Show 0 r Whit While Walter Winched b It away h hit his column will nill b be b. conducted by guest columnists Cabled From Somewhere In Dutch New Guinea By Dr Geo George ge L Lait U o l 1 W N News w W Wit t 4 t. t Col David VV W. Hutchison commander commander commander com com- mander of ot one of the wings of Gen George Kenny's bomber force in the New Guinea interior now en route to his home in Madison Wis on leave told me of a new technique technique tech tech- evolved on the spur of the moment by one of 01 his night fighter pilots The technique however is not recommended too highly for tor repeat repeat re reo re- re peat performances This night fighter fight fight- er took off to attack Jap bombers which were raiding Wake Island Anti-aircraft Anti gunners and searchlight searchlight search search- light crews could hear his engine purring in the sky Suddenly over the radio they heard the pilot shout I am coming into searchlights I For so-and-so so off oft this Petes Pete's sake shoot my tail The fighter pilot roared into the searchlights' searchlights beams with the Jap bomber close behind The antiaircraft antiaircraft antiaircraft anti anti- aircraft crews shot off the Japs Jap's tail Theres There's a big treasure hunt going on at Lae British New Guinea Not for Guinea gold but for cases of prewar Scotch whiskey buried there by Manager Burns of Philip Company before the Jap Sap invasion Burns who is now in England with the RAF intends returning after the war to dig up his cache The Yanks with everything from entrenching tools to bulldozers meanwhile are ripping up the jungle hoping to beat him to the swag Some New Guinea points have a are areal areal re real l Broadway flavor these days In one day I bumped into Maj Abe former at NBC George McLemore noted sports columnist now a combat correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent Ja Jack k 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 York and who is in charge of ot the largest GI messes in the southwest Pacific Lew Parker and Jackie Heller night club performers entertaining entertaining enter enter- troops ps Jack Davis New NewYork York representative of the Australian Australian Australian Aus Aus- Consolidated Press who came over for a six-month six gander at the war Capt Jack Cross Westchester county journalist husband of Powers Powers Pow Pow- ers model Betty Riddell and Capt Dick Krolick also a journalist and of East streets street's famous Pen and Pencil bar Eddie Dowling's Dowlings Dowlings Dowling's Dowlings Dowling's Dowl- Dowl ings ing's son Jack war correspondent for a Chicago newspaper Douglas Corrigan ferrying planes for the Fifth Filth air force and Col Merian Cooper hes he's gone home on leave eave to visit his wife the former Dorothy Jordon of ot the movies who produced Chang Grass and Long Voyage Home Alfred Vanderbilt who with his brother George is giving the Japs hell as commanders of PT boats PJ Pull Phil l La Follette former Governor of Wisconsin has just been promoted promoted promoted pro pro- to full col colonel nel Hell He'll be going home soon on leave Lady Emily Coote of ot Boston's Back Bay and widow of ot the first Baronet of Ireland is now in charge harge of one of the largest Red Cross outfits in Australia Australia Australia Aus Aus- caring for the wants of ot recently recently recently re re- re- re arrived Everybody Every Every- body knows Corp Lew Ayres now serving as a chaplain assistant at but few know that Tech Frankie Darro is a dispensing pharmacist at one of New Guineas Guinea's big hospitals He is the former child star who specialized in tough kid roles Capt Lanny Ross has been almost solely responsible for tor shepherding around the southwest Pacific all of the entertainers such as Jack Benny Bob Hope Carol Landis Martha Tilton Jerry Colonna Larry Adler and Gary Cooper One of the biggest successes in New Guinea who wiseacres thought would be a flop nop was Judith Anderson Ander Ander- son who presented Shakespeare to the GIs and they loved it Lee INS daredevil flying correspondent correspondent corre corre- with the Far East air force tells the story of ot a combat sergeant who physically unfit for further fighting was transferred to army post office censorship to assume assume as as- sume duties ordinarily assigned to women The disgruntled disgusted sergeant reported to his commanding command command- ing officer Sir I have come to replace replace replace re re- re- re place a Jack Benny Denny got plenty of belly belly- laughs from General MacArthurs MacArthur's GIs with his crack I am an old old- timer in these Pacific Islands I used to spend weekends at Cata Cata- lina Lt G George orge lIalas Halas who used to coach the Chicago Bears professional football team and is now serving as recreation and welfare officer for the fleet is accompanying Bob Hopes Hope's party on its tour of the southwestern Pacific area and sees that the navy boys get their share of the enter enter- |