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Show 6 njwc&jomm 'Take It or Leave It9 ' Wednesday June 16, 1943 Makes Hit Again Soldiers Will Start Swim Lessons Soon Armed Indies tSixty Hostesses Promised for Friday Dance First Course WU1 Men of 482nd WiU Be to Develop Enough Instructors Jive at Little Theatre Swingaree The invaluable functional mJ ming program, designed to orw1 all military personnel wit Uwater hazards encountered in tM ern dav" warfare, , will cet a - wucnn j, within the next two weeks, it w announced today by Red Croaa ficials, pending arrival of instrvJ tors from San Francisco. Working in conjunction with tk Physical Training department, 2 Red Cross will instruct a select)) class of advanced swimmer .D in turn wili teach the varii pnases or tne course to the milil HEADED PRIORITIES . . . Cor- - personnel of this field. Weber college's swimming poral Bernard Croon, Hill field, came into the army after having has been chosen as the site for handled priorities for tens of mil program, and although the r is small, 20 yards in length wil lions of dollars worth ol war ma terial and arms used to defena four lanes, it is easily accessi! The Netherlands Empire. It was from Hill Field and transpoi too little and too late then nut of military personnel will be he exnects to see the day when Jy facilitated. Ovr 25 enlisted men have sii again the Pacific will be cleared of tne Japanese. up for the special instrui course. They will be led by PrivW After Holland fell in 1940 there John H. Mead, former nation? existed the man-size- d job of re champion from the University Oregon. Mead, who was picked arming the remaining parts of The both the and in! as the Netherlands Empire as well swimm! collegiate navy and the merchant marine. In t earns, holds the Pacific Coast free s charge of obtaining priorities for indiviiW was and record, high Indies government scorer the Dutch East coast chut Pacific in the for the purchase of scarce and nec pionships held in Seattle, Wast, essary war materials in this coun- in 1941. try, was Bernard Croon now a Corporal in the orderly room of the 2490th QM. Truck 311th Depot Repair Squadron at in Taking over where the Medics 482nd Air if nff last week,will...themvaae a me Base Squadron in the Little theatre Friday night . - GI SUCCESS . . . With Corporal Sid Alexander as master of ceremonies, the GI Take It or Leave It" program made its second hit last night. It Is scheduled for the little Theatre for each Tuesday evening hereafter. Again adjudged an overwhelming. Cigarets furnished the induce success in its second appearance at ment for the six contestants, with Hill Field last night, was the new each competitor bidding for the laugh riot, "Take It or Leave It," hereafter presented at the Little "$64" question as well as the "jack theatre each Tuesday night at eight pot" award. The show, entirely unrehearsed p. m. , with each participant being picked Service new The gala Special weekly feature, led toy "Master of from the audience, is proving to be Ceremonies Corporal Sid Alexander, the current favorite of the weekly is patterned after the famous radio Special Service shows, and Lieushow of the same name, and the tenant Albert A. Domingue, Base Service officer, promises questions asked the contestants are Special more laughs and more prizes original queries taken direct from even for next yeek's show. the national broadcast. . . Approve 4 More OCS Candidates Col. O'Connor Is New Dep't Head second of the weekly Special Service dances. Inaugurated last Friday night when the Detachment Medics held gala swingaree at the popular theatre, the dances are to lane place every Friday night at the Little theatre, with a different organization being invited to swing and sway each week. Last week's musical jive session was adjudged a iremenuoua success, with over 50 USO lovelies making very acceptable partners for the Medics. Taking over the musical side of things in the absence of the Hill Field orchestra, the members of which are on fur loud lough, was the speaker system, which for three hours brought to the dancers the popular ballads of the day in rec ord form. The splendid new amplified rec ord players will again furnish the musical tempos this week, ana with several hundred leading rec ords of the past few years in the Special Service library, Lleuten ant Albert A. Domingue Base Spe cial Service officer, promises that very lew requests win go unan swered. Captain Harry J. Mrachek, com manding officer of the 482nd, has announced that close to 60 USO hostesses will lend their talents as dancing partners, and in en couraging as many men to attend as possible, emphasized the fact that men will also be encouraged to bring their own dates. It is understood that government trans portation will be provided. newly-install- ed inter-scholas- tic . : In charge of 30 men working long un, - ed public speaking. At the same time the school treats, as time will allow, basic military subjects, including close and extended order drill, map reading, arms instruction, camouflage, chemical defense, first aid, squad ron administration and mission of er frequent examinations test the Four Hill Field Soldiers to OCS to absorb ability of the non-cothe. information they read in army manuels. Nightly homework assignments serve to broaden their Four Hill Field men were this fund of military knowledge. week ordered to report to Army Use Latest Methods Air Forces Administrative OCS at Commissioned officers of the Miami Beach by June 27. They are instruct N. emthe O.'s group C 311 DeBernard Corporal ploying the latest approved train pot Repair Squadron;Croon, Ad-l- er Corporal ing methods. Training films, dem A. Henrie. 3rd Reporting De onstrations, charts and perform tachment; Corporal George R. Judd, ance tests are combined with i ana Technical Serceant Mortimer minimum amount of lecture. Luria, both of the 482nd Air The school strives to carry out, F. Base Squadron. although on a much smaller scale, the slogan of the Fort Benning, La., Infantry Officer Candidate school: "Show them how it's done." During the three weeks of con cenirated instruction the men of the N. C. O. school are relieved ol Charge of Quarters and other duties which would interfere with thery. studies. . xuwura me ena- oi tne course the men of the school go on an overnight hike and bivouac to ob tain at least a taste of how military life carries on in the field. The three weeks of basic military instruction provides the foundation for the technical training which the men receive later. It is neces sary to have the basic well in hand first, because men in military units must be able to live and conduct themselves in an orderly fashion before they can properly perform tneir tactical mission. Private First Class Aaron F. Kap-nAn important feature of the of the Base Photo Section had school Is the Squad Leaders Book, tne welcoming committee down at cumpuauon oi lesson Diana on the Union Station, in Ocden vester basic military subject written by day to greet his wife, Mrs. Anne officers of the 31st. The book Kapner, who arrived from New non-coshows how to organize York for a visit. Yesterday their instruction when they teach was the first time that Private the men in their squadrons or pla- - First Class Kapner had seen bis wife for six months. . -- Welcomed m er ms 30-d- ay turers and government agencies ful winches. were also engaged in buying up war commodities on the basis of Highly Important in the proais tt effort war cution the of priority ratings issued by the War of Minnesota's thin Production Board. In order to be able to purchase iran ranges, the Cuyuna, ULeobL of Chishola, anything at all, Croon had not and Vermillion. Native only to prove to Washington offi third city of the Mesabi regki, cials that the articles were vital is Lieutenant Richard F. Kruejit to The Netherlands, but also that soon k, Goinir Virarinla-war- d continued resistance of dismem bered parts of The Netherlands Staff Sergeant Norfleet Hoffler; Empire using American war goods mission, furlough. was equally vital to the defense Emerson Reid k Similar-gradof the u. S. Croon succeeded in time off, ipes, from to return his job, but the work, as tragically due disclosed following Pearl Harbor. at Detroit, and by the way, hw, was the early story of too little did a letter to Mrs. Reid haws, to be censored? It is rumored m and too late. In August of 1942, Croon, a nat or two of the sergeant's comraa uralized citizen born in Holland, know something about it. J was inducted into the army. At IPtMif fltmuinl TTarhitZ. 0M he is a 311th clerk in the present few first pt, orderly room. One of his earlier I the comparatively aantrfnv to the COmmiSIlOac jobs in the army here was CQ at the brick barracks when he ranks, and Corporal Gardner was with the 482nd AAB Squad - soon be on their way w u ron. oi tneir cnoice. reapeKUTw. Fieia He has passed the OCS Board, is and looking forward to more useful uooa luck to you, wouiu-work in the army, work that can First Sergeant put a demand upon his talents and Laurence G. Harbit capacity. 2490th QM Truck Co, (Corporal Croon left Monday Reporter. on en route to night furlough AAF administration OCS at Miami Beach, Ffak, where he will report by June SC.) ore-outp-ut 72 "The offleers are the backbone of the army." This accepted military thesis is the keystone of training in the 31st Air Depot Group. The 31st program Is centered in a rigorous three weeks N. C O. school initiated by Lieutenant Colonel Walter Eckman, commanding officer of the group. Commanding officers of all units in the group select 35 or 40 sergeants and corporals to attend the group school. At the end of the course the successful students receive diplomas signed by the group commander. Then they return to their organizations, where they are charged to teach the men of their squads or platoons the same discipline and knowledge they themselves have learned at the N. C. O. school. Graduate Seventy-tw- o men have graduated Seventy-tw- o from the two N. C. O. schools held by the group to date. Successful completion of the school has become a prerequisite to promotion to the grade of staff sergeant or higher. The school emphasizes the importance of leadership and proper instruction in the building of effective military units. To list but a few of the command subjects, the school teaches voice and command, methods of instruction, how to carry out orders, leadership and Hftttinailtfi of Platlft nours eaca any on viuu Croon was chief of the Priorities Of worthy note were the efforb Division of The Netherlands Pur- of this small but very important nil' chasing Commission in New York. detachment in performing the His offices were in Rockefeller Cen sion of bringing in the wrecked ter, and operated by Queen Wilhel- - bomber from briny Great Salt lake. mina's government. His job was a After the towing launch brought: our complicated one, for many foreign the craft in as far as possible, powertheir over with took trucks well manufac as as native groups For Maintenance Have Graduated From Rigorous Group School Truck Co. Tows Hill Field. Welcome New Men . 60-ya- rd ate Lieutenant Colonel B. H. O'Con nor reported for duty on Hill Field Friday and has been assigned as transportation officer. Colonel O'Connor was transferred to the air base here from New York Area Command, Newark, N. J. 431st QM He was a pursuit pilot during the first World War, receiving his com mission in 1917. He left the service In 1919, then entered the reserve corps as a major in 1940. He has ADO. Men of the 431st, welcome Pri Meanwhile four other men passed been on active duty since June, vate Lamberti and Larson from a last and week await the 'board 1941. Fort Warren, Wyo. physical examination. Four men Colonel O'Connor's ; home Is In They have had eight weeks of are waiting to be called for interviews at the next meeting of the Montclair, N. J., where his wife schooling in maintenance and we OCS board, the date of which has and their three children will remain feel they will come In handy in the Quartermaster Platoon. We sincere for the. present. not yet oeen aetermtnea. ly wish them rapid success in the future. We know they will do their part 31st ADG in the work before them, and they will fit perfectly in our organiza Non-Com- s tion. Sergeant Cecil Driskill, 431st Quartermaster Platoon, Reporter. Having passed the OCS physical examination last week after earlier approval by the OCS board, names of four men' were submitted to ACS Headquarters,. Patterson Field. .The men are. Staff Sergeant Edward C Carlt son, 31st ADG; Private Raymond A. Talbott, 93rd Supply Squadron; Private Francis W. Meserve, .482 Air Base Squadron, and Private First Class James F. Saxon, 32nd ml i I ,--, Anti-Aircr- iur aft w Post Movies Lt. Domingue Is WEDNESDAY-THURSD- Theatre Officer Relieving Lieutenant A. B. Wan- amaker as Post Theatre Officer is Lieutenant Albert A. Domingue. Special Service Officer for the Base. Lieutenant Domingue. who just recently returned from the Offi cers Special Service school at Washington and Lee university in Virginia, announced that previous policies will te continued, and fur ther stated that any suggestions irom enlisted men for theatre improvement will be appreciated. Lieutenant Wanamaker Is Base and Ogdeft Air Service Command Public Relations officer. Af JUNE "Bataan" Robert Taylor Thomas Mitchell . FRIDAY, JUNE "Gildersleeves Bad Day" and "False Faces" (Double Feature) ' I Government Riders Must Sit in Back Hill Fielders who ride in government vehicles, whether they are civilian or military passengers, have oeen directed to sit in the rear seats and not up with the driver. uniy where there are three or more passengers will an occupant be permitted in the front seat This mw order is operative immediately. SATURDAY, JUNE Eileen "My Sister Russell Rosalind 19 Brian Aherne SUNDAY-MONDA- Y JUNE 1 "Aerial Gunner" Chester Morris Richard Arlen TUESDAY, JUNE "Jitterbugs" Laurel and Hardy 20-2- WEDNESDAY-THUR- jttnk - ' " ts-2- 4 "Five Graves to Cairo" Franchot Tone, Anne Bsxv Eric Von Stroheim Attention AO nUstoi moss be in Class "A fem to he admitted to r |