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!*»£« Kour THE PAUtSADRS OutobM- S. 1*4* ★ Camp Personalities ★ MAJOR S. P AMBRAZ Most at the military personnel here h«tve seen either the motion picture or the stage Version of the This ' “ PFC. PETEY SCALZO 1 WEEK LEFT TO AID NEEDY G.I. ’ s ABROAD overseas Many needy soldiers will receive Christmas presents Probably the quietest, mildest rpartnered, most selfreffacing man in camp is Pfc. Petey Scalzb of the all-soldier show, \This Is The Post Athletic Office. Yet this good- ytiii Army!\ Kew know that the of- looking youngster was, not so long ! t ^Vs ye'arbecause 'mUitaty and cIvU- l ficei whrf commanded this unit on ; ago, world's featherweight •■boxing lan p ersonne l at Camp Shanks have iu one-year trek through the coun champ, has well over 100 profes-j vo]unteet ed to send th( . m gif ts iri try and its stay in Hollywood was slonal .fights tucked under his oelt, ; r e gpon8e to an a p 1)e al printed-,in Major Simon Peter Anthrax, Camp and is known among figh{ follow- la8t we ek '3 issue of The Palisades. Shanks Provost Marshal. ; ers as. that rare combination — a .j« he nama9 of the needy soldiers, A veteran soldier whose service i 3 l >ee< *y' clever boxer who also packs ' moj ,p 0 f whom have no living rela- dates back to a hitch in the Cav- a wicked punch. | tiv.es, were obtained from ,fst Lt airy beginning in 1908, and a vet- ^ Petey, believe it or not, started efan detective with ’ more than 20 ■ boxing at the age of 10 — and was a years service on New York ’ s ia ! med champ then, too. One of his child- j hood heroes was the featherweight king-of the 1920's, johnny Dundee, A. Marcus, PiMsonal Services of ficer. . ■ ' , -With the deadline of October. 15 still one week away, other members, . of the Camp Shanks civilian and' who roomed in the same Manhat -1 f ;im ily still have the op- fan house whete Petey s I portunity of aiding battle-front V ved - ■ ' soldier s whose prospects of receiv- Wtren youqg Petey reaic,hed his | ing p-esents this year are very tenth birthday he . began boXihg at slim. Lt. Marcus,- whose office , is the West Side^ Boys Club and in | located on the ground flooi of ! the first yea! r won the 75-80' lb Wing D, post headqUgrtete, has a : Manhattan-wide championship in list of names and addresses of I the tournament run by the Chil-1 these soldiers. He'll give the name '' Major S. P. Amhraz Homicide Squad, Major Anabraz had been 'serving as Camp Upton ’ s Pro voat Marshal when he was given the unusual assignment of heading the entourage of 325 enlisted- men in August. 1942. The cast of ' ‘ Tins Is The Army, ’ ’ knew it really was in the Army, with Major Ambraz in command. He ^aw to it that the men ’ s mili tary training was never neglected, that military discipline was. con stantly maintained. They drilled for two hours each day, except when matinee^ prevented. The actors took to the military life. Realizing that they were con- stantiy in the public eye, they worked fbr perfection. They suc ceeded to such an extent. Major Ambraz said, that when they marched from hotels to theatres and return each day, they paradgd with the skill and precision of West Point cadets. Five Months in Hollywood ’ ’ This Is The Army\ played tf) packed houses for two months in New York and for two-week stands in 12 major cities throughout the country. They remained five months in Hollywood making the motion picture version of the stage show. ■ ^ 1 . ’ The highlight -of the tour came In Washington. One Thursday morning, Major Ambraz received an order to have his men assemble ai the theatre early. Excited, won dering, the cast complied with the order. Rumors flew fast. At the Inst minute, the most fervid spec ulations materialized. They were ordered to don their costumes and give a command performance. Seated in a box was President Roosevelt, accompanied by cabinet members, advisers. The entire the ater was packed with servicemen — soldiers, sailors, and Marines, Who had also received orders to report for .. ‘ ‘ special duty. ” On the following night, the sol dier-actors received an even great er thrill. They were invited to a reception at the White House. The Piesident and MrS\. Roosevelt stay ed up long after midnight to shaki hands with each one, show them around .the White Ilouse. Major Ambraz returned to Camp Upton August i. 1942, exactly one year after the company had been organized. He . was ordered to Camp Shanks August 18 to be as sistant Provost Marshal. Recently he was named Provost Marshal. Necessary Qualities Major Ambraz, brings to his new assignment the two qualities moalL dren'S Aid Society. He. followed and address of a soldier to anyone j that up the following year by tak-| who declares his intention of send ing the 80-35 lb. title. The West j ing the soldier a present and sign Side 90 lb. crown and others came I a form 1 • i, ne f t ’ ^ , j } The present mu ’ st be niUiled by t 2 11 ' tln, ° *}'' was 17 F * ete ci I ,/rv.tr.hf,r js because of postal regu- cided he was old .enough to paa* ; latlOtts. Presents might include cig- himself off as 18 and enter ale ftes, home-made cookies, cakes, Golden Gloves. In the. 118-lb. class pared packa?es . 0 f non-perish y S, Army Signal C oi rs ptimo Newly-Furnished Day Room Popular With 796th M. P.'s by then, ’ he ..scared three one-round •KO ’ s and.entered the quarter-finals In that fight he iy-oke his left hand but won the decision. He kept the bad hand a secret ana went on to the semi-finals Pete took this by a knockout in the 3d round but — broke his other hand! Then the doctors fouhd out about [ ■the twqjjroken hands and sent him to the hospital instead of into- the finals which was where .he wanted to go. International Title - In 1935, Pete became Metropoli tan and Golden Gloves bantam- allythinig^'you*' might 8 wish^to ' serul O^th^day 9 rOOr^ft Budding 1 7408 which 5 wtfs except perishable or inflammable furnished for them by the War Service Council, West- material Chester Lodge of B ’ Nai Brith of Now Rochelle, N. Y. The varied facilities and home- ' S? i TROOK TOO HEALTHY EAST CLUB NOTES “ needed To the makeup of a good Provost Marshal -a knowledge of the Army and a knowledge of po lice work. Looking back on a life filled with interesting assignments, he s%id that he never realized his enlistment in the cavalry in 1908 would lead to a career as a detec tive ‘ in the New York City Police Department. In 1913, an ex-cavalryman, he took a civil service test for patrol man In the New York Police De partment. When ‘ taking the exam. Major Ambraz figured that he ’ d be assigned to the Mounted Divlsipu immediately To his surprise, he was picked MPs in their leisure time. The dedication ceremony was TO GO TO HOSPITAL Avenue Improved sanitation and new medicinal drugs are keeping Amer- Pvt. Harold Umansky, East Club •chess champion, is sponsoring a 1 by^M,, £eo ; nlnss from 7 to JO. He i. to coach'beginners and would like , thfi CoutfclI f0|f . , te mterest and ef -1 Theater “ embarrassingly empty, ’ ’ to play against any opponents trom | ^ welfare of the soldiers. ; according to Gen. Paul Ft. Hawley, any Area in camp. Anyone inter- _ . . t ^ T , - ested in chess is invited to parti- Other speakers included ^Judge chief surgeon for the U. S. forces cipate 1 Myron T. Sulzberger, Mr. Samuel ji n that theater. He stated, in a re- Stearman. Mrs. Ifving a Fox and | rt h Ume apent , n hoa . • T . '! Mrs Isador Farber, officers of the ( 1 Kemembet there is a Branch ^-(Westchester Lodge and its Plantation in the last war has •arv for ’ vour reading pleasure. ! ar y A | 30 present vVas Mrs. Harold t been cut in half .In World War II Bennett, chairman of the Camp j -. xhe man with pneumonia is and Hospital Council, American i back on duty within 10 davs, thanks Red Cross, of Westchester Ownnty. 1 — u — ..... ■brary ’ for your reading pleasure The East Club hostesses will be glad to secure additional books not included in the collection from one of the main libraries on the Post if you will ask them to put in a reset ve for you. Several hard-bit ten sergeants have recently check ed out the volume, “ The Sergeaht Says, ’ ' just to hear themselves for a change, we suppose. ^ , CAMP GYMS ( Cottfltiued from Hage Otif) Tfe. Petey Scul/o weight 'champ, went . to England and' took the International Golden Gloves title. Not quite 19, he turned pro after meeting Pete Reilly - ‘ ‘ the kind of manager. I'd always wanted. ” The two Petes stusk together until last year when boxer Scalzo got a- “ new manager, ” Uncle Sam. . Under Reilly ’ s management, Pete j won his first 44 fights, then lost a decision to Mike Belloise. the featherweight champ, a decision he reversed a year later. In 1933 Pete took time out for a trip to Venezuela to meet the fea therweight champ of that country The North American boy. accord ing to observers, beat the Vene zuelan “ eleven out of ten rounds' but the local man got the decision Pete just stood there, in silent won der, while a roar buret from the crowd and they descended on the ring. Someone said. “ They robbed you and now they ’ re going to mob you! ” just the opposite happened. The Venezuelan sports fans knew a winner — and a good sport — when they saw one. They seized Pete, raised him on their shoulders and paraded him around the arena til he was dizzy. Outgrow His Class ’ ■GotHng: in h o o li a nip w m. nu e nrsy process for Scalzo. He KO ’ d Joie Archibald, the- title-holder, in an I gym sneakers in every size is on j hand. Several typewriters are at your , B „ xj , u Badminton disposal for letter-writing- and ... . •■ ■ .tjie charge is only 10 cents for | Embryo pugilists^ can get ooxing 30 minutes. Some of the soldiers i gloves, training gloves and mitts are teaching themselves the fine ! boxing shoes, trunks; ■ headgear, art of typing with the aid of a 1 cHi and , skipping ropes self-help booklet. Others- are using lots of X's at the close of their letters. HUNTING SEASON .(Continued from l- ’ age One) to the HofnlcTde Souad. He remain^ over-;the-weight fight that didn't count. The boxing authorities de clared the title vacant and started ed tor more than 20. years with the Homicide Squad, travelling through out the country on important cases, including the recent highly-publi cized crimek committed by Murder, luc. In addition to serving overseas as an MP with the 77th Division in the firs If World War, Major Am braz attended Summer training camps with a special MP unit com posed of New York poJjgfimAi toy for plainclothes duty; and. aaaigned . tbe 45 yeaTs^mrlttr To Tils ictlratlon ball or slug. Hours, 8 a m. to 6 p m. Residents ’ deer license ($1,251. Anterlcss deer: Special season, Dec. ' 9. 10, 11, same rules as for buck deer. Special license needed. NEW GERMAN PLANE German aircraft designers ate trying and trying — .but they arenb succeeding. Their newest “ pet, ” the Messerschmitt 410, specially built as a long-range fighter or fighter-bomber, IS now in operation against Allied air forces in. West ern Europe. The new plane is a descendant of the earlier Me, .210 jighter-bomber and the Me. 110 twin-engined' monoplane, Neither of these two planes could compete - with . the Spitfires and Hurricarres, because of structural defects and lack of maneuverability. in the equipment room. With three ping-pong tables on to sulptia drugs, ” said Geu Hawley “ In the last war he spent a month in the hospital and another two weeks convalescing. I ’ m embar rassed at the number of empty beds in the hospitals we've had built in Britain to handle our sick list, ” Gen. Hawley ’ s repot t revealed that there hasn ’ t been a single out break of dysentery in the Euro pean theater and “ relatively little'' trench mouth. He attributed the control of tbese minor illnesses to improved sanitation. Sulpha drugs ' have completely supplanted' the serum previously This dis- the stage, the equipment room has- i h n a 3 m :rways i3 he C eTniore preva- ping-pong sets available, Also on ^^n th n Africa Td band are badminton sets, croquet j a tournament. Pete took the crown b y defea tin g Rellfiiae , Timmy Pe e. October 8, 1940. rin and Frankie Covelli, the other contenders. He kept the ^pham- pionship until he had grown so far out of the featherweight class he collapsed from trying to meet the weight. Pete was movio.g swiftly through the lightweight ranks when, in No vember, 1912, he was inducted, went to 'Camp Upton, Fort Hamilton and then to Camp Butner, N. C., for basic. ’ At Butner he also served as coach for the camp ’ s crack boxing team. More than three months ago he came to Shanks to aid ?d Lt, Louis J. Krcm, Post Athletic Officer, and Sgt. Ruby Goldstein, one-tirhe light Height headliner, in this camp ’ s highly popular and successful box ing program. sets, archery sets, .standards — and horseshoes for use in the numer ous horsehoe pits in camp. Much credit for obtaining 'this large amount of equipment in the seven Camp Shanks gymnasiums goes to Capt. George' F. Pool, Special Service Officer, and 2nd Lt. Louis J- Krem, Athletic Officer of the Special Service Office. Lt. Krem stated that he hopes the time will never come when a soldier . might have to be denied the use of the athletic facilities because of the lack of equipment: To make sure' that this situation will never materialize, he has al ready made arrangements for ath letic equipment which will be needed next Summer. t Lt. Krem added that with the facilities .and 'equipment on hand, there is .no reason why any officer or enlisted mqn in Camp Shanks even with serum the fatalities aver aged 25 percent. There have been about 100 cases among American soldiers here, but only two or three resulted in death-. PROMOTIONS T/Sgt. — Sidney Scprijen, Signal No 2; Arthur W. Moony, QM. 8/8*1. — lewis U Swindell, dr. Sig nal No. 2; Jean Hudson, Wat T/S — Haakon IV Bergli, T.C.; lajua G. Pruette, War. Sgt. — Bertram R. Ilarrik, Med. ( VS) : Jessie F, Brown, War; Vincenzo 10. I.umlnlello, QM ; Allan A. Sjoltdlm, Harley l>. Torson, T.C. ; Edward lie, William McCann, John H. S neither Robert Chadwick, Salvatore A. I«o- galbo, Prlmo 1 Marcuect, Hoy A. Mitton, Frederick (V Pearson, Milton O. Corey, Med. T/4 — Morris ISi»eul<erg, Francis M in perfect physical shape. should not be able to keep himself \GrobleVski. George A Lilly, Signal No. ' 2; George M. Busby. John J. McCor mick. T.C. ’; Melvin T, 6a*, QM; Paul Mallinger, Wesley F Waienta, James A. Bill, Thomas H. Burton, John Camera. Jr.. Walter .1 ('za i a. .. ( 's r l tt - Good Advice Sgt. Cy Bren trail of the T. C. Detachment heard the following conversation between a cus tomer and the elderly, typically laconic Yankee proprietor of a New Hampshire general store, while on his recent furlough: Customer: • Do you have any film? Storekeeper: Nope. Pause. Customer: Do you know where I can get any ? Storekeeper: Nope. .- Pause. Storekeeper: __ Want some ad vice? : ___ Customer: Sure! Storekeeper: '•'Stop lookin ’ .\ Dolron,'Dewey M. Ferrell, Leonidas O Gisn&kakis. Harold R. Wafer, Bernard Krebs, Cyril Levine, Paul 12. Longval, Amos C. McKnlght, Nelson Roberts, Arthur J Thibodeau, Dougins Turner, Med. tpl, — Casimo F. La Fronz, Benja min .Sellulman, T.<\ ; Eugene F. Emer son, Sidney M Fabian., QM : Anthony J. Bifora, Glenn M Connelly, James ft, Hilhurn,' Roy A Humphrey. George t\. Klfiue. Peter J Martino, -O-ear D. Pun H, Mi- I T/S — John Feiieliu*. Rcnibeii R Muel ler. .Herman .1 Troxler. signal No 2; Miehelft J. De Luca, QM ; Gerard L. Vasco, Med, (VS) ; Pele ft. Aibanese, Cyril J. Baton. Francis W. Barkley. Walter E. Becker, Thomas W. Bus bee, Carol K. Cole, iCverett G,_Coituia....WaL Mr T. DroW ’ fiT CTeo ge Qittlf, cDan Gor- rton, Daniel V. Henderson. Charles W. Huffman, Bytvio J. Izzo, Chris I,. Jolin- son, William G. fowls, Antonio A Marciano. Med.
