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Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, June 3, 1943.
New Citizen Congratulated
Page Three
Soldiers Made Citizens
As Special Court Meets
Studied Citizenship in Camp;
No Time Lost From Training
Major Genera) Gilbert R. Cook congratulate« Private James C. Longoria, of Mexico, upon his
successful completion of the examination for citizenship. Mr. AV. Blackman, naturalization exam­
iner. holds the highly-prized citizenship papers in his hands.—Public Relations Photo.
Fifty new citizens were adde
Friday when a civil court met in
Adair.
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The men were serving with the
divisional and attached troops on
the Post and now possess all the
rights and privileges of citizenship.
Major General Gilbert R. Cook of
the Timber Wolf Division ad­
dressed the soldiers at the conclu­
sion of the ceremony. The keynote
of his talk was “good citizens make
good soldiers, and good soldiers
make good citizens.” General Cook
I expressed confidence that any man
Soldiers Now Full-Fledged Citizens
Fifty enlisted men became American citizens at a special court session in Camp Adair last Friday. They are seen above holding
their hard-earned “final” papers.—Public Relations Office.
Ledgermaniac Can't Balance Budget
Language Courses
Magician Mountaineer Already Available
By Cpl- Howard Brown
. ! for maa*ic is as expensive a hobby
(Timber Wolf Mountaineers) . .as photography.
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Phonograph Records
Make Learning Easy
Did- you know that we have a
At the age of 17, he performed
Foreign languages will be taught
member of .the: Ledgermaniacs, at the famous Central Park Mall,
right here in Camp Adair ? Well,; and before a crowd of professional at Camp Adair as soon , as enough
it’s true—Cpl. Jimmy Horan, of i magicians, took the first prize for soldiers sign up for the courses.
the Mountaineer Special Service amateur “finger-flingers” in New Through the arrangements of Lt.
Office, has been stationed here York City.
, Walter O. Sindlinger, assistant
since last November and has en­
Special Services officer, the most
Houdini Brother-Trophy
tertained at various social func-
Hardcen, the brother of the popular languages will be taught
tions, both here and in nearby Great Houdini, presented him
I by means of special phonograph
towns.
with a gold medal, as a recogni­ records.
Cpl- Horan, who hails from New tion for his outstanding achieve­
Lt. Sindlinger urges all soldiers
York City, belongs to a society of ment. After that. Cpl. Horan took
interested in learning a new lan­
“now you see it, now you don't” up the study of legerdemain, ven­
guage, or brushing up on one they
men. He has been astounding his triloquism and hypnotism, in an
are already familiar with, to sign
family and friends with his hocus effort to complete his education
! up immediately at either one of
pccus for the past ten years.
of mysticism.
the Service Clubs.
As in so many ca«es, just when
“Bug” Activated
1® Tongues Now
His magic “bug” was first ac­ he was breaking into the higher
The following languages are
tivated when an aunt gave him a brackets, his Uncle Sammy stepped already
available:
Brazilian,
small box of magic tricks, at the in and decided he would be more Spanish, French, Chinese, Rus­
ripe old age of 8. and from then valuable in the service, so now sian, Turkish, German, Japanese,
on. you couldn’t stop him. He be­ Jimmy has a long term contract, Italian and Arabic.
gan haunting the public librar­ , playir.g before the best audiences.
Basic material, in each course
ies and old book shops on 6th
He had one problem though, he
¡teaches approximately 115 words
• Avenue, looking for literature to j had to leave his beautiful assist­
or phrases, while the advanced
increase his working knowledge ant, Eleanor, home in New York,
courses will teach about 750 addi­
of hanky pankv.
so to protect his interests they were
tional words plus a glossary of an­
He soon branched out, perform* married during his recent furlough other 750 words. Printed materials
ing at local churches, lodges, pri­ to. the big city. So now Cpl. Horan accompany each course so that
vate parties, making enough money is trying to master the trick of ' studying may be continued when
to replenish his repertoire of tricks, balancing the budget!
most convenient.
W.A.A.C. May Soon Be W.A.C.
“WAACS will soon be a part of the regular United States Army,”
reports the Army Times, a national weekly edited in Washington, D. C.
The newspaper states that the bill has already passed the Senate
and only needs House approval to become a law. Favorable action
is expected upon this proposal.
Should it get by the representatives on Capitol Hill, the name of
the WAACS will be changed to WAC standing for Women’s Army
Corps.
Labor Pains
London (CNS)—A “farm labor”
< problem has developed near an
I Army Air base here because the
I farm girls won’t work. They pre­
fer to spend their time hanging
around the base hoping to catch
a glimpse of Capt. Clark Gable—
! the American movie idol.
Italian Prisoners
Get Medical Care
The War Department tells some­
thing today about the life of Ital­
ian prisoners captured in North
Africa. When prisoners are brought
in they get immediate medical at­
tention if they need any . . . then
they’re fed and shipped off to pris­
on camps in the rear. In these
camps they sleep in tents . . . get
three meats a day . . . appoint
their own cooks and name their
own camp leader. He’s usually a
sergeant and is held responsible to
the Commanding Officer of the
camp for discipline among the pris­
oners. They’re issued soap and wa­
ter for bathing and laundry—a lux­
ury in that part of the world. Most
of the time they play cards, write
letters and read newspapers or
magazines distributed by their
guards. Whatever work they do is
in building new camps and improv­
ing old ones. Many of them will be
shipped to America.—Yank G. I.
News.
Big Time at G. White's
In Portland, Saturday
If you live within 500 miles of
Kansas City, and would like your
“voice” to go home on a record to
be released via KMBC, leave your
name with the hostess. These rec­
ords are made each Sunday evening
at 6:30 on the 1st floor at Geo.
White Center, Portland.
But That Spoils Our Story
New York (CNS) — Jeanne
Sachs was feeding the elephants at
the circus when one of them snatch­
ed from her a brand new girdle.
(No! She was carrying it!) The
cireus management adjusted every­
thing and now. Jeanne, the ele­
phants and everybody is happy.
I to the United States Army last
an unprecedented session at Camp
who picked out a new country for
his own would work and fight for
it.
11 Are Non-Coms
There were eleven non-com­
missioned officers in the group.
General Cook emphasized that
this reflected the traditional
American recognition of merit,
regardless of race, religion or
nationality.
Nineteen countries were repre-
sented. Germany and Mexico were
tied with nine men each, while
there were single representatives
from Albania, Turkey, Trftiidad
and Greece.
Under a special naturalization
program planned by Colonel John
W. Bonner, judge advocate of the
Timber Wolf Division, the men
were able to study citizenship here
in camp. They lost no time from
their regular training schedules
and attended the special classes
only in their free time.
The men from Mexico are Robert
M. Smith, David C. Orozco, Salva­
dor P. DeSilva, Enriqu S. Gutier­
rez, Everardo F. Sanchez. James C.
Longoria, Primitivo Contreras, and
Jean Alzugarat.
The men from Germany consist­
ed of William E. Heinsohn, Werner*
H. Huehn, William C. Schulz, Leo
Skalla, Henry G. Westphal, Curt
Helling, Ernst A. Brancard, George
Steinkerchner and Carl Albers. Jr.
Other new citizens and the coun­
try of their birth include: Joe Kel­
ler, Canada; Bencjan Klajnminc,
Poland; Alexander Tasevich, Yugo­
slavia; Giuseppe Masella, Italy;
Abraham Polisar, Russia.
Franklin C. Shields, Austria;
Roy A. Blondell, Canada; Joseph
Torre, Italy; David S. Simpson,
Scotland; Vito Noto, Italy.
Douglas H. Black, Canada; Dav­
id M. Healy, Scotland; Benito Gal­
lo, Cuba; Werner T. Jud, Switzer­
land; Donald P. Wheeler, Canada:
Angelo DeNicolis, Italy; David
Neill, Scotland.
John J. Maskeroni, Italy; Jos­
eph A. Bokor, Jr., Hungary; George
, Wallace, Poland; Francis A. Har-
ren, Ireland; Rull A. Olson,
Sweden.
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Mark A. Levy, England; John
Doubis, Albania; George G. Kalav-
diian, Turkey; Jelezeau Morales,
Trinidad.
Anthony L. Hroncich, Austria;
George J. Buckley, Ireland; John
P. Pappavasillon, Greece.
Missing Soldier Wins
Medal—Now Present
Denver (CNS) — A “missing”
soldier's parent« were informed by
the War Department that he had
won an Air Medal for heroism.
Close on the heels of the messages
reporting him missing and telling
of his award came a cable from
the soldier himself saying that he
was well and safe.
Medics Sgt. Weds
Recent big event was the wedding
of Sgt. Bill Klum, of the Sick and
Wounded Office, and Aurora R<>-
bino, formerly of New York City.
The ceremony took place at Chapel
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Mussell. S/Sgt. John A. Schaefer,
Sgt., Major’s Office, was best man,
and Mrs. Schaefer was maid of
honor.