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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1943)
Saturday, December 4, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER Laundry Finds Strange Items In Gl Bundles HE BUILDS CATHEDRALS Page Seven Draft Quota tor January Doubled; 300,000 Asked The arm y's draft call for Jan uary will be twice the figure the If you've lost your false teeth, W ar Manpower Commission has don't be too quick to accuse a been expecting, Washington ; u- toothless companion — there’s a thorities announced "this week. good chance you sent them to the As a result, the combined arrr.y- laundry. navy call will be for approxi Since the Post laundry began mately 300,000 men (about the operations several months ago, present monthly figure), as con trasted with previous indications workers have fished from bar calls would begin dropping all - r racks bags all manner of strange the first of the year. articles including watches, den Authoritative sources reveal tal plates, leather gloves, rain ed the arm y won't be at its c x- coats, shelter halves complete pected peak strength of 7,700,000 with pegs, shoes, overcoats and men by January 1 for two mr n scores of pocket hooks, some con reasons: taining as much as $50 in cash, 1. The Wac enlistment dri v ' Lt. Howard I. Pulver, laundry has been disappointing. (The officer, said this week. Dog tags arm y is willing to take hundreds and keys are articles most com of thousands of women soidie, s, monly sent in by patrons by but only about 60,000 have ( n- mistake. Most unusual find so listed to date». far was a glass eye which some 2. Draft boards are lagging so trainee sent in for processing. — P h oto by V incent, P o st W iotoprapher. Tear out a picture of an ini|Hising cathedral in Europe and hand it to Pvt. Roliert W. Addison of Ser far behind their quotas they m y Valuables are returned im vice Company and—presto, chango a faithful replica of the structure will grace his workbench. Pvt. be unable to catch up even oy mediately to units to which men Addison spends every spare moment practicing his hobby. You'd think he would weary of the task the end of January. (Ma y are assigned, Lt. Pulver point for his duty—it's building models for the training division. boards delayed calling prewar ed out, although at times con fathers because of uncertain y siderable research is required. salary. But Hyde is taking these over congress would do Owners usually have extraneous Former Coach of Film Stars reverses in his stride. “What the about what drafting items back before they have time hell,” he says, “We’ve got a war The general them*. expectation h.-d to notify the laundry of the to win haven't we?” been that the arm y would need Turns G l Shows losses. only replacements after the fu st Employes of the unit could If you happen to see Pvt. Buddy Hyde of Company C, of the year. The number of e- add to their income considerab 52nd Battalion, with a faraway look in his eyes while he’s placements is difficult to det* r- ly if they kept money and valua working on one of the local variety shows, don’t think his mine, however, since it depends bles they found in clothing, but heart’s not in his work—he’s probably just thinking of the on how many casualties the s- r- they are an honest lot and turn days when he was singing coach for Judy Garland or was vices suffer. in lost articles as soon as they collaborating with Director LeRoy Prinz or one of that The navy never expected *o find them, Lt. Pulver said. Sev crowd producing a picture. reach top strength until w*)l Pvt. Hyde's association with j enty-five per cent of the plant's along in 1944. workers are soldiers’ wives who to select an item similar to the the cinema celebrities was long realize how precious money is in one lost from the laundry’s and varied. Here's a sample of military circles, which probably “overage” or unclaimed stocks. the jobs he held down in the Six Months Pay movie colony: Piano player, or accounts for the fact no thefts chestra leader, master of cere To Equip a Gl have been reported. Portland Officers' Service monies, dancer, singer, radio It costs just $299.17 to eqi p In addition to forgetting to re Club Offers Conveniences actor and announcer, writer and a soldier from dog-tag to ft st move valuables, trainees some An officers club, estab producer and director of shows. aid packet. These figures came times make the mistake of send lished in the service Hotel, Before he began taking an ac out of the House A ppropriate s ing in articles which cannot be Portland, offers Portland a courtesy ser tive part in directing shows at Was it the Gremlins, or was Committee on the laundered.. Barracks bags fre vice to officers that will alleviate Camp Abbot, Hyde was collab it Snafu, or was it the Pirk- Army supply in bill hearings this summer. quently contain web equipment many inconveniences. The club with such directors as In the first place, your cloth and leather goods. These are re will take - messages , contact orating the aforementioned Mr. Prinz, alatleon? ing costs $114.86. Individual turned to the owner in the same friends and arrange entertain Dave Strange as it may seem, equipment and Larry Bebal- S/Sgt. comes to $44.76, w,th condition they were sent in. One ment for visiting officers and lous. As Gould Meyer awoke Thanks a m aster of ceremonies giving morn to find one of his an extra 86 cents for shavi :g man sent in a bag full of brand their wives or friends. The club in the Florentine in turkeys had an extra set of in and tooth brushes, comb a «1 new wool apparel Including an will also do shopping, obtain Hollywood, he handled Gardens programs overcoat. Workers surmised he housing information and provide featuring the bands of Paul nards. OR did one of the pretty razor blades. Then there is a variety of had sent the wrong bag and re many other services that might Whiteman, Ozzie Nelson and birds go A. W. O. L ? items termed “reorganizatior «1 turned the bundle just as it arise. The telephone is Atwater Jimmie Greer. The fact still remains a mys including hip boots came in. When the war broke out, Hyde tery to some. Except his clothing,” and cooks’ aprons, which aver Extra large bundles are an 2853. began casting about for a job In cooks! They «ere sure there ages about 95 cents per soldier. other headache. O n e soldier’s Schenectady, N. Y. (CNS)— his was a turkey for each set of line that would be a contri Organizational tak-s bundle contained nearly 180 Officials at the General Electric bution war effort. After innards la-fore they retired to in such items as equipment hymnals, flaps, pieces, 77 of which were hand plant here received a note from fulfilling to a the six-month their hunks Thanksgiving eve. sun glasses, w hi s t 1 e s, a id kerchiefs. Workers still are a little girl asking them for "a with the popular comic contract latck 'em up next time, EH, amounts to a smacking $30 76 team of wondering how a man could use sample of electricity.” BARGE? Abbot and Costello, he began per enlisted man. 77 handkerchiefs in a period of producing shows for the Victory Add 78 cents for musical n- a couple of weeks. F'rom an anonymous contribu Committee, devoting his talents, Despite careful checking and ANSWER TO CROSSWORD to lining up productions for tor in the 12th group comes strum ents; $76.50 for rifle, b; y- onet, scabbard a n d steel h-.l- sorting, the laundry sometimes army camps and war plants. Pre these two pomes: m<t; $6.62 for g a s mask awl makes mistakes in returning A cute little trick from St. Paul viously he had also found time 34 cents for first , id bundles. Lt. Pulver admits, but to act as coach for Joan Leslie Wore a "newspaper dress” to a ointments; kit and sulfa drugs; and th» te Usually losses can be attributed ball and her lesser-known sisters, you have $299.47 Just u h at you to indistinct markings. When The dress caught on fire Beity and Mary. earn in five months, 29 days, 19 mistakes occur, owners are ask Hyde’s theatrical career was And showed her entire 54 minutes and 57 a id ed to describe the missing arti curtailed somewhat by his in Front page, sports section and hours, six-tenths seconds, unless you re ail. cles to their supply sergeants duction into the arm y along with a Pfc. his friend John Payne a few who will identify them at the months ago, but it's started to I'd be cookin' with gas laundry. If this method fails, Pass The ENGINEER To t.n- biossom again, although on a On the very front burner of if the laundry is certain arti other Abbotman—He’ll Appreci considerably reduced scale and If I had a H'l lass cles are lost, patrons are given ate It. at a more noticeably reduced Like Lana Turner. claim checks which entitle them Talents to Male Call WHEN AN O P P ICUH A $ K * YUM Y ' N A M E , YUM SA Y, ’’P R IV A T E S O - A N '- S O , ^ IR N O W W E 'LX- P R A C T IC E IT... WHAT'S . Y ' NAM E", S O J E R ? by Milton Caniff, creator of Terry and the Pirates P R IV A T E S O - A N -4 0 , S A R - J I N T/ f NA W i Y 'P R E T E N D I 'M AN OPP/CUH... A N ' O IV E YUH QWN N A M E . ’ ... N OW , Nick In The Tool Of War P O N T T A K E fT SO HARD, SA RO E.' 7 - M E B E E THEY'LL. LETCHA V S O BAC K NORTH J a p r ic a J - — T'