THE M U W I W E i T
fol lowed by r a t a , WHIH Sa tu rday—Rain , c l ea r ing .
Sunday—Fa i r , cor*+"ued i
ToL 7 Wo. «7 MABINE CORPS Am STATION, CHERBY POINT. R c — — — — — — ' " • n w . u n a u i i ™ n i . a . V - 2 3 K O T « " W 1 9 4 9
FLYERS,jPDLL UPSET, WIN FROM FORT BRAGG TROOPERS 22-21 P l a n C T i . , . ' . — Plan Bats Free Medical Care For GI Families
The Budget Bureau ha* proposed that f r ee medica l ca re and cut-rate hospi ta l izat ion pr ivi leges now given to dependen ts of Army, Nary and Ai r F o r c e personnel be eliminated, it w a s announced re-cently.
The recommendat ion , which was made to t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Defease , has been s t rong ly opposed by t i e depar tment ' s top level Pe r sonne l Policy Board in a m e m o r a n d u m to Defense S e c r e t a r y Johnson • the ul t imate decision, however . ' may rest with P rea iden t T r u m a n . T h e change, if approved , would effect nex t J u l y ISL
Since t h e paus ing ol the new pay bill makes the pay sys tem of mil i -tary pe r sonne l somewha t nimii.T-to Those in indus t ry , the Budge t Bureau a r r ived a t the conclusion that i t was the in ten t of the law-makers to e l imina te a l l ex t r a sa la -ries and t h a t the medica l a n d hos-pltilization pr iv i leges of depen dents fel l in to th is ca tagory .
T r e m e a d e a * Sav iag Such a a e l iminat ion would ahow
a t remendous sav ing in do l l a r s and cents but the Pe r sonne l Pol icy Board says i t would be m o r e offset b y t h e lower ing of m o r ^
Sec. Johnson Forms Housing Board
A v e r t i n g t h e r ight ol mi l i ta ry personnel " t o l ive no rma l family lives" deplor ing t h e f ac t tha t many Service personne l a n d the i r f ami -lies a re l iving unde r "d i sgracefu l conditions." Sec re t a ry Louis J o h n -*»n th is week crea ted a Depar tmen t of Defense Hous ing Commission to belp find a solut ion.
H ie Commission rffs been cha rg -ed with the task of a id ing Secre tary , Johnson in t h e e l iminat ion of cr i t i -cal mil i tary hous ing problems.
Chairman of t h e Commission la Betram E. Giesecke. member of a n - ' r .-hltectural-engineerinp firm Austin. Texas .
In a m e m o r a n d u m to the Chair-'aan. Sec. Johnson sa id :
' T h e Mili tary Fo rces of the ignited S ta tes a r e composed of in-a.viduals who va lue and a r e en-utle to. the r ight and abil i ty to »ve normal fami ly l ives."
Secretary J o h n s o n asked t h e Commission to inc lude t h e follow-
studies in i ts p rog ram, and to cm- to h im a repor t by ea r ly •pnng :
1 A review of - c u r r e n t la we governing the provision of family loosing a t gove rnmen t expense.
-• A^. examina t ion of s t a n d a r d s <or family hous ing .
2. A review of t h e ru les , pro-c u r e s . and p r ac t i c e s . o f mi l i ta ry
a*Wrtment r e l a t i ng to family a n t i n g .
*. A review of t h e 'policies gov-tnung cha rges for housing, in-I'Ufiing the adequacy of qua r t e r s 0 r *h i ch fu l l r e n t a l a l lowances
now withheld . *• A de te rmina t ion of the extent
L w f a i c h a p p r o p r i a t e d f u n d s a r e ^ o i r e d and t h e ex ten t to which 'T- r means m a y be employed.
A of the m e a n s of pro-•ctag sui table Quarters tor l imited
* £ o d s of t i m e i>*cretary J o h n s o n , du r ing a L_re-5r.y. ' ^ o a r i n g in t h e housing com-
11 necessa ry to
i n h a n d l i n g of h o r s i n g
Three Marine Pilots Die In Crashes
Lt- Max H. Rosecrans . a t tached to Marine Corps School at Quantico, Va.. was killed when the Corsair fighter p l ane he was flying crashed into a mounta in nea r Glencoei Pa .
E n r o u t e f r o m Waahington to P i t t sbu rgh , the pilot apparen t ly lost h is way in a snowstorm which blew over t h e a rea .
Next of k in were listed as t h e widow. Mrs. Mildred L. Rosecrans . and th ree chi ldren of Midway i s -land. n e a r Quantico.
A mid-air c rash was f a t a l for two El Toro pilots, flying f r o m the USS Boxer, en rou te home f rom Operation MIKI. Complet ing a simulated s t ra f ing a t tack aga ins t a t r anspor t ship, the p lanes col-lided and fell into the ocean.
They were identified a s LL Daniel A. Doherty. VMF-321. and MSct. William J . Loseben. VMF-254. both 27 years old.
Seven ,Sqnds. To Disband Foijr East, t Three West
especial ly in the lower cmiBwsa ranks , and the re would be o the r repercussion> th roughout the ser-vices. The Policy Board f u r t h e r contended that Congress did not warn to el iminate such privileges.
The Bureau, ask ing for congres-sional au thor iza t ion for providing such services, found that only the Navy had a specific law to guide it.
(See Medical Care. Page S>
Seven Marine Corps squadrona , four he re at Cherry Po in t a n d th ree
I at £1 Toro. will be | within the next four months . ' news release f rom th«- office of .Sec re ta ry of Navy s ta ted reoent ly . I T h e first squadron to feel t h e i s lasheb of the cutback p r o g r a m | he re will be VMF-322 which will ! be disbanded on November 30. I Coming quickly on t h e hee l s of \ MF-322 will be the decommission-ing of VMP-354 on December - 16, VMF-222 December 30th. and YMF-4G1. now based aboard the U S S Leyte with MAG-I1. F e b r u a r y 28, 1950.
The first squadron a t K1 Toro to go will be VMP-254, which wil l al6o be disbanded on November 30 th
The projected budget reduct ions will drop the Navy's Attack Car-
, r ier Air Groups f r o m 14 to 10. i ts | Pa t ro l Bomber Squadrons f r o m 30 I to 25. and reduce t h e ope ra t ing s ta tus of si* a i r bases.
The Naval Air Faci l i ty Char les- j town. Rhode Island will be inact i -vated and the following other a i r bases will be reduced t o main ten- '
Boxers Lose Second Straight
Quanti co s Marine boxing squad took a disputed. 6-2 t eam ^ ' t ^ h f r o m the F igh t ing F l y e r s t he r e Wednesday n ight . November 16.
Wel terweight A1 T u r n e r and Lightweight Roar ing Rudy Lara-took the only bouts f o r the Flyera . Both were easy decisions and before the in termisa lon T u r n e r winning f rom Eddie Craf t a n d L « r a decisioned Lee Aliffl.
Cherry Poin t ' s J i m m y Smith, Mike Zecca, Lloyd Rousse . George Vicknair and J i m Tient indo all lost. Smith and Zecca could have won, but the j udges thought di f ferent .
ance s t a tu s . NAS Bermuda ; NAS I Roosevel t Roads. P u e r t o Rioo; NAT, San J u a n . P u e r t o Rioo; NAS Tr in idad , Br i t iah West Indies , and NAS, Coco Solo, P a n a m a n»»«i Zone.
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Pillon's Boot Gives Locals Margin In Closing Minnies
By J a c k A a a g a m Big George P i l l on ' s C O & I
f r o m t h e 16 y a r d Thr»r>h t h e a rmed se rv ices g r i d i r o n wor ld Sunday a f t e r n o o n a a t h e F l y e r s upset F t . B r a g g ' * Troopers , t h e number one se rv i ce e leven. 22-2L
P i l lon ' s k ick c a m e on f o u r t h down a g a i n s t a s t rong wind a b o u t 16 y a r d s in f r o m the west The c rowd, app rox ima te ly 7,500. rose a s one and shouted the i r a p -proval . A s n a r e d r u m m e r in t h e Second Wing band r ipped a hole in the hides of h i s d rum.
I t w a s a g rea t victory tor Coach J i m T u m a ' s Sca r l e t a n d Gold war r io r s , who have t aken t h e '*Tt t h r ee games in a row.
The game wan played u n d e r a l -most perfect wea the r condi t ions . A brisk wind f r o m the south, how-ever. made pass ing a n d p u n t i n g rough on t h e ' " T I P when they changed e n d s of the field a t t h e end of each qua r t e r .
The; rea l s t a r s on the field a l l a f t e rnoon were the l inemen headed by cen te r Vince P a r e n t e . g u a r d Speedy Sax ton a n d end Bill P h i l -lips. The F l y e r s g r e a t defens ive ha l fback , J o h n n y Bilak. p lay ing with a broken hand ; m a d e repea ted tackles of the T roope r s e lus ive backs in t h e secondary . . With the F l y e r s t r a i l i ng 21-19.
p»e 230 pound p l acemen t spec-ialist walked n o n c h a n t l y on t h e field and booted t h e goal »fteT t h e hard fighting Cher ry Po in t f o r w a r d wall h a d broke t h r o u g h to r ecove r a fumble on t h e 20 y a r d l ine. T w o paBs p lays a n d a r u n fa i led to ' a n ^ . t h e B t a * e w a B 8 e t tor t h e k i ck .
The F l y e r s g a r n e r e d first blood about half way t h r o u g h t h e first
; qua r t e r on a pass play, Tom Shep-herd to J im Bennet t f r o m t h e five
j yard line. (See Linemen Real S t a r s . P a g e 8)
Thanksgiving Holiday "\ i
Personnel Urged-To Exercise Cautious Driving
J u s t th ink , we have f o u r days off and of cou r se eve ryone
ge l home. Most of u s will be going by ca r and wil l be in a h u r r y to reach our des t ina t ion .
Be fo re you s t a r t pour ing on t h e g a s however , r e m e m b e r t h a t you a r e all p l aye r s in t h e a u t o d r iv ing game. H i e shakes a r e l i fe a n d death . TOUR LOTS! Don't t a k e the " i t - c a n t - h a p p e n - t o - m e " a t t i -tude. I t can happen to you. a s i t a l w a y s does, to t h e fe l low w h o leasts expec ts it_
Dur ing the week end ing Novem-ber 18. t he r e were no a i r c r a f t acci-den t s . h e r e at Cher ry Po in t b u t the re were five au to accidents . F o r the fiscal yea r . 1 J n l y 1948-31 Au-gust 1949. 86 Marines t h r o u g h o u t the count ry were killed a s a r e -suit of t raff ic acc idents . The g r e a t -est t r agedy is t h a t t he se -acc iden t s would neve r have happened h a d even a min imum of no rma l caut ion and judgement been exercised. Most of the acc idents resul ted f r o m excessive speed, defect ive vehic les . Mid d r ive r s unduly t i red or u n d e r the inf luence of in tox ican ts .
Now you have the f ac t s and figures.,the res t is u p t o you. L e t ' s not- t u r n th i s hol iday into a t r a g e d y . . , ins tead let 's m a k e it a s a f e a n d - a p p y one ! I t can be done If eve ryoEedo€*K_£ iv ,pa r t by a . l i t t l e common sense and caut ion .
tionr clock ays-a in t h e Navy , Moline. . 111. <AFPSt — *** ie A r m y in J u l y on a bu rg l a ry cha rge . 3 » ^ ned on t h e E n g - J a m e s C. J a n e s told P*® ^•nnfrny t h e day robs no th ing bu t churches n u m b e r i n g t h e H e s a y s t h e y ' r e t h e o n & 1 ciuek. t h a t g ives "him "peace o f »
Jo seph Kocloskl . Lead imnnan AUG. of t h e Overhaul ond Repa i r R r p a r t r a m t , k s h o w n above an he received a six y e a r a w a r d f o r a« . - . . • > . J i t a l k " * lost t i m e a c c l d e a t s in hi<r*thop d u r i n g t h e y e a r IMS. Miller is m a k i n g t h e p re sen ta t ion and eoncya tu la tes Mr. Kozloskl o s t h e s a f e t y record h e h a s ma in t a ined . (Photo by MSgL Schee tz ) .
N. P. Alifas Writes Of New Retirement
By 1). S . Conner Mr. N*. P . Al i fas . P res iden t , Dis-
t r i c t No. 44. I n t e r n a t i o n a l Associa-t ion ol Machinis ts , h a s wr i t t en to the local Machinists" Union con-ce rn ing the provis ions of t h e new R e t i r e m e n t Law.
M.r Al i fas wro t e : " T h i s Act was approved Sep tem-
ber 30. 1949 and inc reases the a -monn t of annu i ty to which a Fed-era l employee with dependen t s is ent i t led by 5%.
"Under the old law. a n employet could accept an annu i ty 10% below t h e a m o u n t to which h e would
^o the rwise be ent i t led individual ly , in o rder to include his wife for 50% of the benefi ts upon his death . H i s chi ldren also, if they a r e u n d e r 18. would receive 25% of tha t a -m o u n t . His ch i ld ren who a r e over IS and who a r e incapab le of self suppor t wonld con t inue to rece ive t h i s benefi t f o r l i fe , wi th a ce r ta in l imita t ion o n the total amoun t to be paid out to benef ic iar ies .
"Unde r t h e new law only 5% is deduc ted f r o m the fu l l amoun t due t h e individual in o rde r that these benefi ts might be confe r red upon the beneficiar ies .
"Unde r th is new law. m a n y of our m e m b e r s who may havt' a? m u c h a s 40 y e a r s of Civil Service will rece ive $4275 pe r y e a r for t hemse lves ; and upon the i r dea th , t he i r wife will r ece ive $2137.50 per y e a r for l i fe .
" In addi t ion to this , thei r chi ld-ren . if any . would rece ive t h e above r e f e r r e d to benefi ts .
"Under t h e old law. at least one of our m e m b e r s , and the re doubt-less a r e m a n y more . is re t i red now on a n annui ty* of $4460 per yea r . "
Mr. D. M Connor . P res iden t . Local 1855*. I n t e r n a t i o n a l Associa-t ion of Machinis ts , h a s received copies of t h e en t i r e new Re t i r e -ment Law Any employee of the s ta t ion who is in te res ted in I ts provis ions may contact Mr. Connor or any m e m b e r of Local, 1859 f o r i n fo rma t ion .
Motor Transport Chit-Chat
By Louise H a r r i s o n Char l ie P o t t e r s a y s he k n o w s
j u s t how to get ou t of t h e dog-nouse. J u s t p r e t e n d t h a t you a r e J1 and you get a lot of sympa thy , a n d sympa thy a l w a y s ge t s you ou t JI the doghouse.
Seems tha t qui te a few of the JJ'J ~ers went s o m e w h e r e over (he iong weekend, or a r e p l ann ing uu some t rave l ing p re t ty soon. Nettie Askea and family w e n t to liocKy Aiouni T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n .o wi tness the wedding of the Have -iuck Methodis t min i s t e r , Rev . C. M. j i n c h e l l a n d Miss Vivian P r o c t o r of Rocky Mount . J a m e s McCuen •s back at work a f t e r a two week visit with re la t ives in Pennsy lvan ia , t i e h a s a very bad cold a n d he says tha t the r eason for it is t h a t the Vankee a i r j u s t doesn ' t a g r e e wi th h im any more . S a r a t o w s k i I qui te a busy weekend. H e m a r c h e d in the Armis t i ce D a y — A m e r i Legion p a r a d e in Morehead City. H e r b e r t Blackwel l i s t a k i n g some of iu s excess a n n u a l l eave t h i s we£k, t h r ee days of it- Be t s a r e tha t he wil l go h u n t i n g every day. L u t h e r Wiggins h a s been on leave s ince last Wednesday . His wi fe is very ill in a New Bern hosp i ta l . Louise and George H a r r i s o n a r e ofl to Rocky Mount , N. C. t h i s week-end to v is i t George ' s b r o t h e r and' to see the Riugl ing Bro the r s . Bar -n u m a n d Bai ley Circus.
Mr. May goes deer h u n t i n g e a c h weekend. Th i s pas t weekend m e m b e r of his h u n t i n g p a r t y scored again . Joe l Odom h a s a l l the luck. He even won a sho tgun wi th which to do h i s fal l and w i n t e r h u n t i n g . Lloyd " S m i t t y " Smi th fished f o r t rout fo r two days ove r t h e weak-en . H e came home not wi th t r o u t , but with a five p o u n ^ flounder. Nice going.
NAVY SUPPLY
Gen. Miller Gives Safety Awards to 86 Employees
In a recen t ceremony he ld in t h e aud i to r ium 01 w e l n u u a l r i a l Keia-T r a i n i n g BmBdiag 86 c iv i l i an employees of t h e s ta t ion were given
rarde recogniz ing i ndus t r i a l s u p e r v i s o r s whose s h o p s have h a d no los t t ime acc iden t s du r ing -the y e a r 1948. A a m g t h e 86 ind iv idua l a w a r d s given, t h e r e w a s o n e s ix -year a w a r d . 2 four yea r a w a r d s . Along with these w e n t 10 shop a w a r d s to those shops which showed no los t t ime acc iden t s d u r i n g t h e s a m e per iod.
Major H . R. Kolp . Ass i s t an t I n -d u s t r i a l Re la t ions Officer, opened
STATION SUPPLY
$2800 ISA IDT OF MONEY
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T h e personne l of Station £ wishes to c o n g r a t u l a t e the i ing employees lor the w o r k they have performed fa g shop f o r t h e p a s t t w o years. 1 H . F u l c h e r , Kancy IL Guthrie,^
S. L a m m . Haxel N. Learr ]. Phe lps . F l e t a Pr ingle , aad l
I n honor o! tj ' -^rere
ce r t i f i c a t e s "lor ope ra t ing a~j
By R a v e n s S a t a c e
Most of you know what "Bene-ficial S u g g e s t i o n s " means . Most of you. a t one t i m e or ano the r , have men ta l ly c rea ted some object or me thod t h a t migh t h a v e saved t i m e a n d money f o r t h e ac t iv i t ies yon t a k e p a r t in had you pu t i t d o w n in wr i t ing . Some of you the jobs a n d get your r e w a r d s , mos t of you will d i smiss such ideas wi thin a lew d a y s or so—probably because yon lack a r t i s t i c abi l i ty to d r a w y o u r invent ion on paper— because you ' r e a f r a i d of t h e cr i t i -cism a n d j es t ing you migh t receive if y o u r ven tu r e f a i l ed—because you need h e l p t h a t you a r e too m e e k to a s k fo r—or because you ' re j u s t too lazy to work on t h e deal .
Did you know t h a t we have a -mong us a Navy employee who once was a w a r d e d 82800.00 for a sugges t ion? H e is Mr. J a m e s J . Deer ing of O&R's Inspec t ion Group. H e won t h e a w a r d whi le he w a s employed by the Bureau of Aero-nau t i c s a t Long I s l and C i t y j n 1944 a s a Navy Inspec tor . Mr. Deer ing didn ' t ac tua l ly m a k e t h e benefic ia l sugges t ion un t i l he h a d developed it fu l ly . With a vivid imagina t ion , a good idea, a n d a few rough s k e t c h e s a n d the essen t i a l tools, he r igged up a box ca r tha t would c a r r y f o u r float type a i r p l a n e s in-s t ead of t h e usua l one.
H e cons t ruc t*^ c r ad l e s ins ide the fo r ty foot box ca r t h a t a s s u r e d a i r c r a f t compan ie s t h e i r a m p h i b s would r e a c h the i r des t ina t ion safe ly a n d wi thou t t r ave l s c a r s f o r h a l f of the n o r m a l sh ipp ing oosL A l t e r Mr. Deer ing cons t ruc t ed h i s box car , he s en t i t down t h e t r a c k loaded wi th float type a i r c r a f t . Whi l t t h e r a i l s h u m m e d , officials a t BuAex^s were rev iewing Mr . Deer ing ' s work . F i g u r e s spel led out a $125,000.00 a n n u a l sav ing t o the Navy D e p a r t m e n t and a $2800.<M> check to J a m e t J . Deer ing . while Rear Admi ra l Cr i sp d ic ta ted a le t -t e r—"I t is a p l ea su re to i n f o r m you tha t the B u r e a u of A e r o n a u t i c s h a s reviewed a Beneficial Sugges -t ion submi t t ed by you pe r t a in ing ' t o t h e sh ipment of float t y p e a -l igh t ing gea r in box ca r s , and h a s r ecommended tha t a n
• t h e p re sen ta t ion — » - — pra ised all the employees w h o w e r e g a t h e r e d t he r e f o r the i r e B o r t s t o
1 seduce the n u m b e r of a c e M e n t s air -two y e a r s wi thou t a n y loss o! the s ta t ion . H e reminded a l l p r e -sent tha t the i r r ecord h a d been
I most i n s t r u m e n t a l in the s ta t ion I winn ing t h e S e c r e t a r y of t h e Navy i Award for Achievement in Sa fe ty
t h a t it w a s only t h r o u g h t h e concer ted e f fo r t s of a l l employees of the s ta t ion t h a t such a w a r d s would be won in t h e f u t u r e . Ma jo r Ko lp then in t roduced Br igad ie r Genera l L W. Mil ler . Command ing
of the
f the .s ta t ion, w h o m d e iduaf a w a r d s . G e n e r a l
P O O R J O H N By Susie Moore
Some days it would be be t te r if you ju s ; s tayed in bed What with all t h e g lowing r e p o r t s that a r e t r i ck l ing a r o u n d thest days about h u n t i n g and fishin.c t r ips , you mus t expect to hea r the kind
•of s t o r y tha t p roves tha t baa days come to t h e best of us J o h n T h o m p s o n and H u b e r t Wlnfield v ent hog fishing recen t ly All day they fished, and i t - s eemed tha t if . lubert c augh t one. J o h n would <a:ch one. J u s t be fo re . they quit - o r ' the day. ' the" suck that J o h n . ad h a n g i n g overboard with t h e < ay ' s ca tch in it came loos-? f r o m ••be boat and ;>oor John lost evt 'ry £ s h tha i he had . P o o r J o h n !
T h e next day he w e n t fishing cga in . Th i s t ime he lost h is rod and reel . Poor J o h n ! The next d iT he went fishinc a g a i n ' a n d hi? m o t o r Jumped ofT the boa : in ahou :
^iseck deep wa t e r , a n d he had . to ^ip and go over a f t e r it. Poor
By C. Bledsoe
MATEKIAl. B K A M H Sidney E d w a r d s visited h i s
m o t h e r in Dunn . N. C. d u r i n g t h e long weekend. E lv i ra E d w a r d s divided h e r ho l iday weekend. S h e visited h e r m o t h e r in Kins ton a n d spent one day f ishing in Morehead City. Car r i e H u n n i n g s moto red to Richmond and Wash ing ton . D. C. Wil l iam Whi te spent t h e weekend in Kins ton wi th relatives*' Yelma Nelson is spend ing a week on vaca-tion at h e r borne in At lant ic . A. K F e n f r e s s and fami ly spent t h e hol iday ig Norfolk and P o r t s m o u t h v is i t ing re la t ives . J i m m y and S a r a h Bledsoe a t t ended the f u n e r a l • if h is unc le in Ra le igh on S r n d a y . Becky Bender a t t ended the T a k e F o r e s t and S t a t e College foo'.hall game ir. Ra le igh and took to do s o m e C h r i s t m a s Roland S ty ron is p a s s i n g out Tie is t h e proud f a t h e r of a boy. .
J o h n ! Fj«h!Si£ off t h e same a f t e r n o o n ' h i s first and he lost a n e w plu*:. P o f p l-jooks l ike some people wou ld j u s t w h e n t o s top , doesn ' t
indiv told a l l of t h e people
that i t c a v e h im s g r e a t of p l e a s u r e to be p reaen t to
presen t the a w a r d s , a n d espec ia l ly so since t h e r e were so a w a r d s to be g r a n t e d t h a n ( h e r e were l a s t yea r . Gene ra l Miller ' s t a t ed : "Such a g a t h e r i n g i m p r e s -ses on m e t h e f ac t t h a t e m p l o y e e s ol the s t a t ion have sa fe ty -consc ious a n d h a r d e r t han eve r be fo re o n acc i -dent p reven t ion . Our cord is qu i te good, bu t t h e r e a r e s t i l l m o r e acc iden t s t h a n w e l ike to see—especia l ly in t h e field of au tomot ive acc iden ts . 1 ing t h a t eve ryone exerc i se maxi- i m u m effor t to he lp r e d u c e t h e n u m -ber of au tomot ive acc iden t s a r e o c c u r r i n g on t h e s t a t ion . "
Genera l Miller in t roduced Mr. Wil l iam C. Sex ton . S a f t e y E n g i n e e r . Office of I n d u s t r i a l B u r e a u of Aeronau t i c s , t o t h e sembly . Mr. Sex ton exp re s sed t h e r e g r e t s of Admira l P r i d e , Chief, Bureau of Aeronau t i c s , t h a t h e could no t be p re sen t f o r t h e oere-mony . Mr. Sexton s ta ted t h a t Ad-mi ra l P r i d e is ve ry sa fe ty -consc ious and is 100% behind t h e s a f e t y p ro -
Mr. Sex ton sa id : - W h a t you have received in t h e f o r m of t he se a-w a r d s p roves conclusively t h a t a c -c idents can be p reven ted . In 15 y e a r s of w o r k i n g w i t h t h e acc ident prevent ion p r o g r a m , i t h a s a l w a y s been c lose to m y h e a r t . Usua l ly I come to ac t iv i t i es a n d p lead for coopera t ion . Today you have shown m e t h a t you have a l r e a d y given that coopera t ion and have given it f ree ly . Accident preven-tion is a p a r t of every s u p e r v i s o r s job. It is not jup t a glorified show. Accident p reven t ion l eads to ful l p roduct ion . We a r e a l l in t h e Navy and a r e h e r e to he lp m a k e a n a m e for t h e Navy.
"Our accident p reven t ion pro-c r a m is d i rec ted a t not only p r e v e n -
a w a r d in I t ing those acc iden t s which a r e i n -connect ion the rewi th be g r a n t e d to 1 j u r i o u s to pe r sonne l , but a l so those you. T h e suggest ion p a p e r s have acc iden ts w h i c h ^ e a d t o t h e de s t ruc -been reviewed by t h e Board of A- tion of gove rnmen t p rope r ty . A s w a r d s to Civil Employees and an Genera l Miller said, au tomot ive a w a r d in t h e a m o u n t of $2800.00 acc iden t s a r e provid ing c la ims h a s been approved in y o u r behal f , which a m o u n t s to mBl ions of T h i s office wishes to e x p p r e s s i t s dol lars , app rec i a t ion of your e f fo r t s in ex- " I have no ted t h a t t h e r e is pedi t ing t h e shipment a n d pack - sa le ty shoe p r o g r a m i n a u g u r a t e d ing of ma t e r i a l s v i ta l to t h e w a r at t h i s c t a t i o n . 40% of a l l a cc iden t s e f for t a n d commends you for y o u r a r e caused by f a l l ing o b j e c t s cans -ingenui ty . . . ." ing foot i n ju r i e s . Sa f t ey shoes wil l
In 1944; $284*0.00 w a s a lot of not only p r e v e n t m o s t of t h e s e in-money and it s t i l l is t oday . Mr. j j u r i e s , but wil l g ive c o m f o r t a n d Deer ing w a s the kind of m a n w h o | p ro tec t ion at t h e l eas t poss ib le had enough ini t ia t ive and self c o n - cos t ." fidence to work ou t a n idea. How :
about . Mr J ones T And you. Mr. I <SEA>—The 24-hour c l o d S m i t h ? Your idea m a y not be i t em, long in ef fec t in t h e wor th a fo r tune , but r e m e m b e r w-as adopted by t h e A r m y i i no th ing ventured , no th ing ga ined . 1942. I t i s p a t t e r e n e d on the "Hie mos t you can lose is t h e t i m e ! lish s y s t e m of you spend, and . even then , you have i at midnigh t a i ga ined in exper ience . h o n r s a r o u n d t h e
due to acc idents . The was held i a t h e Industrial "j t ious T r a i n i n g Section No __ 10. 1949. We sincerely hop* j, thei r nex t t w o y e a r s will fe -success fu l a s t h e -past TWO.
Mr. Redden S. U m m has p his diploma f o r completion ol • hundred tears of instruction
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i n s t r u c t i a n e -o f i how to pi>j R u m m y jus t oall o n Sgt. It seems t h a t " R o s e " Gaskiu q j winn ing byNi_h igh score nnri; ^ came up to help. hs r r -aS iTp^ w h a t h a p p e n e d . ~RoBe" was bca« b y 650 -points. If anyone " tha t Rose would b e a better s t r u c t o r . t hen y o u r reporter with you .
Bett ie Askea has Chris* spi r i t a l ready . If you had he r the o t h e r n ight you too < have t h o u g h t so. Her intern* were of pa in t ing pine cone* bollv, bu t by a f ew bad stnl we'll a l so add h e r to the list.
Mrs. S u r r e t t wras • cutting i t h e o t h e r day a n d evidently got t h e two k i n d s of meat a up and cut t h e wrong pieee-i finger But by t ak ing real p ca re of i t . it is improving nieg
Sta t ion Supply has another fc mond added to i ts list. Thif is worn by Bessie Alfred. Act ing to the latest reports , the vrt ding will . take place the of J a n u a r y .
Disburs ing WELCOMES employee . M a r y Mayer who m fe r red f rom Overhaul and I —Sta t ion Supp ly h a s lost t he i r employees . C. W. Fi f r o m t h e L a u n d r y . This i promot ion for Mollie Murphy d w a s proihoted to a CAF-3. Lrf promot ion f o r Alma Counc i l was ppromoted t o a CAF-3. UJ K. G a r n e r t r a n s f e r r e d to the La d ry to a s s u m e t h e duties of ill Council , and Be t ty Wflsan « • f e r red f r o m the Commissary t a k e Luci l le ' s job.
Capta in Lomac has left 8«d Supply to t a k e t h e . Lia ison Officer between the vnP o p e r a t i n g g r o u p s and
We wish Major P a r s o n s w h o h a s f r o m leave. H e spent most vacat ion fishing in the Mexico. S ince h e is a the -wool" fisherman, be ous fish s to r i e s t o tel l on his i
It seems t h a t the re was of t r ave l i ng th i s past J a c k Disosway spen t the in Wilson visit ing friends. Askea spen t ie igh. J u n e Whi t e at n i t s Lil ly and Effie Ipock b o r o wi th t h e i r respect ive and Billy Ba l l enge r with in New Bern:
Your r epo r t e r . Effie ing qu i te a Mt of fun the r i n k In New Bern . ska t i ng is good t rv it e i r l s . *
Cincinnati (AFPS)—NBA heavy-weight champion, Erzard Charles, recently wag sued for $4S£lB.5l on a charge of violating a managerial contract. The snit was filed by a gnrap of local businessmen who claimed Charles had * contract with them when he signed with Jake Mintx.
THE CHERRY POINT W1NDSOCIC BRIOADIEl ; GENERAL IVAN W. MILLER
GENERAL. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION
Medical Care / Continued t r a m P a g e 1)
The A r m y a n d Ai r F o r c e a r e w o r k -in* under a n 1884 a c t o2 Congress , which s t a tes t h a t »ervices should " t r ea t dependen ts when p rac t i c -able ." Th i s resul ted f r o m the f ac t t h a t many t roops a n d dependen ts w e r e then s ta t ioned in the West , whe re medical a t t en t ion was seldom avai lable .
T h e Hoover Commission on Gov-e r n m e n t Reorganiza t ion , not ing the the s a m e s i tua t ion , sugges ted that a law author iz ing medica l a t t en t ion ' lor Army and Air F o r c e dependen ts be passed by Congress .
The Personne l Policy Board, beaded by Huber t E. Howard and composed ol r epresen ta t ives of a l l services , a s well a s top civilian officials of the depa r tmen t , h a s t aken the s t a n d tha t medical ca re and hospi ta l iza t ion pr ivi leges a r e a grea t inducement tu recru i t ing .
It was pointed ou t that many man a r e b rough t into the enl is ted r a n k s of the Army. Navy and Air Force a s a resul t of th is provision a lone The e l iminat ion of such pr ivi leges would be a severe blow to service morale . These same men. when overseas , cannot t a k e thei r famil ies over unt i l a year l a te r . T h u s the feel ing of hopeless? and he lp lessness of such overseas per -sonnel would have a t r emendous effect o n the over-al l mora le of serv icemen un less t he r e were a de-finite a s s u r a n c e of thei r dependen ts receiving p rope r medical a t t en t ion , should they need It.
Another point b rought out by the hoard was the f ac t t h a t the con-t inua t ion of out-pat ient t r e a tmen t and hospi ta l izat ion for dependen ts provided adequa te i n t e rn sh ip s for Army . Navy and Air F o r c e doc tors which they would o the rwise be forced to obtain outs ide the se r -vices. The t h r ee services main ta in they a l ready have an inadequa te n u m b e r of phys ic ians and dent i s t s ;it the present t ime
"The board also searched the-hear-ing and debates on the mi l i t a ry pay bill and in no in s t ance found auy r e f e r e n c e to the e l iminat ion of medical ca re and hospi ta l iza t ion for dependents . In f n r t . Congress pro-vided an app ropr i a t i on for the very services which the Budget Bureau now seeks to e l iminate .
Linesmen Real Stars For Flyers
(Continued from P a g e 1) Af te r an exchange of pun t s , Tony
Kapelewski . who played h i s g r e a t -est ^ame for the F l y e r s a t f a l lback , bulled over cen te r f r o m h i s own 24 to t h e T roope r ' s 42. Ormand Anderson ' s p a s s to J a c k Chr is t ia -sen was good for a first down. Shepherd picked -up a n o t h e r first down on a r u n over tackle .
Shepherd ' s pass to Phi l l ips pu t the ball on the five yard line, and the next play. Shep^threw to Ben-nett for th« c o u n t e r ' P i l lon ' s kick missed.
The grea t l ine play of Charl ie Davis. Pa ren te , Saxton and Tom Dockerv. was evident du r ing th is drive.
Troopers S e e r * A ser ies of r u n n i n g plays with
a pass t h rown in. set up t h e Trooper ' s first score a few m i n u t e s later , with Bur ton , the i r fine l i t t le ha l fback , scor ing on a 22 y a r d spr in t off r i g h t . tackle . Oden's .iick was good and the T roope r ' s led 7-€.
. few minu tes la ter , tha t same Burton broke a round r igh t end f o r ano the r m a r k e r . Oden's kick w a s t rue and the Trooper ' s led 14-6. It looked like F t . Bragg was going to run away with the game.
But one of teh amazing th ings about the g a m e was that the F l y e r s wouldn't admit defeat and cont inu-ed to play impress ive ball th rough-out the second s tanza , despi te ano ther Trooper score.
Trooper* F ina l T w o five ya rd penal t ies and a
Shepherd , f u m b l e set up Bragg ' s th i rd a n d final TD in the second qua r t e r Qua r t e rback Malloy pas -
to end Bill Gibson f r o m t h e F lye r ' s 10 yard l ine for the score . Oden's conversion put the T roope r s ahead 21-6.
The F lyers , s t a r t ing f r o m the i r own 20 ya rd line scored a quickie ! before the half when Kape lewsk i intercepted a pass a f t e r Shepherd '6
« to Ph i l l ips w a s in tercepted by Easly . and re tu rned it 47 y a r d s behind snme excellent blocking.
n a magnif icient pass play the F l y e r s hit pay dir t jus t m inu te s before the half . O. Anderson faded back and flipped the ball to Jack ' h r i s i i ansen . but Bragg ' s Bur ton ilmost in tercepted it. the bal l rtouncing off h is h a n d s into t h e waiting a rm» of Chr is t iansen . P i l -lon's kick was good and the half
Tony Kapelewski . F lye r i oil ba rk , who p layed t h e r r e a t e v t c a m e of T n w p e r s , b r eaks off rirtt t ack le i s r a first down in the th i rd periot ' . Gt-onre Pi l lon 's field goal with only f o u r minu te s of p l a y t a r t i m e l e f t .
ended with Cherry Point t r a i l ing 21-13.
Third Per iod Ear ly in the th i rd period, the
F l y e r s scored . the i r final touch-down Again it w a s the br i l l iant l ine that did the work for the F lye r s as Guards Char l ie Lemire and Tony Pacifico broke th rough to block a Bragg punt on the 29 yard line.
A se r ies of r u n n i n g plays by Shepherd. Bond and "The Man" Kapelewski took the ball to the Bragg eight . J i m Bond flipped a soft pass to Shepherd on the two and Sbep bulled over for the tal ly. Pi l lon 's kick went wide. The F l y e r s were definitely in the ball game a s they chopped the lead to 21-19.
Field Goal An exchange of punts and an ex-
:hange of f u m b l e s led to Pi l lon 's pay-off kick la te in the final s tanza .
A Bond to Shepherd pas6 wi th J e s s Thompson ' s p lunge gave the F l y e r s a first down on the mid-field s t r ipe . The F l y e r s w e r e fo rc -ed to punt a f t e r t h r e e p lays fa i led . Bragg punted back to Shepherd on the 42.
Shepherd and Thompson made it a first down, then Shep b roke th rough left t ack le and fumbled , the T roope r s recover ing. On the first play. R a t a a n of the TrooperB. fumbled and Morret t i of the F l y e r s recovered.
'Ft . Bragg was penalized 15 y a r d s on a personal foul to give t h e F l y e r s t h e ball on the 16. A Shep-herd to Ph i l l ips pass and a Bond to Shepherd pass p lus a Shepherd r u n failed and Pillon moved onto the field and booted his d r ama t i c g a m e winn ing goal.
Detroi t ( A F P S I — Michigan 's boxing commission recen t ly c lear -ed the way for J a k e LaMot ta to collect t h e J14.092 p u r s e he won in h i s fight with the l a te Marcel Cerdan. The p u r s e was being held u n d e r t e r m s of a r ema tch .
Alcoholics Anon. /
In New Bern December 1st
On T h u r s d a y . 1 December , at S p. m at the Recrea t ion building in New Bern t he r e will be a n open" meet ing of Alcoholics Anonymous , to which the pnbl ic is invited. T h i s ' mee t ing will consist of t h e p r e -senta t ion of two films.
T h e first. "Out of t h e Night ," shows a rea l i s t ic p ic tu re of l ife on "Sk id -Row" in Chicago. Th i s pic-t u r e was ac tua l ly filmed on Chica-go's "Skid-Row."
The second p i c tu re is "P rob lem Dr inke r s . " H e r e is t h e s tory of wha t h a s been done in t r e a t i ng alcoholism a s a d isease lay such well known organ iza t ions a s Alco-hol ics Anonymous, the Resea rch Council on P rob lems of Alcoholism,
i and t h e l abora tor ies of t h e T a l e j School of Alcoholic Studies to~Con-j t rol Alcoholism T h e film. " P r o b -• lem D r i n k e r s " t akes you s t ep by i s tep th rough an a lcohol ic ' s down-j fal l and his rehabi l i ta t ion . I t i shows bow he s l ips f r o m " m o d e r a t e i d r i nk ing" into uncontro l led excess. ; and how he is s lowly rehab i l i t a t ed
and g radua l ly recovered . • : Notre D a m e and Ind iana have.
: ine; 21 t imes a n d the I r i sh have won 16. lost f o u r and t ied one. The lone- t ie game w a s a scoreless deadlock in lfM'7. Las t y e a r ' s 41-6 I r i sh win r e p r e s e n t s t h e larges t marg in of v ic tory chalked u p in the ser ies . N o t r e Dame ' s w o r s t
! defeat in the ser ies w a s the Hoos* I ier 's 22-5 v ic tory in 1905—the same ; year Notre - D a m e ' s h is tor ic 142-0 win over Amer ican Medical.
MSgt. Davis Retin With Over 20 Yea Of Active Service
With over 20 years of sfn* MSgt. Will iam H. Davis. Jr SMS-la . will be transferred Fleet Marine Corps Reserve November 30. and wiQ < San Franc i sco . California.
Sergeant Davis first entered jj Mar ine Corp6 on t h e ' 27th of 1 gust , back in 1927. and since th h a s n t lost a day's time foi t ro fer pu rposes or longevity psj.
Children's Xmas Party To Be Held Dec. 17th
The Stat ion Children's Cfcnsai P a r t y will be held • on 1 December 17. All children of a l t a r y personnel stationed or ed to Mar ine Corps Air ! Cherry Po in t who a re 12 yi age o r unde r a r e invited to
Children wil l be admitted to I pa r ty only by tickets, whkfe avai lable f r o m their M Squadron Commander . Ticket!* not be ava i lab le from any oik source.
Mothers of children whose fid e r s a re t empora r i ly detached fn th i s s ta t ion mus t assume' fifc sponsibi l i ty of registering chi ldren with the Commufl Officer of the Fa the r ' s sQtmbw of the r e a r echelon.
F u r t h e r detai ls are contain* Air Sta t ion Memorandum iM October 25 *
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