Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                                Houses like these were hit firs news dispatch signal corps photo quonset Iype houses such As Are shown in the settlement above were subjected  the terrific battering of typhoon a Abby sunday and monday which left huge damage on Okinawa in its Wake. Estimates of wind velocities during. Height of the typhoon ranged from 90  120 Miles per hour. Bethea announces new Hospital plan the denouncement of a new reciprocal Hospital cation agreement for dependents of All military personnel was made yesterday by maj. Gen. James a. Bethea surgeon of the far East command. He stated dependents of military personnel Jay be treated in any armed forces medical installation at rate of Only $1.75 per Day of outstanding pm wins promotion  general be Thea said that this new policy was the result of studies made by the Hawley committee on. Medical and Hospital services a  armed forces. ". Under the new policy de -. Pendents of army and air v Force military personnel May t., be treated in Navy medical installations having facilities for the care of dependents when there Are no army hospitals with such facilities Rea snably available. Likewise. Dependents of Navy and  corps military per a. Sonnet May be furnished medical care in army medi Cal installations having facilities for the care of dependents when there Are no. Similar naval facilities reasonably available " the new changes apply i Only  hospitalization Gen Lral Bethea concluded. There 1, will be no charges for immunizations and other out Pati ent treatment 574 airmen take off Dufy classes i " -32nd composite Wing. Okinawa oct. 6a strik ing total of 574 airmen from squadrons and units of the 32nd squadrons and units of the 32nd composite Wing Are presently attending one or. More of the 27 off duty classes at the Kadena education Cen Ter. Organizations listed As hav ing the greatest percentage of enrolments Are the 802nd Engineer aviation battalion a. 98th bomb group 822nd in " Ginger aviation battalion 23rd a reconnaissance Squadron and the 32nd maintenance Squadron. Also included in the enrolments Are 105 philippine scouts and 32 civilians. Courses most popular with airmen at the study Center Are English mathematics history photography electricity and russian. 32nd composite Wing Okinawa oct. 6airman Charles a., of Roches Ter a. Took the spotlight As outstanding figure at the 32nd composite Wing last week. Sergeant Tarazano s out standing work in the 32nd air base group classification and assignment Section won him a promotion  sergeant last month and  chief of his Section. Aside from his Normal duties lie enjoys painting and sketch ing As his Foremost Hobby. Al though having very Little formal education in the Field of Art his natural ability enables him  turn out notable Oil paintings water colors and charcoal and Pencil sketches. Wing Headquarters desirous of illustrative cartoons and posters knows that sergeant Orazano is the on6  be called upon  Render Slich services. Prior  entering the United states air Force in september 1946, sergeant Tarazano work id As a commercial decorator or a Brief period following graduation from High school with the Firestone company at Rochester a. I see where there is quite a. He Trab Coin now about Gittin Antar Tica portioned off so s everybody knows jest who each part belongs . Now that is a project which pm particularly interested in and i wish they Wyddn delay Gittin it done. I Figger that by the time i leave Okinawa there won be no heme Scadin space left Fer sex Gas on less maybe bit s Down there in Ait Artica. And when i git. Dow there and stake out my Homestead in want  be plumb Shore which country owns which place and where the lines is. I Figger i la raise Reindeer pen Guins and maybe a acre or so of 1 " ice Worms fur fish bait. Now Effen a Feller did know fur Shore where the International Borders Wiz he cud git in a Heap of trouble with ech a Lay out. Supposing there cum a hot sum Mer and the Glacier i Wiz Livin on loosened up and Slid Over inter the siamese area. Chances Are mice Worms wed be fingered a after dinner delicacy instead of fish bait. It Ain that i m agin after Dinne rdc facies hut ice Worms i prefer As fish halt. Or in Prosin after a wind which of crafted out the trails my  inter China Lookin fun Moss. And supposing they Fountin what they Are my rein Dee. Wed be Worth several million Dol. Ian apiece instead of jest a few dollars apiece. Think of the bad taxes i d owe whenever they cum rcom pm attend engineering school Okinawa oct. 6seven enlisted men at rcom have seen placed on detached ser vice with eighth army Engi Neer school in Japan  attend courses commencing october 11. The six week course on tractor and. Dozer operation will be taken by pvt. Ber Nardo Tizon of 697th Engineer Petroleum distribution com Pany is while pfc Claudio l. Cab Tchao of a company 514th Engineer construction battalion is will enrol for the four week course on Crane and shovel operation. Pfc Vivencio. Olivar of 64th Engi Neer maintenance company is will attend the four week course on grader operator pvt. Alberto p. Callado o company a 514th Engineer construction battalion is will take the six week course on welding and Blacksmith jul. Eliseo Vacal of 527th Engineer utilities detachment is will take the eight week course on Carbury or and ignition Mechanic while pfc Lon Gamboa of %27th Engineer utilities d e pachment Fps and pfc an Selmo Bolena of 64th Engineer maintenance will attend company is the six week course for electricians. Tricksters in win Over ordnance 12-0 " Okinawa oct. 6before a crowd of approximately. 300 spectators which turned of  witness the football Gaim played at Rocky Point Field in a recent bout Between the 66th transportation truck battalion team and the 226th ordnance wildcats the truck sters won an easy Victor with a final score of 12-0. Pfc Emmons Parrish the trickster fullback ran 3 Yards for the first touchdown and 60 Yards for the second he made one in the first an one in the second half. W military installations housing battered no injury f figures yet typhoon Libby struck Okinawa with terrific violence last sunday leaving n its Wake an estimated $10,000,000 Worth of damage  military installations there Vlaj. Gen. William eagles Ryukyu commander reported today. No reports of death or injury were received. General eagles reported that the dependents quarters at Becknerville and aware were badly damaged. There Are about 55 american families living in the two areas which Are about seven Miles apart. Winds of 90-120 Miles per hour vere reported by observers on the Island. The same storm struck iwo Jima a few Days before and lid severe damage there it was reported. Damage on iwo Ima is expected  run into thousands of dollars but no estimate has been made yet. The storm was travelling along an East northeasterly out and was expected during the next few Days  move o approximately 50  100 Miles South and East of the japanese islands. The Ryukyu islands Kyushu and Shikoku of the japanese islands have been warned and an Alert sounded on Southern Honshu. According  the 2043rd air weather Wing s typhoon warning network Libby Las maximum surface winds of editor s note because of communication difficulties caused by typhoon Libby stars and stripes received no teletype news from the Island until Early wednes Day morning. A bulletin at that time stated that re porters on the Okinawa Bureau of this newspaper were compiling damage estimates and readying re leases. The bulletin added that even the press Bureau building was destroyed by the fierce onslaught of Libby. Following is the first Oki Nawa Story on the typhoon. Okinawa oct. 6delayed this whole Island was battered during a 24-hour period As winds of Hurricane Power accompanied by heavy Rains lashed buildings and installations causing virtual disruption of communications and leaving extensive damage in its Wake. There were no casualties. Late saturday night Initia signs of the typhoon were noted but an announcement stated that everything was Clear during the latter part of the night however what a thought  be a routine Pacific blow developed suddenly in  a terrific storm. This lasted All Day sunday. The epicentre of Libby reached the City Onaha at 9, monday morning and up until monday evening typhoon conditions still prevailed. Winds up  65 knots Brayec Over the Island for five hour or longer gradually diminish ing  30 knots and holding this latter velocity for Abou 12 hours. Okinawa personals air Force sgt. Woodrow w Reynolds of the 9th avs at �2nd composite Wing was will com plete his present enlistment shortly will return  the United. State october 5, for  it. Joseph Nicholas of the 98tlbomb group is on seven Day   Marama  coordinate emergency Supply matters for this command. New proficiency Check a navigator at the 32nd composite Wing Are capt. Grover g. Heiman or. He. & he. So. 32nd co  win capt. Raymond r. Yahr he. & he he. So 1st air div. It. F. L. Chris Gopher 23rd recon so. It. Venera. Ownes 23rd recon so. And l Frank w. Reifsnyder of the 2n Rescue Squadron. Airmen of the 9th avs at th32nd composite Wing assigned a technical inspectors  inspect Auto motive vehicles turned in for Repa iof replacement and authorized certify was  their condition of serviceability Are a sgt. Alexande f. Chrisholm. A sgt Leland l Ledgerwood Herwig. And a sgt. Henr it. William j. Tipton of . Sq., 32nd composite Wing a recently appointed class a payment agent  capt. E. J. Krocke fed. 32nd composite Wing Foma King payment  the de Hartmen of the air Force civilians of th32nd composite Wing. � it. Edgar j. Hall of he. & he so. 32nd composite Wing has is transferred  he. & he. So. 32n air base group. \ air Force pfc Gilbert l. Metts of the 32nd installations Squadron has been transferred  the 32nmaintanance Squadron at Kadena capt. Robert h. Brundin . So. 52nd composite Wing a recently been awarded a new primary mos of 2110. Adjutant of his assignment As adjutant of th32nd composite Wing. Airmen of the 32nd compositing leaving Okinawa for 7-da visit. To Tokyo Japan Are Cajacob r. Clvin 32nd Rescue so pfc . It e. Miller he. & he. So 32nd composite Wing and Cpl. Noiman g. Morris 32nd suppl Squadron. � it. Jerome e. Meek Civili component officer of the 446 signal heavy construction company and it. James b. Clouse 23r recon. Squadron have been Transf red  he. & he. Sq., 1st air div. Sion and will leave for the unit estates shortly. Air Force pfc Nicolo m. Palumbos he. He. Sq., 32nd composite Wing is on try Tachikawa a Force base Japan  Courdina publication Supply matters for the command. Air Force pfc David w. Petersoon the 345th bomb Squadron. 98t bomb group at Kadena has Bee awarded a skilled degree in additional mos 747-d air plane an engine Mechanic e air Force Cpl. Harold e. Harr of  345th bomb Squadron 98 95 knots near the Center but hese winds Are expected  decrease  80 knots by the time they reach the japanese islands. The report from Okinawa added that troop housing re. Maine nearly intact but most Large warehouses were destroyed the Hospital badly damaged and 60 per cent of the theater destroyed. The commissary at aware dependent housing area was also badly damaged. The Inland water Point at Tengan the message stated was flooded and out of action. Broken water Mains and land slides were reported. The bakery was out of Ope ration. The port of Naha suffered slight damage and few Small Craft were driven ashore. One Reefer Barge was washed ashore near Brown Beach. Two lists a Small military government freighter and a japanese freighter and other Craft ran aground on Okinawa during the typhoon other Craft were Loose in Naha Harbor. The Liberty ship Benjamin Franklin a japanese freighter one lot and one list Are Loose in the Harbor. The causeway at pier b had washed out and a water Tanker and one smaller Craft May break Loose it was reported from the commanding Gen chemical defense gear issued 32nd 32nd composite Wing Okinawa oct. 6airmen of the 32nd composite Wing and other units throughout the far East air forces will soon be issued chemical defense equip ment including Gas masks Eye Shields and protective Che Mical kits in accordance with fear regulation 20-10. Gas masks issued  32nd composite Wing airmen will first be tested for defects in the Wing Gas chamber located at the Kadena chemical school operated by it. G. U. Newby Wing chemical officer. They will then be stored in a Central area for Quick accessibility. Bomb group who has a primary mos of 684-a and an additional mos 747-d, was awarded a skilled degree for both  � it. Edgar j. Hall he. & he. 32nd air base group is on six weeks is in Japan with the eighth army food service school. � air Force pfc Arthur r. Thomp son of the 39th air ammo Squadron has been transferred  h1 & he service company. 931st Engineer aviation  � air Force  sgt. Norman l. Hone of he. He. So. 32nd composite Wing has been transferred  he he. Squadron 32nd air base group at Kadena. � air Force a sgt. William Hook formerly of he. & he. So 32nd composite Wing has been As signed  the 2nd Rescue Squadron � e � capt. Howard s. Wilson of the32nd composite Wing at Kadena has been appointed commanding officer of the he. & he. Squadron at the Wing this week. Air Force Frank Flaitz of the32nd installation Squadron at Kadena has been transferred tothe 32nd maintenance Squadron of the 32nd composite Wing. An army newspaper published by and for military personnel six times weekly i Tokyo Japan Apo 500 by the troop information and Educa Tion Section ghz Fec for free distribution  . Armed forces in Japan Korea and Marianas Bones islands an Okinawa. Local news May not be republished without obtain ing official clearance except that Apps material May be re printed by civilian papers with out specific Apps clearance. Editorial views and opinion expressed in the paper Are not necessarily those of the depart ment of the army. Address All communications  the of in Cand or the managing editor. Officer in charge capt. Charles b. Taylor26 5271managing editor h. H. Hathaway57-8685 Okinawa Bureau Okinawa 353 eral of the Ryukyu command. The list 898 is aground one mile off Buckner Bay with a big Hole. In its Forward hold. A tug was standing by but disposition of Crew had not been determined at 3 30 Mon Day afternoon. It. Col. Thomas h. Holbrook fear commander of iwo Jima today reported no loss of life or injury  Garrison personnel on the Island. The typhoon was the second of its kind  hit that Island in two weeks. Air Force personnel were still Clearing away the debris of the first storm when Libby struck there september 30. Garrison officials estimate that it will take several weeks  fully repair damage  buildings and utilities on iwo Jima. The destruction it was reported was caused when the Center of the storm passed within seven Miles of the islands. I a fury of the elements m m no 1 Acme photo scenes like this were frequent Here when typhoon Libby the furious storm which already had battered iwo Jima struck Okinawa sunday and monday and left a damage toll of an estimated ten million dollars. Military installations such As warehouses Heaters bakeries and other buildings were partially or totally destroyed and dependent housing at aware and Becknerville was severely damaged. Photo above was taken in Florida recently by Acme new pictures during a storm similar  the typhoon which swept Over Okinawa. Libby smashed iwo Jima be fore reaching Okinawa typhoon Libby which struck iwo Jima with terrific violence september 30, caused damage unofficially estimated  run into thousands of Dol Lars it.  h. Hoi Brook far East air forces commanding officer of iwo Jima said tuesday. There was no loss of life and none of the Island Garrison personnel were injured Dur ing the typhoon which was the second of its Type  hit iwo Jima within two weeks. Air forces personnel stationed on the Island were still Clearing away debris from the first typhoon when the second struck and Garrison officials estimated it May take several weeks  repair fully damage  buildings and utilities. During the height of Libby a fury barometric pres sure dropped  28.415 inches of Mercury. Air. Force Wea ther officials said the lowest j barometric pressure in Pacific areas was 26.19 inches recorded in the Philippines in 1024. Libby arrived in full Force at approximately 6  september 30 and the All. Clear signal was sounded at 2 30 in the afternoon. Some gusts of wind were estimated  have reached 175 Miles per hour. The Center of the storm passed within about seven Miles of iwo Jima. 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