Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1959, Tokyo, Japan Monday february 16, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 9 Pioneer in Oral photography army scientists develop infrared alarm to warn troops of chemical attack a o by Thomas k. 1ikxky r i. American a rating Back to three weeks. The states in a captains line of the air Force Bruce p. Davis jr., Nena Zitinsky. Dental Karl h. Hall Wass medical service Paul , Edward s. Nugent and John e. Pasch. Nurse Sarah e. Beard. First lieutenants line of the air Force Robert m. Flaherty Ronald l. Mcmillan and Bernard j. Zajkowski. Medical service George l. Fiocca Corlys d. Loban and Raphael m. Selder. Nurse Mary j. Dehaven Ethel e. Sorrell and Joy l. Tofflemire. Second lieutenants med ical service Gordon r. Beem and John b. Kennedy. 9 majors in 3d of due boosts to it col South Ruislip England Spe Cial nine 3d air farce majors Are scheduled for promotion to lieutenant colonel with effective dates ranging from february through april 3d air Force a announced Here. Listed for the promotions Are chaplain maj Martin b. Malloy and maps Lawrence s. Dyer Floydh. Trog Dori William w. Perry Donald d. Bird Kitty Conley Edwin j. Rack Ahi Charles a. Kelley and Horace c. Nichols or. Tient has it he can usually expect to get it there is no known prevention for gingivitis either or. Grupe went on but contrary to what Many people believe it is not contagious. Gingivitis causes bleeding Gums and if not checked can result in permanent deformity or defect through the loss of gum tissue. It May also result in the loss of Teeth and causes bad . Gruppe performed the army s first horizontal sliding Flap operation at Camp Chaffee ark., in 1955. This operation necessitates the robbing of Good skin tissue from the adjoining area of a Dis eased tooth and using it in plastic surgery. The doctor has made numerous color photographs of disease Mouths Over the past 15 years. He has a completely equipped Labora tory in his Home As Well As one in his office at the think dental work in the army he said provides the practitioner with the Best possible Opportunity not Only for the treat ment of patients but also Tor enlarging the scope of his own knowl Edge in his particular specially. I have treated and studied More Case histories of certain Mouth diseases in the last five years Thani did in 21 years of private prac Tice army awards contract for new m14 Rifle Washington a the army has awarded a contract for commercial production of its new Light weight m14 $4,116,250 contract went to the Winchester Western division of Olin Mathieson co., of new Haven Conn. The army said it is the firs of two contracts each for 35,000 second contract will be negotiated to go to a company in surplus labor area. Award of the second contract is expected with in the next 30 t6 45 army has been producing some of the Light weight rifles tits own Springfield muss armory for testing purposes. The m14 uses the Standard 7.62-mm Cartridge of the North at lactic treaty organization forces. It is intended to replace four other weapons now used by the . Army. Usan to modernize global communications the ail it is designed for use of troop sin the Field against chemical at new device known As lop air Long path infrared will Flash a warning Light and sound a Horn when a tiny amount of contaminant in the air As much As a Quarter Milt away from the de Tector head crosses a beam of in visible infrared Light it will detect such a contaminant even when it is colourless an invisible to the human Eye As is the Case with most potential toxic warfare agents. In combat u would warn soldiers in time to put on their protective masks. The current Model consists of two separate parts. One unit mounted on a tripod contains the source of the infrared Light a Mirror which directs the beam and Detector to Analyse the beam when it returns to its other unit which also can be mounted on a tripod is especially designed self aligning Mirror which is placed at the other end of the beam s path and reflects the beam Back to the de Tector. Both 50 rounds units combined weigh a Washington a Force has announced a contractor development of a new world wide communications system Capa ble of working with weapons sys tems As far in the future As 1970 and contract went to International Telephone and Telegraph corp., As the senior partner in team of which the radio Corpora Tion of America is the other Mem Ber the air Force said. As a starter Only about $3 Mil lion is involved in the project. Eventual completion of the sys tems could Cost hundreds of Mil Lions it was communications network project carries the designation480l. The air Force said if is in tended to provide a systematic modernization of the present worldwide Long Range Point to Point and air to. Ground system. Little More than 50 pounds. Each can be carried easily by one Man. The Complete alarm system can beset in operation in less than five minutes. Power is supplied by storage batteries. The system according to the army chemists can detect and measure almost any substance bits characteristic infrared spec Trum. Once the alarm has Bee properly set to detect a particular substance however it normally will not be set off by other materials Likely to be prese it. Special design feature also pre vents the alarm from sounding should a person animal or vehicle break the Peahi Between the two is an adaptation of an instrument used hitherto Only indelicate Laboratory work. It has been made far More rugged forthe use of troops. Final tests still must be conducted before it is re leased for use in the Field. Actor Speaks at Torrejon Torrejon Spain is John Crawford of the Solomon an Sheba movie cast was the Princi pal speaker at a meeting Here of the air base s theater group. So Riviers to organize club for Verdun area Verdun France special plans Are being made to form an Oasis Here for All shrines in Treadvance Section area. Capt Howell t. Whiting of Thead Sec signal division said the Oasis would be under the auspices of the Aahmes european shrine club and the Aahmes Temple of Oakland Calif. National sojourners install new officers Munich special the Frank. Watson chapter no. 346, a t i o n a 1 sojourners has installed new officers. Col s. I. Draper presided at the installation of two Leon , president it col Bruce d. Storrs first vice president it col Leo a Nielsen jr., second vice president capt Paul Blackwell third vice president maj Jamesa. Wooten Secretary capt Wil Liam b. Bronnenberg treasurer maj Fred m. Gochenaur chaplain capt George Bronfin marshal capt Jack b. Mcdougall color bearer and it col William Globe Ehrenberg historian. Baton 110. Still on Active duty Augsburg Germany special a 116-year-old Baton is carried in parades by m sgt l. T. Hendrix sergeant major of the 3d Battle up of the 2d inf. The three foot four Inch wooden Baton dates Back to feb. 20, 1843, when it was Given to the regi mental band s sergeant major balt col Bennett Riley for whom it. Riley was named. Riley led 2d inf troops in the last years of the Seminole War from 1840-42. Wood for the a on came from the Florida Everglades. In 1846 and 1847, the Baton was carried Mexico through theand during War wit the fierce Battle of Chapultepec in sep tember 1847, the sergeant major threw tradition to the winds an broke the Baton Over the head of a mexican the 2d had stormed the Heights they captured the Cas Leof Chapultepec. The mexican col ors were taken and from the Flag staff bearing them Wood was obtained to replace the broken Large Silver bands were added at this time the Silver being obtained by melting a serving1 set found in the Castle. A handsome Knob on top of. The Baton is in scribed with the presentation Date. With the passing of years the position of regimental band sergeant major disappeared and the regimental sergeant major inherited the historic memento. For Many years it was kept in a Glass Cassand carried Only during important Cere ironies such As organization Day parades., today however it is carried any time the unit is on review
