Bradley beam., 1944-08-05
ORDNANCE
 BLOCK BUSTER
By CPL. ERWIN L. KOERBER
The Passing Parade

ne new CII161 CISIh, 0'O6" Steer, has suddenly revived the song "Mairzy Doates." We under stand his version sounds more like "Maisie" than "Mairzy." Sufield influence perhaps. The boss of the newly-wed Taggart couple at least while weaving through N. Y. sub ways-is definitely the male. (Three day pass experience)... Miss Hanson has added a coat of tan to the color scheme in the Ordnance Office since coming back from vacation. (Katz appreciates that card .. . In the PIX the other day a soldier asked waitress for a milk shake. She asked: Are you in a hurry?" He replied: "No, l have the duration and six months so I may as we'll spend it here" :. A flood of applicants wanted to be escorts for civilians on Open House Day at Bradley. There are more bonds between people daily, At Random.
 The Base Ordnance flower bed has been abandoned due to compli- cations setting in. The red and gold flowers were being under mined by some hybrid blue ones which confused the bees. .(No comments, please). We under stand that It. Milan, our arma- ment officer, had a screen career in civilian life. He was under contract with several movie concerns, in- cluding Fox, M.G.M., and Para mount. .Vuckodinovich and Tag gart have a bet on regarding who will get the highest softball bat ting average (They even may count fouls). At last Cpl. Mollo and Wonder Brink have found soli- tude since going on the night shift at the garage. Cpl. Koldys found his souptastes better with salt than sugar (maybe the Librarian has a book recommendation.
 Dissertation On Shoes
 Shoes in the Army consist of two pairs. those you air, and those you wear. Barrack shoes re- mind one of a pet awaiting the masters return. even the Supply Sgt. knows they do come back. Some people have particular. pride about shoes. There's S/Sgt. Bobick for instance His shoes car ry a perpetual glow and his tech nique of polishing has thrown the lesser articles to shame. Bobick's shoes have had the dust of Casa blanca on them and the lava of Vesuvius on them, but they always come back to a shine. Shining shoes might be called smiling shoes, but that doesn't apply in cases where desperate attempts at camoufaging are resorted to-. such as barracks bags and foot lockers prior to inspection. Shoes come sometimes in two sizes. too large or too small. but that does- n't mean that bare-footed meas ures are to be taken. The Infantry prizes them, the Air Corps flies them. and we'll, all GIs shine shine them. Even "Shoeless" Joe Jackson at one time held them in high regard. Most of the time the toe of a shoe points parallel with the horizon, but when the toe points upward. with hob nails in the soles. that's the way the AL lies like to see them on the Axis soldiers. Shoes have caused many comments and criticisms and there is some justification for this since many say they emit an odor. This is, of course, satisfactorily ex- plained as coming from the hide of the animal they were made from. This all comes back to the state ment. |. eff the shoe fits, wear it'' but in the Army either way shine it,.
 Private of the Week:
 Last week an Eastern Private got