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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1944
Wing Tips
SQUADRON I
ARRIVAL—Mrs. L. V. Brun
ette of South San Francisco, Cal.,
arrived at College Station Satur-
da yto join her husband, who is
an aviation student in Squadron I.
* * *
SQUADRON II
ATTENTION MR. WEEKS—
Information was secured as to the
reason why the entire personnel
of Ramp 9, Law Hall, occupies
your room after C. Q. Mr. Jones
has just added a new word to his
vocabulary, BLACKMAIL.
FAILURES?—Aviation Student
Weiner was last seen Saturday
noon entering Bryan Public Li
brary with three other Aviation
Students. Was it to increase their
book of knowledge, or their book
of addresses? I saw three dam
sels leaving alone, what happened ?
WANTED—About one hundred
and twenty-five T. S. CARDS for
personnel of flights 21, 22, 23 and
27. Don’t complain gentlemen,
since last Tuesday when we were
grounded the only thought in your
mind was wanting to fly and get
it over with, and Sunday was the
day to start the beginning of the
end. Maybe that’s why Bryan
wasn’t covered with men from this
Squadron.
SKETCHES—Altho’ I sit and
meditate, my mind can’t seem to
concentrate, it must be something
that I ate. As the nite goes into
morning, and the lack of news,
short sketches of Aviation Stu
dents will follow, and will contin
ued till the very last issue we
occupy:
A/S Corporal Bowers (NCO)
never seen without Gig sheet as
long as the paper supply lasts.
A/S Mr. Kenneth Hobbs, never
seen without whistle, especially at
6.07 and 6.17 A. M.
A/S Mr. Sawyer, never seen
without means of getting to
Hearn (I went Crazy with B. J.)
A/S Mr. Dickie never seen with
out Fourth or fifth NCO’s rating.
A/S Palladina never seen with
out future Mrs. Palladina’s pic
ture (January 22, 1944).
A/S Mr. Nesbitt never seen
without Mr. May.
A/S Mr. Van Waren never seen
without Mr. Grinstead and Mr.
Cahill.
A/S Mr. Rogers never seen
without Ping pong table (Prac
tices all day, ha, Mr. Rogers?)
A/S Mr. A. Hill never seen
without his sack whenever possi
ble.
A/S Mr. Gookin never seen
without a zoot zuit sport jacket
and what color!
* * *
SQUADRON in
BIRTHDAY—A/S J. J. Eccell
sure did enjoy himself Saturday
night celebrating his 25th birth
day. It all most became a trage
dy, when later on in the evening
he was almost struck by a car.
No damage done. Most of Squad
ron III were there and really had
a swell time. Happy birthday!
PRANKS—Fun is fun, but
mouse traps on light switches
isn’t very nice. Those jokes back
fire ,you know.
PIX—They say there’s a film
shortage. I wonder where all
these Eager Beavers are getting
the film. It seems at every com
er there was some cute young lady
having her picture taken. Come
now, fellows, why keep a good
thing a secret.
SQUADRON IV
PHLASH—A/S Donald Peter
son recently won the title of “90-
Mile Peterson" when he knocked
off a cool 90 in a physics test.
TRUCE—Galino’s Gansters of
G1 have signed a peace treaty with
Mole Pomante’s mob of G3 and
for the sake of the entire ramp
we hope the settlement will be
permanent.
PRACTICE—A/S Leo Parr,
bugler-boy from Squadron IV, was
home on the ranch a short time
ago and kept the stock rolling
when he practiced his tooting in
front of all the cows and chickens.
* * *
SQUADRON V
CORNETTO—Congratulations are
in order for Mr. Cornetto on his
forthcoming marriage to a young
lady at home. It won’t be long
until he has to make out an allot
ment.
COMPETITION—Mr. Zlotnick
isn’t doing so bad with Houston’s
little belle.
NOMINATION—For the extra
special Beavers nomination, we
submit the following names of the
week: Misters W. H. Clouse, D.
E. DuBois, R. F. DuBois, W. T.
Geyer, P. C. Gormley, G. H. Han
sen and E. E. Mueckler. These
gentlemen struck out in a new
direction to attend a sorority
dance at Texas University.
AVEY, DOUGLAS—Playing the
squeeze-box at Turek’s Shop and
alternating with a few bars on
the piano. Foreign service sure
can help a man in his studies, es
pecially when the incentative is
there. Hummmmm ?
TALLAL, JOE—He has now ac
quired himself a—Electric heating
pad!!!
COMMANDOS—Ramp A on the
fourth floor are maintaining their
mop-up operations. There is still
the problem of being able to get
a double-headed coin in connection
with—who will take the empty
‘coke’ bottles down.
308th Air Corps Quint
s cores its Sixth Victory
ACT!)
EDITOR.
Managing Editors
Feature Editors
Sports Editors
Music Editor
Calendar Editor..
...Francis D. Wallace
William A. Miller
Richard K. Bn
.Hilary B. Matting
..Windell W. Meltc
Editorial Board
A/S Sidney
Reporters
I. Greenberg
B. Mattingly Lt. W. F. Moist
Robert J. Kerrigan
Vincent Nonnemecher
.....Howard E. Leap
A/S W. A. Miller
A/S F. D. Wallace
A/S R. K. Brome
ey J
A/S Ivan R. Meek
A/S Harry Katzakian
A/S Charles Miller
A/S Jerome J. Kalk
A/S Harry J. Owens
A / S Robert J. Kerrigan
Blame It On
The Weather
A/S Robert J. Kerrigan
From all indications of last Fri
day’s game it seems as though the
Beaver has gone to hibernate dur
ing the coming winter months.
Just a short week ago we heard
the boys hail the Corps basketball
team as one of the best they had
ever seen in a coons age. The
bands, the dance and the newspa
per are sponsored by the Beavers.
They need your support and they
should get them.
The basketball team is a really
good one and should be of interest
to every true Beaver. You would
have been proud to see them
avenge their only defeat of the
season against the ASTP Thurs
day and Friday nights. They
worked hard in preparation for
these games and it was their game
from the starting whistle of the
game. It was rather a poor tri
bute to a splendid piece of work
by a great Beaver outfit to look
against the almost empty grand
stand. Therefore gentlemen, we
owe it to them to show our appre
ciation for their wonderful work
and representation with the >other
outfits;
Lt. Segrest has done a marvel
ous job with the basketball team.
Outdoors maybe a little cold and
maybe uncomfortable, but the gym
is a swell place to see a good
Beaver game. There are plenty
of seats and more than enough to
go around.
Let’s make up for that one
slack night and get down to the
Editorial.
EDITORIAL
Wing Ball—In order that we
may have a successful Wing Ball,
we are going to have young ladies
coming here by invitation. Just
a word and a quotation from Cap
tain Hill’s speech made at the last
detachment meeting last Friday,
“What you do in private is your
business, but when it reflects on
our detachment then its our busi
ness.” We’re going to have a lot
of fun dancing to special arrange
ments of various dances just for
variety's sake. Don’t be bashful.
Come in and have the fun of your
life. A pleasant surprise is being
planned for everyone. So on the
22nd day of January, at 8 p. m.,
we shall dance.
* * *
Games: Lt. Segrest is to be com
plimented on the fine work that
he is doing with the detachment
basketball team. The team has
been winning several games with
a score well ahead of the appon-
ents. We need more attendance
at these games. The boys are do
ing their best out there on the
floor. Let’s pep up our ‘Sports
Attitude’ and come out to the
games and help the team.
next game and show these hard
working Beavers that we are for
all of them in a big way. The
sixth game played by the Air
Corps Quints was their sixth vic
tory and losing only one game.
Out of seven games played, only
one was lost. There will be many
more. Plan to attend them and
lend ’em your support.
So You’re An Aviation Student
Editor’s note: The following in
formation appears in the Air Force
Magazine, official magazine of the
United States Army Air Forces.
Score for each correct answer.
ANSWERS IN SAME COLUMN
UPSIDE DOWN.
1. A peashooter is the name often
given (a) a 30-caliber machine gun
(b) tail gunner (c) a fighter plane
(d) an armament specialist.
* ♦ *
2. The astral hatch of an air
plane is commonly used by the
(a) navigator (b) pilot (c) radio
man (d) bombardier.
* * *
3. A chandelle is (a) the right
nacelle of air plane (b) the light
ing system in the fuselage (c) an
Dobbs Officers’ Caps give that extra
measure of smartness and distinction
every officer wishes to command.
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ver in flight.
(d) a maneu-
4. Don’t look now!! Is the Air
Corps insignia on an officer’s shirt
collar worn on his left or right
side?
5. What German airplanes do the
following abbreviations designate?
(One wrong is all wrong) (a) FW
(b) JU (c) DO (d) HE.
* * *
6. There are four forces which act
on an airplane in flight. Can you
fill in the missing one? (a) weight
(b) lift (c) thrust (d) .
7. Which is the Army Air Forces
heaviest single-engine fighter
plane ?
8. The present location of the
14th Air Forces is (a) England (b)
North Africa (c) China (d) India.
* * *
9. The Beaufort scale estimates
(a) air speed (b) wind velocity (c)
altitude (d) rate of climb.
* * *
10. Paramushiro is (a) one of the
Japanese cities bombed by General
Doolittle (b) the main Chinese
stop on the India-China run (c) a
Jap stronghold on the northern tip
of the Kurile Islands (d) a key
American base in the Aleutians.
* * *
11. Fill in the missing letters to
complete names of AAF planes (a)
Liber (b) Must
(c) Com— (d Mitch—
12. What is the WEFT system?
* * *
13. Differentiate between abso
lute ceiling and service ceiling.
* * *
14. A williwaw is (a) a nonro
tating device for producing alter
nating currents (b) an electrode
having openings through which
ions may pass (c) Pidgin English
for an airplane (d) a sudden vio
lent gust of cold land air.
15. The approximate range
the B-24 is (a) 2500 miles
4000 (c) 3500 (d) 3000 mUes.
of
(b)
16 The military designation for
the DC-4 is (a) C-87 (b) C-54 (c)
C-78 (d) C-47.
71. In a one-minute turn, the
bank is maintained at (a) 45 de
grees (b) 30 degrees (c) 60 de
grees (d) 45 degrees.
* * *
18. A parachute pilot is (a) a
pilot who bails out too quickly (b)
a small auxiliary parachute (c) a
pilot with the Airborne Command
(d) a member of the caperpillar
club.
* * *
19. The MIG-3 is (a) an Am
erican tank (b) an Italian dive
bomber (c) a Russian pursuit
plane (d) the Navy designation for
the A-20.
* * *
20. The British Air Marshal is
equivalent to what rank in the
AAF? (a) Flight Officer (b)
Major General (c) Colonel (d)
Lieutenant General.
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Three Brothers
Train at Schools
Of A&M College
It is quite unusual for two
brothers, in different branches of
the service, to be trained at the
same location; but when three
brothers have passed through the
same training place, and two of
them at the same time, living in
dormitories only a few blocks
apart, it is more than unusual.
This is the case of Clifford, Jim
and Bill Gerry. Clifford is an
Aviation Student of Squadron IV,
Jim a radio technician with the
Navy here at A. & M., and Bill is
a third class radio operator now
with the naval amphibian forces
in England.
Clifford was transferred from
the Signal Corps after eight
months schooling as radio opera
tor at Camp Koehler, California
and in New Orleans, La.
Jim joined the Navy, went to
Farragut, Idaho, then to Chicago
before coming here to study radio
building and repair.
Bill was stationed at A. & M.
during the summer of 1942, at
which time he also studied to be
come a Radio Operator with the
Navy. He has been through the
Battle of Sicily and the invasion
of Italy. He joined the navy
right after Pearl Harbor at Seat
tle, Wash., and took his boot
training at San Diego, Calif. From
there he came to Texas A. &. M.
All three brothers were rail
road telegraphers in Oregon be
fore the war.
Chalking up their sixth basket-
ball victory of the season, the
308th Beavers humbled a fast A.
S. T. P. quintet 41 to 35 in the
Aggie gym Friday night.
Although the Air Corpsmen led
all the way, their 30-15 margin at
halftime was whittled to the six
point final edge by a lengthy A.
S. T. U. rally that provided plen
ty of excitement troughout the last
period.
A/S Robert Norris, forward,
paced the Beavers with a total
tally of 22 points. His was the
outstanding sharpshooting perfor
mance of the game. A/S Lambert
Koupal and Benyish of the A. S.
T. U. each connected for 11 points.
The second half rally kept the
fans on their feet as the A. S. T.
U. hoopsters got in the groove
and rolled in 20 points while hold
ing the Beavers to 11 points.
The game brought the Beavers’
total points for the season to 381
as compared to 227 allowed their
opponents. Their one defeat by
an A. S. T. P. team has been
twice revenged.
A/S Norris’ 22 points Friday
night lifted his season scoring to
93 points to lead the squad. A/S
Koupal has a season tota lof 63
points. ,
Lieut. H. B. Segrest, coach and
detachment athletic officer, is pre
paring the squad to fill a busy
schedule through the rest of the
basketball season. The team’s
record earns it the full support of
the whole detachment.
Student Aid Classes
Start Tomorrow
The first student aid classes in
physics will be held tomorrow
night in the Academic Building
from 8 p. m. to 9 p. m. The
classrooms for each squadron will
be posted on the squadron bulle
tin board.
The following aviation students
,will act as instructors:
Squadron IV: R. E. Otto and
D. Torres.
Squadron V: W. E. Mendrich,
P. W. Damon and J. H. Dixon.
Instructors for Squadron I will
be obtained as soon as possible and
until that time, A/S H. E. Leap
will conduct the classes.
INTRODUCING
A/S SAM KALSER
By George M. Huffman
The 308th C. T. D. has a basket
ball team of which it can well be
proud. For too long the boys on
the team have been making their
treks to the gym to practice and to
play without getting the proper
support from the mass of “mis
ters” of the C. T. D.
In order that we may better
know and understand our team,
the sports department has decid
ed to introduce a member of the
team in each issue.
The captain of the team is A/S
Sam Kaiser, of Squadron III. Mr.
Kaiser has been playing basketball
ever since he was in the eighth
grade in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
His memory of the days when he
practically toddled across the bas
ketball floor is rather hazy, so
we’ll skip lightly over that phase
of his athletic career.
He started playing high school
basketball practically the same
day he registered for the first time
at Taylor Allerdice High in Pitts
burgh. During the off-season for
basketball, he found time to play
on the football and tennis teams of
Taylor Allerdice, and was a main
stay of the teams in all three
sports. He played basketball there
for the full four years of his high
school career, and led the team
to the City Championship in his
senior year there.
Leaving high school, he entered
Carnegie Tech, where he was
promptly chosen as captain of the
freshman quintet. Incidentally,
that was a very good year for the
Freshman Wonder five of Carne
gie Tech.
After he left college, he jour
neyed to Miami Beach, where he
played semi-pro basketball for two
years. His athletic career had
beautiful possibilities until that
fateful day when he receive greet
ings from the President of the
United States and the information
that he had been selected by his
neighbors to represent them in the
armed forces.
The 308th is lucky to have a
man of Mr. Kaiser’s athletic back
ground leading the team which
wears its colors.
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