Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                              Page two Pacific stars and stripes m oct. 16 of personnel our 20th of oct. 15maj. Gen. A. C. Kincaid commanding ral 20th air Force Guam announced today that this of sea quarters has received authority from Headquarters far air forces to implement the provisions of air Force t3letter 35-51, dated july ,12, 1948 this publication prescribed i tour of 15 months for air personnel without de ends and 24 months with Lents in this theater. Air Force personnel i Marianas area will receive is benefits of this shortened consequently personnel ried on the Island of Saipan Tinian and iwo will be affected by the letter. Full particulars will be an ced in the near future As i As the change Over phas requirements Are deter joined in the. Command. Gas Turbine one developed i Ashington oct. 15 ? the . Air Force has new Gas Turbine propeller the second of its Type iced in this country. It designed for use on a Long Range bomber the b-52, which still is in piment stage. In new engine is the t-35 typhoon built by the Wright nautical corporation. Air Force withheld All permitted an Only that the has been undergoing it tests for a year in the of a b-17 flying fortress a it acts As a fifth engine. Y hint of the Power of was a statement that Power of the other four Tes of the b-17 May be at will while the engine is operating. This speculation that the t-35 will Fly the air plane. Officer wins Bingo Jackpot Harmon fab oct. 15 it. James f. Franklin 147thair airways communication service won the giant Jackpot of Bingo prizes recently at the Harmon Field officers club. The value of the prizes which have accumulated Over a 14-week period was $2,892.19. The list reads like some thing Ralph Edwards of truth or consequences radio fam offers to his contestants. It includes a refrigerator Wash no machine mangle Kroner sewing machine deep freeze unit round trip to Shanghai 16 my movie camera and pro Ector radio phonograph string if pearls Diamond ring set of Olf clubs Hollywood bed and review slated for colonel Marbo oct. 15a Retreat review in Honor of the Depar Ture of col. Julian Baumann will be held at the Marbo  Ade grounds at 4 p.m., tuesday october 19, the a 3 Section announced today. Col. A. B. Cooper signal corps will be commander o1 troops. Colonel Cooper s staff will be capt. A. E. Neary Sig Nal corps executive officer. Maj. W. F. Beatty cavalry will be adjutant. All officers departing this command Between october 15 and november 15 will be on the reviewing stand with col Onel Baumann. Troops from All army units on the Island will participate in the ceremony. The formation will consist of two provisional regiments. The 12th army band will furnish music for the review. Pointe Venice lace table weather Squadron promotions listed cloth. Franklin was amazed at Hislord Fortune. When asked about his reaction he said i am dreaming i must be this is the syst Bingo game i have Ever won and i have been playing for Over five  his present assignment As training officer of the 147th macs is the same position he held at Fairfield Sui son air Force base in California prior to overseas shipment. Franklin s wife who will Bethe final recipient of the majority of the prizes is await ing port Call in St. Louis to. Rmon fliers to if Home games Harmon fab oct. The Harmon fliers basketball squad will begin a series of Home games october 17. All games will be played on the Harmon courts near the Box ing ring. Game time is 2 30  " in the october 17 game the will play their arc the 19th bombers from Field with whom they Ai i sharing the 20th air Force league Lead the 811th, Engi jeer aviation battalion wild seats will he guests at the har Iti Job. Courts october 20. The ies of Home games will end 22, when the fliers be with the-474th signal cigarette Fife reduction Marbo oct. 15a 10 cent reduction in the Cost of a Carton of cigarettes Pur phased at army and air Force operated Post exchanges was announced to Day by maj. D e. Chenery acting Exchange officer. Harmon fab oct. 15the 30th weather Squadron has announced the promotion of eight Squadron members Dur ing the past month. To staff sergeant James Holcomb and Richard n. W. Thompson weather observers at 30-2nd weather detach ment Harmon air Force base to sergeant Curtis k. Brantley and Stanley Stewart weather observers at 30-7th weather detachment North Guam air Force base and George Vaughan personnel clerk at Headquarters 30th weather. To Corporal James c. Cunningham student wid Sonde Amnion ship fight ures to show oct. 15the Marbo ional office far East com motion picture special Section has announced Iii arrival of a 21-minute film features ringside shots Phe Zale Cerdan Middle it championship fight ilm will play All the Tersi " the 35 and 16 millimetre its starting with the my theater october 21-22 16 12th air ammo squad eater october 19. Watch daily bulletin and theater ire ule for playing Date a nearest theater. Editor condemns warmongering Hart Ord conn., oct. 15 ins the editor of the Christian science Monitor Erwin d. Canhan said yester Day that the insidious As sumption that War is inevitable is the worst danger of All to world peace. Canham told a meeting of the manufacturing association of Connecticut that War is not Likely but that the Amer ican people must be prepared for any  he said that in the Long run it is the free flow of ideas that will liberate Mankind operator at 30-2nd weather detachment Harmon air Force base Jermiah t. Haley Wea ther equipment technician at Headquarters 30th weather Squadron and Arthur Schruder weather observer at 30-9th weather detachment North West Guam air Force base. General reviews Parade Christmas mail details Given All 20th air Force person Nel both military and civilian Are reminded that Christmas signal corps photo Brig. Gen. Rosswell Hardy left is shown standing nex to col. Harry Hanson chief of staff Marianas boning com Mand during a recent Parade held in general Hardy s Honor in background Are it. Col. W. H. Van Dine and col. E. Young who were on the reviewing platform. Service club schedule october 18alligator rendezvous service club truth or consequences tropical Garden service club Patio party Marbo service club 12th army band  club Bingo Parker Manor service club style show with the Kinsmen Thunderbolt service club gala quiz night Aero ser vice club five Kings and a Queen band and Palm Terrace club Charles of the  october 19tropical Garden service club Bingo Marbo service club Pool and Badminton tournament Hill toppers service club birthday party Parker Manor ser vice club Pool tournament Thunderbolt service club Spanish and music classes with Bingo Aero service club camera club meeting Alm Terrace club my sister Eileen and Alligator rendezvous service club movie. X Purchase card Marbo oct. 15offi vials of the Marbo Post Exchange said that very few people had applied for Post Exchange Purchase cards. October 25 is the deadline for obtaining the cards. If you have no card at that time you cannot buy Post Exchange merchandise. Seventh signal five leads in basketball motor transport tops Harmon league Harmon fab oct. 15 with three wins and no losses the 12th motor transport Squadron is now the league leading team in the har Mon inter Squadron softball league. The 12th is being hard pressed by the 374th Headquarters and base Squadron and the 333rd air repair Squadron nine each have a total of two wins and no losses. Also in the no loss bracket is the base officers team runners up for the recent Harmon Little world series title who scored a win in their Only try. Psychological War used by China reds Hon Kong oct. 15 up psychological warfare techniques used against the Japa Nese in world War ii Are now being used by chinese communist troops against nationalist garrisons in Man Churia the communist new China news Agency reported. The Harbin dispatch said a shouting War is being car ried on with increasing Suc Cess across some 100 Yards of no Man s land at Long encircled Changchun. It claimed that More than 10 per cent of the entire Nati Orialise Garri son came Over to the communist Side in 70 Days As a result of such tactics. The red troops also fire propaganda bomb filled with leaflets and surrender passes and Send propaganda boats filled with similar material Down the River into the heart of the nationalist held City the dispatch reported. Sat Genera Pope rings dependents 20th of oct. 15when the sat general Pope docked this week from san Francisco and Honolulu at apra Harbor it brought to Guam the dependents of 11 air Force person Nel. .-.-. At Harmon air Force base housing area the families of it. Robert veers and a sgt. Robert White will make their future Homes. Seven families will reside at North Guam air Force base housing area they Are the dependents of the follow ing officers and airmen it. John Hutchinson it. Harold w. Grace jr., it. Steven t. Fliss it. Martin Koski it. Ellis Buzan a sgt. Kenneth l. Eaton and a sgt. Theodore Johnson. The families of two airmen arrived at Northwest Guam air Force base housing area the dependents Wendell Henry Robert s. Rose. Harmon fab oct. 15in the newly formed inter Squadron basketball league the seventh signal five Are leading the pack with four wins and no losses. Other teams in the no loss bracket Are the 19th air sup ply and the 332nd air Supply with two and one wins respectively. For fourth place there is a three Way tie be tween the 12th motor 932nd engineers and the 333rd air repair Squadron. Each team has won two and lost one. The 1920th Engineer quintet has won one and lost two. To Date there Are four teams which have gathered no wins the 374th Headquarters Squadron 374th maintenance Squadron 239th medical detachment and the civil Ian squad. Of to open first  Grac Esto promotions to come to Guam is about again. The appearance of tinsel Christmas seals and tree Orna ments in Post exchanges around the Island Tell us that Christmas is near. Personnel should instruct those who will be sending gifts to comply with existing Post office regulations regarding the Early mailing of overseas Christmas gifts. Gifts to military and civilian personnel in this area should be Maziec Between october 15 and novembe15, Mai. Gen. Edward Witsell adjutant general who operates thar my s postal system announced recently Here. Gifts should be packed be Curllin Box material of Metal Wood o very Strong fiber boards. The addressee s name together with a Lis of contents should be written Ona slip of paper inside the Box this will enable delivery to be made if the outside address should be obliterated by handling. This latter address should be placed directly on the Box or wrapper and not on gummed labels Whittl May become moistened and Peel of he package. The weight limit is 70 Pound with maximum measurement o. 100 inches length and Girth combined approximately the size of a Footlocker. Greeting cards Are sent first class three cents postage and should also be mailed within the suggest period. Airmail deliveries Are expected to be handled on Norm schedules and greeting cards sent by air May be posted As late a december 1. Utilization of the above Sugges tons and directions will give More definite Assurance that Christma packages will arrive just before during the Holiday season. May extend Tours Marbo oct. 15officers, warrant officers and enlisted men who have had previous overseas Tours since december1941, May extend their pre enc tour to 24 months a ording to an announcement made today by Marbo per Onnel officers. Applications for such extensions a ill be made through Rannels and sent to g 1 Sac Ion. J 20th of oct. 15those Long awaited promotions to the first and second enlisted   grades will soon be a real Ity. The United states air Force will promote approximately 750 airmen to the Grade of master sergeant and 1,500 to the Grade to technical sergeant in equal increments during december 1948 an february 1949. The promotions Are part of an air Force plan to authorize periodic selections to top grades As an interim program pending publication of the air Man career plan which will establish Standard procedures of promotion. Quotas have been allotted to the various commands for the promotions which have been virtually Frozen in the two grades for 25 months. The promotions will be made by command Headquarters and will not be governed by tables of organization and equipment limitations. Commands designated Fol Low with quota of master sergeants and quota of tech Nical sergeants respectively after command strategic air command 100, 200 tactical air command 75, 150 military air transport service 100, 200 air training command 115, 225 air material command 50, 100 air defense command 50, 100 air University 10, 25 air proving ground command 15, 25 Headquarters command 15, 25 far East air forces,110, 225 Caribbean air com Mand 15, 25 Pacific air com Mand 10, 25 alaskan air command 60, 125 . Air forces in Europe 25, 50. Post Exchange dividend set medical dispensary to gel Extension Harmon fab oct. 15 construction of a new Exten Sion to the 239th medical dispensary at Harmon Field was announced today by the flight surgeon s office. According to present plans the building will House the sick Call office and the flight surgeon s examining Center. T will be erected on the Northeast Side of the dispel Ary facing of Street. The new addition is one of the Many projects being planned for the improvement of dispensary facilities. Marbo oct. 15the mar to Post Exchange Council yesterday declared a dividend of $24,853.82. The dividend last month was $5,285.63. A total of $176,220.29 in dividends has been declared since last september. This Money. Will be paid into welfare funds and eventually Benefit the enlisted men through the unit funds. Expenditures from unit funds May be for the Pur Chase of Day room furniture and furnishings labor saving devices such As Irons Iron ing boards washing machines  equipment not available for Issue from special services and special parties. This is the fourth largest Check to be written for this fund. Marbo Exchange Council is composed of representatives of the army and the air Force. The membership includes col. Harry Hanson col. R. C. Rockwood col. Leonard Cope land it. Col. George godding and acting Exchange officer maj. C. E. Chenery. Major Chenery declared the extra dividend was due to \ increased operating efficiency. He Hopes that Large dividends May be paid in future months and that Price reductions on luxury items May be possible. Miss Brumback is boo dockers Queen Marbo oct. 15miss Frankie Brumback was chosen queer of the Marbo tech boo dockers football team. There were four contestants or the Queen title miss Florence d. Repka Graceton pa., miss Ruth Gilbert Washngton . Miss Ann Van Foglesong North Adams mass. Miss Brumback was for Mally presented to the Public at the recent game Between the boo dockers and 20th air the boo dockers is from Cincinnati Force Queen Ohio. Of a sgt. And to sgt. Saipan football slated Saipan oct. 15saipan will be the scene of a sweat bowl football game sometime late in october or Early in november Mike Karvasales Marbo athletic director announced today. One of the two teams will probably be from the Navy and the other fro the army. V . Needs cheaper Homes says Foley Seattle oct. 15 up what this country needs is a Good $6,000 House the National association of housing officials was told yesterday. Raymond m. Foley Federal housing and Home finance administrator told 800 delegates to the association s 15th annual convention that the Market for new houses at present High prices is reaching its limit. He said the housing Industry must produce lower Cost hous ing or face a sudden falling off in Home construction.  poor. Ignorant a fetches ill be was Fulop the Chance to a Wmk 16 hours a Day. 7 Days a  6700 a week. Nerve Mev to heard of anything better and Cir Ter Mufu. Of Jeves i l Abner How would Vou like to earn ?7-00 a Weik a did to Sav 87.oo to Oest Oak. Week s go thet a oujda bin a tremendous Fok Khoon a. Steve Canyon topical Eye hazards told by am Public health official is one of a. Series of information articles prepared by the department of Public health on Guam of us appreciate the Gly wonderful mechanism we have in our eyes. We Fetke extra Good care of our expensive cameras and Light Aneter and then deliberately neglect and abuse our eyes which Are infinitely More de Loisate and Complex. Workmen frequently Are blinded simply because it was too much trouble to put on goggles when working at Chipping welding Etc. Most of us never a junk of protecting our eyes Evhen sunbathing and Deli Jfe brately do our Reading and writing " in what we know is improper Light the tropics present several special hazards for our eyes commonest of these Are intense Glare from the tropical Sun and Coral  eyes of various people react differently to the Sun s Glare. In general people with dark complexions have less trouble than natural  usual symptoms of continuous exposure to Sun Glare Are headache pain and tenderness in the eyes and a Gen eral sense of fatigue. Everyone particularly those who have Little natural pig ment in their skin should protect their eyes from the Glare of the Bright Sun by using tinted glasses. These glasses should be of Good Quality should be larger than Ordinary Reading glasses and should be sufficiently tinted to give the eyes a feeling of relaxation in Bright sunlight without inter Fering with one s vision. Glas ses that have a slight greenish color Are considered the most satisfactory the Fine Coral dust that is prevalent in some areas on Guam is an unusual Hazard for unprotected eyes because the tiny particles Are quite Sharp. This dust May cause a Sensa Tion varying from itching to burning  on the amount of unprotected exposure. The surface of the Eye May become quite reddened. Rubbing the Eye should be avoided As it will cause further irritation. The Eye s natural protective processes such As blinking and the continuous tear Bath tend to help but nightly bathing with an Eye Wash is advisable for Good Eye health. The commercial Eye washes Are Good but a homemade solution of one teaspoonful each of table Salt and boric acid powder in a quart of water makes an excellent substitute. If this does not give prompt Relief medical Aid should be sought. Wise people will protect their eyes in every possible Way