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The Apache sentinel., 1944-01-21
PEEPIN' THROUGH
THE KEY HOLE
By THE ROBIN .
By THE ROBIN
* * * *

When passing through the area
known as Special Unit No. / the
Robin peeped through the keyhole
and spotted "Jodie" Sawyer and
Dog-paddling Shields of "Cs Com
pany, laying dead What's the mat
ter, don't you two Tucson Casanovas
get around much any more? jun
ius Capt" Smith said he would
take oyer as Mayor as long as vol
boys remained on your compulsory
furlough restriction to uttarferS;le
Cox told you he wolld fix your wag-
on for putting down that hard story
that got him strained up.
Joe Morris is really sticking sclosa
to Headquarters these days. We re-
member when he had his office at
the PIX. Those Buffalos" are
tough, reports Joe, but like the eel
I'm too smooth to feel and I'll con-
tlnue laying dead to keep out of the
red" You have something there OF
man and the Robin advises YOU to
take it easy before you get on a
cadre OF your own and end up in
North Africa via your own expense
There is a new corporation brew
ing in this area Thomas REYNOLDS
Inc. What is this going to be-a
bus line from Huachuca to Los An
geles and vice versa? I don't blame
you, fellows. If Los Angeles won't
come to you then why not go to Los
Angeles? Reynolds, you better rest
while before your minds drags YOU
TO LA again and your mule keeps
you here at Huachuca.
Talk about frantic! A &C" note
to the party that can keep up with
the whereabouts of Cpl. Arlington
Mail Clerk Deluxe. The ON.
draped a Jeep on his frail frame a
few brightS ago and he can't be
found in the Post Office at all By
the way, how come you carry such
large packages. It's odd, but thew
are about the size of a WAC and
weigh averaging 100 to 1876 pounds.
and have to be delivered at the little
village of WACville. Straighten up
and fly right.
The Mail Orderly had to adopt the
share-the-ride plan with Bn. Sup
ply; the companies shared with
Headquarters. With all this shar-
ing going on, why can't LACEY
THOMAS share the mess truck with
Asst. Mess Sgt. Hansboro? A little
advice, sonny. John Alden laid a
hard hipe on PRISCILLA LANE for
Miles Standish and liked to have
beat his time, so why don't you do
your own spelling if you like those
WAC drivers? Next time you can
tell someone you are going to Los
Angeles and not diSappoint them.
Someone was really burned up and
don't mean any Of the cooks.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-01-21
BY 1T. CASTINE A. DAVIS and
PFC. EDWARD G. HINTON

With the holidays over, the De-
tachment is back in the groove. Sun
day following New Years the Hq.
Det. filled the theatre for splendid
church services rendered by our own
1St Sgt! Alexander Gordon.
The Detachment welcomed back
its Commanding Officer, 1t. Allah
L. Butcher, who returned from his
Christmas leave spent with his wife
and three sons in Selma, Ala. He
expresses satisfaction over the per-
formance of the Detachment during
his absence. The fine record was
made by the teamwork of every man
in the Detachment.
1St Sgt. Rhegnald L. Haynes and
Pfc. Edward Preacher" Hinton have
done a remarkable job in the supply
room. In addition to having the
room neat and orderly, they have
painted the floor and iron work, CIV
ing the room cleaning appearance
Our little WAC, Pvt. Johnnie
Erwin, quiet It's true, is really on
some time over here at the Detach-
ment. With his heart going pity
pat, Pvt. Thornton English, a rather
sharp cat, wooed WAC Erwin up to
Christmas day and on that day
didn't show up. This deep and dark
mystery cleared when the Apache
Sentinel for January 7th revealed
The Apache sentinel., 1944-01-21
= SOUND OFF" =
y News from 3Tsrd QAI. Truck Co. *
* BY PVT. WALTER F. CLARKE *
* y y *

They may not be in slit trenches
and foxholes enduring the hardships
which accompany life in the jungle
or desert, but the men of this com
pany are learning much about the
! hazards of combat here in the
training areas in and around Fort
Hutchua.
In the first part of the Initial
Training Program Test, the men ex-
perienced having planes dive at
them while on convoy and as they
prepared to bivouac
This is just one of the problems
we are confronted with which we
will meet in actual combat. We are
learning how to cope with the Sit
uation both actively and passively.
Last week, 1t Stanley Leparski
and Irving Strauss left us for few
weeks. These officers are now at
tending Quart e rm aSter schools.
learning subjects that will aid us
IN the future. When they return the
other officers will in turn attend
these schools.
Sgts. Troy Roy and James Ward
, were fortunate in having their wives
visit them here in Huachuca. The
ladies enjoyed seeing the soldiers
drill, especially guard mount each
night. Sgt. and Mrs. Roy call Tyler,
Texas, their home, and Sgt. and
Mrs. Ward are from Newark, N. j.
Pvt Cornelius Law and Pfc. Coy
Donahoo were admitted to the Sta
tion Hospital last week. Pfc. Dona-
hoo had trouble with his appendix
and was too timid to enter the hos
pital. Don't worry, Coy, everything
will be all right.
What first sergeant was seen last
weekend playing host to a USO
hostess?
Pvt. Eugene, Barbee has returned
to duty after an emergency furlough
to visit relative in Chicago.
When this issue of the Sentinel
is read many of the Buffalos will be
preparing to say goodbye to Hua-
chuca. Though they did monopolize
the women and everything else here,
We wish them the best of luck wher-
, ever fortune (and Uncle Sam) may
take them. So long, boys!
We wish to take this opportunity
to welcome the 10 men who arrived
from the Tank Destroyers last week.
We hope you will enjoy your associa-
ton with us.
The War Bond Drive is now under
z way here on the post. Remember
the goal-$150, 600. Your dollar will
help.
Hasta la Vista, amigos.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-01-21
Lucky Hero

"Once while we were engaged in
battle" said the soldier, "the enemy
got closer and closer and all of a
sudden one Of the enemy was right
in front of me and he stuck a gun
right in my chest and pulled the
trigger"
Wait a minutel' said listening
CT, the bullet would have gone
right through your heart and killed
YOU"
Il know it." said the orator, "but
I was SO scared, my heart was in my
mouth when he fred
G-Ran0efincnr
The Apache sentinel., 1944-01-21

Doctor: "Have you told the SER
geant that he's the father of
twins?"
Nurse: Not yet. He's shaving"
The Apache sentinel., 1944-01-21

+ SISgt. Larry Brice Returned from
his furlough in Harrisburg, Pa, re.
joicing over the arrival of his nevis
born daughter, little Miss Oracle
Ann Brice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Taking Chances

The armchair general staff has been having a great time over the battle for the Anzio beachhead. With some bril- liant second guessing and a few mutters about the quality of Allied leadership, they have been pointing out just how the invaders should have cut the Via Appla and Via Casilina, isolated the German forces before Casino, and executed an off-tackle smash at Rome. Well, the Allied command knew all that. But 1t may be necessary, as we'll as obvious, to remind ourselves again that campaigns are not won on paper. To borrow the title of Captain Ralph IngerSoll's book, the battle is the payoff. It isn't frame up. Objectives are plotted, tactics are mapped out, men and material are con- Slgred for their execution. Then the commanders hope the enemy reacts ac- cording to plan. But they can't be sure. The Allied command gave the Salerno landing little better than 50-50 chance of success when it was launched last fall. Presumably the odds were no shorter for the Anzio operation. They have to take chances. That's the way wars are won, and the way they are lost. But they must be taken.
 Probably the Allied commanders ex- pected the Germans to pull men out of the Gustav Line to fight the new landing. h. stead, the opposition came from no1th of the beachhead, and eventually from as far north as southern France and the Balkans. Doubtless this ran contrary to Allied prognosis, as did the Nazis' stub born defense of every foot of Italian soil, when they were expected to retreat to the Pc or beyond But an enemy'S sudden adaptation to equally sudden moves does not figure into the grand strategy of the armchair general staff. They leap ahead of a new development, stick pins in the map at points of ultimate objective, and expect nothing serious to interfere.
 Before we win, the Allied command may make some more mistakes" to upset the armchair generals. But we don't think that they will look too serious if we compare them with the intuitive Fuehrer's classic blunders. The German army, for all it's toughness, is still headed by the military genius (and ex-corporaD who thought that Britain could be knocked out by bombing civilians; who thought that his Egyptian campaign could wait while he helped pal Mussolinl out o ia Balkan jam who thought to find a Russian army with obsolete guns and planes, and the ghosts of purged generals in commando who thought that Japan would tie Americas hands completely in the Pacific.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

face of soaring wages and other costs. When the government finally established price ceilings, it was not a question of cracking down on an excessive spread be- tween wholesale and retail prices On the contrary, in many cases, prices as of the freezing date were too low-below re- placement costs.
 With the advent of "ceiling" prices, the country began to learn something about modern mass distribution. Consumers have discovered that the old maxim os charging all the traffic would bear is as obsolete as the open cracker barrel. Modern retailers, chain and independent, operate on the principle of selling as much as pos sible at lowest possible prices. Profits depend on volume sales. Modern mer- chandising has been one of the largest single contributing factors to our high standard of living. Its fundamental character has not been changed by war. That is why it ranks foremost as a bull wark against imitation.
 The complexities of wartime regulation and price fixing have laid bare to public scrutiny the operating methods of the distribution industry. As result, con- Sumer confidence in American merchants has reached a new high.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Global Air Transport

The United States has always been a nation of nt-tranSportation. In the Revolutionary War and the War of 1872, American sailing ships made hiS- toric records. Later came our develop naent of the clipper sailing ships, the steamship, and the steam locomotives and the railroad train; then came the automobile.
 The first World War saw the practical application of the next great means of transportation aviation. Its progress hAs outdone tale by Horatio Alger. When the second World War broke, three factors were predominant - production, trans portation and speed. Failure of either meant failure for all. Our airplaneS stepped in with speed before undreamed of. They spanned continents and oceans in hours.
 Each war, from the day of the Revolu- tion, has promoted transportation and speed. After the preeSnt war, the story can be told of the advancementS in our air arm of transportation which will help America hold her rightful place in global air transport. American air lines are already planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the newest type of equipment for service at home and abroad, thus providing work and oppor- tunities for tens of thousands of fighting men when they come home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Recruitment

The soldiers wife who asked the War Department to take her husband off a desk and give him fighting job has writ ten a persuasive recruiting argument for the WACs and the rest of the women-at- arms.
 She was writing about a 6-foot, 190- pound sergeant who had "spent years practicing all kinds of shooting and fight ing" But he had also spent seven years in college and university.
 The Army needs fighting men of this description But the jobs behind the line are not "some useless branch of the service," as this soldiers wife suggested. They nave to be done, and many of them can be done by women.
 One equalified, capable girl in WAC uni form could let this husky sergeant put his shooting and fighting practice to work, with the Armys grateful thanks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

if anything was broken, the matter wsa an unfathomable mystery. No, absolutely no, the watch had not been dropped.
 The reason for this attitude, of course, is pride. It makes a man feel cheap to realize that he is SO bungling that he would allow his time piece to slip out of his fingers. It makes him little in his own eyes. in the eyes of the jeweler, and If his wife got to know about 1t, the situation would become in- tolerable. So he makes a feeble at- tempt to deceive, and he naively basks in the mistaken notion that everybody believes him.
 One thing we weak mad erring mortals feel we cannot relinquish Is our good opinion of ourselves. Did you ever see the figure of a rooster on the weather-vane of a house? You remember, do you not. the story of the Apostle Peter who declared that he would never for- sake his friend Jesus. and then did so within a few hours, declaring with oaths that he never knew Him: land immediately the cock crew.? Architects put the cock in the weather-vane to remind us that we all have pride and that pride can eat a man up.
 If ever build a house, I'm going to be sure that a weather-vane with 6 rooster rampant win crown the structure.
 All Rights ReServed-Bahson News
 paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Catch the Name? FBI Did

Everyone knows that the ways of the FBI are deep, devious and devilishly clever. But it can have been nothing less than clairvoyance that prompted one of J. Edgar Hoover's operatives to stop certain man on the street of western city and ask him for his draft card.
 The man didn't have his card with him. But he volunteered his name, which = and it's in the F'BI files-is as follows:
 Lieieusszuieusszessze Willihininizzls- seizzii Hurrizzissteizii.
 It seems that Mr. H. is a native of Thai land, and is classified 4-F with New York City draft board. He goes by the name of Leo Ward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Views Of The Press

forcing this issue. The fact that they were fast converting the ancient, rambling structure to military uses gave them twofold advantage, they evidently realized.
 If the Allies baked at the obvious ourse-driving them out and. if necessary, destroying the building in the proceSS-the Germans had the advantage of this military post in the midst of a bitter battle. In other words the monastery became un- touchable territory, and the Nazis could do with it as they pleased. On the other hand if the Allies finally reluctantly bombed it, and drove out the Nazis using it, the Germans could contend that our side was 'ruthlessly and needlessly" destroy ing sacred monuments, and conse- quently thu Axis might have some slight chance of bringing religious pressure to bear upon us.
 Without detracting from the sig. ntflcance of the ancient building in the least, 1t seems to be fact that its present state of ruin, after AL lied bombings, is no unprecedented state for 1t. It has been burned, pill- aged and then rebuilt number of times since it's earliest beginnings. The main portion of it's dates from the 18th and 17th centuries: small CT sections are believed to go back to Roman times. And yet, in its re- stored condition before the Allied attack, it was unquestionably one of the oldest and most revered symbols of the Christian church. The ques- ton is how many other similar edi. fees of religious significance may be sacrificed in the same way before the Italian phase of the war is over. The German effort evidently is go- ing to be to use the various build ings and religious objects in the Vat ican as means of bargaining with the Allies; at least the action with respect to Monte Casino suggests as much.
 Cold. military judgment will hold that human Mves-perhaps large numbers of them-are not to be sacrificed because the enemy uses
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Current Comment

Military operations may cease no less suddenly than they began, and we would better not be as unpre- pared for peace as we were for war.
 .-Dr. Everett Case, president
 Colgate U.
 The problem of replacing mater iel is growing more and more diffl- cult, and even unsolvable in some cases. This leads to an insuferable weakening of our combat efficiency.
 Order of the day of a Ger
 man commander in Italy.
 We must be very careful not to fall into the same pit of overcon- fidence the Japanese are in. On Bougainville, for instance, there Is not a Japanese who doesn't think he can take on and lick i've Tanks. Whats more. he will try to do 1t.
 Commander Gene Tlnney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
IRELAND's RECORD
(The Catholic Transcript,
 Hartford)

It is now generally agreed that Sweden and Turkey, for years on the edge of the war and many times seeming about 70 be sucked into the whirlpool, no longer stand in great danger of being involved They will not have to abandon their policy of neutrality. They will not be forced, by circumstances or by pressure from the belligerents. to join the hostilities. They are being congratulated on their happy es- cape. The fact that they followed a policy dictated strictly and solely by self-intereSt, is not being held against them. They should not be criticized for having skillfully avoid ed the agony of battle.
 But why should another criterion be applied to Ireland? Ireland is smaller and weaker than Sweden or Turkey and incomaparably poorer in the natural resources nec- esSary for making war. She is in a much more exposed position, and her geography lends itself much less readily to defense. If considerations Of self-interest are in order for countries better situated, why do they not obtain in the case of Ire. land? From both Turkey and Sweden the Nazis have go vital war supplies. Germany is still securing essential war materials from Sweden. But Ireland has done noth- ing to furnish the Nazis with the requisites of war.
 All kinds of arguments have been used in an attempt to prove Ireland remiss, if not criminal, in not going to war at Britain's side. Why are they never mentioned when the same policy on the part of Sweden and Turkey is considered? Actually. Ireland has made a sizeable contri- button to the British forces in the form of some hundreds of thou sands of volunteers. This is some thing which neither of the larger neutrals can match. There is noth- ing disgraceful in Ireland's record during this war, from any point of view. But that record looks espe- cialIy good when compared with those of the countries whose escape from the conflict $ being generally commended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

The New York Herald sums it up pretty well when they say: Tt was not really the Irish, one suspects, against whom Mrs. Shaw was playing her odd jokes, it was the modern age" Likewise they suspect, as most of us do, that she appreciated the fact that the manners of the English people and the American people are per haps appreciably worse than those of the Irish. Certainly taking stock of the Irish in their own country you find they are conservative, they talk well, and they have poise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

such despicable methods of trying to win the war. In sense this is blackmailing scheme-a matter of holding these religious monuments as hostages to gain a military ad- vantage. The hesitancy of the Allies to accept this challenge is under standable but at the same time it is clear that there is but one course to be taken. in the end, if the Germans persist in this attitude.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

200 million pounds annually by the end of this year. Most of this rush business hase been passed around to few Llg firms. mor4 than half going to Viscose Com pany of America, and anothse large chunk tc E I. du Pont de NemCurs Go. Oftieials of these two companies are among the key ra- on men in the War Production Board.
 MEN OF RAYON
 Here is the lineup:
 Harry DeltOn, chief of the rayon branch, is vice president of Wis., cose.
 Oliver T. Rhodes, consultant of the high tenacity rayon branch, Separate from the rayon branch), is an official of Viscose. He is a S1-a-year man, receiving his prin- pal income from Viscose.
 ThedOre R. Milne, $1-a-year man from Du Pont, actually runs the high-tenacity rayon branch, and shuttles back and forth between the WIPE in Washington and the Du Pont offices in Wilmington.
 William Garrison is nominal head of the branch but, as a for- mer Rutgers University admins trative officer, he is less versed in the technical problems of rayon production.
 There is no question that these two companies lead the field in production of synthetic textiles, and no question that the men they have lent to the govern
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Selected Poen,
WHITE HARVEST

(Sara King Carleton in The Christian Science
 Monitor) Can this path be the one we used to know, These the hedges where the swallows wheeled, And these the meadows where the cattle kneeled, By brooks that rippld not so long ago? Branches hang heavily where to and fro Clouds drifted amlessly above the field. What curious reaping can the winter yield From this long, level wilderness of snow? But there is hidden harvest in this white Community where cold has drawn together The rooftopS of the town, where rooms are bright, However bleak and blustery the weather; Where warmth rewards the tenders of the flame And the hearts season needs no other name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Confidence in Retailing Grows

An efficient distribution system is a powerful deterrent to rising prices. New evidence of this fact appears with inn pressive regularity, most recent being the Observation in leading national mag azine to the effect that: "In 1922, prices might have found far higher levels but for the fact that retail merchants, sensing eventualitieS, stocked up heavily and, through the greater part of that year, continued to sell their goods under re- placement cost prices"
 RetaiIers maintained low prices in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Much comment is and will be forth coming over the latest "Shavian" touch which is contained in the will of the late Mrs. George Bernard Shaw. Perhaps the blood pressure of many of Irish extraction will mount higher than it needs. She leaves her money to be used for certain social improvements among the people of Ireland However, perhaps she was not overlooking the fact that the defects of one nationality were no more glaring than any other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

You might find them stand-offish, especially with the foreigner. But once the ice is broken, they are interested and extraordinarily courteous and well spoken. They are perhaps too satisfied to remain where they are, and as they are, even to travelling to the next town, but you will find them very well informed, and quite articulate on good many subjects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
BUSY DAY FOR FIREMRN

Plymouth, Ind. =. U.P) - The Plymouth Fire Department has re- gently reported that the dryness of the weather caused more fire alarms on Febzruary 2 than for the entire first seven months of 1043. On that date the Plymouth fire 1 fighters answered . record number of calls for country fires, mostly burning grass plots.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

can't get a n.y. body to listen to. According to Por- ter, war = time s t abi l iz ation should be consid- ere d as |" h e freezing of in- equities for the duration.
 Porter'S argu- ment is that in a W ar, the first thing to concen- trate on is win- ming the war - that it isn't pos-
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