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   Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                                Page two Pacific stars and stripes m oct. 12 fir prevention week Success at 20th of 20th of oct. 11information gathered from the fire prevention Branch of staff engineers 20th air Force regard ing activities during fire prevention week showed Active  week ending october 9 was designated National fire prevention week by direct proclamation by the president of the United states. It was observed by citizenry of our country and at All armed forces installations throughout the world under american  20th air Force fire pre vent in directives from far East air Force Headquarters in Tokyo Japan were complied with during this week. All buildings inspected by the local fire marshals and reports turned in of fire hazards found in or about them. These re ppr Saf or consolidation in Theair installations offices of All sub commands were passed on to the respective fire departments. Fire department inspection teams were sent out to Check the reported buildings and plan to eliminate the Hazard. Publicity at All air bases i being disseminated through the use of pictures slogans and warnings. In the Heaters Short announcements Are made concerning fire prevention Andall fire departments Are giving demonstrations of their firefighting equipment and How they Are used against fires fill kinds. Due q the activities of the local fire prevention branches of All 20th air Force installations in the past year this command has kept the loss of life and property at a mini mum and reached a High standing on the far East air Force fire Protection list. Fern is escapees return to cells Pel Aviv oct. 11 Apall but about a dozen Stern gang terrorist who staged amass jail break in nearby Jalipa saturday wer reported to have returned to their cells soft urday night most of them voluntarily. An estimated 120 sternest stroke their heavily guarded waterfront prison and seized temporary control of the building. Airline quits flights ii chinese route banking oct. 11 up the Central news from Muk 4ett said yesterday that Chen Naujat s civil air transport airline suspended flights be tween Mukden and Tsin Tao. Due to soviet fighter inter Ference. The decision was reached after soviet fighters tried to Prce Down a. Cat plane in route from Mukden to Tsing Tao a few Days ago. The cat plane was flying 20 Miles away from soviet controlled Portarthur of boxers to try for fear olympics Harmon fab oct 11 the 20th air Force Elimina Tion boxing tournament will be held at the Harmon Field sports Arena october 20through 23 for the purpose of selecting a team to represent 20th air Force in the coming 1948 fear boxing olympics it was announced Here octo Ber 8. The olympics an annual inter command boxing tour garment held among the units of the far East air forces will take place at Harmon air Force base during the first part of december. The pre olym Pic eliminations sponsored by the 20th air Force will be open to personnel of Marama 20th air Force North Field Northwest Field and other units assigned or attached to the 20th air Force. Congressman asks monetary advisers new York oct. 1 up rep. Albert Gore d., Tenn writing in the current Issue of american Magazine said con Gress needed a corps of non political technical advisers to keep it from appropriating Bil Lions of dollars by guess and by  Gore is a member of the House appropriations com Mittee. You might As Well Blindfold Bank examiners before you Send them out on jobs As to give senators and representatives the responsibility of spending the people s billion without the facts that will enable them to spend them Pney wisely Gore wrote. Albania youngsters abducted to Russia London oct. 11 ins the daily Telegraph published a report saturday that300 Young albanians had been forcibly sent to Russia for training As. Secret police agents. The Telegraph in an Istanbul dispatch quoted one of two albanians who reportedly jumped from the romanian liner Transylvania in the bosporus wednesday  albanian was quoted As saying that 300 men All be tween 15 and 20, embarked a Durazzo Albania. Health official tells malaria causes threats this in. One in a series of health information articles prepared by the department of Public health on Guam the subject of malaria is included in this series Only be cause it could occur Here if we relaxed our guard. As far As is known primary malaria has never been on Guam and we Hope it never will. But unless  concerned with adequate spraying of in coming air planes keeps on their toss the disease will eventually be on Guam. Malaria is a common disease throughout the world. Authorities say that there Are always More than a million cases in the United states with an annual death toil of 5,000.the disease is caused by Small parasites which Are injected into the body by the female an Pheline Mosquito after it has bitten a malaria patient. Its symptoms Are severe chills fever and generalized  disease has a marked ten Dency to recur. We have an average of one Case of recurrent malaria every week among out filipino population Here on Guam. These cases had their primary attack through the bite of an Pheline mosquitoes in the Philippines and treatment did not kill All the parasites in their blood. While these cases Are having their relapses Here an Ansoph Eline Mosquito could become infected by biting them. Some months ago another line mosquitoes were discovered Here on Guam in Small areas in the Southern part of the Island. How they were imported is not known. Immediate Mosquito control Meas ures were instituted and few have since been found. The inv played areas Are still being sprayed and regular surveys Are made to Check on their possible spread. At present the potential situation is this the Philip Pines China and other places just a few hours away Are full of an Pheline mosquitoes. If someone neglects to adequately Spray his aircraft arriving from any of these places these mosquitoes will arrive and gain another foothold Here. And then if some doctor on Guam forgets to adequately screen his malaria patient something new will be added Here. . Israel charges Arab truce violations Paris oct. 11 ins Israel submitted to these purity Council saturday a list of six alleged Palestine truce violations. The Tel Aviv government asked for the urgent consideration of acts which it said were jeopardizing Israel s Posi Tion. Notables contribute Amateur paintings at league exhibit by Inez Robb new York oct. 11 ins Rufen. D Wight  Eisenhower and a passe of other distinguished Amateur painters  artistic souls to the Public recently when their canvasses went on exhibition in behalf of the turban league service fund the 101 canvasses contributed by such notable amateurs As the genial Winston Chur Chiu Joan Crawford the Earl of Warwick Joe. Louis cab Galloway Noel Coward and Bobo mrs. Winthrop Rupcke Feller form an exhibition that is amusing interesting and  Only. An old Meanie would ask is it Art nevertheless it is Only fair to add that the Amateur status of such daubers As Bea Lille Diana Barrymore John ? Garfield Garry capper Sherroan big Kingsley and Van Johnson is not jeopardize by this the first Public display of their  any prizes were being handed out by this exhibition called paintings by famous amateurs at the associate american artists galleries the Blue ribbon would indubitably go to that most famous and talented of All amateurs Winston Churchill the British statesman is re presented by a Lyric landscape of the City Gate of Marrakech that dream like French moroc can City at the foot of Thea Las mountains Churchill who painted the scene when he went to Marra Kech to rest after the Casa Blanca conference Gace it to Jie late press sat Roosevelt. It has. Been loaned to the exhibition by Elliott Roosevelt if the Churchill Canvas is the Only one of professional artistic standards there Are nonetheless a dozen. Surprisingly Good canvasses done by such varied amateurs a Claudette Colbert Louis Bromfield Coward deems Taylor Anita Colby and he Lena Rubinstein. But the Socko surprises among the amateurs include general Eisenhower Bobo Rockefeller and Oswald Aranha the distinguished brazilian statesman who was former president of the Gen eral Assembly of the United nations. Mrs. Rockefeller in her chill 15-room Park Avenue Garret has produced a still life her first painting that is remarkably Good. Not Only Isth girl Beautiful and married to a tall dark handsome Man with Money but she s got  Rockfeller Canvas called fruit is a still life of pears oranges grapes and apples with. Wine bottle and Pewter plate  the left Bank at Colum Bia University Eisenhower has produced an excellent copy of a Henry c. Balink portrait of an american Indian. I Don t know How Good the Balink Ori Ginal but til Settle for the j Lively Eisenhower copy with its use of Brilliant color and Fine handling of Light and  general who began painting several months ago. Shows Promise As the professional critics phrase it. The Aranha atelier has produced two Small exquisite water colors As brazilian As the artist himself. Full of life movement and gaiety one is called Samba and the other trevo a native dance. That old armenian Amateur William Saroyan is represented by a Pale Cocoa Brown Canvas on which he has fetch singly painted the alphabet in White. Only that and nothing rep re except his name in Nice big Clear print. That s one thing about Amateur painters they sign their respective names Good and big. Joe Louis name is almost As Large As the pair of boxing gloves he has painted. Even the gloves look full of fight just As the pair of Brown and White oxfords painted by Bill Robinson seem full of dance and animation. Theatrical producer Georg Abbott s enticing Pencil sketch of a feminine Torso is cryptically titled deadlier than the  an artist Van Johnson is a Fine movie actor. But miss Colbert who has worked hard at her painting for years is represented by a stunning portrait of mrs.  Blower or. It is a poster com position but As Good As Many professional jobs seen Here about. The exhibition will close october 13, with a Public auction of All save a handful of the canvasses. Funds will go to the Urban league to continue its work in inter racial social service with emphasis on craving better Job opportunities for negroes. Hostelry for errant pups signal corps photo errant pups in the Marianas boning command head quarters area who run afoul of the Law have a new hostelry Complete with the latest accepted comforts for the canine world. Designed by it. Col. S. M. Nevin Marbo veterinarian the new Pound has bathing facilities and delousing cages As Well As separate rooms for Rabid dogs. The solitary room at the far left is to Deal death for these pets not claimed within the 72-hour limit. It is a Gas chamber. In above photo left to right Are it. Col. William l. Kopp Marbo Provost marshal capt. Harold h. Gwinner Marbo prison officer colonel Nevin and sgt. Ernest Lockhart Provost sergeant at the stockade. Harmon fliers take softball Loop Crown Harmon fab oct. 11the potent Harmon Field soft Ball fliers brought an undefeated season to a close clinched the championship of the 20th air Force softball league and won a trip to Manila when they topped the 20th air Force All stars october 5, by a score of 4-2. Bob Reed Star Pitcher for the fliers went the route on the Mound allowing two hits while striking out eight  and Williams were the leading batsmen for the fliers garnering two singles apiece. Be Bop Jones har Catcher came through Mon with a timely Homer that cinched the game. The fliers ended the season with a record of 14 wins against no defeats. The team will leave for Manila novem 444 Register for school courses Guam oct. 11a record breaking enrolment of 263 wednesday october 6, climaxed the three Day registration period for Guam area school As 444 new students signed for courses in the three Day period. For the third successive Ber 1, to compete in the far j study Block air Force Stu East command softball tournament to be held there novem Ber 11 to 14. Changchun food shortage serious banking oct. 11 up Premier Wong Wen had yesterday ordered manchurian commander Gen. Wei i Huang to increase the suppl of air dropped food to communist encircled Changchun where the starvation toll was reported to be recently climb ing alarmingly. Reports reaching Nankin said the food situation in Changchun which is blockaded by communists since Jan uary is becoming More intolerable. Cannibalism and bark eating Are said to be prevalent among the populace which is now thinned by starvation an evacuation to half of its Ori Ginal size of 750,000. October 14thunderbolt club crafts Aero service club pingpong tour with Mats Palm Ter race club weight lifting class Alligator rendezvous club movie tropical Garden club Bingo Marbo service club Bingo Hill Topper club Ping Pong versus Aero at Aero club Parker Manor club play my sister  october 15aero service club Pacific Paradise chorus Palm Ter race club 55th quartermaster Ping Pong tournament Alligator Rendez Vous club fiesta in Manila Tropi Cal Garden service club pop tourney Marbo service club dancing classes air Beginne-."-, a i a need and Square dances Hill Topper service club Smocer card night Parker Manor club inter squad Mph shuffleboard tournament and Thunderbolt service club pinochle tournament. No request yet for Africa s recognition Manila oct. 11 a the philippine government yesterday clarified Tokyo reports that no formal request had been received for the recognition of or. Bernabe Africa As minister to  department of foreign affairs said the petition for clearance of the new minister had been sent through the philippine embassy to the state department in washing ton and not sent directly to Scap. It an army newspaper published by and for military personnel six times weekly in Tokyo Japan Apo 500 by the troop information and Educa Tion Section ghz Fec for free distribution to . Armed forces in Japan Korea an Marianas boning islands and Okinawa. Local news May note 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 to the of in Cand or the managing editor. Officer in charge capt Charles b. Taylor26 5271managins editor. B. H. Hathaway57-8085 dents led in enrolment with163 students. Other enrol ment army 121 civilian 81 Marine 42 Navy 37. Students enrolled in bloc Vii sessions. The 49 classes opened october 11. Navy getting set for coming Observance Washington oct. 11 up even the Navy s envelopes will be dressed up for Navy Day october 27. The Post office department has approved a special postal cancellation stamp and a Spe emergency ambulance service provided Here by army Navy Marbo personals Harmon Abs sgt. A. R. Worsham Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 374th air base group is spending leave in Manila. . Philip n. Reeves. Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron. Marbo oct. 11announcement was made october 8, at Marbo Headquarters of the establishment of emergency ambulance service on Guam. Island wide in scope this ser vice is expected to fill a much needed and More efficient emergency service to All people. It is expected of course that All available medical facilities Are used to the Best advantage in cooperation with the army and Navy medical facilities of the commands. To provide the Best service and to fix responsibility of the services the Island of Guam 374th troop Carrier Wing has been i has been divided into two Sec assigned additional duty As recruiting officer. Pfc Paul Broersma. 374th air police Squadron is on emergency leave to Muskegon Mich. Upon completion of his leave Broersma will be reassigned in the states. Capt. John w. Reed a recent arrival at Marama has been As signed to the 333rd air repair Squadron for Supply officer. Duty As technical maj. John p. Tracy who recently reported to Marama for duty has been assigned to the Lith air vehicle repair Squadron for duty As automotive repair officer. Maintenance and a sgt. Ernest b. Carter sgt. Robert l. James and pfc Harry Mcerlain All of Marama Are attending the general radar maintenance course at Keio University in Japan � � privates Fred Cross James , William Snyder. Cliff or i Webb and John h. Griffin All of Marama have been promoted to the Grade of private first class. � a sgt. Luther Diggs. A sgt. Edwin f. Long and pvt. Forrest f. Parker All of Harmon air Force base Are spending leaves in Gama Gori Japan. Marbo is Bureau needs journalists Marbo oct. 11persons tons. The army will have responsibility North of a line running roughly from the South end of Timon Bay through Road Junction Marin drive Barrigada Road hence through it. Barrigada and projecting due East. From there. It is planned to include Umon Bay and exclude Barrigada Road from army responsibility. The Navy will handle All Calls from Points South of this line of Demarca Tion. Persons reporting accidents or names of the he will give All Diatel Call dial number 2111 on whatever Exchange he uses. Upon Contact with the ambulance control office he will give the exact location of the Acci Dent using the Well known landmarks highways the details of the Accident the number involved and the Sev Erity of injuries. He will stand by to give further Assis Tance to the injured and direct the reporting ambulance on its arrival. When the notification of an Accident requires emergency service the dispatcher wiil plot the Accident on a locator map and will then Contact the ambulance station nearest the scene of the Accident. If no ambulance is available attestation he will Contact the next nearest ambulance Sta will Call dial Telephone num Ilion. He will continue to caller 2111. This number has been designated the Emer gency ambulance Call number. Manual Exchange operators will be instructed to make direct connection to nearest automatic dial Exchange. Such Calls go to the officer of the Day naval medical Center and to the receiving office of the 22nd general Hospital. Dis Patching of emergency ambulance will be controlled from these offices. Army will direct ambulances to areas on places located North of the line of Demarca Tion and the Navy will Dis Patch ambulances to areas or places located South of the line of demarcation in accordance having newspaper experience with Navy directives. Or qualified personnel in / ambulances will be located Terestea in newspaper work in the area of army respond Are urgently needed on the Marbo staff of the stars and stripes. Military personnel desiring to enter the news paper Field Are asked to con tact the Marbo Bureau of the Sivility at the following places 22nd general Hospital har Mon air Force base North Guam air Force base North West Guam air Force base Navy communication station stars and stripes or discuss Marbo dispensary and the the matter with their unit commanders at present there Are vacancies for three air Force personnel and two vacancies for army personnel. Craft Carrier both marked Navy Day for use on mail leaving naval installations. Cial cachet imprint of an air oct. 1-27. 93rd Engineer battalion. When available they will be Dis patched in emergencies on Call from the army ambulance control office. Plans will work out about As follows the first person to reach the scene of the Accident will Render what Ever first Aid is indicated. He will imme the station until the require ments Are met. In Case the Accident reported is near theline of demarcation he will coordinate his actions with the naval ambulance control office so that duplication of ser vices will be avoided. After adequate ambulance service has been arranged the army dispatcher will Call Hollywood 100, 226th military police company and report the Acci Dent. 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