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Show Lif Hard Lead Hall Mess KPs in 4135th's ' : ' 1 . bignal Corn Workers A vi Transferred Corporals, Pfcs And Pvts Are 'Scullery Maids' Many CiviliaJ Army Persons Placed in ATS A Bv order of the war- freshly-scrubbe- Heiw, vua all- By Ffc. Dan Reichenthal The mess hall gleamed with cleanliness. The KPs stood rigidly at attention, their " I " The Army Travels on lis Stomach Moe's Mess Is Name of This 'Jernt' r - . ' ' signal corps activities gaged in xne procurement, tion, storage and issue of coi ications equipment used exrii air lorces, wiffi ly Dy me army as of j d faces glowing a bright pink.' The insDectine officer stalked tnrougn transferred April . to) 1 . v " uj annul the kitchen touching here and herej today by Air Technical there on the shelves for any signs ice command- headquarters. The search was n vain, Of dust. involving signal corps insi though. Everything was pertect.a tions xnat nanaie aac eaum The officer let his face slip into in several parts of the country, Slight grin and turned to the mess consolidation will place over J Ado sergeant. civilians as well as approximil 'Excellent, sergeant," he said, 500 signal .corps olncers and ."this place is in very fine condi Mai listed . personnel under the tion." The sergeant blushed with just Technical Service command. the right amount of restraint and Largest installation to be was about to ODen the door tor him f ected , by the shift is the enl Out of When the. officer spotted two KPs Dayton signal corps supply ags carrying a huge kettle. said in Dayton and Middletown. 01 fitted el "Just a minute," he good 3500 employes will be where naturedlv. "get me a spoon, ser sorbed by various divisions ot jarch, 31 geant. I'd like to try some of that ATSC. Certain parts of the folia snuo." ing signal corps activities will i OATS - The officer swallowed a bit of affected by this transfer: be the kettle's contents, suddenly The - signal corps inspect hdman erew red in the face and pounced agency .with joint offices in Ns exe on the nearest KP. "You call that ark, Philadelphia, Dayton, Chief screamed. he dishwater soup? .si: Monmoa the .Los and Angeles, . "No. sir." answered the KP with Civil. Ni and pronl J. Philadelphia it call "we an out batting eyelash, ment districts, the various zone immitti , dishwater. f ices of- - the cost analysis age "Just a Gag reek. A the Philadelphia, Los Angeles San Francisco field production .That is a sample of one of the be 'thousands of gags written about f ices, the storage and issue aged Kitchen Police, and if it weren't the eastern signal corps train! io sut for these hapless creatures of the center, the field section of the a fries most movie As and Dave radio gag Aragon, night cook, .Sgt. 1. This concoction, f Splutt! .scullery, division, the plant engineer! THIS IS PROOF . Any gal writers would probably starve to AND as GI the signal depots at agencv. couple of hen's fruit tor a swing snirter. Milton is Cpl. known designed by coffee, of death as would the hundreds Cpl. or Pvt. is liable to get this kind of bad Angeles, Philadelphia, Lexingt Ffc, m mess 4135th in cooks the one of a. hall, the first enlisted men who pour into Moe Hayes, bulletin board. Cnl. J. A. Billinston. and Holabird and the tieadquant nAwK frnm Pfc. Merrill E. Pilcher and Pfc. Dan Reichenthal office of the chief signal otficj to stand your hair on end. 2. TSgt. Henry Sheuler, Mysterious Mess every day. Sul Moe's Mysterious Mess is just the a night of kitchen police. Personnel employed in these for find themselves listed loses a lot of hair in his efforts to 1 X I T I. ..4 Oet name for the 4135th mess hall mess sergeant, ui uuc iriioiuj will be integral uy vpi. uviu; G. I.'s. 3. offices a for rious meals (rnoios three day hungry arrange .affectionately named in honor of with ATSC district offices m tni ni the salon s congenial mess ser cities. g a few minutes for another cup of geant whose name, incidentally, dining room start mopping and Duties Involved Woi isn't Moe but Tech. Sgt. Henry the floors, filling sugar bowls coffee and iron out any internafor all mates ideas fechuler, but thats another story, Accountability need ironing aruTKa' must Strange as it might sound, all and cleaning tables. The two in tional problems that equipment, supplies utilized "'iness sergeants aren't ogres who the kitchen are also very busy. out. n wi Mninmpnt tiresently eat little children, and all first After the pots and pans are 'Over and Over amm service forces in respi J army of book the "Nucleus," poems. xo me aim. sergeants aren't fiends whose scoured, the icebox is cleaned out, after items peculiar to "has all Hill been 1 are who Fielders, by At 3 a. m. the cooks greatest thrill in life is putting men the grease trap is emptied and use will be transferred i on KP. Though when these two washed, and the floors and tables prepare breakfast come on duty, placed in Harvard college library, forces, awan service forces to army! army Ml get together, all privates, pfcs and and utensils are thoroughly and the vicious cycle again starts according to a letter from James forces. Equipment involved a lar r aren't safe. Because cleaned. transfer include a wiae variety from - corporals from these men of the lower three KPs Also Eat rolling. Every man helps in the B. Munn, chairman of the depart' aircraft, radio devices, air m Sta -is made the daily KP roster ment of English, received recently apparatus and otheruvit ire i grades first ground Cleaning up after supper usually kitchen for that job, preparing sergeant. Each night takes i the about two hours. After this eggs, opening cans, spilling the by Roupert Rivierre, one of the used exclusively Dy five men are supplied to the mess of activity there is a sudden milk into the large cans and doing contributors to the book. Rivierre forces. provi of,J : hall and pull KP from flurryand In announcing the change and all the KPs get together other odds and ends necessary to had sent "Nucleus 'to the Harv s6 p. m. until 6 a. m. For Moe's lull, Aia ard Whei English department with jurisdiction, Marvelous Muddle is one of the at one of the cleanest tables and feed a itary hundred of note of appreciation of "A Study hungry couple . few shou mess halls in the proceed to goo it up with spilled personnel. of Poetry," by Professor sandwich crumbs, bits 01 GIs. the Bliss be no reduction in country. It is never closed and coffee, KP during the day is taken care of scrambled eggs and slightly wet plac( six a. m., after 12 gruelling Perry, head of the department, changes in employe staius. At the of when the last mentioned book, was menting on the scope n t! cigaret butts. This is called by Italian prisoners of war. is KP and the through time, and it always turns hours, aueciea, Sn and "Five 'Victims' Nightly puDiisned. people v Movprs dtDUty"PI out that every KP was, at one time though he has made new friends The letter from Chairman Munn 13 er tl so each night, swinging or another, And v, stated a ATsr former buck sergeant one the night, his sinci ' their mess kits thought is follows: and each man takes his turn in during merrily over their to hit the sack. "Dear Mr. Rivierre: the procurement and handling : shoulders opei and wearing the lush airing his current complaints about And so we leave Moe's Mess "It was a great pleasure and tot green of herringbone twill, five the administration of the camps and wend our way back to the Hall ATSC wffljj the bar ment to honor under receive behalf of in tion the volunteers saunter over to Moe's he's been at, food conditions, and racks as the first f flush of department of English a copy of up operau long .Masticating Mansion, report to the then they compare notes about dawn creeps over Mt,pink Ben Lomond a as V, .Nucleus, and I am placing it in proauci first man they see with a white girls in town. in morni the the Between nrHinntinn distance, washing the Harvard college library with mitl apron and wait impatiently for 6 functions. , the time this is over it is time ing sky with delicate f By of ia copy ot this letter. fingers anaj pruvuiaiic- are clock.to rt, concerned. ready - to feed the swing light. The last thing we rememfar as employes At five minutes to six. the nnin. shift,getwhich mit Many thanks to you all. starts rolling in around ber as we open the door of the bar-ta cnanB is let glances soberly at the bic clock 11 o'clock. Three men usually aid racks is the faint odor of scramt.r Very sincerely yours, primarily are nrhn ii i irpf "on the wall, synchronize their the cook with this job and help out bled (Signed) James B. Munn. every one mornon in the eggs I urge and wafting Chairman of the department of employed watches, and draw another cup of on the chow line. The other two ing breeze. It is dawn. t Coffee from one of the urns. Pre- characters are sent down to the stay on his or ner tngnsn." comes the muuaiy .-.-corps. cisely on the stroke of six. one of brick barracks to take the eyes out the first cooks strolls over, to the of 6 million potatoes. personnel of the signal Officers THAT to MAN'S Asked Get A HERO men, flicks his eye lightly over his time shift the has the swing By - wristwatch and If he is wearing a service ribbon vnirnrvifiMANT SIZES freq calmly announces. finished eating their eggs and Windshield Stickers . "This is it." mess of is hall Wheaties, the silk moire with two outside From tables showing the again a - After a short but mess and the whole vicious cycle All of officers blue center of and the issue of clothing by con automobiles stripes driving : briefing session, the KPs are all begins all over again cleaning up which bear officer's decal wind- taining 13 white and red stripes of tArmaster corns, the preao- set to go. Two are assigned to the the dining room, Present aay the su- shield stickers that need renewal width. The wearer- of this sizes wornn by the . kitchen Size S" TiA massaging pots and pans gar bowls and salt shakers, scour are requested to report to auxil- equal -hat. ribbon . has been . with men are wo and they fall to with gusto. Soon ing pots and pans and mopping the iary militarv noli op hMrlnnartsre the Soldier's medaldecorated men j 32 IX with' shirt for "heroism .' the entire size i place is humming with floor. When this is finally taken building No. to not a length, new 31 actual inch conflict get with leg involving F activity. The three men in the care of, the KPs again sit down for wmasnieid sticker. shoes. an enemy. and size " - . ... 1 . iicj 'Nucleus' Placed in Harvard Library ' GI-in- V- .. 1 -- -- all-nig- ht 24-ho- ur bull-sessi- on '. "-r- - - r - . - -- re-filli- ng - : . 8, 9-- Wale Call if "i wii by Milton Caniff, creator of "Terry and the Pirates" Tww I Iu2 . 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