PAGE EIGHT THIr lt4lVUtV-AV "AlrlrV klmvnAv -WAV I't llakl ____________________________________________.[lJj j V1Ju 11 1j a AINJ1Tt I/III AA A t .aT LA I1%t7I 4 klIVJO~3AX, NV V *14, 19413 a Soldiers May En Army Asks Suggestions To Save Men, Materals Officers, Enlisted Men, Civilians in Sixth Service Command May Submit Ideas ter 'Think to Khaki Jam Ense Win' Contest Lures Crowd The Sixth Service Command is attempting to save men, money, mater- ial and time through a "Think to Win" program, being carried on among War Department personnel in this service command, entries for which must be submitted before Sunday, Nov 21. The purpose of this contest is to save the four vital commodities men- tioned above so that American soldiers who are fighting all over the world will have what they need, whei'e they need it, when they need it. Any officer, enlisted man or civilian in the War Department personnel of the Sixth Service Command may send in as many suggestions as he can and it has been urged by the Service Command that all men participate and send in as many suggestions as they can. Increases in Rank Enlisted' personnel whose suggestions are considered best will be increased in rank, or, if they are no longer in the Sixth Service Command, letters of commendation will be sent to their Commanding Officers. The Legion of Merit will be given - --- to those persons whose suggestions Suggestions need not conform to warrant it. existing Army Regulations, Cir- Officers whose suggestions win will culars, Directitves, etc. The Army receive the same rewards as enlisted Service Forces and War Department men, that is they will be raised in are willing to change existing regu- rank, lations to meet practical suggestions on the field. Working on the assumption that every soldier has said to himself many times, "If this job were only done a different way, what a saving there would be 1," the Sixth Service Command is attempting to get sug- gestions of this sort which will bring about savings either of men, money, material or time. Suggestions will be judged by one yardstick only - "WILL THEY WORK?". The Service Command wants many suggestions from every man and the more suggestions a person hands in the better chance he has of winning. Blanks Available Men wishing to enter the contest should obtain White Suggestion Blanks (Form No. 1) from their Commanding Officer. Suggestions' are to be submitted by completing one of these four sentences: The Army can save Men by: The Army can save Material by: The Army, can save Money by: The Army can save Time by:.. Each suggestion must be sentin on a separate blank and the claim checks of the suggestion blanks be retained by the soldier as winners will be announced by number. The blank should be folded, sealed nd c ropped into any regular U. S. mail box,'and on the same day that e suggestion is mailed, the soldier inuist register tle serial number with his Commanding Officer. First Army ASTP Men Graduated, Pfc. Andrew Hawthorne and Pfc. George Bachman, first engineering graduates of Co. E have been as- signed to Canmp Sibert, Ala., where they are attached to the Chemical Warfare Service Unit Training Cen- ter, Both men, along with Pfc. George Van Gils, left the campus Nov. 8. Hawthorne and Bachman were charter members of the campus ASTP unit and graduated in advanced chemical engineering. They were graduated before the other men in Co. E because of their enrollment in civilian classes, in which they studied subjects not curr.ently offered under the regular AST program. r Company G By PFC. CULVER JONES Pfc Casimir Zarzecic1, medical sen- ior, has added a course in memory development to his already crowded schedule at University Hospital. Be- tween semesters Zarzecki travelled all the way to Boston to see a friend and completely forgot her name when he arrived there. Fortunately he had it tucked away in his address book. *1 * * . Pfc John Baker, medical freshman, is the newest member of the small international set in Co. G. John was born in Barcelona, Spain, and has spent most of his life in Europe. Af- ter his childhood in Barcelona and Madrid, he went to school in England for three years and spent another three years in school at Paris. The company's most accomplished lin- guist, his home is now in Summit, N.J. John reached America before war began. His father, manager of a large American telephone company in Hungary and Jugoslavia, remained in Belgrade during the German occu- pation and rejoined his family after a thrilling flight through Turkey, Egypt, and South Africa. Eight seniors at Victor Vaughan have already been selected for in- terneships at University Hospital next year. Those receiving medical interneships are Pfc Gerry O'Sulli- van and Pfc Gerald Drake. Surgery interneships went to Pfc Bob Taylor, Pfc John Orbaugh, Pfc Bob Juzek, Pf c Reed Cramer, Pfc Bob Lam, and Pfc Casimir Zarzecki. A candidate for the British army when he finishes medical school here is-George Raymond Carr, just arrived from Manchester, England. One of 25 English medical students selected this year by the Rockefeller Foundation to complete their medi- cal education in America, Carr has entered the sophomore class. He re- ports his trip over as uneventful ex- cept for one enemy torpedo which ripped through a ship in the convoy. GOOD HOT JAZZ! Company D's Philharmonic' Tops Poll for Jam Session -Daily Photo by Cpl. R. L. Lewin, 3651st S.U., Co. A It is not unusual for the Army's newest jam combination to lure a crowd to the Greene House lounge where the boys swing out. Dick Lim is the lad seated at the left, strumming on his electric guitar. "Trumpet man" Nick Casciano blows a sweet note while Eddie Edsell keeps the beat going at the drums. Bill Wheatley is the soldier concentrating on the ba ss and Dick Thomes is at the piano. Casciano and Wheatley are from Co. E, the others from D. From. a few fellows all interested in the same style of music the outfit has developed into a smooth-running and very popular band. Company D lounge lizards have been treated to some real entertain- ment in the way of jazz music in the last three weeks. Supplanting the monotonous drone of, the G.I. grinds with the insistent beat of "le jazz hot," the Company D Philharmonic has become a number one priority on the military entertainment list. Organized by the pianist, Pfc. Ri- chard Thomas, Princeton '43, the group, which specializes in the so- called "jam" style, boasts an unusual array of talent and experience. Tho- mas played with the "Princeton Ti- gers" in New York and Westchester. He has gained excellent "jam" ex- perience "sitting -in" with such jazz celebrities as J. C. Higginbotham and Lt. Miller Leaves Campus For Duties at New Post Lt. Wilbur Miller, formerly of Co. E, has left the campus to assume his new duties in Fresno, California. Characterizing Lt. Miller as "a hard- working and well-liked" officer, the wives and friends of the post gave him a traveling bag, a jewelry case, and a wallet. The gifts were present- ed to him by Pfc. Tom Dillon at the Thursday afternoon formation. Lt. Miller complimented the men on their cooperation and predicted swift progress for them. Lt. Miller received his B.S. degree from Northwestern University and worked for a while as assistant man- ager of a Chicago firm. He graduated from Officer Candidate School at Gainesville, Fla. in February. Red Allen, at the "Village Vanguard" and other Greenwich Village haunts. Experienced Drummer Another participant in the famous pre-war jam sesions in "The Village" was the drummer of the new outfit, Pfc. Ralph Edsell Jr., Cornell '45, who finished his basic training in the Cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas. Ed- sell's experience in jazz has been picked up in sessions with Red Allen, Bobby Hackett, Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins, in those two ren- dez-vous of jazz-men, "Nick's" and "the Place." While at Cornell, Ed- sell and his drums held down a long spot with Hal Hazen and his orches- tra. The beautiful guitar choruses which have been the feature of the outfit's playing, have come from the big guitar of little Pfc. Richard Lim, U. of Southern Cal '43. Lim has been playing the guitar professionally for the past seven years, with such band- leaders as Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich and Will Osborne. and has appeared at the Hollywood Canteen, the Bilt- more Bowl, the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador in New York, and the Breezy Point Lodge in Minneso- ta. A pupil of the renowned George Van Epps, Pfc. Lim has sat in with many of the men of Duke Ellington's band. Michigan Man on Bass Two Company E men round out the five-some, Pvt. Nick Casciano, R.P.I. '44, on the trumpet, and Pvt. William Wheatley, U. of Mich. '45, on the bass. Casciano got his jazz training in the Dick Shannon band and in various "jam" outfits. He has played with many of Benny Good- men's men. Wheatley, an Ann Arbor man, has played bass with the Bill Sawyer band and with Clark McMel- lan. The band, which has kept itself so far within the confines of the East Quad, expects to play at local U.S.O. and campus dances soon. Several local broadcasts are being planned. In the meantime, it will continue to make its evening appearances be- fore the men of East Quad. Company BA By WILLIAM MATTHEWS It seems that due to circumstances beyond my control. . . this column will appear as scheduled. The chatterboxes of this great Company are CadetsBobgChiassion and Bob Green ... strange ... two out of a hundred and four ... always talking ... The Co.'s number one wolves . namely Cadets Bud Tiechert and Jim Dittmer .. *manage to be at Drake's between 10:00 and 10:59 ... Howling .and howling. Cadet First Sergeant Musson . yells, "Fall in," at 6:10 in the morn- ing ... but some day he won't .-. Strange things happen you know ..*, Cadet Sgt. McNeil ... when marching his platoon on campus assumes the rank of a four-star general, but his. men love it! Room 33 has of all things . . , a house mother . . . Cadet "Mommy" Jerry Godar . . . just before "lights. out" . . . he goes around to each Cadet and tucks him in . . . turns out 11 Company C By P.F.C. DAVID LINDSEY Snooping through the Halls of Fletcher and Fraternity Row brings to the eyes of the interested some tasty tidbits past . . . present . . and future . . . The 2nd Platoon is mourning the passing of Cpl. Freddie (I'mrunning for a 4th term) Ronkin, who is finally being replaced as pla- toon sergeant . . . Rumor has it that Pfc. Kulikowski is being groomed as successor . . . When Sgt. Morris Blitz, former Boston College All-Am- erican, takes on all comers in hand- ball, he's a tough cookie to beat ... Cpl. Leo Lamm says he's just the guy who can do it, too-.. Have you noticed . . . Sgt. John Proctor and Pfc. George Schoot slip- ping off for their afternoon tea ev- ery day about 5? They say it's a blond at Kresge's. When Sgt. Pete Kuhn announced his engagement re- cently, the story led off: "Sgt. Kuhn is the daughter of . . (need we go further?) . . . The law firm of Gar- ten, Pinansky and Kulikowski is open for business . .. They're all Harvard men, boys, so advice is dear . . . We wonder how Carl Schuler is carrying on by this time; his Milwaukee Brew- ers didn't win the Playoffs . . . Be- lieve it or not, it broke his heart. Sgt. Robert Paulsen is the latest newlywed to bring his really charm- ing wife to Ann Arbor. . . He's got a lot of envious buddies . . . Pfc. Jim Ball has decided his music career will work in nicely, since that cute gal he met is an excellent pianist. . . we wonder if Cpl. Brumby Moore has lost his memory . . . when it comes to forgetting professor's names after having them in class for four months . Have you noticed that shark, Pfc. Alpern, at the pool table of an afternoon? T/5 Hyman Wolotsky's art work at the 11 o'clock class had the boys holding their breath for a while last week . . . What a let down Cpl.. . . Honors for the smoothest looker of the Company go to Cpl. Mankonen . but he doesn't know it . . . Cpl. Olson of the 3rd Platoon disconcerts the entire Company in the breakfast march by his loud but inaccurate ca- dence . .. We miss Pfc. Bentley's rendez-vous with that cute blonde at the Union . . . We imagine he's car- rying on . . . somehow. The two MacCauleys (one is spelled McCauley) have led to more mixups . we dasn't say more . . . but it's very confusin' if not amusin' to the two concerned. Company E I have studied mathematics and the laws of kinematics And the theories of Ohm, and Kirch- koff's Laws; And I learned about resistance and capacitive reactance, And the Whys and Whens of their result and cause. I could figure out inductance, and understand ,reluctance, (Or anyway, at least I thought I could!) But now I'm learning why each E.E. heaves a sigh When confronted by the text of Mr. Atwood. It has logs and exponentials, and partial differentials, Company G Organizes Top Basketball Five Former 'U' Team Members Will Lead Squad to Victories A powerful basketball squad which hopes to sweep the season's intra- murals will be lauched this week by Co. G at Victor Vaughan House. Pfc. Leo Doyle, ex-captain of Michigan's team, and Pfc. Morris Bikoff, who delighted Michigan's fans last year with his one-handed push shots from mid-court, will lead the all-star crew from the medical and dental schools. Tentative plans have already been made for games with Michigan and the University of Detroit, as well as with other army units on campus. Pfc. Bob Kolesar, football guard through four brilliant years at the stadium, has turned out for Co. G with a sharp gasket eye and has done much of the organization work for the new squad. Others who are practicing are Pfc. Dick Walker, former captain of the Kalamazoo College team; Pfc. Ed Chandler, who played at Albion; Pfc Sig Zawacki, from the University of Detroit's team; Pfc. Bill Tappan, football captain at Hope College, and Pfc. Frank Barrett, who played for Creighton. Six-Six Center Pfc. Tom Jones, six feet six inches tall, will probably play center. Oth- er members of the squad are Pfc. Clarence Dehaan, Pfc. Bill O'Dell, Pfc. Joe Picard, and Pfc. Clayton Konas, who formerly played for Hillsdale. If the Michigan game materializes, Doyle and Bikoff will be playing against some of their former team- mates. Dates for a full winter's schedule are now being arranged, and regular practice began last week at Waterman Gym. By PVT. ROBERT J. HOLMES We don't mind Pvts. Joe Noto and Dick Dambrowski parading about the halls (of the fourth platoon's house) garbed in their G.L. Long Johns and fatigue hats, but when both these six footers go into a song and dance routine-brother tlat's too much! Two big tears rolled down our chubby little cheeks the other day. Pvt. Johnny Abbott told us that there are girls-real live girls-in his Chem. Lab. And what have we in our Chem. Lab.-soldiers, soldiers, nothing but soldiers. Pvt. Paul (Ogden Nash) Evans has come up with this dilly: Dear little Miss of Mich, Here is a soldier's wish;, Don't glare when you pass,. But smile, my lass , 'Causewe think you're simply de- lish!' That's all folks. Company D By P.F.C. BARNEY SCHWARTZ Do you know that-Pfc. Henry Hall shaved oft his red moustache because he frightened one of his pro- fessors and several little children. Pfc. Frank Cosby thinks the fourth squad marches the best (And why not? He's the squad sergeant!) Pfc. Donald Hirsch has a secret sweet- heart named "Dooky" Weeks (lucky Donald, the citronella fella). Pfc. Bernard Schutz meets his wife, who works at Health Service, at noon every day (trusting woman?) Pfc. Morris Lifshitz has his clothes made by Omar, the Tent Man. Pfc. Ralph Spielman became conscience- stricken last Friday afternoon and will spend his week-end in Ann Ar- bor (not according to plan). Pfc. Werner Janssen keeps his Saturday night vigil at the P. Bell with a cer- tain blonde (gentlemen still prefer blondes?) Pvt. Morton Schussheim is pres- ently hospitalized because of a torn ligament (It happened while wrest- ling and not at the Arboretum as rumored). S/Sgt. Henry Schneide- wind, former radio announcer on a prominent radio station in Detroit, is married to a lovely Detroit school teacher (Sorry, girls). M/Sgt. Baldone's hair (or what's left of it) stopped turning grey when his wife (a southern belle) arrived on campus, and Michigan's football team has been winning by wide mar- gins. Cpl. Pete Jacobi (bragging): I'm a West Pointer. Pfc. Al Guerrard (sarcastically): You look like a Spanish cocker to, Ime. Pfc. Kenneth Pierson: I hear your uncle got kicked out of the Army. Is it true? Pfc. Jimmy Rhind: Yes, he got kicked out for taking a furlong. Pfc. Pierson (stroking his mous- Sunday Military Page w The Sunday Army page Is written by and for the enlisted Army personnel stationed on the University of Michigan campus. All opinions expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors and should not be construed as representiag the policy or opinions of either the War Department or the commandants of the Army units located here. STAFF Editor-in-Chief: Pfc. Lazar Emanuel Manag. Editor: Pfc. Stanley Krenitz Company Representatives Co. A ....T-5 Raymond Gage, T-5 Jason Hone Co. B..............Pvt. Richard Wolf ASTPR...............William Matthews Co. C ....Pfc. David Lindsey, Pfc. Thomas Pattison Co. D ..............Pfc. Barney Schwartz Co. E ....Pvt. Delore Williams, Pvt. Joseph O'Conner Co. P ....Pvt. Melvin J. Berman, Pt. Rob- ert J. Holmes Co. G ..Pfc. Culver Jones, Pfc. Max Raabe We Students.. . We servicemen on this campus have a dual position: we are soldiers first and always, but we are also stu- dents of the University. Too many of us have failed to realize that. When we first arrived here, it was impress- ed upon us that we should feel obli- gated to take part in the normal campus activities, to fill the places left by those Michigan men whoare now in uniform. with us. We were urged toapply for the publications, for the various choral units, for the band. The number of men who haVe ap. plied is far too small. We have soyfr failed to see that our services aze badly needed, that, being a large 'yw- tion of the campus population, we ought logically to play a large Pait in its affairs. We like to think that in the pub- lication of this military page we have proved that it is possible for us' to combine our studies, however exten- sive they may be, with work on thie campus. Many of us have worked on this .page all this week. The result may not be quite what we anticiljat- ed, sbut we shall be satisfied if we have stimulated interest. The military authorities on the campus are heartily in favor of our participation in campus affairs. They are anxious to have us give to the University in return for the great deal we are getting. They are anxious to have us pitch in as only soldier- students can. LE. 'Think To di' Wercommend the attention of the soldiers -on the campus to the details of the "Win A Chevron" contest. The Sixth Service Command calls it the "Think To Wit" contest, but let's call a spade a spade, And while we're being candid, let's remember that the Army rising time is and will continue to be in the neighborhood of 6 a.m.; that ser- geants will continue to be obeyed; and that there is no indication from Washington that mixed drinks are to be served in orderly rooms. In plain- er words, the Sixth Service Command is eager to learn how to conserve men, money, material, and time, and it is extremely doubtful that the above suggestions, regardless of how much joiede vivre they may inject into the scheme of things, will receive more than a passing snarl from the judges. But it's a good contest and a dem- ocratic one and it' should enlist our enthusiasm. Because of the method to be employed in submitting ideas, it is clear that the grade of the man or his particular job in the Army mill not be factors in theselection of the winner. Furthermore there is every reason to believe that from the large number of men in the Sixth Service Command there will flow hundreds of excellent ideas, and any one of them might be the answer the Army is looking for. The contest adds up, it seems to us, to a wonderful opportunity for a soldier to make a very real contribu- tion to the speeding of victory. Then there is the Legion of Merit and, oh yes, that elusive chevron. --S.K; THE MICHIGAN DAILY SERVICE EDITION __ Wolverine hero was flying, and the accident occurred. * * * WOLVERINE BASKET- |ALL coaches are pleased that Dave Strack will be in the starting lineup. They had reason to smile, for last year Strack was voted Michigan's most val- uable player. The basket- ball picture looked great. Even Strack was enthusi- astic over the team's chan- ces for a successful season. Their first game will be Dec. 4. Bill Barclay, assis- tant coach, confirmed his enthusiasm; said the kinks in the team's play are be- ing ironed out. The pres- ent squad, composed of 21 men, includes 10 freshmen who will be trained to car- ry the burden when the more experienced players, those Navy men, leave. * * * COACH COURTRIGHT has high hopes too-for the wrestling team. Two lettermen are back, John- ny Greene, heavyweight, and Bob Allen, 165 pound- er, who, it seems, will bol- ster the team. It is also possible that Jim Galles, former Michigan 175 - lb. Conference champion, will civilians and servicemen stationed here have been calling him. He estimates that there will not be the usual shortage of material. GUNNER, a little brown dog, has been the unoffic- ial mascot of the V-12 unit on campus for over two months now. He runs a- round on the field between halves at every home foot- ball game. Every night he is locked out of the quad- rangle; but every morning he is found inside. Navy officials just can'tnfigure out how he gets in. On campus Gunner will follow only Navy men and also spends some time at the athletics building. But at chow time he's back at the quadrangle. *$ *: * A "LIGHTS OUT" pro- gram was suddenly an- nounced to women stud- ents Tuesday. Under this plan"lights would be turn- ed off in women's dorms, league houses and sorori- ties at 11:30 p.m. The pro- gram was passed by Pan- Hellenic and Assembly and approved by the Women's War Council and will be save light bulbs." But Uni- versity women were not, on the whole, happy about the plan. The plan should-, n't, couldn't and wouldn't be successful, they said. They resented not having had a voice in the plan be- fore it was passed. They suggested that they are now old enough to decide themselves when they will go to bed. Said one girl, "Many of us chose the University of Michigan be- cause it lacked the regi- mentation of smaller col- leges. Having lights out at a certain time would be a definite step toward that regimentation." Some con- sidered moving into room- ing houses if the plan is strictly enforced. * * * THE PARROT, student "hangout" was closed tem- porarily because it failed to meet the sanitary re- quirements of the Health Department. Mr. Dick, proprietor of the Parrot, said, "We will try to make the restaurant the cleanest one in Ann Arbor. At the present time we have 30,000 paper cups on order. We will guarantee com- plete sanitation in all soldiers could. wondered how he THE SIXTH SERVICE COMMAND started a "Think To Win" program to save men, money, ma- terial and time. All offi- ers, enlisted men and ci- vilians in the Sixth Service Command personnel may enter the contest which ends Nov. 21. Promotions will be made to officers and enlisted men whose suggestions are judged best and civilians who win will be awarded war bonds. THE UNIVERSITY went over the top in its War Chest drive. Friday it was announced that $20,739 had been turned in to- ward the University drive. Servicemen helped having given over $800. THE WOLVERINE foot- ball team won an easy vic- tory, 27 to 0, over the Wis- consin Badgers yesterday. This keeps Michigan even with Purdue in the West- ern Conference football race. Each has five vic- tories . . . 15,000 spectators. sat in the cold and watch- ed the Michigan team trap