Camp Adair Sentry
Friday, January 21, 1944.
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A weekly newspaper published by and for the military personnel
of Camp Adair, Oregon, under the supervision of the Post Military
Training Officer. Financed by the Post Exchange.
Address communications to “Camp Adair Sentry, Post Head
quarters, Camp Adair, Oregon.”
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The Sentry subscribes to the matrix and news facilities uf Camp
Newspaper Service.
Capt. J. D. McKay
Director of Training Brunch
Lt. William H. Ross
Po«t Exchange Officer
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Pfe.
Cpl.
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Bob Ruskauff
Lionel Kay
Benjamin Hirschkowitz, Pvt. Wm. Sandlin
Don Lynch
Managing Editor
News Editor
Staff Reporters
Staff Artist
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Burglar: Aw, don’t get scairt,
lady; all I want is your money.
Old Maid: Get out! You’re just
like the rest of them.
—Salem Elklet.
Pretty Girl was a cow
More athletic than mudderly.
She hopped a barbed-wire fence
And was destroyed . . . udderly.
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Ace: My violin seems to be out
of tune.
Deuce: I suppose somebody has
been fiddling with it again.
She was only a baker’s daughter
in search of a little ’■ovin’
¡Special Service's Varied Purposes
• Clubs. Dances. Athletics, Education: SSO Activities
Miss: I’ll have you know. sir.
You are probably familiar with the many forms of recre
I'm used to having people treat me
ation provided by your Special Service Officer. Dances, serv
like a lady.
ice chiba, libraries, athletic contests are activities so well
Take: Do they ever discover
known that further mention is unnecessary.
their mistake?
There is still a deeper side. It is concerned witfy self-im
provement. The Special Service Officer looks beyond the
Married couples often have
words, but only the wife uses
war when soldiers will return to peaceful lives and civilian
uyN»<>’
them.
pursuits; to the day when the returning soldier will once
again seek employment.
Married life is not a bad life for
The Special Service Officer can and will give you
a man to lead—only you do very
little leading.
assistance in selecting courses through the Armed Forces
ANSWER BOX
Institute. These are correspondence courses that cover a
We call her Kitty because she
multitude of subjects. He «ill secure records and mater
Q. I »ant to contact a buddy of has dyed nine times.
ials for men desiring to study a foreign language. He will
mine oho has shipped overseas but
set up classes for the study of typing, shorthand, phys
I don’t know his address. All I
SIMILE
have is his old address at a camp
ics. arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, geometry, mili
As bad off as a woodpecker in a
in Louisiana. Shall I write to him petrified forest.
tary correspondence and bookkeeping. He can secure-
there?
self-teaching books for your use. He will arrunge tours
A. Yes. If you have your
Captain: Smith, what’s that mud
to places of historic and educational interest. He will help
friend’s serial number and his ori doing on your collar?
form hobby groups and provide the materials.
1. Chances are that the Mayor of ginal APO, write to him there. If
Private (After carefully exam
Use wisely whatever free time you have. These services \\ ashington, D. C., will never be possible the Army will forward his ining his collar): It’s not doing
ire for you. Take advantage of them. Consult your Special invited to the White House for mail to him.
anything right now, sir.
lunch. Why not?
Service Officer.
2. Definitions on gentlemen vary
Q. Is it true that the Army
Post Set-up Explained
... some have it that a gentleman Specialized Training Program is I
Divisional and Attached Troops Special Service func- is a patient wolf. But what is a being discontinued?
iona are coordinated with the office of the Camp Special I i gentleman’s gentleman?
A. No. The War Department has
Service Officer, Major Carl B. Forsman. Trailblazer Division 3. What does the small letter “d” denied persistent rumors that the From St. Louis. Mo., comes the
inita all have their special service officers working with: ! mean on the reverse side of a coin? ASTP is “in the process of liquida latest news about Tec5 Elwood
now a second lieutenant in
Major Harvey Blythe. Division Special Service Officer. 4. Robin Redbreast married a tion." It is true, however, that the Mills,
ladybird. The ladybird’s name was program is being somewhat re the Medical Administrative Corps.
Functioning the same capacity for the 91st Division is ( apt. Jenny. Her last name is the same duced. There are now about 140,000 Recently transferred from Louis
Harvey H. Storms,
as the British equivalent of a soldiers -in the ASTP and more ville, Ky., Lt. Mills is just starting
For troops in Fourth Army units stationed at Adair the XX AX E. XX hat is her last name? than 2,000 have already been grad a four-months course on the main
diversified activity coming under the head of “special service” 5. Mr. Flanagan married s man uated and assigned to their new tenance and repair of Medical De
nequin. The mannequin's name was [ duties. By springtime, ASTP stu partment equipment.
are administered by Capt. William II. Mason.
ALUMNI
Hannigan. When Flanagan mar dents will tie graduated at a rate of
ried the mannequin named Hanni-' more than 10,000 a month.
gan. lie bought her a ramekin. Now ,
what did Mr. Flanagan buy for his
Q. Is an enlisted man permitted
(ANS) The folks at home can I many difficulties involved, no guar- little mannequin-Hannigan-lambi- i to marry while stationed in for
kin?
ow send emergency messages to untw of .a-l.very cun be made.
eign theaters of operation?
servicemen even in battle areas
6. What is a heptastich?
A. Not without the permission of
The Red Cross also announces
where regular expeditionary force
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his commanding officer.
message »ervice (EFM) is not that where regular commercial
ivaduble. the Red Cross has just communications are available but 1
the family is unable to pay the cost
a m> ounces!.
Whenever there's serious illness, of the message, the Red Cross will
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ieath or other extreme emergency, take care of that. too.
of
pre-war
Poland
as
well
as the Baltic states and Bessarabia for the
i message may be sent through the
Tell the folks at home that all
Soviet I nion .... Stimson endorsed FDR’s proposed labor draft though
Red Cross, and it will be delivered messages may be sent through the
senatorial opposition mounted .... The mustering-out bill was passed
■> the field director at the post Red Cross, and the local Red Cross
by the House and returned to the Senate.
' here the serviceman is stationed, chapter will give them all the in
IN ITALY. THE SHOXX DOXX N BATTLE for Cassino shaped-up
In combat areas, because of the formation they need.
as American troops made ready to crack German lines along a 30-mile
front running from San Elia to the Tyrrhenian Sea. French troops
captured the key town of Aquafondata. northeast of Cassino. and
San Elia in their first major victory in Italy. French and Americans
edged closer to Casino astride the inland road to Rome. Nazis
admit
Nazis admit
This week we introduce "Y'our tinue to receive $50 per month, but the loss <
of Minturno. north of the Garigliano River—loss of which may
Gl Problem" corner. The purpose original act because she will re open up the main coastal road toward Rome.
:* to keep you oriented with new
ceive it irrespective of allowances
IN RUSSIA. THE RED ARMY’ SMASHED ahead in an all-out
law» and law changes which direct to other dependents. (2) Family
offensive to free Leningrad from its 2'a-year siege. The Germans
ly affect many GIs. If you have
allowance for wife with one child
jiersonal problems that are perti- is increaMd from $02 to $S0 and were forced to abandon the rail junction of Novgorod. 100 miles below
the city, with the Russians driving towards the communications hub
■icnt to the Army, the Sargv will $20 is added for each additional
of Pskov to the southwest, Other Red forces drove through the Pripet
try to answer them. If general child. Allowance for a child where
Kalinkovichh Soviets beat back
enough in interest, they w ill be ’ then* is no wife remain* unchanged, marshes beyond captured Mogyr and ----------------
frantic counter-attack« on the
ad
to
Rumania while troops of the
printed.
but a second child in this aituation 1st Ukrainian Army extended the Russian salient 55
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The following is the most recent »ill receive $20 instead of $ tO. Pol
information on new Family Allgw- ‘ (3) No charxe is made in the al-
ÎN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Navy and
Army bombers
ance Amendment* to the Svrvice- lowance P'ovided a former wife irr
I the tempo of attacks against the Marshall«, damaging three
lien’s Dependents Allewanc* Yet divorced . although she will not re- U D
on the islands there. American Marines ■pencil the way
■>f 1942 The facts are taken from reive in
fi
«42 per month
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positions in the Borg, :en Bay area
training
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ARC Delivers Messages Everywhere
The World This Week
When at Adair, he was with Hq.
Co., SCU 1911, assigned to the
Post Chaplain’s Office as an enlist
ed assistant.
Where are they now?
A cheery letter comes this week
from Lt. Edgar Denton, formerly
of Post MI, who, after revelling in
the asserted sunshine of Riverside.
Calif., is now stationed at Camp
McQuaide, Calif., SCU 150 and.
like so many alumni, misses Camp
Adair.
Your Gl Problem
A viciou« little insect is •*
the bottom of every spending
spree—causing prices 1» soar.
He’s the “Squander Bug." His
diet is the dollar* yea throw
•way. And he like* dime« snd
quarters » siJe dishe«. The
best way to give him indige-tion
i* te hind him • big helping of
War Bond.. Do year port 1»
u.rse him te Jeath -now.