By special arrange
ment, USO programs
for towns surroundin?
Camp Adair will hr
published each week.
You will find them tab
ulated on page luac.
A weekly journal de
voted to maintaining
morale with the respon
sibility of circulating
post information and
news at (amp Adair,
Oregon.
Camp Adair, Oregon, Thursday, April 22, 1943.
Vol. 2, No. 1.
¡Camp Observes Easter
With Fitting Services
Pulls Trigger
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Billy Ward. 5, got a thrill when allowed to man a big machine
gun. part of Timber Wolf Division army equipment brought to
Portland to show for what war bond monr. is spent.
The loss through enemy action
of more than two thousand sacks
of United States mail carried on
United Nations ships and destined
for American soldiers overseas in
recent weeks was reported this
week by the Army Postal Service.
The mailing public, the War De
partment said, should be guided
accordingly in cases involving non
receipt of mail by American
troops abroad.
These mails lost on the high
seas represent a great many in-
dividual pieces. They originated in
Riding into Portland on block after block of olive-drab
various parts of the country for army trucks, 800 picked men from the Timber Wolf division
the most part during the month
of Camp Adair “attacked” and successfully “captured” the
of February, it was stated.
city, every man, woman and child of it, at 9:40 a. m. Tuesday.
The mails thus lost, it was re
New School
The “invasion,” which clicked along so well that the
Beginning June 1, the first OCS vealed, were destined for points in
class for Judge Advocate General the United Kingdom, Iceland, North troops took the city 20 minutes ahead of schedule, was high-
will open, the War Department an Africa, Egypt and India. A con- light of the second war loan drive, through which Oregon is
nounced. Two schools chosen are siderable portion was first-class being called upon to buy $100,000,000 in bar bonds to aid
Ann Arbor and the University of mail. These facts are based upon the nation’s $13,000,000,000 quota.
Michigan. Seventy-five are to be a report appearing in the Army |
Dunckel in Lead
and Navy Journal.
enrolled in the first class.
Major Forsman III
First to “take tne city were
Brigadier-General
W. C. Dunckel,
Major Carl Forsman, Post
“invasion,” and
in
charge'
of
the
Special Service officer and as
Colonel
Paul
R.
Knight,
combat
sistant executive officer, is con
fined in station hospital. Short troop commander, who lead their
ly before going to press, the men into Portland at 9:40 a. m.
After a swing through the city
Sentry was assured by the
the
howling Timber Wolves set up
Major that his illness was not
This Sunday evening at 8 P.M. Service Club 1 presents
serious and that he would soon stations at four downtown points,
five motion picture shorts. Headlining this group is “Camera
one at Victory Center, where May
be back at post headquarters.
Thrills in Africa.’’
or Earl Riley was guest of honor
The other films are “World’s Fair,” “America's All.” “Mexico
at an army lunch at noon; a second
Builds a Democracy,” and “Columbia,” a picture of South
USO Club Cabaret
in front of the art museum on S.W.
America.
USO Club, Corvallis, will Wed Park; a third at S.W. 6th avenue
These are 16 millimeter sound motion picture shorts procured
nesday resume their regular cab and Pine street, and the fourth at
through the courtesy of Oregon State College in Corvallia. Mrs.
aret night dance. These cabaret the foot of S.W. Washington street.
Blodgett, club 1 hostess, went to considerable effort to get these
nights have proven very popular
Included among sections estab
action films.
Pvt. Harold Raskin of the Mountaineer Timber Wolf Division
and will continue in the future. lished at the four camps were 81-
will be the projectionist.
Make our cabaret night your reg mm. mortar divisions, 50-caliber
ular Wednesday night rendezvous.
Continued on page 5, column 4
Camera Thrills in Africa at Club 1
This Sunday Evening at 8 o'Clock
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This Saturday night, the USO
will present the formal opening of
their Corvallis Service Club, at
5th and Madison streets. A fine
entertainment program has been
arranged and the stage show will
precede a swell evening of danc-
• ing. Headlining the affair, will be
Sgt. Bob Faulk and his Mountain
eer Orchestra—plus some of the
best talent in these parts. Bernie
Maus of Co. M will open the fes
tivities with a dextrous display of
juggling. He will be followed by
the Three Hotshots, from the Gey
sers and Don Chapman, of Special
Service^ will entertain with his de
lightful stories. At this point, Sgt.
Faulk and his boys will present
their imitations of the top “name”
bands—and Pvt. Kovler of the Sea
Gulls wil lsing several light class
ics, in his own wonderful manner.
Finally, Cpl. Horan of Service Co.
will attempt to mystify the as
semblage with some new hanky-
panky tricks of magic. All in all,
there will be a dandy, bang-up
show, and of course, plenty of
music and lots of girls!
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Dance Called Off.'
Easter will be fittingly observed
at Camp Adair!
“There will be no dance at
At the Field House, a 120-voice the Field House tomorrow
chorus from Oregon State College night,” Lt. Walter Sindlinger
will be the main feature on the ' announced.
general Easter Day service this
He said that this was due to
coming Sunday between the hours the Easter holidays, and the
of 7 and 8 o'clock.
dances will go on as usual next
Various SCU commanders are week.
making arrangements for two.
breakfasts; -o the soldiers may have '
Adair Helps to Sell
an opportunity to attend the Easter
Service. The first chow will be S2,000,000 in Bonds
at 6 o’clock in the morning and a
second one at 8:15. This will give In Radio Broadcast
many a chance to eat either before ■
Through the efforts of Service
or following the program.
Three trumpeteers have been , Club 2, S2.000.000 in Bond Sales
chosen by T Sgt. Bob Black. They were raised by means of a radio
are Pfcs. William Duncan, De Los ' program. The Linn County group
Smith, and Telford Dutton.
in Albany invited the club to par
The college chorus is under the ticipate. Those taking part in the
direction of Dr. Paul Petri, head of
the music department at Oregon program released over KWIL were
Pvt. Homer Carlson, pianist; Pvt.
State.
Post Chaplain, Major Lloyd V. Louis Godla. violinist; Cpl. Eddie
Harmon, assisted by Chaplain Irwin Jacobson, “equilibrium artist,” and
Whetsall and Chaplain Edward Bar Florence Merriam, singer.
War Dept. Reports
Loss of U. S. Mail
USO Formal Opening
This Saturday Night !
Faulk's Orchestra
To Play for Dance
Oregon College Chorus to Sing;
Sgt. Block Presents Trumpeteers
tell will conduct the service.
Cpl. Glenn S. Daun is to accom
pany the chorus and play two
Easter numbers: “Christus Resur-
rexit” by Ranello and Handel’s
“Hallelujah Chorus.”
Major Harmon reports that the
Post Commander and the Chaplains
are particularly desirous of seeing
as large an attendance as possible.
“Officers and enlisted men,” said
Chaplain Harmon, “are especially
urged to be in attendance at this
Easter Service.”
The Oregon State College Chorus
will sing “Christ, our Passover” by
Tours. A second number is en
titled: “Te Deum Laudamus,” by
Father Vincent Gray of Corvallis.
He is rector of the Good Samari
tan church there.
See photo on page 3.
$1.50 a Year by Mail
Timber Wolves Invade
Portland; Capture City
Crock Troops From Comp Adair
Participate in War Bond Drive;
Show Civilians Bit of Army Life
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Moseley, Backenger |
Anxious to Get Home
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New Offsprings Await,
Them Upon Arriving
Ten men from the QM located a#
2nd St. North and D are Heading
for That Depot today — and for
fifteen whole days it’s—Good Bye,
Good Bye, Good Bye; for they are
furlough bound.
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Especially anxious to get home
are Pfc. Backenger who is leaving
for Wisconsin and Pvt. Chester
Mosely on his way to Texas. Both
of them are fathers of new-born
baby boys. Pvt. Mosely’s wife gave
birth to a child a month ago, and
Pfc. Backenger’s bundle of joy ar
rived a short two weeks ago.
Three other men are going te
Wisconsin. They are Sgt. Russell
Barry, Cpl. Stanley Krula and Sgt,'
Arnold Foster.
There’s also another man head
ed for Texas. He is Pfc. Nobel
Owen, commonly known as “Tex.”
S/Sgt. Ronal Brock and Pvt. Joe
Bartlett, the “Whoosier Hotshots,”
got an early start this morning-*
on their way to Indiana!
Pfc. Toivo Anderson left for Min
nesota.
The last one of the ten, Pfc. Joe
Montalbano, “a crackerjack” base
ball star, is going to Louisiana.
Lewis Visits Frisco
Veil Lewis, Field Director of the
American Red Cross is in San Fran
cisco for a week on a business trip.
Regional Field Director Victor
Schoch and Roland Boch, assistant;
to the Director of Military and Na
val Welfare Service from Sant
Francisco recently visited C<nig|
Adair,
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