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Thursday, March 16, 1944
THE SIGN OF WELCOME HANGS OVER THE EN
trance to the Presbyterian Service Center at Eleventh
street and First avenue, in Columbus, where soldiers spend
many pleasant hours on weekends off. (Cut courtesy In
dustrial Index).
Presbyterian S. C.
Has Recreation Hall
One of the leading organizations in the establishment
of recreation facilities for servicemen and women in Co
lumbus is the First Presbyterian Church, which has con
verted its basement at Eleventh street and First avenue into
a large recreation room for soldiers and WACs from Fort
Benning.
Ping-pong, checker, card and
writing tables, with modernistic
lounge furniture arranged in in
timate group patterns, provide
comfortable opportunity for en
joying off-duty hours, particu
larly on weekends, when the
Center is open full-time. Re
freshments are often provided
by the hostesses, who are headed
by Mrs. Ellen Worrall, of the
congregation. Sandwiches, cof
fee and tea are served to sol
diers and their families every
Sunday at 6:30 p. m. immed
iately after the vesper service.
About 75 persons are usually
present, and more are welcome,
according to the Rev. John Cal
vin Reid, pastor
The Center was established
with several thousand dollars
contributed by various Presby
terian agencies. The Defense
Service Council of the Presby
terian Church, with its head
quarters in Richmond. Va., in
vested SISOO. Mr. and Mrs. E
R. Underwood, of Elizabeth. N.
J. bought the furniture, which
is bright, cheerfully modern in
color and design. The congre
gation has borne all the other
expenses incurred in the upkeep
of the Center, and has provided
volunteer workers to act as
hostesses.
Every month the Center en
gages a prominent clergyman
from the Northern Presbyterian
Church, who acts as a ‘‘civilian
chaplain” during his stay in Co
lumbus and Benning. He pre
sides as host of the center, ac
cepts preaching engagements at
the post, and calls upon Gls and
WACs in the hospital and at
their homes. One of these vis
iting ministers was so pleased
with the work of the Center that
he bought the electric sign which
hangs outside as a public invi
tation to all personnel of the
armed forces and their families
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By Sgt Ralph E. Alkire
Some of the highlights of Sun
day’s session on infiltration
Course: —
Sgt. 'Phil' Cappella got cut
and scratched quite a bit on the
barbed wire trying to win a
beer.
Sgt. O A Smith was so ex
hausted, after doing all that
crawling, that he fell flat when
making the bayonet charge. It's
a good thing those dummies
weren’t real.
Sgt. Exstein says he would
rather put up with the School
any day than go through any
thing like that again. Harry
must have had a date for he was
plenty burned up when he came
back to the barracks
All of the participants of that
expedition were well covered
with mud.
A few items of no importance
at all:—
Recently you may have notic
ed “Pretty Boy” Roach around
the barracks. He has sent the
Mrs. home for they are expect
ing an important event the lat
ter part of the summer.
Sgt. “Stinky” Downs has quite
a time with all kinds of watches.
Last week he had a lady’s wrist
watch. Sgt. Newt Wyatt said it
belonged to a WAC. Ask Newt
how he knows whose watch it
was.
S. Sgt. "El Rash” Van Horn
was a little late reporting back
from his weekend pass. He said
he had been led astray but the
belief is that he just wanted to
help Franks and Koester keep
an eye on the barracks in the
evening
REGIMENTAL MIRROR
Knock Out Or Be
Knocked Out-Culver
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days on the left flank getting the
whole business from Jerry
tanks, bombing, strafing, and in
fantry attacks. At El Guettar.
late in March, Culver was part
of the regiment that held up
nine panzer divisions in the hills.
When relieved, they went toGaf
sa, where they felt the beginning
of the end for the Nazis, who
started their full retreat toward
Tunis. The last big phase of the
campaign was the grim battle at
Hill 609
“We were way over on the left
flank within sight of Mateur,”
Culver says. "The whole Ger
man army was in front of us.
The Americans stormed the hill
and held it for five hours, when
we were forced to withdraw.
Meanwhile another division was
moving in with the French from
Bizerte, and the British were
sweeping in from Ferryville.
Suddenly the whole campaign
just fell through. By May 11th
everything was quiet ”
7'he regiment went back to
Oran for new training, and on
the morning of July 9th took off
for Sicily. Again Culver was in
the first wave to land. The fol
lowing morning, to their great
surprise, the Nazis counterat
tacked with 46 Mark VI tanks.
"Our cannon company and
field artillery accounted for 21
of them. We didn’t get many
prisoners,” Culver recalls grim
ly, “they were knocked out right
in the tanks.”
WALKED THRU SICILY
From there on Culver’s unit
went straight through to Messi
na, “walking right up, driving
them from one position to anoth
er."
For Sgt Culver, Messina was
the end of his combat service.
He went to the rear for treat
ment of an illness sustained in
the field, and by degrees he re
turned to the States, and is now
assigned to E Company. Academ
ic Regiment.
NAZI MORALE HIGH
“Fellows going overseas must
remember that German morale
is very high," Culver says. "This
is partly because they are trick
ed by their leaders They nev
er knew that other places had
been taken by us. and never be
lieved it. They insisted that
New York and Chicago had been
bombed!”
No Comment
NEWARK. N J (CNS A
300-pound pig was given to tho
highest bi hier in a war bond
auction bore The runner up got
a picture of Frank Smatra
.... ... , . «. ’ A .
' Cover Girl" At Post This Week
H - ""
Rita Hayworth, selected “The Sweetheart of Alcan" by the soldiers
who built the Canada-Alaska military highway, is visited on the set
of “Cover Girl" by Lieut. Jim Blackwelder of the Armv Engineers,
who presented the citation and photographed Rita for the service
men's newspaper.
POST MOVIES THIS WEEK
I MAIN AND NO. X
1 Thurs.-Fri.. 16-17: Pa. :igi- to
I Marseille (Humphrey 80-a:
I Michele Morgan). Sat.. 18 Ha!
i Check Honey (Grace McDonald,
I Leon Errol) and Two-Man Sub
marine (Torn Neal. Ann Sav
age). Sun. Mon., 19-20 Cover
Girl (Rita Hayworth, Gene Kel-
ly). Tues.. 21: The Hour Be
fore Dawn (Franchot Tone. Ve
ronica Lake). Wed.. 22: The
I Navy Way (Robert Lowery,
j Jean Parker).
NO. 4 AND NO. 5
Thurs.-Fri.. 16-17: Lady In
The Dark (Ginger Rogers. Ray
Milland) Sat . 18: Action In
Arabia (George Sanders. Vir
ginia Bruce' Sun . 19: It Hap
oed Tomorrow (Dick Powell,
Linda Darnell Mon Tues . 20
21: Passage to Marseille (Hum
phrr;. Bogart Micnole Morgan ।
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Wed 22 Hat Cheek Honey
। Grace McDonald. Leon Errol)
> i Two Man Submarine (Tom
Neal. Ann Savage).
NO. 9 AND NO. 11
Thurs., 1(>: See Here, Private
Hargrove (Robert Walker, Don
na Reed). Fri., 17: Chip Off
The Old Block (Donald O’Con
nor, Peggy Ryan). Sat., 18: The
Lady And The Monster (Rich
ard Arlen. Eric Von Stroheim).
Sun-Mon., 19-20: The Purple
Heart (Dana Andrews, Richard
Conte) Tues , 21: Hat Check
Honey (Grace McDonald, Leon
Errol) and Two-Man Submarine
(Tom Neal, Ann Savage). Wed ,
22: Lady In The Dark (Ginger
Rogers. Ray Milland)
Sutton Fires
200 With A-T
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pointed out in explaining the
significance of the record score
We just started firing the .57
last August, and it took until
now to record a possible.”
A pipe-fitter by trade in civili
an lite. Sgt. Sutton hails from
Newark. N J.. where his wife
and family reside at 8 Murray
street. He enlisted two years
ago. at Ihe age of 22, took his
basic training at Fort McClellan.
Ala . and came to The Infantry
Seiiool as a private in April.
1942. Assigned as an assistant
instructor in Weapons, where
Col J. F. Strain is Chief of Sec
tion he rose to the rank of line
sergeant in six months. A very
popular gunner in the section,
Sutton has frequently been a
member of crack gun crews pho
tographed for civilian publica
tions.
Hitler In Navy
NEW YORK (CNS)—William
Patrick Hitler, 32, a nephew of
Adolf Hitler, has been accepted
for service by the Navy
