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DMcaiibwr SI, 1043 THE PAIJSADKS rmfif Tki^e Male Call by Milton Caniff, creator of \Terry and the Pirates\ Ottrrc A FRUIT 6- At AD OM YOUR CMBfT, GENERAL! -toots AS IF YOUVF , N. AROUND. j-. TWAS5A FACT, BABE — mow 'pour voo BEIN' WHERE I TIE UP IN THIS PORT KID? COME MERE AND I'LL LAY A UP OVER. YDU ! AS YOU WERE,\TUT,TUT, LASS, A ^BETTER PULL\\ NOTMIM' I LIKE' GENERAL! THIS l A UTTLE aoSE ) IN YOUR PICKETS) BETTER THAN isnta U sed J order prills bud , you ' re J a well - turned PARTS POOL!/ WITM THIS HERE \ ASKIN' FOR V FLANK ! ...you POWDER CHARGE ) A COUNTER. SURRENDER AND AN' YOU'LL DREAM h- ATTACK ! J WELL 'bo INTO Combat Report ' SOMETH IN- T THe GE ^- f?AL -JUS t I! IN TECHNICOLOR i-'V r/j IWfc, IW»». <UmM, b, Cm, br.«K. CONFERENCE ! r Unforeseen Developments May Affect W ar in 1944 {Conlittued from Page One) Gl Gags By Gt Wags Sgt.r “ Say, , goL a eigai-ette ? ” Yard Bird: \Yeah but they are all 'promised.'' . ' — Pointer . and the third front, perhaps in the , Turkey as a passageway. JLowlands, perhaps In Scandinavia I In Italy, the Americans and Biit- Sohamhorsrt, a EHeppe debacle, : perhaps in Jugloslavia or the Balk- ish ai e progressing laboriously wed He who courts and does not Sometimes to a court Is led. . — ’ Hie Gremlin beard you were a for mer news- paperman, and figured you ‘ were used to getting all the geiy de tails.\ \ — Kxihange strong winds and rough sea on in- ; ans, perhaps in Greece. rfi Rome, but there are two A maiden who walked on the Co ran sis of thought where the snail- nicninvoa a .... , — ------------ - — - — • — r . ------ - --------- I, ........... !t<»ww*i ■■■■■■I __ _ ______ vasion night, brilliant intelligence And then there is another bottle schools of thought where the snail- .Displayed quite a lot of her torso- ‘ work and other potential develop- front too — the air warfare. Ameri- like pace is discussed. One group A crowd soon collected meets all play important roles in 1 can and British bombira are' pul- tites the difficulties presented by But no one objected the war drama. | veriaing the Reich and its super- the Appenine terrain, which is In General Eisenhower, who will men wlt h increasing, explosiveness, ideal for defensive warfare. The L _____ command the invasion of the con-j wi P in E out cities, deati oying in- other group contende that the Allies j — Kee Kee Krler | tinent of Europe, predicts victory dustrles, throttling production, col- ate merely pinning down a sizeable have liked a hit Definition of an optimist: Amen who marries at 87 and starts look ing for & home located neet a school. „ . — The i^remlvi) in 1944. Vice-president forecasts German , defeat a few months after the invasion is launch ed. Prime Minister Churchill speaks of success in 1946. Admiral William last New Y ear ’ s Wallace lapsing the home front. Russian March Axis contingent in Italy by their j. maneuvers while preparing a major in Russia, the surging Red arm- , ^ ^ ^ ^ lee, which Hitler had proclaimed ! , , , . . I as smashed in October, 1941. are * fo T U, - way J ® tta « k “ bein S ai,ned F Halsey, who on the threshhold of more mighty at , Japan ' , ° ne f pearhead P<»nta Day predicted ! victories. The Gei-man juggernaut r ‘ orthWard from the aduthwest Pa- Mary had a little lamb Who went off to the wars; . He purchased no insurance, Now Mary's scrubbing floors. - — The liremlin . 1 ,-- \complete absolute defeat for the which had rumbled deep into Rus- : Axis powers ” in 1943, now declares: : sia last year has been set in re- , \We don ’ t know how long this v . er9e and pounded back almost to war will last. Only God knows . the 0,d Polish, border. j The second fol . k u that. ” | The northern sector, from Lenin- ; Tokyo from thc . ^ General Peyton C. March, Chief S ,ad P aat Staraya Russa to Yelikie »' • ‘ x, x -. wt ^ w». Luki, has been comparatively dor- mant for a year, but there is a poe- ! aibility that a sudden .Russian thrust there aimed at the Glilf of Finland and Riga may lead to en-- a -I ... »v.« v... ,.i , , | circlement of northern German And as the battle toughened war- , Thi _ „ nti re mane iver riors of the United Nations..on the This entire maneuver ... . , . . ' ‘ might be coincided with an offensive at every blood-drenched battle zone, prepare to carry the war to Germany and Japan with more • violent fury and more stag of Staff in the first World War, feels that \the war hasn ’ t even etarted. ” He warns the optimistic to \wait until Germany and Japan begin fighting o*v their own Soil! ’ ’ . the old Polish, border. , ^ directed at and south east, where- the Americans have I captured' the Gilbert Islands and are poised for an invasion of the Marshall Islands. A third drive may be sprung from Burma, where the Allies have concentrated more than 1,000,000 men. The fourth ... . . , , .... . .... , m »y -come from the Aleutian 1s- blood-dreached migM ^ coincided . with an Allied | an{te off Alaska. invasion of northern Europe. j Bitter Battles Ahead i On the ’ north-ccnti'al front, Russians have almost reached the ! old Latvian border and are only 300 Pvt.: \Were you ever pinched for cific, where, the Americans and going too fast?\ Australians aie wiping out the Nip- | Cpl.: \No but I've been slapped, poneae on New Guinea, New Bri- Cooke Clarion tain and Bougainville. He: “ And I ’ ve got a gold medal for running five miles, an ’ txie for ten miles; a silver ming; two Cups for wrestling, aa, badges for boxing an ’ rowing! - ' She: “ You must be a wonderful athlete. ’ ’ ' ! He: “ Athlete? *1 shop.\ — The tog run a pawn- Guy: Every time ,1 kiss you, it makes me a .better man. Gal: Gosh, you don ’ t have to get to heaven tonight, do you? — The Gremlin gering blows iry 1944, the .picture ! But, withal, we still are piercing only the outer fringe of Japan's der-- '\I 1 may be portrayed a* follows: European Invasion Near In Europe, General Eisenhower are clinging tenaciously to their de-. fense line anchored on Vitebsk, Orsha, Mogilev and Rogachev, but is mapping final plans for the lapd these fortresses may be enveloped savage battles fense, and ’ many loom ahead. .......................... The Chinese also can be counted on for effective assistance against the Nipponese. Chiang Kai-Shek's embattled soldiers have cleared the A medical soldier asked his CO why he was always detailed to taking blood types. - “ Well. ” explained the officer, “ we A middle-aged woman fell from a window and landed in an ashcan. Said a passing Chinaman: \Meli- cans velly wasteful — that lady good years yet.\ for 10 PROMOTIONS invasion of Europe — an invasion by the developing Russian Winter I j aps from f our _fif ths ot thc -Rice expected within three months. Esti mates have been made by officials on the \ins ide\ that our casualties. will amount to half a million meh their attempted offensive west o' onslaught. Farther south, the Nazis have been frustrated and. driven back in Hitler has - been fortifying his : ^' cv - which apparently was intend- declared with Bowl, ” and further Chinese assaults may be in the making. .What the future holds, no man, can predict accurately. It can be assurance, however, steel ring of defenses on the con- j ed to Regain the lost territory west that Battan and Corregido^, War linenrt for years, utilizing his most : of the wim| ing Dnieper 1 River andj 3aWi Rotterdam, Lidice, Shanghai ingenious scientific minds, the mil lions of slave workers from occu pied lands, the resources drained Jtom conquered territory: to make his fortresses as impregnable as possible. to establish a Winter line on the Dnieper. Balkans Jittery The Germans have conducted probably the meet masterfully-ex ecuted retreat in history from the will Estobliehment, maintenance and , widening of bridgeheads on the i ; Dnieper bend trap around Krivoi Rog in the Ukraine^ maintaining „ , . , , ^ their armies unbroken. But the Fortress Europe whmh undoubted- Russians are now mossiqg asrrik- fy will be preceded by thundering ; j force'there which may mount aenal blasts w.ll confroM virulent, aufficient r ^ hammcr the , harassed Adolf Hitler with a night- | Nazj a bfU;k b( . hind mare worse than he ever %ad Sevastopol and Kharkov avenged. dawns, bright with promise. The .Allies are sweeping up the road to victory. And victory will come — Iri time. Bloody battles lie ahead, but victory is inevitable! Jt/Sgt. — Kobert F, Carter, 73rd Fla. T/SgL — Joseph c. Ammirati, , Rot>ert L. Seigel. TC. S/Sg» — Janies A. Horders, Ki.hanl F. Bell, TC. T/3 — Xlu hael W. Flynn, 73rd Fin. T/4 — Kenneth C. Johnston, 4700 .SCSI ’ (Public Relations Section); Matthew -Maldow, Seymour Jt. Custen, John B. - Sti ers . Vic t o r ft. LaVoT pe, TC ; Juliti-' H. I-ev> is, Alfred A. I ’ errotla. IJoyd O. Peters, and Raymond H. Pollard, 73rd Kin.: Ina 1 * Ekhner, WAC. Cpl. — James C. Lynch, Murray Mel- man, TC: ls>o f. Rivers, CMP No. Marvin L. Olley. CWS; Marjorie A Hill. Ruth K„ I sing. W AC. -T/3 — Barba l Carden, Ruth Gnd- iWUftffPbW ’ . ” WAC; Rosier ’ Romash. James F- Sheehan, Nets K. Hanson George Rubeustein. TC: Michael ' G. Sullivan. 42» SCSU (.Public Relations Seciion). Dance Parade dreaded: I Not two land fronts, but three. A front in Russia, a front in I.aly Cagers to Oppose West Point F. A. the Bug River line, near Rumania. < | ■ And as the Russians thunder closer to the seething Balkan coun- tries of Rumania and Bulgaria, the panic-stricken peoples of those na- l lions, more apprehensive than- ever ! after air bombardments, ’ are clam oring for peace. The Bulgais, who ; are at war with the United States and Great Britain, but not with Dec. 31 — New Year ’ s party, dancing and refreshment* at Edgewater, N. J. A bus will be at (he Gamp Shanks bus station at 7:30 p. m. to transport serv icemen to Edgewater. Nyack USO, a. New Year ’ s dance with orchestra and refreshments. Tap- pan USO, open house for New Year ’ s Eve. Jan. i — Yonkers USO, dance, 8 p. m. • Jan. 3 — N yack USO, dance, orchestra and , refreshments. Jan. 4 — Pearl River USO, dance, orchestra and refresh ments. Tappaa. USO, j u k e - b o x (lancing. Jan. S — Nyack USO, juke-box dancing. Tappan USO, -dance, orchestra and refreshments. Jan. 6 — Nyack USO, juke box dancing. Pearl River USO, dance, refresiiments and orchestra. Tap- pa» USOi - jake box dancing. r n*.i »n •- . n'-s'H.iTSSc i Russia, had After .a two week layoff over the holidays, the Camp Shanks basket ball team will resume activities at the Area 7 court next Thursday night when it opposes the West Point Field- Artillery quintet. Thc . If.A. aarregatten Hi lied fry Hcriot. Bpykoff, 6 ’ ft. 9^. in- former St. John ’ s University star. In compiling a record of eight Victories against three setbacks, the Shanks five has opposed some of the most highly-touted service teams and colleges in the East. The Shanks victims to date are the 1229th Reception Center from Fort Dix, twice, Fort Slocum, Sing Sing Prison, City College of New York, Camp Upton, Fort Hamilton and Fort Dix. Their losses were to Drew University, Long Island University and Otis Elevator Co. of Yonkers. Sgt. Levi Craddock is high scor- alwaya regarded the Russians as their protective \big brothers,\ and they arc fearful that Stalin will exact some form of re taliation against them because of their espousemr nt of the Nazi cause. The Russians have an old score Hungary also is becoming more restive under the German yoke. The Germans never have fully con quered mountainous Yugoslavia, where General Tito ’ s well-equipped army of 250,000 partisans is driving the Nazis to desperation. ; Turkey's Role . . Tut key may yet prove to be the I key which will unlock the door to the Balkans. Many strategists be lieve the Allies are planning a three-pronged pincers to pinch off southeastern Europe. They assume that the Americans will cross'the Adriatic Sea from Italy into Yugo slavia simultaneous with a Rus sian thrust westward . from the Ukraine, while a third army rams *r to date with 172 points. Also ___ ___ _______________________ ________ playing excellent bull are S/Sgt. I northwestward from European Tur- Thomns Moore and Cpls. Everett key Into Bulgaria. That third army, P'-Cftham, J.hn Biucato, Ixuenzo they believe, would be either Turk- Bryant and Geoige Lning. ish or a United Nations force using wmwmmr, Tnday, Dee. IF — Theaters 2 and J, Jack l>ond<m, ’ ' Michael- O ’ .Shca, .Susan Hayward, I^ouise Be a v erf. ThcaUrs 1 and I, \No Time for Love.\ Claudette- Colbert, Fred MacMurray. Theaters 6 and 6 , \Destination Tokyo,\ Cary Giant. John Garfield. Jan- 1 — \Army Servlcq Force* Pre sents,\ 1.0:15 p. m. NBC. Viet work. The aters 2 and 3. \Cross of Lorraine.\ Pierre .Aumont, Gene Kelly. Peter I la>rre. Theaters 1 and 4, \J»<k I-on- don. - '. Theater* 5 and 6 , \No Time tor. J-ove. ” * . . V: Jaa. t — \Army Hour,'' 3 :3#\ ’ to 4 :30 - p m. NBC network. J'healer* 2 and. 3, / Higher and Higher,\ Frank Sinalra, MH-haffl Moreau, Ja. k Haley Theaters 1 and 4, \Jack l-ondon.\ Thealer* 8 and «, ‘ No Time for Love.\ Of!\-' 'lY;' Jus. 3. — I SO Vai iely-.Sliow. k p. m. Vn-toi y Hall. Thealer* 2 and 3, •'High er; and . Higher.'' . Theaters 1 and 4 , \Gross of Lorrabta ” , Theaters 5 and C>, \.lack Ijondon.\ ef Jaa. .4,- — All .Soldier Talent Show, 8 P. m. Virtory Hall. Theater* 2 and J, \tlijiig Bo.\ Randolph Scott. Grace McDonald. Theaters I and 4. “ Higher and Higher. ” Theater.. 0 And «, \Jack ! tA/ndon.\ f f 11 • ! • t uiunit- ” 1 rttiul I ought ♦© warn you,' Mils LaCurva, you're one of my New Year ’ s Resolutions i\ Jaa. 5- — 1 “ SO Variety-. Show, 8 p. m . Victory HaK. ThealiVs'a and 3,- \(Jung Ho. ” Theaters 1 find 4. \Higher and Higher. ” Theater* 5 apf< 4, Cioa* of t'Orraine.\ ■ m i . I f**- • 7 - 7 USO, V«v)ely 8 pm. APR Bld'g, Area 5, Basketball, Cninp Shanks vs. We*t Point F. A , 8 p. m. Area 7 gym. Tlieaters 2 and 3, ■ ’ Around the World,\ Kay gyBer,,J*v n Davis Theaters 1 and 4, \Hung Ho \ Theaters 6 and 6 , \Higher and Higher.\ ■ V\
