Camp Barkeley News (Camp Barkeley, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Gala Premiere For "This Is The Army" - Paramount Theatre - Tuesday
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CAMP BARKELEY, TEXAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1943
'What Next/ Bii
Taking the Oath To Serve Under Old Glory
Featured by singing, dancing and
crazy antics on the stage, another
big USO-Camp Show, “What Next,”
will be in Camp next Friday, Satur-
day and Monday — October 29-30
and November 1.
The shows—free to all servicemen
—will be in Theater No. 1 at 6:30
and 8:30 p. m. daily.
Cast of “What Next” will go to
the Red Cross recreation center of
Sta. Hosp. next Saturday to give
a show to patients.
Here’s the line-up of the cast for
“What Next”:
The Young Sisters—two acrobatic
dancers—made their bow as a team
a year ago. Daughters of veteran
circus performers, they were brought
up under the big-top. Before join-
ing Camp Shows, they toured with
the. Great Barnes Circus. Their act
includes novelty acrobatic tricks,
contortion control work, cartwheels,
aerial butterflies and one- and two-
handed walkovers.
Doris Faye, another star of the
show, is a talented young woman
who sings, plays boogie-woogie
piano, does tap dancing and finishes
her act with a surprise ventriloquist
routine. She started stage appear-
ances at the age of eight, organized
a swing band while in school and
entertained at banquets. She re-
cently appeared in the Hollywood
Restaurant in New York.
Johnny Sanna is a dancing com-
edian with the show. A versatile
dancer who has just come to the
attention of audiences in the east
he was featured hit performer in
Australia with the Will Mahoney
show a few years ago. His routine
varies from grotesque comedy to
high class acrobatic.
Gloria and Natalie Shy appear in
“Melody Moments.” They harmon-
ize with popular and old-time fa-
vorite songs. One accompanies with
a mandolin. They are well-cos-
tumed, attractive gals with unusual
voices and manner of delivery.
Jack Waldron, comedian and
monologist, works in and out of all
of the acts and stars in his own
sketch. This comedian in 20 years
of show business has played at all
of the important vaudeville the-
aters and has been headlined at
numerous supper clubs in the larger
cities.
Remember, pals — USO-Camp
Shows are free!
Civil Police Have
Jurisdiction, Too
Because of reports that in many
cases soldiers are challenging the
authority of civil police officials,
commanding officers at Camp are
being instructed to make certain
that all military personnel in their
commands understand clearly that
when members of the armed forces
are off duty in civilian communi-
ties they are subject to the juris
diction of the local law enforce-
ment authorities.
—Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps.
It was a red-letter dav for these soldiers at Camp as they took the oath of renunciation and
allegiance which made them citizens of the United States. The ceremony took place in Service Club
No. 1 last Saturday afternoon. Judge T. Whitfield Davidson, U. S. district court, addressed the soldiers.
The man in the foreground, hand upraised, is George W. Parker, clerk of the court, who administered
the oaths to the soldiers. In the center of the picture, (holding U. S. flag)
Deputy Marshal.
is Robert E. Foster, U. S.
Conserve! Save!
New Conservation
Program Is Being
Initiated By Army
In order to obtain the maximum
effective use from every item of
Army supplies and equipment, an
Army Conservation program will be
initiated shortly all over the coun-
try.
Officials at Camp announced this
post will co-operate in the campaign
and do its part to conserve all Army
materials.
The enormous military demands
upon the resources of the United
States and those of our Allies in
the present conflict are without
precedent in history and conserva-
tion is a matter of prime import-
ance to the economy of the coun-
try. ,
This program will facilitate the
personal efforts of troop comman-
ders through the media of display
posters, tags, stickers, motion pic-
tures, and o$her timely aids designed
to appeal to and impress the indi-
vidual soldier.
It is hoped the campaign will
cause every officer and enlisted man
to be conservation-minded — that
his own effort in conservation will
•directly affect him and his unit in
combat and that his very life may
Expecting An Heir?
Hospital Care Free To Soldiers
Are you expecting an heir, soldier?
Hospital maternity and infant care for wives and infants of enlisted
men now is being provided by the government without cost to the soldier,
according to Camp headquarters.
The Children’s Bureau, United
States Department of Labor, has
made grants to the. state public
health agencies of the various
states, including Alaska, Hawaii,
be dependent upon the extent of
such conservation.
Conservation includes the use of
equipment for its intended purpose;
use of minimum amount of sup-
plies and equipment to accomplish
the desired result; proper care, pre-
servation and timely repair of
equipment to maintain its maximum
efficiency; re-use of supplies or
components which can be economi-
cally repaired or preserved; con-
version of supplies that have serv-
ed their complete original purpose
to other economical usefulness;
All soldiers are encouraged to de-
velop and practice conservation. In
dividuals who initiate original,
unique and valuable ideas of out-
standing proved worth for the con-
servation of supplies and equip-
ment will receive special commenda
tion for such personal contribu-
tions.
Puerto Rico and the District of
Columbia, in order to provide medi-
cal, nursing and hospital maternal
and infant care without cost for
the wives and infants of enlisted
men in the armed forces of the
United States.
The service is made available to
families of all men in the fourth,
fifth, sixth and seventh pay grades
who request it and to families of
men in the first, second and third
grades when circumstances require.
Infant care if limited to children
under one year of age.
Application forms for requesting
care are made available by the state
health departments through . local
health and welfare agencies, local
American Red Cross chapters, pre-
natal clinics, military posts and
through local practicing physicians.
The enlisted man’s wife must fill
out and sign her part of the appli-
cation form. Since the husband’s
Army serial number must be shown
on the form it is suggested that
wives of enlisted men know the
serial number.
This service was not provided for
a considerable time in Texas but it
now is available in all the states.
MRIC Men To
Give Prologue
At the Program
Soldiers of Camp will play
an important part in the pre-
miere showing of “This Is the
Army” at the Paramount
theater in Abilene on Tues-
day night—October 26.
The 713th Tk. Bn. of Camp will
furnish a big tank which will be
used as a box-office in front of
the theater on the night of the
colorful premiere.
Soldiers who have radios or who
are near radios at the Service Clubs
or at USO clubs can tune in on the
broadcast which is being held in
connection with the premiere. The
broadcast will be from 8:15 to 8:30
o’clock on the night of the prem-
iere.
The premiere — presented for
Army Emergency Relief—is expect-
ed to attract hundreds of fans and
extensive plans are being made for
the big event.
“This Is the Army” will be in-
troduced at the Paramount by a
talented group of MRTC guest art-
ists.
The replacement center’s orches-
tra and a group of talented enter-
tainers will appear on the theater
stage to present a fitting prologue
to the star-studded film. The stage
show will begin at 8 o’clock.
A group of enlisted men has
been busy this week selling tickets
to the premiere. Enlisted men will
act as ushers at the show.
The MRTC entertainment section
is supplying a brilliant group of
entertainers including Sgt. Mike
Piazza and his MRTC orchestra;
Sgt. Reuben Bowen, well-known in
civilian life as “Kajar”, the magic-
ian; Cpl. Ken Griffin, former CBS
organist; Cpl. Charles Herveaux
and Pvt. Mike Marotta, accordion-
ists; Pvt. Murray Woodbury, electric
guitar player; Pvts. Amerigo Marino
and Manuel Dermer, violinists, Pvt.
Egon Sturm, pianist; Pvt. Alexander
Poleschuk, one of New York’s fore-
most Russian night-club entertain-
ers, who just arrived in MRTC; and
Cpl. Ralph Kupher, pianist.
Area Immediately Surrounding Prisoner of War Stock ade At Camp Is Placed Off limits
To prevent the approximately 500
prisoners of war now in Camp from
becoming objects of public curiosity,
the area immediately surrounding
the new prisoner of war stockade in
Camp has been placed off limits.
In taking the step, Camp officials
pointed out that one of the prin-
cipal provisions of the Geneva con-
ference in connection with treat-
ment of prisoners of war was that
they shall not be allowed to be-
come objects of public curiosity.
The area placed off limits for all
military and civilian personnel ex-
cept in the discharge of official
business included* that portion of
Camp which is bounded on the east
by east boundary of Camp, on the
north by sewage disposal pools, on
the west by a line midway between
mess halls Nos. T-7267 and T-7268
(just east of Post Exchange No. 32)
and Avenue A on the south.
This will not interfere with truck
convoys using the boundary road as
an access road.
Officials at Camp emphasized that
when prisoners of war are contact-
ed in Camp in going to and from
their work they will be treated “as
we would want Americans treated
iu enemy prison camps.” Yelling
at the prisoners or making uncom-
plimentary remarks in their pres-
ence is strictly forbidden at Camp.
Details of the prisoners of war
started work Monday at the Sta.
Hosp., C. and E. Repair Shop, laun-
dry warehouse, salvage shops, ord-
nance repair shop, the Post Ex-
change warehouse and other places.
The prisoners do two types of
labor—Class I or Class II.
Class I includes all labor within
the compound for the prisoners’ own
benefit, for which they receive an
allowance in the form of canteen
checks of 10 cents a day per man.
Class II is all labor outside the
compound which is carried out for
the benefit of the government. The
allowances are in the form of can-
teen checks or credit in their favor,
(to be decided by the prisoner)
amounting to 80 cents a day per
man.
The prisoners arrived here last
weekend. Mostly Germans, they
are reported to be young, well-be-
haved and well-disciplined.
Arriving with the prisoners and
on duty permanently to guard them
are 130 Army officers and enlisted
men, -
Bus Changes
A change has been made in the
bus routing in the Barkeiey Heights
area. Buses have been running
along the boundary roads but now
turn off the boundary road at
South 24th Street and go north,
through Barkeiey Drive. This eli-
minates Stop No. 9 on the boundary
road and relocates Stop No. 10 on
South 24th Street just after leaving
the boundary road and Stop No? 11
to Barkeiey Drive near the post-
office.
Beginning this week the Abilene-
View Bus company will reduce the
number of active stops in Camp
after 12 o’clock (noon) each Sat-
urday and Sunday. Stops No. 2, 4,
6, 13, 16, 19 and 21 will be elimi-
nated on these two days after
the noon hour. This step, taken
at the recommendation of the
Eighth Zone Transportation Office
of the Office of Defense Trans-
portation and approved by the
Camp Commander, is expected to
speed up the service of the bus
line.
FIRMS ‘OFF LIMITS’
The following named places of
business in Abilene have been de-
clared off limits to all military
personnel except in the perform-
ance of official duty: Candy Land,
1742 pine; Texas Travel Bureau,
1158 Nprth First Street; Play Land
No. 2, 330 Chestnut Street; J and
Y Military Store, between Oak and
Chestnut Streets on South Second
Street; American Cafe, 1090 North
First Street; and Sportland Cafe,
102 Chestnut, , ... t
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Camp Barkeley News (Camp Barkeley, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1943, newspaper, October 22, 1943; Camp Barkeley, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth598370/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Grace Museum.