Camp Abbot, Ore., April 15, 1944
54th Blossoms
Out With New
Battalion Band
ABBOT ENGINEER
Abbot Author's i
Book at Library
A variety of new books li.vs
been received by the Post li
brary, including a nonfiction
work, History of Salem County,
New Jersey, written by Camp
Abbott’s own Lt. J o s e p h S.
Sickler.
Four new books on m ilitary
subjects are: They’re All Youis,
Uncle Sam— Barsis; W a a c s — ,
S h e a ; Engineers in Battle -
Thompson; Yes, Ma’a m !- P o l
lock.
Other new b o o k s : Victoria'
Grandolet — Bellamann; They
Shall Not Sleep- Stowe; Halle
lujah— Hurst; The Signpost—
Robertson; c, o Postmaster- -St.
George; None But the Lonely
Heart — Llewellyn; But Gently
Day Nathan; Stream of Music
Leonard; Toward a B e t t e r
• .— - v
r ”
World—Smuts; Growth of Aim r-
Photograph shows the newly-organized 54tli Battalion liaud as it appeared Friday afternoon just be ican Thought — Curti and A n
fore stepping out on the drill field to provide musical cadence for their own battalion. Some of the other Claudia by Franken.
instruments in the band were purchased from the Post Commander’s Fund. Members of the new mu
sical organization are: Pvt. Neil Stahl, drum major; Pvts. Robert Severson, Alton Bloxliam, Ronald
Steiner, clarinet; Pvts. Paul Campbell, Jerry Castro, Carl Knudson, cornet; Pvts. Wilfred Stocks and
William Kayser, trombone; Pvts. Leslie N’eilsen and Carl Fairchild, snare drums; Pvt. Mitehcl Nel
son, bass drum; Pvt. Dewey Calvin, baritone; Pvt. Charles Bond, sousaphone; and Pvt. Ralph Knefei-
kamp, melaphone.
Inaugurating an i d e a con
ceived by Col. Frank S. Besson,
Post Commander, to organize
military bands within each bat
talion with musical instruments
purchased from the Post Com
mander’s Fund, the 34th Battal
ion stepped out proudly Thurs
day morning and decorated the
parade g r o u n d with its own
brand - new, bang - up battalion
band.
Drum Major Pvt. Neil F. Stahl
put the 15-piece outfit through
its p a c e s as Major B. E.
Adams, battalion commander,
and Lt. Zellman Stienberg, ad
ministrative officer of company
“ B,” looked on.
The advantage of each battal
ion having its own band was rec
ognized by the colonel a short
while ago when he noticed a
small group furnishing music
for the 51st B a t t a l i o n on a
march. A subsequent investiga
tion revealed an abundance of
talent. Then came the question
of instruments. Every possible
source was considered then it
was decided to purchase them
from the Post Commander’s
Fund.
Retreat formations and battal
ion parades are only the begin
ning for the new 54th Battalion
band, according to its enthusias
tic m e m b e r s . Already, plans
have been made to play for fu
ture battalion dances and social
functions. Even a battalion radio
program is being considered.
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Red Cross Cuts
Nutrition Class
Abbot Officers T race
Source of N azi P aper
Abbot Face!
W e can’t vouch for the authen-
ticity of the story, but some peo-
pie will swear it happened. A
trainee guard rushed to a tele-
phone in the middle of the night
and called the operator. " I want
to tell somebody t h a t some-
thing’s burning over here in a
building. You see, I — ”
The operator broke in with
highly appropriate questions as
to the exact location, the build-
ing number, etc. Then, before
the lad could u t t e r another
sound she pulled the plug and
n o l l n z l f Vi n
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called the Post fire m
department,
Y\ hen the trucks screeched to
a stop before the given address,
f i r e m e n swung o ff and ap-
proached a lone guard who stood
beside the door. “ What’s burn-
ing?” they asked, l o o k i n g
around and seeing not even
smoke.
“ The light,” came the answer.
“ Somebody left'the light on.”
Oh, well.
New York (C N S )— Fred Küh
ner, a pedestrian, saw a man
trying to get his automobile out
of a snowbank. Kuhner pushed
while the owner got behind the
wheel. The car started abruptly,
knocking Kuhner to the pave-
ment and breaking his leg.
“ Thanks,” said the car owner,
driving away.
Page Three
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Col. M ayo H ere
To See T ra in in g
It has been announced by the
' Bend Red Cross headquarters
that nutrition classes scheduled
to start this week have been can
celled. The cancellation was due,
the announcement said, to the
lack of response on the part or
local women to avail themselves
of enrollment opportunities.
It is possible that classes may
lie opened some time in June,
provided sufficient interest '.-in
be aroused, the announcement
concluded.
Colonel George Mayo, Air
Engineer for the air corps and
One day last week Lt. Emanuel Freedman arose from
his table in O fficers’ Mess, retrieved his hat and strode m e ill h e r of Gen. Arnold’s
leisurely to the door. At a railing he paused and idly staff, arrived at Camp Abbot
scanned a neatly typed sheet lying there which could Wednesday from Washington,
I). C.
have been an unofficial notice. H is eyebrows hoisted
Wednesday night and Thurs
themselves slightly when he read: “ You democrats! You
weaklings! You have enemies among you and you let day morning Col. Mayo was
them insult you. I f we Germans have enemies we kill s h o w n I lie various training
them !’’ H is eyes raced to t h e ---------------------------------------------- - areas and stages of progres YANK Prints First Issue
In Naples, Italy
top of the page. Merely the two typewriters typ« exactly sion by Maj. I,e Compte Joslin,
Last week, YANK, the Ai ..y
words, “ Germany Trium - alike. There are always minute Director o f the T r a i n i n g
Weekly, inaugurated its liir t
phant’’ were typed there.
characteristics unique to each Branch.
' European Edition by printing an
The young officer grasped the machine. Therefore, investiga-)
paper and began reading in tors can definitely determine by ants with at least three years ex issue in Naples, Italy. From now'
earnest: “ You train in this camp comparing samples of typed perience, or td) responsible cost on troops in Italy, Sicily and the
for one month, you complain; matter if a given machine was accountants with at least five surrounding Mediterranean nun
will be reading copies of Y A N K
two months, you complain more! used.
years experience 'in a manufac-
In due time the machine was t u r i n g concern, governmental as fresh from tin press as itie
And then you say you are sol-
diers. In Germany we train all found—just around the hall in agency, railroad, bank, or simi ones on PX counters in Camp
Abbot.
the time, five years, ten years; the Morale Services office! It lar business.
In charge oi Y A N K ’s new Eu
and we fight and fight until we was the typewriter. There could
A radiogram from Lt. Gen.
ropean Edition is Major Robert
are strong and we tell other poo- be no mistake.
Brehon Somervell, Commanding
Strother, who made arrange
Finally the mystery began to
pie what to do, to live or die!
General of the Arm y Service
unravel.
Lt.
Charles
Frucht
of
ments for starting the long dis
And they do it! We are the
Forces, reflected the urgency of
used rotogravure presses roiling
the Morale Services Branch had
masters!”
the present need. It says, in part,
There were several more par- carried the paper to Officer’s “In order to carry out promptly in Naples. The editorial staff la
agraphs but the Lieutenant de- J*ef s and laid it casually aside an(j effjcjcntiy the mission of made up of crack YA N K coiie-
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cided this was a case for
the Se- w while
the Army Service Forces in th"
curity and Intelligence Division, page from a script of a dramatic termination of contracts, it is gess Scott, Burtt Evans „m l
Surely, a nazi agent was in our sketch which was to be present necessary to secure the services George (Slimi Aarons, who lr-
midst. Presently he was seated ed in an orientation class!
of well-qualified certified public contly returned from the An. •«-
with Capt. M. P. Coover, Direc-
accountant and auditor that wo Nettuno beachhead below Rome,
tor of Intelligence. Together,
can obtain, whether in or out of Sgts. Walter I3ei nstein and John
Frano, and CpI. Tom Shehan.
they read:
the army.”
A rotogravure production i ,c-
Interested persons residing in
“ You have been months in
Washington or Oregon should pert, Cpl. Harry Sloan, was
Italy. You think you will con
An urgent call was issued this contact the Seattle Officer Pro flown to Italy icm the U. S. to
quer the rest. You will get tired
of fighting; you will say, “ We week from headquarters, Ninth curement District, Lloyd Build direct the difficult printing op
eration on a press that had piob-
want peace! Why should we Service Command, for auditors ing, Seattle, Washington.
ably been used to print fascist
fight?’ And why should you? and accountants of either sex or
Topeka, Kans. (CNS I - A propaganda i:i the Mussolini i ra.
Lebensraum is for those who any age to assist in contract re
negotiation and termination at “ Hug Social” was held here re
reach out and get it!”
Chicago (CNS) Larry Klein
On and on it went, the familiar salaries ranging from S3.20C : > cently at a war bond rally. It
cost 50 cents in stamps to hug asked the court to cut his ali
brand of German propaganda, $5,600 yearly plus overtime, a
finally ending with, "Germany cording to ratings under Civil anyone between the ages of 15 mony | . • nr:.> from 513 to 5 :<>
and 20, 23 cents from 20 to 30, SI a week. When the iudgc ask* d
will rule the world. Heil Hitler!” Service.
Candidates must be: (a ) Cer to hug another man's wife, bach why, Klein replied that he i r * d-
“ This looks like something
significant,” said the Captain. tified Public Accountants, or <b> elor girls two for a quarter and ed the extra five dollais so he
College graduates with account women lecturers free with a could conduct a courtship w.lh
“W e’ll get right on it.”
his former wife.
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