is,
and what they are doing. There are
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Corporal, we're mighty glao to
hear from you again in this col
umn. Not only glad to hear from
you. but still more pleased to know
that everything-thoug not of the
best-is going forward alright for
you.
AS to the young ladies from our
present area who have Joined up
with the various Services, Dribbles
is assuming that you refer to those
who are enlisted in the Military or
Naval Branches. On this basis we
have listed Pvt. Mable A. Duncan,
serving with the w. A. C.'s, 1t.
Harriet E. Hutchinson, serving with
the U. S. A. N. c., Mary Louise
Porter, Y-2c, serving with the U. S.
N. R.-WAVES and Sarah Ellen
Wright, SIC, serving with the us.
IN. R.-WAVES. Pvt. Duncan en-
listed from Clayton, Delaware,
whereas you no doubt know that
the other three named are from
Smyrna. If'there are any others
from this area, Dribbles has not re-
ceived their names for entry in the
records.
Son, you're all to the wrong side
about what is considered civilized
in this world of ours. Just be-
cause a young lady does not speak
your language does not make her
any the less civilized. If that were
true she would look upon you in
the very same light since you do
not speak her mother tongue. Then
again, when the world is in tune
and you're riding straight on the
beam, what's a few words after all.
I could tell you of many cases of
marriage that developed out of
World War I, where the man or
woman did not speak the same
language. Yes, and most of these
marriages turned out successfully.
Course, when young mems fan
/ cies turn to thought of love-" the
more that is said, the more you
may have to account for later.
Gould be, you know. Back in the
good old days one would not have
thought you exactly backward
when it came to pitching the WOO.
Therefore, who can say what the
The Apache sentinel., 1944-12-22
Amusements Offered

On Christmas Eve at 700 p. NJ,
CPL Joseph Coles, noted baritone
singer, gives a recital at Service Club
No. 1. Cpl. Samuel Lackey will serve
as his accompanist. The public is in
vited to hear this talented singer,
of concert fame, make his debut at
this Installation. He is a member
of the 372nd Infantry Regiment.
A holiday dance is being held at
Service Club No. l, beginning at
500 P. M, with the 227th Dance
Band rendering the music. Also on
Christmas night there will be party
for the Special. Service personnel.
Later 81, in the week, Wednesday
December 27. the Special Service
Division of the Post will stage a
party for the Nurses. Corps, giving
out with dance music and a fine
floor show.
Another athletic event that will
occur during the holidays is the first
basketball game of the season be-
tween the San Diego Calif0 ALI
Stars and the Sou cage. quintet on
Thursday night, December 90. at the
Field House.
! The festivities will end on New
Years Day, with another dance at
the Service Club. This will begin
lat 500 p. NJ
The Apache sentinel., 1944-12-22
Ten WACs

Continued from Page Three
service, these women accepted the
call, though warned of it's dangers
and hardships.
These WACs were chosen because
of certain qualifications which ehey
met, and they are among, the first
Negro women in America selected
for this assignment.
The commanding officer of WAC
section, 1t. Consuelo Bland num-
Der of other WACs, officers and en-
listed men gathered to see the group
off.
The ten WACs so. honored are:
TI4ths Alice M. Allison, Evelyn 9.
Martin and Lucia NJ. Pitts TI5ths
Edna Burton and Fannie Talbert;
Pies. Mildred Gates, Marie B. Gill
liSslee and Dorothy c. Reid, and
Pvts.. Charlotte Galloway Cartwright
and Mildred Peterson.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-12-22
Fort Reaches

Continued from Page Three
sales of 100000; Colonel Young
school, .$1,l25.00; the Post Office,
1915 90; Fry, $625,00, and the South
ern Pacific Railway, $25000.
Child Leads Statesmen =.
Most sensational individual sales
man of the drive is Annette Lamoure,
six -year-old daughter of Capt Paul
Lamoure, director of the motor pool.
At the date of this compilation, De-
celnber 10, she had reported in, in
dividually, sales to the amount of
$5,975.0O. Annette is q first grade
pupil of the Captain Whitside
school, :.
Latest Rally Results
The War Bond rally. conducted
on Dec. l8, did much to swell the
total of bonds sold. It consisted of
a Post-wide rattle of a $500.0o bond
and the raffling off of five $4,000
bonds by the Supply and Service Di-
vision
Winner of the $50a.09 bond was
Mr.. Joe Campbell. employee of the
Post Engineers office.
Bones of $4,000 Denomination
were won by Mrs. Alleen Kingsley
and Sgt. A. Scott, Quartermaster Of
flee; Dorothy Menard, Dir. of Sup
ply; Lehman E. Womack, Post En-
gineers; Dorothy Harris. C.. and E.
Warehouse. and AL Rand, Apache
Flats.
Last weeks winner of the $500.0o
Supply Bond was Mrs. Addie Lee
Everett, wife of Sgt. Horace c. Ev
erett, MP Det.,s rather than Miss
Adeline Emmett. as reported.
(See Tabu!ation Col. II
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Citations for Heroism, Merit
Read at Aword Review Ceremo

November 1943, in location near
the headwateIs of the VOlturnO
River, Sgt. Aira went to the aid
of two Of his fellow comrades, one
Of whom was seriously wounded
and Uuable to help himself. AL
though Sgt. Aira was under heavy
enemy shell fire and excellent
enemy observation, he showed ex-
treme disregard for his own per-
sOnal safety in administering first
aid to the wounded men and by
his courageous action, he was in
stTumental in saving the lives of
his comrades.
CHAS. w. RYDER,
Major General, U. s. Army
Commanding.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-12-22

Negroes in Americas wars.
BY Order of the Sec'y of War.
G. C. MARSHALL,
Chief of Staff. .
Official
3 ROBERT H. DUNLOP,
Brig. Gen.
- Acting The Adj. Gen.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-12-22
Officers Messes to
Hold New Year
Celebrations

Both officers Messes, Lakeside and
Mountainview, will hold celebrations
to "rirg out the old and ring in the
new" at midnight on December 81.
Breakfast will be served at o'clock
a. m.
Arrangements are being made by
the special service officer to have
dancing until 2 a. m. following
breakfast. i.
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Citotion
GENERAL ORDERS
No. 81
War Department
VXyoeL 0S n0 90 OcA 1OA

War Department
Wash 25 DC % Oct 1914
Citation for Legion of Merit.
Technician Fourth Grade Lew
E. Davis, Army serial number
39S62437, Headquarters Detach-
ment, Sou 1922, United States
Army. For exceptionally nneritori-
Gus conduct in the performance of
outstanding duties at Fort Hua-
chuca, Arizona, from 19 January
1914 until 10 October 1914. During
this time Sergeant Davis made
valuable contribution to the war
eff0rt in Orientational recreatiOnal
and cultural activities. He created
and supervised the manufacture
of Negro war posters which were
supplied to Sixty-two {62) Army
camps throughout the United
States, thereby materially assist
ing in the successful adminiStra-
-tiOn and training Of many thou
sand Negro soldiers. He created
during the time specified above a
mural in oils showing the partici-
patton of Negro soldiers in the
wars of the United States from
the Revolutionary War, inclusive,
to World War No. l., inclusive.
This mural has served to instill
into Negro officers and Negro SOL
diers pride i'll the past, inspira-
tiOn for the present and confidence
in the future. This mural, more
over, will serve in the future as a
monument to the participation Of
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Citotion
headquarters. United States Armed
Forces In South Pacific Area
United States Army


AANAA4SAAEtN OAAONN ESASN5 al AAAN
Forces In South Pacific Area
United States Army
APO-93
Under the provisions of AR
6OO-45, as amended, and as an
nOunced in General Orders No.
1923, Headquarters United States
Army Forces in South Pacific Area,
Bronze Star Medal is awarded to
the following named individual,
pOsthumonsly:
Citation: nz%
For heroic achievements in COM
bat at Solomon Islands on 6 April
1914 First Lieutenant Oscar p
Davenport, 9-336304, Infantry, was
the leader of a platoon which was
participating in q patrol mission
when strong enemy opposition was
suddenly encountered. DemOnstrat-
ing outstanding qualities of leader
ship in position Of danger, he
reOrganized his platoon and di-
rccted its movements, remaining
behind until all had safely with
drawn. He then crawled to the aid
of q casualty in another platoon,
and although. struck by enemy fire,
continued to administer medical
treatment until he was hit a sec
Ond time and wounded fatally.
DOUGLAS A. MacARTHUR,
General, u. S. Army,
Commanding.
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Citotion

Headquarters 34th Infantry Division
~ United States Army
sk APO-34
II CWR/hm
! July 1914
Under the provisions of AR
600-45, as amended, and as an
nounced in General Orders Nc. SO,
Headquarters saith Infantry Divi-
sion, dated 2 July 1914, a Bronze
Star Medal is awarded to the fol-
lowing named Individual posthu-
nnouSly:
Citation:
John A. Aira l398566l9), Ser
Ecant, Infantry, United States
Army. For Heroic Achievement in
action On November 1943, in the
vicinity of Caps'iati, Italy. On 4
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Varied Activities

Continued from Page Three
WACs and MPs take over at Post
ice at the WhitSide School, while the
Theater No. 1, as Rev. SnOwden
breaches sermon from the text,
Where Is He That Is Born King Of
the Jews?"
The Apache sentinel., 1944-12-22

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) - When
Mrs. Naomi Clegg lost her purse and
door key, She wondered how she
would get into her house. She al
rived home to find her problem
solved. Thieves had entered first and
ransacked the place" 7
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-23
3042 FIRST ST.
Phone Wy. 1890

for the Boilermakers will start with
bang.
Armed with information cleaned
on a personal scouting trip to Iowa
City to watch Purdue against Iowa,
Coach H. o. (Fritz) Crisler will have
some definite ideas on what Coach
Cecil Isbells charges have in store
for the Maize and Blue.
The meeting will bring together
the 1913 co-champions of the Yves
tern conference, game that prom
ises plenty Of offensive fireworks on
both sides. Despite losses to Great
Lake and Iowa Pre-Flght the Boil
ermakers have been decidedly i'm
pressive in their first four starts.
Michigan, with four victories and
one loss - to Indiana - will be
ready to open the second half of
its gruelling ten game schedule
with all hands in good physical con-
dition. From physical standpoint,
the open date proved a welcome
''breather" following five straight
games and eight solid weeks of prac-
tice, not to mention the summer
workouts which began July 5.
Coach Crisler will continue to pin
his hopes on the same set of backs
that have carried the mail through
the first half of the season. Headed
by Captain Bob Wiese, fullback, the
Wolverine backfield will have Eu-
gene Derricotte and Bob Nussbaumer
at the halves and Joe Ponsetto at
quarter.
WieSe, who has scored "a points
to place second In conference scoring
and third in conference rushing
with 242 yards, will lead quartet
that has picked up s67 of Michigan's
1889 yards from scrimmage during
the first half Of the season.
Michigan backs, however, will have
to be at their sharpest to match
the speed and class of such backs
as the Boilermakers Boris Babe"
Dimancheff, galloping right half,
Ed Cody, fullback; Chalmers Bump"
Elliott, left half and Ray Schultz,
quarterback.
Both teams also will present solid,
well-coached lines from end to end
and the game may well resolve itself
into test of forward walls in
gruelling battle of blocking and hard
charging.
The game will be the tenth of a
series that began in 1890, and the
first between tn two teams since
1890 when Michigan won a thriller
14-l3. Purdue last defeated Michi-
gan 30-16 in 1929.