Base E beacon [1945]

              i q &®\£M$q)
m
Vol.  _ ilo. 6
IHTOS-OTIOK AiO EDuCA-IOE SEOTIOil
E5IZ-S FOR RADIO SBBCHES
12 February lgtyj
BEER RULED ESSENTIAL TO 0I7ILIAE 1103413
Tomorrow evening at 193.5 hours the
Information and Education Section is inaugurating a series of radio sketches
over WVTH, the Ease "E:i ou-.let of the
Jungle Hetwork. These sketches will dramatise incidents of pilferage or careless
handling of military equipment that have
resulted in critical shortages in forward
areas, shortages that have co3t lives of
American soldiers and that have prolonged
the agon;' of war.
The fact that wo arc in a roar area
makes pilferage and careless handling of
equipment no loss a crimo. The sum total
of pilferages and breakages is much too
much. Unfortunately, most of the pilferage and careless handlirg occurs with the
most critical of items — medical supplies, radio and signal equipment, and
food stores.
Though somo of us Sis may be kleptomaniacs,the great majority of 11s are not
deliberately maliciv._sB " We do not paujc
to think when " we piifo." a military Hira
or when wc  carelessly break a-.;.-, porigtt-
ablc goods. We do not quire real." e ""..at
wo aro doing, that, as a result of our
carelessness or indifference, thcro is a
shortage in a forward .area.
All local citizens arc invitod to
listen to tho radio sketches referred tc
in tho first paragraph of this item., Tho
Information and Education Section invites
listeners to submit original sketches
based on known instancos of pilferage or
careless handling of equipment on this
or any othor baso. The sketches should
oo modclod on those that will bo broadcast. Prises of cigarettes or PX goods
will bo awarded those submitting sketches
used on tho radio, All entries should
bo submitted to  tho I, & E. Offiecre
*****************************-.***:. *******
MORE OVERSEAS FGRL0U9ES
The WaJ Department has removed all
limitations -on the number of soldiers who
may receive 30-day furloughs and. as a result the number of ss/^-icemen returning
from War 2ones on leave probably will ''in-
crease markedly" in the neict few months.
General George C. Marshall, ChLef <_$ Staff,
made this disclosure in a letter to Rep.
Brooks, Louisiana Democrat, asserting
that theater commanders now have authority to return any men they can spare for
one month plus travel time. .-iarshall
said the War Department is no longer directly involved in such decisions."(CITS)
The War Labor Board ruled that beer
is essen'vlal - c nvale in telling the
Teamsters '.:'. c -■■■. -..v.. strike at three
Scr Paul fare* t':_=.:.-,. _h>- Union had declined, to end- work stoyyage at Yoerg, Schmidt
and Haram breweries, asserting that beer
making wasn't an essential industry, but
WLB ruled, 'See- is essential to civilian
morale" and closing of breweries "threatens substantial interference with war
effort."(CITS)
VETERA1TS TO RECEIVE ITO LE1TIE17CY
w
ITo undue
leniency should
be shown toward
returning veterans in meting
out punishment
for infractions
of military regulations, the
ArmyiKrovost .■iuv
shal Conference
on Enforcement
cf MDifeiy Discipline decided.
V e t, e raas ar e
still subject to
to military law,
it was pointed
out,and. the fe.et
that they have
returned from
battle zones
should not
ifX.""" /^ " permit them
"r^g^j " F|__J^/v ^ to run wild
EOOYER REVEALS
f ) and disturb
■^^ <-£ others.(03$
**********************
1'CEEASED LAUl-ESSEESS
Director J, Edgar Eoover of the FBI
has warned that difficult years lie ahead
unless a new trend toward lawlessness is
curbed. The F3I chief revealed- that bank
robberies increased during 19^ to thirty-
seven banks in the United States, in 19x3
there \rerc twenty-two robberies or attempted robberies of banks, ho reported,
*******=;-*************************** (ci"g)
FUEL SHORTAGE EECBSSITATBS  "BROV.iDUTS"
The nation-wide "hrr.niot-fc" dimming
the street lights, store windows and. theatre marquees that'began cn -fchrU"-"? 1st
was ordered by tho War Production Board
in a novo to save critically short coal
and. fuel oil. (CHS)
****************************************