TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 143
THE BATTALION
PAGE 3
Circling the Field
Squadron III
By Frog Dubose
Well, here I am back again with
not much to say, and a lot of paper
staring me in the face. But about
the best thing I can think of to
start with is “We’ve Never Been
Licked”. I think that everybody
agrees that it was a great picture.
I read an article on it in the Waco
paper, and they really gave it a
build-up. And by the way,. “We’ve
Never Been Licked” is to be shown
at the Waco theater in Waco this
weekend.
Frogs Owens and Slaughter had
visitors this week. Both their bro
thers came down to see them and
I think Owens bud is planning to
come down for good come the end
of his high school career.
While on pass this weekend, an
ex-aggie picked me up and took
me to town, drove me around and
helped me get a room in a nearby
hotel. He and his wife were really
swell, and they served as an exam
ple of the unending Aggie loyalty
that I have heard so much about.
Frog Donahue tells me that the
track meet was a success, and that
the Vet students came through
with the victory. Some of the Frogs
entered in the meet were: Frog
Cardon, Frog Deere, Frog Lud-
wick, Frog Eves, and the above
mentioned Frog Donahue, all of
which placed 1st or 2nd in the
Meet.
One of the easiest of “Bull ses
sions” to get into in the one con
cerning hitch-hiking. It seems like
everybody has a story to top the
preceeding one. Frogs Zuniga and
Spencer had an experience that
ranks among the best. While on a
trip home they snagged a ride
with a man in a Lincoln Continen
tal, and better yet, he let them
drive most of the way!
Have you heard about the “Tea-
Sipper” who was caught with a
big T. U. sticker on his bag, and
who was wearing a T. U. shirt?
The sticker ended up on the floor,
and the shirt was removed, and put
on again—INSIDE OUT!
Glances down the halls: Frog
Payne busily engaged in reading
a comic book; Frogs White and
Massy studying, as ever, together;
Frog Fulbright’s blue shorts in
direct contrast with the red of
Frog Ross’s pajamas; Frog Bee-
zele’y distinctive report at roll-
call.
That about gets it for this
time, fellows; see you later.
Dr. Gammon of the History De
partment here at A. & M. says
“Hamburgers” are getting scarce
due to the recent air raids on Ger
many over Hamburg.
A/.S Michael C. Gnaegy has been
made Flight Lieutenant of the
308th College Training Detachment
Band. Mr. Gnaegy took over the
band a week ago Saturday and has
been doing splendid work with the
same, considering the several los
ses of members of Squadrons I
and V, which left recently. Drum
Major Gnaegy plays the trumpet
and has previous leader experience
with the Sons of American Legion
Band in Webster Groves, Missouri.
He attended Missouri University
for over two years.
Many students took off over
the week end for various towns and
cities of Texas, but A/S Harvey
H. Jobst and your Squadron Editor
took off from Bryan Field Sunday
morning in a B-25 for an hour and
eighteen minute hop. The flight
was very interesting and I learned
to respect the old saying among
fliers which states—“he who egests
in a plane must obtain a mop
and clean up the same.” In other
words I got a little air sick but I
have an “air tight” alibi; namely
too much breakfast and too much
excitement.
The crew consisting of 1st Lieut
enants Ray W. Ferguson, and
John L. Gregory—pilots and Ser
geant Raymond Elingson, Aerial
Enginee. The passengers were Lt.
Roger W. Prange, Seaman (2nd.
cl.) William Wood, A/S Harvey
H. Jobst and A/S Martin E. Is-
mert, Jr. The Post Operations man,
helpful in obtaining our flight,
was S/Berg. Stan Serber of the
500th Squadron. Many thanks to
Sergeant Serber.
A/S Robert McKinnon who is
away at the present on an emer
gency furlough has a cousin May
nard T. McKinnon stationed at
Bryan Field.
And speaking of a small world,
A/S Owen McCarty has a younger
brother, A/S William McCarty
here in Squadron II. The McCarty’s
hail from Kansas Ctiy.
He sez: “What did the fire-fly
say when he got his tail caught in
the fire?”
She sez: “I don’t know—what?”
He sez: “I’m delighted, no end.”
See you again two days nearer
VICTORY.
“Should American youth support
the re-establishment after the war
of competitive enterprise as our
dominant economic system?” is the
question of the annual national
intercollegiate radio debate.
LOUPOT’S
A Little Place and a
Big Saving!
Ceiling Zero
A/S George A. Martin
SKY HEROES
Lt. Louis Zamperini
Returning from a bombing raid
over Nauru, Lt. Zamperini was
hunched over his bombsight wat
ching smoke and flames envelope
Japanese installations on the is
land when a flight of Nip Zeroes
dived at the Liberator. “We were
just turning away from the target
when three Zeroes jumped us,” he
relates. “About the same time an
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\4 11 NEWS
RUDDER
DUST
By A/S Jack E. Shaw
Just the rest of this week until
the “Wing Dance men and the band
for the occasion will be the outfit
from Bergstrom Field in Austin,
Texas. This is a very fine Air
Corps swing group and assures
everybody a fine evenings’ enter
tainment. Don’t forget the word
avht
of-the-week—“Bring A Doll to the
Ball!!”
BAND NOTE
Now that the band has lost quite
a number of it’s former members,
the volume and in some instances,
the excellence has been somewhat
reduced. The group is doing their
best under the curcumstances and
each rehearsal shows more im
provement. Our detachment band
has and undoubtedly will labor
under the disadvantage of losing
some its best men when the senior
squadron ships out. This must be
realized by the Wing and let’s
have those men out for band that
signed up but then got the shivers
and didn’t follow through. If you
can play but don’t have an instru
ment, see Lieutenant Askew who
may be able to furnish you with
a GI instrument.
PROMOTIONS
Men and officers of the Wing
would like to extent their most
hearty congratulations to Lieute
nant Jack G. Morris and to Lieute
nant Logan H. Bagby Jr., upon be
ing promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant. We’re sure that their
promotions reflect the calibre of
their work and hope that advance
ments continue to forge them
ahead.
PROPWASH
Squadron II
John Standridge definitely had
last weekend brightened when his
parents arrived Saturday (from
Oklahoma to vist him.
Gerald Sutton was made equally
happy when his mother arrived
from Des Moines, Iowa to spend a
few days in College Station. Inci
dentally, Jerry’s father is a chap
lain stationed in North Afica.
Ardath R. Litrell who has been
no an emergency furlough to his
home in Rolla, Kansas returned
the latter part of last week.
If you want to hear a discussion
of the future after the war you
should stop and listen to Robert
Noble and John Ogle give Ralph
Newport the blueprint for his hap
piness with that little nurse. Its
going to be quite sublime.
Squadron II reaped the ribbons
in Friday’s review with a clean
sweep. Those two look mighty
fine atop our guidon. You know
who is going to keep them there,
so let’s not get lax in any of the
formations.
We can’t leave without a note
about flying today because if the
weather remains good this week
most of us will finish our course of
instruction.
Jack Wright expressed his mind
very clearly when asked how he
liked the stalls and spins. “Mister,
I love them. They are really fun.”
anti-aircraft shell tore a hole in
our right rudder. Everything hap
pened at once, but the boys at the
controls handled them beautifully
and we finally drove the Japs off.”
Climbing nto the cockpit Zampe
rini found Staff Sgt. Stanley C.
Pillsbury of Shapleigh, Me., had
been hid in the foot. “He was still
in the top turret,” explains Lou,
“but I heard him shout something
and then fire a burst from his
guns. One of the Zeroes dived cra
zily and left a column of smoke.
Pillsbury got that one for certain
and our belly gunners bagged a-
nother.”
Zamperini and Lt. C. H. Cuper-
nell of Long Beach, Calif., co-pilot
of the Liberator, spend the next
five hours administering first aid
to five wounded crewmen, while
speeding homeward to their base
as fast as they could fly. They
reached their base 750 miles away
and are credited with undoubtedly
saving the lives of at least two of
the woundede lads. Since that ex
ploit Zamperini has been reported
missing by the Navy “somewhere
in the Pacific.” Many will recall
his breaking into the headlines
back in 1936 when the famous
mile runner nearly caused an inter
national incident by pulling down
a Nazi flag in Berlin during the
Olympic Games. He had just fin
ished as the victor in the 5,000-
meter run when he noticed the
Nazi banner flying from a lofty
Jack E. Shaw
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DRIFTING
By A/S Fred J. Rosenthal
WHY?
I’ve just read of a Hollywood big
gie
Whose wrath was a sight to see
When the entourage of his travel
ing menage
Was cut to a paltry three;
He couldn’t, it seems, take his
valet along,
His wife, too, rode those long
miles
With no bit of aid from her per
sonal maid—
While soldiers stood in the aisles.
This isn’t a pot shot at Hollywood,
It’s asking a simple “Why?”
Must the government’s plea of
traveling
Be met with the wink of an eye?
A drawing room and two bedrooms
Must cramp a producer’s style,
While boys coming home from
Guadalcanal
Stood all those long miles in the
aisle!
Playing Soldier
We: Bang! Bang!
Our children: a-a-a-a-a-a-.
Our grandchildren: e-e-e-e-e-e-
E-E BOOM!
Famous Last Words
I donot choose to run.
How to Influence People
Now take ME for instance.
If you watch ME you’ll catch on
quickly.
Repartee
“I love you so!” she told the swain,
But he was not distraught;
“I love you so!” she said again,
And he replied, “So what?”
Pet Peeve
Shackled phone books in dark
corners.
To have my buddy tiptoe into
room, open clothes closet, drop
two hangers, slam closet door and
then tiptoe out of room so as not
to wake me.
Amusing Amusings
The boys who get flowers for
making mistakes work in the high
explosive dumps.
Aero Antics
By Alan E. Goldsmith
The American people don’t have
to worry about the Germans using
our own secret bombsight on us.
Here is the reason: We recently
captured one of the German de
vices and it was turned over to
our technicians for examination
and study. In spite of its extreme
complexity, they had prepared a
book on the device, complete with
plans and specifications, theory
of operationss and full operating
procedure. The only trouble is
that it would take at least two
years to begin construction of the
device, let alone manufacture it in
quantity. And our sight is even
more complex than the German
bombsight.
Talk about the efficiency of the
German ispies:
Months ago, when Boeing Flying
Fortress had no tail turret, it was
a favorite German trick to come in
on the Fortress from the tail-often
with results highly satisfactory
to the enemy. After the B-17Es
came along with their tail turrets,
the American press made no se
cret of the new feature. But several
weeks later, the Nazis were faith
fully diving on the tails of the
Forts and meeting the fatal blast
from the tail gunner. Read the
papers, boys, after all that’s
where all a lot of people know is.
Flight Officer William F. Live-
sey of Madison, New Jersey, one
of a group that shot down fifty-
eight Junkers transports in fifteen
minutes, gave out with a beauty
of a triple sting during this ac
tion when he put a burst into the
center ship of a three plane forma
tion. The hit ship promptly veered
to the right, crashed into its neigh
bor and finally carommed off that
to smack the ship on the left; all
three ships went down into the
sea.
pole. He climbed the pole, snatched
the banner and was fired at by
guards and captured as he slid
down. Taken before General von
Fritsch, he got out of the difficul
ty when the General decided to re
gard it as merely “a boyish
prank.” However Lou kept the
Nazi banner and it was among his
most cherished possessions. Lou,
who held many records of the cin
der track, made his home at Tor-
Spotlight on Sports
By BILL PLATT
Squadron IV completed their in
tersquadron golf tournament at
the Bryan Country Club on Satur
day afternoon and several low
scores were turned in by golfers
of the youngest member of the
Detachment. All The Squadrons
stationed here at the present have
completed their intersqudadron golf
competition and if plans run ac
cording to schedule the Detachment
Championnship will be held Sa
turday afternoon, Aug. 14th.
Kenneth Pfeiffer, Squadron IV
sharpshooter, came through as ex
pected and fired the course in 80
strokes to take low score honors
for the Squadron. Witucky record
ed second best score with a total
of 102. Stern and Mizeritz finished
the course in 108 strokes and Mc
Coy came across the finish line
with a 112 score.
The two mile cross country run
is to be held this afternoon starting
at 4 p. m. in front of Puryear
Hall. The long distance men will
run to the creamery for the first
part of the two miles. The longest
stretch will be the regular 1.6
mile P. E. run. The home stretch
will be from the creamery to the
starting point. At least twenty
men have been picked from each
Squadron and they are the fastest
distant runners in the Detach
ment. These men have not been
timed on the two mile run but they
have been in the 1.6 in P. E. class
and many have excellent time for
the distance. Gordon C. Cuneo,
Squadron II, has a time of 8:08 to
his credit for the P. E. run and that
is the best time for anyone entered
in the race. The all-time record for
both Aggies and Air Corps is only
one second faster than Cuneo’s
time. If any sporting blood at all
runs through the veins of the Air
Corps students it will be well worth
while to witness the cross country
affair this afternoon.
Squadron II has taken the lead
in the Volley-ball league after one
week of play. Durjng the first week
Squadron IV did not see action but
will have a chance to show their
team at 6:30 this evening when
they take the counrt against Squa
dron III. Last week Squadron II
and III played a five game series
and the former came out on top
with three victories against two
losses.
VOLLEY-BALL LEAGUE
W L PCT.
Squadron II 3 2 .600
Squadron III 2 3 .400
Squadron IV 0 0 .000
rence, Salif., where he lived with
his mother. After graduation from
Southern California he worked in
an aircraft factory until Pearl Har
bor, when he enlisted in the Army
and later graduated as a bombar
dier at the Midland, Texas Flying
School.
Miss Klinglesmith
Weds M. Collins
The mariage of Miss Vendetta
Klinglesmith of Sherman and L.
Millard Collins, assistant manager
of the A. & M. College Student
Activities office, was solemnized
Saturday evening at 8 o’clock in
Denton at the Little Chapel-in-
the-Woods at TSCW. The Rev.
Wesley Hite of Greenville perform
ed the ceremony.
Richard Jenkins, director of the
A. & M. Singing Cadets, sang ac
companied by Mrs. W. D. Bunk at
the organ. Miss Lou Ethyl Taylor
of the Student Activities office,
presided at the bride’s book at the
reception held in the TSCW tea
room following the ceremony.
Mrs. Collins is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Klinglesmith
of Celina, a graduate of North
Texas State Teachers College at
Denton in 1938, with a B. S. De
gree. She received her master’s de
gree from TSCW in 1940, and is
head of the home economics de
partment of the Sherman High
School.
Mr. Collins is the son of Mrs.
Katie Collins of Denton, a gradu
ate of North Texas State Teachers
College in 1938. In 1939 he be
came business manager of Sher-
nian High School and in March
of this year he came to College
Station to become assistant mana
ger of the Student Activities office.
The couple will make their home
in College Station.
Report Made On
Labor Situation
South Texas was the state’s la
bor “hot spot” for the last week in
Riff Raff
By A/S Jack E. Shaw
The following column will be
written at the discretion of the
editor and is meant primarily to
be humorous. In most cases it is
completely unoriginal and no re
ference to people or G'I’s living
or dead, is intentional. If by some
strange quirk of fate, your name
appears herein, think not that you
are being slandered but merely
offered to keep the mighty wheels
of the presses turning over. v
Men are being circulated among
the ranks to dig out the risque or
may I say, the gayer side of life.
The “Beavahs” are a quick-witted
lot and are known for their par
ticular snappy brand of humor.
A letter just received from one
of old “Fives” men at the SAAC,
brought the interesting story a-
bout Mr. Dallas, former wing
commander who is now doing guard
duty. On his first tour of night
duty he heard a strange noise and
firing at it called out, “Who went
there?” '
Dropping in on a “bull session”
in Law Hall, Mr. Ringle was heard
asking A/S Perram if he knew
what good clean fun was. Perram
answers, “No, what good is it?”
The quintessence of all defini
tions for the known “wolf” is now
bravely offered for another belly-
laff or two. Wolves are really
classified into two types-an-over
-age wolf and a plain wolf. The
first is any overage male who
can’t take “yes” for an answer and
the plain wolf is just a peace lo
ving Americean—figure it out your
self.
Battin’ the breeze with Sergeant
Paris on the fine points of married
life, the Sarg (commenting on the
Texas heat) told me that while ho
neymooning with his eighth wife
the heat didn’t bother him but the
humility damn near got him
down.
Looking pretty down-and-out
as he came in the door, I asked
old man Standridge (Puryear,
ramp 7) why the long face. Dad
trouble he moans. Waddya mean,
I says? Aw, her dad. says, “See
here, young map, you’ve kept my
daughter out every night for the
past six week-ends. What are
your intentions—honorable or dis
honorable?” All I said was, “Ya
mean I got a choice?”
Discussing California with Les
Geary the other day, a startling bit
of wit was unearthed. Before join
ing the army, he was patriotically
showing a group of soldier-friends
around Hollywood. He suddenly
stops the car and points excitedly
across the street toward a man on
the other side. “That man over
there is John Loder, Hedy Lamar’s
husband!” “The hell it is,” ex
claimed a private from the rear,
“what’s he doin’ out of the house?”
JUNIOR MESS
When God handed looks
I thought He said books—
So I didn’t take any;
When He handed out ears
I thought He said beers,
So I ordered two long ones;
When He handed out noses
I thought He said ro$es
So I ordered a big red one;
When He handed out legs
I thought He said kegs
So I ordered two fat ones;
When He handed out brains
I thought He said trains, so I mis-
ed mine Messy isn’t it?
cultural agents of the A. and M.
College Extension Service reveal
that the most critical need is in
the Coastal Bend section where
cotton picking is in full swing. Nu
eces and San Patricio counties
must have several thousand pick
ers, to meet their needs next week,
while Willacy and Hidalgo need
irrigators.
Another section which has repor
ted it is unable to meet its labor
needs embraces Bee, Goliad, Gon
zales, Guadalupe and Karnes coun
ties. Though the recent Gulf hur
ricane was reported to have done
some damage to the 1943 rice crop,
several sontheast Texas counties
report urgent needs for workers,
as soon as weather conditions will
permit harvest. Among these are
Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend,
Galveston, Jefferson,- Waller, Bra
zoria, Wharton and Liberty.
In many places, farm labor
needs are being met by exchange
of labor among farmers and by
employing townspeople and city
youths. Texas counties report us
ing about 11,000 volunteers from
cities and towns. These include
Crosby, Howard, Reeves, San Pa
tricio, Ellis, Kaufman and Wilson.
Ellis led the state with 600 towns
people employed, and Kaufman
was second with 400 reported. Boys
and girls were helping save the
day in Jim Wells, Medina, San
Patricio, and Wilson counties.
Fish Tales
By Fish Bryan A. Ross
In my last column I carelessly
submitted a sever mis-statement
to you Aggies as to the Sopho
more’s speaking to others. I re
gret that I was ignorant of the
fact that my statement was a float-
out, and I will try to mend all
troubles that may have arisen
from my recent story.
Down in Dorm. No. 14 the Fish
seem to be settling down to work
once more. Many went home over
the week-end, and the majority are
to get down to harder studying.
But some still do that old horizonal
engineering and funny book rea
ding, regardless of how low their
grades may be. Yes, there seems
to be a funny book phoebia.
Fish Bays has a good view of
all the passing beauties from his i-
first-stoop window. Watch out, sai
lors, Fish Bays is from Arkansas
and he really is a wolf for sea
shore women.
Who in the (censored) sets those
alarm clocks at four in the morn
ing? Every morning we hear a
bright and cheery wake-up song,
and it couldn’t be later than five
o’clock. “Roy Acuff Jr.” might
have something to do with this.
But please don’t regard this
statement as a slam to you early
birds. You know we get every bit
of five hours of sleep a night.
News flash: Fish “Man Moun
tain” Zerr was just seen murdering
Fish “Tiny” Peterman. Fish Zen-
had the edge in weight since he
weighs 120 and Fish Peterman
only weighs 165. Fish Zerr is ready
to challenge all comers.
On the first stoop, Fish Howard
seems to have a rare and peculiar
hobby, gathering clothes.
(What kind, and whose clothes
are censored).
After seeing “We’ve Never
Been Licked”, we Fish really have
a swell slant on old A. & M. Every
body seemed very pleased with r 1 -" 1
picture. We are hoping the 4 - -<y 0
can get a bon-fire or something
this fall. But we know one thing
for certain: Even though T. U.
does have some of their stn^s
back, we’re gonna beat the s-v-’-s
of ‘em come Thanksgiving Day.
I wonder (just a dream) if we
couldn’t arrange some kind of a
game with T. S. C. W.? It oughta
prove very intersesting, especially
if we were to have a corps trip up
there.
I recently received a letter from
A/S Philip Braun, V-12, and as
you all know, he was a classmate
of ours in Milner last semester. He
seems to think that he was bribed
into the Navy. Quote: “. .. . this
stuff (food) they give us at Rice
is really bad, and the V-12 boys
only get one helping of food.” He
also stated that they had very little
time off, getting off on Saturday
evening and Sunday. We are sorry
that our friends at Rice don’t
cook up the Nevy men a decent
meal, the sailors here at A.- & M.
get fed pretty darn good.
Wg don’t have bowling bells
(See FISH TALES, page 4)
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