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Vol. III No. 40. Delhi, Thursday, June 7, 1945. Reg. No. L5015 |
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CALCUTTA - Completing a tour of inspection of Postal installations in the India-Burma and China Theaters, Brig. Gen. W. E. Chickering, commanding general of the Army Postal Service, this week declared that "fewer complaints about mail have been heard in this Theater than anywhere else overseas." The Army Postal chief pointed out that postal service in the India-Burma Theater is the best provided for Army troops overseas, declaring that "India-Burma and China are the only two theaters where mail has a blanket air priority." Included in Chickering's inspection itinerary was a study of the Calcutta Base Post Office, where more than 40,000 pieces of mail per day are checked for correct addresses and re-routing. |
Gen. Somervell Lauds Builders Of Pipeline Roundup Staff Article Gen. Brehon H. Somervell, chief of U.S. Service Forces, this week commended Lt. Gen. Dan I. Sultan, commander of United States forces in IBT, and men under his command for the speedy construction of the pipeline to China. In his message to Sultan, Somervell said, "I want to congratulate you and the men who have been responsible for the completion of the four-inch pipeline into China two and a half months ahead of schedule. The difficulties which you have overcome are understood and appreciated in Washington." Planned initially at the Quebec Conference in August, 1943, work on the fuel line which now stretches across the wildest terrain in the world, from Calcutta to the interior of China, was started in December, 1943. Construction of the pipeline - built by petroleum distribution companies staffed by trained pipeline technicians - was under the supervision of Col. William C. Kinsolving and Lt. Col. Birnery K. Morse. |
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Pfc. Victor D. Solow, Signal Corps cameraman, and his assistant, a Chinese soldier, shield Solow's
cameras from the
rain somewhere along the Salween.
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In The Bucket |
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Roundup Staff Writer Moniruddin, a young Indian left orphan by the Bengal famine, is now boning up on readin,' writin,' and 'rithmetic in an Assam school, thanks to generous contributions of the personnel at the 1328th AAF BU, ATC. For many months Moni was office boy for the Civilian Personnel Office, but is presently living with an Indian merchant while going to school. Officers and EM have donated Rs. 650, which will give Moni about two years of learning. When the heat, monsoon and loneliness of Assam frazzled their nerves, S/Sgt. William F. Briscoe and Pfc. Edwin E. Bryan took steps to restore their sunny dispositions. The short-tempered pair, both ex-psychology students and now members of the Air Service Command, decided that what they needed was "mental discipline." To achieve this, they agreed to get up one hour earlier each morning at 0530. Unfortunately, this process brought not only "mental discipline," they sadly report, but also acute physical fatigue. They're still screaming at their bearer. In recognition of their services to the British 36th Division in Burma, the Jungle Jeeps - a 10th Air Force L-5 liaison squadron - has been awarded a plaque by Maj. Gen. Francis W. Festing, 36th commander. Maj. Gen. Howard C. Davidson, commander of the 10th, presented the award on behalf of the British to Capt. Warren L. Duncan, C.O. of the L-5 squadron. During the 36th's campaign down the Railway Corridor and the Irrawaddy River, the Jungle Jeeps spotted targets for artillery and fighters, flew in supplies and reinforcements and evacuated the wounded. Capt. Dominic V. Griffo, member of the 1328th AAF BU, Assam, has found that the only good krait is a twice-killed krait. (A krait, says Webster, is a venomous snake allied to the cobra.) Griffo, Lt. Ken Maroff and three other ATC wallahs were tooling along an Assam autobahn when they spotted the yellow-banded krait. With sticks and stones and other blunt instruments they clouted the krait, stowed its remains in a compartment of their vehicle and proceeded. Few minutes later the reptile "arose from the dead" and draped itself around Maroff's leg. There was more clouting by the five officers until the krait was pronounced "deader than hell." The passenger terminal of the 1309th AAF BU at Bangalore has been greatly improved by the recent construction of a First Aid room, complete with standard equipment and sound-proofed walls. Capt. Frank E. Wall, Jr., and Sgt. Rocco Vicino are responsible for its installation. Miss Mary Louise Craddock, a former nurse, is attendant-in-charge. |
Cpl. Louis Gladstone shows two students a few of the finer points in the handling of a typical bridge hand. |
ATC MEN COIN ‘SPINEL’ AFTER JEWEL GYP |
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THE DEVIL'S DILEMMA I met the Devil yesterday beneath a shady tree; His head within his hand was held, his elbow on his knee. A frown he wore upon his brow; his horns were dull with dust, And resting on his arm I saw his pitchfork red with rust. "Well, " I said, "what can it be that brings you up from Hell? From all appearances it seems that things aren't going well." He gazed at me with blood-shot eyes and bade me take a seat, And so I sat and wondered why his face bore sad defeat. |
"O, Mortal, know," he spoke, "that once I ruled a proud domain; Within the bowels of Earth I reigned o'er punishment and pain. The souls of those were sent to me who'd lived in sin and hate, To suffer for eternity upon hot Hades grate. My tortures were most terrible, no others could compare, I though I had the latest thing in fire and brimstone there But then came war upon the Earth with tanks and planes and guns, And implements of war ne'er seen before beneath the sun. Now all the souls that go below who've failed the living test, No longer fear my kingdom, but go as if to rest! But I must leave; I've dallied long and must be on my way. I'm off to meet St. Peter and you'll pardon me, I pray; I have a plan we must discuss that may unscramble this, For Earth's no longer what it was; it's Hell, that's what it is." - BY S/SGT. G. W. HICKOX |
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