The ORD news [November 10, 1944]

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^Brooklyn GI
Tops Seers
In Grid Poll
, Calls Turn On
| 13 Of 15 Games
Brooklyn finally has been
heard from! Gridiron swam-is
from Alabama, Iowa and
upstate New York had made
their presence felt for a
long time, but last week's
football slate was best vis-ioned
by Sgt. B. H. Gold­smith,
who always made
his home in the classic king­dom
hard by the Gowanus
Canal.
Sgt. Goldsmith, of Section Q,
picked 13 winners in one of the
most difficult weeks on record.
Nobody else hit 13. In fact; only
one other selector, Pvt. Robert J.
Grinnell, of Section A's plans and
training office, circled as many as
18 right.
Finishing third in a field of
fifteen ll-out-of-15 winners was
• Sgt. Jim 'Barnett, the old Furman
.tailback who is from Section O
and Greenville. S. C.
. One tie—between Minnesota and
Northwestern—stopped the 300-odd
contestants. And at least 90 per
cent of the entries favored Notre
Dame, maybe for sentimental rea­sons,
maybe because you don't often
go wrong stringing along with the
Irish. Duke's victory over Georgia
•Tech, South Carolina's triumph
over North Carolina and Georgia's
upset of Alabama also fooled the
experts.
A Hugged Course.
Barnett topped the 11-15 pickers
because his 20-13 score of the Navy-
Nofee Dame game was closest to
the actual score of 32-13. The oth­ers
follow:
S/Sgt. Saul Seigle. Sgt. Phillip
Rau, Pfc. Lloyd Steiner, Pvt. John
Miller and Pvt. Sanvord M. Gad,
Section A: S/Sgt. Frank J. Mor­ris
of Section AA; Pfc. Aloysius
Marinko (former winner) of Mess;
Pvts. Paul Wammes and James R.
McCune of Section P; S/Sgt. For­rest
R. Welch and Sgt. Lionel Dan­iels
of Section R: Sgt. Ray Nevan-pera.
Section V; Sgt. Matt L. Bau-fie,
Section L; Sgt. John Kelsch, Jr.,
Section N. and Col. R. C. Brind-
Jjnger,-Section O.
- Just how rugged this football
course was may^be gleaned from
the fact that S/Sgt. Ambie Wedl,
a 14-for-I5er the previous week,
collared only five games correctly.
This correspondent, a sad sack
throughout the season, named seven
tight. In any case, here's the ad­vance
chart £>n this week's games
With predictions:.
Duke 19: Wake Forest 13. The
Blue Devils on the upswing to stop
the Deacons' umbeaten~streak.
Brown over Yale. Another un­beaten
streak goes by the boards.
Army over Notre Dame — Age
makes a difference.
Holy Cross over Colgate. The
Crusaders on a hunch.
Georgia Pre-Flight over N. C.
(CSbtinued On Page 3)
Big Top Doors
Open Monday-
Through Friday
Showtime Tuesday night at 8:15
will launch a full week of enter­tainment
at the Big Top with a
colorful Latin American revue star­ring
outstanding post talent.
Monday the regular open dance
for GIs will be held beginning at
7:30. Partners will be Greensboro
GSO girls.
A USO Camp Show is slated for
Wednesday and Thursday per­formances
under the tent. On the
Beam, regularly presented on
Thursday, will be broadcast that
night from the studios of WBIG
(1470 KC) from 8 to 8:30.
Because of the USO show, boxing
bouts will be carded Friday, a week
from tonight, at 8:15 instead of
Wednesday as originally scheduled
Six States Represented Here
Xmas Stock
Goes On PX
Shelves Soon
Christmas merchandise will be
placed on post exchange counters
shortly after November 15, Capt.
Peter Hartholz, exchange officer,
has announced.
The selection will be the largest
ever offered by the ORD exchange
and wyi feature a line of chil­dren's
gifts, the captain said.
Shipments of gift items pur­chased
In New York recently by
Capt. L. B. Keefer, purchasing
officer, are continuing to arrive sc
that by the 15th, the complete stock
should be on hand.
In order to make Christmas shop­ping
as homelike as possible Capt.
Hartholz will have the main ex­change
completely decorated with
Yuletide trimmings.
Explaining the rationing of
cigarettes, Capt. Hartholz pointed
out that while ORD enjoys the
same privilege as a staging area
in that there is no specified limit
to the number of packs that can
be sold to an individual, there is
an acute shortage.
"While we are willing to sell
the men all the cigarettes they
need," Capt. Hartholz said, "we
cannot supply them to persons out­side
this station. Too many of the
boys are buying them to send to
relatives and friends back home "
Three Churches
In Greensboro
Plan Activities
Special entertainment programs
for servicemen will be held this
Sunday at three Greensboro
churches. Hostesses at each event
will be college girls.
A supper program will b e fea­tured
by the Presbyterian church
of the Covenant at 4:30 p m. There
will be a partner for each man
attending and recreational activities
and a short vesper service are
planned.
At 6:15 p. m., the College Park
Baptist church will present a Ves­per
service followed by recreation
and refreshments.
The Grace Methodist church will
h-ve a short Vesper service begin-<
ning at 7:15 and then will offer a
recreation program. Refreshments
will be served.
This Week's Grid Winners
PERCHED ON FOOTBALLS are the prize contestants as they
finished in the ORD Grid Guessing- Contest. To win: Sgt. Bernard H.
Goldsmith of Section Q. To place: Pvt. Robert Grinnell of Section A.
To show: Sgt. Jim Barnett of Section O.
ENLISTED MEN GATHER around a radio in Section A's day
room to listen to the election returns. They're from the East, West,
South and Southwest. In foreground, left to right, Sgt. Coulton Allen,
Middlesex, N. C; Cpl. Seymour Levine, Bronx, N. Y.; Pfc. Klay
Box, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Cpl. Francis R. Parks, Rice Lake, Wis.
Standing, left to right, Pfc. Isaac Davis, Chicago; T/Sgt. Dave Alex­ander,
Brooklyn; S/Sgt. John Bensen, St. Cloud, Minn.; S/Sgt Frank.
H. _ Swan, Jr., Providence, R. I., and Pvt. Patrick J. Mclnerncy,
Chicago.
ORD Men To Participate
In Armistice Day March
Units To Form On Drill Field No. 3
And Swing Down Summit Avenue
ORD Armistice Day plans call for at least 800 at­tached
men to participate in the downtown Greensboro
parade tomorrow, Maj. A. L. Turner, director of training,
has announced.' '
While 8 masses, or 800 men, has
been set as the minimum, it is ex
pected that training schedules may
allow almost twice that number to
take part in the municipal parade,
Maj. Turner said.
Following the march, a special
ceremony will be held at the Caro­lina
theater under the auspices of
the American Legion. Post Com­mander
Col. Paul R. Younts is
scheduled to deliver the principal
address and the post radio band
will provide patriotic music for the
occasion.
ORD units will be formed on Drill
Field No. 3 by 9:45 tomorrow morn­ing
and from there will march down
Summit *to the O. Henry Hotel
where they will muster with civilian
sections of the parade.
There and Back.
Led by the band, ORD men will
head the parade which will start at
10:30. Moving down Elm St.,
columns will be routed past the re­viewing
stand at Jefferson Square
to Walker Ave. where they will
proceed west to Greene. Going north
on Greene, the main body of the
parade will fall out at the Carolina
theater. ORD troops will continue
the march returning to the post.
Lt. Col. Raymond F. Edwards of
A. and T. College will serve as Mar­shal
of the parade and Lt. Col. C.
W. Webster will head the ORD con­tingent
as Commander of Troops.
All-Purpose A-26
Now In Action
If Luther Burbank, the horticul­turist,
were alive today, he would
approve of the cross-breeding that
the AAF has done with its air­planes.
The latest all-purpose
bomber announced by the war de­partment,
the A-26, is a cross be­tween
the light and medium bomb­ers
that have been so effective In
this war.
Designed to carry such an ex­tremely
flexible selection of ma­chine
guns, cannon, bombs and
fuel, It is expected that this new
attack bomber will be adaptable to
almost any combat situation.
The A-26 is also equipped with
a new "all-purpose nose" through
which these planes can be prepare
on the production line for special
missions.
Capt. Johnson,
Chief Nurse, Off
For Scott Field
From the regional hospital, ORD,
to the station hospital, Scott Field,
111., read the orders of Capt. Eliza­beth
Johnson, of Plainfield, Wis.,
who has been stationed here as
chief nurse since its Inception In
May of 1943.
A real veteran with a record of
service extending to the Philippines
and Corregidor, Capt. Johnson be­gan
her nursing career in 1933 when
she graduated from the army school
of nursing at the Walter Reed hos­pital.
It was during the period of
1937 to 1939 that she was assigned
to the Philippine area to care for
the sick and injured under the most
trying of conditions.
She was commissioned a first
lieutenant at Camp Wolters, Texas,
and elevated to her present rank
while stationed at this post. She
will be succeeded as chief nurse
here by 1st Lt. Edna Sundal, of
Chicago, who came to this post
from Truax Field, Madison, Wis.;
last May.
As a farewell gesture, Capt. John­son
was the honor guest of the
nurses at a dinner last Sunday held
in the nurses dining hall at the hos­pital.
ORD Bond
Show Maps
State Tour
To Play Post
Three Times
In rehearsal, "Shoot the
Works," ORD's Sixth War
Loan Drive bond show has
been scheduled for a pre­miere
showing; Nov. 20 at
Morganton, N. C.
The hour and a half stage
production which will fea­ture
a cast of more than 70,
is slated for approximately;
14 performances through­out
North Carolina. The tour
will carry the special serv­ices
unit to cities including
Charlotte, Winston-Salem,
Raleigh, Lenoir and Hick­ory.
ORD has sold more than $20,-
000,000 in bonds through these fun
shows of which there have been
three. Last year Series E bond
sales alone amounted to in ex*
:ess of $2,500,000.
Three performances are planned
Cor the post. The first will be a
morning show for civilian em­ployees,
Friday Nov. 24. A show
(or military personnel is to be
iresented the evening of the 24th
'aking the place of the regularly
scheduled Showtime. The last post
appearance of "Shoot the Works"
will be Tuesday evening, Dec. 12.
All performances on the reserva­tion
will be without admission
charge.
To Play In Town.
Greensboro's chance to see
"Shoot the Works" will come Fri­day,
Dec. 1, when the troupe will
appear in Aycock auditorium at
the Woman's College. Admission
to all outside performances will
be by bond purchases.
Eighteen big acts interspersed
with off-s t a g e gags w i l l be
crammed into this all fun show to
the popular rhythms of the ORD
Radio Band under the direction of
Band Officer Lt. Harry Taylor.
To be jointly emcee'd by Sgts.
Toby Rowland and Ian Martin,
"Shoot the Works" will present a
completely new set of acts, cos­tumes
and sets and in addition to
newly recruited talent will star
many old favorites.
Among the high spots will be a
burlesque of "Sweethearts" with the
glee club and T/Sgt. Carmen Gag-liardi,
operatic tenor; a hilarious
Cavalcade of the Dance: a GI cho­rus
girl line; the recently organ­ized
Rotteneers and several "sur­prise"
numbers.
Individual performers will In­clude
Cpl. Felix Galimir. NBC
symphony violinist, S/Sgt. Hal Ha-vird,
New York emcee and many
other artists.
Draft Divisions Stall
In Italian Campaign
NEW YORK— (CNS)—The per­formance
of 3 American divisions
in Italy made up almost entirely
of selectees is warmly praised in
a recent frontline dispatch from a
Fifth Army war correspondent.
"Whatever d i s t i n c t i o n there
might have been between the men
drawn into the United States army
by the draft and those already in
has utterly disappeared during the
six months they have fought togeth­er
in Italy," the correspondent re­ports.
The divisions are the 85th, 38th
and 91st.
The Colonel's Column
Twenty-Six years ago, the
United States and her allies dic­tated
terms of armistice to the
imperial German government
and her satelltes. Tomorrow,
November 11, this1 country and
others will observe the anniver­sary
of the cessation of hostili­ties
which ended en that day in
1918.
We will observe it with hopes
and prayers that the not toe dis­tant
future holds another such
day. A day when the Nazis and
Japanese war lords will this
time sign terms that will insure
peace far generations to come.
That will be the day for celebra­tion.
Our triumph in 1918 over many
Of the same enemies we are now
fighting was hard won after
years of fighting. But it was not
complete — aggression s t i ll
ravaged in the breast of a de­feated
bat unbowed enemy. In
short, the fruit of oar military
victory In 1918 was an armistice
—not the lasting peace which we
are now seeking to win!
PAUL S. YOl'NTB
Colonel, Air Corn*
Commanding ,