| Show NEWS OF FORT DOUGLAS i Information Sergeant Gets Many Chuckles Serg Sergeant nt Clifford C. C Ketner efficient ef efficient ef- ef efficient head of the thc information n desk at the air base headquarters is proud of his recently acquired stripes and of the office he holds His work brings him many chuckles and an occasional headache headache head head- ache as can be seen by these thes e samples of questions he receives Feminine voice Do YO you have havea named X X- X a aman man Answer We have no record of such a man Feminine voice If It you see him himor or hear of him please tell ten him to bring brinl my car back lIe He borrowed borrowed bor bor- rowed It Saturday for 20 minutes and isn't back yet ret This was Mas Tuesday Query Do you have a man named Johnson Answer We have 22 Johnsons what's his first name Caller I dont don't know but he takes his do dog for a walk every evening Question Do you have a lieutenant lIeutenant lieu- lieu tenant there who ho was married in Texas His lIis wife is a blonde and her lier name is Mary lUary v Answer very very politely You might check the marriage bureau in Texas Question Do you have a fellow fel fel- low lo named Bill at Fort Douglas Sergeant Ketner Do you know his ils last name Reply No but he drives a 1937 car and has curly hair Query Would you advise meto me meto meto to marry a staff sergeant Answer Dont make any hasty decisions best look over the privates privates privates vates first first These and many just as difficult d difficult fi- fi cult questions pour into the information in information information in- in formation desk Often a feminine feminine feminine femi femi- nine inquirer will accept a substitute substitute sub- sub if she cant can't locate her boy friend friend which makes it pleas pleasant rit for or the clerks and makes them popular with their fellow soldiers Officers and men at Fort Douglas Dougas Douglas Doug- Doug las as and the airdrome lease deny theres there's any lack of morale among soldiers stationed here They fear a lapse laps this month end however Its It's t's ts this way August 31 is the norm normal l pay date It falls on Sun Sun- day M Monday is Labor day and anda a a bank holiday which bids fair fairo to o extend pay day to Tuesday September 2 2 Prospect of a holiday holiday holiday holi holi- day week end with funds in in a aa depleted state is casting gloom over the army Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Colonel Colo Colo- nel J J. L L. Tunstall finance officer officer Is being bombarded with requests re requests requests re- re quests for payment on Au August 30 which is a Saturday To date there here has been no deci decision ion Heres Here's a yarn of army army comradeship comradeship comrade- comrade ship hip that should make the matte the recruiting recruit- recruit ing ng service bulletins John B McKeehan was born in Atlanta Texas on July 4 1921 A few nights night earlier on June 24 24 J. J B B. B Ames first saw the light of the he Texas moon These lads went through school together playing on the Atlanta hh high h school eleven and graduated in the same class They joined the army in Dallas Texas on the same date and their army serial numbers are only two digits apart Assigned to the Thirty eighth infantry at Fort Douglas they were happy in the pleasant Utah environment Came the move to Texas exas and they for some reason two to one feminine fellow soldiers sol sol- diers liers believe didn't prefer their native state First Ames applied for transfer to o the Twentieth wing which he hene ne negotiated Quietly McKeehan followed suit with equal success It t at first looked like coincidence that hat they landed in the same squadron but recent com trison of notes uncovers a well-laid well pl plan n. n Now happily bunked in the i is s same ame at fort Douglas j they hey are inseparable companions and nd it is is' reliably reported they j date the same girls on alternate alternate alter alter- j nate nat occasions occasion j Anyone who has an idea the j extended service amendment for soldIers is causing undue concern should hould revise their opinions Th There re J are re many recently inducted se- se se- se at Fort Douglas who are making eking application for full three- three year terms with the prospect of i another nother 18 months added officials officials declare Example is Frederick D. D Thomas Thomasf of f Malad Idaho a college graduate ate ate te f former school teacher and well veil qu qualified for an army c career reer He is just one of many seeking discharge as a to enlist 0 in n the regular army for more time I than he would draw as an Ind inductee in- in du d tee If there is any gloom over the prospect of extended service at Fort Douglas generally it is well disguised observers vow It is admitted though that the 10 a a. a month increase for men with 12 months of service was was excellent morale balm Keep Em Flying program is ison ison ison on the boom these days at Fort ort Douglas Opening of schools for officers flying cadets and flying sergeants is keeping channels busy with applicants Officers who have not completed completed com corn their twenty-seventh twenty year are being welcomed as students in grade if they have the This is is a new opportunity nt or rather an expanded one |
