American Women's Voluntary Services - Feb 1943

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T H E T O W N S H I P T A T T L E

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TH3 AMERICAN W0IJ3NfS VOLUNTARY SERVICES

ISSUE IX FEBRUARY,. 1945 l.IILLBURN, N . J .

EDITORIAL STAFFE d i t o r *" ' Assistant EditorMrs, Walter M, Taylor I.Irs. Carl Egner

Reporters ScribesMrs. R. F. Lay ton ~ Mrs. Charles F. SmithM Dominick Bnfoi -mJio^a^? fclrs. Arthur 2. FrenchMrs. J. J". Partington Hiss 1,1a.ry A. IrwinMrs. 3. E. Spencer, Jr. Mrs. F. 3. AbbottMrs,. Coleman Burke

Circulation Manager Print ing StaffMrs, William G. Lup'ton, Jr. llrs. E. T. Burton

ICrs. George W Gilman

A dilemma descended on the Scribes department when I.IARY IRWIN closedher fuel-less home and moved to Washington, D.C. to spend the remainderof this chilly winter keeping house for her brother LT. D. ICING XR,7XN SJR.?U.S.N.R., who is stationed i n the Capitol City. . .leaving the tworemaining pen wielders aghast and agapq a is :rTATTL3 time" drew ni gh. . . .

However, until Miss Irwin' s welcome return, her scribery has been aptlytaken over by MRS. F. 3Y3RZTT ABBOTT whose husband i s LT. F. 3, ABBOTT,attached to the U.S.A.F. (whereabouts unknown at t hi s writing)...Weknow you' l l agree with us when we say that both the departed scribe andher substitute deserve a hearty sheer* . . . . l ot ' s go!

GOSSIP HERS AMD TUERS

Well, here we go again boys, and the way we're able to si t down todash off each succeeding issue facing a bigger and better stack of fanmail throws us into a decided state of warm slow (combined with a sev-ere dash of typewriter'a cra.ip).

The f i r s t envelope on top of tho pile contains a note of thanks fromnone other than PVT. TI TIE LING 7/00 who thinks he ' s rather lucky to befighting over the "Battle of tho j3oardwalk n in Atl ant ic City. "here welive in the super-dtiper hotels and have everything so convenient andcozy i t seoms moro l iko a vacation to mo than t he terrible conditionswhich exist in so many places over tho world". Pvt. Woo i s working inSupply as a flight clork and i s trying to do his snail part i n the Army,but, although he's s t i l l a private and is working hard, his ultimatedesire i s not to have only stripes on his sleove--V/oo wants bars onhis shoulders so ho can show his frionds in llillburn "what a l i t t l eChinaman can do in the U.S.Army". Woo sends "good luck to a l l hisfriends in the sorvico al l over the world".


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LT. ALBERT K. DHAO has changed his address from Short Hills ^pSanta Maria, Cal. Thanks for your thanks, AX and in these days oTcracking radiators and bursting pipes we wish we could join the Armyand go other places, too!

CPL. FRED BRO.TNS snazzy let ter from Panama City, Fla. has us l ick-ing our chops with pride and as we aren' t the shy type to take Fred'swords of prai se in silence, we' ll hurriedly quote so you can see whathe says about us with your own eyes. if I want to take thi s chance toth^nk you for al l the interesting hours you have provided me with bysending "THE TATTLE. I t really is the most interesting piece of l i t -erature I ha ve ever received. Tl t&nm that ' s rsa.lly good and we reallywish you al l kinds of top honors in your Gunnery ochool, with shotslike the above you should be a natural.

PVT. DICK WELLS writes from Camp Crowder, Mb'., but,, as he has dis-covered , the Army is ful l of surpr ises. Perhaps the next time hesends us a flash i t will bs from a different address. Dick has taken

several week-end excursions and is happy to havo ferrotted out a fewtowns not out-numb or ed by tho Army. 5ven a l i t t l o civi l ian glamourhas turnc-d up to brighten his days.

PVT. J0S3PI-I GOGLIA writos that ho can hang his ha t at Camp Huckerfor a pariod but he' s been to Now l.laxico for a while and says i t wasalmost a vacation. Good luck, JOG, and thanks for taking time out tothank us for kc oping you post 3d on '"'your frionds and fellow homefolks, 1 '

Holy Cats I On top of al l our brazon boasting this nodest V-lIaillct tor from LT. ADRIAN B2DECKZR is almost (but not quit a)- enough tocause us t o pipe- down and follow his example..... Adrian usesup most of ths shoot with his profuse thanks fos . ''TO TATTLE, al -though issuo #5 h -s just caught up with' him, Adrian says ;iTIIS TATTLSis the only good reading h3 ' s had outside of Arr.vy- Manuals sinco ho gotto 'Tho Dark Continent'". Wo had a grand fight when wo landed, whichlast 3d three days and although -it was h at tho time, i t ' s fun tolook back on and talk about." Hop:, you don't have too much of thatkind of funor arc wo just sissios?

V/o'll "Koop 'em Tattling" as long as you koep sending those cheerypicture post cards, PVT. LLOYD C. SMITH, JR. Lloyd is already gorg-eously sunburned at Draw Field near To:-tp ;d, Fl a. , but says ho'a aA.S.'V.A.A.F. If that moons what we think it dojs, i t ' s a l i e . You

will always be Dr ari Boy Szttth to us , and you don' t ,jvon havo to sendtho so pr omi sod orange s, oither.

LT. F. ARTHUR ILu/DTILLE, who used to turn on tho charm at thoShort Hills A&P store i s now at Sdinburg, I?d' i ~ >a, using samo charmto good advantage by running tho Army field liokory with five othorlieutenants. Trying to charm brjod out of ovoiiS in pup tonts whenthe mercury balks at 12 be-low zero, having i t appear good and tastyenough to koop 200 hungry mon happy i s a tough assignment.

PVT. HUGE FITZSIll.'OUS changed his address to Camp lorry, 01-io, sohis January copy of our buglo just caught up with him. Eopo you findsome homo talent soon, but in the ruoantimo, wo' 11 keep you posted.

H'rayall Millburn's glamour gir l s aro panting with oxcitomont atthe thought that '7ATSON SZTARIi is duo for a furlough homo soon.


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7/atsdn is now n& able a seaman as ho was a man-about-town in the olddays, undergoing his "boot" training at tlio Great Lakss Naval Train-ing Station. Ex capt for getting used to tiio old 5 a.m. rising bol l ,7 r tson is an joy ing the hard work, because he 's lucky to have landodwith a group of pals who have plenty of fun. Ho s t i l l missos Mill-burn, howovor.

PVT. ROBERT G-. THOMPSON who seems to be zooming through the watersaround Ceiip Gordon, Ga, in an. outboard motor, was ma do a full fledgedEngineer as a New Year's present. With lovo, but no kisses, for hisUnclo Sambo, Bob says that not so long ago when lie was a taxpayer, hewondered if TEE TATTLE was really of interest to the men away fromhome. "Your f irs t copy has more than proven to ma i t s value." Thevery ideal As if our innocent l i t t l e effort affected the local taxes.I t doesn' t even lighten thorn, Bob, but that ' s an idea. Vftiy not steerthat outboard motor towards the Newark Bay some fine week-end give us,and your best gi r l , a treat?

And PVT. (TAKES ROGERS writes on flossy let terhead from Ft . Myers,Fl a., "yes, the Sunny South", that the wo ather on the Gulf of Mexicoi s, "awful damp and foggy in the morning 1 'Tssh - Tssh- Don't grouse somuch-FVT. ROGERS!

One of the nicest and most interesting l et t er s (such big, els or,purty printing, too) comes from TONY DI IOHNO. Tony, who is a S 2/cat the Naval Training School, Butler University in Indianapol is, sayshis new ''ship" is very pleasant ard ni ce. ''Life i sn ' t ful l of campuscut-ups, co-eds, e tc, as University loads you to believe"; hard work,mentally, according to Tony, who is studying to be a Signalman. ' Al-though Tony often j harns for Now Jersey, which is s t i l l ;! tho best Statein the Union", he says Indianapolis is e groat ci ty for ho spi tal i ty.Thanks loads, and as soon as you can got back to the B.3. I.T.U. we'lltry our best to go Indiana one bettor, Mr-. Boots.

CPL. FRANCIS F. WARD thinks the old homo s'tdto i s pretty good, too,Millburn in particular* Frank ho s been going places and having fun,oven though he's s t i l l at Ft . Konmouth, but tho 45 miles might as wellbo a thousand as far as keeping track of the old gong, without THETATTLE, of course. He had d furlough back in November, and "got him-self married" but won't t ol l , or forgets t o t ol l , his br ide ' s name.Anyway, he and Mrs. 7ard spent a wook in Montroal and more people re-marked about his chevrons being upsido down; oven tho Canadian on-l i stod men saluted him, which was fun but confusing.

ALFRED SCK7J3IZER S S/c proves he roods our breezy blurbs to thebit ter end. Good old Al addresses us os lT Hi > Toots 7 ', ovon though hedoesn' t fool in hi$ heart that i t ' s on appropriate beginning for alet ter . Your do-cision males us fool very lighth-ssrtod and skittishand we're glad you decided to ,,bs "di fferont". Of course, some of thenanDs we could be colled arc frightening to mull over. Al i s at theU.S. NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL in Chicago and is an Aviation MachinistMato, aftor completing boot training at Groat Lakes. (There's t hatold coupon #17 cropping up again!) Chicago Is cold but tho people arewarm, which sounds like 2 nice balance, bet ter than vice versa, ^lso,

"Chicago i s a paradise for "sai lors". How about trying Millburn outwith that pretty blue suit again soon, Seaman? (or should wo say,'Hate"?)

JOHN PICCUTTO burns us up by writing a line or tv;o fror.i tliana Boach.


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A complicated service address always baffles our feeble un-milit 'ary *'minds, but "flight" is one word we d_o understand. Maybe tho rest ofi t a l l is Jack's l i s t of favorite telephone numbers. ; 'Hello, there"yourself, John and use some more of that green ink soon.

S. 2/c ROCCO CARSLLA has written a newsy lottor to Dr. G20RGS.DREHER which he kindly passed on to us, after answering personally. Atthe last writing our old pal Rocco was cooling his hoels "somewhere inBrooklyn" waiting to go to sea. No private rooms, we take i t , becauseone of the many Carrel las was perked in an Armory equipped with t r ipl edecked bunks and too many loud speakers, which kept humming all daylong. Crowded too, but he doesn't seoni tc mind. Gook luck on the seat r ip, Rocco, and we're glad your molars arc standing up undor thestrain of Army (or is it Navy)food.

Good old CPL. LCKSEVERl "Jo know you aren' t thinking of us, Jack,but BoyI does your l et t er make us happy! Stationed at Camp Gordon-'how about looking up Bob Thompson? -Jock treks to town (that ' s Augusta)

to. see some of the so-called peaches. "There isn' t a gi r l there whocan compare with tho ones in l.Iillburn." './hen Cpl. McKoovor came homoon Q recent furlough ho also said he could have kissed tho ground, asi t was real di rt (pulloaso) instead of a lot of sand and crab grass.(Remind us to stay away from Gordon). And write again, Jack.

MIDSHIP!IAN PAUL TEURSTON will gat his long awaited commission onMarch 5th after four month's training in Chicago, However, Paul takosexception to our merry crack in lost month's blast about "90 day won-dors". According to Paul, in th^ last stretch i t ' s a 90 day wonder ifanyono can stay that long without flunking out. He also writes, " I t ' sfor people like you - and your work and spi r i t , that we're working andfighting for- so keep up the good job - and tho home fi res burning -'and we' l l do our part ."

JOHNNY BRAY has already loft Bninbridge, Bad. for Norfolk, Va. whoreho i s of the armed guard with a Navy gun crew aboard o merchant marineship. S 2/c Bray is already hoping and pitying any submarine whichpokes i t s nose :.. bovo tho water, because there' s a crack crew aboard,Happy firing, Johnny, and ben voyage.

Another S2/c (U.S.N.T.S.) who i s happy and contented with his newlife is HENRY MONACO Hank is in Korchocd, Ky. studying to be anSlectrician.*s Kate, hard work but fun on tho sido. The no sir by townof Lexington is everything southern hospi tality should bo, good food,

entertainment, well people, end generally opon house to service man.Glad you like tho TATTLE, and den' t give thoso college gi rl s too muchof your time, Th_ homo talent is waiting for you to come back fancy-free.

Although ROCCO GIANNATTASIO claims ho's si t t ing on his bunk whilewriting his l et ter , ho needn't apologize for tho penmanship. Betterthan we could do under perfect conditions, Rocco, Ho feels at homeeven though in Portlnnt, Oregon, as there is plenty of snow and coldweather, but maybe i t ' s memories of Llary which keep him warm? Roccohad a furlough recently, but what certain blonde kept him too busy andat tentive to ollow him time for vi siting such things as the A.7/.V.S.headquarters. You are forgiven but stop in next time you blow in town.

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was surprised to see the write-up about him in the last issuo. Don'tworry about your kid brother taking your place as Pop's A-I holpor,Fred, The way things aro popping around" horo now with below zerowoathor we could al l use twenty kid brothers and a dozen "Pops". Hopethat 30 mile trek camo off without too many tired dogs at the. and ofthe trail.

/ Fred met SGT. LEWIS BUFO also'of Camp Grubor, Low says th^y seem/ to havo forgotten the defini tion of the word "furlough-". He looked i t

/ up in Webster's to make sure and then showed i t to his CO. , but thestony-hearted follow said i t was a 'misprint . G>heor up, Lew, and we

I al l hope i t won't bo another six months bofore wo see you again. G-lad j

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your "chow is satisfactory". Ours i s that, and uniquo, too. LATEFLASHJ Soo furloughs.

PVT. ED* PRESSLER, who is with the Army Air Corps at JoffersonBarracks, Uo., picks valuable time out of the ai r to thank us forboth THE TATTLE and his present. Many thanks, press, old boy.

A nifty note from LT. (j .g. ) E. M. F3NNER, who has one of those. ..secret "south Pacific area" addresses. He's dovm in the wilds of someplace, and so far hasn't mot any alumnus of H.E.S. Glad you enjoycatching up on the gossip, Lt. Fennor (just what does the E M. standfor?) and we hope nothing prevents the future copies-from reaching .you.

Soooo, S l/c ANTHONY OCONS was a touch seasick the f i r s t day hewent boat riding, eh? I t couldn't be a guilty conscience that upsetyou, could i t , Tony? None' of our business, but-a l i t t l e bird t e l l s usyou don't write home often enough. Be a good boy and if your floodof letters to the loved ones doesn't settle the tummy,- we' ll take i tall back and ship a carload of Mother Si l l s .

PVT. NICHOLAS LIARCKSTTA who is vacationing in Africa at present,has big plans for the future of himself and irillburn. Nicky may beback soon, (so he. says) but he's.had so much experience doing his ownwashing, he' s thinking of starting a laundry, come the paaco.

The CAIVANO brothers, SGT, JOSEPH and PVT. KENNEEH arc playinghide and go seek with each other in Africo. Haybe t hey' l l run intoNicky during one of the games (or something)* '.-. .

PVTi FRANK L1ARCKETTA writes that i t i s 14 degrees below in SouthDakota 4 ' Sissy stuff, Frank, Ivlillburn can do as well as tha t anymorning lately. The Marcketta boys ore certainly trying out a l l c l i -mates. . ;

CPL. JOS. POIICARPI0 i s attending Artillery Mechanic School atCamp Perry, Ohio. Maybe you don't know our mutual pal, Pvt. HughFitzsimmons, Joe, or do.you?

PVT. ALBERT DANTE i s a lucky bird, and so aro CPL. ANTHONY BONELLIand PVT* ANTHONY CAIVANO. Al d r i l l s ovary night in Elizabeth, N.J.,while the last two boys are also near onough to got home often.

The family of PVT. JOS. FIOLA sond love and greetings t o him and,hope he's received thoir letters by now. How about writing oftener

to thorn, and us, Joe, so wo can t ry to guess where you are?


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A captain, no loss, is hoping THE TATTLE will keep on reaching him".EDWARD LEVINS is busy from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (what no 5 o'clock buglo,Ed?), but s t i l l finds a moment tc writo, so shaae on you PVT. FIOLA.

PVT. ROCCO MARCANTONIO says Florida is beautiful (you're tol l ing

us!) but evidently ho s t i l l has a warm spot for Killburn. Anyway,Rocco says, "One's own homo is a castle. 7 '

PVT. LAWR1NC1 SUT3RA is a lucky bird as far as picking nico loca-tions. Larry has completed a course :b instruc tion of fighter ai r-craft and received his diploma in Colorado. Now he' s stat ioned atHammer Field, Gal., which sounds nico, too. Maybe tho SUT3RA boysthrive in a warm temperature, because PVT. JAMES is doing postal do-t a i l duty in Africa.

ANTHONY MAUCIONE is down at Ft. "/ashington, Ed. working hard in thoAdj. General 's School. Do you remember to take an apple to yourteacher, Tony?

CPL. JAMBS GROSSO who is in England writes ho likes i t and every-thing is apparently tops, cheerio, or what-have-you, but givo him goodold Mi lib urn. Attaboy, Jimmy.

P.F.C. JOSEPH KANE seems tc be a chip off the old block, or shouldwe say, j ust another tink le of the bell? Either ono is sour humor be-cause what we really want to say is that Jce is tak ing up telephonework, a natural considering he 's tho apple of Mr. and Mrs. Kane's eyes,who a ro both with tho N.J. Dell Telephone Co.

I t won't belong before the Navy discovers tho hidden talent of

CHARLES HARRY LYON* Charlie recently switched to a Navy blue rompersuit and, in case you don' t recognize him in i t , no' s the former drum-mer in the Millburn H.S. Band,

Those CHALIF boys scorn tc bo getting around. LT. A1.:OS is taking acourso in Air Transport Command at LaGuardia Fi eld, and his brother,LT. ED7ARD L. i s teaching in Infantry Rupieebmont at Camp Croft, S.C.

A/C VM. NIXON BATI2.IAN is now in mpfor classman at Ilaxwell Field, Ala,while RALPH BOTN JR. has passod his advanced flying and is j ust nextdoor in Georgia, at Moody Field. Two cadots have j ust fini shed theircourses HOWARD P. HULS230SCH at Chapel Hill, BARRY LC K3E at Peru, Ind.7/hen last hoard from Toward was onrouto to Texas, Harry to Ponsacola,Hope they both followed tho advice that CORP. 7/ALT3R EINOK bogged usto pass on to you boys. "Never", scys he, "rido tho Southern R.R.I t T s always late. TAKE A BUS". I t sounds as though /falter spoke fromtho heart. No AVOL trouble, wo hope.

Though May 1st is a long way off, there seems to bo plenty of mov-ing around. CPL. JOSEPH BENK2TT has moved back from California and isplugging away hard at OCS eft Fort Hdnmcuth, Cadet CLIFT C01RNWALLwhoso parents visited him tho week of Fob. 8th', has finished his courseat Grosse l i e , Mich, end is on his way to Fl orida.

PVT. LOUIS P. EOOD i s back from Denver, and hr s moved to New York,while taking some special work at tho Sporry Gyroscope School in Brook-lyn. Sounds tough to us, but understand i t ' s chi ld' s play to Louis.


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H3Ri:AN RUDOLPH PETTY OFFICER 2/C made one of the nicest moveswe've heard of. Ho did so well in photographic school in Floridawas second highest in his class that ho was given his choice of newstations. Boing a loyal Now JV.rsoyite, he picked Lakohurst, and i snow able to get home ever;' other week-end. Nice going, Herman.

But, as for as movers' go, we givo the prize to TVT. L3',7I3 CUSAM)'.who had a date to ploy checkers i n Flor ida, and in the midst of jump&uging a king found himself moved to Lowry Field, Col. I

Plenty of O.C.S. material in Millburn, from what wo hoar. CPL. DON 4AID F. COOPER has applied for O.C.S. ord. says i t ' s s t i l l in the lap ofthe gods. Don has boon training rookies at Camp Claiborne. Ve hopehe' s well on the way up by now. CPL. THUR3 J". ANDERSON is training forWarrant Officer at Camp Davis, N.C., and GL3NN VAN WAGENSN has justfinished his basic tra ining and has gono on to spec ial training in aschool of Army Finance and Bookkeeping at Ft. Sust is, Va, LT. ED. WCARRINGTON has also finished training in Florida and is now at Blythe ,Csrl. Keep i t up, boys.

AQ think PVT. LIARVTN IH'.'/IN G3RSH3N F3LL rsust bo earning a Ph.D. inK .P. Hp writes that he had 14 hours of routine E.P. , followed by 13hours (the next day) for talk ing i n the rank s! Bet when he gets homehe ' l l lay in a supply of paper pl at es .

' . iSDGARSGT. JALSS

Among those lucky ones who- get home occasionally arc FV]TH0?.!AS, JR. Who comos up from Maryland when he can. STAFFH. EOOLSY leaves his dut ies as vice-president of the Non-Con. Officers'Club at Fort Dix for an infrequent t r i p homo. LT. COMLIAI-TDZR HARRYVAND3RF0RD i s in 7/ashington serving in the Office of Joint {Army and

Navy) New Weapons Committoo under the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but hisfamily aro luc'ky onbtigh to have him homo every other week-end.

Though they don't got bock to Millburn, both 3ITSIGN ALBERT LI3Y3R, JR.and CPL. JOHN H0N1Y are able to have t he i r wives with thom. Tho son-ior Meyers ore on the ir way to Virginia to v i s i t the Ensign and hiswife The Honeys hod a glorious week-end early in February. TheCorporal got his f i r s t pass i n ages, andskiing in the Rockies, lucky dogs.

he and tho l i t t l e wife went

Among those absent and in parts foroifm ore P.F.C. F. F. ASSMAN, whowri tes, from an tlnspocifijd address that Xraas packages arc s t i l l ar ri v-i n g , and s t i l l welcome-? P.F.C. TEOKAS 2. 3ABC0CK has soon more moviestars i n Africa than he over sow on Millburn Avonuo. Kay Francis,Carole Landis, Kitzio Kay fair and Uortha Ray he. vo a l l been over to

Ho al so gives tho Rod Cross Canteen a big hand, --whemevor ho gets a chance to go to town. SGT.

at tending school i n 3ngLand--wo don' t know whoreJ 11 wri te us fur ther de t a i l s (vjith one eye on

cheer up the boys,says he eats thereRAYMOND H. HAPWARD iso r w h a t k i n d . H o p e htho censor, of course.)

Well t hat ' s about a l l for now, except that r-VT. ZDGAR H. GU3TAFS0Nis Master of Arms in choree o f 65 boys (some muscle, 2&l) PVT. HCM3RA. .MARSHALL is at Camp Rucker; CKARL3S C. DZ2D2OKER he s recen tl y ent er -ed tho se rvi ce , joining his two brothors, LT. ADRIAN and PVT. GEORGE;

and SGT. JAK23 M."raring to go". Just by way ofis us that'nb


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completely, we'd l ike to add that after a tough ferry hop from jael:-"'sonville to Newport, LT. ( j . g. ) JOHN R. B35RUINGHAM j jgt h i s family a tthe Hotel Commodore for a few hours, and was kind enough to se.y tl?.at 'THE TATTLE was one thing he always read: O.K., p a l s , you send" as thenewswe'll print it. '

THINGS WE MISSSUPPLY YOUR OWN MUSIC

FIRST--that go od. home-made bread- PVT. SAL GABRIELS used to del iverand, SECOND, the welcoming smile of PYT. ROCGO HARCANTONIO--you know,Millburn Theater's former assistant manager, who always found time t oglad-hand even th e dullest customers.

EATING OUR OVN 7ORDS DEFT

Blug glubi here we a r e . . .gagging again, .munching up some more ofour pen blundering..having writ ten thr ee mis- stat ements, l as t i s s ue . . .to wit,

1) LT. HENRY KEEPERS i s not in th e U.S.Navy a t a l l . h i s Lieutenantranking i s an Army one. . .

2) We also, in our fumbling way, gave ..Walter Hinck th e m i s - t i t l e of-P.P.C. instead of CORPORAL . . . possibly we're to o near sighted ' to haveespied th e double chevron from way back here, Corporal Hinc k , . . so ,please accept our apologies f or t h i s and for misquoting you as saying 'that Army food was better than the home var i et y ( though we s t i l l t hi nk ,what with ra-tioning, at al l . . th is could be?)

3) I t seems we also woulfi. have you .believe that PVT. JAMES LAURINOwas "attending radio school" (see l a s t i s sue) . .bu t , he writes us t h a t ,in view of h i s abysmal ignorance of radio and related subject s. . ourwords were ei ther a case of mistaken identity, or olse we wore thevictims of an over enthusiastic press agent.tNicely put, James , . . a l lwe can say (with our mouth ful l of masticated words) i s that we hopeyou di dn' t judge our reports of your follow men t o be a s cockeyed a sour statements about you wore*.ah well .. only throe st r i k es against u s ,i s a fai r l y good pon-stumble aver age when you think of th e vast, andever increasing, number of service names that f l u t t e r t hrough ourfainty fingers.

SMALL 70RLD DEPT

SGT. IRVING PARTELOV/ spent Christmas on th e high seas . . r i si ng a-bovo sea sickness (ugh! ) by putting on an amateur show to help raisethe spirits (and lower th e cookies?) of other squoamy companions..

anyhow Irving' s tummy couldn't have been too turbulent, as he manag-.ed to on joy a Christmas chicken di nne r . , ? Shortl y af ter arri ving inAfrica, heevery day,

met ELMER AD3IKAN,back home.

of Maple-wood i .a lad he used to see

And, s t i l l in th e Dark Continent, Staff Sgt. THEODORE KENUM writesthat he recently mot LT. ADRIAN DEDECKER t her e . Al so P.-F.C. THOMASBABCOCK in th e African Theater, t o l l s us that 'he has met-an old friendfrom Collingswood, II,J, which was Tom's pro-Millburn home-town.

certainly i s a small world whan two brothers meet on foreignas did the two Marine sons of Police Sgt. Harold R. -Smith..some-

Itsoil,whoro in the pacific war zono,.HAROLD JR. as you recall,' was woundedand also cited* into eoe his younger

the opening Solonons action..and- was he surprisedbrother CALVIN whom he hadn't seon sinco they were


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Additional mention of CAPT. FRANK COFFTAN roaches us from A/CHAND LEY DICKINSON, out at Santa 'Ana, in fact HANDLSY had Christmasdinner at CATT. COFFMANS houso.. .HandIcy has seen Roy Bumsted t o o . . . .and to make the dizzy olo globo scorn even smaller, Handley's WingCommander is none other than MAJOR SAMLIS formerly of Glen AvenueM

I t ' s "Old homo woek" at Amorillo Field, Toxas, according t o SALVA-TORS SAMMARTINO who writes that MATTHSW RBINO and STANLEY YUKNIEWIEZaro among those present.

CARL SCE0EN3R S 2/c, at Torpedo School, Groat Lakes, hopes to be-como a torped'oman, 3/c Potty Officer, like his friend, JOHNNY SULLIVAN,and ho also tol l s us that HOVARD GUSTAFSON is going through the boottraining out there, . inc ident ally, Carl's brother JOHN SCH0EN331, i sattending Officers School at Aberdeen, Md... .(Thanks for your nice in-formative l et t er , Carl, and lot us know how you aro getting along withthe steel fish's deadly eggs.)

GOSSIP (PS.)

Possib'y af ter having written the word "collapse" one of the Pr int-ing Staff did jus t that , and, anyway, the following good gossip i swhat she missed.

CPL* DONALD R, VOODFORD who has been at Sea Girt, has receivedan 'a ppointment for merit to O.C.S. at Fort Eonnouth. ALLAN D. SNYDERwho has boon overseas for ten long months, has returned homo and wasselected for O.C.S, He is now . at Miami Beach, Flo.

SILVER LINING.....

From somewhere on the big blue Pacific, GEORGE B3CHTLE M.M. S/c haswritten us a fine l et t er , .thanking us for- the TATTLE (especially thenews of Harold Smith). .Gorge is south of tho Equator, and west ofthe International Dat.Q.line, .and the wdathor ( ls sunny and hot (Oboy!). . i f al l this i s any cluo to hi s whereabouts '?? (anyhow the Navy cen-sor saw f i t to pass that bi t of info. ' . , so we aren' t giving anythingcway) Tho food is good, and George hopes cvory other Llillburn warrioris enjoying the same good health that ho is,.Reed TOO BAD TOPICS,and judge for yourself.

HARRISON DODD writes us from tho Army Air F6.roos Technical School

in Chicago complimenting us on this apology to the "Fourth Es tate"'Newspaper wor Id ) as ha says our TATTLE gives him something to lookforward to, 'in -tho way of after school reading..and he informs us thathe has plenty of stud;;, limited homework', and that tho school i s swell,. . . Thanks for your cheery note, Pyt. Dodd I ! , . ' . . .

We gather that you Air Technicians ore a happy lot , because anotherAir Corp technical student, PVT. II. A. PASS3RELLL, at Gulf port, Miss.,writes tha't ho is working hard to become :ui aviation mechanic... .andthat ho likos i t fine' '(and our paper to o! ). .despi te the good olo Miss-issippi Mud ..which the government seems to be draining into control.


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TARNISHED SILVER LINING DEPT,

CPL. DON DOOPER writes appreciatively of our news eff or t. . . butgroans slightly, when'ho mentions the clime, to down in ths Kingfish .St to where, ho snys,."Onc day you frcozc t o death, and the next dayyou simmer ditto"-. .Whew! sounds almost l ike those tomporomontal Hi l l s...Apparently, Don hasn' t much faith in numbers either, .be cause, afterstudying for four months t o be a computer.. .he i s now assigned to an"uncomputative" j ob. . .

From next door "Alabamy" wo hoar moro frigid complaints from Pvt.E. POWERS (cheer up Mister, .our thormometor has bec-n vainly trying toclimb up and kiss zero, for the past 24 hours! 11) . ,Pvt . S.P. findsi t quite a feat to wedge his 6'2" length, well padded with warm wool-ies into a t iny tent (pokingese?). .al so, the dentis t is gradually de~priving him of his canines and bicuspids, . a l l very sad . .

Another l e t t e r from Gulfport, Miss. (see Silver Lining Dopt.) alsomentions tho good old mud and swampland, .but, in a less cheerful vein,from P.F.C. STEVE V/ILSON.. . i t a l l sounds very dreary..long hours ofK.P., or ditch digging...long walks to and from school and chow, ormovies, .and_jUSng waits between time out for fun in New Orleans some70 long miles away. .No wonder tho poor guy has a long face 11 Never-theless Stevo hasn't lost his sense of humor as he was one of tho sev-eral cagey correspondents who addressed us as "Toots"...Thanks Steve,for the news on BOB CARVERS marital pl ans.,and wo are saving a cozyspace in some future "Cupid's Corner" for your cwn personal news,.dot e l l us tho name of your "intended". . .al so we have listed BUD KOSTER'Spromotion in BARS, STRIPES AND CHEVRONS.

BARS, STRIPES AND CHEVRONS

Due t o tho over increasing volume of our "subscribers" ( i . e . t hogrowing group of looal Millburnites who have answered'Uncle Sam's cal l ),.wo have had to indulge in a b i t of word ra ti oni ng, i n' order to keepthe page limit proscribed by tho postal authorities. . .Hence, insteadof individual remark's, . t hi s department herewith l i s t s all the currentpromotions with a rousing cheer of praise for each and every one ofyou..and never lo t i t be said that wo ar en' t j us t l y proud of each namein tho following ros tor ll *

Alexander, SamuelBoub, Wm Cha.s.Bray, JohnCook, Rob ert, //.Courson, Richard D.-Cicarono, Jos.Dognan, Jas. C.Dedeckor, AdrianDePalma, 7/arrenDuotsch, Jos.J.Jr. -D'Elia, Peter A.Di Ionno, ^nthonyP.-Fooley, JohnGray, Fred. M. *

SergeantCorporal

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Staff Sgt.CorporalPharm'st M1st Lt.F 3/cCpl. Tedh.S/ 2/cS 2/cP.F.C.Sergeant

Greenberg, Eugene,II-G-nbriele, Sal

Herzog, Robt. C,Horpors, Ri cha rdHorrigal, John H.Hi nek, './alter

!to 3/cHallor, Ben. B.Honey, John C.Kostor, Robt. B.Manchoo, R. 3.Marcketta, Frank

: Manfra, ErailioLlcKoevor, John S.Nelson, Goo.Purnell, Robert

RM 3/cCorporal

CorporalEnsignCorporalCorporalP.F.C.Corporal2nd Lt.1st Lt.CorporalCorporalCorporalFire 'nl /cCorporal


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Praizner, Chas } J. - CorporalRita, Lawrence - CorporalSchimmol, \%l, B. - CaptainSalsburg, Carl C. - SergeantSchweigor, Robert - 2/c MSchoenor, Carl - S 2/cSanders, David - P.F.C.

Sandor3, HowardTorbort, Vance VI.Vandorbilt, Vfci.R.'Thittomoro, C.DavisWundorlich, 'JosloyYfiLlliams, Carl ' . / .

P.F.C,EnsignLt.SergeantCorporalToch Cpl.

ON TH5 FRONT...

From now on i t s 3NSIGN PRISCILLA D0UBL3DAY of the Navy Nurses Corps, . .Snsign Doubleday i s the si s t ar of LT. ALAN D0UBL3DAY..in ca Q youhaven't guessed it already.

We ant ici pate more news, in t hi s "ruffles Column" in the near fut -ure...what with the A.7.V.S. taking over the local enlistment of

W.A.A.C.S and a i m

TW3ET TWEET...

Pvt. CHARLES SUTTON is up on al l the new songs, because the boysrend the a i r with lus ty singing during d r i l l . . . a l l of which he l i kesvery much,.and we can T t say we blame him. . . .

PARTS UNKNOWN

LT. JOHN G. STUBENVOLL before depar t ing from homeland shores, tooka special trip to California for three weeks...we don' t know what the"Special" part was 'about, but we do know that the t r i p could not havebeen'all business because he managed to kick the gong around Hollywoodalmost ffvery night...and what's more...he thoroughly enjoyed .it( wedon't wonderli I) ,., .the other inhabitants of Pa,rts Unknown, who havebeen brought to our at tention, are mentioned elsewhere in thi s issue .

INCIDENTAL NEWS....

Our scuttlebutt reporters, down N'Orleans way t e l l us that Ltj .g.

BILL RIDG37/AY U.S.N.R., recently won $15. on a bangtail named "Newark". . *. (V/e don' t know whether i t was nostalgia, or just plain hunch thatmade Bill lay his bet on that particular dobbin??)

Also, if you see anything remotely resembling anup Ft. Schuyler way..it 's probably LT FAIRFI3LD p. DAYarrived up there, for an additional training course, the

oversized cocoonU.S.N.R., whoday the mer-

cury took a frigid nose dive into sub zero s t r at a. . .because, he's donenothing but write the l i t t l e woman.of long woolloy "you-know-whats tf ot

back home,cotera, AT

to send him quantitiesONCEJI


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-STOKK CLUB NEWS*.,

The ground may be pave,d with gold at Fort K nox , but L T . AND 'MR S.WM . COMSTOCK 2nd think they've gotten hold of something b et te r! -Young Vital. J3rd recently arrived there, and. incidentally wa s the fi rs tbaby to be born at the old For t.

Though he's now an old man of three month s, and doesn't properlybelong in our Stork Club department , we must me nti on the fact thatLT* AND MR S. ARTHUR B. SWEET'S young hopeful is going to have hisfirst visit from his grandma.* Mr s . Sv/eet is leaving for Mi am i Beachto see son, daughter-in-law and grand son, and as it's h er firstgrandchild it will be a big thrill all around*

TOO BAD. OR. CLINICAL COMMEN TS...

. Well, well, signs of spring - just like the first peepers and thewell known r obi n r we get our first reports of measles -

LT. WARREN C. ANSCHUETZ is one sufferer, and the brot hers OYLE,PVT. JAMES W. & P VT . RICHARD B. , have both had it (them?). Itwouldn't be so strange for. both Doyles to come out in spots at onceexcept that James is at the Caey Jones School in Newark and Richardis at Fort D ix , Must be a case, of measle telepathy.'

The only broken bone reported is an elbow belonging to A/c JAMESMQNRO. It. was plenty painful, but he is recovering.and is now- inOntario, California*

V . . . .

Just like usual," the commpn cold has b een 'running the gamut j ~from PAUL WYCKOFF, E...M, 3/c w ho was hospitalized with a bad one , toPVT. LEONARD D'ONOFRIQ who came down with pneumo nia. He has been inthe hospital at Camp Rucker for a month j good luck, Leonard. Hopeyou'll soon.be fit again. ,

CADET CALEB G. J3AZTER was stricken low wi"frh a bad case of bron-chitisj he has recovered now, but due to his illness he missed out. .onhis pre-flight school training. Howev er, he will join a class atSan Antonio and knowing Caleb we predict he 'll catch"up wi th hismates before you can say ker-ciiool

It's tough to.spend a furlough in bed; CORP. KENNE TH S. BAR SBY : andLT. WM. S.-BAKER were both ill while home - but mayb the attention

they got .made it not too toughj .visitors comple te with calf's footjelly and hothouse..posies beat paths to their respective do or s.PETER CADENELLI was also at home when he took sick - but h e had- togo off to the hospital. However, he's had an extended furlough inorder to recuperate? hope it made up for his illn ess, and that he hada chance to see all his friends* ?

Another bit of tough luck came CORP. VINCENT KANE'S wa y; h had tospend three weeks in the hospital all during the Christmas -holidays -but he's back on duty no w at Camp G-ruber.

SG-T. SAM ALEXANDER was hospitalized for three -weeks at Camp MylesStandish, but we can vouch for the fact that he' s in the pink no w,because he came in to see us at the office. Come agai n, Sam*


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A/C LAURENT DE CAMP has been in the infirmary at Maxwe ll ;why not let us in on the details, Laurent? We*d appreciate a letter .Our grapevine outfit tells us that PV T. GSO. E . SIMMS has had anoperation at Ryan Field, Arizona, but again we don't know the details;can't you boys while away the hours with a note to A.W wV. S. Head-quarters?

Speaking of operations, S/SGT. JOSEPH FORMICHELLI is recoveringfrom one on his nose at Barksdalo Fie ld. How about a 'pise* of thenew profile, Joseph? Hear it's the envy of your pals l-

DONALD PIERS ON was laid up for ten days with an infected hand in -of all places - St. Augustine, Florida. Infections are no fu n, butwhat a spot to recuperate inl Hope you make the m ost of-, it , Donald;don't pick any lemo ns.

Just to show you that life on the homo front* has its littl e haza rdswe'll have to tell you that PV T. JOHN EETALLAGK w as hit by a taxi

during a visit to Now York. He is recovering at the Sheep-she ad BayHospital and .will be out soon. Beware of those d imo uts , boys !

Good luck, and don't forgot to write us ,

CUPID'S CORNER...

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Pvt. Norman G-rayhome from Bostonf* 'PVfc# Arthur Pittenger---home from Camp Rucker

Pvt . Jos. Marcliettahome from Boca Raton Fie ld, F la ,Sgt. Lewis 'BufO"-home from Camp Gruber

LEAVES AND FURLOUGHS.. .

This list of happy home comers will make the rest o f you green with&nvj (or purple with rage? ) we kno w. .. ."but cheer upt * maybe thenot-so-lucky will have the good fortune soon, ,,at ansr ra te , the loca lfamilies were glad, for one reason or another, to have had all-too-short visits from the following ... .

S-2/c Fred LeggettSgt. Christian W. KosterLt. Robert Brooks KosterPvt. John R. JacobusCaptain Wil liam B. Sh.eph.ardPvt. John W. WoodwardCorp, Walter HinckCorp. Thure AndersonTech. 5/c Alden IlineSgt. Simpson FruchtmanCorp. Stuyvesant BayardPvt. John AdsitWm. McManeLt* Frank T. HenshawErnest WehmeyerPvt. Joseph Marcketta

Sgt, Lewis

Pvt, Martin KaspereenCorp. Vincent Ma siPvt. Anthony ReinoCorp. Albert ColandreaJoseph E t MillerP. F. C. Michael MallockP. F. C. Geo, McFadden.Sgt. Jno. SperansaP. F, C, Dominic DeClassisPvta laniro MatthewCorp* Lawrence RitaCorp. Robert KentTech, Corpo Carl Warren WilliamsBMl/c Palmer Herbert Whitlocka/c Pierce Cassedy Jr,Fireman 1/c George Nelso n

Bufo ,,,

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS...(Dimmed out by your fumbling scribe )

As'Madam Abbott is busy on another literary confection for thissheet, and as press-time is breathing down our neck 3 .we will tryto emulate your former efficient sportscaster "Grantiand Lomax Irwin"though we" can see from here that we are waging a di smal struggle* Anyhow. .Millburn High's quintet pushed Westfield to the court wallwith a score of 41- 36 ^ last week. ., oh.owev.er, since th en , we regretto inform you that they subsequently lost to Mad iso n (despite a greatlast quarter rally) - final score 36- 4 1.. . oand we further weep to'relate that, this week, Summit came down to'tiie local cour t, andreturned triumphant by 9 poin ts, i.e. 29-38,

On the Alleys, it looks as though Casa Columbo still holds the '"A" League team standing, with individual high scores by Wade 3 4 5 ,and Stieve 256., 3oln the "C " League , L Tavern hol ds the team stand-ing with individual high scores by Ciullo 2 4 4 , and Jackson 277(WOWt that/s bowling U )

The only other sports now going on , in this neck of Joisey arespasmodic bouts against ole man winter with a snow shov el. Pand,incidentally, 'nowadays we walk,, from necessity, as we ll as for sport..and like it I t osVsoo In closing, we can only pray that your formercommentator will point her toes north Tere the baseball season starts,otherwise we guarantee our "Copy" will have you be wjJ.de red I(C'mon home, Mike t) . . .


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