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THE MASTijEAD, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1945             PAGE7
     HOLLYWOOD  PIN~UP  PARADE                                   llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  In  fact  he  goes  by  the  nickname   MINE  FORCE   •  •  •
                                                                    •=-                          Well one day Old Man was trying   Mine  ~orce  personnel  will  be
                                                                                               "Old  Man."
                                                                    \~
                                                                                               to ride a  Japanese bicycle along the  .sorry to learn of the detachment of
                                                                                               bank  of  a  little  river  where  we  our popular Assistant to Comman-
                                                                  Lieutenant  on               camped. The ground was rough and  der  Mine  Force,  Lt.  R.  L.  Meyer.
                                                                  Okinawa  Gets                the  bicycle had only one pedal and  Lt,  Meyer,  assigned to  the  Seventh
                                                                    Th.rill  in                Roy was having a  struggle to keep  Fleet,  will  soon  be  on his way.  His
                                                                                               his  bike  upright.  Just then  an  old  career  has  been  a  long  one  with
                                                                    Cleaning
                                                                                               Okinawan,  bareheaded and dressed  Mine  Force  and  he  has  created
                                                                   Fingernails
                                                                                               in  a  black  kimona  and  carrying  a   many  friends,  many  of  whom  are
                                                                                               dirty sack, walked through our lit- in the fleet at this time.  Mr. Meyer
                                                                 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111  tle camp. He wasn't supposed to be   is  a  graduate  of the  University  of
                                                                        By  ERNIE  PYLE        at  large  but  it  was  none  of  our   California  !Uld  a  former  NROTC
                                                                                               business and we didn't molest him.   student.
                                                                   OKINAWA  (By Navy Radio).-    He  was  bowing  to  everybody,   As  a  replacement for  Lt.  Meyer
                                                                 One morning after breakfast about  right  and  left,  as  he  passed.  Then  is  Lt. · W.  D.  Allen.  Lt.  Allen  has
                                                                 a  dozen  of  us  were  sitting  on  the  he  met Machine Gunner Sellers on  just  returned  from  several  years
                                                                 mat-covered  floor  of  a  little  Okin- his one-pedaled bicycle. Roy was al~  of sea duty, most of which time was
                                                                 awan  house  talking  things  over  ready having his troubles.   spent in European waters. Like Lt.
                                                                 while  sipping  our  coffee.                                Meyer,  Lt.  Allen  is  an  ex-Califor-
                                                                                               A  Bit  Too  Deeply
                                                                   Our  First Division  Marine  com-  As  he  came abreast of  the  Oki-  nian _and NR0TC student. Lt. Allen
                                                                 pany  had  just moved  in  the  night  nawan,  Roy bowed deeply over the  participated  in  the  Normandy  In-
                                                                 before  and  several  days'  accumu- handle bars,  hit a  rut,  lost his  bal- vasion  and  the  Southern  France
                                                                 lation of grime  covered everybody.  ance  and  over  he  went.  The  Oki- operation.  As  the  possessor  of  the
                                                                 Suddenly Lieutenant  (Bon.es)  Car- nawan, with Oriental inscruta bility,  Bronze  Star  and  ·a  former  com-
                                                                 stens  stood  up  and  said:   returned the bow and never looked  ma nd ing  officer  of  a  large  fleet
                                                                                               back.                         minesweeper,  Lt.  Allen  reports
                                                                   "I  cleaned  my  fingernails  this
                                                                                                                             aboard  with  plenty  of  information
                                                                 morning and it sure does feel good."   We  all , laughed  our  heads  off.
                                                                                                                             and experience with which to tackle
                                                                   And  then  my  friend  Bird  Dog  "Who's  bowing  to  whom  around   his  new  tasks.
                                                                 Clayton  held  his  own  begrimed  here ? " we asked. Roy denied he had
                                                                                                                               Also  lost  to  the  ranks  of  the
                                                                 hands out in front of him, looked at  bowed  first.  But  we  knew  better.
                                                                                                                             "Mine  Force  was  Lt.  (jg)  I.  M.
                                                                 them a  long time and said:   After  that  he  decided  to  give  his   Barnes.  "Binnie"  has  been  sent  to
                                                                   "If I  was to go to dinner in Dal-  old  bicycle  away  to  somebody less   Charleston,. South  Carolina,  to  the
                                                                 las  and  lay  them  things  up  on  a   polite  than himself.   Frontier Base for further duty. We
                                                                 white  tablecloth  I  wonder  what   As our company was moving for-  can  guarantee the  Charleston base
                                                                 would happen?"                ward one day and I looked down the   that if  they  want any War Bonds,
                                                                                               line  of  closely  packed  Marines  I
                                                                 Bow  L,ow to  Americans                                     or any dimes collected, he can do a
                                                                                               thought for  a  moment I  was  back
                                                                   A  good  many  of  the  Okinawa                           very  efficient  job  with· their  cam-
                                                                 civilians, while wandering along the   in  Italy.           paigns,  in addition to his electrical
                                                                 roadside,  bow low to every Ameri-  There for sure was Bill Mauldin's  engineering ability.
     HOW  FAR  IS  UP?-lf it's filmdom's  ladder of success,  it's a  long,  long              cartoon character of G. I.  Joe- the
     way.  But  shapely  Diana  Lewis,  Metro  Goldwyn  Mayer's  glamorous   can  they  meet.  Whether  this  is               If our correspondents are correct,
     starlet,  should  have  litUe  or  n-o  trouble  rising  among  the  galaxy  of  from  fear  or  native  courtesy  I  do  solemn,  bearded,  dirty,  drooping  we  will  have  to  start taking  some
     faminine  starlets.  Wa.tch  for  her  on  the  screen,  mates,. she's  easy  on  not  know,  but  anyhow  they  do  it .  weary old man of the infantry.   precautions for the general security
     .the  eyes.                                                 And  the  Americans,  being  Ameri-;   This·  character  was  Pfc.  Urban  of  our  new  member  of  the  Mine
                                                                 cans,  usually bow right back.   Vachon  of  French  - Canadian  ex- Disposal  Unit,  Willis  Allen,  GMlc.
     Season  It With                                               One  of  the  Marines  I  know  got  traction,  who comes from Laconia,  Security from  females  is  what we
                                    Man  of· War  Bowler         mixed up in one of these little bow-  N.  H.  He  has  a  brother,  William,  are  referring  to,  in  this  case.  It
     Salt, But  Keep                  J-oe  MiHer,  gr-eat  kegler  who   ing  incidents  the  other  day.  He  is   fighting  in  Germany.   seems  that Allen  is  known  as  the
                                                                 Pfc. Roy Sellers, a  machine gunner
                                    has  bowled  23  perfect  games,                             Urban  is  such  a  perfect  ringer  "Italian  Lover"  as  ~ result  of  his
     It Courteous                   w ill  appear  at  Treasure  Island,   from  Amelia, 0 .   for  Mauldin's  soldier  that  I  asked   many and varied experiences while
                                                                   Roy  is  married  and  has  a  little
       "Let your speech be always with   April  30. _            girl two-years-old.  He used to be  a   the  regimental  photographer  to   in  Italy.  It  has  been  reliably  re-
     grace,  seasoned  with  salt,  that  ye   Bowling  alley  No.  2  will  be   machinist at the Cincinnati Milling   take  a  picture  of  him  and  it  has   ported  that  "Don  Giovanni"  Allen
                                    site  of  his  first  exhibition  at                                                     spent his liberty hours inside  mine
     may know how ye ought to answer                             Machine  Co.  He  played  semi-pro  been sent back to the States. May-
                                    1000. Alley No. 1 will  be his next                                                      cases-this being the  only safe ·re-
     every man."-Cor.  4:6.                                      ball, too.                    be you've  seen it.  If you  have,  you
                                    stop  at  1400  and  Ye.rba  Buena                                                       treat he could find from the Italian
       Season  it  with  salt,  sailor,  but
                                    at 1700.                       When  Roy  has  a  beard he  looks  can  prove  to  any  dissenters  that   girls  who  were  continually  after
     try  to  keep  that  indefinable  thing
                                                                 just  like  a  tramp  in  a  stage  play.  soldiers  do  too  look  like  Mauldin   him.  How  many  "battle  stars,"
     called  "courtesy,"  with  you  at  all                     He is only 27, but looks much older.  makes them look.
     times.  Courtesy  is  bred  into  some  thing,  the sailor who learns a  little                                         Allen?
     and  learned  by  others  but  never  graciousness  now,  and  tries  to  be
     does  it consist of  mere lip  service.  civil  and polite,  will  not grow into   CROSS-WORD
     A  "yes,  sir,"  can  be  given  in  such  a  crusty, crabbed, boorish, old goat,
     a  manner and tone that it will raise  thoroughly  disliked  by  his  neigh-                                   ACROSS                  DOWN
     the hackles on the most thick-skin- bors.                                                                1-Dolt                 1- Venemous  snake
     ned person in this man's  Navy. The   No,  sir,  the  polite  fellow  is  not                            4---Withered           2- Title of respect
     rude and surly sailor gets absolute- a  sissy!  If you will take the trouble                             8- Banner              3- Word forming
     ly no place and is a  constant source  to look around, you will notice that,                            12- Small drink         4- Thorny
                                                                                                             13~0pposite of  cons
     of  trouble  and  annoyance  to  his  usually,  the  higher  the  rank,  the                            14-Light dress fabric   5-Irish Gaelic
     shipmates  -  both  superiors  and  more  consideration  and  regard for                                                        6- Fish eggs
                                                                                                             15-Presuppositions      7- Perfumes
     those  in  his . charge.  He  doesn't  the  amenities of living. This  is not                           17-Upon                 8- Scoffs
     really  enjoy  himself  in  spite  of   always  the  case  but  the  blunt and                          18-Solitary             9-Make a  loan
                                                                                                             19-Evaded              10--Poker stake
     loud  protestations  that  "I  really  churlish fellow  soon learns that he                             21-Silliness           11-Righteous
     read that guy off ... "  and, is gen- is  a  foul  ball  in  the  game  of  life                        23-Small biting insect   16-Shed
                                                                                                             24---0utlet            20--Put
     erally  considered  an  insensitive  and  whether  ranked,  rated,  or or-
                                                                                                             25-Conclusive          21-Festival
     lout.  At  small  cost  to  himself-  dinary  enlisted  man,  gets  himself                             29-X                   22-Bovine  animals
     a  slight matter  of  consideration to  squared away.                                                   30--Pronged ·          23- Civet
                                                                                                             31-Wire measure        25-Compasses
     his  mates,  and  a  bit  of  deference   As Emerson said,  "Life is not so
                                                                                                             32- Imprints           2- Divulged  .
     to  rank- all  hands would  be much  short but  ther~ is  always  time  for                             34-Imitates            27- Emulated
     happier and peaceful.  And another  courtesy."                                                          35-Alighted            28-0therwise
                                                                                                             36-Rank                30-Story
                                                                                                             37-Supported           33-Race horses
                                                                                                             40-Coffin and stand
       For  Victory                   WANT  ADS                                                              42-Hoisting machine    34-Region
                                                                                                                                    36-Donor
                                                                                                             41- Comfort
      t       !. War Bonds        LOST- Black  leather  wallet.  Con-   Courtesy Harle Publications,  Inc.   46-Move                40-Greek letter
                                                                                                                                    37-Most serviceable
             IT TAKES BOTH
                                                                                                                                    38- Estimate
                                                                                                                                    39- Continent
              1. Taxes
                                                                                                             4 7-Ceretnony
                                                                                                             48-Age
                                                                                                             49- Chinese shrubs
                                                                                                                                    43-Impudent talk  (sl.)
                                    tains  ID  card  with  name  E .  A.
                                    Lipsey,  BMlc.  Return  to  Bar-
             PLUS  MORE  WAR  BONDS
                                                                                                             51- Lair
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