Show THF GARLAND TTMFS GARLAND Students of 'Foxhole University' - Do Homework Between Battles Stop the Nothing Army Air Force!’ daily ranging ever Tokye it’s tough for rs' By Correspondence al- the A few months ago an Ameriimagination to conceive that three yeara ago our air force’ only as- can doughboy lay concealed in an advance scout post set was the moxie of its men Bataan was saved at least once by among Italy’s hillsr walkie-talki- e the wizardry of our air force persstrapped to his chest onnel who had plenty of ingenuity and straining every faculty to as well as courage Enemy ships catch any sound from the were trying to land troops on the Germans Just over the crest shore one night 'Though there were of the rise no bombers with which to stop Suddenly he heard a gutter-a- l weren't fazed them our airmen voice Mechanics speaking authoritatrigged up three pursuit ships with a device whereby two ively in German The Yank bombs could be attached frowned in concentration tryiPerched on the hood of his jeep Sergeant Hoffman employs a few to the wings and released by pulling to catch a few words Fort- spare minutes to study daring a lull kn firing pa the camp rifle range The three shipa ng a wire unately he had been studyi- somewhere in the Middle East made three trips that night and ng German in “Foxhole Unibombed and strafed the Jap boats conwhile the still ible was under for soldiers island In all sorts stationed and in his time versity” spare preventing the troops from landing the knowledge of it he had tinuous bombing strafing and shell- of places sometimes near and What made their feat of stalliDonald N Roberts side battle areas ing TSergt suffi-ciealready proved and time for gained the gaining ng Japs Coshocton Ohio a machine gunner USAFI now offers a complete acaus even more of a miracle was that completed and sent to the USAFI demic program in high school techSnapping open the circuit of his most of the pilots had never before of automobile another nical and college subjects More he raised bis own com- mechanicsin his series flown at night! — lessons mand post In the rear and warned!” tharr230'"subjectS may be studied Spanish Class on Bougainville own correthrough the Institute's ‘They're going to move behind the not long ago carrThe newspapers is considered one of spondence classes Bougainville Sill to the of Hundreds and a send few ied a story telling how there were men to The rightas a feint Watch the wettest islands in the world with similar subjects may be studied in left no trees in the far Aleutians and FI feet of rainfall a year Lespitd extension courses offered by the 85 out for tricks" that pilots had brought in a single weather another soldier conditions He had understood the German located in colleges and universities tree it and labelled it voice planted John Alcorn of San Fran- more than 40 states as well as correctly American gunners TSergt "Umnak National Forest" cisco conducted nightly Spanish lesHawaii and Canada which cooperfired Ignored the feinting movement What the news story failed to mentsons for bis matel under the USAFI the with when ate institute the maneuver had flanking ion was why tlye tree had been He also studied group study plan and pracIn November 1944 completed flown in —for the exclusive use of been almost nearly 400000 Japanese by himself men and women were enrolled in tically annihilated the enemy coma flier’s pet dog Because he had missed elemenpany courses some workcorrespondence tary physics 10 years before while in This time soldier’s the German for school A ing high diplomas others flyer who had been itatloned on studies school Pvt Richard E high dividend a but technical paid timely taking an ialand for too many montha desubjects to perKansas City Mo stationed fect this is not unusual as Foxhole Uniskills or increase their knowla crush on a veloped in North Africa with an operations others picking up university versity's courses frequently improve who looked very beautiful girl office attached to an engineer unit edge after months In the South Pacific the student's military efficiency at studied USAFI’ a elementary physics credits that would lead to degrees 600000 were enrolled Approximately In his barracks one day he was the same time that they improve course hi chances of success upon his ! for or classes getting poetic about the girl— when While in a North African battle Enrolled with USAFI in Septemhis buddy a turn to civilian life through thumbing L area Donald Clement SSergt Founded early in 1942 "Foxhole ber 1944 among the thousands of movie magazine suddenly turned to continued his bookkeeping lessons University” a photo formally known as the Returning his of Betty Grable in a bathifor United States Armed Forces Instl- - to USAFI he papers “Redcorrection "How’s this’’’ exng suit ink has wrote: tute is now the world’s largest edu-- ! citedly asked the buddy holding up not been used on these bookkeeping In November cational institution the picture I lessons not as have do any avail1944 The pilot took a brief look and approximately ‘1000000 men able and the local foxhole does not and women in uniform were studyisnorted "White trash!" it in stock” ng individually in correspondence of carry From Anzio beachhead when courses or in groups in American forces were pinned down On a recent bomber mission locally organized classes: for months an Infantryman wrote aver Germany the flight ran into Student Body USAFI course: "It’s of his funny serious opposition from both Wherever Americans are atationed but I can concentrate best when I’m was fightera and flak and a throughout the world men and driven into hit A aheil struck the my hole by artillery fire women of the army navy coast and have to stay there tor hours top turret and the gunner fell guard and marine corps are studyiI keep my books and a to the floor covered with blood typewriter ng subjects ranging from economiIn the hole and just start A colonel who had come studying cs to engineering or from Spanish when the shelling begins” along as an 'observer rushed to sociology And the students thems'tow an bsck to give first sld and seeYears Old Three Nearly elves are just about aa varied as ing the lad’s rigid form thought Established in April 1942 as the Corporal Schwars gases proudly the curriculum be was either dead ar dying on her certificate that proclaiming For Instance tbere'g pvt Arnold Army Institute to give Army enlistHrwas about to adminisshe has completed the coarse in Brewer an Eskimo member of the ed personnel a chance to continue ter a hypodermic when the gunArabic with distinction that the war had interrupted Sixth Supply Squadron who is based study ner opened his eyes The to aid them with their Inside the Arctic circle In his military others colonel bent over him putting were: 311 members of the hours he Is studying USAFI’s duties and by adding to their eduhis ear close to the lad’s lips armed forces who had left school becation improve their citizenship Elementary English course Isst feeble expecting some USAFI’s services were extended to fore completing the sixth grade 35 A corporal In a medical battalion words "Colonel" was the 26573 high Marine Corps and Coast with PhD degrees William Navy H Lindley had completed Guard "I'm beginschool graduates 2211 with bachegmnner’s comment three years personnel in September 1942 study at In191 with master’s dening to think there Isn’t much The following February the name lor’s degrees diana University when he entered future in this racket” grees the Army his was changed to United States Armed After completing Follows Its Students Forces Institute basic Army training he enrolled USAFI has kept pace geographiDespite popular misconception An official through USAKI in sn extension Army and Navy’school boys of the AAF aren't as cally with its students and there are course given by Indiana University its headquarters a former think as people now nine overseas branches In operThis He is credits toward company store overlooking the verse was penned several montha his M accumulating ation The first branch was estabD Wisconsin capitol at Madison degree radio lished m Hawaii In the fall of 1942 go by a USAFI ia operated by the War DeSalvatore J Ezzo Philadelphia who failed to return from a miswere opened In rapid sucOthers left high school before he had comEducation partment (Information sion over Italy: "Oh Hedy Lamarr in England cession New Caledonia Division Army Service Forces) with pleted his senior year A sergeant And Madea beautiful gai Alaska Australia India In a fuel Egypt control office at an air the cooperation of the Navy DepartBut you'U leine Carroll is too North Africa (now located in Italy) base Ezzo became the first soldier ment (Educational Services Section find if you query a different theory and Panama in the North African Italian or MidBureau of Navy Personnel) Amongst any bomber crew One fee $2 enrolls any member dle East theaters of war to obtain At first USAFI offered only corFor the loveliest thing of which one a high school diploma of the armed services (except Army Now for howevrespondence courses could sing (This side of the officers who pay the entire cost of er courses and training Is no blonde Heavenly Gates) classes have been added Selfany USAFI course or examination Scarcely a month alter Americans or brunette of the Hollywood set had established a beachhead on teaching study and they require) for any course or servgroup But an escort of ice offered by the Institute As long studies have been particularly feas Bougainville in the South Pacific as the student continues to "pass” he may continue to enroU for addiPet story of Gen lisp Arnold tional and correspondchief of the AAF concerns the who had repeatedWright brothers to fly a ly tried craft one December day Finally at Kitty Hawk N C they did what no man had ever done before They Elated they wired their flew! "We have actualsister Katherine: ly flown 120 feet Will be home for Katherine ran down Christmas” the street and breathlessly handed the telegram— the news scoop of the century —to the city editor of the local papier He reod it carefully and smiled “Well well! How nice— the boys will be home for Christmas!” ? I: ftsv iL A fighter pilot (veteran of the famed Flying Tigers) took on half s doien Jap plane In n dogfight and downed two Then his ammunition ran out Bamming his plane Into a third he balled out and managed to land safely near the wreck Removing the one undamaged machine gun from the debria he carried it to his base— where to he promptly reported his commander Gen Claire “Sir may I have another airplane for my machine gun? During a raid an Scbwrtnfurat several months ago one of our bombers ‘’Battlin’ Bobbie" was hit and her engines were two knocked out For 500 miles the over trees bomber roof tops and enemy pillboxes All the time as the plane limped along her crew kept praying Ihe two smoking engines wouldn’t blow up When they finally reached home and the perspiring pilot climbed out of the ship his comment was “We made a chapel out of that airplane today t 4 r' '' M i ft rv f y ' 4 -- t £y (vs H ffj nil mi handsome building with Its Oriental decorations houses the East branch of the USAFI in Cairo Notice the camel In the foreground and the British policeman In white uniform and pith helmet This Middle Returning Veterans Can Buy the "GI Bill of recognized that one of the most fundamental hopes of the returning veteran will be for a good borne It provide that the Federal Government through the Adminutrator of Veterans’ Affairs will guarantee up to 50 per cent or a maximum of 32000 loan made to veteran for the purchase constructof or improvement ion repair homes or for paying off debts taxes or special assessments aection of Rights” congress In one or Polka I lots Make Colorful Apron Lovely iflion Servicemen Continue Education Can Wit most UTAH D C Washington NO MILITARY ERROR Those close up to the war picture are convinced that aside from faulty there was no one single Intelligence military error which brought on the swift and disastrous German Undoubtedly some intelligence officers will be disciplined or broken for failing to evaluate the concentration of German troops opposite the First army about a week beforehand But there were other factors to the reverse none of contributing which can be laid at the doorstep of a single commander Basically they are factors which only General Elsenhower and General Marshall themselves could properly evaluate and act on Here are some of the inside basic factors involved: 1 General Marshall himself ordered the U 8 effensive which began Nevembar 8 and which continued with battering-ra- tactics until Von Rundstedt turned the tide agsiaat us MarGift Apron shall visiting the battlefront in f ADE in red and white said that during the October cotton and trimmed winter the Germans could mowith a band of green edged in bilize 100 new divisions so it red— here you have a delightful was wise for us to clear them colorful apron that makes a most off the west bank of the Rhine before winter closed in acceptable gift at any time You’ll one or more for yourself £ There was and is no disposition want too! to doubt the wisdom of General MarHowever these shall's decision To obtain pattern finishing battering-ratactics cost men also Instructions forcomplete the Gift Apron (Pattern tire men out The American system No 5802) send 16 cents in coins your name address and the pattern number is to keep divisions on the front line to an reDue demand for and unusually large bringing up fresh men only current war conditions slightly more time placements Thus the divisions now required In filling orders for a few of at the front have been fighting stead- is the most popular pattern numbers ily since the landing in Normandy Send your order to: last June— with of course a lot of men coming up as replacements SEWING CIRCIE NEEDLEWORK Germans Rested Troops 149 New Montgomery St San Francisco 3 This is considered an excellent Calif However and results gets Enclose cents for Pattern system took out the Germans immediately No their battle troops after Normandy Name and sent them to rest behind the Address- lines The Nazi boys and old men we encountered in the Siegfried line made us think the German army was shot to pieces but it wasn't The experienced battle troops now refreshed aftefr a long rest are taking the offensive against us 4 The war department itself was responsible for a lot of the favorable news which gave the public a genNo Cooking Makes Big Saving One eral feeling of overconfidence To get quick and satisfying relief of its most important indications from coughs due to colds mix this was that some 800000 German Once tried recipe in your kitchen troops were killed or taken prisoners you’ll never be without it First make a eyrup by stirring t of France makduring the cups granulated sugar and one cup of ing a sizable hole in the Nazi army water a few moments until dissolved Of these however about 400000 A child could do it No cooking labor were needed Or you can use corn syrup or Thus the American public liquid honey Instead of sugar sy rup Then get 1 ounces of Pinex from bad reasons to believe that a large any druggist This is a special comsUce of the German army was deciIn conpound of proven ingredients mated centrated form for Its 5 Germany’s prompt action on throat and bronnew Royal Tiger chial membranes tank is superior to ours and we Put the Plnex Into a pint bottle have krown it It is extremely and add your syrup This makes a full difficult to knock out of commispint of splendid medicine and you get about four times as much for your However we thought the sion It never spoils and tastes fine money war was going to be over soon And for quick blessed relief It is and that we could finish up the aunazing You can feel it take hold In a way that means business job with the tanka already on It loosens the phlegm soothes the Irritated memhand— of which we had tremenbranes and eases the Boreness Thus it dous quantities More recently makes and lets you breathing easy we buildhowever have started sleep Money refunded If not pleased ing a big tank which can equal In every way or better the Royal Tiger - Splendid Cough Relief Is Easily Mixed at Home Robots Beat Airplanes 6 Robot bombs and rocket bombs can fly in any weather whereas airplanes can't Also they don’t require men Thus the Germans have been able to bomb us from the air — by robots and rockets— while because of bad weather we couldn’t bomb them The Nazis lay out a square of territory in and behind ence courses given by the Institute our Unes then systematically pepwith rocket bombs They can and warper it Except for commissioned rant officers and flight officers of aim them well enough to hit within the Army the Government will pay certain areas 7 The German system is to athalf the text and tuition fees up to tack suddenly with tremendous force 320 for each university correspondence course Army officers must pay and heavy armor in one small area for their own courses they concentrated hundreds of tanks Once they Former musicians salesmen law- in their first attack broke through they spread out Also bike racyers farmers mechanics ers clerks engineers chemists pro- the Nazis had little to lose 8 However fessional basketball football and it remains a fact that we had advance Information hockey players are taking USAFI courses More than half of the stuof groat Nail activity for about Evdents are stationed overseas a week before the attack came ery week USAFI shipp 60000 textthough apparently we alsed it np aa preparation for retreat rather books abroad a freight-ca- r load of than attack learning "Now that all the Japs here are Note — Gen Courtney Hodges dead ones and we are getting lights against whose First army the blow I have started Is reviewing my leswas launched regarded as an sons and will send No 3 to you as average American generaL He was soon as possible" wrote SSergt Ar- not able to make the grade at West thur Davis with a weather squad- Point but immediately enlisted in ron stationed on a Pacific Island the army and has worked his way A Edward Wittenhauer Corp He was a major in command of up an extension in the time ah granted infantry in the last war one rank lotted for his course wrote: "I find higher than Marshall who was then it very difficult to keep my lessons a captain and has commanded in staup to date bomber aJn fantry all his career since having tion in England This should ex- risen to be chief of infantry shortly I am so plain why busy” before we entered the war On VVVVVVVW SURVEY on reoum SHOWS HELPS BUILD STAMINA HELPS BUILD ACTUAL Build Homes With Federal Aid UNDER THE DOME C The expansion in the tire industry homes owned by veterans down payment if he baa a job or announced by WPB Inspires no Where a veteran on his own become which will enable him ta refrom anyone in the tire inhalf secures a first mortgage on his pay hia loan on easy terms over a cheers Labor ia unhappy because home from a Federal agency or unThe bU also dustry long period of time manpower difficulties der Federal insurance he also can that the purchase price require ilte for hew borrow a terms for homes is a strong union town plants through a and repayment and organisecond loan up to 32000 fully guar- 'financed under the act be reasonzation there is fairly simple anteed by the Federal Government able and that the properties be suitThe big rubber companies are unThe law limits the interest rates able for dwelling purposes because they have no assurhappy which may be charged and requires It is estimated that about 1400000 ance that the new tire plants will married men In the armed services be repayment within 20 years ripped apart after the war They A veteran can buy a home without Drill need houses Immediately after are afraid of new postwar competitha a their return to civilian Ufa having ready money for tion your iaroritu N B C mlatiom very Saturday morning ®:00 A M M W T FIDO KGIR KSEI KDYL KTFI KOB KOA sOO A Mv P W T KM KPO KHQ RESISTANCE Try TO COLDS Scott’s Emulsion natural A 4 D Vitamins that help “ing back energy and stamina if then deficiency dlet5f of these element Take it daily AH druggists A |