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Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, March 11.1943.
Page Four
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Reading They Like
9th Corp-, Librarian Explains Set-Up
For Collection of Reading Material
ALTHOUGH ft CUT OF
BRITISH
HOMES HAVE BEEN BOMBED OUT AND
NO NEW RADIOS OR PARTS HAVE BEEN
Doris Fickel
Librarian
Service Club No. 1
“West with the Night,” by Beryl
Markham. An English woman who
ias learned to shoot game with a
evolver from the back of a horse,
s not the usual woman. The author
>f this book on Africa is not usual
ml is not dull, she tells a fascinat
ing story of the Africa in which
rhe grew up. Zebra, lions, wild pigs
■mil elephants are commonplaces
o her exciting life.
“Fingerprinting,” by E. C.
• impel and “Practical Fingerprint-
ng” by B. C. Bridges. The history,
eii-nce and practice of the fascin-
itir g art of identifying people by
ingerprints. Can you change your
‘ ingerprints so the FBI can’t find
■u ? Read one of these books and
find out the answer.
“A Treasury of Art Master
nieces,” edited by Thomas Craven.
\ beautiful hook containing some
f the most famous and beautiful
.Glinting ■ of the western world. The
olors of the original masterpieces
nave been faithfully, even superb-
y, reproduced.
QUARTERMASTER
“QUOTES and QUERIES”
1 I’fc. F. Smith—Sgt. M. Gaines
•ugar is rationed, so is gas
But “junk" like this, seems to last
'A hy it’s so, is far beyond us
So why not read this, and stop
all the fuss.
S Sgt. Bob Jackson is so intuit
his coming Officer’s Candidate
bool board examination, that
hen, in the recent formal retreat,
apt. Waite called out: “Officers
hunt and center,” we had all we
■uld do to keep him from adding
‘brass’ to nil the silver and
>ld mulching forward.
The newspapers’ headlines
■ lining: FATHER’S ARE NOW
N 1-A" brought n future scene
o ye editor’s minds. (what
i’da?) z\ crowded barracks with
voice asking: “I wonder where
iv Father’s taking his BASIC?”
nV PICTT bHUIVJ VIS
As a follow-up to the most pop
ular P.X. Girl Contest, we suggest
that the male of the species be
given a chance. To start the ball
rolling, we submit the names of
two persistent P.X. pets. Brothers
Dineen and Embich, QM’ers of
‘dear old’ S.C.U. 1911. And then,
to prove we’re not prejudiced, we’d
like to introduce two neighbors of
ours that practically LIVE in the
PX'y, VV
We m triv*
give vnn
you. S» S SJirt
Sgt. ** “ ’ Tiny
Tim" McAloon and S Sgt. “Red- j
haid” Messner of the 336th Q.M.
Depot Co.
Al>out as fast as the scene
<-h;.iiges in Africa, was »he re-
in-nse of QM’ers, with 9 months
•■i vice and no furloughs, to the no-
tice about it on the bulletin board.
On the other hand, about as slow
as the Sunday KP’s going to work,
■ a here the volunteers to pick ber-
i iea on Sunday. Not that the QM’ers
>re LAZY! Oh, no!! It’s just that
ts against their nature to work
ALL the time. (Who’s kidding
•vho?!!)
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AVAILABLE FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS, ,\
“Thunder aloft” by Kent Sagen-
Of ENGLAND'S SETS ARE CARRYINGON.
dorph. An authority on military
aviation and tactics gives his opin
ion as to the power of the United
States in the air. How good is our
air force? Can we bomb Tokio
again? Can we keep our own coast
cities from being bombed? Sagen-
' dorph gives the answer as he sees
it and his opinion is backed by
facts. In addition to his knowledge
he has skill in writing and the
combination makes a very enjoy-
able book.
“Bride of Glory” by Bradda
Field. Have you any romance in
you? If so you will enjoy this
novel of Lady Hamilton and Lord
Nelson, for they have always ap
pealed to the romantic side of our
natures. How Emy Lyon, a black
smith’s daughter, becomes Emma,
¿4000,004000
WORTH OF RADIO SETS.<
AN AUTOMATIC RADIO CAMERA
Lady Hamilton, the beloved of Lord
HAS BEEN DEVISED WHICH GIVES
Nelson, makes fascinating reading.
THE CORRECT EXPOSURE, STOP OPEN
She has been an interesting figure
ING, AND FOCUS BY MERELV POINT- /
in history, now she becomes a de
ING THE CAMERA AT THE SUBJECT/
lightful and a real person. Through
the art of Bradda Field she lives,
talks, laughs and loves to delight where do they hide all month?
They’ll Be Rationing
readers of this very fine novel.
(Maybe there’s room for two
Blondes Next
more!!)
This war is really getting
NOW I’LL TELL ONE
tough, brother. An office of war
Sgt. Hamilton, watcher of Q.M.
S Sgt. Scott Miller, who de
information clip sheet just re
parted Monday from the Post men (he’s C.Q.), had his own par-i leased announces among other
Guard company for other climes, ticular watcher, IIIS WIFE, with things that caviar is included
stopped by long enough to tell him last Sunday in Camp.Watching' in the “freeze" order on canned
over both, was their son, who pre-j
this story:
goods. Furthermore, matches
I
The I’fc. dialed the phone fers the NAVY. Soldiers!!! Re-■ will be from one-sixteenth to
member
that
old
quotation.
“
Out
|
wrong and got the Colonel.
of the mouths of babes, conies | one-quarter of an inch shorter.
“Howareyoukidoo?” asked the
This saving—if you’re interested
words of WISDOM"? l’.y 1:
unsuspecting PFC.
in vital statistics—will result in
"Do you know who you’re we mean INFANTS!!!
some 380 carloads of lumber for
talking to?” demanded the irate
other purposes. Maybe tooth
We read last week about the picks, huh?
Colonel.
The Pfe admitted he did not plans for a Camp bank, with dis
and took a 60 second dressing approval. Because, we know the
and Larsen, busily engaged in
down, ending with . . . “isjhat men yi the Q.M. 1911 would never
reacn tfc< re wiUrtheir hard-earned sighting, aiming, trigger squeez
clear?”
ing and triangulation exercises.
“Yes, sir,” said the Pfe meek cash. Black-Jack, don't you know?
| The Larsen hoys, Alma. Heinz and
ly, “Do you know who you’re
The Q.M. 1911 certainly takes Ivan (no relation to each other,
talking to?”
their training lessons to heart. Af , incidentally), together with Saleem
“No,” roared the colonel.
“Thanks be for that,” said the ter seeing the film on First Aid, Moghabghab and Floyd Last have
one of the ‘horde’ was unfortunate ' evidenced ability behind a rifle’s
Pfe and hung up quietly.
enough to cut his finger. Result: , sights equaled only by their ability
■ liehind a cook stove. The future
Is it true that the picture “Track 14 men ‘attacked’ him with advice.
bodes bad for any chow hound
Result
of
that:
Patient
is
resting
Busters” was named after OUR
comfortably in STATION HOSPI filching more than his fair share
Motor Pool Drivers?
of rations in the company mess
TAL!!
hall.
We welcome back Sgt. Van from
the Post Stables. BUT. are forced
to ask the question: “Couldn’t the
horses STAND HIM?”
To the following men. we say
“Congratulations." To those not
named, we say, “Rome wasn’t
built in a day.” Patience. All of
which means — Promotions in the
Q.M. We point with pride: (and
envy).
TO: S Sgt. H. Breen: Sgt. W.
Woods, Sgt. C. Watson, Sgt. S.
Farkas; Cpl. R. Kelly. Cpl. P Hly
wa, Cpl. M. Rose, Cpl. C. Wiebe,
Cpl. T. Ryan, Cpl. I I.evitt: T 5
M. Hornstein, T. 5 E. Lewi- T 5
E E. Roby.
This Comes Under The
Heading: Hot News?
The soldier (we never got his
name, editor), was stirring cof
fee at Service Club No. 2 Mon
day evening and watching the
little sketches walking in and
out and sitting down, etc.
Absorbed in this, he didn’t
notice that each stir was bring
ing his cup closer to the table’s
edge, until—it happened. He
howled like a Timber Wolf.
Moral: You can sometimes
just look at trouble and be stir
ring it up.
numerous other decorations of this
country and its allies. After the
historic treachery at Pearl Harbor,
"Pop” re-enlisted in the army to
serve again wherever his service«
could be utilized. The men under
“Pop” Bentley’s command know
tb?t he is entitled to give, orders,
not be reason of rank alone, but be
cause he has been called upon per
sonally to perform every act re
quired of a good soldier and has
acquitted himself at all times with
honors.
Add Candidates for O.S.C.
Private Harold W. Gustafson,
rotund rassler from the first pla
toon, who is seriously considering
applying for officer training. Un
able to purchase any of his favorite
chew, Copenhagen “snoose,” at the
various enlisted men’s Post Ex
changes, “Gus” decided to try his
luck at the so-called Officers’ PX,
Post Exchange No. 2. To his sur
prise and delight, “Gus” found an
abundant quantity of Copenhagen
on hand. As a result, “Gus” feels
a closer bond of kinship with the
officers of the post. Any day now
we anticipated seeing “Gus” sport
ing a gold or silver bar on each
shoulder whilst chewing contented
ly on a copious cud of Copenhagen.
Characters seem to travel in
threesomes these days. For
example, there are Joe Doran, Joe
Johnson and Larry Lusich whose
bewildering antics in the first bar
racks seem to qualify them for a
Section Eight. Then there are Tom
my Radzewich, Philip Piper and
Pat Nicolosi ■ who have the un
happy citizens of the fourth pla
toon reeling in dismay. If there be
others—and we shamefully admit
that all indications point to the
affirmative—they travel singly or
in pairs and must for the nonce
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hide their identities under a veil
Back from an eight week course of anonymity.
of training at the War Dog Recep
Even in the prosaic surround
tion and Training Center at San
Carlos, California, are privates ings of the Provost Marshal’s Of
first class Homer Keeling, William fice, events of an unusual nature
Frederickson and Joseph Harrison. frequently occur. For example,
ith them on the return trip were one day a Negro employee of the
twelve of their canine proteges pest appeared in the identification
trained by them at the Dog Re department to be photographed for
ception Center. Keeling, Frederick a permanent pass. The picture was
son and Harrison wiil be attached duly made, developed and printed.
to the Post Guard Detachment to The result showed the gentleman
assist in laying the groundwork to be of a decided lamp-black com
for dog patrols throughout the in plexion; to such an extent, in fact,
terior guard posts of Camp Adair. as to make his features indistin-
guishable. Upon being shown the
completed picture pass, the Negro
y organization seems remarked disgustedly: “Man, Al SS
membership at least knows Ah’s black but on a dark
the first World War night Ah ain't invisible.”
ny. whose contribu-
It’s our duty and pleasure (what
M Sgt.
has hit are we saying?!!!), to announce
lives— that the last man has returned
a FURLOUGH By the tim< thus is from that rec ent alert. It seems
read, (if it ever is) he’ll be resting that w hen the ’Fighting Quarter- r
comfortably with hi s pipe a nd slip- nuist« *rs* tcH>k off their glasses to 1
per-, back in Det roit. M chiicant put « n the
as iousks, they wan-
Keep It Short; Plan
without a Q M. h
Oregon. The last 1
to his
Military
Po
Phone Conversations
name. By the wax . Actin g First man
led with SNOW on his X
rt exception,
Sergeant Johnson “How i your short « ar.d
e nearest place to
ides several
Keep your long distance tel»-
head?”
Camj t hat ha had snow recently
—•— -
is M >unt 1 ÍOOR 1. located 150 miles!
last war. In “parti srvice in the phone calls brief. Remember tsM
lar, the De i soldier who is waiting for a
It’s u very tragic picture that a from Adii
(The Showplace oft A
is
al duty tachment
ment is proud of the record and remember your own
recent cadre out of this Camp has
etachment re-
<t. Ogden S. Bentley who saw
left For the past 22 months, Pvt. I
iceivmg their basic rifle training ’>9 month of service overseas in ■ book (or somebody’s anyhow).
Sometimes soldiers calling
“Lookee Here” Cockey and Pvt
Type of thi
to mur I under Sgt. Janies Morgan and Cpl.
Miguel “Goon’d up" Amador have der, was the
ile song James Ellery are the industrious b rance, participated in the victor or south, or midwest, talk fully >n
been together, only to have thi» "We’re in the Money" over the and conscientious cooks of S Sgt. ious campaigns which brought to hour. This, it is pointed out by C—
cadre separate them. It’» like the radio the day before PAY DAY. ’ Johnny Katzenmyer’s mess hall, this nation the acclamation of the Horn. Camp Telephone n .msg*-
military world, was wounded five means that 19 others are
'J >1 Kitchen without Joe Somlo.
j An unwary individual chancing to
These two were ao close, there was
It seems to us, that ever)' month stumble onto the drill field these tunes in action, and concluded his ' from talking.
The business of most calls
talk of Amador trying to get trans more and more new faces show up jdbys i* more than likely to fall enlistment as a sergeant in the ser
fen e<l to the Medics, where “Old' in the Q.M. Pay Line. Are the [over the prone bodies of ona w vices ^of supply. Sergeant Bentley be transacted in three minutes •
Pop, as he is more familiar . the conversation is planned-
Coskey’ spent a 'visit' there re- Headquarters Co. loafers' sneak- more at the M.P. kitchen firm of
----- -- to wear the quest the operator always to notitf ’
u»« ova*? Qt li Uà» are Q.M. men. . Lamuti. I .a rs aa. Maghabghab. Laat ly . known—is entitled
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■ it th« Purpie Heart and at the end of three minutes-
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