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About Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1944)
OREGC“ QUINTUPLETS AT A PAIR! Korn. bcWAtlgJ 2jUib44d . 18 Dr. Watson, attached to Port In telligence office, quintuplets, sex taried. Mostly black, but two ha'O stripes running around (not later ally, like those killed on the way to Corvallis). / Offspring are registered on the Post I’roiort Marshal’s blotter. They will be detailed to investigate the mouse situation, but will be re lieved from duty (or discharged) if anyone wants them. Teel Orville Schrontz, godfather, was nervous hut is now proud and happy. Dr. Matson was recently pic tured in the Sentry. - BENNY PHOTOS A pictorial story of the biK and loudly-acclaimed Jack Benny pro gram at Adair Sunday, plus high lights, will be found on page 5. Vol. 3, No. 5 Canip Adair. Oret on. Friday, May 19. 1944. GIs Taken Over ★ ★ ★ New USO Musical Due Wednesday, Thursday Casualties, 153,302 ALLIES CAPTURE CASSINO REDS TAKE TO AIR PACIFIC RAIDS CONTINUE Monitored by Teel John Stump L-. ----- ■ ■ ■ ■ —--------- THE NEW ITALIAN OFFENSIVE, called the curtain-raiser of the tavasion pattern, held the spotlight in the world this week; the Allies and the enemy waited far the next act—likely to he a Ru«*ian offensive that might break loose at any moment .... THE PRE-INVASION AIR OFFENSIVE van carved past ita 31st tit--“-* day. although bad weather held up the air campaign s^aawf wisorw Europe io the pest two days. American bombers wmm <M atrdmroes and military targets in Franca, the Rhineland and the rail yards af Louvain and Haaaelt ia Belgium Others lashed at yards m AMthem Italy and the Brenner Paes. RAF bom ben raided ★ ★ Take Over Field House TrailMftjer Photo that is, laughing at the antics of Jack Kenny and his radio crew who took Camp Adair Big, Versatile Sports V-Mail Records Program Ahead on Post ♦ — _____ The coming of spring herslds plans for a huge program of varied sports activities in which GIs of Camp Adair may participate, it was indicated in several announce ments revealed this week. Will at Club Ì vT It! I Ploy Ml Soft bail. which at present noia«» holds > sway, wili rise to a high I climax I Two Shows Theater 5 with divisional softball champion- I .■■hips for the Trailblazers begin-' Two new USO shows, both mu- ning June 5, and with the entry of steal dance revues, are on the way several Post teams in the hot Cor [to Camp Adair. vallis league, which will officially Next Wednesday at Club 1. 2100, be set underway also June 5: and Thursday at Theater 5. 1909 Additionally, from varied quar and 2030. the broadway show. "Say ters come reports of plans for .When.” will be presented, with a other sports, such as archery, ten ¡cast of 12 in five versatile acts. nis, golf »rd swimming. They will feature acro-dancer A revolutionary pronouncement 'Eve Matthews (picture on pege ?•; coming this week from the offices two zylophone experts, the musi of Major General David McCoach, cal Johnsons, who once appear with commanding general of the Ninth the Marx Brothers in “Cocoanut.«’’; Service Command, prehide« cham the Emmet-Oldfield and Co. acro pionship sports competition for I batic team, and (this looks well- Army Service Forces -unit« era- I rounded) six luscious dancing lass braeing the .eight western states. es who will turn out some high- For the first time the civilians at stepping boogie-woogie. tached to service in«tallations will The second musical, “Tell Me officially be urged to take part in More.’’ is to appear June 7 and S. competitive team events. Or. the Post, the bowling alleys have had a play even beyond first anticipation. Since the kegiing arena was opened April 19. bp Total Army casualties, reported wards of 15,000 lines have been , by Secretary of War Stimson, rolled out on the 16 up-to-the-min through April 21, have reached 153.302. ute alleys. Casualties are as follows: killed, Details of sports at large at Adair may be found in the sports 26.575; wounded. 82,312; mis- ng, 33X14; prisoners, 30.601. section. $1.50 a Year by Mail ic As Jack Benny Players THERE WERE 1000 OTHERS doing the same thing at Field House Sunday— GIs by storm in the first big-time show presented at this Post. This Week ♦ L’SRASY (ANS)—V-Mail broke all records j ' in March. According to a recent War Department announcement, the Army Postal service handled 161,252356 letters during the month, j | )f this total, 30,991,269 were sent! I ’rem the United States to men ¡overseas, while 30,261,587 were sent j I from overseas to the States. Adair Posts SRO Sign A a ft __ ___ ____ ft — £ _ ____ — — D dl II V I C I I O Illi W ll C C Jr Mary: “Why, we’ve been married 17 years and one week, .Jack.” Jack: “Just think, and it seems like only 17 years.” — ♦ And so Jack Benny and his troupe came, saw and conquered the GIs of Camp Adair on Sunday in the first big-time show this Post hua enjoyed.. That it was enjoyed is testified by the GI reaction. The S.R.O. sign was out for both Mie broad cast at Theater 2 and at the Field House, where the Benny show was moved for an elaborated presenta tion afterward. • As the veteran comedian him self emphasized before taking a plane for Hollywood (and again after they came back to the air field 20 minutes later due to weather conditions) the show was better received at Camp Adair than at any performance in the 70 they gave during their five-week tour of the Northwest. Benny Staff Sells It »as strictly Benny merchan dise, but it sold well from the moment the gray-haired man of Waukegan stepped casually onto (Continued on Page 4. Col. 5) Furlough Prize for Vehicle Maintenance mort efficient mainten- ance of hi* motor vehicle, the beat driver in the Kh2d FA Bn will ra ce ive a 15.lay furlough plus a 150 ca h bonus. The second and third b* t kept vehicle in the Battalion will receive a 15-day furlough «a their prize. Thia contest was an nounced to the Battalion's drivers by their commander, Lt. Col. Arn- brecht, last week. Maintaining a vehicle of the GI variety ia not an easy job. It re quires many hour« of work in clean ing, lubricating and care. Each ve hicle ia given daily, weekly, month- ly and -muannuaiiy check, by trained inechaaica. With their help a board Tiniag <rf »r— 9uff officer. WU1 a~M. lie Frliw wini '—w Pvt. Haul Ltteewakj.
