M a l e Call
A b b O T IZ E R S
PIN UPS FOB CHIN-UPS
by Milton Caniff, Creator of Terry and the Pirates
Model Gas Chamber Area
Planned by ERTC Expert
With plans approved by the Training Division, Camp
Abbot, in the near future, will have one of the most modern
and realistic gas chambers of any Army post where soldiers
will learn protective measures to cope with combat chemical
attacks. Designed by Lt. Leonard S. Brooks, post Chemical
Warfare Officer, the site will contain such important train
ing demonstration features as a gas and bomb-proof dugout,
incendiary tower, museum of CWS items and equipment
and buildings where MP’s will be trained in “ mob control.”
----------------------------------- 1 Lt. Brooks, who has served
in similar jobs at Camp Rob
erts, Calif., Fort Ord, Calif.,
Lt. Maloney Heads
Civilian Personnel
FOOT LOCKER FAVORITE—
Posed against a pine tree, this
attractive Camp Abbot civilian
employe, will probably cause a
lot of GIs to pine for July pic
nics, fried chicken and dancing
cheek-to-cheek. Currently em
ployed in the Camp Provost Mar
shal’s office, she was one of the
first gals who came to work at
Abbot. She is second in a series
of profiles. V IT A L STATIS
TICS: Name: Edith Jensen.
Hometown: Bend. Height: 5'5".
Weight: 122 pounds. Color eyes:
Brown. Color of hair: Titian (not
imi-titian,
either!)
Hobbies:
Cooking, dancing, listening to
music and clothes designing.
Favorite sports: Skiing, fishing
and baseball. Nickname: Deed.”
(E N G IN E E R Photo bv Hahn.)
IN G ENU ITY OF ERTC
TRAINEES DISPLAYED
Ingenuity of ERTC trainees
was plentiful throughout Camp
Abbot following construction of
assorted gadgets and utility
racks. Every company in acti
vated battalions hailed such in
novations as broom, mop and
dust cloth racks; garbage con
tainer stands, coal bin borders
and unique holders for corru
gated buckets and dust pans.
Friday, July 9, 1943
ABBOT ENGINEER
Page Four
and Edgewood Arsenal, Md., ad
vanced five rules for all Abbot-
Fourteen months ago he was men to remember about gas war
a rookie in the ERTC at Ft. Bel- fare:
1. Respect gas but don't fear
voir, Va.......today, as an officer,
he is chief of the civilian per it. That is the main rule.
2. Learn to put on the gas
sonnel branch at Camp Abbot.
The meteoric rise was accom mask quickly, and stop breath
plished by 1st Lt. Robert P. Ma ing immediately when gas is de
loney, who has succeeded Mr. E. tected.
L. Cramblitt, who resigned on
3. Always test for gas before
account of ill health.
taking o ff the mask.
Lt. Maloney, a native of De-,
J. Learn to identify the main
Lancey, Pa., arrived at Abbot gasses by their odor.
last March and was assigned as
Phosgene— new mown hay;
an assistant personnel adjutant, C’hlorpicrin—sweet odor of fly
Personnel Division, Military Per paper; .Mustard gas— like garlic
sonnel Branch.
or onions; Lewisite— geraniums.
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The gas warfare courses of-
salvage Plan lopic
fered to ERTC trainees includes
O f Camp Radio Di scussion • the latest
developments, super
. . T *• 0 «y/\eh 1 pn n m / 1 o n o i o t / y r l
vised U by
Lt. Brooks and assisted
In discussing the salvage sec
by Sgt. Jack Israel, who in civi
tion of the Quartermaster de lian life, was an expert chemist.
partment, one of the sub-divi Officers and cadre also will at
sions at Camp Abbot, Maj. Fred tend regular schools to receive
erick J. Landenberger, acting advanced training.
Specialized programs h a v e
director of the Supply and Ser
vice Division, revealed that by been charted by the post CWS
these operations the army saved officer for training Macs, Army
over $10,000,000 during a nine- Nurses, military police and sol
month period on materials origi diers attached to Hq. Cos. ERTC
and SCU. B e s i d e s , regular
nally valued at $13,000,000.
Maj. Landenberger discussed monthly demonstrations a r e
the operations of the nine QM | planned and realistic problems
subdivisions, and pointed out will become component features
that anything from a hammer to of ERTC marches and bivouacs.
a tank is available for training Unique visual aids will be em
ployed to drive home the vital
Camp Abbot soldiers.
He revealed the workings of message of “ KNOW YOUR W AR
this department on the regular GASSES.”
quarter-hour Camp Abbot radio
broadcast over KBND, Wednes
day night in an informal discus
sion with Lt. P. H. O’Brien,
Public Relations Officer.
THE COMPLEAT ABBOTEER
••Think. !>ilUni(s\\orth, T H IN K !”
Filmagicians
When two parachute flares
failed to rise from mortars
after being ignited, and anoth
er soared a few feet in air
feebly collapsing without open
ing, officers on a night prob
lem for Camp Abbot trainees
were puzzled.
Examining the flare which
fizzled out so quickly they
were startled to discover that
stamped on the parachute, in
indelible purple, were the
words—“ Made in Japan.”
Suspicion of possible espion
age was discounted by Capt.
M. P. Coover, Intelligence Of
ficer, after investigation. They
were, apparently, flares pur
chased by the Army in pre-
Pearl Harbor days from a fire
works firm in Ohio, which re
portedly imported much of its
pyrotechnic supply from the
Orient.
Famed Architect
Is Abbot Rookie
If you're interested in obtain
ing plans for any edifice, from a
custom-built bird house to a
seven-story pagoda. Pvt. .Marion
D. Ross of C-52, is a good man
to see. Pvt. Ross’ qualifications
in the science of building are
such as to make him worthy of
a prominent spot in any "Who's
Who in Architecture.”
Before his induction, Ross was
assistant professor of architec-
t u r e at Tulane University.
From 1938 to 1940 he was a lec
turer for the American Institute
of Architects and in 1941 travel
led to South America on a Lang
ley Fellowship (A. I. A.). He was
graduated from a Williamsburg,
Pa., high school in 1931 and from
Pennsylvania State College in
1935. Two years later he obtain
ed a master’s degree in archi
tecture from Harvard Univer
sity.
When it came to societies,
Ross took a lusty interest in ar
chitectural organizations a n d
the Greek alphabet. He’s a mem
ber of the College Art Associa
tion, Associate A. I. A., Tau Beta
Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma
Iota, Gargoyle and Scarab.
For two hours last Tuesday
Now he Is a member of that
night, hundreds of dogfaces at grand society identified in khaki
tached to Hq. Co. ERTC and as a G. I.
SCU jigged to their hearts con
tent with comely Wac, Bend-
USO junior hostesses and civil DEVELOP ROLL FILMS
ian employe partners.
Negatively speaking, yes! You
Music was supplied in rhyth can have your roll film develop
mic loads by the camp dance ed in camp. Any of the 10 Camp
band, under baton of S/ Sgt. Jack Post Exchanges are accepting
Hayes.
orders for developing films or
An innovation of the dance, making enlargements at a nom
under auspices of the Special inal cost.
Service branch, was selection of
popular soldiers to introduce the
gals to servicemen.
Cadre Cut Capers
In Gala A-P Social
By Pfe. Erie L. McKitriek
Tojo Flares Flop
In ERTC Problem
A u x ilia ry Power,
THEIR WORK IS REEL FUN—
Efficient operation of projection
equipment in the ABBOTheater
is. entrusted in the hands of
T/Sgt Thurman S. Justus, man
ager, and the two soldiers shown
regulating a modern-type projec
tor and sound unit. CpI. Joe Ra
mirez, left, assistant, and Cpl. F.
W. Fadum, chief projectionist.
(ENGINEER Photo by Hahn.)
Hospital Lists 36
Wacs for Duty
Thirty-six Wacs are now as
signed to duties at the Station.
Hospital—the largest number
any one facility on the po».«
Performing a multitude of
duties ranging from general
clerks to hospital orderlies, in
cluding several technicians.
The list of assignments fol
lows: general clerks 7; clerk-
typists 5; dental technicians 2;
laboratory technicians 2; stock
clerks 3; and orderlies, 17.
Wacs are employed in almost
every unit of the hospital in
cluding the dental and X-ray
clinic’s, medical supply, regis
trars office, operating room and
in the sergeant-major and first
sergeant’s office. One is a clerk
in the office of the chaplain as
signed to the hospital.
Those assigned as orderlies
take a turn at night work, as do
enlisted men of the medical
corps and perform the same
duties as SCU 1973 soldiers.
IN E V IT A B L E R E S U L T
P B .— "S in ce 1 met you I can't eat, I
can’t »I m p , I can’t drink."
She— <*hyly) " W h y ^ t ? ”
P r t.— 'T m broke." ^
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Five Interesting Topics
Screened In G.l. Film Short
Movie CALENDAR
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"The W ar”—a screen maga-:
zine for service men only—pro
duced by the Signal Corps and
Special Service Division, ASF. is
a feature of next week's ABBOT
heater film fare, appearing on
July 15-16.
Subjects treated in the un
usual movie s h o r t include
"Strictly G. I. Allowances,” "Fall
of Hong Kong," (captured enemy
film s', "Back Home Burbank,”
showing the work of blind Arne-
icans in manufacturing bomb
ers. "Around the Clock With the
RAF.” a thrilling episode in the
daily lives of the flying adven
turists over occupied Europe",
and "Snafu,” an animated car
toon on how not to do things in
the armv.
FRIDAY, July 9—"CONEY ISLAND ," with Betty Grable,
George Montgomery. Cesar Romero, Charles Winninger;
March of Time, “ IN VASIO N” and news.
SATURDAY, July 10—“ SOMEWHERE I’L L FIND YOU”
with C l a r k G a b l e and Lana Turner; Terrytoon feature,
"Patriotic Pooches.”
SUNDAY and MONDAY, July 11, 12—“ STAGE DOOR C AN
TEEN," with the greatest all-star cast ever assembled in movie
history. A must picture for all GI’s. 131 minutes of superb
entertainment, music, comedy and oomph. Also latest news
reels.
TUESDAY—July IS—“ CRIME DOT TOR." w ith Warner Bax
ter and Margaret Lindsay; Three Stooges short, color cartoon
and Sports Parade.
WEDNESDAY, July I I (Double Feature)—"TW O TICKETS
TO LONDON.” with Michele Morgan and Alan Curtis; "GET
GOING,” with Grace McDonald and Robert Paige.
THURSDAY. July 15—“ MR. LUCKY,” with Carv Grant and
Laraine Day. “ THE M AR,” exclusive movie short for service
men. and newsreel.
Two Shows N ightly— 1830 2030: Matinee. Sundays at 1400