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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1943)
Friday, July 30, 1943 Sgt. W illiam H. H a rve y Is C a m p A b b o t's Legal Eagle Sgt. William Harrison Harvey, holder of four college degrees, at present temporarily assigned to the office of Camp Abbot’s Post Judge Advocate, is a des cendant of the same family of President William Henry Harri son, for whom he was named. Harvey practiced law in Cincin- nati before enlisting in the Army, as did the former presi- dent, who is buried near the sergeant’s home in the suburban district of Cincinnati. Harvey was admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1922 after grad- uating from University of Cin- cinnati, O., with an AB, LLB, LLM, and AM. Following admission to the bar he completed a post gradu- ate course at Ohio State Univer- sity and Newport, Ky., his resi- dence until joining the Army. In October 1942 he enlisted, obtaining a leave of absence from the U. S. District Engineer at Cincinnati, by whom he was employed in the legal depart- ment. Harvey is conversant with many of the law problems in- volved in federal practice and the laws of Illinois, Indiana, Page Three ABBOT ENGINEER Yanks "Chufe the Works" on Sicily g.54 Felt Whip of Nazi Gestapo Band Concert Pleases Bend Citizens, G2's Pvt. T. Lewy Recalls Hectic Existence in Germany—A G l Odyssey It was a Sunlight Serenade the URTC Band presented last Sun- c*a>’ afternoon in Drake Park in The sky was blue, the sun " as sold, the crowd was large, ant* *be music a treat, Under the baton of Warrant Officer Charles S. Spalding, band leader, the band played a pro- Siam for music lovers ranging from the melodic “ Begin the Be- guine” to Tchaikowsky’s haunt- mg “ Andante from the Pathetic Symphony.” Of the military numbers the immortal “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa brought the great- est audience response, This was the first concert the band has presented and was a feature of the Special Service Office of Camp Abbot in con- junction with the Bend USO and Bend city authorities, -------------------------- f ' kcxmirnl \A /n rfn rt > By T/5 Marlin I). Gross Another victim of the Axis blood purge of 1938 has arrived at Camp Abbot. He is Pvt. Theo dore Lewy, a native of Prussia who spent most of his life in Hamburg, Germany, and more days than he likes to recall in German jails as a “ guest” of the Gestapo. On November 10, 1938, during the Nazi eviction of all Polish Jews from Germany, two mem bers of the Gestapo arrested Lewy at his home. After being HITS THE SILK -Lt. Col. C. W. Kouns was the first officer detained in a police station, the to bail out into the inky blackness just before dawn when United Nations forces invaded Sicily July 10, resulting in cap city jail and a penitentiary, Lewy ture of more than two-thirds of the island and subsequent oust was taken to a concentration ing of Premier Benito “ The Bum” Mussolini of Italy. Col. camp at Sachsenhausen near Kouns was followed by EM of his unit. They were part of a Berlin. force which took the western end of the island. During the flight to the objective the paratroopers’ nerves were completely Shortly after their arrival at relaxed. Some of them slept soundly until just before the com the camp, prisoners were hosed mand to jump. (Signal Corps Radio Photo by Camp Newspaper with cold water and made to Service). stand in one spot from 3 o’clock ^ n e m l C U l VY a r T U r e in the morning until four in the Ohio, Kentucky, and District of B r a n c h Pld/lS M a / l V afternoon, Lewy recalls. When Columbia. He has handled many _ . . _ . . • the ordeal was over, a guard cases in the field of criminal S i m u l a t e d r f O D / e questioned Lewy and struck him law, trusts, wills, equity, cor- Surprise gas attacks while ' in the face when he received an p o ra tion , bankruptcies, con- marehing and river crossings Though K. P. is the screwball Majors and Colonels complain, answer he didn’t like. tracts, and domestic relations, under smoke screens are but two job in the Army, it has its com and the K. P. tells them, quite To keep inmates busy, the Prior to coming to Camp Ab- tbe many problems planned pensations here at Camp Ah- truthfully, that there is nothing Nazis had them do such jobs as bot, Harvey was stationed at for the chemical warfare train- l>ot and at every other post. else for breakfast. move lumber piles from one spot lo r t Leonard Wood, Mo., and jng program to be started next Compensation number one is When all the officers have to another and then back again. previous to that was at Fort week for Abbotmpn and Wacs that when you're on K.P., you gone, the wise guy goes back to Lewy remained in the camp aifcomas, Ky. under the direction of Lt. L. S. can be pretty sure that some the kitchen refrigerator and for ten weeks while his parents 1S ^peeled to leave Camp Brooks c chemical War- thing will happen to liven it up. takes out for himself a fine sir arranged passage for him to Abbot shortly for the school con- fare 0{ficer Compensation number two is the loin steak. This feeling of su Shanghai. After presentation of ducted by the Judge Advocate ‘ Assisted by Sgt Jack Israeli fact that the job is essential to periority as he consumes this sufficient proof he would leave General at the University of thp Chemical o fficer has plan. the biggest item in Arm y morale delicacy makes him satisfied the country, Lewy was released. Michigan, Ann Arbor. ned the gas training program to . . . good chow. Though the with his position in life. He went by train to Naples. He has edited a "Digest of indude situatjons which migh, Army buys the best foodstuffs But for most of the hoys, it’s There he boarded a ship to Ohio Law,” “ Carroll’s Ky. Sta- be encountered in combat areas, on the market, how can it be a long sad day when the Ser Shanghai where he remained for t u e s,” Walker’s "American and, in view of the recent re served to the men in attractive geant bellows, “ All right, wise a year until he reecived a visa Law,” and Bates’ “ Pleading quests for Wacs to sign for over style without the rookies on guy . . . K. P.!” You forgot to permitting him to enter the Practice, Parties, and Forms.” seas duty, the SCU 1973 Det. will K.P.? shine your shoes, or dust under United States. The only passage receive the same training in The rare individual who pre a bed, or pulled some military he could get was on the Japa Lt. Emily Caldwell Sent chemical warfare as the trainees fers K. P. to any other job be monkey-shine, so there you are, nese Line, so he went to Japan comes known as “ permanent up to your elbows in a tub of and came to the United States To New W ac Installation on the station. A fter a month’s observation at ----------------------------------------- K. P.” and is considered an asset G.I. soap suds. You find your via Honolulu. Camp Abbot, Lt. Emily Caldwell recently appeared, along with to any company. Take the case self washing the dishes, mopping Lewy’s father died in Ham was transferred last Tuesday to three other talented Wacs, on a of one permanent K. P. who is the floor, wiping the counters, burg three years ago. He doesn't Ft. Des Moines, Iowa, where she popular radio program over sta- on officers’ mess. About once carrying in 500 pounds of ice, know whether his mother is still a week the K. P. serves them a serving potatoes, and around to alive, but doubts lt. Anxious to will resume advanced studies in tion KOIN, Portland, Ore. Wac administration. | _____________________ familiar Army breakfast, of un the classic job . . . peeling po become a citizen, he has taken out his first papers. He is a fhile here, Lt. Caldwell in- . 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