Pape 4
THE BATTALION
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1943
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Classified
LOST—Elgin wrist watch, about 2:80
Saturday p.m. between Aggieland Inn and
North Gate. Reward. James Cross, Room
212, Dorm 11.
Two roldiers wives desire apartment or
small houses (furnished) for 1 (one) year
in or near College Station. Both work,
don’t smoke or drink. No children or pets.
Are interested in vacancies or future va
cancies. Please notify Mrs. Fox, P.O. 4217,
College Station, (South Station) Texas.
Navy wife with year old child desires
furnished room or sublet furnished apart
ment, December only. Will care for baby.
Medical Technician. Mrs. Evans, Box 469,
College Station.
WANTED: Someone to help drive car
to Pittsburgh, Penn. Dec. 1. Telephone
4-4267.
Executive Offices
The President’s Office is holding a box
of thumb tacks from the Jack Bonner Co.
Will the Department ordering these please
call for them.
Meetings
The New Comers Club will not meet
Wednesday as was previously planned.
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Radio Calendar for Tuesday,
November 30, 1943
10:00—Musical Reveille
10:30—News
10:45—Morning Reveries
11:00—Moments of Devotion
11:15—Lean Back and Listen
11:30—Listen Ladies
11:45—Music
12:15—News
12:30—Farm Fair
12:45—Music
1:15—Between the Lines
1:30—Music
2:00—Treasury Transcription
2:15—News
2:30—Music
2:45—Woman’s Program
3:00—Swing Music
4:15—Sports News
4:30—Geography of the World
4:46—Navy Scrapbook
6:00—Know Your State
5:15—Economic Problems
6:30—The Little Show
6:45—News
6:00—Sign-off
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Squadron I
‘Tis another day we begin now,
with that same ole’ fightin’ beaver
spirit .... We congratulate tte
Aggies for the spectacular game
they participated in last turkey
day- It was great fellows; wish we
could be here next year to see
more of them .... Hot pilot Niea-
bauer is wondering what makes
with his instructor as far as iden
tifying things, go. So far his in
structor has put him through the
paces of bird and animal identi
fication. Quite a sport isn’t it H.
P? .... The biggest problem that
confronts most of the flying kay-
dets of this Squadron is “Where
oh where can I find a place to
sleep during my idle hours?’’ the
closet maybe, nope; how about the
shower room, no that won’t do ei
ther; the only possible thing for a
man to do is to slumber away
standing against the wall being
supported by a brace . . . A/S
Chism persistently tries to con
vince his associates that young
lads from his farming area are
considered the more all around
boys; he says they have it all
over the men from the larger ci
ties. We presume you agree Mr.
Summers, is that right? . • . Mr.
Uruski, Who was that gorgeous
creature we saw you with during
teh last Wing Ball? Yours truly
would like to meet same, whatday
asay? .... Mr. Brown (knows)
what kind of cigars does your in
structor smoke these days? We
hope you’re contributing the cor
rect kind .... Mr. Larsh, those
characters of Flight 14 can hardly
wait for another one of those hard
luck stories of yours; they certain
ly make a guy feel as though he’s
not alone .... Here’s what hap
pened the other night when A/S
Moore was on guard duty. He chal
lenged someone by saying “who’s
there?” and he who was being chal
lenged came back with a cute re
ply of “Aww you wouldn’t know
me I’m new here.” Yuh like that
huh?? (Ed- note—not particular
ly.) .... Mr. Branstater? What
happened to your “red” hair? . . .
For your own information men, we
know that the following digits refer
to the number of enlisted charac
ters in our glorious squadron.
There are 81 privates (we don’t
stand alone does we keeds), 20
privates first class, 20 corporals,
24 sergeants, 9 staff sergeants, and
3 tech sergesants .... We thank
Capt. Hill for advancing the call
to quarters to 10 P. M. last Wed
nesday eve- . . . Why was it that
we saw Lt. Segrest beaming with
joy last Thursday evening, let us
in on it will you Lieutenant? . . .
Yours truly closes now looking for
ward to another pleasant evening
with a chapter in “How to Win
Friends and Influence People.” We
will make our Instructors just
“love” us won’t we?
“EXHAUST”
Squadron V
Sentimentality is something that
men don’t usually express. Tonight
as this column is written, we are
making this an exception to that
rule. Our fingers are heavy on the
keyboard as we type this, for there
is a feeling of sadness touching us
all. This is to be our last issue in
the Battalion for we are departing
the 308th College Training Detach
ment for advanced training in our
field. True we are to be on with
our training, but there is a loyalty
bred in us by our stay here at Tex
as A. & M. with the 308th that
makes it a little hard to leave the
place we like so very much.
We learned many things here,
things which we knew but we were
not perfect in. We learned disci
pline, honor, neatness, punctuality,
pride, loyalty, and many other qua
lifications that a prospective Air
Corps officer should have. It was
hard, at first, to march with our
hands down at our sides and not
swinging. But today deep down
every one of us admits that is is
the one thing that distinguishes
us and improves the looks of a
formation of men- Although we
hedge a little on drill and don’t like
it too much we are proud of those
distinct movements, straight col
umns, precision turns, and military
bearing it gives to us. Loyalty was
the easiest of these to learn. Loy
alty didn’t need to be taught. It
grew on us until now we will al
ways look back and be proud to
be called one of Captain Hill’s Bea
vers and a 308th man. Yes, loyalty
was the easiest to learn, by far.
A few of us learned discipline the
hard way—through the gig sheet.
But even so the lesson was learned.
In actuality the Gig System is used
as a reminder, not as punishment
When we arrived most of us were
careless in our appearance. Grad
ually our neatness improved, buck-
ACID
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Ed Callahan
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ciats editor
. Associate Editor
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Sports Editor
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Squadron I Editor
..Squadron II Editor 1 Mueller,
Squd. Ill Editor ot ±°
_ . , The ACTD is written and edited by
Squd. IV Editor Aviation students of the 308th College
..Squadron V Editor I Training Detachment, College Station.
Yank Ingenuity
“Take something away from a
Yank soldier and from a few scraps
his ingenuity will improvise a suit
able substitue.” These are the
words of Major General Brereton
about his Amercian airmen station
ed at an advanced base during the
“Jerry” retreat in North Africa.
These crew members were living
in tents very widely dispersed over
the desert. This left the crew mem
bers with a very long walk to get
to the Mess Tent for meals- Trans
portation facilities weren’t provided
except in emergencies dtle to the
transportation difficulties encount
ered and a lack of vehicles. Hence,
some of the men were confronted
with the problem of walking from
three to four miles at times to get
to mess. That sounds like a diffi
cult one for even Yank ingenuity
to solve. An industrious and clever
sergeant traveled out in the desert
one day with a few tools in his
pocket and came back with a Ger
man BMW two cylinder motor-
cycye. Under the circumstances the
methods of the soldiers were ap
proved and soon almost two thirds
of the men were riding the motor
cycles and trucks which had been
captured or deserted by the Ger
mans, even going to the extent of
using captured gasoline and oil.
An excess of chlorine in the wa
ter made coffee practically un
drinkable, BUT it made a good
liquid for a hot shave and saved
a lot of trouble in heating water.
During the cool desert evenings
and nights of the winter time, the
men constructed stoves from petrol
cans with German Messerschmitt
110 coolant pipes for stove pipes.
The Arabs mounted on their ca
mels somehow existed far out in
that barren wasteland and visited
the camp selling eggs to soldiers.
Gradually the shrewd bargainers
went up on the price of the eggs
until the price was astounding. The
men made a common agreement to
boycott the desert traveling sales
man back down even below his ori
ginal price as punishment and suc
ceeded.
Give a Yank the raw materials
and his imaginative mind will de
vise a working substitute for the
things which he otherwise would
have to do without.
les were kept shined, shoes shined,
belt lined up, clothes altered, and
hair cut.
The day we arrived we piled out
of buses in front of Hart Hall and
fell' in formation. Everyone was
running around excited and calling
us misters—Get that head up, chest
out, stomach in—Keep your eyes
straight misters—it was bewilder
ing but after the amazement wore
off we learned to love this life.
It took Squadron V quite a while
to start winning those review and
mess gibbons, so we jokingly dub
bed ourselves “the black squadron”
and the nicknafe stuck. This han
dle left us open fyr a lot of jokes
but we took them and gave some
back. But it’s all in sport.
There has been some rivalry
between Squadron V and some of
the others but in parting we wish
you all the luck with no hard feel
ings held against any of you. We
will be proud to m«!t you down the
line somewhere.
Gentlemen, it has been a pleasure
working with you and knowing you
and until the day comes along when
we bump into you again in the
criss-crossing paths of army tra
vel—Squadron V—Ten-HutI—Pre
sent Arms!—Order Arms!—Dis
missed-
BUT THAT EXTRA WAR BOND TODAY
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Wing News
The Commanding Officer, Cap
tain Sam B. Hill, wishes to per
sonally express his appreciation to
those individuals, and committee
members who did such a com
mendable job in making the Wing
Ball a success. In the words of
Captain Hill, “It has always been
my opinion that when cooperation
is needed, the Beavers are there.
When the chips are down, the Bea
vers come through.”
Pictures taken of the Wing Ball,
Review, and other shots of the
308th College Training Detachment
Sweetheart will be on display in the
individual orderly rooms soon- Avi
ation Students will be able to or
der the pictures they desire by spe
cified order numbers and rate to
be published later.
The officers, and students of the
308th join in wishing Squadron V
good luck and so long. We are sor
ry to see you leave us, but happy
to say that you weathered the
storms here like troopers. Often
you were the butt of practical
jokes and jesting ridicule but as a
whole a better group of Beavers
aren’t to be found. So, farewell
Beavers of Squadron V—Happy
Landings at SAACC. Any letters
which any of you might write back
to us here will be appreciated, and
published immediately, that all may
benefit by your news and advice.
The Aviation Students of this
detachment marched in a review
together with the Navy, Marines,
and ASTP in Kyle Stadium just be
fore the Thanksgiving Dey game
between Texas U and the Aggies.
The Air Corps band played for all
the Services for the review.
A number of students have issued
an appeal for a re-appearance of
our Air Corps dance band at the
Detachment Meetings. I am direct
ing the appeal to Lt. Askew and
Mr. Bossert. Can it be arranged ? ?
The ACTD News Staff is being
revised to make the work less dif
ficult on the students. Another
staff is being organized so that
each staff will put out an issue
once every four days. All those in
terested in working with the new
staff turn in their names to Lt-
Norris in Headquarters or to A/S
J. L. Anderson, the editor-in-chief-
To further increase the ^interest
of your squadron columns all stu
dents please turn in news items or
leads to their individual reporters.
The Aggie Bon-fire went off in
a blaze of glory in traditional Ag
gie style. The Air Corps students
turned out for the fire to add their
yells to the uproar.
Commendation
Captain Sam B. Hill, Command
ing Officer of the 308th College
Training Detachment, desires to
express commendation for the avia
tion students of his command, for
the hospitality shown the detach
ment guests during the last Wing
Ball, for the gentlemanly conduct,
and for the military precession
shown during the military review
in Kyle Stadium on Thanksgiving
Day.
DR. N. B. McNUTT
DENTIST
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Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Ttxaa
MARINES
Let U* Do Your Altering
LAUTERSTEIN’S
Spotlight on Sports
Kyle Field last Thursday was
the scene of a fast, determined
struggle between two good football
teams—both filled with the desire
to win that game, if fighting would
do it.
As we look back on Thursdey
we saw a weary group of Aggies
leaving the field feeling somewhat
low over their loss. In the hearts
of those players there was the sa
tisfaction though, that they had
fought till the last whistle. The
facts are that the Texas U team
outweighed the Aggies, were more
experienced, and had a stronger re
serve. The Aggies were the under
dogs, entering the game with only
the determination to win.
The Texas University team found
it easy to score in the early period
of the game. They took advantage
and scored two touchdowns before
the somewhat bewildered Aggies
challenged the early thrust made
by the University team. An aerial
attack coupled with a series of
fast drives tied up the score with
the Longhorns, leaving the Steers
worried. It was not until the Aggies
were worn down by the strong
Texas reserves, that the Longhorns
were able to win.
Contact
Squadron II
Hats off, gentlemen, to you.
You’re really getting back on the
ball and things are going smoother.
Let’s keep up the good work and
pull through the remaining four
weeks like the outfit we started
out as. Now that the fire is all
gone, you can go back to physics
problems instead of figuring out
nefarious plots as to how it could
be set off.
The following reminds us of a geo
graphy lecture:
WHAT: has Mr. Nesbitt got for an
excuse.
WHERE: did so many fellows
learn to open ranks so many dif
ferent ways.
WHY: does Mr. Johnson (and he’s
not alone) like his class in Agri
cultural Econ. Building.
WHAT ABOUT IT: Are A/S Dunk
Duncan and Mr. Shander going
steady- Better look into that Mrs.
Duncan.
Have you noticed how fellows
come into aerial gunnery school
with only one little nearly empty
barracks bag. Did you ever come
into a camp with less than two of
them bulging and weighing at least
100 pounds each and did you ever
use a push-to-talk mike without
pushing the button ? A great
comedy, that picture “Aerial Gun
ner.” Whose nightmare belongs to
it?
One of the Beavers was lucky
enough to be with a girl at the bon
fire when he ran into the great
order of Sabu, which wasn’t so
Hot Tips for Pilots
A column similar to this one
was run, when Squadron V started
to fly, and in order not to show any
partiality, we do the same for
Squadron I.
You remember that you took off
the first day and to start your
flying instructions, the first ma
neuver was to bank and turn. In
order to execute this properly, we
will repeat fou your instructor
once more. “Kick the rudder and
push the stick in the direction that
the ship is going to turn. Don’t
forget to keep the nose of the
plane in the same position.”
Remember that little metal box
on the left side of your seat with
the three buttons on it ? If you
want to avoid some chewin’, pull
out that lower button when the
throttle is closed and you are glid
ing in for a landing, it happens to
be the carburetor heat. And keep
that back pressure on the stick
when you are landing.
In regard in C. A. R., a few of
the pilots flying over Kyle Field
Thursday, were not above 1000
feet, which is the minimum altitude
over a congested area.
Two airplanes in flight are not
supposed to come nearer than 500
feet to each other except if they
are flying formation. A few mem
bers of flight 18 will remember
that.
Before you go up, you are sup
posed to check the airplane, which
also includes checking the gas and
oil. If you forget, you may have
to make a forced landing. This is
not just a rumor, because it has
occured in Squadronl.
We close now, but if you care
for more of these tips, just say so
aloud, anyplace and anytime. You
can be sure that it will get back to
the ears of the writer- We end
wit ha familiar statement of your
instructor, “/tf$$*&, why can’t you
do something right?
Nurses Numbering
65,000 Needed
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Uncle
Sam is hunting for 65,000 women
who will accept professional train
ing—with pay—for careers in nurs
ing.
Behind this large-scale recruiting
drive is a dangerous shortage of
nurses in industrial boom towns
near war plants, and in other com
munities whose nurse-power has
been drawn into military service.
Unless thousands of additional
women enter nursing, death and
disease may stalk the country
from end to end.
Under the provisions of the Bol
ton Act of June, 1943, which es
tablished the Cadet Nurse Corps,
women entering nursing under the
federal program will receive re
cognition for war service on a par
with the WAGS, WAVES, and
SPARS.
They will receive special uni
forms, a regular monthly allow
ance, room, board, books, special
fees and laundry. They will re-
lucky. He was greeted by the High
Sabu himself with, “Is that the
girl that’s crazy about you?”
Rough!
We were glad to notice that
peace and order are reigning su
preme since Ramp Chief Callahan
took over. What did you tell the
boys, “Swish?”
We want to express our thanks
to the members of the mess depart
ment for the swell Thanksgiving
dinner served us. A cullinary mas
terpiece—don’t you agree with us,
genta ?
Congress Continues
Discussion on Dads
Drafted Into Army
Deferments of Men on
Government Payroll
Discussion Question
That die-hard subject, govern
ment deferments, is being tossed
around town again.
This time it was brought to the
fore by debates in Congress over
the draft of fathers. As usual,
everyone has his own figures on
so-called “draft dodgers” on the
Federal payroll. Some of the fig
ures run into the hundreds of thou-
cands.
One respected voice that has
come to the defense of govern
ment workers is that of Jerry
Klutzz, who writes a “Federal
Diary” for one of the Washington
newspapers. He has always rated
high in readability and sense and is
known all over town as a firm
friend of the government employee.
Kluttzz dove head first into the
deferment figures, investigated
and checked with Civil Service and
with government departments. The
story he came back with is not
alarming.
In War, Navy, Civel Aeronautics
Authority, Panama Canal, War
Shipping and Maritime Commis
sion—all toy priority war agencies
—are 96,000 of the 112,399 men
deferred in government.
Most of these jobs require high
ly ^killed, technical persons, who
would have received deferment in
private war industry. Navy’s de
ferments, for instance, are mainly
in the Navy Yard, where guns and
other weapons of war are built.
Only 15,741 single or childless
married men or pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers are deferred in all other
federal agencies. According to Se
lective Service, probably no more
than 7,500 of these men could pass
military physical requirements.
In the heat of debate on govern
ment deferments, the Senate
passed its father draft bill with a
provision that all replaceable non
fathers be fired from government.
Thousands of alarmed federal
employees, facing a sudden loss of
income and Civil Service status,
pointed out that they were now
in 1-A but had not yet been called.
The House finally has come to
their rescue and has stricken this
provision from the bill. Right now
non-fathers are taking a quick
breather, knowing the fireworks
may begin again at any moment.
nursing school of their own choice.
In exchange, the Nurse Cadets
must promise to remain in either
military or essential civilian nurs
ing for the duration. But they will
not be required to sign for mili
tary duty if they don’t want to.
The Division of Nurse Education
of the U. S. Public Health Service,
which is in charge of the recruit
ment, has high hopes for the suc
cess of its program. But it is taking
no chances. It is making every
kind of appeal to woman.
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