OPc-^oM '"TATE LIBRARY Keep the Habit Go to Church Tomorrow CAMP ABBOT, OREGON June 3, 1944 Open Forums For Trainees Squad L eaders W ill Conduct Discussions on W a r Subjects An orientation feature involving group participation, which ultimately will be incorporated into the Camp Abbot training program, has been developed under the direction of Lt. J. N. Bailey, orientation officer. Lt. James H. Snelling, assistant orientation officer, out lined the program Friday as a weekly series of forums con ducted by squad leaders for their groups, with all members taking part in the discussions. It is contemplated that the •i assignment will have the ad ditional effect of increasing self-possession and prestige among squad leaders. S750 Purchase By B-52 Private For the first tim e at Cam p Abbot, a single com pany won all three plaques aw arded for outstanding First in Drive |>erformance in the Technical, A dm inistrative and Tactical fields, when Company A of the 58th bat talion walked off w ith the three honors last month. Above photo shows officers and cadre. Top row: Subjects for discussion, which might bo covered by the general designation, "Why Wo' Fight,” ***& #,'*'•*■ will be suggested by changing w ar conditions. Dissertations on such through-eliciting subjects as “Are We Lending Enough C'apt. John .1. Coyner, Lt. A rthur .1. Sehoenlein, Ft. Harold G. Jerg er, Ft. -lean S. Brooks, and Ft. ABBOT WAR BOND COUNCIL Aid to China?” and "W hat John J. W illiams. .Middle row : Sgt. Mearl O. Allen, S/Sgt. Josepii it. Kesler, lst/S g t. Jam es G. NAMED; CAMPAIGN IS ON Shall We Do About Germany Saw yer, Sgt. H enry F. Tognetti, S/Sgt. Clinton E. Mann, Sgt. Benard Caress, Sgt. Earle E. Wood After the W ar?” also will be en and Cpl. Von F. Johnson. Bottom row: Cpl. H arry V. Fee man, CpI. I*hilli|> IF Kidder, CpI. F ester K. Pvt. Louis D. Haeuser of couraged. H art, Cpl. Max F. Mudd, Cpl. .Angelo J. .’M aniac!, CpL Olen F. Freem an, Cpl. Gibney Kendrick and Company B, 52nd battalion, Pfc. Gene E. A rthur. started the ball rolling in the Under the plan , Licutnant Fifth W ar Loan Drive at Camp Snelling and his assistant, Cpl. Abbot this week by purchasing Samuel Fini her, will hold a one- a $1,000 bond. First unit to go' hour meeting preceding the over.the top and achieve the goal squad meetings with the nine of 100 per cent participation and squad leaders of one company, 15 per cent payroll deduction familiarizing them with the sub was the Inspection Division, i ject matter and inviting ques headed by Maj. A rthur David tions. The squad leaders will Change of the post designa Sergeant Murphy and the men son, allotted 40 per cent then conduct meetings of their tion from Engineer Replace under him accomplished their of its which gross earnings for pay respective groups in the bar ment Training Center to Army North Africa mission through reservatition purchases. Later the orientation of Forces Training Center heavy enemy fire by dodging Preparations for the drive got racks. fice expects to follow the same Three million, six hundred, Service from foxhole to foxhole. At Cas- has brought to Camp Abbot men seventy - s e v e n thousand, two with impressive war records sino they lived in caves and dug- under way earlier in the week plan on a battalion unit basis. hundred, forty - one dollars and who wear, in addition to one or outs, keeping communications with the naming of the W ar' A convenient ’ reference de sixty-four cents. That’s a lot of more banks of campaign rib open during that difficult siege. Bond Council Committee. Mem partment will be available to cabbage, soldier—but it’s exact bons, the insignia of branches of Sergeant Murphy recalls that at bers include: Col. Frank S. Bes trainees in the new "orienta ly what you and your Abbot the service other than the Corps one time he and his men existed son, chairman; Major Davidson, tion center” opened in Lieuten buddies have collected from lo Engineers. Bailey’s office in Headquart for twenty days on C rations vice chairman; Capt. V. G. Hen ant cal pay tables since the Post was of One ers Annex “A.” Equipped with derson, chairman of the Public of these is T/Sgt. William and whatever stray cattle, sheep activated slightly over a year E. Murphy wall maps, periodicals, radio, ity Committee; Lt. Thomas P. Montana, and chickens they could find. ago, according to a statement member of of the Helena, orientation records, and books, Krusic, secretary; Lt. George Sergeant Murphy pays tribute Signal Corps, today by Lt. G. F. Crisman, fi with four years of Army Serv to the courageous way in which F. Crisman, Lt. Jacques Skla- it will be open at all times, in nance officer. The money was ice to his credit. Sailing for Eng the Italian people are bearing row, Lt. John F. Flanigan, John cluding evenings. disbursed through every type of land training aid in August, 1942, he later hardships of war. Where he was J. O'Donnell and Rose Strath will The be principal soldier-payment. maps on which the de, recorder. stationed, Italian civilians had took part in the North Africa Contrary to popular belief, the campaign. course of the war in the various Competition, publicity and per no medical care except that pro He was in the initial finance branch has functions in landing near Oran, and subse vided by American troops, al sonal solicitation will play vital theaters can bo charted. One for addition to relieving financial quently participated in the Si though typhus was rampant. He roles in the drive here, the com each squad room will be pro distress of embarrassed GIs on cilian and Italian campaigns. In said some of the civilians he met mute decided at a meeting held vided. Maps already have been pay day. Cine of the most impor all of these s e c t o r s he had living in caves shared with his sent to the 52nd battalion in the (Continued On Page 3) tant of these is a service to the charge of crews laying tele group, C rations, that had been bivuoac area. soldier in the form of an arm y phone wires and maintaining given to them by other Amer The discussion series has been wide savings plan. It works ex other forms of communication. ican soldiers. Write Play; Win started also at the (>ost hospital, actly like a bank, only better. where twenty-five fifty con Dough, Schoolin' valescing patients to attend If you have an urge to salt each away a few bucks—must be over Post Librarian The National Theater Confer meeting, held In the hospital New Orientation Film, five—in a safe place, where it ‘Battle of China’ Coming ence, with the approval of the auditorium. will earn 4 per cent interest, a Calls in Books The release of a new orienta War Department, has announced genera) plan was borrow- depository that travels around In keeping with the mysteri tion film, "Battle of China,” its second playwriting contest cd Tlie from the English and Rus wherever you go, an ironclad which will be shown here in the for men and women of the sock from w h i c h you may ous activity observed generally “Why We Fight” series, has Armed Forces. Cash awards to sian armies. snatch your geetus at any time, on the post this week, the li been announced by Lt. James H. taling $1,500 and the opportunity then maybe you’ll be interested brary called in all books from Snelling, Post orientation offi for valuable post-war scholar A p p lican t C an in how the plan works. Your top- branch libraries and has request cer. The new film is scheduled ships, are the prizes. kick arranges an appointment ed that volumes still in the pos to arrive in mid-June. There are five classes of com with the proper people in Per- session of borrowers be brought Films previously shown in the petitive writing: long plays, one- B egin W ith Us (Continued on page 4) present scries have been “pre acts, skits and blackouts, musi (Ed. note: After a weck of to the Service Club library im lude to War, "The Nazis Strike," cal comedies, and radio plays. iournalistir horror, wliich the mediately. Eisenhower to Use Lavish "Divide and Conquer,” "The Bat Deadline for material sent in Engineer spent trying tu eon- Miss Caroline Paddock, post Trailer on Western Front librarian, reports that although tle of Britain,” “The Battle of this country is November 1. firm a r u m o r , Ihe mails Overseas GIs may also enter the brought in (hin request.) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower no more books are being lent, Russia” (in 2 parts >. contest by sending their stuff will travel in style when he the reading room is open during Have you an eiert roenreph- prior to December 1. moves into the field on the west established library hours. alegraphie apparalus mau in Minneapolis (CNS) — Guy II. Budding authors at Camp Ab ern front. According to a Lon out fit? The Ninth Serv- Moe, 64, of Alexandria, Minn., bot who are interested should your don dispatch, the general will iee ( onunand is looking for was v i s i t i n g in Minneapolis use a combination office and K noxvil^ Tenn. <CNS)—Ar when he slipped on the wet write to the National Theater such specialists among the i n Conference, Western Reserve thur S m i t h ’s telephone rang. home on wheels built by a Hol personnel, althougli in pavement and fell down. A cou University, Cleveland 6, Ohio, listed "Want to buy a case of Scotch?’’ ple lywood designer. its direct ive seem s reconcilcd of kindly strangers helped Constructed by the 8th Air asked a v o i c e . “Sure,” said him to his feet, dusted him off, for a copy of the terms which to the fart (hat T h is type of the contest. It is empha Force repair depot, the unit con Smith, who hasn’t been able to snatched is very scarce.” his wallet and ran govern sized, however, that all written personnel sists of an operations headquar buy a jug in three months. The away. As far as we ran figure out, material. Including scripts, must an—er—see first paragraph— ters and living quarters hauled next day two men arrived with be cleared through the Public operatea a marhinc Ihat inean- by semi-tractor, and is a study the case. Smith paid them $110. in glistening chrome and mod Inside the house he opened the Let Your Buddy Read The EN Relations Office here before ures brain w a\es. GINEER After You’ve Finished. being sent. crate. It contained bricks. ern design. p « ., « M i d t * w '.*■ --a *, illions Paid to Sergeant Kept W ires Abbot GIs; Save Open Under Heavy Fire Plan Available