Fort Bragg: Fort Bragg Post

Tbe Fi*v«*tteville Observe*’* Dedicated To The Men In Uniform Vol. II— No. 8. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.— FORT BRAGG, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1942. ACTIVITIES OF THE USO (All activities start at 8 p. m. unless otherwise noted.) RAY AVENUE Wednesday: 10:00 a. m. — Wo¬ mens Gym; 7:00 p. m.— Movie; 8:15 p. m. — Dance class; 8:30 p. m. State Night. Thursday: 9:00 a. m.— Civil Ser¬ vice Exam; 10:00 a. m. — Womens Gym: 8:00 p. m. — Dramatic Club; 8:30 p. m. — Photography Club; 8:30 p. m. — Square Dance; 8:00 p. m — Math Class. Friday: 10:00 a. m. — Girls Sport Morning; 6:300 p. m. — Girls Coun¬ cil: 8:00 p. m. — Cigarette Bingo. Saturday: 1 to 4— Game Tour¬ naments; 4:30-6:30 — “Smorgas- borg"; 8:00 p. m. — Quiz Program; 7:00 p. m. — Movie. Sunday: 1:00 p. m. — Catholic Hour Dinner; 4:30 to 6 — Victory Tea; 8:30 p. m— Sunday Eve. Musical, sponsored by K. of C.; 9:00 p. m. — Movies. Monday: 8:00 p. m. — Cigarette Bingo; 8:30 p. m. — American Le¬ gion “Remember Pearl Harbor Night.” Tuesday: 12:30 p. m. — Luncheon Soldiers Wives; 8:30 p. m. — Dance. In addition to the individual services such as showers, shave, camera loan, information service, Saturday evening dormitory, etc., I a Christmas gift wrapping service, between the hours of 6:30 and 9:00 p. m. daily, will be inaugurated on December 3rd. On December 7 th the American Legion, under the direction of Claud Sloan, post commander, will offer a stirring patriotic pro¬ gram “Remember Pearl Harbor.” Edward T. Allen, local man, vet¬ eran of World War II, and one who took active part, being wounded in the Pearl Harbor en¬ counter, will be presented as a candidate for membership and lat¬ er will receive a gold legion but¬ ton. Service men are invited to at¬ tend the program. 210 ANDERSON STREET Wednesday: 8:00 — Weight Lift¬ ers club; 8:00 — Social games and bingo. Thursday: 8:00 — Social activi¬ ties. Friday: 8:00 — Social events. Saturday: 4:00 — Music Appre¬ ciation Hour; 8:00 — Movies: “Ev¬ erything’s On Ice.” Sunday: 9:00 a. m. — Java club; 3:30 — Bible Study Group; 5:00 — Hymn Sing; 8:30 — Movies. Monday 8:00 — Social activities. Tuesday: 8:00 — Co-ed party. 481 HAY STREET Wednesday: 2:30 — Craft Class, army wives and sweethearts; 8:30 — variety show party; 7:00-10:00 —Gift wrapping and mailing ser¬ vice. Friday 8:30 — Feature Movie; 7:00-10:00 — Gift Wrapping and Mailing service. Saturday: 5:00 — Soldier's Jam¬ boree; 8:30 — Feature Movie; 7:00- 10:00 — Gift Wrapping and Mailing service. Sunday 2:00 — Service Men’s Bible Study; 4:30 — Sunday Vesper service; 5:30 — “Ham, Jam and Glory Session”; 8:00 — Sunday Song Fest. Monday: 2:00 — Indoor Recrea¬ tional Activities, army wives and sweethearts; 8:30 — Informal game activities; 7:00-10:00 — Gift wrap¬ ping and mailing service. Tuesday: 2:00 — Bowling — army wives and sweethearts; 8:30 — Music Appreciation Hour; 7:00- 10:00 — Gift Wrapping and Mail¬ ing service. • WINSLOW STREET Announcement of the complete revision of its schedule of activi¬ ties has just been released by the (Continued On Page 16) GENERAL ROWLEY VISITS POST Major General Albert J. Bowley, retired, right, former Command¬ ing General of Fort Bragg, is shown here with Brigadier General John T. Kennedy, present Conmmanding General of Fort Bragg, during a visit to the post this week. General Bowley, who was Fort Bragg’s Commandant from 1921 until 1928, was largely responsible for the development and establishment of Fort Bragg as a permanent Army Post. General Bowley is well known throughout North Carolina, and while in the state he and his wife are guests of Henry Page of Aber¬ deen. — (PRO Photo by Pfc. Joseph F. Schuetter.) Careless Talk Aids Efforts Of Enemies (Special Thanksgiving Day orientation lecture dealing with the importance of safeguarding military information. This lec¬ ture was written by Private Harry Mann, Radio Section, Fort Bragg Public Relations Of¬ fice). Today, on the first Thanksgiv¬ ing since our nation entered the great war, most of us celebrate this traditional holiday by attend¬ ing to our regular tasks, and per¬ forming our assigned duties. We have not abandoned the practices and customs of generations. We have merely changed them tem¬ porarily to fit the needs of the times. Our minds and our hearts are filled with gratitude to a bene¬ ficent and generous Providence, that has made our land rich and strong, free and civilized. A little less than a year ago our country was suddenly pitched into the swirling stream of world conflict. We were caught unawares, but we were not asleep at the switch. Try¬ ing and troubled months followed that fateful Sunday that came so soon after last year’s Thanksgiv¬ ing Day. Today, on this Thanks¬ giving Day, we look forward to the future with renewed confi¬ dence, and increased hope. Our forces, and the forces of our Allies, are on the march again. Beyond the horizon our ultimate goal be¬ comes a little more clearly visible. We had been a trusting nation, believing that the other peoples and governments of the earth were animated, and guided, by the same principles of honor, and fairness, and decency that we professed. In a vague sort of way, perhaps, we knew, or suspected, that some other foreign countries regarded us as their enemies, or their potential foes, and that some time or other, in the dim, distant future, they might attempt to at¬ tack us, or try to deprive us of our possessions. Many believed that we were so powerful, and full of the resources of defense, no one would be so foolhardy as to try to attack us. And then came the treacherous, cowardly, assault on Pearl Harbor, and all the peaceful illusions of our people vanished in a twinkling. The first assault against our dig¬ nity, and our territory, came after we had been solemnly, and re¬ peatedly, assured that the people and government of Japan sought only peaceful and friendly rela¬ tions with us. To secure the complicated, and ramified, information so vital in planning their campaigns against us, the Japanese used every known device and trick of inter¬ national espionage. They also in¬ vented many new methods of their own. Naval officers disguis¬ ed as poor, honest, fishermen would join fishing expeditions along the coastlines of Alaska and Hawaii. The waters surrounding these territories would be charted while the harbors and their in¬ stallations would be surveyed and carefully noted. Other facts and figures that would be of use to the war lords of Tokyo were likewise picked up. Japanese students and teachers would be sent to our schools, and institutions of higher learning, and they too would send basic information about our coun¬ try, our resources, and our ability to defend ourselves. Tourists, though not in large numbers, would visit the cities of our pos¬ sessions as well as those of con¬ tinental United States. They would always be armed with cam¬ eras and notebooks. You never saw a Japanese tourist without seeing his camera also. And we can be reasonably certain that those photo shots and the obser¬ vations that were jotted down in the notebooks, eventually reach¬ ed the person or persons who knew how to fit them into the pat¬ tern of attack against us. A large part of the information about us was, of course, obtained by experts in the art and science of gathering such data. A consid¬ erable portion of the information sought, and . sometime secured, dealt with highly technical mat- (Continued On Page Two) Pay Allotments Of Service Men Are Increased The War Department announced today -that restrictions have been modified concerning the amount which members of the army of the United States may allot from their pay for support of depen¬ dents, premiums on life insurance polioies, or for deposit in sav¬ ings accounts with banking insti¬ tutions. This change has been made for the accommodation of personnel in the field who have home de¬ mands upon their pay in excess of the amounts which heretofore could be allotted, or who find themselves in possession of more pay than is necessary at their present stations. Officers, warrant officers and army nurses now may authorize monthly allotments to an amount not to exceed their combined base and longevity pay, increased pay for overseas service, rental and subsistence allowances. Previously only base and longevity pay and subsistence allowance could be so allotted. Enlisted men, who heretofore could allot an amount not in ex¬ cess of their monthly base and longevity pay, may not.’ auYuui-' ize, in addition, therejo, their overseas pay and the rental allow¬ ance for their dependents, provid¬ ing a minimum of $10 per month, or such greater amount as com¬ manding officers deem necessary, shall be available for direct pay¬ ment to the soldier to meet his personal needs. Aviation pay and additional pay for parachute duty are not sub- ; ject to allotment by either officer, 1 warrant officers, nurses, or en¬ listed men. — - ■ ♦ ■ ■ ■ 16 Teams Enter Court League Sixteen squads have entered the Main Post basketball league, and play is scheduled to begin next week. A complete schedule will be released the latter part of this week by the special services branch. All games will be played on Thursday nights in the Main Post field house. ‘Two courts will be utilized, with about eight games run off each week. Play will be- (Continued on Page Two) WARRANT, FLIGHT OFFICERS SHOULD RECEIVE SALUTES Warrant officers and flight offi¬ cers are now entitled to the salute and other courtesies of the service normally granted commissioned officers, the War Department an¬ nounces. Chief warrant officers and war¬ rant officers (junior grade), in that order, rank immediately be¬ low second lieutenants and above all other grades, including cadets and master sergeants. Flight offi¬ cers rank with warrant officers (junior grade). Both warrant and flight officers are eligible for membership in messes maintained for commis¬ sioned officers. The shoulder insignia of flight officer is similar to that of a war¬ rant officer. It consists of a blue enameled bar with a latitudinal center strip of gold. A warrant officer’s bar is brown enamel with a center strip of gold. PRICE: FIVE CENTS Hit Comedy Now Playing At Post Theatres “You Can’t Take It With You,” Pulitzer Prize comedy by George Kaufman and Moss Hart, opened before a full house last night at the Community theater, and the antics of the mad Sycamores and crazy Vanderhofs kept the soldier- audience in a roar throughout the play’s three acts. The comedy, being staged here by the USO-Camp Shows, Inc., is scheduled to be at the Community theater again tonight and tomor¬ row night. Friday it will be mov¬ ed to the Center theater in the Field Artillery Replacement Train¬ ing Center for two performances. Monday it is scheduled to be at the Spring Area theater for one performance. Jack Norworth, famous actor and songwriter, who wrote “Shine On Harvest Moon,” “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” “Apple Blos¬ som Time in Normandy” and other all time popular favorites, appears as Grandpa Vanderhof, head of the clan. Other members of the daffy clan and their curious friends г re played bs lo>:sy Ather¬ ton, Saralee <H"Bti:?, Vitari&i' J. Parsons, Eddi Hodge, Robert Toms, David Leonard, Rosetta Le Noire, Johnny Stearns, Charles Benjamin, Marjorie Cramer, Bruce Brighton, Marie Paxton, Norman Porter, Joan Croydon and Eliza¬ beth Brew. « » Crucial Game On Tap Today The strong Quartermaster De¬ tachment (w) touch football squad will meet the third place Medical Detachment, Station Complement, team at 5:15 o’clock this afternoon in what may be the deciding game of the Main Post league. Should the Quartermaster ag¬ gregation win the game today, the league title is theirs. A loss would place them in a tie with the 65th General Hospital team, in which a three-game playoff would be called to determine the champion¬ ship. At the present time the Quar¬ termaster team has won nine games, lost one and tied two, while the 65th squad has won nine, lost two and tied two. Headquarters Battery, 1st Regi¬ ment, FARTC, holds fourth place in the league and the 2nd Chem¬ ical Battalion trails the league. In today’s game the Quarter¬ master hopes are being placed on the continued good performances of Cpl. Amedeo, Cpl. Glenn Paint¬ er and Sgt. Lynn Bozeman. The mainstay of the Medical Detach¬ ment has been T-5th Harry K. Murotani, small but fast broken field runner. SPECIAL CHAPEL SERVICES SUNDAY Services appropriate to the an¬ niversary of the United States’ entrance into the war will be held at 23 chapels at Fort Bragg on Sunday, December 6, according to Lt. Col. Albert K. Mathews, chief of the chaplains' branch. These “Pearl Harbor Day” ser¬ vices will begin with mass in the morning anl continue according to regular schedule, throughout the day.