THE NEBRASKAN
Friday, March 10, 1944
Army
News
Editors
Pfc. Bill Chisolin TfcBill Calkins
Bond Sales Exceed
Quota 15 Per Cent
Going over its quota by a hand
some 15 percent, Nebraska's ASTP A CT 1?,,,
made caah sales of $27,101.65U.O X ItCod L
Movie Starlet
Wins Contest
Queen of the Air Corps detach
ment Is Pat Bernard, golden
haired, Grable-like wife of AS
Fred Bernard of Class 14. Winner
of the recent contest among air
corps men, Tat is 23 and comes
I from Hollywood, Calif. She Is
5 foot 5, weighs 119 pounds, and
is a starlet at the 20th Century
Fox studios in Hollywood.
The aviation cadets contributed
pictures of their best girls, wives
and sisters last month, to choose
the sweetheart of the 348th. The
winner has been married to Cadet
Bernard for five years, and they
have a three and one-half year
old son. The couple met in the
seventh grade of a Tucson, Ariz,
public school.
348TII QUEEN
re
worth of war bonds in the
cently concluded fourth war loan
drive, according to final reports
from Col. James P. Murphy, com
manding officer. The unit's quota
was based on the purchase of at
least one $18.75 bond by each man
over and- above any regular pay
roll bond allotments.
During the drive's last two week
period the enlisted cadre led all
other groups in the purchase of
bonds, taking $900, followed by
sales to civilian employees in the
unit of $425. Trainee units bought
bonds as follows: Co. A, $123.50;
Co. B, $281.25; Co. C, $206.25;
Field House, $243.75. The officers
purchased $300 in bonds.
Officers Lead Buyers.
Overall figures for the entire
drive, which lasted two months
show the officers leading the pa
rade of bond buyers with sales
of $8,343.50 to their credit. Among
the AST students Company
rated tops, purchasing $5,789.40
in war bonds, with B Company
right on its heels with $5,362.00
The enlisted men in the cadre
came through with total purchases
of $2,311.25. Company A contrib
uted $1,755.75, the Field House
bought $1,687.50 in bonds, and the
STARs on ag purchased $849.50.
AST civilian employees subscribed
102 percent over their quota with
total sales of $1,002.50 worth of
bonds.
In the regular picking of lucky
bond winners at payday Robert V.
Deich, John B. Murray and Jack
M. Zeigler won $25 bonds in Com
pany A. Winners from Company
a were Charles A. Kantrowski,
Don W. Lange, William R. Miller
and William F. Schmid. Receiving
bonds in C Company were Vernon
Forkner and Dean T. Mace. Lloyd
ti. wnitney won 513 in war
stamps.
Captain Adams
Sent for Duty
To Camp Cooke
Capt. Robert E. Adams has
been transferred to Camp Cooke,
Calif., Col. James P. Murphy, UN
military commandant, disclosed
yesterday. Captain Adams occu
pied the post of battalion com
mander of the STAR battalion on
ag campus prior to his transfer.
Assigned to the university in
September, 1942, the captain Was
graduated from Nebraska in 1941
and was commissioned second lieu
tenant from the Advanced ROTC
course.
Uncertain Now
Another crop of AST and Naval
V-12 reserves will be selected this
month on the basis of a qualifying
test to be given on March 15 all
over the country. Definite plans
as to whether or not this will in
crease the number of ASTR men
on the Nebraska campus, have not
yet been announced, according to
Col. James P. Murphy, UN army
commandant.
The extended program is de
signed for boys who will be. high
school graduates by July 1. The
training will consist of a short
term specialized System which will
prepare, the pre-induction age stu
dents for their future jobs in the
army and navy. The men accepted
for the course, after passing the
qualifying and physical tests, will
be sent to college at government
expense, and will draw pay and
wear army or navy uniforms.
May Number 100,000.
There aie, at present, 2,800 men
enrolled in the prorgam but the
number may go as high as 100,000,
educators said. The courses
planned on are applied sciences,
chemical and biological sciences
preparatory to advanced medical
and dental studies, mathematics
and physics. A limited number
will specialize in foreign lan
guages.
The men who pass the tests,
may choose either the army or
navy training. Those In the navy
will be enlisted in the V-12 pro
gram and get the same college
training as those units now do
the course is designed to provide
officers, and is divided into 16
week terms.
The men whose choice is the
army who are less than 17 years
9 months old on July 1, 'may ex
pect at least six months of college
work before being called to active
duty, and those less than 17 years
6 months on July 1 may expect
nine months of college training.
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PAT BERNARD.
Union Holds Danre Sat.
Second Union-Army dance this
month will be held tomorrow night
in the Union Ballroom from 9 to
12. The AST band will play, and
refreshments will be served. Lin-
colnettes will be on hand to dance
with stags.
AST Chorus
Makes Debut
Sunday at 3
Thlrtyeight members of the N
bra.sk a ASP unit will present a
chorus concert in the Union ball
room Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m,,
under the direction of Pvt. Donald
Smith.
The chorus wbi organized under
the advice of Sgt. Dayton Smith,
formerly of the Nebraska school
of music staff. The chorus mem
bers are all volunteers and prac
tices are scheduled during leisure
time. .
Private Donald Frey is soloist
with the chorus, and Private Smith
and Pvt. R. T. Henry, accompanist,
will present a group of piano solos.
The program is as follows:
Adoramua Te Christ: Palottrlna; Break
Forth O Brauteuun Hravrnly KlKht; My
Chonen KinK la Chrlil the Lord; Bach;
A. 8. T. Chorua.
lH TprraHMC den Audience Du Claire d
I.une: lh'lmssy; bchtrzo 0u 39: Choptni
Donald A. Smith, piamat.
Ianlal.'hting: GrlK; A. S. T. Chonut
Donald R. Krey, aoloiat.
Impromptu In F: Chopin; Dance: Henryi
Rohrrt T. Henry, planlM.
Soldlera of oKrtunt: Romberg; Ye Bank
and Rrarn O'Bnnny Doon: rr. by Vonrlrhi
I Love a rarade: Arlen; A. a. T. Ciionia.
Union-Army
DANCE
Eddie
Garner's
BAND
and Refreshment?
9 to 12
Sat., March 11
Come Alone or
With a Date
Union Ballroom
SATURDAY, MARCH 11th
J'
JACK ROSS
and his Orchestra
Fast Bus Service from 10th & O Sts.
Dane
9 to
ing S HYTVj Comforto,,e
1 j iLAjJs AJj Booths
Admission 55c Tax Included
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