VOL.2 APRIL 10,1945Many are the duties of the Personnel Service Department. A MESSAGE FROM THE Rithaat is coepties her CHAPLAIN Marine aice gutastosten tion rere eee | through Amy usicals, such as the recent "Naughty Nineties", or post magazines and publica tions, such as the "Jonbigatorn. Yet the work being done by this organization goes mica further. In general, the purpose of "Per sonnel" 15 to "advise and assist Wrong doing carries with it the gem of destruction and 1s an irfication of weak character, small personality and lack of sense. ‘The measure of our happiness in life 1s determined by the neasure of helpful service we render to others. Self forget~ fulness in service for the good of the viole has its greatoct reaction upon the individual himself, and is conducive to security, contentment and happi— ness. ‘The good of the whole de- terminos the individual's all. ALL the imortet factors of sieves and the potential powor for achievement are within you awaiting the opportunity for op- eration and manifestation. That opportunity 1s presented to us in the forn of difficulties which draw out of us those Le tent powers for achievement, success and victory in life. Real success 1s measured by the difficulties you overcone and not the easy tine you havo. Some people make it their business to meddle with other people's business and neglect thelr om business. They stick their noses into other people's affairs and seen to know more about other peoplets business than they Inow about thedr own} ani such people, as a rule, need all their time to mind thelr om business. Perhans you have heard about the man win hed an exceptionally big nose that everybody observed with wonder. Aman with great curiosity ven— tured to ask him once how he happened to have such a big mse. ‘Te man answered, "I will give you the sceret. 1 man- aged to keep it out of oter People's affairs and gave it # chance to grow.” [00 MOnALS! CHAPLAIN ALBERT C. HAKIM| By JORN FAINEN MORE THAN SOMEWHAT In Polywood anybody 1s Lie ble to have a breakiom. So says Alen Heent, author of I fate Act~ ors! "Ihe sane goes for actress— es. Fane, fortune, a fine hus band, and tne love of several otier good men, plus the yerer ation of our armed forces over- seas are too much for then. Dow they gor .e+"[ Hate gctors!+. .4n the Library. itudes by ‘ive novel Of Canada; ‘The Qnen City, # Sen- t» Tonas story by Shelley Wydone {continued on Page '5) PAAJ. MAURICER. EDITOR, PFC. LYNN ENGLANOER PyT. ALAN EFROS OLT. Top SHIRLEY PHOTOGRAPHY in developing improved morale s- mong military personnel." At all major stations both 1n the continental U.S. and foreign battlefronts, officers and en- Listed men have set up this vast program. With the hetp of mov- des, newscasts, lectures and theatrical entertairment, the average GI hes adjusted himself to bis surroundings with o zest and spirit necesshry to an early Victory. Working in direct ex june tion with USO entertainers and Red Cross units, Personnel Service has been able to got a little cheer and happiness to doughboys in front Line hospit= als, give the leathornecks a movie three times @ veek even in renote places, and get a fow hometown newspapers, and mag- azines to the boys in France, Belgium, and Germany. There is many a Yank wio has cone through with a smile on his Lips, md a neart full of hope— f look of grateflness in bis battle weary eyes-—beceuse of Personnel Service and its vorid- wide program. ‘The job- morale: world. Joo. keep up the GI's the place—all aver the "Personnel" 4s on the Commanding Officer COL. MILTON ™. MURPHY Persomel Service Officer COULSON Public Relations 0 fficor LT. JAMES A. STAFFORD ASSOCIATE EOITOR OLT BOB GOLDMAN Reporters PFC. LILLIAN GARA BASE PHOTOFrom privates up through te zebra-striped rake, soldiers of the Central Flying Training Con- mand will be better dressed men } 85 & result of a conference on | the proper fitting of clothing and footwear. Persomel. responsible for the Aesuance ma fitting of clothing and footwear articles at the Cam mend’ many stations convened to ebtain latest technical! informe tion on tneir duties and t» be- cone acquainted with thetr rela~ tionship to the Amy's worldwide’ conservation program. mong those attending from CAAF were Capt R Bartlenen ane Lt JL Nicodems. Purpose of tne Randolph Field meeting, one of 21 Deing held in major Air and Ser= vice Force installations through out the country, was to insure comliance vith regulations con ceming fitting of footwear anc clotaing. Delegates were also provided with uniform instruc tions and necessary visual aids for carrying on a program of con servation. GI-TAl Reengni zing the need for unt— form instructions and up-to-date | procedures in the fitting of elotning and footwear, brought about by @ numter of ef rounstan- ees among wnich changing Army Styles wes of pereount import= ance, the Quarternaster General set up a special school at Cum Lee, Vas, for the express purpose of schooling experts in clothing end footwear fitting. Fron the graduates, teams to hold conferences at 19 Army Air Force and 18 Army Service Force installations wore selected. In turn, key personnel from carp, yost and station level, selected as delegates to regional confer eres, are to carry the technique and information offered back to LORED teir bases and put the progran into operation. ‘To the delegates, they pointed out the excellent effect of prover fitting on the overall Amy procurerent picture and em- rhasized that earetil, scientific fitting ennances the greatest possible utility and comfort of the garment, results in increased morale for the men and cuts down replacenent reaiirenents, tnereby aiding materially the amy's i= gantic conservation progran. In compliaice with this con- ference, CAAF is now planning a Fitting room in the OM Warencuse. Since clothing is becoming a scarcity tne main object is ta Pit the soldier well with the al- loted issnAma eS Ts Zany Zalon, full nave of Al Bitred, who alnost got tagged Al Lltredo, after his aotier had been WUGh to an opere and 8 1ingering ID Barence at twiddle talon” or “BE vincod hor of the sinil arity. Fegerdless of nane, this ca J P dot of umisually share wit, do- {posited these ravings on ‘ye, tte" desk, claiming he mistook t for an outside breadbasket Ti to be placed by off-Limtt doorst | Zalon actually bas art train “ing, along the fine Lines at the nonvunton Cooper inion in Xow Yorks After first meeting, tte deduction thet here 1s a Bron 0 with full cheers ten't herd. Bi is gISCTRIC SOP...Set. Gorden Cromvell gives Mary Gerenita, a Cadet wife, a few helpful pointers as Pvt. Mike Brady stamps hie approval. Dobby Mood, whose Iusband is a § 2/e in the South pacific, and Mary Berardi, wife of Pfc. Pat of Section I, look on from the other side of the work berich. Comer to a: rs Tbedg fyi eekae AAP Supply is a departrent. to wnten every branch of the field is in some way indebted to, as the Supply 1s the center and answer to all the needs govern ing any part of maintenance. ‘Showm on this paze are a few scenes around tuts all imortant, departnent:. LOCAL ISSUE I1...Pfe. Dottio Fox iecues tools to Sgt. Joseph Poulin and Pvt Edvard Stochr. ence 8's is incert} isertiny eee Ona wi man aiDefore Dalby, the Magician, cleared tie field, we nabbed hin with the obvious question: "What ever made you becone a con- jurer? With @ short laugh and tne typieal, flushed face. . «Jack revealed 1's "I dood 1t" story. When sti11 a boy, short-pmte sixth-grader, a magic act cane to his honetayn, Topeka, Kan— sos. Possessing nore than the usual child curiousity, Dalby discovered the magician lived right on the next street to hiss Wheedl ing nis way as an assis- tant, Dalby began his career. \ SSSSSS9 S555 Vaturally, a1 was not smooth, especially with young Jack's teachers; however, Jack studied with zest and leamed the tricks of the trade. Since coming into the Arm this I-Toudini has entortainod at nearly ever) soelal function ‘and stow given here. Sgt Dalby acted as MC at the recent Naughty Nineties stow, and pul- Ted razor blades out of his ‘mouth, mich to the anazerent of tne audience. Fe clains his best stunts are the birdcage trick and the changing color handkerchief.CLM LEE EL Carlebad Amy Air Field was off in a cloud of war bonds this week in the Treasury Depart- ment's Seventh War Loan Drive—a streamlined campaign which in corporates two new selling points, the "Minute Nen" and n= dividual bond quotas, as CAAF moves into position behind the push for funds to shift the American war machine into the Japanese theater. Vere at CAAF, @ minimun in— vestnent goal for each soldier— enlisted man and officer—has been set, and a concerted cem- palgn will be carried on in con fac ting civilian onployees. Over the three month period of the 7th War Lon Drive, exch en- listed man is urged to invest. in $P0 wortn of bonds, face value, a average of $15 cash outlay per month. officers have been given a goal of $150 in face value of bonds, or $37.50 in cash on the barrel head, each vray day. nyirute Men" are already sp— pointed and functioning in every squadron and every dopart— nent employing civilims. These people are concentrating, an sel— Ling the idea of war bond allot~ ments. Don't get caught with your pants down- BUY G.I. BONDS $750‘Thirty-tno months in New Delhi, India, in the Awards and Decorations Section at Headquerters, handing out hundreds of medals and deco rations every day; reccumented for the bronze star medal Which: he didn't get because he crossed up with tie Tight person at the wrong time; and four years in the Air Corps with only one trip in the air (er cept on his return to the states)——thet's 1/sxt oe War Tike bee cergnT Willian oinetead. Te says, though, that he is eli- gible for severel clusters on nis good conduct Supply Sor. ribbon! Wis only plane ride was one to bo renew: APren pAE bered, from New Delist to Maslekandl on the juma border, in a snip piloted by Col Pailip Cochran, Jmomt to" everybody as "Hip" Corkin. Gol "Flip's* Plane, @ =47, ned been used to trensport miles to Surma on its previous trip, end it wis still quite evident! ‘Te return trip was made in Gen Strate neyer's staff plane, a glanorized 1-25, piloted by Air Vice Yarshell Willians of the RAF. Leggs Mh What does « Ot do on a dete in India and with Whom des he do it? Wingling of dark and Light skinned poople te not Crovned upon ond your git] way be English, Anglo-Indian, Anglo~Punmese, Anglo-Chinese, om straight. Indien, and the chan are che will nt be beautiful eccording to our Standards, You take the girl dinner dancine pet hepe, to the cinent, or both. Tien what |The seve as here--it all depends on the gi71 and your Finesce. And wiile wo are on the subject of sx, tue omer of the brothel in Tndia 1s as highly ree spucted in tke comunity, as the omer of the on yer grocery. The V-D, rete 4s vers hgh An Inde, tut among the GI's it 18 very lo¥ because, of couree, brothels are detint tly out of bounce Notive woren in India are pretty met a piece of elattel, regardless of the fenily weal th, ad wien one 1s entertained by #n Indien fanily te Ahce not seo the wmen of te museiold inless the host 1s tolerant of foreign exrlosity and allows his atest to vesk in the Kitten, where te. wae 1 LETS Go, 7 Cae UMPERSsrAWD WORD oF HiNDe JiveNT ere constantly cooking. Meals are served in ¢ Succession of courses, the food 1s very spicy and Int and to be appetizing mst be prepared inmedi- ately before serving, and everybody sits cross- Legged on the floor to eat. A GI learns to be adept with the puri, the only implement used in eating. ‘The puri is a little, round, flat cake, and the diner Dreaks a piece off and dunks it, scooping the thod up to his mouth. Sgt Olmstead was lucky enough to be invited to a native pre marriage ceremony, held for the groom the night before the wedding. Tt 1s not unlike our "night before" stag dinner—the men gorge thenselves with food and are entertained by exotic dancing girls; but since Noslens are usually abstainers, only vinto, a non-elootolic grape dink, 1s corved with the meal, Part of the cerenony 15 religious end no one is admitted except Moslens. Marriages are arranged while the boy and girl are children. Conseauently desti: may leave an immature girl a widow and the local papers are full of "desire husband” adds, telling what they have to offer. age, ceste ard dowry, ‘There 4s a superstition among Indians even tho Rodernized, that it is bed luck to move from the house he lived in when ne made bis money. Tt 1s not unusuel to find a very wealthy fanily 1ivi on "tne other side of the tracks" in a joor neigh Borhood, and in a louse whieh leaks very shabby and dilapidated outside, Sut olmstead found the veelthy Indians ver) hospitable, but he was smart ennuth th observe a touch of shrewdness bel:ind the kospitality. Tt was good business to entertain the GIs, because naturally they would in tum pat- ronize the Inst's store. f Olnsteed was mony the first. AMF to be sta tioned in India ond was with the headcuarters Squadron. ier. they first set up quarters, there was an "Rasteri" and "Western" Court. Orientals were to live and eat in native fasiion in the Kastem Court.aid accidentals were to live ad eat =: iy exter? Yee = oe {ve BEEN ALL } oven rE WeRLD— = AND TAKE tr Fron ME THERES Ne DIFFEREMCE aa Buropean style in the Western Court. ‘The systen eventually fizzled because each different ceste in the Eastem Court would eat food only if it nad been prepared by a cook of the sane caste. So both courts were combined and the natives ei ther ate what was offered then, or ate in restaurants. Amy life in New Delhi was mich more pleasant than it wae in tho outposts of India, wiere fro- quently not even the Ned Cross tied Set up. The barracks were comfortable, the food good, and en- tortairment of all kinds available. Porse-back riding 1s very popular not only as recreation. but as a neans of transportation. ‘The British Amy sells hnrses whieh are called "Hundred Chippers, * arel are the equivalent in our amy to cevalry re- mounts. ‘The basis of currency in India 48 the Tupeo, normally called a fehip* and worth about thirty cents. The horses cost one landred rupees, hence the name "Hundred Chippers". Ore keeps tne horse as lang as he wants, or until he is trans= ferred, and then sells the horse to someone else or back to the ‘Witisn for the sare auount lie paid for it. Those who Like swimming have to be very careful, The streams and rivers are too dirty for swimming, and in en ertifictal pool « GI will like 1y get a furgus ear infection. Sgt Dlmetead ie from wichita, Kanser, and ner- rhed to Ue fomer Geraldine Kisner with vlon he grew up. Reing engaged in administrative nork 1s not beire in on the glanormus, exciting part of tue war; but the sergeant made many interesting observations. For insteice, te DAU In extra nay to the enlisted men ensts the gnvernment. $1200 & month. This 1s at the rate of $2 per month for ack EV awarded Cross in the (31 theater. awards and decorations are being given out faster than tey can be made here, and the medal © usually heve to be sent air-metl, costing tne government arou.d $65, a package mstage. Sat Olmstead is nov Chief Clerk in the Cloasif. ication section In Leedy Wel Mel aM TRE oajécr 1S re $7 on Th WAL. YOn vedy Lanarr 1s ® besutiful gal And Madeleine Carroll is, toot pat you'll find if you query, a different. theory 5 Amorgst. any bomber crews For tne lovliest taing of which one could singy ‘This side of the heavenly gates Is no blonda or brnette of the Poll yrood set, TT AN ESODRT OF P-98's. Yes, in days that have passed, ‘when the tables were massed, With glasses of Soote: and Cham page, Tt's quite true thet the sight was @ thing to delignt Mien intent upon feeling no pain. Nut no longer tie same, nowadays in this gare When we head north fre Messin Straits, Take the sparkling wine, ever}~ ‘time Just mole mine AN ESODRT OF P-38'S. Yarrew By fu (Col jititen wy yurpny 1s shown preventing cyecks to Mr Ralph Petiing, (above) ant Mr Simpson @ Webb "fiorty tor their sees” ited Pecontly for civilian er Mopecss Tne "iden reward? Bastar is pened on = puscesstil Yactice an private industry. Rad hes elresdy saved the Amn) tine ‘and moneys Byron, Shelley and Keats ra a zen dead heats Desertbing the view from the hills, Of the valleys in Nay, where the winds gently sway fn army of bright daffodils. Take the daffodils, Byron, the ‘wild flowers, gielley, Yours is the myrtle friend Keats dust reserve me those cuties fmerican Neanties, AN ES(DEE OF P-35" Sure, we're braver than hell, on the ground all is snell— in the air it's a different tory © We sweat oat our track througi ‘the fighters and flak, Wetre willing to split up tne glory. Well, they wouldn't reject us, $0 heaven protect us, And until all this shooting abst os; Give us courege to fight tem, ‘and one other small iten— AN ESODIG OF P-38'S. Beenie. Garten i EWonano - 1995. Officers Club Holds Perfect Safety Record Feading the list of large denartments’ which have contri~ buted to tho building of Carlebad Amy Air Field's impressive re- cord of ground safety is the Of ficers' Club, with a perfect re- cond of no disabling injuries in its many months of operation. Mnder the supervision of Lt Albert Ternune and Staff Ser geants Gharles Woods and oliver Crook, the Officers’ Club per- sonnel have never suffered any injury of greater severity than a minor scratch or bruise. Sgt Woods explains the means of avoiding accidents as "constant close supervision and frequent warnings about hazards. We try to eliminate unsafe practices or equipment before any harm can be done.” Other departments with per= fect safety records are Engine Tnild-tp, with 30 emplosees; Paint and Dope, with 83 Para chute ad ¢ f K Repair, with 20) Reclanation, with 103 Typewrt- ter Repair and Link Trainer, with 3---all these being sub- departments of Shop Maintenance ‘ant gineering. Under the Post Rhgineer are txo departuents-— the Fire Department and Refri- geration and Air Conditioning— Which also have perfect slates, Major Arthur F, LaRouche, Ground Safety Officer, made the following sunmary statement: "the personnel of the depart— ments with perfect records are daily facing all of the comon safety hazards, Tueir acconp- Lisiment denonstrates dafinitely tat accifents can be avoided” Al] other departments on uns field have been following the lead of these outstanding ones since Noverber 17—-when We had ‘our Last Lost-tine scctdent a~ motig ¢1Vil1an personnel, We mst fall strive to keep accidents at the very minimim, so that ve can ake the most of our efforts to win the war quickly."