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Camp Adaîr Sen' Friday, April 14, 1944, Red Cross Returns Mount to $17,012 The M-8 — It Rides Like a Cadillac Trailblazer Rug Allowances Not Cut By Added Dependent Membership Cards Totaf Tops 12,000 ■ The Dependency Allowance La now in effect clearly states tl sum total to be paid all dependent Eliminated are the confusing pri visions of the old law which n J quired that a serviceman’s eontr bution be pro-rated among all h dependents. • The law has two distinct advai tages: (1) The exact amount th» any dependent will receive is easil determined, and (2) such amout iwill not be reduced by the additio 'of other dependents. Although final figures have yet been tabulated, up-to-date turns in the Post Red Cross drive show a total of §17,012.35, repre senting a better than 100 percent 1 gain over last year's collection of $8,888, according to William E. Grainger Jr., Post Red Cross Di rector. Breakdown of this total is as fol , Trsllblswr Photo FOR THE FIRST TIME west of Albany, Ore., here is an lows: 91 «t Division, $6.487 39; 70th official picture pf the “mysterious" M-8 armored car. Every other Division, $4,935.89; III Corps, newspaper and newsreel in the USA haying carried a photo of the $1,248.56; SCU and Civilian Em M-8. the Sentry joins the parade with a shot of the Trailblazer ployees. $¿,619.89. Included in the Reefin' troops' own M-8s. | $17,000 total are returns from two i sub-offfees of the Post Field Di Army's 'Luxury' Combat Vehicle rector: Corvallis Army Airfield, $877.26, and Naval Auxiliary Air Station at North Bend, $843.92. M-8 Doesn't Bounce! By Pvt. Roby Wentz The Army’s “luxury” combat vehicle . . . That’s the M-8 armored car. You’ve seen it by now in the movies, bounding across I The Government’s contribution is simply the difference between the man’s contribution and th« total family allowance. The sol- dier’s contribution is fixed at $22 if he has Class A or Class B or Class B-l dependents and $27 if his dependents include Class A AND either Class B or Class B-l. The month-long drive ended March 31, and approximately 12 to 15.000 membership cards were issued by the Tost Red Cross of- fice, it is estimated. Funds raised from the drive will be divided on a percentage basis among the four counties surround ing the Camp, depending upon the approximate soldier and soldier family population of the counties, which are Marion, Polk, Benton and Linn. Funds raised from the Corvallis Airfield go to Benton County’s Red i Cress chapter, and those from the Naval Air Station are used in Coos County. Soldier Allotment Situation Clarified «• The division of allowances b< tween dependents of different r< lationship is fixed by law. For e> ample: the allowance for a pares and one sister dependent upon th enlisted man for chief support i $68. Where division is necessarj this would be divided $50 for th parent and $18 for the sister. nigged terrain at high speeds, its*------------------------------------------------- , six wheels making it look like some THIS HANDSOME TUFTED RUG, made to scale in Trail - (range beast hunched to spring. blazer colors in the 70th shoulder But take the word of Tuc5 Rob- patch design. was worked by rt Byham, 70th Recon Troop, it Mrs. James H. Satterlee. wife of .'■les like a big swing. CpI. Satterlee, 276th Med. Det. The tufts are 1’j inches long On an improved road, says By- and 10 skeins of yarn were The present phase of training in . m, who drives an M-8 himself, needed to finish the job. nd ought to know, it’s like the mo. the 274th Infantry Regiment will Sometimes separate payment lay more stress on the responsibil ion of any better-than-average are necessary between parents an ri.saenger-car. It’s infinitely su- ities and effectiveness of the non children or between parents an r erior to the riding qualities of the ce ms in that organization, it has brothers and sisters. Here the lai cep or the peep’s big brother, the been disclosed by Major James C. follows a principle of equal divi Wasp Flyers Status command and reconnaissance car. Cross, new S-3 for the Regiment. sion between distinct classes of d« Based on the theory that non Militarily Approved pendents. A typical case: separat Comfort—Nephis Military status for the Women’s payments are necessary for allow But when the M-8 leaves the coms share the burden of close con road and cuts off »cross-country, trol over troops in fighting areas. Airforce Service Pilots (Wasps, to The Non-Commissioned Officers ances due a wife and two children Major Cross feels that training you) was approved last week by it’s still a comfortable vehicle, Recreation Center (Medics NCO Together the.v are entitled to $10 with the men has reached a point the House Military Affairs Com- Club) even at fast speeds. It CAN get at it.« tri-yearly meeting on monthly. This would be divided a where teamwork and the resultant mittee after General H. H. Arnold, April «luck, but no) if you keep it mov 20, elected officers and a $50 for the wife and $25 for eac esprit-de-corps lies largely in the Chief of the AAF, testified they ing fast, and that can be done board of governors for the coming of the children. This rule of equa hands of that selected group. are good fliers and that he plans term. division between distinct classes ii without turning yourself into a Reports from overseas indicate to send all male pilots to fight. followed throughout. mess of bruises. Tec 4 Jerry Liston was chosen that too little time has been spent Under the approved bill women Sitting nt the wheel is not quite on this type of training in some president; Tec 5 John Mooney, vice- pilots and aviation cadets would be Ice piloting a Cadillac V-l«, units. The difference between suc president; S/Sgt. Jacob Minkoff, appointed in the AAF on the same <>ugh, say» Byham. cess and failure has often been in level with men performing the secretary; Tec 5 John Edward Sheehan, treasurer, and Tec 5 Dan “You ait right over the front the ability and willingness of same duties. iel Sullivan, sergeant-at-arms. le," he said, “so you can turn troops to abide by a non-com’s de Now totalling 534 civilian wom r a lot quicker, with leas spin of cision. Members elected to the board of en, the Wasps ferry Army planes, ie steering wheel, than a passen- governors are 1st Sgt. John Eas-1 ?r car. Give her that much turn. terwood. T, Sgt. Carrington Burch, From the activity and prepara, I • d you’d find yourself going home S £gt. Rudolph Gross, Sgts. John tions at the Benton Hotel ballroom .fore you knew it.” Lynch, Alfred Skare, Matthew Ti- in Corvallis last week, solid citi I erney, Rex McCloskey and Tec 4 zens of that community might well The fact that the car carries a ' Irvin Caplan. 87 mm. gun means little to the have thought that one of society’s Let’s call him Lieutenant Zilch, that bush!” driver, he said. “It sounds a lot The newly selected officers will budding debutantes was about tc louder to someone outside than to and identify him no further than "Quiet!” hissed Lieutenant be installed at a reception to be make her Easter debut. But this ihe hten inside," he said. "And you to say he was in the 275th Infan Zilch. “Leave this to me." Grip held the latter part of this month. beehive of activity only proceeded feel little or no recoil effect." try. One dark^night recently, the ping his carbine, he stole closer, Plans are under way for the a gala party sponsored by the Per- But he didn't say he’d turn down Lieutenant was in the field with step by step. He raised the stock "Spring Fandango" to be held in, sonnel Office of the 274th Infantry. a V-16 for an M-8 if he ever has his company. of his weapon high, and brought the clubrooms April 22. Music will Each guest brought his favorite the chance. Along about 2300 the problem it down on the defenseless bird. be furnished by Tec 4 Joe Sieffs ' feminine interest of the moment td was going well, and Zilch was tak There was a loud squawk. orchestra and entertainers are eX- dance to th« music of Joe Sieff* Kwajalelq Atoll (CNSl — Ma- ing a short breather, along with a Bur the squawker was Lieuten petted from Portland to round OUt orchestra, imbibe in a bit of Oregod rines wot V In the procès» of mop sergeant. Suddenly the sergeant ant Zilch, rubbing his stung hands, the show. brew and sate his appetite with ping up here when out of ■ dujr- pointed. and contemplating a smashed car turkey dinner served in true ban-J “Look!” he breathed in a hoarse bine. The “pheasant” was an odd out run a Jap yelling: •"Don't shoot. A smart salute is the sign of a quet style. Consensus of opinion I've got a brother in Brooklyn.” whisper. "A pheasant roosting, by shaped tree-stump. good soldier. Salute all officers on was that the party-ing was sweet the Post and in town. and not too sorrowful. Non-Com Training to Be Stressed in 274th Medics Election; Noncom Fandang Fete on April 22 274th Personnel Office Celebrates With Eoster Dana Old Bird in Hand Adage Sfill Holds Sway, 275th Lieutenant Learns to His Dismay As VV4C Band, Fashion Show Raised Field House Rafters Your Mother— WANTS A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU. 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