Hellcat News, (Heidenheim, Germany), Vol. 3 , No. 5, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 16, 1945 Page: 4 of 4
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Page 4
HELLCAT NEWS
June 16, 1945
Ord Ready
For Baseball
In the event a Division base-
ball league is set up, 134th Ord
Maint Bn will be bidding for top
honors.
Extensive preparations which
should make the mechanics a de-
finite threat to any aspirants, are
being made under T/Sgt. Joe
Blasevic, coach, and T/Sgt. Joe
Zagorac, manager, both of Hq Co.
With an abundance of equip-
ment brought along from the
states, and 40 enthusiastic candi-
dates, also brought along from
the states, both Joes claim this
year's team should surpass the
premium squads of 1943—44.
Three veterans are on hand for
pitching detail, Wahrer, Stoulil,
and Siconalfi. Hitting power is
abundant in last year's sluggers
Zctborowski, Tomlianovich, Ca-
aella, Snyder, Spiloutras and
Pohlman. Pohlman has been
known to perform well on the
mound in addition.
Jimmy Williamson, who tried
out with the Philadelphia Phillies
before donning khaki, is ex-
pected to supply a new baftii:g
punch.
Coach Blasevic says the Ord-
nance team is just about ready for
action. In charge of the project is
Lt. Woodrow Pinkman, SSO for
the Bn.
Zastrow Hurls No-Hitter
To Win For Co C, 43rd
S/Sgt. Jule A. Zastrow staged
a one-man show in staking out a
claim for Bn Championship for
Co C, 43rd Tank Bn, in softball
Play-
Besides blanking Sv Co 2-0
with no hits and 13 strikeouts,
he scored one of the runs. Ca-
vaco came in with the other.
Co C also took both ends of a
volleyball double-header, 21-7
and 21-13.
QM Leads At Giengen
With Six Wins, One Loss
QM held the lead as the
Giengen circuit went into the se-
cond quarter, with six wins
against one loss. Top billing
at the end of the half pays off,
since the winner will play the
best team of the second half in a
4 out of 7 game final series.
It is still anybody's pennant
though, since play was close and
only a scant margin separated
the squads bunched in the mid-
dle. The standings:
Flowers Doubles To
Clinch Win For 17th Prov
Scoring all their runs in the final
two innings, Prov Co, 17th AIB
squeezed out Hq, 838th AWS last
week, winning 10-9. Flowers lam-
med out a double in the last of the
sixth to turn the trick. It was the
second win for hurler Tom Garrett,
and Old Doc Brown, former back-
stop for the New York Cubans,
completed the winning battery.
The originally slated bout with
the 113 QM Co. will be played at
a later date. Manager LeRoy J.
Stone issues a challange to all
comers. Dates can be arranged by
contacting him.
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DIV HQ CO WANTS
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Evidence of some of the obstacles that were placed in the paths
of 12th Armored spearheads but failed to halt them. Here a medium
out of Co A of the 714th Tk Bn crosses a stream over a makeshift bridge.
Div Hq Co comes into the
open with another challenge to
any team in the division. Any
softball squad nustering up suf
ficient courage b face the super-
team, is invited o contact the 1st
Sgt. for game arangements.
BRIGAT NEW SSO AT CCB
Capt. Elmer F Brigat, 56th AIB,
has been appoi:ted Special Serv-
ice Officer for CCB, to replace
1st Lt. Harry B. ..nderson. Lt. An-
derson is leavig the division.
Chow!
If you think U. S. chow doesn't
taste good after a hitch in a Ger-
man prison camp, take a look at
this liberated GI tearing into a
steak after arrival in the States.
92ND VOTES -
(Continued:?rom Page 1)
Rhine; toughes job — Herrlis-
heim area.
Cpl. Hubert G. Hodder, C.
Troop, — bestob — Drive East
of Rhine; torgtst job —> Herrlis-
heim area.
Cpl. WillianWalter, C Troop,
— best job - Drive to Rhine;
toughest job -Herrlisheim area.
1st. Lt. Harrpl. Wainwright, —
best job — Drii to Rhine; tough-
est job — Hersheim area.
Pfc. Marvin>orf, E Troop, —
best job — Dr;* to Rhine; tough-
est job — Hrlisheim area —
Bisch wilier.
Cpl. Euge' R. Eastman, E
Troop, — besjob — Drive East
of the Rhine toughest job —
Herrlisheim ci — Bischwiller.
Sgt. John KLoreaz, E Troop,
— best job —'rive to the Rhine;
toughest job Bischwiller.
Cpl. Martirovistoski, E Troop,
— best job - Drive to Rhine;
toughest job Herrlisheim area
— Bischwille
Pfc. Roberflorrison, E Troop,
— best job Drive to Rhine;
toughest job Bischwiller.
DIV. VD RATE —
(Continued From Page 1)
cases was reported from men who
contracted disease on pass, Col.
Haerem stated.
Under present circumstances
only half the job can be done,
he said. That half is treatment of
new cases. The other half, elim
ination of "contacts" is often a
difficult task, due to lack of in-
formation which would enable lo
eating and treating disease car-
riers. Thus they remain in the
vast "VD Reservoir" of Europe
Disruption of medical systems
here makes it impossible to con-
trol spread of venereal diseases
livu1 -prawnl
time. However, when possible,
diseased contacts are turned over
to authorities for treatment.
PRO Stations
Responsibility for prevention
rests entirely with the individual
soldier. Prophylactic stations are
placed throughout the area, and
individual pro-kits are available
to all men going on pass, the
division surgeon said. VD edu-
cation is being stressed through-
out the command.
Also inaugerated is a new po-
licy of reducing pass quotas for
units in which new cases occur.
Quotas of units with no new VD
will be correspondingly raised.
In summing up the strategy
against VD, Col. Haerem said,
"The best bet is no exposure.
The next best is prophylaxis, and
the third is early treatment. Nev-
er conceal the disease."
ORD. GIVEN —
(Continued From Page 1)
vehicles on hand. More than 98%
of all vehicles were combat serv-
iceable."
The citation accompanying the
award to the signal company
states that "the men of this com-
pany have spared no efforts to
'get the message through' under
all sorts of conditions. They have
used their initiative in devising
the most expeditious means of
accomplishing their missions.
The facilities for the close coord-
ination of the major subordinate
units of the commnad by radio,
wire, and messenger were estab-
lished, and the supporting func-
tions of Signal maintenance and
supply were continuously per-
formed. In all of these operations
the devotion to duty by the men
of this company has been out-
Church Services
Catholic Masses
Sundays: Heidenheim, St Mary's
Church — 0830; Giengen, Catholic
Church — 0830; Aalen, Catholic-
Church — 1030; Ellwangen, Catholic
Church — 1600; Lauingen, Catholic
Church — 0915; Wertingen, Catholic
Church — 1115; Augsburg, Sacred
Heart Church — 1100; Augsburg,
St. Peter & St. Paul Church —1600:
Hammel, Catholic Church — 0930
Weekdays: Mass — 0800; Confes-
sions, Saturdays, 1800—1900.
Protestant Services
Sundays: Heidenheim Worship,
Protestant Church — 1100; Giengen
Worship, Protestant Church— 1330,
len Worship, Protestant Church —
1100; Ellwangen Worship, Theater
— 0900; Dillingen, Protestant
Church — 1100; Lauingen, Prot-
estant Church — 1330; Wertingen,
Joe's Cafe — 0900; Stadtbergen,
Theater 1000 and 1100; Augsburg,
Protestant Church 1400 and 1500;
Krumbach, Protestant Church -
0900; Burgan, Protestant Church -
1100; Zusmaishausen, Protestant
Church — 1330; Krumbach, Local
Church — 0930.
Mondays: Lauchheim, Recreation
Room — 1100.
Jewish Services
Fridays: Heidenheim, AG Building
in Room 30 — 1930.
Mondays: Augsburg — 1830.
28 MORE HELLCATS —
(Continued From Page 1)
Gage, Pfc. Gus Ross, 119th Engr
Bn.
S/Sgt. Edward J. Tinch, Pfc
Bondie G. Stewart, Pfc. Frank
Richmond, Cpl. Everett W. Boyce
Pfc. Le Roy C. Oliver, Pfc. Edward
C. Shea, 17th AIB; Pfc. Leroy A
Morley, Div Tns Hq Co; Pfc
Woodrow W. Carnes, M/'Sgt
Charles Karika, Pvt. Walker R
Grandison, 1st Sgt. William J
Beltz, 56th AIB.
Cpl. George G. Blanchard,
493rd FA Bn; Sgt. Melvin R. Meis-
ner, 82nd Med Bn; Pfc. Morton
O. Seydell, 1st Sgt. Agf H. Jensen,
92nd Cav Ren Sq.
standing, and the missions as-
signed have been accomplisheddn
a highly efficient manner. The
teamwork between the units of
the division, made possible by
the effective communication sys-
tem provided, contribted in a
material degree to the successful
accomplishment of the mission of
the division."
Gen. Allen
Awards 33
Maj. Gen. Allen decorated 33 men
of the 43rd Tk Bn men in an im-
pressive ceremony held in Ellwangen
on the first anniversary of "D" day.
The tankers received 35 awards in
all.
Brig. Gen. Riley F. Ennis, com-
mander of Combat Command A of
which the 43rd is a part, also parti-
cipated in the ceremony.
Gen. Allen presented the awards
to: 1st Lt. Douglas H. Meyer, Cpl.
Blackwood Fuller, Silver Star and
Bronze Star Medals; Capt. William
W. Riddell, Jr., 1st Lt. Charles J.
Ippolito, 2nd Lt. Glenn R. White,
Sgt. Aurelio Cavaco, Cpl. Arthur
Owens, Silver Star Medal; 1st Lt.
Newton Z. Wolpert, Cpl. Walter J.
Tracy, Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze
Star Medal.
Capt. Ivan D. Wood, Jr., Capt.
Thomas F. Johnston, 1st Lt. Carl G.
Moore, 1st Lt. Walter S. Carlton, 2nd
Lt. Plymouth A. Rehl, 2nd Lt. Dar-
win C. Tressler, 2nd Lt. Walter S.
Brewerton, S/Sgt. John J. Weisse,
S/Sgt. Arthur H. Bullin, S/Sgt. Louis
R. Eichinger, Sgt. John W. Hecht,
Sgt. Norman C. Hall, Sgt. Paul M.
Blair, Sgt. Lester R. Woodward,
Cpl. Philip Berry, Cpl. Albert H.
Page, Cpl. Patsy P. Sterantino, Cpl.
Harold E. Hickey, Pfc. Frank L.
Lolicato, Pfc. Arthur Posten, Pfc.
Leonel Vladez, Pfc. James F. Hud-
son, Pfc. Frank R. Padilla, Pvt. An-
thony T. Joyce, Jr., Bronze Star
Medal.
TRAINING PROGRAM —
(Continued From Page 1)
taxis vt orsTnp^crnrrcsation of hostilities were ^in the
area turned over to the 71st In-
fantry Division Thursday. The
Hellcat area now includes about
two hundred square kilometers in
the Landkreises of Heidenheim
and Aalen.
Since a great number of troops
were relieved of security duties
by the shift, they will be ab-
sorbed in training plans im-
mediately.
EWANCIK SEEKS HIS PICTURES
Sgt. Michael Ewancik, of the Div
Band, is looking for three packages
of negatives which he left at Karl
Ludwig's Photo Shop in Heidenheim
to have printed. His name and the
names, Michaels and Evans, are on
the packages.
Karl says he inadvertently gave
the prints to somebody else. Ewan-
cik would like to have them back
as they are only of value to him
and his friends.
HELLCAT NEWS
HELLCAT NEWS Is published weekly
by enlisted men el the 12th Armored
Division lor the oliicers and enlisted men
oi the division. News, ieotures, photo-
graphs and art material accepted trom
members oi the division. No payment
made. HELLCAT NEWS uses Camp
Newspaper Service material. Republi-
cation oi credited matter prohibited
without permission oi CNS, 205 East
42nd Street, New York City.
This paper is printed in Germany by
the Division Public Belations Oiiice under
■uspiees oi the G-3 Iniormatlon and Edu-
cation Section. It has been cleared by
G-2 and may bo sent through the mall.
Public Relations Oiiicer: Capt. lohn
H. Morgan.
Editorial Staii: Sgt. Arthur Martin,
editor; Pic. George ]. Schulman, Pic.
Seymour J. Greenwald and Pic. Stephen
A. Malls, stall writers.
Mechanical Staii: Sgt. William L. Busby,
Cpl. Donald A. Dickinson.
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