MeGUJRE.GENERAL HOSPITAL Col. P. E. Duggins, 1C, Commanding Vol. 1,, Ho,;,4 6 July 1944 Richmond, Virginia M C GUIRE TOPS S 40000 FOR FREE PHONES HOSPITAL PERSONNEL CIVILIANS SET ANSWERS NEWS--LEADER PACE FOR M C GUI RE'S DRIVE -FOR FREE CALLS Men and women working at McGuire Gen- FIGHTING 5 TH eral Hospital have contributed more than 4-400 to the Richmond Hews-Leader Free Highlighting the current War Loan Bond Telephone Fund. Civilian and military Drive in McGuire General Hospital is the workers joined hands in the drive which performance of Civilian employes of the raised the second largest single donation Post Engineer.department where every man the newspaper has received. • ', ./•••', purchased an extra bond in addition to Heading the list of bonds being on the payroll deduction plan. tions was that of the 1385th Service.' Fire Chief James. A, Rain, in making the Unit which raised 4108. Second were mem- announcement, stated that each of the fif- bers of the Army Nurse Corps which donated teen men in his section had rnaoe extra 47S. Numerous others, gave 45, ansi..few •' purchaseS . > ; donations were less than one dollar. Captain Martha R. White, WAC, war bond News-Leader officials expressed themselves officer, reported satisfactory progress as being we with the spirit in on all fronts in the drive with about which McGuire cooperated, in the drive that half of the #14,000 goal already achieved. is expected to amount to 410,000.,.. Latest arc confid at of success and we are reports shaw that almost |8,000 has been proud of the efforts being made to put received. , McGuire General over the top,'"* she said. The'News-Leader Free Telephone' Fund Captain White also pointed out that en- . is a drive to raise money for free tele- listed men may now purchase bonds through phone calls for each patient to come to (cont’d on page 10) McGuire. HOUSING UNDERWAY FOR HOSPITAL PEOPLE The housing situation for McGuire General Hospital civilian and military person- nel took a decided turn for the better last week with.the. announcement that 60 apartments, to be located at Broad Rock Road and East 45th Street, will be construct- ed and completed for occupation about October 1. Work is expected to get under way this week., . according to spokesmen for, the Frank S. Riches on Realty Company, con- tractors Jx.+ i The apartments will consist of four units of 20 apartments each and will rent for an average of #50 per month. • They,.will be of brick construction and will have slate roofs. Modern in' every respect,' the apartments will have a central, heating plant, (cbnt’d on page 10) e A QUESTION Vol. I No. 4 TO BE ANSWERED What have you done today so that some

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imnm mi rot you/' SUGGESTION COMMITTEE MAKES TWO AWARDS Proof that civilian and military work- MCGUIRE BROADCAST ers of McGuire General Hospital are thinking in terms of' saving materials, time, and space is contained in the fact HUGE SUCCESS that the recently created Suggestion "America’s Salute to McGuire General Plan Campaign committee has already re- Hospital," heard over Radio Station WRVA ceived 3S worthwhile suggestions. Three last Thursday night, has attracted favor- of them have been accepted and put into able comment from hundreds of miles effect, while some others are still un- around, it is announced by station offi- der consideration, according to L. E. cials. Dozens of congratulatory mes- Roffman, CVvO, committoe spokesman. sages have been received at WRVA and at Two awards this week*brought three-day the hospital. passes to Sergeant Anthony H. Hoffman Sergeant Barry Schectman, former pro- of the information desk staff, and Ser- fessional radio announcer now attached geant Aramis T. Guy, non-commissioned to the McGuire General Special Services officer in charge of wards at night. Office, shared announcing duties with Several suggestions from civilian work- Sergeant Sterling Ludgate of Camp Lee. ers are being studied, committee members Musical honors were evenly divided be- state. Sgt. Hoffman suggested uniform tween the 662nd Army Air Force Band from working hours which will permit car the Richmond Air Base, and the Camp Lee pools to conserve gas and tires. Sgt. Post Band. Pvt. Eric Rosenblith from Guy suggested laundry changes which will Camp Pickett was the featured violin so- speed up the service for enlisted men loist, while one of Camp Lee’s top-notch and patients. vocalists was heard in a favorite song Suggestions to improve hospital ser- of the day. vice, conserve materials or time, or Col. P. E. Duggins, commanding offi- anything that will help the war effort, cer of McGuire General Hospital, was should be placed in suggestion boxes heard in an appeal to the general public conveniently distributed around the hos- to be considerate of' the feelings of re- pital. The committee meets weekly and turning wounded soldiers when they ap- all suggestions are studied and rejected, pear in public. Col. Duggins was heard approved, or taken under further consid- by radio transcription which was made eration. Sometimes two or more sugges- necessary when he was called to Balti- tions are combined to make one worthwhile more, Md., earlier in the day. Studio improvement, it. is said. officials arranged for his message to be Committee members point out that all recorded. suggestions are anonymous until the Greetings and good wishes for McGuire award is made. Each suggestion is num- General and the wounded men who will be bered and the judges have no way of know- hospitalized here were heard from Mrs. ing who contributed the idea until a Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe E. Brown, Doro- decision is made. Committee members are: thy Lamour, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Judy Lt.-Colonel Michael Sheppeck, CWO Roff- Canova, Guy Lombardo, and from the com- man, 1st Sgt. James Kaylor, Lester Mitch- manding general of the Third Service ell, Albert Archer, Mrs. Gladys Shively, Command. Mrs. Alma Ingram, Miss Helen Crenshaw, and Miss Mary Bell, Miss Crenshaw serves Shreveport, La. (CNS)--Chased by her as executive secretary. husband, who was brandishing a hot smoothing iron, athletic Mrs. Lucille WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY THaT SOME Cash cleared a seven-foot barbed wire MOTHER’S SON SHOULD DIE FOR YOU? -- fence and escaped. Later she sued for JOIN THE FIGHTING FIFTH!I! divorce. RED CROSS RECEIVES SGT ATWOOD valuable donations heart attack victim Warm-hearted civilians and patriotic Colonel P. E. Duggins, commanding of- organizations continued this week to ficer, today announced the death of Ser- demonstrate their feelings toward wound- geant Charles H. Atwood, 58, X-ray tech- ed and sick soldiers who will come to nician, station complement. Sgt. Atwood McGuire General Hospital. The American suffered a heart attack late yesterday Red Cross with local headquarters just and died soon after at his wife's ad- off Times Square in Building 401 an- dress, 308 South Cherry Street, Richmond. nounces several donations of furniture Sgt. Atwood, formerly of North Barn- and equipment. stable, Mass., was inducted into the One of the outstanding gifts was a army March 12, 1941, and had previously pledge of 600 of newspapers and served four years in the navy. His ser- magazines each week from the Capital vice record, both in the army and the News Agency in Richmond. The magazines navy was excellent, according to Colonel will all be new, and selected with the Duggins and his former commanding offi- idea in mind of what soldiers will want cer at Camp Lee where he served prior to read. They will be distributed by to coming to McGuire General Hospital. the Red Cross. In addition to his wife, Edith C. At- A voice recording machine wr as donated wood, he is survived by an infant son by Mrs. Robert W. Daniel, Brandon, Va.; and two sisters, Miss Mary Atwood of scatter rugs for the detachment dayroom West Barnstable, Mass., and Mrs. Marga- were given by the Prince George Chapter ret Riemann, Nedham, Mass. of the American Red Cross; an electric Funeral arrangements have not been victrola with a quantity of records was announced. given by the District Traffic Office of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone QUICK CARE Saves lives Company; and two pianos have been con- OF 99 IN 100 IN FRANCE tributed. Other gifts include radios France (CNS)--Q,uick and expert medi- and ladies' lounge furniture. cal attention has been responsible for The Virginia Federation of Music Clubs the saving of 99 per cent of the lives is collecting funds for the purchase of of American soldiers wounded on the a concert grand piano which will be Normandy beachhead, according to Maj* placed in the auditorium. Gon. A. W. Kenner, Chief of Medical Services on Gen. Eisenhower’s staff. CHAPEL GETS NEW Penicillin, sulfa drugs, whole'blood ELECTRIC ORGAN and blood plasma are being used con- The electric organ for use in re- stantly in France, Gen. Kenner said, as ligious services in McGuire General Hos- a part of the treatment wounded sol- pital has been installed, it is an- diers receive on the battlefield, in nounced by Major Orin D, Swank, post front line hospitals, and on special chaplain. ships and airplanes returning to England. Christian worship services are being held each Sunday at 9 a.m. This is a DARRIN--Photographs of pinup girls are general service to which everyone is in- used in Northern Australian military vited . hospitals to help patients recover the A Catholic chaplain is expected at use of arms and legs. They are fastened McGuire General soon, and with his ar- on splints in such'a way that the man rival there will be a schedule of Catho- must use the weakened muscles to look at lic masses arranged for the chapel. them. The scheme works. Jewish services here are held each Fri- day at 8:30 p.rn. with visiting Rabbis WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY THaT SOME officiating. MOTHER’S SON SHOULD DIE FOR YOU? MAGUIRE SALVAGE DRIVE EM'S TELL OFFICERS 'SCRAPS'OFF TO FINE START 'AT EASE'AND THEY^EASE" America must salvage two-thirds of the Concerned over the alleged indigo moods 24-million tons of paper used annually of McGuire officers and nurses, detach- in this country if we are to win the v;ar, ment enlisted men "crashed™ the Officers ’ according to a recent War Production Club Friday night, 30 June, to stage a Board announcement. show which proved to bo a huge success. McGuire General Hospital reclaimed more The troupe barged into the hallowed than 16,000 lbs. of paper last month, a precincts of stars and bars, took over a record which will not stand when mili- table in dead center, commanded the guests tary and civilian workers really get back to bo "at ease,'* and presented their in- of the salvage drive, it is announced by formal offering. Lt. James T. Remley, purchasing, con- Sergeant Barry Schectman, serving as tracting, and salvaging officer. master of ceremonies, introduced Pfc, Listed here is the amount of salvage Bernie Asbel who sang original ditties from McGuire that has been turned over of the war and allied topics. Cpl. Bob to national reclamation authorities: Panofsky, McGuire’s wizard of the ivories corrugated cardboard, 11,423 lbs.; and Pfc. Richard Quinn, well-known tenor, white paper, 2,051 lbs.; brown paper, accompanied by Cpl. Steve Kubica, an ac- 1,033 lbs..; newspaper, 1,557 lbs.; and complished accordionist, gave several magazines, 332 lbs. popular selections. Sgt. Schectman In addition to paper, Lt. Remley’s obliged with a rendition from "Night Must department has salvaged 1,152 lbs. of Fall," an act performed in complete dark- tin cans and hundreds of pounds of ness except for the faltering rays of a other worthwhile scrap ranging from egg GI flashlight. cases to mattress covers. "No scrap The show was written and staged by Pfc. materials worthy of salvage will be Asbel. wasted on this post. Every man and ev- ery woman connected with McGuire General Hospital is responsible to the govern- THE WOLF by Sansone ment for saving every pound of paper, tin, and cloth possible. As we become more accustomed to our jobs, we will effect greater savings," said Lt. Remley. McGuire's salvage officer today asked all military and civilian employes to conserve materials in every way without affecting efficiency or the comfort and well-being of the patients when they arrive. "Office workers, especially, should be economical in the use of sta- tionery and memorandum pads. They should uso both sides of the paper when- ever possible. Discarded sheets can be used for scratch paper and for making notes. Never throw away a sheet of pa- per that can be used again," he admon- ished.

look, Rosemary . . . trying to WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODaY THAT SOME "'Don't he’s just our MOTHER’S SON SHOULD DIE FOR YOU? attract attention i” GUADALCANAL. BUDDIES HOLD REUNION C AT M GUIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL , One of the unsung heroes, of World War against those Japs and' every man was II is Pfc. Elmo J. Perry, 29, unmarried, needed.” It wasn't until loss of blood and back in the States on furlough to made him unconscious that he was carried visit his family in Washington, D. C., back to safety. and his closest friend, Corporal James Smyth, who is now attached to post per- V. Smyth, Silver Star and Purple Heart sonnel in the pest office department, was winner, now stationed in McGuire General reunited with Perry last week when the Hospital. latter returned to this country after 27 Perry saved Smyth's life in one of the months overseas. At the expiration of South Pacific battles in which Smyth wr as his furlough Perry will report to Camp dangerously wounded. '‘Totally disre- Butner, i\i. C., for reassignment. garding his own safety, Perry came out Contrary to the habits of most Gl's in the open while Jap bullets were kick- returning from battle areas, Perry has ing up dust all around us. He carried no souvenirs. ”1 determined when I and dragged me back to safety and to 'went overseas that I wanted to bring medical aid. If it was.n’t for him, I back only my dog tags for souvenirs -- don't think I would be here today,” and I wanted to be wearing them. I've Smyth says. satisfied that ambition,” he said. The Perry-Smyth team was born back yonder in September, 1941, 'when both DECORATION AUTHORIZED

men were raw recruits cringing and FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE . cursing under the whiplash tongue of a Washington, IRC. —A new service bar to drill sergeant in Camp Wheeler, Ga.' indicate each six-month period of over- Out of their common misery grew one of seas service has been authorized by the the most enduring friendships of this bar Department. war. That friendship grew and flour- Army men will wear the decoration on ished through the long .months of train- the left sleeve, just above the cuff. ing which carried the pair to camps It wiH be a four-inch rectangle of throughout California, Oregon, and cloth, with a gold-colored edging. Idaho. It held fast when they shipped overseas together March 17, 1942* It was November 21, 1942, when Smyth and Perry were engaged with others in their outfit in the Battle of Matanikcu River that Smyth got a Jap bullet through his helmet, creasing his skull. Before the snipers could get to him for the killing shot, Perry dashed from his fox hole and dragged the wounded man to safety at the rear. After he was certain that Smyth was safe, Perry picked up his rifle and re- turned to the job of exterminating Japs. ”1 knew there was nothing more I could do for my buddy and my job was back out there in the fox holes,” Perry explains. Smyth, incidentally, disobeyed a di- rect command from a superior officer in staying on the fighting line after he rIf•>• *-.*'*'*' was first wounded. He was .ordered to 'Now if we were back in civilian life, I’d tell the

the rear but refused to go because -- Coicnel what a no good, blind robber he wash” ”Re were having it pretty tough out there EXPLODING A NEW OFFENSIVE along a 40-mile front on the lower Cherbourg peninsula, United States troops, fighting in rain and mud, are driving the Germans steadily back through defenses which Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had declared impregnable less than two months ago. Battle-front reports said the troops captured a site near LaHaye from whose crest Americans are di- recting artillery fire, cutting the one good all-weather road south of the town. Doughboys are fighting from hedge to hedge against heavy machine gun and mortar fire in the vicinity of Bois d'Etindin. More than 100 prisoners were captured in the first assault Tuesday night. German supreme headquarters re- ported that while Allied forces were gaining ground in the Caen section, Axis lines were generally holding fast. Some of the heavi- est fighting was reported between stretches of marshland. The enemy had studded the narrow neck of dry land with machine gun nests, Americans attacked along a line leading from the Atlantic coast at Carteret eastward to Carentan and thence southward to a point about two and one-haIf miles northeast of St. Lo, highway hub of Central Normandy. The American offensive apparent- ly caught the Germans still trying to align their defenses along the west coast of the Cherbourg penin- sula. The weather vrhich had virtually cancelled allied air superiority CONTINUING THE DRIVE to outflank cleared Tuesday, permitting re- Caen in the push toward Paris, newal of armed reconnaissance British and Canadian troops have been flights between the Normandy battlefront cutting railways and highways about and the strafing of Nazi truck convoys. that bitterly contested point while On the British corridor near Caen there airmen pound rail and supply centers have been no recent German assaults, along the Seine River. The smaller earlier ones having been beaten back with map, inset at right, indicates the terrific loss of life and supplies for area gained since the original inva- the enemy. sion landings June 6. The Allies are now occupying 1,100 square miles of WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY THAT SOIIE French territory. MOTHER’S SON SHOULD DIE FOR YOU? MARK TWA Ilf FIRST MAN .< OF Thig. N TO USE "SWEAT IT OUT!" F, 'o\(\?^ 0)xs London (CNS)--Do you know who origi- nated the most over-used GI remark of

B 6 them all -- "Sweat it out"? Well, Mark Twain, from whose "Tom Sawyer" the following dialogue is quoted: MILWAUKEE (CNS)—'When Charles Sando- "It’s her own fault," he finally says." val and his mother were arrested here "Lot her sweat it out." on charges of drunkenness, Sandoval discovered he had only enough funds to LOS ANGELES (CN3)-Mrs. Robert Emerson bail one of them out. So he bailed won a divorce on unusual grounds. She himself out, leaving his mother in jail testified that her husband, whom she ac- for the week-end. cused of cruelty, made long distance telephone calls to her collect — and NEW YORK (CNS)—Cabby Ed Waters then never said a word. dropped a well dressed passenger at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, then no- MEMPHIS (CNS) —During "Cleanup Week" ticed that his fare had left a package someone swiped all the garbage cans from behind. Waters hollered but the man one suburban street. walked on, disappeared into the crowd. The cabby then opened the package. It MINNEAPOLIS (CNS)--Three psychiatrists contained 427,200 in cash, were examining a woman before a court commissioner in an effort to learn wheth- PHILADELPHIA (CNS)—A local radio er or not she was insane. During the ex- station broadcast this message last amination one of -the learned doctors got week; "Anybody lost a coffin? Police up and danced around the room. "Do you found one in an empty lot." know what I’m doing?" he asked. "Sure," PRAIRIE, MISS. (CNS)—Two freight replied the woman, "you’re making a trains met head-on at an intersection damned fool of yourself." here. Lone casualty was a chicken POMPTON LAKES, N»J. (CNS)--For 20 years which somehow got caught between them. Eng Yen, a Chinese laundryman, scorned ROANOKE (CNS)--The paper bag short- laundry slips and never made a mistake in age has become so pronounced here that handing packages back to customers. Then shop keepers are urging their custom- Yen died and his son, Hong Gam, took over.* wheel their purchases home in ers to Hong took one gander 8t the ceiling-high wheelbarrows. stack of untagged laundry, closed the ST. LOUIS (CNS) —St. Louis firemen shop and left town. are restricted--in the Fire Depart- ment’s new manual of regulations--from washing cuspidors in the firehouse bathtubs.

BALTIMORE (CNS)—Booker K. Miller was cleared of charges of peddling marijuana cigarettes, when court tests disclosed that the cigarettes he was peddling contained not marijuana—but catnip. HOLLYWOOD (CNS)--Mrs. Norma J. Cath- cart has sued a local hospital for 410,000, claiming the hospital made a public show of, her.baby and even al- lowed insulting remarks about her ex- posed leg. GALA AFFAIR MARKS PFC AIDER lived opening of dayroom BUT WONDERS HOW In a gala dedication of their commo- One of the most recent Purple Heart dious dayroom, detachment enlisted men wearers to be attached to post person- danced, chowed, and heard their Command- nel in McGuire General Hospital is Pfc. ing Officer, Col. P. E. Duggins, wel- Lester R. Alder of the detachment mess. come to McGuire and express confidence Alder distinguished himself in the Sici- in their ability to do the .job at hand. lian campaign and still fails to under- The affair took place in the spacious stand why he wasn't killed in the action auditorium of the Red Cross 'Tuesday eve- which almost sent him along with his ning, June 27. - comrades, Pfc. Alder lost three toes Girls from the Kappa Qmicron Sorority, in the skirmish which cost the lives of from the USO, and from the civilian per- 16 American riflemen and the entire crew sonnel at McGuire tamed the McGuire of a machine gun emplacement. wolfpack with the musical cooperation of "We were defending a vital position the Richmond Army Air Base dance band. on low terrain when Jerry opened up Following a grand march and talk by with some of the most vicious fire I Col. Duggins, a short revue was present- ever encountered.. We were cut off from ed, Sgt. Barry Schectman serving as mas- help from our rear and things didn't ter of ceremonies. Pfc. Richard Quinn look too good for us, I was wounded in and Cpl. Steve Kubica blended a tenor the right foot and my friends were fall- voice and swaying accordion, respective- ing all around me. It was fourteen ly, for a fine mixture; Pfc. Bernie hours later when one of our artillery Asbel guitared his way through two ori- observers managed to crawl up to me and ginal songs of Army life; Miss Lucille carry me back to be patched up," is the Miller, of the Red Cross, offered a way Alder describes his experiences. vocal selection, and Sgt. Clarence Manes of civilian stage fame presented impressions and comic dancing. Pfc. Alan Campbell was "Camp-Belle of the Ball."- He had all the orange- ade, lemonade, and assorted goodies stacked at his side.

For weeks the Wave had saluted a young officer daily as she hupped a- long the street. .And for weeks he had returned her salute--grirming broadly. "Say, what's his rank, anyway?" she asked a barracksmate at last. "Can't say," said her friend. "But he's officer of the guard at the bank where I cash my checks."

Stony Point, N.Y* (CNS)--Walter Goss, 15, was told by his parents to'wash the family car. He didn't feel like doing this, so he drove the car around the block and rammed it into a fence in- stead. Then he telephoned police. "When ny father hears about this," he explained, "I'll need protective custody." “He advanced and I recognized him.’*

•ARE YOU A FIFTH WAR LOAN PATRIOT? 10 EXTRA BONDS BOUGHT SODA FOUNTAIN TO OPEN (cont'd from page l) McGuire’s new, 38-foot soda fountain cash payments. The new 4 j7«bO bond can and restaurant arrangement is being be purchased with delivery direct by rushed to completion, and is expected to mail in early August. Soldiers will no be opened for business about July 10, longer be permitted to purchase bonds according to Lt, 3, I, Rotner, post ex- via the salary deduction plan, it has change officer. been announced. Located off ’’Times Square,” the PX One McGuire employe who believes im- contains, in addition to the soda bar, plicitly in the need for war bond pur- a well-equipped and operating barber chases is Grace S. WFilliams, charwoman shop, beauty parlor, tailor shop, and in the Administration building, who, the general merchandise department. with the assistance of her husband, has An outstanding, feature of the spda purchased 25 bonds since starting in fountain will be -the "country club" at- government service. "We believe in do- ■ mosphere intended to make it an attrac- ing everything we can to help our coun- tive rendezvous for patients and per- try and to beat the enemy," she said. sonnel. Drapes at the windows, floor- Patriotism and loyalty to her country coverings, and specially designed ta- go deeper down with Grace than with bles and chairs.will add to the atmos- many other persons, it is believed. The phere. A noteworthy feature, according Williams have a large American flag to Lt. Rotner, will be the pedestal- draped along the wall in their home. At type tables which will make it easier night, when returning from work, Grace for wounded m.6n to sit at their ease. and her husband pause at the door, come The fountain will dispense ice cream, to attention, and -salute the flag. “We soft drinks, sandwiches, and confections honor and respect our flag and that is of almost every variety. the way we show our feelings," she says. The five-chair barber shop, under the management of Esmond Domenick, is in A/FCUIRE PIOUS INC full operation. Skilled barbers and a* (cont’d from page l) shoe-shine operator are providing men playgrounds and parking' facilities,. with a complete s-ervice. Thirty-two of the apartments will con- Mrs. Julia Bing, an experienced beauty sist of four rooms each; others will be parlor operator, ,is '■ in charge of the de- three-room apartments. All of them will partment which is already catering to be equipped with gas cooking stoves and the beauty-needs of feminine members of refrigerators. The rentals will include of McGuire General's personnel. Mrs. heat and hot and cold water, Mr. Richeson Della Sweeney is in charge of the tail- stated. oring department, while Mrs. Rose Seay Future plans include extension of the- will be fountain manager. Frank Kellum apartment project, and building of simi- is store manager. lar apartments is contemplated. Thirty- one acres of the 200-site have been set BOMBED JAP SLIP'S LOG ' aside for the construction of small BLOTrvN IB TO U. S. PLANE homes for McGuire personnel as soon as TJev; Guinea • (CNS) —Thg pilot of an Army the materials become available. A-2Q attack plane dropped his load of The McGuire apartment project has the eggs on a Japanese ship, blowing it up. approval of the Federal Housing ADminis- When he returned to his base he discov- tration. Priorities for materials have ered that the blast had blown the ship’s been issued by the War Production Board. log, papers and cargo listing, and the The apartments will be constructed names of the convoy personnel into the jointly by McGuire Park, Inc., and F. H. air intake of his plane’s cooling system. Edert, contractor, Mr, Richeson is a director of McGuire Park, Inc. HAVE YOU BOUGHT AN EXTRA BOND? ? ? IL ©©HdK)# c?y @w° < One of our greatest military-leaders, fighters weighed 141 3/4 pounds. General Dwight Eisenhower, was a foot- ball coach before World War I'when he Sgt. Joe DiMaggio, the well-known coached St. Mary's "of San Antonio. San Francisco lasagna fancier, hasn’t Today, on the gridiron of Europe, Gen- lost his batting punch. He clubbed eral Eisenhower’s team is playing the out four home runs in four games re- ball deep in enemy'territory v/ith- bril- cently at a Central Pacific base. liant aerial attacks, end runs, and line smashes. Lt. Byron (Whizzer) White, famed football flier of the University of Denton (Cy) Young, in selecting his Colorado and the Detroit Lions, has re- pitching staff for an all-time big ceived the Br.onze Star with 16 other league baseball squad, showed little officers and men for his service v/ith modesty in adding the name of Denton the "Little Beavers" destroyer squadron Young to that of Johnson, 'Waddell, which five times bombarded Jap bases in Walsh, and Alexander. the South Pacific.

KO: The shell that was Hammerin’ ACCORDING TO CAS Lippy Leo Durocher, Henry Armstrong, in 1938 triple title- the dandy little manager of our Bums in holder of boxing, still has a hidden Brooklyn, has been having more troubles charge left. On June 15 Armstrong, at than Hitler this year and for a while the apex of his wartime comeback ca- all the sports who hang around Left reer, exploded his busy fists at A1 Field Louie's Chestnut Stand at the cor- (Burrany) Davis in Madison Square Garden, ner of Flatbush and De Kalb were wor- New York, and exhibited a short flash- ried about the loud-mouthed little fel- back of the original Perpetual Motion. low. He nailed the Brownsville boxer to the Lipny's troubles began during our ropes in the first round of their spring training campaign just after he scheduled ten-round bout and kept Da- had announced that he would have to vis there with a series of left hooks play second base for our Bums this year and right jabs. Davis was too dazed even if he did have acorns in his el- to move. He sank to the canvas three bows. "I can't do any worse than some times before the fight was stopped in of them bums," he argued, not without 59 seconds of the second round. Both reas on.

MALE CALL by Milton Oniff IT'S A KILT TILT Let’s have a recap on the first half of the Municipal League season. The Commandos finished fourth in the SPORTS race which witnessed the experienced and speedy Reynolds Metals aggregation CHATTEL \ sweeping the field to v/in the flag. The Reynolds Team dropped only onp engager- ment, losing that gome to the Hopper Pa- Wowiei The McGuire Commandos got set per Company. to blow/ the lid off the Municipal McGuire broke even in 12 contests to League as the second-half race opened finish with *500. Here’s the order as last night at Fonticello Park with a the, first half ended: Reynolds, Naval smashing 12 to 0 victory over the Anti- Training, Patent Office, McGuire, Hop- aircraft Command. per, Antiaircraft, and Bellv/ood. Showing their best form- of the season, The Commandos ’ batting averages were the Commandos lambasted two AA pitchers a bit under par at the close, but those for fourteen hits while 110JG Ancypowic hitting eyes were sharpening with a pro- chucked a nifty four hit shutout. mise of the things to come. With Colonel P. E. Duggins, Commanding Here are the batting averages for the Officer, paying his first visit to the first half of the season: ball park, McGuire staged a rousing first G AB R H MG inning onslaught with five runs crossing the platter as a result of five hits and Peters. 13 34 3 12 .352 featuring a gorgeous triple by Allison. Vaeth 15 45 8 14 .311 Quite a Ball Game--Capuain Miller Roffman 10 30 4 '9 .300 ’emerged from’ a prolonged slump 1 getting Boyer 15 40 8 12 .300 three hits. WOJG Conway had a perfect Ancypowic 13 33 7 11 ,289 night with three hits and a walk, and Allison 11 33 6 9 .272 WOJG Vaeth belted a four base beauty to Finkler 6 18 3 4 .222 deprive Captain Barnes of another of his Cronin 11 36 6 8 ,222 hard-earned dollar bills. Cheswick 9 19 5 4 .210 Meanwhile, the Team fielded like cham- Conway 9 26 2 5.192 pions wrhile "Ansy" hurled one of the Miller 12 33 86 .181 best games seen in league competition, getting five of the Antiaircraft boys While the McGuire Commandos go to via the strikeout route — Cheswick’s work tonight on District ifl, 3d SvC, the brilliant unassisted double play in the shrills of excited female voices will second, and Walter Campbell’s excellent echo across the diamond from an adjoin- debut at third also bear mention. ing field. Don't be startled] It’s the We miss our classy fielding - team- McGuire Commandettes having their first leading hitter, "Lefty 1 * Peters, who is workout for the coming female softball out of action while recuperating from a s eas on. tonsilectomy, but nothing is going to The Nurses of McGuire will shortly stop us now. - The Sheppeckmen are hotI! field a crack outfit against the out- Tonight at 7 p.iru McGuire will again standing female softball teams of the journey to Ponticello to play an exhi- area. bition game with District f/-l, 3d 3vC . The squad will be coached by Lt. The latter asked for a replay after they Perna, Special Services Officer, (this were nosed put by the Commandos 13-12 is really a spot for a Hobba Hobba Boy; last Friday. What a marathon.’ The game and managed by Lt. Clare M. Crapo with was'won in the hectic last-inning when the assistance of Miss Louise Miller of Lt, "Zero" Boyer smashed as -pretty a the Red Cross and Mrs. Helen Conway of home run as we’ve seen al'l s.eason with civilian personnel. When those girls

Allison on base. ■ _ start bouncing old apple <,► * the around, it’s "curves aweigh" for "McGuire General.