European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Didst i Tell you to Toke the dough out of your Money Belt we left Dick fort dear member of the class of 37 we Are always interested in what you Are write us and Edith Truax this is a Surprise Frank monday aint Friday theres a lot of Loose talk going around about the kind of country gis will find when they come Ive just returned from a tour of foreign duty incidentally if that the sort of thing tourists in strictly a Hometown boy from Here on and what Doi find i find or something pretty close to at the very first i hostelry at which i put up on Home i find on the bulletin Board a Cor dial greeting from mine Host stating in so Many words that we will have tuesday inspections in Stead of saturday now to the untutored civilian a change from saturday to tuesday inspections May seem very Small potatoes but i you and i i know its no such we know that from such acorns great Oaks from such going son great aches i do not know to what extent this Poison has penetrated the body perhaps it is confined to one per haps to one even there it Viper in our bosom that must be plucked out by the roots before it explodes in our All you take what i had to Start with on that Meta phor and try to make an orderly a Man who for years has been indoctrinated with the military necessity for gling Barracks on Friday nights and is suddenly confronted with 42d Street the necessity for gling on monday nights faces an emotional crisis that Only the most rugged can Ever Hope to just Stop and think about it for a Pic Ture yourself in a Barracks that has tuesday what happens comes Friday youre off duty at 5 you have a Date at 7 you Rush to the grab a mop and Broom and frantically begin cleaning your presently you open your foot you gaze at the mess with anguished with grim determination you commence the Job of trans forming chaos into something that you believe resembles the picture of the Model foot Halfway through this thankless task you Are shaken by a you Jerk yourself shrieking Keri St the inspection aint Tomor is it a nearby sack who up to this Point has remained mute and motionless now stirs and Speaks for this sack tone it Down to a Dull cant you and try to use your Ive told you Agane and Agane and Agane the inspections Here Are on so you meet your Date at 1900 Ewt and fascinate her throughout the evening by muttering periodically its on tuesdays Keri St you do Date her somehow she has lost and what of the future of that Man of the Las minute Sacker the Man who has trained himself to ignore Gravity on Friday nights and Jie in a state of colloidal suspension just above his so As not to disturb a Beautiful White Collar Job and thus gain a few precious moments of extra sacking on saturday morning ill Tell you about his future its Hes Fin washed up and he simply is not going to be Able to change with the changing Friday nights will find As sleeping on air above a White collared tuesday morn Ings will find him rolling out of a mangled mass of bedding six minutes before an inspecting offi cer enters the and the Shock to the sackers nervous when the officer will Send him reeling to the psychiatric the Shock to the inspecting officers nervous system we will pass Over theres another Angle to this tuesday More sinister changing from Satur Day to tuesday inspections int just a blow at army its a lethal thrust at american ism i dont know just How saturday inspections in the army but in convinced there is a Mystic connection Between them and that grand old american the a turd night if you strangle the other Wii Wither and and what Man can say with Dainty to what extent the american Way of life rests on the saturday night Bath i hasten to that i am part of the Loyal the Man says tuesday inspect this is monday with a heart full of for the but trusting we will somehow muddle i go to i my Farley Obirien Good scents they took away our pretty our silly our Nylon Hose they made us Cut our flowing hair and gave us of were soldiers of frills but theres still something we have left redolent is the squad room As we uncork our bottles theres Joy and shocking and mais risque and follow moment old poetic evening in Paris and my Nuit a thousand doors As we express our Envoi who thinks perfume gives Charm its accents has never smelled assorted wac scents Margaret Jane tags lets dream this one our this is How id like it to ill be dashing around the a glowing pipe stuck at a Manly Angle in my thought Ful putting the paper to we used to just print the but Ever since we saw that news paper movie we put it to using Hospital Corners and a double just As a sleepy smile comes Over the papers lovable Little puss the phone it is Tell Bendix wants to see me right my Fine face a Shade More i squeeze my tie shut and walk briskly Over to Post head it is a cold and the air is silent except for the Clear cry of a noncom calling to its As i walk into the majors office i notice exceptional sternness on his i move up to the Edge of his straight As an old army says the youre out of my entire past life swims before me at a fast crawl As i Grope mentally for my shoes Dubbin my trousers the braid on my hat the buttons on my Field jacket com or Pardon could i know just sir this is says the handing me a piece of it is a special freshly Cut and still bleeding around the i read it once without i read it i am stunned and stupefied and the paper Falls out of my nerveless let me take says a kind and grinning As he Hast grinned since armistice helps me to a chair and presses a Glass of water to my parched poor he Mur it must have been a my drink the cold water restores me a and i try to get to my dont get says the major theres no i am dimly aware of faces crowding into the broadly beaming bursts of Peggy Fields and Jean Gerson throw their arms around me and spot me with a comforting babble of Gregory emerges from the confusion and extends a congrats he How does it feel too dazed to answer i smile wanly while the crowd bursts into for Hes a Jolly Good Fel Low a Light goes on and off and i realize my picture has been a a state and off in a Corner Bendix is saying to half a dozen reporters its deserved i should think hardly realizing what in i stumble uncertainly to my feet and the seeing in about to Falls my f be and i realize there Are tears in my voice As Well As on my my dear beloved friends and i have always been a Loyal member of the working in fact it is with genuine reluctance that i accept this great Honor because i know it Means leaving forever the ranks of those grand the but i want them to know that this w411 not change me at heart i am always will a Plain Ordi nary fighting As the stirred to its drinks my health in bubbling Burgundy that has appeared from a dark with a sneer below his unpleasant strides importantly Over to he says i m from command Headquarters now this what about the my dear Bendix replies with icy let me worry about that fort Martin Weldon the Lackey air Force the news that Thomas owner of the Boston red sox and Lead ing Pigeon fancier of the american is considering Selling the red sox and buying the new York Yankees brings up an interesting what will be come of the Yawkey air Force the Yawkey of consists of some of the finest div bombing pigeons Money can they Are based in the Outfield at Fenway Park and have been especially trained by Yawkey to follow the flight of a Fly it was Yaw keys sinister plan to bring his air Force into play when the red sox were at thus confusing the enemy who  distinguish Between the Ball and the but in test flights last season the Yawkey of gave shockingly bad for some strange reason the pigeons  distinguish Between the red sox and the visit ing when the red sox came to Bat the dive bombers refused to leave their it Only when red sox took the Field that they straightened up and flew we dont know whether it has occurred to Yawkey or but it might pay him to throw his air Force in with the Ball club when he Sells the pigeons could then continue to harass the Boston especially when the Yawkey Yankees came to and if he could Start All Over with a new and improved air Force Yankee we Haven heard yet whether Yawkey has found a buyer for the red person ally we Hope he Doest find wed like to see him give the Ball Complete with the feathered to his old con Nie As a the expense involved would mean nothing to a human Piggy and the gift would More than repay Mack for the Many kindnesses Hes shown Mack naturally would be pleased to receive such a for he has come to feel that he is a part of the Boston red in the Early Days when Yawkey first went in search of a he shopped almost exclusively at Macks Ball sports by Dan polier by Thorn cars a y at the Mack was fighting a losing Battle with his creditors and was an obliging looking Over the athletic Yawkey would Point to a slender piece of Ivory and ask who is he How much does he Cost that my Best left handed Mack would his name is lefty his left Arm alone will Cost you completely assembled Hes Worth another wrap him Yawkey All of and so it went until Yawkey had exhausted the Philadelphia he bought Pinky Jimmy Roger Rube Max Bishop and Lou Yawkey shopped in his quest for Pennant he once visited Clark Griffith in Washington to inquire the Price of his Joseph How much for that spirited Young Man Yawkey two Hundred and fifty thousand dollars and not a Penny Griffith this Man Cronin is extremely besides being my he is manager of the and the husband of my favorite ill take Yawkey reaching for his All in Mack would inherit a Valu Able Ball but if he should happen to win a Yawkey would never forgive him or the pigeons sports service record Lippy Leo Durocher carried his grudge against umpires All the Way to Italy with my Only he told is that i cant see How boons the is taking it on his trip to the no self respecting foxhole would take him Mel outstanding achievement in Belgium came when he spilled a cup of water into a generals i blushed like a Ott but the general put me at my said that was the first water to touch those pants since he had got Frank the Browns world series catch tried to reenlist in the but the ago turned him Down because of a poor medical rec Mancuso was a lieutenant in the Para troops and was discharged after suffering Back and leg injuries while bailing whats this we hear about Fritzie Zivie taking Over the management of an army then Knock ing him out in a scrap for the middleweight championship of Texas Danny Phillies second has volunteered for the infantry after serving a year in the civilian volleyball experts cant understand Why the army insists on playing nine men to a Side instead of six As the rules with six Man the players have More Elbow room and the game moves missing in action George sex world pole vault Over China with the aah Stanley Northwestern base Ball coach in in Navy action off the promoted Wilmer 1935 Tennis to full colonel in the aah Don former Northwestern foot Ball to lieutenant commander in the Navy of in England Jim sex Fordham football to full commander at Sampson Jimmy former Rice and Vii football from outturn a Iowa Nas to duty in the South a inducted Melton and first baseman Jock both of the Brooklyn into the ordered for Induc Tion outfielder Stan Musial and Pitcher Max la of the Louis by the at the Bucky Walters Ace Cincin Nati reds Chati with first army gis u afr n four u Egian Ortii Camp afters an our made1 a Goodwill tour of the Etc Battlefront r