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Frazier, Penny Report War
From Fort Lewis Sector
(Following is the first of a se
ries of articles written in feat
ure style by our resident corre
spondents, who describe the
pressing morale question on the
far-flung Fort Lewis front,
where an unrevealed number of
American boys are grimly holding
their lines against repeated on
slaughts by sergeants, corporals,
et al, who bring spuds, toilets,
floors, etc., to be peeled, cleaned,
and mopped. The second article
will appear as soon as proper
censorship authorities release it.)
SOMEWHERE AT THE FORT
LEWIS RECEPTION CENTER.
Oct 27 (Navy Day) - (Spazzil)—•
Morale of two of Uncle Sammie's
boys in this war-torn sector was
boosted today after they received
letters from a group of old col
lege chums, still in civilian ter
i itory.
*
Asked to comment, the two
said, “Fine."
Ore of the boys, both of whom
have wimmin friends, recently
promised to plight his troth to
the old-gal friend in our neigh
boi-to-the-north. He is Herbert
L Penny, ASN 39312376, 21
vea -old son of a couple of par
ent and former assistant man
aging editor of the Oregon Daily
Emerald, University sheet.
Tee other, Private Robert B.
Era :ier, ASN 39317676, is hap
pi< married, and his wife has a
dar! ng baby panda. His spirits
were high the day this correspon
dent called on the two because
the ball-and-chain had visited
him only the weekend before.
He reported that, upon seeing
l\im in military attire, his wife
said “Hello, soldier . . . You
wouldn't know my old man. would
you?"
She did not recognizy him in
bis new monkey suit, he ex
plained.
Greatest boost to the morale
of the armed forces at large is
mail, both exclaimed exultantly,
and ‘We just adore letters.”
After'a hard day at the front,
dodging bombs and exchanging'
ball for ball, soldiers enjoy com
ing back to their fox-holes to
read letters from chums.
But army life is not wholly
■without humor, Frazier revealed,
telling of a roll-call a few morn
ings ago, when the sergeant, dis
gusted by the almost unpro
nounceable names of some of the
recruits, exclaimed, ‘‘Jesus
Clu'-it," a recruit with a sense
of k imov answered, "Here.” The
recruit was fed to the Italians.
After a grueling gory, soul
tii'hig stretch as all-army yard
bio Private Penny was as
signed to the unit Monday of
thin week. He now holds the rank
of lurk Private." and officers
and uon-coms will be expected t
adt1 ess him as such.
P ivate Frazier is still in the
ini! I stage which Private Pen
ny mderwent. He lias been in
tin sector only three weeks plus
a [•.'.tie, however. He told this
coi i ‘spi ndent that his hopes of
pe aner.t assignment before
the ,end of the war were dim.
“B' they ain t daid, yet, by
gra,,:"
Primary horror of the Recep
tion •"enter section of the front
is the barracks bag, whose name
isn't “Mazie,” as some have been
led to believe.
(Ed. note: Mazie i3 not al
lowed in the barracks under new
army regulations.)
The barracks bag is a contrap
tion, previously unknown to mod
ern man, which was brought to
the present-day world by Alley
Oop when he returned from Moo,
shortly before the war. It ha?
taken the nation by storm since
October 15, 1940, until nearly ev
ery American new keeps one full
of his dearest possessions. Its
popularity is rivaled only by the
new fall colors of khaki on a
background of khaki, with a deli
cate border of khaki.
This situation does the morale
no good, they agreed, but the of
ficers don’t.
Attention of the commanding
.general has been called to the
promised arrival of Bob Edwards,
prominent University shack-rat.
Said the general, “Harrumph.”
Sources close to intelligence of
ficers, hinted early today that
the high command was planning
an all-out assault on the camp
beer-hall as soon as Edwards ar
rove ( ?).
In the meantime official infor
mation was released concerning
a reception committee and band
to meet Private Edwards.
Plans for a similar reception
Tor Civilian Flatberg were shroud
ed in the deepest army secrecy
land the gaudiest red-tape. Details
Will be available after G-2 learns
the induction date.
Another great morale-lifter, ac
cording to both privates, is the
flood of Emeralds which Frazier’s
wife sends them from her home
in Portland. They announced
they might subscribe ($$$$$) to
the rag after addresses were per
manent and pay received. But
they refused to promise nothin.
The Emerald, they told your
reporter, is really a good rag, if
you like rags. Only they wish
{hey could help, they sobbed.
“Snlph,” they said.
It was a pitiful sight to see two
strong, healthy American soldiers
break down and sob like babies
after a hard day at the front
Avhere they beat hell out of the
Japs, the Germans, the Italians,
the sergeant’s patience, and so
forth. But their tears were not
tears of tiredness; they were
tears of longing for the shack and
the press and the resultant low
grades and all that and all that.
Their eagerness for news from
home was almost pathetic. They
asked reporters to carry their re
gards and all that to Ray, bj,
Steve. Frank. Stan, G. Dune, Ted
< has-been) Bush, J. J. Mathews
(whose column is good but it ain’t
tike Jam, more’s the pity), Jack
Billings, Bud Churchill, Edith
Newton, Bob Edwards, Penny 5e,
Marjorie Young, Bitsy Betsy
Wootton. 'LU Yiv H,, and dozens
of others who apparently didn't
attend the party. Tex & Margie,
thVls & Corrine, Millv W„ Mary
\V. and absolutely thousands of
others. They refused to list more
names, because they knew they’d
forget somebody and they'd go
toff in a huff.
ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
loth and Pearl
Sunday
Ser\ ices—S and ! 1
Student Canterbury Club, 6 to
Parish House
Wednesday 7 a.in.. Coutimtuion. Gerlinger Hal!
Pcv. I S. Hartlani, Kector Phone 4606 or 4808
A1 is-C aroline l lines. Student Ad\ isor Pit. 4005-T or 4808
OreeonWEmerald
Night staff:
Bud Churchill, night editor
Penny Nichols, assistant night
editor
Shirley Wallace
Vic Huffaker
Rosalie Daggy
Phyllis Churchman
Patricia Spencer
Shirley Davis
J. J.
Jill Ames
Copy desk:
Fred Weber, city editor
Wilma Foster
Sidney Seymour
Ross Yates
Chuck Rowe
Kathryn Terjeson
Gene McPherson
Phyllis Van Petten
Lois Pringle
Advertising staff:
Shirley Davis, advertising man
ager
Jim Lund
Sally Fletcher
Mary McClintic
Layout staff:
Betty Lou Allegre
Altha Paul
Office staff:
Beverly Beals
Yvonne Torgler
Alysone Hales
'Panic Prevention Rules’
. #
OCD Director James M. Landis has offered the following
seven rules for prevention of panic at football games and
other large outdoor gatherings; together with the suggestion
that guards, police and ushers at these assemblies become
familiar with them. The rules are:
1. Keep the people interested by continuing the event
which caused them initially to assemble.
2. Start the people singing if necessary.
3. Do not attempt to start to disperse the assemblage, or
even make an effort to have a portion of the crowd seek shel
ter—such an attempt would possibly create panic.
4. Use the public address system to keep people interested;
to keep them seated; and to advise them that their be,j^
chance is to remain quiet and resolute.
5. If it is a night event (night assemblies are banned in
the restricted lighting area of Oregon) lights should be turned
out. This is another reason foi not permitting the assemblage
to disperse.
6. Train ushers to act as wardens for the structure,
capable of dealing promptly and effectively with any person
who becomes hysterical.
7. Request physicians and nurses in the crowd to report
to a central point where first aid might be administered it
necessary.
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ice. They'll appreci
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