The rotator [November 30, 1945]

              AAF OVERSEAS"
REPLACEMENT DEPOT
AAF REDISTRIBUTION
STATION NO. 5
VOL. 5, NO. 16. 1060th AAF BU, Greensboro, N. C, Friday, November 30,1945. FREE DISTRIBUTION
All He Wants For Christmas Is 'Daddy*
VISITING SANXA early this week at a down­town
department store, young Paul Davis, Jr.
surprised St. Nicholas when he -insisted all he
wants this Christmas is his daddy—in a civilian
stocking. Son of S/Sfft. and Mrs. Pan! B. Davis,.
shown here with him at Kris Krimrle's headquar­ters,
"Chips" as they call him Isn't yet aware that
his daddy will really be a civilian by Christmas
time. Sgt. Davis, of Buffalo, N. Y., receives his dis­charge
here next Wednesday.
Early Reports
In Bond Drive
Short Of Goal
Facts Of Life
Things Each Vet Should
Know Of'Life In Plaids
New Discharge Rule
Set By Headquarters
Issue New PDC Separation Schedule;
Will Not Disturb Present Programs
Receipt of a new separation policy from P. D. C. head­quarters
was reported at post headquarters here this
week, but Col. Paul R. Younts, post commander, an­nounced
that the new schedule will not affect or rescind
the discharge program set up last week for the separa­tion
of 1330 permanent party men here by mid-December,
The
Big Parade
Total Discharges
For Post Nearly
Hit 20,000 Mark
Although this post began func­tioning
as a temporary AAF sep­aration
base little more than two
months ago, separations of officer;
and enlisted men here
nearing the 20,000 mark.
Including the group of men sep­arated
at ceremonies last night, a
total of 2190 men have received
honorable discharges or release
from active duty here since the
initial discharge ceremony was
held on September 17.
During the past seven-day pe­riod,
ending last night, 2190 officers
and men were processed and sent
on their way to civilian life. That
figure compares with a previous
week's total—highest-recorded here
in any single week—of 2,428.
The past week's total included
1809 enlisted men who received
discharges and 381 officers released
from active duty.
The weekly separation record in­cluded
total separations as follows:
Friday, 573; Saturday, 403; Monday,
256; Tuesday, 428; Wednesday, 216,
The eighth Victory Loan campaign,
final drive for government bond
purchases, rolled into full .swing
this week with the announcement
of the post's grand quota of $136,
528.48. At the same time it was
revealed by Maj. L. B. Cannon, per­sonal
affairs officer and officer in
g o K °/55!804Sd23PharsChbeS srt'tor.Pocket and a check for $225 (including back pay, m u s t e ^ O r c h e s t r a P l a VS
ail civilian personnel employed at out pay and soldier savings) m his'wallet. He was out or
the Army. The world was his oyster. He felt good.
By Camp Newspaper Service
When Joe Dough walked off the reservation at the
separation center at Camp Crud, Nebraska, he had an and Thursday, 3
honorable discharge in his hand, a discharge emblem
sewn on the outside of his blouse, 50 bucks tn cash in his
this station
Latest available figures, including
cash sales and ne*w and old allot­ments,
show that assigned military
personnel have now purchased $3,-
849.68 in victory bonds since the be­ginning
of the drive at this station.
No information had yet been re­ceived
concerning the progress of
the civilian's campaign.
All bonds bought during the time
the drive is in progress at this sta­tion,
whether purchased directly by
cash or through allotments or pay­roll
deduction, will count toward
each squadron's quota.
Victory bonds may be purchased
on the *post for cash through the
various squadron bond officers, at
the local post office or at the fi­nance
office. All personnel buying
bonds off the post are asked to ob­tain
a cash certificate at the time
of purchase and turn it in to the of­ficer
in charge of bonds for the
particular squadron. In this man­ner
due credit will be received by
each squadron and the purchase
will be figured in tab sales goal.
All persons preferring to make
their bond investments by continu­ing
allotments or payroll deductions
wQl automatically assist i s raising
their group's quota. Civilians or
military personnel may authorize
new or additional allotments or
deductions by contacting the per­sonal
affairs office.
Personnel at this post and other
military installations are asked to
"go all out" in bond purchases dur­ing
this finartiation-wide campaign.
Funds obtained through govern­ment
bond investments at this time
will be used primarily to aid per­sonnel
in Army and Navy hospitals
and to assist in the "homecoming"
of men and women remaining in
service overseas and throughout
this country. -
Weekly returns during this Vic-
What Joe didn't dig until he was"
half way home was the fact that
although he was out of the Army,
he remained knee-deep in chicken.
He discovered he couldn't shake off
military life as soon as he had
hoped.
In the first place, Joe found he
must report within 10 days of his
discharge to his selective service
board. Here he received a new
draft classification as well as advice
and assistance on employment op­portunities
fa his neighborhood.
Next, Joe* learned to his tyoe that
he was over his head in paper work
In. applying for veteran benefits, he
discovered, he had to have handy
his serial number, discharge papers,
pension ",C" number, draft classifi­cation,
GI insurance policies, social
security card, birth certificate and
marriage certificate. Without these
he's lost.
Finally, Joe discovered that
there's a lot about the Army and
the aid it gives veterans that he
For in-
Seals On Sale
At Pay Table
Today, November 30, is more than
pay-day on post calendars.
Members of the post's Officers
Wives club planned today to attend
all GI pay-tables along with post
enlisted personnel, to serve as silent
solicitors in behalf of the Greens­boro
Tuberculosis Christmas seal
campaign.
The ladies, under the direction of
Mrs. B. P. McKee, planned to make
no appeal to the newly-rich GIs,
but they were scheduled to be on
hand at all pay-rooms to accommo­date
.those GIs who wished volun­tarily
to make Christmas seal pur­chases
in support of the campaign
against TB.
All officers of the post are receiv­ing
sheets of the little Tuberculosis
seals via mail, and are being asked
Pinky Tomlin's
Orchestra Playi
Big Top Monday
Big man at the Big Top Monday
evening Will be Pinky Tomliri, who
brings his orchestra and revue to
the Enlisted Men's club for a one
night stand. Dancing will begin at
8 p. m. and a full, balanced program
of entertainment will be presented
during the evening.
Featured performers with the
Tom]in aggregation ,aje Don and
Maxine, a novelty dance team-known
for their specialty numbers.
Tomlin, a comedian on stage
screen and radio and composer of
"The Love Bug Will Get You' and
"The Object of My Affections," has
directed his band during appear­ances
at hotels and theaters in large
cities throughout the country. His
group of musicians have performed
over radio networks CBS and ABC
and have been seen in motion pic­tures
produced by MGM, Universal
and 20th Century Fox
schedule made public one
week ago, providing for the trans­fer
of approximately ° 100 assigned
men to Squadron K daily under
new regulations issued at that time,
is already in operation and will
continue through December 10.
Under the new policy, effective
December 1, both Adjusted Service
Rating scores and length of service
will qualify GIs for discharge, but"
personnel eligible for separation un­der
AAF surplus rules were not af­fected
by the new authorization.
December 1 will find the follow*
ling categories of military personnel
rapidly governed by the new regulations
and eligible for release:
Enlisted men with ASR scores of
55, or four years of service. '
Enlisted women with ASR scores
of 32.
Male officers, excluding those in
the medical branch, with an ASR of
73 or four years and three months
service.
Wac officers with an ASR of 37.
The new TWX specifies, however,
that "separation of personnel di­rected
under AAF surplus authori­zations"
are not restricted by%the
latest WD criteria change. "Person­nel
whose release is restricted by
AAF surplus directives but who
qualify under foregoing WD stan«
dards will be reported for sep­aration
immediately upon eligibili­ty,"
the TWX provides.
Under the new regulations au­thority
is also given to separate all
married Wacs who entered service
before May 12, 1945, and all enlisted
men who have three or more chil­dren
under 18 years of age depend­ent
upon them for support, "upon,
application" for discharge. ASR
scores or service will not affect
these separations.
For the purposes of computing
length of service under the present
policy, total service includes com­missioned
plus enlisted time and
embraces WAAC duty for all WAC
personnel. Service will be com­puted
from September 16, 1940 and
is cumulative.
GET FIRST CALL
NEW YORK— (CNS) —Mayor-elect
William O'Dwyer has an­nounced
that returning war vet-to
refund either cash or the seals j erans will get preference in seek-. party will be held from 2 to 4 p. m.
to the campaign headquarters. ' ing positions as city policemen. I December 24, at Post Theater No. 3.
Guest Lists Open
For Annual Yule
Children's Party
Guest /lists for the annual Christ­mas
eve party for children of mili­tary
personnel of this post are still
open, it was announced this week
by the joint committee In charge of
the event.
Cartoons will feature the special
movies to be shown at the party,
the committee reported today, ana
plans include gifts, candy, nuts and
other treats for all attending. The
Duke Players Present' Snafu' Here Tuesday,
While Post Theaters Offer Hollywood Version
had never heard about,
tory Loan Drive are snowing a de-!s t a n c ey
cided lag both in cash sales and
new allotments as compared to pre­vious
campaigns conducted here.
Returns from some squadrons have
Mustering-Out Pay
If a vet leaves the armed services
with an honorable discharge, he
will be handed $100 mustering-out
£onJwar"bond"offices are u?ged'Pay. ^e ? i v e ? / ^ a d
n
d ^ i ° ^ L $ 1 ?n
to get their reports into bond held-,a ™onth later if he had been in
quarters before the deadline date. I (Continued On Page Seven)
Bollywood or Broadway will
have nothing on this post next
Tuesday night. Nothing, at least,
as far as "Snafu," the rollicking,
hilarious but timely comedy about
an ex-GI's adventures trying to
acclimate himself to civilian life,
is concerned.
Right now "Snafu" is a current
Broadway hit in New York, and
the movie-makers' version of the
same show has just been released
in Hollywood.
Tuesday night "Snafu" will be
presented here on the stage of the
Big Top by the Duke Players,
Duke University thespians—while
by a strange coincidence the
celluloid version of Snafu will
open its. run of post theaters the
same evening.
The Duke Players are being
brought to ORD-RS for one per­formance
Tuesday night, at 8 p.
m., at the Big Top, through ar­rangements
made by the Post
Special Services offices with
Verne Rhodes, Jr., business man­ager.
The comedy is being pre­sented
at the university in Dur­ham
tonight and tomorrow night
and the local presentation here
on Tuesday will be its first road
appearance, the first of several
bookings made for army camps
and other service installations
throughout the state.
Written by Louis Solomon, with
revisions by Harold Buchman,
"Snafu" is making a big hit on
Broadway, and its central theme
of the pitfalls and difficulties en­countered
by a newly-discharged
soldier making the transition to
civies after years of GI life should
make the show of unusual inter­est
to all military personnel of
the post.
The coincidence of the stage and
movie versions playing the post
here in the same week will1
make it possible for GIs to try
either medium—and those who
wish may compare the Duke Play­ers'
translation Tuesday night with
Hollyood's presentation of the
same timely story on following
evenings.