Show While Walter his column tu bc be conducted 1 t b guest columnists i f Cabled From Somewhere 1 In Dutch New Guinea By Georgo George Lait i I International News lVir f Col David W. W V. V Hutchison com co mander of one of the wings of Gen George Kenny's bomber force In the New Guinea interior now e en cn route to his home in Madison Wis on leave told me of a new tech technique tech le evolved o on the spur of t the moment by one of his night fighter pilots The technique que however i Is 1 not recommended too highly for repeat re re- pea peat t performances This night fighter tight fight er Cr took off ofT to attack Jap bombers which were raiding Wake Island Anti aircraft gunners and searchlight search search- light crews could hear his engi engine purring in the sky Suddenly over the radio they heard the pilot shout I am coming into searchlights Fo For Petes Pete's sake shoot this and so-and-so oI off orr my tall tail The fighter pilot roared roared into the searchlights' searchlights beams with the Jap bomber close behind The antiaircraft antiaircraft anti anti- aircraft crews shot off the Japs Jap's tail Theres There's a n big treasure hunt going on at Lae British New Guinea Not for lor Guinea gold but for cases I of prewar Scotch whiskey buried there by Manager Burns of Philip I Company before the Jap invasion I Burns who is now in England with the RAF Intends returning after the war to dig up his cache The Yanks s s with everything from entrenching tools to bulldozers meanwhile are ripping up the jungle hoping to beat him to the swag I ISome Some New Guinea points have a areal areal real Broadway flavor these days In la one day I bumped into Maj Abe former at NBC George McLemore noted sports columnist now a combat correspondent correspondent cor con respondent Jack Miley the sports writer still of approximately the same tonnage as the heavy cruiser on which he is serving Larry Jones whose father operates Gertner's restaurant New New York and who is in charge of the largest argest GI messes in the southwest Pacific Lew Parker and Jackie Heller Hefler night club performers enter enter- enter j taming tabling troops Jack Davis New New Y York rk representative of the Australian Australian Australian Aus- Aus Consolidated Press who came over for a month six gander at the war Capt Jack Cro Cross s Westchester county journalist husband of Powers Powers Pow Pow- ers ens model Betty Riddell and Capt Dick Krolick also a journalist an and of East streets street's famous famous' 7 Pen and Pencil bar Eddie DowlIng's DowlIngs Dowl Dowl- lags Ing's son son Jack war correspondent for a Chicago newspaper Douglas Corrigan ferrying planes for the Fifth Filth air force and and Col Merian Cooper hes he's gone home horn on leave to visit his wife the former Dorothy Jordon of the tb movies who produced Chang Chani Grass and Long k Home Alfred Vanderbilt who with his brother George is giving the J Japs aps hell as commanders of PT 2 boats Phil La Follette former Governor 1 of Wisconsin has just been promoted promoted pro pro- to full colonel Hell He'll be going home Lady 6 soon on leave Emily Coote of Boston's Back Bay and widow of the first Baronet of Ireland Is now in charge of one ODe of the largest Red Cross outfits in Australia Australia Aus Aus- I caring for tor the wants of re recently recently re- re arrived Everybody Every Every- tJ body knows Corp Lew Ayres now DOW I serving as a chaplain assistant at l Hollandia but few know that Tech IS I. Frankie Darro is a dispensing c pharmacist at one of New Guineas Guinea's jo big hospitals He is the former child s star who specialized in tough kit kid roles Capt Lanny Ross has been almost CUi solely responsible for shepherding 1 I around the southwest Pacific all aU o of oft t the entertainers such as Jack to t Benny Bob Hope Carol lor Martha Tilton Jerry Colonna Larry ier Adler and Gary Cooper One of the biggest successes in New NeVIl 4 Guinea who wiseacres thought Anderson Ander- Ander Bu would be a flop was Judith i Ander-i son who presented Shakespeare to tOt 1 th the GIs and they loved it Lee INS daredevil flying correspondent corre corre- t hI with the Far East air ec force tells the story of a combat e sergeant who physically unfit foT torr I further fighting was transferred to to Larmy assume assume as as- army post office censorship to sume duties ordinarily assigned W to t. t women The disgruntled disgusted IU sergeant reported to his cornman command j di 1 ar re re- re-i re to have come ing officer Sir I place a WAd i f to I I I j I I j I j I I 1 Jack Benny got plenty of or belly belly- teto laughs from General MacArthurS MacArthur'S GIs I am a an old old ow te e Is with with his crack Co I Islands timer 10 in these Pacific Cata used to spend weekends at S. S lina Lt LL George who used to coach the Chica J I Bears Bear professional football e I and is now serving as t Ib and welfare officer for or the 7 fleet is accompanying Bob Hope hopeS s fl b bIe Ie r party on its tour of the southwestern t tI P Pacific area and sees that the naVY a boys get their share of the i S l 5 L j il |