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LITERARY
CUIDEPOST
By JOHN SELBY
"AAF: THE OFFICIAL GUIDE
TO THE ARMY AIR FORCES”
(Simon & Schuster; $2.50).
The Army Air Forces have
done quite a job on themselves,
and unlike most military organ,
izations, they have decided to
take the public Into their confi,
dence completly. Well — com
pletely, up to a certain level.
What they have done is to work
out a statement of what they are
and what they do. This is called
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“AAF: the Official Guide to the
Army Air Forces,” possibly the
most detailed description of a
striking force ever issued in war
time. It is the sort of book an air.
man can use for reference
throughout his career, and thatj
; probably was the reason for com
! piling it. But then it was decid
ed to offer the book to the gen
eral reader, and to give the pro
fits to the Army Air Forces Aid
Society. The society should do
well, because in addition to the!
clothbound edition, a paper-bound
edition is being issued simultan
eously by Pocket Books, and al
ready the combined sales of these
is over 800,000.
The book describes the forma-1
tion, duties and prospects of the
AAF. It tells the rank and du- j
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ties of the men, their insignia,
their rate of pay, and what is done
about airmen returning from
overseas. The make-up of crews,
elements, flights, commands and
such is explained.
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The reader can find some as
tonishing things, too. For exam
ple, the AAF tells right out how
many planes, trucks, boxcars and
such are needed to move a heavy
bombardment group to a new
base, and describes in detail the
way in which wounded are evac
uated, how airmen are prepared
for survival in various regions of
danger such as the Arctic and the
desert, what foods are bad for
high-altitude work, how the AAF
has run a radio beam around the
ofworld and why, the classification
of bombing targets and the opera
ti onof the photographic swing.
This is only a meager sugges
tion of the information contained
in the book. Strangely, although
in a group-prepared text such as
.this, one would not expect! the
| writing to be notable, there is
some very good, tough prose to
be found as well. There are a
“war calendar” and a chronologi
cal survey, and a very good in
dex.
UNSWERVING BIRDS
LOS ANGELES — (AD— Birds
seem to be modified more slow
ly by evolution than mammals,
according to Dr. Loye Holmes
Miller, professor emeritus of bio
logy at the University of Califor_
nia. Citing new discoveries of
Pliocene birds from Oregon and
Idaho, Dr. Miller says some avian
species remaind structurally un_
changed for a million years.
WANTS JITTERBUG MATE
GREAT FALLS, Mont. —(API—
A Great Falls wife is seeking a
divorce on the grounds of her
husband’s inability to “cut a rug”
and act the “jitterbug”. The
husband responded to the corn,
plaint with an explanation that
he works on a hard concrete floor
all day and when he reaches home
he wants to rest.
NECKTIE PARTIES
PHOENIX, Ariz. —<AF)—
newest tradition at the Goodyear
Aircraft plants here is the practice
of slicing the neckties of produc.
tion people promoted to supervis.
ory jobs. Some of the newly pro.
moted keep the severed ends of.
their scarves as good luck charms,
BENNETTS LONELY
FOR ALASKA
In a let*er from Mrs. Herbert
Bennett, former Anchorage resi
dent, to Mrs. Chas. W. Lewis of
Nome, and Anchorage, she states
that aThough they are enjoying
their fine fruit farm at Selah, in
south central Washington, that
they are lonely for the old Alaska
, friends. The Lewises are at Bel
levue, across Lake Washington
from Seattle.
LORING JOHNSON
NOW STAFF SERGEANT
Loring Johnson, formerly of
Nome, has been recently made a
arrived at Camp Lewis from
staff sergeant and has recently
Camp Hale, Colo. His wife is
with him and he is recovering
from an operation performed last
month. They will dr.ve back after
a two weeks’ visit to rejo n his
outfit at Camp Hale.
ALASKAN RE-ELECTED
COMMANDER OF VETERANS
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 9.—(AP)
—The regular Veterans’ Associa
tion re-elected Wm. M. Floyd of
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, a vteeran
of the first World War, as nation
al commander, at the closing of
the session of the eighth annual
convention.
Tell them you saw it in The
Nugget.
BUIZER-TIMMER
NUPTIALS HELD ON
SATURDAY EVENING +
Miss Elizabeth Buizer and Mr.
John Timmer were married at
the Federated Church Saturday
evening by Rev. Vernon Booker.
The bride and her attendant,
Mrs. Earl Towner, both wore long
white gowns and carried bou
quets of home-grown flowers. The
groom was attended by Sgt. Paul
Lytle. The church was beautiful
ly decorated with alder and pot
ted plan's.
Mrs. Carrie McLain sang “I
Love You Truly,” and “Because”,
accompanied on the organ by Sgt.
Bob Anderson. The bride was ^
given away by Rev. Paul Carlson.
Directly after the ceremony the
Junior Choir, under the direction
of Mrs. Vernon Booner, sang The
Lord’s Prayer.
A reception was held in the
Sunday school room, which was,
banked wi'h trellises of native
greens. Mrs. Stanley Morgan and
Mrs. Vernon Booker officiated at
the tea table. 4
The couple will make their
home in the cottage next door to
the parsonage.
PVT. DICK FUNK
IN AIR CORPS
Pvt Pvt. Dick Funk of Nome
has been transferred to the Air
corps and is now stationed at Po
catello, Idaho.
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