Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                              Two Pacific Star s and stripes o oct. 13 Libby exciting to airmen Here 32nd composite Wing Okinawa oct. 12many air men of Kadena have now experienced their first typhoon after waiting and wondering what it would be like weve head old timers Tell us what we thought were tall tales about the Many typhoons they be experienced and what we could expect. To some it was a joke some took it seriously and still others just did t know what to think when the typhoon hit Oki Nawa airmen dashed in every direction to their quonset huts and nearest shelters. It was about the most unexpected thing we be seen in a Long time. Due to proper typhoon izing most of the airmen s Aid students get certificates Okinawa oct. 12in tractor s certificates on Junior quarters withstood the first blast of the typhoon Al though Many rookies did t get much sleep. It was the first real typhoon they were to encounter and anything could happen. Wind and rain slapped quonset like a pro Boxer might pummel a Young inexperienced fighter. Quonset 1 rocked and reeled and men turned and tossed All night Long. Rain trickled through doors and windows until the trickles turned into a steady downpour which had mercy. On no one. Beds were wet and floors resembled the old swimming Hole. By morning no bed was in it proper place. During the night airmen moved in every direction to avoid fretting wet but to no Avail. Early the next morning Allmen were on the Job doing the necessary Patching of doors and windows despite. The. Continuous winds and rain. During the Day men prepared for the next blast which hit that night with 120-Milean hour winds. The circling typhoon was on its Way Backoo repeat it s previous performance. Once again we were to experience a typhoon. This time there were no rookies All had been through it and knew what to expect bul there was still worry about sgt. 1/c Tomas Broqueza Headquarters command Sec and battalion and sgt. Ranulfo austere Headquarters com any first battalion were Ach awarded the instructor s certificate together with a let or of congratulation from aul e. Poppel Miami Fla. Field representative of the american red Cross at Kadena. The two enlisted me completed the two week course which commenced september 3 at 116th military police company Futema. The first Aid course was offered to both air and ground orces so that graduates of the lass could Aid in instructing first Aid teams All Over the is  were conducted from 8 30 . To 11 30 . And rom 1 . To 4 . Daily by Oppel. The quonset holding up. That night we had no lights so we spent our even ing get together by Candle Light talking about the past night and Busy Day spent re pairing what was damaged As the night progressed the wind grew stronger and stronger and the rain once against the More slashed  again the Barrac swayed from Side to Side but this time the airmen had a feeling of Security. The doors and windows held up much better keeping the rain out it was a different Story tha nigh the next morning found air men of the 32nd composite Wing again on the Job repair ing the damaged quonset with Loose Wood and nails tha were found in the area. Word was received from Guam that yet another typhoon was headed our Way fortunately that typhoon did t hit. It was All Over and 32nd Wing airmen Are now Busy repairing and rebuilding Tankard and advanced courses first Aid were recently re lived by two enlisted men of he 44th infantry regiment is. \ unit praised for High moral Standard Okinawa oct. 12enlist de men of company a 44th infantry regiment i were highly commended in a recen character guidance lecture presented by four officers o the 44th infantry regimen is. Capt. Valdemar o. Zialcita dispensary surgeon said am very glad that in the Las monthly physical inspection company c made a Good showing against delinquencies destructive to High moral an physical Well being. It Wilbe a pleasure to present to to the regimental commande As a unit capable of maintain ing a High moral  accompanying Captain Zial Cita were lieutenants b. Eligio a. Hernandez and Fernando b Guerzon 44th infantry Cha Plains and it. Aquilino s Mejia regimental troop in i. Boarding school open to Okinawa pupils Okinawa oct. 12the rent school in Baguio ., s now open to any and All personnel on Okinawa who desire to Send their children Here it was announced today y the education officer room. The Brent school is a  ate boarding and Day school under the sponsorship of the episcopal Church. Both boys and girls Are accepted and eneral character the Brent school follows the pattern of he private preparatory schools in the United states and High standards of scholar hip Are maintained under a Taff of competent american eachers. Classes Are Small allowing a High degree of individual attention and special emphasis is Laid upon the development of character and personality As Well As scholar  of any nationality Are admitted after appropriate placement tests on the basis if character and Scholastic standing. The primary Pur pose of the school is to pre Are students for entering col Ege and the subjects taught Are designed to achieve that end. However students not working toward College or University work abroad Are also  school has a program of physical education and supervised athletics. A gym Latium a Tennis court and an athletic Field provide facilities or indoor and outdoor sports including basketball baseball Tennis Badminton volleyball and Ping Pongs. In addition there Are classes in Folk danc ing and ballroom dancing fees Are changed in Philip Pine currency and Are pay Able in Advance. Payment May be made by the month or if preferred by these Mester. The fee for Board and tuition for boarding students is $280  Cur Rency with the school year being nine months in duration. In addition a special Deposit of $100  Cur Rency or $50, is required by boarding students to defray such incidental expenses As books , weekly aug dances and necessary personal articles. " the Deposit is entered in a special account and from this account Are paid All incidental expenses and such weekly allowances As the parents May direct to be  most schools in the Philippines the Brent school follows the american school schedule with the school explains dependent priority list i re typhoon chronology told by air weather observers 51st Jet fighter Wing Okinawa oct. 12calm winds and sunny skies have gain returned to Okinawa after the violent visit of typhoon Libby which roared across Lis Island bastion sunday night october 3 and again monday night october 4.the first indication of the typhoon appeared saturday when the wind increased rom seven knots at Midnight Friday to 24 knots by 11, saturday night. The cover increased and remained scat b noon mond the winds Ance featured at co. E party air Force photo sgt. R. Gareau Detroit mich., no a charge of dependent housing at 71st tactical reconnaissance Wing Okinawa Many times a Day hears the query when will my wife be Able to join me on Okinawa sergeant Gareau keeps up the dependents priority list shown above and can explain readily the system on which dependent priorities Are based. Above Gareau right Points out the method of computation to it. Col. A. F. Taute chief of staff at the Wing. Armed forces network Okinawa personals air Force Cpl. Frank e. Heffer second Squadron 32nd composite Wing departed Okinawa for the United states october 5, for Dis charge. � airmen of the 344th bomb Squadron 98th bomb group a1 Kadena recently placed on flying status with the Squadron Are to sgt Marvin l. Armstrong to sgt. John a. Deblois to sgt. Emory g. Keesling or. A sgt. Michael Andersons sgt. William e. Geiger a sgt Harold w. Patterson and a sgt Horace d. Smith. � capt. Emery d. Taylor 32ndmaintenance and Supply group was recently assigned accountable officer for Phil com accounts re placing it. John w. Tochita. Air forces sgt. Jack a. Cowles. 23rd reconnaissance Squadron is at tending a -21-week general radar maintenance course at the eighth  signal school Keio univer sity Japan. Sgt. William Baumiester. 32ndmaintenance and Supply group is on detached service for 14 weeks tothe Headquarters Squadron 20th fighter Wing. Airmen of the 23rd reconnaissance formation and education of  Hernandez extended his congratulations to the men for their High Mora Standard. Lie tent Mejia pointed out the advantages of studying during off duty hours in order to be prepared for future opportunities. Year opening about september 15 and closing in the latter Par of june. There Are two Long vacations a Christmas vacation of about two weeks and a Spring vacation of about 10 Days. This divides the school year into two semesters of approximately four and a half months each. Wilh schedule thursday october 14 6 00sign on National an them 6 00musical clock 7 00news7 05musical clock 7 30hollywood hound-up7 45hymns from Home 8 00as you like it8 30sketches in Melody 9 00encore 9 30wxlh showcase 10 00news10 05coffee time 10 30bandstandcheck 11 00today s american 11 15morning melodies 11 30fred waring12 00chiquita 12 15gi jive12 30-tews 12 45at ease1 00melody matinee 2 00symphony hour3 00news shortwave 3 15strike up the band 3 30chuck Wagon classics 3 59time check4 00requestfully yours 5 00chaplain s hour5 15island chatter 5 30evening serenade 6 00news6 15jerry Wayne 6 30sportslight 7 00mail call7 30noah Webster says 8 00family theater8 30dick Haymes 9 00proufuy we mail9 30one night stand 10 00news shortwave 10 15lum and abner10 30club fifteen 10 45words with music Wing Over club9 Library seen As comfortable lets ure Haven 32nd composite Wing Okinawa oct. 12in two fairly Small but compactly filled rooms in the end of the huge jumbo quonset housing the Wing Over club the 32nd composite Wing base Library is located. It s shelves Are stocked with thousands of books on practically every subject and the Library offers a comfortable Haven for men who be Lieve that Leisure time in a Library is time Well spent. In this Library for Kadena Squadron receiving three weeks 11 00-sign off National an training and indoctrination at the sixth photo tech unit Yokota  Are to sgt. Elson d. Nash a sgt. Phillip w. Mantor  w. Simms and sgt. William c. Percy or. Air Force officers it. Edmund , it. Verner a. Owens and it. William h. Wilson All of th-23rd reconnaissance Squadron at Kadena Are on three week temporary duty with the 31st recon Ais Anoe Squadron at Yokote fab Japan. � air Force pfc Hugh a. Stillman 10th photo tech unit at Kadena i spending a seven Day leave in the philippine islands sgt. Paul e. Floyd 170th Mac Squadron has left for the . For reassignment to the 144th macs Squadron. Scott fab. Belleville a sgt. Delbert s. Hammer chief clerk s 1 Section 170th Mac Squadron has been granted 30 Days emergency leave to the United states. � sgt. Charles g. Wagner 170fh macs Squadron has left for . For separation from the ser vice. Cpl. Leslie e. Templeton. 70thaacs Squadron has been granted 14 Days Ordinary leave to visit Tokyo Japan. A sgt. Edward m. Greger 170h macs Squadron has been reassign-ec4 to the 171st macs Squadron Shanghai China Okinawa oct. 12the personnel of company a 44thnfantry regiment i sponsored a company party at 0 ., october 3. The Corn any Day room highly typhoon roofed was the scene of the gathering. A Short program was pre enter with an opening Over ure by the red shield War ions band with sgt. Sotico c. Meneses conducting. Master of ceremonies for the occasion was first sgt. Efren s. Zabala. Musical performers who Ren dered vocal solos and guitar Rios Lent a colourful air to the presentations. Songs by miss Tan Serra civilian employee of rcom Headquarters were Well received. Dancing followed i Media Ely after the Short  Boogie Boogie exhibition by Fiss Nan Serra and sgt. 1/c Benjamin As Pillera and an other exhibition in tango by 3vt. Jose Acebo and miss Serra received Hearty applause rom the audience. A Hawaii an dance by miss Margaret 2hun was also rendered to the great enjoyment of All. 44th commended for exemplary duty Okinawa oct. 12col Edward j. Renth command ing officer of the 44th infantry regiment i commended personnel of his command of the exemplary manner in which each and every Man carried on his duties durin the recent  of the 44th in Fantry regiment is wer Alert throughout the typhoon nailing doors and wind Wand even the sheets Meta roofing the buildings when Ever they were torn Loose b the relentless fury of the High velocity winds. A. Indications of the to Hoon became More pronounced when the barometric pres ure began to fall and failed o Rise. By 6 . Sunday morning the pressure had fal Eri steadily and the rain had creased. The wind still North Northeast had increased to 26 knots with fuss up to 50 knots giving indication that the typhoon would pass very close to the land. Following is a chronological account of the significant vents which occurred during he passage of the typhoon As served at the 157th air weather service detachment at Naha fab. At noon sunday the Baro metric pressure began to fall rapidly with winds increasing o 47 knots and rain showers becoming squalls. By 5 . Pressure had fallen still lower and the wind had increased to 51 knots. With the approach of darkness visibility had powered to 100 Yards in heavy rain and the wind had risen to 60 knots still from the North Northeast. A steady wind of 62 knots with gusts up to 85 knots was recorded at i . With visibility of 300 feet. Shortly after Midnight sunday the anon meter was destroyed by extremely High winds. However a steady in crease in the wind velocity was evident and at the height of the typhoon Between 2 and 4 ajn., was estimated to be 120 knots. At 7 . Sunday morn ing the pressure began to Rise and wind velocity decreased sharply to 30  was still a tenseness in the air however and personnel soon received the re port that the second half the typhoon would strike soon this is described by weather observers As the Eye of a typhoon. A typhoon is roughly like a huge doughnut with the winds raging around the outer extremities and the Cen Ter a deathly Calm. It was this Center or Eye which prevailed during the seven hour period before the second and most destructive half of the typhoon struck. Had begun a steady increase and by Nightfall had reached a velocity of 80 knots with gusts up to 104 knots. The anemometer was again Brokenly High winds and from then on the wind velocity was a matter of estimate. The winds on this second half of typhoon Libby began to subside shortly after Midnight monday and by 7 tuesday morn ing had decreased to 30 knots. A steady decrease in the wind velocity was evident through out the morning and by 2, tuesday afternoon had fallen o 20 knots. The air had Cool id considerably. Visibility was still restricted to four Miles in a Light fog. By 2 . He fog began to dissipate and visibility increased to eight Miles. The barometric pres sure had dropped slightly due o the regular diurnal fall but t was apparent that the Baro meter had levelled off signify no the end of the storm. Immediate corrective Meas ures began to evolve from the staff sections of the 51st fighter Wing at Naha As plans were formulated and put into Quick action to repair rebuild and reopen damaged facilities. Brig. Gen. Hugo a Rush commanding general of the 51st fighter Wing stated i wish to express sincere appreciation for the splendid Atten Tion to duty arid untiring Effort put Forth by All members of this command during the typhoon and am looking for Ward to Ari even better organization after recovery from our temporary  unit re designation Headquarters military air transport service has announced that the 170th air ways and air communications service Squadron has been re designated the 1962nd airways and air communications ser vice Squadron. The 170th was formed on Okinawa last december from the old detachment. 771-9 of the 141st macs Squadron. The Mission of the unit will remain the same. Based airmen there is one entire room devoted solely to fiction. Three shelves contain westerns six shelves Are loaded with mysteries and the remainder of the room is filled with other fictional material arranged alphabetically by authors. This room also contains the Large Magazine rack usually filled with dozens of modern periodicals of All description from Standard Stock such As life Colliers saturday evening Post Etc., to More technical Trade journals Suchias Aero digest american Medicine and american photo Graphy. The room is provided with portable easy chairs lamps Ash trays and writing stands. Airmail stationery is provided free. Pocket editions of Many books Are also available free for any who might want to take them Home. Second room is More of contrast Here is the tech Nical Side of the Library with the exception of one Large shelf filled with the latest fiction arriving from the Library de pot the room contains non fictional material. Fine arts useful arts languages Philo Sophy history social sciences religion literature these Are but few of the Many subjects. These books Are arranged Mal system. A Sheet is posted on a nearby Wall giving he Decimal number and the subject corresponding. One merely has to find the number of his particular subject and Hen go Down the line until finds it. Since the Library s not Large enough for a car Index file this system works very effectively. In addition to non fiction the second room also has Large file of newspapers.  most of the larger cities in the United states arrive each week from the lib Rary depot. However the Library also has subscriptions to Many newspapers from smaller towns in the United states and these papers arrive constantly. The Walls of the Library Are decorated with maps Scenic pictures around Okinawa colourful displays of late Book covers and other useful in formational and educational material. Fans at various places make the building one of the coolest in the . Elizabeth Davison Greensboro n. C.,. And wife of the first air division Stafl chaplain assumed the Job of librarian for the 32nd composite Wing two weeks ago in those last two weeks she reports attendance at the Library has jumped from Abou according to the Dewey Deci 30 a Day to Well Over 100. New books Are constantly driving at the Library each week. It is amazing to note he lateness of most of the books mrs. Davison says. The trend today seems to be Oward books of an internal ional nature though Many satirical biographies have also recently been  Al looks for the Library come from the Ryukyu Commanda Rary depot where they Are received from the United states. At latest count the Library contains 4,632 books. This sure does not include those books in the technical Library  Are loaned on an indefinite basis. Persons needing such highly technical material Struc tors students Etc. Will want them until they have completely absorbed their contents hence the indefinite loaning period. Mrs. David son reports that some of these have been out for As Long As four  special services Library was first opened in 1946. In addition to mrs Davidson who has been there two weeks the Library staff consists of Cpl. Buck Tindal 32nd composite Wing and pfc j. Mor Gan also newly assigned. It. Edwin j. Schoemaker 32ndwing special service officer is also officer in charge of this Library. Anti tank company holds practice fire Okinawa oct. 12the men of antitank company 44th infantry regiment is had a practice firing of the .45 Caliper pistol recently at Napun a pistol Range. Each Man fired 20 rounds10 rounds at each of the 15 and 25 Yard lines in slow and rapid fire. The following made the highest scores for the Day sgt. Severino Hipol sgt. 1/c Pamintuan Artemio and pvt. Medrano Maximiano. Stan  newspaper published. By and for military personnel six times weekly in Tokyo Japan Apo 50 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 Oftle of the depart ment of the . Address All communications to the of in Cand or the managing editor. Officer in charge capt. Charles b. Taylor26 5271managing editor h. H. Hathaway57-8085 Okinawa Bureau Okinawa 353 la f Abner  Well Chaun a Oor looks mighty Happ theme tit  those misfits x the lieu the jun6le you want vhf id Lute Buck. Those guv tribesmen Aee but you could ust some helped lighten gome ctr and fire Laboe ers form he. Crew heckled you Feora can have  speak. Of two which came Cofo nowhere and just theres the phone again the Nave Phonemay i speak to cookie please ring and it would be Terry eve one w1u. Revu1m Hub until if ww.6ntin6we arrive. Them is no nip a. . 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