TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1943-
-THE BATTALION
-Page 3
TURRET TIPS
Squadron I
Notes on the weddings. . . Act
ing in true Squadron Commander
manner Mr. Quick performed due
honors to both brides at Saturday’s
weddings, with that married man’s
technique. His comments were “the
ceremonies were beautiful, and
here is to more of them” . . .Fred
Bantu was an overeager Beaver
at one of the weddings of the day.
As he dove in to kiss the bride, he
almost knocked her down. Take’er
easy, boy.
If the weather permits the play
ing of the first round play-off
in the Bomber softball league to
night, let’s be out there full
strength to boost the “Fighting
First”.
Open for all challenges is Squad
ron One’s water polo team. Al
though not officially worked into
the sports schedule as yet, you
other squadrons should start or
ganizing.
As a member of the reception
committee for the Houhton U. S. 0
girls, “Lover” Don Hartsough has
been getting some pointers from
Mr. Merwin as to how to conduct
himself properlyy. His schooling
has been varied and covers other
items also, doesn’t it professor ? . .
Mr. Poirier is also looking for
ward with eagerness to this com
ing Friday. On that day Helen ar
rives from down New Orleans way.
Searching for news the reporter
found out that a boy had a girl
last weekend. The boy was Gene
Walker; the girl is still a secret.
Circling the Field
Squadron III
The following bit of (???) was
composed by A/S Seymour J.
Greenberg during a dull session of
Mathematics:
Rebirth
As times endless processions pass
And lifes’ chaos in great array
Cease to remain a nameless mass,
A moment here, then fade away.
A prominence through clarity
Is etched in fine lines on man’s
mind,
And then, long last, the rarity
Of truth, love and sincerity
An understanding he does find.
The world becomes a living thing,
And Objects a new meaning grasp;
This death of inhibitions brings
Emotions seeking life at last.
(See CIRCLING, Page 4)
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ACID NEWS
DRIFTING
By A/S Fred J. Rosenthal
Diamond Dick of Wild West Days Dies
As Country Doctor in Nebraska
RUDDER
DUST
by A/S Jack E. Shaw
OBSERVATIONS OF THE COM
MANDING OFFICER
I have noticed another improve
ment in the general condition of
the detachment. In the past few
weeks there has been a steady in
crease in the quality of drilling
and academic flight marching
Ite’s see that this continues.
The work in academics is good
but must also show the improve
ment that the other phase of your
training does.
Officers and men are working
har dto make the coming “Wing
Dance” the best that the detach
ment has ever seen. It is my de
sire that the young ladies who are
invited to the ball be shown the
best possible time so that they
will return for the following dan
ces, thus making it easier to get
the young ladies for these occa
sions.
A hearty welcome is extended to
all of Bryan and to the school
as a whole, to be present at the
weekly reviews that feature the
308t)i Air-Crew College Training
Detachment. Incidenatlly, the last
two reviews have shown a definite
trend toward a higher caliber of
drilling.
In closing, I would like to con
gratulate the excellent work that
is being done by the staff of the
“Air-Crew” news gathering and
editing the news about the campus.
PLANE MARKINGS CHANGED
Another change in the markings
on the planes flying for the Uni
ted States Air Corps has taken
place. Behind the regulation in
signia, will be placed a bar of red
and white that extends to the left
and right of the insignia.
Spot-lighting the Air Forces
again, it is noted that we now have
fourteen different commands in
operation on the fighting fronts
of the world.
NEW SQUADRON ARRIVES
Sunday night showed another
new squadron being ushered in to
the folds of the 308th amid the
splendid music by the band who
lead the group up to the mess hall
where one of those distinctive Tex
as A. & M. meals were served to
them. New Squadron Four will
probably be housed in Hart Hall
where they will be initiated to the
rigors of being an aviation student.
The officers and the enlisted
personnel wiuld like to offer a
hearty welcome and a friendly
hand-clasp to all the men in the
new squadron. We want you to
feel free to ask those many and
enevitable questions and we will
try to get you accustomed to your
new home.
HART THROBS
Squadron V
I suppose all of you all know
that we have additions to our
little family. From the insignia,
the new bunch are from several
branches of the service. Here’s
wishing them a huge ‘hello’ and a
hearty handshake, and all the luck
in the world.
“Feets” Steger has concluded,
after 15 hours of close observation,
that the world is square, not
round as commonly believed.
“Hermit” Henneke, the squad
ron’s woman hater finally came
around. He has been sweating a
cute chick who lives in the camp
us, asked her for a date. He pours
a quart of eau du colonge on, puts
on his best G. L, even washes his
hands for the big affair. Climax—
he was stood up. Now he is twice
the woman hater as before.
Alvin B. Cooter brought a quart
jar of sugar home. There is one
man the sugar shortage can’t get
down.
After the review Friday night,
Squadron Five’s guidean was bare.
The boys soon fixed that, how-
eve, by designing their owe ‘En
durance’ ribbon. It was made out
of some sort of paper.
All kidding aside, fellas, that
guideon looks like hell without
streamers. Let’s get with it—I
mean, make with the magnif mar
ching, and etc. We were the best.
I believe we still are, and you
know we ara—let’s prove it.
The band is marvelous. I re
member the first time I heard it,
and it really has improved. The
boys have worked hard, and have
shown us what real cooperation
an dteam work can do. More pow
er to them.
ACTD STAFF
Alvin B. Cooter Editor-in-Chief
Jack E. Shaw Managing Editor
Fred J. Rosenthal Associate Editor
Alan E. Goldsmith Associate Editor
Joseph E. Platt Sports Editor
Hal Zimmerman Editor Squd. 2
Max E. Stump fcauor Sqd. Two
Martin E. Ismert Sqd. Three Editor
William R. Peters Squadron V Editor
WEDDINGS OF THE
WEEKEND
St. Mary’s Chapel was the scene
last Saturday afternoon of the
marriage of Miss Merlynn Loya-
cano of New Orleans to A/S
Joseph H. Frught, Jr., of Squad
ron one. Being a yeoman in the
waves, the bride wore her white
summer Wave uniform. She carried
a bouquet of white roses. Mr.
Joseph H. Frught, Sr., father of
the bridegroom, gave the bride in
marriage. Marion Frught, sister
of the bridegroom, was the brides
maid. Acting as best man was A/S
Ralph Fuhrman from Squadron
one. Father Valenta officiated for
the ceremony. The couple spent the
weekend in the city of Bryan.
Saturday afternoon also saw
the marriage of Miss Eula de
Gurse of Michigan to A/S Fred
B. Weigman of Squadron one. The
bride wore a Navy blue dress trim
med in white with a veiled Navy
blue hat, and carried a white cor
sage. Mr. and Mrs. Norvell J.
Maher acted as best man and ma
tron of honor. The nuptial cere
mony was performed in the Metho
dist Parsonage by Rev. Walton B.
Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Weigman
remained in College Station for
the weekend.
Spotlight on Sports
By BILL PLATT
The important sports news of
the weekend comes from the Bryan
Country Club golf course where
Squadron II held a Blind Bogey
match on Saturday afternoon. The
tournament went over with much
success and in the future golfers
of the Detachment are going to
have an interesting time.
The was originated by Ed Mar
tin, Squadron II athletic officer,
and under the supervision of Lt.
Segrest, a Detachment playoff is
being organized. Squadron II had
a tournament the past weekend
and plans are going ahead to have
Squadron V pick their best men by
means of a tournament this Sat
urday afternoon. A Detachment
playoff will be held after the
Squadron tournaments.
The scores for the Squadron II
men ranged from 95 beyond scores
that can safely be released and pro
tect the welfare of the writer of
this column. Most of the players
had not had a golf club in their
hands for a year or more and from
the looks of the scores some pro
bably never had played before, but
that did not harm the perfect af
ternoon that each one of the 24
golfers enjoyed.
William R. Allmon took the
Blind Bogey prize by shooting a
129 and with a handicap of 47 his
net was 81. Robert Collet also has
a 81 net by shooting 114 but only
had a 33 handicap. The two low
men flipped a coin to decide the
winner of the prize moeny,
Low scores for the match were
turned in by Walter Miller, Paul
DeNatal, and George Davis. Miller
took the low score honors by blast
ing around the 18 holes in 95
strokes. Five strokes behind the
lowest was Paul DeNatal, who fin
ished the 18th hole with an even
100 total. Only two strokes behind
the second place man was George
Davis with 102 total.
Many practice licks can be got
ten in before the Detachment play
off and Squadron II will have a
first rate team with interest very
high. Several golfers who have a
respected reputation were on pass
es the past weekend and were una
ble to compete. The ace of the ones
missing is probably John E. Mar
tin, the slender lad is reported to
have made the course in "par, which
is 72, already this season and also
has a armload of medals and tro
phies he had won.
Squadron II won the praise of
the manager of the Country Club
for the fine conduct during the
tournament and the following
Squadrons should strive to keep
the mark set by Squadron II.
Due to the formation of the new
eight team softball league last
week the activity was slow but the
new league is about ready to start
and action on the softball front
will resume again this week.
Attention to all baseball fans!
Service men do not get time to
follow major league play like they
have in the past but many will
want to time in the All-Star game
that is scheduled Wednesday night.
Probably many a baseball fan will
hurry home from the Detachment
meeting to listen to the baseball
classic of the year that is second
only to the World Series.
THIS WE FIGHT
By A/S Alvin B. Cooter
We are fighting more than just
Hitler and the Prussian tradition
of the past century; we fight also
the Nazi education in the past
twelve years. This is a perplexing
situation that we must overcome;
a situation we must cope with at
the end of this war forced upon
us by one man, but the traditions
and education that he has taught,
and is now teaching.
In the past century, Prussia,
now Germany, has launched five
aggressive wars which has cost
the lives of twenty million men,
and crippled ten million more. We
think that itis a high price to pay
so a country may have supreme
control of the world. It is a high
cost—too high.
In World War I, Kaiser Wilhelm
II taught the same identical be
liefs to his imperialistic men as
Hitler' is teaching today. Kaiser
Welhelm II, one of the more tne-
der-hearted generals j said; “our
civilization must be build its tem
ple on mountains of corpses, and
oceans of tears, and the groans
of inumerable dying men.” The
German peaple are taught that
Frederick the Great, Moltke, and
Bismarck are superior to Bach,
Schiller, Goethe, and Beethoven.
“The weak shall perish; the strong
shall survive”. Those are the
words of Adolf Hitler. Those are
the teachings that must be destroy
ed, cut down and up-rooted like
weeds from a garden. We must
plant the seeds for the coming
generation. The seeds must be
sowed correctly this time or the
weeds shall rise again and destroy
our labors.
They glorify ruthlessness, preach
hatred, destroy and twist the hu
man souls into believing their tu
tor’s lesson. We are taught the
opposites: Peace, freedom, love
and good neighbor policies, but we
must forget these policies while
we are trying to destry our das
tardly enemies. Forget those teach
ings now and fight to win the
victory—but remember them in
the peace to follow; remember
them and sow the seeds and let
the field flourish with democracy,
freedom, security, and tranquility
Prayer for Critics
O, Father, give us eyes to see,
Inspired, divine, intent
Before we dip our pens in gall
And bitter words are sent
To blast the hopes of struggling
one.
Lord, open thou our eyes
And cast out every mote and
beam
Before we criticeze.
Famous Last Words
I never sunburn,! just tan.
Captain, I’ve decided not to re
turn to camp.
Dumbbell Pome
Little girls want dolls for toys
And soldiers are chosen by the
boys
But grownup girls change to sol
diers then
And baby dolls are choice of men.
Radio Fairy Story
You know all about our pro
duct, so we’ll go right ahead with
the music.
Jest in Passing
A magazine writer says that
after the war women will be the
ruling sex. That “will be” proves
he’s a bachelor.
One of those army haircuts isn’t
so bad after it grows on you.
Modern Trend
“My! My! What a meal! ex
claimed the new husband to his
wife. “Isn’t it wonderful that it
can taste so terrible?”
Pet Peeve
Trains that are hours late when
I’m going home on furlough and
run ahead of schedule when I re
turn to camp.
When you have only a few min
utes until train time to find some
one who wants to make a trip next
winter asking questions about it
from the ticket seller.
Rosie’s Journal
“United States Spends All the
Cash It Has Every Ten Weeks”—
daily newspaper headline. Shucks,
the United States will have to do
better than that, if it wants to
keep up with me.
Read yesterday that American
soldiers are introducing corn in
Ireland. Land Sakes, haven’t they
been getting any of our radio pro
grams over there?
for all men no matter what race,
creed, or color!
NORFOLK, Neb.—This town’s
link with the glamorous' days of
the wild west has been broken.
Dr. Richard Tanner, 74, known
as Diamond Dick to thousands who
saw his amazing feats of marks
manship at wild west circus per
formances before the turn of the
century, died Friday night.
His death was due in part to a
broken leg suffered in a fall at his
home when a chair slipped out
from under him.
He had kept his identity a well-
hidden secret for fifteen years
after he quit the circus show ring
to become a country doctor in
Northeast Nebraska.
It was when the local American
Legion post sponsored a western
rodeo in 1925 that his fellow citi
zens learned that Dr. Tanner was
Diamond Dick. He appeared in
the rodeo parade in the colorful
buckskin’ costume, of his circus
days.
He was quick to point out that
he wasn’t a Wild West hero as
portrayed in the Diamond Dick
stories that were so popular with
youngsters some years back.
But his colorful career as a
Wild West performer started when
he was a youth of 16. Extremely
proficient with rifle and pistol, he
was attracted to Wild West cir
cuses, and his skill soon placed
him among the ranking perform
ers.
He was billed as Diamond Dick,
and for a time had his own attrac
tion—Diamond Dick’s Wild West
Shows.
When he was in his e^rly 20’s
he saddled a horse at Lincoln,
Neb., and rode it to New York and
back. He claimed it was the long
est horseback ride on record—5,550
miles—without a change of horses.
In 1905 he decided to become a
doctor. Four years later he was
graduated from the old Lincoln
Medical College at Lincoln, Neb.
In 1910 he began his practice at
Norfolk.
Only once in Norfolk did he
have occasion to use his guns and
then they were not handy. He re
sponded to the call of a grocer
who was being robbed. Unarmed,
Dr. Tanner gave case, b u t the
feeling robber outdistanced him.
Somewhat chagrined, Diamond
Dick unromanitically telephoned
the police.
DR. N. B. McNUTT
DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Texas
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