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Show NEWS FROM KEARNS Climb into an airplane, fly in it day and night, daily and Sunday, Sun-day, for the next 287 days, and you will have almost as many hours in the air as one of the new recruits at this army air forces basic training center. Private Max De Zemplin, who recently arrived at Kearns for his basic training has 6893 hours of flying time to his credit. Oddly enough 28 years old De Zemplin is too old to become an aviation cadet but the army will make good use of his talents, probably classifying him as an enlisted pilot pil-ot or instructor. Keep 'Em Flying For years before the first Jap- I anese plane treacherously swept over Pearl Harbor, Bert L. Main squatted behind a machine gun pointed at Jap soldiers and dared them to start trouble. Private Main is now in charge of quarters at one of the training groups here. Six years ago he was a marine, stationed in the International Inter-national settlement in Shanghai where Japan first openly defied the Western world. Private Main, - winner of the world's marksmanship record m 1936-37, has seen Japs in actLin, and he comments upon the Japs poor markmanship. Keep 'Em Flying Private Daniel Boone, fourth cousin of the famous "Dann'l." has reported to this army air forces basic training center for training. Officials here will probably prob-ably allow young Boone to wet the front sights of a rifle as lus famous ancestor did. Keep 'Em Flying Every soldier and all non-coms whether at Kearns or any other post or camp throughout the Coun-i Coun-i try know what is meant by "pulling "pul-ling rank." A new twist to this sidelight of camp life happened in one of the offices the other day. Two privates were exchanging exchang-ing views when one asked the other to do some trivial deed. :The second soldier remarked j'T don't have to take orders from 'you you're just a private like I am," "Sure" the first private immediately im-mediately replied, "but I'm a permanent per-manent party." i Keep 'Em Flying Most people are aware that the non-coms are recognized by the number of stripes worn on their sleeves and the commission officers of-ficers by the bars worn on their collars. But one young trainee I had not learned this and while he was cleaning an office the officer in charge on leaving told the soldier sold-ier to take out a box of rubbish the newcomer looked up and said, "Uh, I don't see any stripes on your sleeve." What followed we don't know. Keep 'Em Flying |