Camp Adair sentry., November 25, 1943, Page 2, Image 2

Camp Adair
Thursday, November 25, 1943.
Page Two
Camp Adair Sentry
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Capt. James D. McKay
T/4^fohn Stump, T/5 Ted Lewis
Special Services Officer
Post Exchange Officer
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Public Relations Officer [
Public Relations Office
T/3 Bob Ruskauff
.................. Managing Editor1
Pfc Lionel Kay, C'pl. Benjamin Hirschkowitz, Pvt. Win. Sandlin
.......Associate Editor*
T/é Bon Lynch
..Staff Ar
An Object Lesson:
Obey Commands Without Back-Talkz
BOB HAWK
Quiimaiter
"THANKS
TO THE YANKS
WHAT’S THE USE?
I met her at a USO
She was a lovely queen
1 yearned to know her better
This maiden so serene.
Tho I was just a private
I knew but one desire
To strive to reach a higher
goal
She might per-chance admire.
X
CHANGE
CERPTS
‘•What's your name, soldier?”
“Felix Schmultherger.”
“Say ‘sir’ when you speak to a
officer, soldier!”
“Sir Felix Schmultherger.”
—Our Arm
« * *
Pvt. (twice nicked by the bai
bet's razor): “Hey, barber, ginimi
a glass of water.”
Barber: “What’s wrong, sir. hai
in your mouth?”
Pvt: “Naw, I wanna see if m;
neck leaks.”
* • *
“Will you marry me?”
“No.”
And they lived happily ever
afterward.
• a *
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
As I watch you from afar.
Through my eyelids heavily.
While I'm standing reveille.
Cp|. Edward Harper, veteran of the fighting on Attu, is now with
Co. I of the 275th Inf. One of his favorite stories dramatically deals
Saturday«, CBS
with what a soldier should learn while in training.
A new private joined Harper’s outfit just before embarkation.
1. What does a bathometer
I wracked my brain both day
It non developed that" he had not learned discipline, or as Harper measure?
and night
puts it, “learned to obey commands without back-talk.”
, 2 2. . Give
Give within one inch the As I struggled thru the hours
One night this private got led up with the cold and dampness of length o' the average brand new And when by chance, I slept,
his slit trench in the middle of Attu. After pestering his sergeant 'wooden lead pencil, excluding the
to dream
or hours, the latter, in resignation, finally ordered him to report eraser.
Of only gold or silver bars.
:ack to the platoon leader.
3. It takes only 20 hours in 1943
Once out of the trench, the poorly-disciplined soldier froze in his to fly the distance Columbus sailed
The months went by, I reached
racks from fear. Presently n shell landisl nearby, and a fragment cut in 1492. Did it take Columbus
my goal
in artery in his leg.
nearer 20 days, 50 days or 70 days ?
Lord knows how I survived it.
Hi* was dead before help could get to him.
4. Do cats see better in the dark
But when I rushed back to ask
i than in the light ?
her hand
5. Is it easier to float in water
She’d married some “BUCK
I of fourteen feet or in water of four
PRIVATE."
Sgt. David C. James
This year service men ami women were spared the moaning and , feet or does it make any differ­
ence ?
3505th Ord. M.A.M. Co.
confusion ordinarily associated with income tux filing.
6. Why do telephone wires sag
Declarations of income need not be filed by member* of the Armed
Fot es until March 15, 1914. At that time a final calculation of actual more in summer than in winter?
Answers on page
ncome earned and the tax if any paid during 1943 must be made. I
Two old timers were arguing thi
i
Furthermore, under the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, service
merits of their old outfits.
nen and women whose 1942 incomes were based entirely on earned
“Why, when we (lid "Port Arms’
income or whose income from all sources was not in excess of $3000,
ANSWER BOX
all you could hear was ‘Slap. Slaj
will not be required to pay any taxes for that year. This applies to
Jingle’.”
hi )
person who entered tho Armed Forces during any part of 1942 I
“Jingle? Where did that conn
Every Trailblazer who visited
II '913.
Q. Wbat is the origin of Retreat?
from ?”
Portland
will
agree
that
it
would
Persons in the Armed Forces who have paid in 1943 all or part
A. . Music placed at the ceree ,
,,
“Oh, just from our medal».’’
„ . . according
j
. to Maj. , be A tremendous injustice
to allow
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of the income tax based on 1942 earnings may be entitlerf to a refund ' riony
rionj of e Retreat,
• *
'. Hanson, of the Army »he ’lhefits of” their hospitality to
This refund will lie made automatically by the Bureau of Internal ¡Edward J.
MP:
“
Hey,
you. didn’t you sei
|W .-. -
g. a I 1 *
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•• i • i •» i -
>. „ «*
k • — I?..
— —— — Command at I.inbrook. go without recognition. We have
xi
u,...h • • 15,
ir> 1 toil ‘ . I . Air
Forces
Revi-mu- after the determination of , tax liability
after
Mqnh
„ri’ginally from the
me signal ?”
accepted it all year as a matter of
This is due to the fact that tax liability c»nt\py be ail*Tritely yjpjepnined *
GI: “Nope.”
its .......
notes course but this week, a little
until after the close of the 1943 taxable year.
f Fregch
’ » Cavalry Retraite.
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MP: “Didn't you hear me yell?”
For example: You are now in service but in the current year you dating back as far a» the ( rusadea. “Thanks-Giving” is due them—Pvt.
GI: “Nope.”
paid all or part of your income taxes based on 1942 income. All of ^c song was first introduced as P. E. Braun, Divarty Hqs., 70th.
MP: “Didn’t you hear me
your income in 1942 came under the classification of earned income legitimate music by the composer
whistle?”
PRAYER FOR A SON
and was under $14.000 and you continue in service through the re-; Eauis Berlioz in La Damnation de
GI: “Nope.”
This poem was received by Pvt.
malnder of this year. If you have any taxable income in excess of ' au«t and »a« used a» a trumpet
MI* “J guess I’d better go back
your legal exemptions, the tax already paid may be applied in part call by F rench soldiers on the plains Ralph Burkeen, Hq Co. SCU 1911 to camp. I’m not doing any good
or in full The residue, if any, will lie returned. If you have no taxable “f Hungary. When Retreat became from his mother.
around here."
• • •
I wafched him grow, this son
income for 1943, the amount you paid in 1943 against 1942 taxable ■ military ceremony at a later date,
Friend:
“
Your
wife is a very fine
of mine,
earnings will ba returned to you.
• Kun *as fired at sundown as an
woman.” Fisherman (absent-mind­
From baby boy to man,
outgrowth of the ancient custom of
edly): “That’s nothing. Y'ou should
His milk-white skin burn raw
making a loud noise to frighten
have seen the one that got away.
away the evil spirits of darkness.
and red.
• • •
Q. Are soldiers permitted to
Then turn to deep, dark tan.
“Who gave the bride away?"
I taught him how to play, to
work for profit in off duty hours'
(Continued from IJage 1)
/ A. —
“I could have,, but I kept my
work.
The War Department ha» au-
others, that it may pave the way for an Allied ultimatum to I thorized
mouth
shut.”
____ .J commanding officers to
To make of life a game.
I
or else ....
—Hampton Roads Defender.
permit soldiers to work during off
We were so happy, he and I,
• • »
T MAJOR U. S OFFENSIVE bl<*V of the war in the central duty hours. Farm work and food
Until the great war came.
came when American forces landed on Tarawa and Makin processing, including canning,
A soldier returned to civilian life
Islands in the Gilbert group The most powerful American naval force freezing, refrigeration, dehydrat­
wrote his colonel as follows:
The call to arms was clear and
I
am
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ver assembled in the Pacific was ready for th^ehowdown luittle while ing and packing of fresh commo­
“Sir, alter
after wnai
what > I suffered . in
> loud;
"Sir,
he Air Force provided a powerful cover for the ground troops on the dities. are generally permitted in
the last two years, it gives me the
He did not hesitate.
•st bbshed beachheads. Tarawa is now twbated to lie in Allied hands. nearby communities, provided an
His simple words ring in my
greatest pleasure to tell you to go
InfaHtre completed the conquest of Makin- other units were mopping emergency exists because of a
ears,
to Hell.”
up Abomama. Secretary Knox «ays the invasion marked the beginning shortage of available farm or food
In due course he received a
“I'll fight for home and
of a new drive aimed directly at Japan.
processing labor.
State."
reply:
IPE RUSSIANS WERE HOLDING against a fierve German
“Sir, any suggestions or inquiriei
And 1 am left alone, but proud;
counter-offensive in the upper Ukraine. In its first major defeat in
concerning troop movements nius
My
son
has
gone
away.
four months, the Soviets lost Zhitomir, captured by them a week ago.
be entered on Army Form 3-3132
And he. dear God, is in Y'our
but regained ground lost around the salient, as well as in the Krivoi
care,—
a copy of which I enclose."
Rog and Rechitsa sectors. The Russians held the initiative in the
Washington (CNSi One Ameri­
. . .
Please bring him back some
Kiev salient and broke through the lines in the Kremenchug areas to can Infantry division has saved
A good line is the shortest dis
day.
forge ahead in drives to advance the general offensive toward the SS3.767.25 in five months. by food
tance between two dates.
borders of Rumania and pre-war Poland.
conservation measures, the War
• » •
I'm a GI chowhound.
IN ITALY. LITTLE ACTIVITY’ was possible because of muddy Department has disclosed
Mother: “Maisie. why did it taki
I love to eat and eat.
battle areas and flooded rivers though advances were made on both
To achieve this saving, mess of­ Until I have my belly full.
you so long to say goodbye to ths
end« of the line in southern Italy. The strategic junction of Alfedena ficers instituted a “clean plate
1
never
leave
my
seat.
boy ? ”
fell to the British Sth Army after advancing six miles in the mountains policy’’ in division mess halls, con­
I like supper. I like lunch.
Maisie: "But mother, if a fellov
■n central Italy Other units closes! on the German winter line along ducting rigid and continuous
takes
you to a movie, the lea«
And
snacks
for
in-betweens;
’he Saugru River, capturing IN'runo. Vasto Girardi and San Pietro spections and impressing up«: er
But
mostly
I
like
breakfast
you
can
do is to kiss him goodbye
despite the stiff Nazi resistance. In the west, Sth Army troops pushed listed men the idea that food
’< ., -e t .
they don’t serve
Mother: “I thought be took vol
ahead lot antaller garni,
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servation u vital to victory.
beans.
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