' I I
j
I
FROM CARDEN TO CUSTOMER — Gerald F.
Howe, who runs a sandwich counter in Los Angeles, Cali/., tends
the garden outside his stand where he grows vegetables with
Vi'b Ch *° *arnisl» his sandwiches. He sells 12.000 lun<>h«* a month.
GEN. PATTON
AN APOSTLE
OF ACTION
i
AP Features
Lt, Gen. George Smith Patton,
Jr., who staged the first Ameri
can blitzkrieg in thi$ war, is a
leader in the western invasion.
^ Despite a rather hippodrome
air—they called him “old blood
and guts” with his two service
revolvers always at his hips, Pat
ton showed he was an able com- 1
mander in North Africa and in
the 33-day conquest of Sicily.
A West Pointer, Patton served
as an aide to Gen. John J. Per- i
shing in Mexico, went to France
in May of 1917. He was assigned
to tanks in the St. Mihiel offen
▲ --.. ...
sive and in the Meuse-Argonne,
where he was so severely wound- 1
ed he was given up for dead.
i
In peace he turned his atten- j
tion to tanks. By 1941 he was a,
brigadier general. Taking com
mand of the first armored corps, i
Gen. Patton moved into the des
ert near Indio, Calif., to get them
ready for North Africa. j
On the western Tunisian front.
he- ode through German artillery
fire to get to his front line troops,
and sent his tanks hell-for- \
leather through German mine!
fields to join the British Eighth !
army driving up from the south. 1
Nominated for the temporary'
rank of lieutenant general in
March of 1943, he became com- I
mander of the new Seventh Army j
Which with the British Eighth i
Army, over-ran Sicily. 'J
A furore broke last November'
when it was learned that he hac
flapped a battle-shocked soldier
in a hospital. Reprimanded by
General Eisenhower, later he
apologized to the Seventh Army.
Since the invasion Patton has
proved his ability as a military
strategist during this vital offen
sive against the Nazis.
M. P.'s ACTIVE
IN NUMEROUS
G. I. INSTANCES
HEA DQUARTERS, ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — There’s some
things familiar about the deal of
two motor vehicles bumping into
each other and both drivers be
ing absolutely sure it was the
other follow’s fault.
In civilian life the incident or
dinarily was followed by a ga
thering of the local gendarmes.
These minions of the law crawl
ed over and under the vehicles
involved, questioned the drivers,
examined the skid marks, meas
ured distances, and made cryptic
entries in their notebooks.
When military vehicles tail to
miss each other, substantially
the same thing occurs except that
the invesigators are Military Po
lice and the drivers never hint
darkly about knowing influential
persons at the city hall.
Members of the Alaskan De
partment Military Police, with
units all over Alaska and the
Aleutians, attend special classes
in traffic control and accident in
vestigation—this in connection
with their advanced training
courses at Fort Richardson. It
would seem that there is a right
arid a wrong way to hold your
notebook and the MP’s are noth
ing if not precise.
The school goes further and
teaches students a surprising var
iety of subjects, about which they
are expected kb possess a work
mg1 kii6Wledge. Following is a
partial list of the classes includ
ed in the course:
Fingerprinting, Apprehension
of Military Lgw Violators, Inves
tigation of Evidence,, Military
Law,! Military Jurisdiction, Map
Reading, Riot Duty, Defense
Against Chemical Attack, Inves
tigation of Booby Traps, Protec
tion of Vital Installations. Fire- i
fighting and Demolition, Unarm
ed Defense ‘including judo), and
Rules of Courtesy to be Practiced
When Dealing With the Public.
This is by no means a complete
list but it gives an idea of the
scope of the course.
The regulation of traffic is one
of the most important functions
of the Military Police Corps and
for his reason emphasis is placed
upon, that phase of the training.
Instructors aim at a practical
!• ♦ *> 4* 4* 4* »I* v *1- v *3* «2
demonstration of ail situations
* i . ,
likely to occur.
To simulate a collision between
tw'o vehicles. Army trucks ar?- -
driven into positions in which
they might be found after a re; l
accident. The traffic control
is then notified and descenas
upon the scene armed with earn
er as. measuring tapes, and the in. i
evitable notebook?.
They collar the offending driv
ers and fire more questions at
them than anyone could possifcV
answer. When the drivers are e> -
hausted and hanging on the rope??
the investigators compare notes 1
and determine who was to blame,
which in this case is beside the
point since no accident has oc
curred ■
- ■ 1 11 !■■>«—. «- ■ ■ l
A public library book mey
reach as many as 2fA oeople in ‘
its lifetime.
.... . . _ _____ *
1 *1* **- -v 4- *5- 4- *3* -4- »J* 4- -r 4- •> -5* v-4 4- 4- 4> 4* •> 4* 4« 4*
| Bronson Water Deliver}" %■
* BULLDOZING — CATERPILLAR WORK
t TRUCK HAULING % >
!* PHONE MAIN 19 t '
+ I
♦j* +y+t* \**+*-%* /
4 4 <
i _JORTH POLE I
11 AND RESTAURANT r
i| WE SERVE WHOLESOME FOODS— ; |
| NONE BETTER! I
4 4
i 'i
* OPEN: 7:00 A. M. TO 11:00 P. M. $
4 4
4 4
t FRONT STREET PHONE MAIN 15S $
4 4
T
SCORCHY SMITH.,..
THANKS, TANKS
^60$*'... I WISH I COULD
THANK TiriO^E FOLK'S BACK
HOME, WHO KEEP THIS
NEW L'C£ COM INS TC THE
80Y$ WHO NEEP ITJ.. AT
OH, DIANA!
THAT’S WHAT (X HINTS
‘ * • •• *' v
| -WHftOOA YA GET'Otd'FQP ^ id
I UDVEftFFWFi^NYHOW?- f\ |
BROKEN HEARTS
•"VStAM/* BUT LOOK At 1H 1
FUN VOU RAVE Pl»TTIWC
THE PIECES BACK TO
GETHER/ |
I
>« V S. HrtJ
*>* F«rtu>e 1