Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944, June 03, 1943, Image 1

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    Ry special arrange­
ment, USO programs
for towns surrounding
Camp Adair will he
published each week.
You will find them tab­
ulated on Page 10.
Dedicated to the week­
ly issue of interesting,
accurate and complete
GI news to the per­
sonnel of Camp Adair,
Oregon.
Vol. 2, No. 7.
Camp Adair, Oregon, Thursday, June 3, 1943.
$1.50 a Year by Mail
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Championships
On Tap Tonight
Lassies on Wheels (See the Wheels?) in Field House Show Saturday
Cornin’ right atcha are Violet
Hoard and Jeanne Pritchard
who are among the featured
skaters in the hour-and-a-half
roller - skating extravaganza,
“1943 Show On Wheels.” to be
presented at the Field House for
the officers, enlisted men and
their guests on Saturday night
at 8 P.M. The production is
brought to the post through the
efforts of Miss Ann Caddy. A
dance will follow the perform­
ance.
Timber Wolf Titles at
Stake in 5 Divisions
In Field House Finals
Five boxing titles in as many
weight divisions, ranging down­
ward from heavyweight, will be at
stake tonight at Field House, in
finals of the Timber Wolf tourna­
ment.
It will all start at 8 p. m. and is
free to EM and their ladies.
Consistently, since first bouts
of ’he tourney were"launched last
Friday night before a packed gym­
nasium. the battles leading toward
the title bouts have proved the best
staged at Camp Adair's athletic
(and dancing) center.
Sgt. Clarence (Slats) Obitz,
famed former professional basket-
tall star and at present with Spe­
cial Services Office of the Timber
Wolf division, wrote the lead story
in sports section, which gives the
complete details (see page 6).
Sgt. A!ma Nielson—
Or Better, Read This
Jf classification Sergeant Alma
E. Nielson would follow the SEN­
TRY’S suggestion, he would change
his official signature to A. Errol
Nielson and not receive any mail
such as the following letter from
Remington Arms Co.:
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Nor would Nielson have to tax
his poetic abilities in writing such
lyrical indorsements as follows:
Request submitted respectfully,
sir,
Although you do quite obvious­
ly err.
Because I don’t have a wife,
And *i tis the plague of my life
To be spoken of thus as a
“HER”!
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'Wolf Scouts'
Survive Tests
Candidates in First
Class End Three-Day
Super-Fitness Ordeal
The first cldss of candidates
vying for assignment as “Wolf
Scouts” in the Timber Wolf divi­
sion, finished their three-day test
late yesterday afternoon.
Today those who successfully
i completed the six-point qualifica­
tion test await notification that
-hey have receiyed the coveted
award.
Plans for this qualification exam­
ination, which tests the physical
stamina and mental alertness of
soldiers under simulated war con­
ditions, were formulated by Briga­
dier General Bryant E. Moore, as­
sistant division commander. General
Moore’s own war experiences have
shown the need for well-trained
scouts.
According to the board of judges,
Take Applications to
comprised of officers and Erlistid
Transportation Office Personnel, the tests prove that it
takes men of better than average
calibre
to qualify as “Wolf Scouts.”
Happy automobile days are part
Start of the tests was before
vay here again!
Enough gas is now available for daylight Monday. Candidates ran
•’ecessarv travel from home to the the qualification course — and
Post in your own car according to stayed with the job until yester­
Lt. Ross D. Rogers from the Post day afternoon.
Scarcely 12 hours were allowed
Transportation office — provided,
that is, you load your car to capac­ for sleep in this period of time.
Now that the fii'st class is fin­
ity-
ished, report is that wide anxiety
Lt. Rogers who is in charge of
exists among the Timber Wolves—
the Post Transportation office in
soldiers hopeful of being selected
the absence of Captain Collin
and permitted to take a crack at the
Carter, claims that this change was
‘Wolf Scout’ test.
brought about by the OPA due to
Arduous
the transportation shortage.
The test goes beyond physical
“In order to obtain gas ration fitness. Additionally, each candi­
■ cards, military personnel must first date is tested on knowledge of
have the approval of their individ- small weapons, compass and field
| ual commanding officers,” said Lt. glasses, map reading and aerial
Rogers.
photography, also swimming and
“The next step,” declared the river crossing and field expedi­
Lt., “if you are in SCU, the IV ents.
Corps, or a member of civilian per- -
The next class in the series of
sonnel, is to bring your application tests to determine the toughest En­
to the Post Transportation Office.” i listed Men in the Timber Wolf di­
He emphasized that soldiers in the vision, will start Sunday.
divisions should not bring their
WALKING NEXT
applications to this office, as all
Evansville, Ind. (CNS)— Horse
divisional rationing is handled by
. the adjutant general’s office in the drawn taxis have been put in serv­
division.
ice here.
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Skating Extravaganza
Comes to Camp Adair
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Roller-Skaters Will
Present Spectacular
Revue in Costume
DANCE WILL FOLLOW
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THOSE EMPTY SEATS
Register those empty seats
in your car. Passengers avail­
able at once to most surround­
ing cities. Phone Employee Re­
lations 2888.
A large-scale roller-skating re­
Our Sgt. Johnson in
vue
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• . • . • . the
mv first show v*
of i its
vo mnu
kind
ever to be brought to Camp Adair Attempt to Unravel
. . . will be presented at the Field 14/ 44/-»«
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If John L. Lewis keeps playing House, Avenue F and South 1st 'WAAC RumOT. Baffled
with fire, the World's most fam­
Street, this Saturday night, June
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ous eye-brows are going to get
The rumor had struck — there
5, at 8 P.M.
singed!
Fort MacArthur Alert, ¡'
All officers, enlisted men and are WAACs in camp. Our star
San Pedro, Calif.
their guests are invited to attend. reporter, Sgt. Raymond Johnson,
There is no admission charge.
got on the phone in the deter­
United States shipyards delivered
The
show
is
being
brought
here
175 vessels aggregating 1,782,000
mined “get the story or else” man­
deadweight tons during May, a new from Portland by arrangements
ner that characterizes all star Sen­
Patroling the Hdq. Co. day room
record. This includes 15 tankers made by Miss Ann Caddy, Serv­
try reporters.
door on pay day without giving
and 120 Liberty ships. Production ice Club 1 hostess.
Where to call? He dialed Station an in all day, was the job chosen by
A cast numbering half a hun-
is. ahead of r^te necessary for 1943
hospital:
(Con't on Page 11/Col. 4)
goal.--
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Lt. Linsley Dorman.
“This is Sgt. Johnson of the- Sen­
There were privates to the left
try. Have you got
of him, Sgts, to the right of him and
there?”
CpIs. all around him. But—was our
Starting Now?
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Gas for Travel Io
Camp Is Available
Whafs in Name? Ask
“Mrs. Alma E. Nielson
Dear Madam:
Upon your termination, . .
Y’our very truly,
G. F. Hayes.
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There's A Surprise Ending to This Here
Battle Story: But It's A Worthy Story
Memorial Day for Living, War Dead,
Says Lt. Sindlinger in Talk at Church
“Certainly,” said the hospital,
“We got some wax all right, but
Lt. Walter E. Sindlinger, Asst. Post Special Services Officer, none to spare.”
addressed the congregation of the Baptist Church in Eugene during
Sgt. Johnson may wax a little
Memorial Day ceremonies last Sunday.
warmer on the story next week.
Tracing the history of Memorial Day, he keynoted the fact that
it was a memorial not only to the war dead, but also to the living.
Bolivia’s flag consists of three
No sacrifices made by civilians would be too great, he said, if horizontal bars of equal width of
they would bring back our fighting men alive, '
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I red, yeilcw and green,-
Hdq. Co. training officer worried?
No, gentlemen.
With the capable assistance of
Sgt. William» Gerity and Cpl.
Thomas Comar, 76 men fell. $
Included among them were Capt.
Byron C. Wright, Lt. Anthony W.
Marchionne, 1st. Sgt. Ray Atkins,
and Sgts. McCormick, Iverson, Lips.
comb, and Abrams—all rugged men
of the west who drive a haaard
bargain. Even our Sgt. Major
Cleve Birkes was no match for the
product Lt. Dorman was selling.
| We want to commend Lt. Dorman,
Sgt. Gerity, and Cpl. Comar, for
the part they played in that splen­
did performance on pay day.
A total of $1950 at maturity was
purchased by the men of Headquar­
ters Company in War Savings
Bonds. Such loyalty towards the
War Effort cannot go unrewarded.
WE WILL, WE MUST, WIN
THIS WAR — “MAKE EVERY
PAYDAY BOND DAY.”