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Smyrna times., 1944-07-13

mud. In fact, most major opera
lions on the fighting fronts take
place only after several days of
careful preparation by weather
forecasters.
Although the Weather Bureau is
now concerned chiefly with mill.
tary observations, the great strides
it has made in long-range weather
forecasts during the past several
years will be revealed to civilians
in postwar days. Then we will reap
the benefits of the intensive, pa.
tient study of government meteor.
ologists. These men will make it
possible for us to plan a picnic, a
trip to the ball park or beach, on
a day when we can be assured of
perfect weather. Their work will
add Unreasonable pleasure and
safety to our lives.
There will be clear days and
overcast days ahead, and for their
full enjoyment ones eyes should
be tuned up so that clear vision
prevails. AT work and at play it is
important that person see well.
Unfortunately, sooner or later in
life nearly everyone develops Wis.
ual defects. But fortunately, such
defects usually can be overcome by
professional ophthalmic service.
The clouds of half-seeing world
can be dispelled.
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Dear Dribbles:

Dear Dribbles.
Received your letter with the ad-
dresses of the Boys I asked you
for to-day.
I sure was glad to get these ad-
dresses SO that can write to some
of my old friends in the Service.
hope I did not put you to too
much trouble in making this earlier
request for addresses since I for
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at more than a mile a minute, whip
along with telephone wires and
communications, answer urgent
calls for medical supplies at emer-.
gency hospitals on the battlefront,
and in record time tow disabled
planes from a field where they
would be open to attack from
enemy bombs.
When armed with 80 or so cali
Der machine guns, or 81 nm.
anti-tank gun, the wonder car bs'
comes a deadly defensive weapon
defending whole villages against
the attack of tanks and infantry,
and the invasion of parachutists.
When equipped with searchlights
and generators, to illuminate the
skies for anti-aircraft gunners, the
jeep plays an important role in
warding off night attacks of hostile
planes.
The jeep has a hundred jobs to
do in this war and does them all
well because it is perfectly equip
ped for each task. You may have
only one job to do in this war, but
1t Is just as important that your
equipment be perfect. Is that all.
important tool, your eyesight. per-
feet? You may think 1t Is. but
only through the examination OF an
eye specialist will you know. This
very moment millions OF Ameri,
cans would be doing a better job II
their vision. was corrected.
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IT'S called peep, beep, blitz bug
! gy, beetlebug, even leaping Lena;
it's the butt of many jokes and
subject of friendly derision; but
nevertheless, the Jeep has won a
place in the soldiers heart that no
other piece of wartime mechanism
can equal.
Less than three years old in it's
present form, it combines the
maneuverability of a motorcycle
with side-car and the ruggedness
of the old-type Army command car.
Compact and light enough for easy
shipment, 1t has been in action in
every theater of global war. 1t has
been flown in planes across con-
tinents - floated in canvas bags
across rivers. But no matter what
its destination, the jeep can always
be relied upon to turn in an amaz-
ingly versatile performance on land,
through water, even In the air. It
climbs steep sand dunes and grades
that would balk a tank. With fan
belt removed, it can be driven
through streams. II necessary. it
can jump an obstacle and buck like
broncho.
The rainy season presents no
problem to the jeep, for 1t takes
only four men to lift 1t out of a
mud hole. This lightweight feature
makes 1t ideal for reconnaissance
and message carrying. A speed
demon. 1t can lay = smoke screen
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got to ask for Lee Slaughter's. The
last time l heard from him was
when he was in Goldsborgh, North
Carolina.
Well, 1 guess the radio is full of
invasion news now. suppose
everybody was glad to hear that
the big push had started, because
the sooner it happened the quicker
we will all be back home again and
happy.
This is about all I know of that
1 can write about at the moment,
so keep the Home Front up until
THE Boys Come Marching Home"
AS ever a friend,
Lea Hurlock
Pvt. Harry Lea Hurlock
A. S. N. Harry Lea Hurlock
A. S. N. 323595Ss
A. P. o. IA, C Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application)
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a S somebody once said of the
\ poor, the weather is always
With us. Without it there would be
10 life, for the very food we eat
depends on the sun and the rain.
IN spite of the numerous jokes
made about the weather, it rightly
deserves its place as a universal
lopic of conversation.
The next time you're inclined to
complain of the heat, remember
Azizia, North Africa, where, on
September %, 1922. the tempera-
lure hit high of 1876 degrees to
make a worlds record. And when
he thermometer hovers around
zero, warm yourself with the
thought that at Verkhoyansk, ST.
IBERIA, the worlds lowest tempera-
lure was once recorded at 80 de-
grees below zero.
When Mark Twain spoke of
everybody talking of the weather
and nobody doing anything about
It, he wasn't thinking about
weather observers. These highly
trained specialists, with their fore
casts, save the country millions of
dollars annually in preventing crop
damage. cargo sinkings, and the
loss of human life. In wartime their
lob is doubly important, for upon
their statistics battles can be won
and lost. 1t is believed that the
German invasion of Poland was
lined to coincide with a dry spell
hat robbed the Poles of the aid of
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been sent to him. This part is I'M
avoidably true, and must continue
so. However, in all cases of this
kind, the full address is on file
and will gladly be given to respon-
sible persons requesting it.
So, if any of our Service men, or
home folks, wish to obtain Guys
full address, simply drop Dribbles
a line to that effect. He will try
to have it back to you in the next
mail. Aand the same thing ap-
plies in all cases where the full ad-
dress has not been printed. Now
get busy everybody and drop line
to Staff Sergeant Guy M. Edmond
son when it will do him the most
good. He's stationed overseas now,
and letters froh home will mean a
lot to this young soldier.
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Glad to learn of the new change
in your address, soldier. You are
sure doing a nice job right now,
keeping your part of the score up
to date, and we certainly do appre-
ciate your cooperation.
Samuel, Dribbles thinks that you
have about the right slant on
things down there at Camp Stew
art, Georgia. Here's hoping that
you are accepted for the job after
your thirty days trial is over. No
doubt you remember one of your
old Buddies who was in the same
Battery with you in the 198th,
meaning Ivan o. Smith. Well, he's
moving on out again, this time
through an A. P. o., o Postmast-
er, New York City, New York. At
ter the length of service in the
South Pacific Area, this would
look like they sort of laid it on
bit thick for him. However, that's
the way it goes someties in this
than's Army. You go where you're
told, when you're told, and that's
that. How about dropping Ivan
line after reading his change of ad-
dress in this issue of Dribbles. I
am sure that he will be more than
glad to hear from any of his old
friends both in and out of the Ser
vice.
Good luck to you, Samuel, and if
wishing will do anything for you,
the job down at Camp Stewart is
yours right at this moment. Please
pass the word along when you
have anything new to report.
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DRIBBLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David c. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Euroneap Area
by

EurOneap Area
Dear Dribbles:
I have been receiving The Smyr-
ma Times and reading your column
for about eighteen months now.
This is the first attempt 1 have
made to thank you for the service
you are doing. Also, while at
Tonopah, Nevada 1 received swell
Christmas card that 1 was too lazy
ito thank you for.
I enjoy reading your column very
much, and 1 know that the rest of
the Boys 90 too. Most of them
have written in and told you so.
1t is hard to believe that so
many Boys from Smyrna are over
here. would like to get in touch
with some of them, but it would be
pretty hard to do rigth now.
Thanks again for the Christmas
card.
Thomas Lamb
Cpl. Thomas H. Lamb
A. S. N. 12211810
A. P. o. 558, Postmaster
New York City, New York
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It's good to hear again from you
Lea, and 80 soon makes it all the
better.
AS to the possible trouble in
volved in forwarding you address,
es, just forget the whole thing.
What's a few addresses more or
less among friends? That's part
of the service this column will
gladly render to anyone who is in
the Armed Forces of the United
States. 1t is a fine thing to have
you fellows writing to each other,
so if ever there is a way to in
crease this flow of Service mail,
just pass the word alone.
Right at the present moment
your friend Lee Slaughter is be-
tween changes of address. We ex-
pect the new address along within
a few days, and the moment it ar
rives Dribbles will drop you note
giving you this information. 1t
will follow later in The Smyrna
Times, under thte proper heading.
In this way you will be doubly
sure of getting the information
you wish.
Yes Lea, the newspapers and
radio alike are giving us our full
shaer of news concerning the inva-
sion of Europe by the United Ma
lions forces. The entire planning
to date shows mighty fine leader
ship, and the accomplishment of
the naval, air and land forces has
been great. Now that we've won
over two stable ports of entry
into France, things will be moving
along faster with the possibility of
new landings yet to come. These
may happen anytime now that the
Boys ashore have made such good
progress. This new series of moves
may have your outfits strength
included in the marching orders.
If so, here's wishing all of you the
very best of luck, and hoping most
strongly that you'll all come
through the ordeal with flying col
ors. With Gods help may all this
be true. AS you have written, the
sooner this is Gone the sooner you
Boys will be back home again, and
take up your lives where you left
off to do your bit for God and
Country. Take good care of your
self son and give Dribbles' best to
the rest of Our Boys in the 445th.
Camp Stewart, Georgia
Dear Dribbles:
1 guess you think it's a joke, but
really it is not. There has been a
slight change in my address which
1 would like to pass along.
Our camp is a training center
for inductees. Some of them have
been here only two and three days
but 1.-THE greater majority of the
men have passed through their
basic training course. 1t is the job
of the older fellows here at camp
to train the newer ones.
Most of the G. I. are taking a
specialist course in A. A. Auto
matte Weapons School. I'm on a
thirty-day trial here. might stay
on because everyone that has gone
up has been sent to worse places.
I'll have to close now as it's near
time for lights out.
1 received The Smyrna Times
this morning.
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156 Tiffany Avenue
San Francisco 10
California

Dear Dribbles:
I don't want to make a pest of
myself writing too often as 1 know
you must be very busy with all the
others who correspond with you.
But to-day 1 received two letters
from Jack, dated June 4th and 5th,
telling me, that effective June LIST
he has ben promoted to the rank of
Ships Cook 3rd Glass and this is
the way his new allress reads. Will
liam Q. Robinson, S. S. 3sc, o
Fleet Post Office, San Francisco,
California. balance of address on
application.
Jack hasn't received any June
mail yet, so he didn't say anything
about receiving any birthday cards.
But I know he will get them some
time. So I want toll thank you
for printing my request for a
shower of cards for him.
Here is a poem I copied out of
a small magazine the Company I
work for out here publishes-(The
Family Circle Magazine). 1t is a
habit Of mine now to read every
piem I see, and to save all like this
one so that others who are really in
love may copy them too.
Sincerely,
Helen E. Robinson
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Word has been passed along by
Staff Sergeant Guy M. Edmondson
that he is definitely in the receiving
line for all the letters that his
friends wish to write to him. Using
the worthy Sergeant's own words,
he says "Tell everybody to write"
Guys address was printed in the
July 9Th issue of Dribbles. You
will have noted the line under his
address stating that balance of
address upon application. This in
dicates that due to Dice of War
Information censorship, part of
Guys address was omitted. How
ever, it gives our readers the as
surance that the balance of the adj
dress not published will be furn-
ished if they personally rekuest it.
1T CANNOT BE PUBLISHED in
the regular manner.
This step is taken by the Office
of War Information to prevent our
enemies from knowing, through
published addresses, the disposition
of our forces in any particular
area. The overall purpose is to
save the lives of our fighting men
At times Dribbles has received let
tiers stating that he had not pub
lished all the address which had
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I remain a friend,

/ remain friend,
Pfc. Samuel Todd
Pfc. Samuel E. Todd
A. S. N. 202572S7
Co. B, Bly, B, A.A.R.T.C.
Camp Stewart, Georgia
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MY PRAYER

MI ffeti i Ef
Dear God, please take good care of
him,
Wherever he may be;
Watch over him and comfort him,
And keep him safe for me.
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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n. L. ". Oooi TOSlludSle r
New York City, New York
Glad to hear from you, Corporal
The old saying of "better late than
never" could not be any truer than
when it is applied to one of Our
Boys or Girls writing in to this
column. No matter how late you
wish to drop in for a visit, the
latch string is always hanging out
side so that you may enter. Yes,
and we're always glad to bid you
welcome in the old Eastern Shore
style, which should never leave any
doubt in your mind that it is gen.
uine and sincere.
Since I'd" day, we have leason
to believe that you fellows have
been putting out quite a lot over
on your side of the Atlantic. No
doubt you are being kept on the
move pretty much to assure vic
tory during 1914. Well, son, you
fellows are sure doing a good job
of it. The robot planes are pre-
senting sort of a problem in GER
tain areas of England, but their
effects will not have a thing to do
with the outcome of the war. But,
looking bit ahead, it may have a
much greater effect on the terms
of peace that will be enforced. To
destroy for the pure love of veng-
ance and destruction is true Hun
ni5h characteristic. This fact has
been made clear throughout World
War and World War II. In World
War III the suffering caused has
been much greater. This is not an
opinion, but is established as
matter of record. Let us all pray
that at the close of the present
European conflict, definite plans
will be assured that will forever
prevent Germany and her Allies
from having the strength and ma
terials to start third World War.
If the civilized peoples of the world
cannot profit by the lessons taught
to date, God alone will be able to
help future generations.
Tommy, it would be mighty nice
If you were able to contact some
of the Boys now stationed over in
your area. We know that they
would be glad to see you if you
were only able to look them up.
Course you will know the best
thing to do about this.
Corporal, from this point on, let
us hope that you will keep in touch
with this column. Drop us a line
from time to time so that your
friends will know how things are
going for you. Whenever you
write your letters will always be
most welcome.
Here's wishing you the best of
luck ana hoping tnat you Will car
ny on safely throughout your term
of service abroad.
European Area
Dear Dribbles:
Received your letter with the ad-
dresses of the Boys I asked you
for to-day.
I sure was glad to get these ad-
dresses so that I can write to some
of my old friends in the Service.
+ h0rAa r did nOf mfr vo1i RI FOO
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-04
DEATH TOLL
OF WAR IS
IS MILLION
American Casualties Less
than Any Other
Major Power

BALTIMORE, Feb. 3. = Military
experts and civilian observers esti-
mate the total Allied and enemy
casualties in the current war to be
in excess of 25,0O0O00, the Evening
Sun said. adding that the United
States casualties have been less
than those of any other major ma
ton.
In the two years since Pearl
Harbor, our casualties have been
less than those we suffered in the
10 months Of fighting in World War
t. the newspaper said.
1t included estimates of Axis
losses to reach the complete total
using general figures from various
sources.
The British total excluding ci-
villains is estimated at approximate
ly five times those of the United
States, which the Sun listed as
totaling l46,186 including 33,15s
dead.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-04
ALASKAN
SOLDIERS
MAY VOTE
House Acts FavorabIy on
Amendment-Ki!ls
Federal Ballot

WASHINGTON, Feb. a. - The
House has voted to extend to the
Hawaiians and Alaskans in the mil
itary service all privileges given
Americans at elections.
An amendment to the soldier vote
bill, made by Delegate Joseph Far
rington of Hawaii was passed and
recommends to Governors OF the
two territories that steps be taken
under the Territorial laws to per-
init men in the service to cast their
ballot at the fall elections.
Territories do not vote for Presi-
dent, Vice President or Senators,
but do vote for delegate to Con-
gress, harrington pointed out.
The House vote on the roll call
on the soldiers vote bill 1923 to 50
to leave with states rather than
the Federal Government, the cleo
ton machinery for soldiers voting
in the fall election. Earlier the
House rejected 224 to 1853 the Fed
eral ballot plan.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-04
BApTL5T5 SEEK
pAST0R;CHURCH
NOW ESTABLISHED
Two Army Chaplains Lay
Groundwork for Sery-
ice al Anchorage

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. T. Two
chaplains of Arkansas decided that
Alaska has been without a Baptist
Church long enough SO organized
one at Anchorage.
What is needed now, declare
Chaplains Aubrey Halsell and Jewell
Foster, is a pastor for service in
Alaska S original Baptist Church and
a plea for a pastor is published in
the Southern Baptist Missions
magazine and says $4,000 has been
raised in subscriptions for a house
for a new church and we now
need and must have civilian pastor
and can pay salary. Please answer
or CALI the magazine.
Already the church has So COM
municnts with professions of faith,
Eskimos, Indians, Swedes, Aleuts,
Norwegians and Americans.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-04
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Have a portrait artist take your
picture. Hamersley Studio. Opposite
Federal Building. Phone 1894. adv.