BTC 10-Shun [October 1, 1943]

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w 2. No. 8. Greensboro, N. C, Friday, October 1, 1943. FREE DISTRIBUTION
Post Talent Scores
Hit At A. E. R. Show
By PVT. IRVING KOLODIN
The drum and bugle corps of BTC 10, swinging down
the aisles of the Carolina Theatre on Wednesday, blaring
away at "You're In the Army Now" really symbolized
the spirit of that Army Emergency Relief benefit better
than paragraphs of words could.
For it was a compliment to the
Mascot Call
If You've An I n t e r e s t i ng
One J u s t Let Us Know
BEST IN SHOW—This is the poster that won the $50 war bond in the contest sponsored by the
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. The artist was Cpl. Henry Clay Ferguson, of Hq. & Hq. and
camouflage. The theme was "Back the Attack"—designed to spur the sale of war bonds.
Conservation
Will Help End
War Sooner
By Camp Newspaper Service
Put back that lamb chop unless
you're sure you can eat it. And
lay off throwing those parker house
lolls at the back of the mess ser­geant's
neck, it's wasteful.
"Food," says Claude A. Wickard,
Secretary of Agriculture, "will win
the war and write the peace." It
is one of the most powerful
weapons. Don't waste it."
Waste in any form is dangerous.
Pood, clothing, equipment, bedding,
water, heat and electricity all cost
time and money and the waste of
any of them is a waste of time and
money and an aid to the enemy.
The Army campaigns against
waste. Soldiers should take no more
food than they can eat. Cooks must
save fats and oils and conserve food
in every way possible. Inductees
are asked to wear reissued clothing
Cheerfully. No one is going to be
hungry and no one will be ill clad
but everyone must conserve every­thing
in every way possible.
Here are a few new Army con­servation
tips:
I. Turn in your clothes at the
first sign of wear so that they
may be repaired before they are
worn eat entirely.
:-f% . Take care of your equip-
«it. Don't lose it and don't
«Pu se it.
Men to Observe
Communion
All men of Protestant faith on
the post will be given an op­portunity
to observe World Com
munion Sunday on October 3.
This is a world-wide religious
celebration when Protestant Chris­tians
all over the world gather to
receive the sacrament according to
their own particular custom. It
will be observed by chaplains in
all branches of the armed forces,
and all men, no matter under what
conditions they are forced to gath­er,
will be given an opportunity to
share in this year's observance.
The following schedule has been
arranged for this post.
Chapel No. 1, 9 a. m. and 10
a. m.; Chapel No. 2, 9 a. m.; Chapel
No. 3, 10 a. m.; Chapel No. 4, 10
a. m. (for 303rd Wing); Hospital,
10 a. m.; Guardhouse, 6:30 p. m.;
Rifle Range, 7:30 a. m. (for 303rd
Wing), Rifle Range, 7 p. m.
C a d e t Communications
T r a i n i n g Applications
Application for aviation cadet
communication training are being
accepted at the office of the Avia­tion
Cadet Board in its new loca
tion in Bldg. 1.
Educational prerequisities are
two years of college training with
amateur radio license or two years
college engineering training. Any­one
meeting these requirements
may secure an application form
from the Board office.
Olive Drab New Color Scheme
As Winter Uniforms Are Donned
Winter uniforms become official
on the post today and summer's
auntan trousers go back into stor­age
for another season with the
switch to the traditional OD's.
Sun tan shirts will still be worn
kpweyer, since the uniform regula­tions
provide for the wearing of the
cotton shirt with OD blouse for en­listed
men's class A uniform, to be
donned after duty hours.
The wool khaki shirt must be
worn during duty hours. Flight
jackets may be worn with class B
uniforms within the limits of the
post but will not be worn off the
post at any time except when on
military duty.
The class C or fatigue uniforms
for drill" and work duties must be
the same throughout for all mem­bers
of the work party.
Don't Cut Across
Drill Field No. 4
During Duty Hours
The practice of using" path­ways
and thoroughfare^ across
drill field No. 4 during drill
hours will be discontinued and
pedestrians and vehicles will use
other roads and pathways. Only
those persons who are author­ized
to use the drill field will
do so in the future.
Have yon a little mascot in
your barracks?
10-Shun is interested in finding
out more about some of these
mascots that have been seen
frolicking about the post. So far
we've" heard rumors of dogs, cats,
squirrels, rats, a Shetland pony,
a stuffed moose and a blonde.
If your group or barracks has
a mascot, let us know about it
through your group correspond­ent
or by contacting the editors
of 10-Shun direct at Bldg. lS>i,
phone Ext. 59.
ASTP Men Get
Priority Basis
Trainees who are classified for
the Army Specialized Training Pro­gram
will be sent to STAR units on
a priority basis in accordance with
War Department directives.
ASTP orders dated prior to Sept.
23 directing movement of enlisted
men (not yet complied with) have
been revoked and the new priority
system has been substituted.
At present, preference will be
given the following categories in
ihs .priority indicated first, , men-possessing
fluency in any nrodern
language who have an AGCT score
of 120 or higher; second ' graduate
engineers; third, men with three or
more years of collegiate training in
civil, mechanical or electrical en­gineering;
fourth, all others in or­der
of their AGCT score.
Pre-professional students who
have been accepted for matricula­tion
in an approved medical, den­tal
or veterinary school and who re­quire
further pre-professional train­ing
prior to admission thereto, will
be sent to STAR units regardless of
quotas.
It was also announced this week
that men who are qualified for
ASTP are no longer being held on
the post when their orders come up
for technical training schools be­fore
the ASTP orders. However,
their ASTP data will follow them
to their new station.
Any man eliminated from the
ASTP program will be returned to
the Air Forces for reassignment, it
has also been directed.
audience which had paid more than
$5,000 to see "This is the Army"
and BTC 10's own prologue to it
"On the Win§"; and it expressed
at the same time the gratitude of
the men who had put the show on,
providing that touch of fraternity
between performers and audience
which can make a theatre a warm
place to be in. The Carolina The­atre
had that warmth after the pro­logue
reached its climax in "Voices
from Home."
This ambitiout effort,- with text
by Cpl. Robert 'Lawrence, who was
also eo-producgir, of the show, and
music by Pvt. Humbert Traversi,
gave Cpl. Paul Dubov another op-"
portunity for dynamic acting. He
utilized it fully, topping even the.
brass band, chorus and orcnestra
at'the final curtain. Pvt. Traversi
provided a highly effective setting
for Cpl. Lawrence's words, and the
whole production came off well.
Tour of Talent
Previously, the citizens of
Greensboro who turned out for the
event were escorted on a person­ally
conducted tour of BTC 10'3
talent roster by Lt. Harry Taylor
who presided over the orchestra
and show from first to last. His
own Magazine Cover Number got
the show off to a flying start, in­troducing
Lt. Taylor as a lively
versifier and facile composer as
well as an alert, incisive conductor.
Following in order were Pvt.
Jack Williams, enjoying a full
measure of farewell applause be­fore
leaving for the Air Corps
Show in New York; T/Sgt. Car­mine
Gagliardi, who sang two op­eratic
arias with real artistry; and
of course the squad of. men from
"Plans and - Training" -who ac­quainted
the civilian observers
with the meaning of an "O'Grady"
manual of arms drill. This whit­tled
the competitors down steadily
to a final pair who well earned
the applause they received.
So far as applause was concerned,
however, the rich man of the eve­ning
was Cpl. Leon Fields who
clowned his way through. a pair
of specialities that brought groans
of laughter from soldiers and civ-ians
alike. Previously he had been
party to a roughhouse version of
a PX barber-shop, in which Cpl.
Lamar Rowland got the tastiest
shampoo of the year—if he could
have eaten it.
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I n s p e c t o r General
H e a r s Complaint T o d ay
All military personnel at BTC 10
desiring to register a complaint
with the Inspector General of the
Eastern Technical jTrairiing Com­mand
of the Army Air Forces may
do so by appearing at Chapel No. 3
from 8:30 a. m. ttf 6 p. m. today.
Trainee Was Once A 'Nazi Officer'
Movie Star Alan
Baxter Processed
Here This Week
By PVT. BOB ENSWORTH.
Meet a newcomer to the Army
Air Forces Eastern Training Com-mmand—
a trainee wl*o stepped out
of a nazi colonel's uniform and
overnight became a private in the
American army.
BTC No. 10 isn't harboring a Ger­man
spy. Arriving this week was
movie star Alan Baxter, fresh from
Hollywood and his latest role, an
enemy officer.
Private Baxtep, veteran of 40
films, including "Submarine Base,"
which was shown in Post theater
No. 3 last week, came here for pro­cessing
and basf»,:4Baining before
moving to Broadway in the cast of
the Army Air Corps stage show'.
Worked On Furlough.
"Hardly six weeks ago 4 was{ on
the west coast," he reports, "and,
oddly enough, my last part was to
portray a nazi in 'Hitler's Women.'
I was already a private in the army
at the time, having been sworn in,
I did this last picture during my
three-week furlough before report­ing
to Fort MacArthur induction
center."
The talented professional now is
seeing military fife from the inside,
but army camps are not new to Pri­vate
Baxter. In recent months, as
Gangster Parts
Exchanged For
Roll of Private
^2&g§
PVT. ALAN BAXTER
an actor in civvies, he toured about
a California circuit of more than
35 posts and bases entertaining
servicemen. He starred in a Vic­tory
committee show trouping for
the troops from January to July.
Seen mainly as a cinema gangster,
Private Baxter has held all types
of parts. He was the strong, silent
character in *Trisoner of Vapan,"
"Behind Prison Walls" and "Sabo­teur,"
He was featured in another
movie unreeled in post theater*
here recently, "Pilot No. 5."
In show business since he left
high school in Cleveland, the
trainee had six years of college
theater work while studying at
Williams and Yale. After Broad­way
stage parts, he went west eight
years ago, on contract with Walter
Wanger for two pictures a year.
Freelancing brought other roles,
Several Stations.
In his five weeks in the army, the
Hollywood player has been sta­tioned
at Fort MacArthur, BTC No,
5 of the army air forces training
command in Kearns, Utah, and now
in Greensboro. His experiences to
date have been merely processing.
"I fell like the most processed jeep
around. I've been through it three
times so far."
His barracks mates reported "he'8
a regular guy." They have only
one gripe.
"We 'Gl' the floors and then every
jeep and his brother come tracking
in mud looking for Baxter. And
are the autograph hunters stumped
when they can't find him. He
looks and acts like the rest of vm
in fatigues."