Camp Abbot, Ore., April 15, 1944
ABBOT ENGINEER
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Chapel Services
For Week Listed
The Post Chaplain has an
nounced Chapel services for the
coming week. The schedule fol
lows:
Jewish Service: Post Chapel,
7:45 p. m. Friday.
Catholic Services: Daily Mass
in the 12th. Group Chapel as fol
lows: Monday, 7:00 a. m. for the
56th. (Bn. only.) T u e s d a y ,
Distributed free to camp personnel. Subscription rate to public, by m ail: 60
Wednesday and Saturday, 5:15
cents for three months; six months, $1.00; one year, $1.60.
p. m. Thursday and Friday, 7:00
p. m. Tuesday. Post Chapel, 7:00
“ W E ’V E A L M O S T G O T ’E M L IC K E D , J O E ”
For the benefit of the guy who goes around with a p. m. Choir Rehearsal. Saturday,
great, big smile on his face, talking in loud, cheery tones 7:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m., Post
about how soon the w ar w ill be over, and what a push C h a p e i , Confessions. Sunday,
over the Germans and Japs are, and how we are kicking ” :30 a. m. Mass, Hospital (Red
the pants o ff ’em with hardly any trouble at all, a few de- Cross Rec. Hall). Open to others
tails were released this week by the W a r Department which beside Medical Personnel. (Con-
might serve to set our loquacious friend straight on what fessions b e f o r e Mass.) Post
the boys in Italy and elsewhere are up against.
J Chapel, 9:00 a. m. Mass, and 6:30
Lt. Col. A lfred K. DuMoulin, GSC, who has returned Post Chapel, Mass,
to this country after an observation tour with the 34th
Protestant Services: Sunday,
Infantry Division in Italy has revealed in a report to Lt. 8:45 a- m- Guardhouse Service,
Gen. Leslie J. M cN air, commanding general of Arm y 10:00 a- m- Service at Red Cross
Ground Forces, additional information concerning the new Rec. Hall in Hospital. (Open to
German portable pillboxes and the development of other others besides Medical Person
nel.) 10:30 a. m. 12th. Group
weapons. The report says, in part:
“ The prefabricated, kettle-type pillbox is turned up Chapel (fo r 56th. Bn. only.)
side down, set on two wheels and drawn by a tractor. It 10:45 a. m. Morning Service at
is one of the most astonishing defenses the Germans have _ Post Chapel.
_ 7:30
_ _ p. m. Evening
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Written contributions, art work and photographs are solicited and should be
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The ABBOT ENGINEER receive« material supplied by Camp Newspaper
Service. War Dep't, 206 E. 42nd St.. New York, N. Y. Credited material may not
be republished without permisión of Camp Newspaper Service.
It's impossible to whistei in print, so we’ll have to be content with
merely saying that NBC's Charlotte Manson, who's heard in "Back-
stage Wife,” studied law before entering radio. She says there's no
law tliat GI’s can't love brunettes. If there was, we’d be a criminal.
the Deschutes river to cool. Then
go out and buy War Bonds, so
all the boys can share the cook
ing.
Findings From the
51st
appropriate nickname. Come on,
fellows, let’s not tarry any
longer. The corporal can't go
through life without a name.
Turn in your entries to Cpl.
Post. He’ll clean the rifle of the
man who submits the best sug
gestion.
Qoats Join Up
With Artillery
BV F. PATRICK R YAN
As a gentle suggestion to the
developed. It’s about five feet wide and almost six feet f ervii^
Post CJ?ai?e „yVednef
high, but only the six-inch concrete dome and machine-
;?°1_p'. ni', Post C h a P el rest of the company, why not
Choir Rehearsal
give the boys in the fourth pla
gun snouts are visible; visible, that is, within ten yards,
Denominational S e r v i c e s : toon a little competition on the
because it’s generally well camouflaged and the gun fires
A small goat family, con
a smokless powder. A bellows cools the gun after it is W e d n es d a y , 7:00 p. m. 11th. ¿ ^ ‘acle' course The first squad sisting of papa goat, mania
Group Chapel, L.D.S. Service.
gaining on time and cutting the
fired.
T h u r s d a y , 10:00 p. m. 12th. winning tape at the last meet. goat, and their half - grown
“ A steel lid can be drawn over its port,” Col. DuMoulin
daughter, lias ambled amiably
Group Chapel, Christian Science.
The recent fisticuffs session into the 97tli Division Artil
continued, “and when this is done, its eyes are a pair of
Recorded music is heard every
„ .• ,
„ « jo ..
___ ______
, n.,____
brought out some timely sugges
periscopes jutting out of the top Only two men occupy | Mond'aTT^esdly
an d^u
rsday
lery area, and if their owner
tions. It appears the boys would happens to read this, they’re
it and they are warmed by a small stove. Our men can de- (>V
(,nin' s anH
evenings
and SlinHav
Sunday nftornmn,
afternoons
stroy it with ‘Molotov cocktails’ after outflanking it, but at the Post Chapel (Bldg. 208). like to have Pvts. John and his for the collecting.
Stolen meet in a ring other than
the hills are so studded with them that there always seems
A l t h o u g h no one knows
the physical destruction ring, as where they came from or
to be another one behind the pillbox just smashed.”
the dogfaces call it.
W hat the colonel termed “the worst curse of all” is the
who’s responsible for them the
Comes the eleventh week, and three have made themselves
new German “ wooden shoe” mine. It is cased in plywood
the thirty-hour problem. Nothing
or plastic instead o f metal, thereby eluding our mine de
perfectly at h o m e , nibbling
amazing about that. But when
tectors.
unconcernedly on what few
men
view
that
ramble
with
in
BY SGT. M. BECK
“ The Germans know everything there is to know about
patches of grass they have
delaying action,” the observer went on. “A t Cassino they
Away marched Company C on terest, that is something. After found in the artillery area dur
diverted streams to flood the flatlands. They booby- a 30-hour problem. The boys hearing s e v e r a l discussions ing the past week.
trapped every building. Every house bristled with ma 'were in a m e r r y mood and ahout exacting care on this prob-
The reporter was no goat
chine-guns and every fortified area was surrounded with everything went according to em the shock was so great I expert, but said they are the
barbed wire.
] plan. Then came bivouac and had to have a shot in the other type of goat that wears horns
“ I can best illustrate their stubborness,” he said, “by posting of the g u a r d s . Pvt. arm. Thanks, Doc. I ’ll do as and is inclined to be fragrant,
something done by the Hochunddeutschmeister— the 134th Payne of the second platoon much for you, some day.
if that m a k e s identification
As far as this writer has dis
Infantry whose history goes back to its defense of Vienna drew guard in the wee small
easier.
covered,
Cpl.
Zopf
is
the
only
against the Turks. They engaged elements of our 34th hours and was to be relieved at
The Fort Wood News.
Division just before the Rapido River w as crossed. They 030°- He waited anxiously but NCO in “B'1 company without an
threw in every man— quartermasters, bakers, teamsters ,llc appointed relief did not ar
and cooks. And then at Colleabatte, when an entire com- r*ve at *he appointed time. In
panjf was wiped out, the lone survivors— one officer and fact- tho relief did not arrive at
all. Pvt. Payne explained the rea ______________________(Clip and Save)
four non-coms— counterattacked.”
son in his own inimitable way.
TONIGHT — SATURDAY
The soldier, his relief, was
nothing but a darn good gold-
Hit No. 1
Hit No. 2
brick of the first water. These
Tom
Conway—
Barbara Hale
gold bricks, he suggested, never
nearn anything, but when it
in
Entertainment On and O ff the Post for the Coming Week
ocmes to concealment they are
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masters of the art. This particu
O IO R O I BYRON
SATURDAY
Paul M A i v i r
lar man, it appeared, was no ex
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Service Club.
M * DON W IIS O N
ception.
He
had
camouflaged
Station Hospital Popular Platter Paradc.- -Games in Auditorium.
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himself so perfectly the Cor
SUNDAY
poral of the Guard couldn't even
Service Club—Open House.
SUNDAY— MONDAY
TUESDAY
find him and our hero had to
Station Hospital Open House. Make a record.
walk two hours more. Payne re-
M O N D A Y
Betty Rhodes
Service Club- GI Movies. 8:30 p. m.
marked that this was one time
Johnnie Johnson
Station Hospital -Open Forum conducted by Bend Kiwanis Club when the d----- goldbricks had
and Everybody Sing.
gotten full benefit of one phase
TUESDAY
of their basic training—camou
Service Club- Bingo, 8:30 p. m.
Station Hospital-"They Got Me Covered,” Patients only, flage!
Rod Cross Auditorium, 6:30 p. nt.
Here’s a little r e c e i p t we
W E D N E S D A Y
Station Hospital Craft Night.
Also— MAIN STREET TODAY
picked up which we cheerfully
Service Club Formal Dance.
THE STORM
pass on. We feel sure it will de
T II U R S D A Y
light the heart of any GI and
Station Hospital -Classical Music Hour.
you don’t have to be a cook or
Service Club -Bingo, 8 p. ni. Music Appreciation, 9 d m.
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
a mess sergeant to whip up a
Service Club—"Record Your Voice” session; Bridge Lessons
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
batch.
Station Hospital "Star-Spangled Rhythm.”
Notes From
C-59_____
CAMP ABBOT THEATRE PROGRAM
Abbot ’n A round
"The Falcon
Out West"
top
*x
"You Can't
Ration Love"
Paulette Goddard
¡n
Receipt for Freedom
MORE ABOUT
WACs
(Continued From Page One)
permitting recruits to select the
station of their choice. With that
eventuality in mind, this report
er visited the W AC unit, the No
Man’s Land on which GI's sol-
dom trod unless accompanying
one of the members home from
a movie or a dance, to see how
the distaff side lives.
Hie \\ ACs, w ho live the mill-
Ingredients: 2 cups Hitler,
tary life as far as their regular
duties permit, occupy modern cup Mussolini. 1 tablespoon Ma
two-story barracks boasting sev nila,
... . 6 cups Japs, I tablespoon
oral items not likely to be found H
Sift Hitler three times through
in other quarters on the post
barbed
wire; chop Mussolini,
such as a full-length mirror, a
sewing machine, and bathtubs. then crack and shell Japs. Add
The girls claim they have the Rising Sun and beat like hell.
Then add Manila. The more you
best mess on the post.
beat, the better. Grease pan and
pour in mixture. Put in oven and
St. Louis <CNS>— Doris Marie slam Corregidor.
_
H Turn
: on _____
gas to
Spring, young and pretty, walk- 95.000 degrees, and then go out
od Into police headquarters and and see "Gone With the Wind "
asked for protection. " I ’m afraid On returning, put on gas mask,
of men," she said. “I ’ve married open all the windows and doors
four of them in the last two to let out the stench. Remove
years. ’
1 from oven and submerge pan in
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