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However, we did see the show of one of
the popular New York nights clubs, which
made us appreciate again, as though we'd
forgotten, how lovely were American girls.
Other shows also made frequent appear-
ances.
We received occasional passes to towns.
These were usually small, smelly and not
particularly impressive. The merchant's
impression was that the G. I. was a sucker
and we were treated that way. The fault
for the extremely extravagant costs of
every item, including food, was not en-
tirely that of the native population but
partially that of the Army, which arbi-
trarily put an exchange value of 2 cents
upon the French franc. It ":as actually
worth 1 cent in American currency, and
the French gladly sold 100-franc notes for
$1.00 in American money to fellows who
risked selling dollars.
Many of the small southern French
towns were ancient and historical but
hardly modern in any fashion. The par-
ticular division handling the staging area
provided a large USO center and also
movies in many of the towns. There were
also bull-fights (which I did not see) and
some horse races. I saw a horse race and
jackass race as guest of the governor of
the entire area. I met him" in an odd
fashion. While hunting for a Jewish res-
ident, I was told to see him. I did so and
he said that he had been born a Jew but
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for many years had believed in nothing.
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He had no faith. However, he was
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friendly and though we had difficulty
understanding each other, since he spoke
no English and I spoke no French, we did
manage to feebly comprehend each other's
slight and awkward German. I went .to
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the races with this lawyer-governor and
NOVEMBER his pretty niece. There were some carni-
1945
vals in town to which he invited me but
since his niece was too young for much
social activity-especially with a soldier-
I preferred to seek my entertainment in
the usual lone-wolf, prowling fashion.
We stayed in Southern France for over
a month and then "parteed" for our ship.
We have now been on board for over six
weeks, during which we had only 14 hours
on land. This was at a wonderful Army
camp in Panama, where t4ere were more
facilities than anywhere I've ever seen.
Huge PX's sold absolutely everything any-
one could desire. There were wooden
barracks with real showers and beds with
sheets and pillows. The American women
of the town came out to act as hostesses
and provided us with sandwiches, coffee
and cokes. There was a huge movie house
where I saw Danny Kaye's latest film.
The camp complement provided a stage
show and the band played for the dance
which followed. Then following this en-
tertaining evening we received our mail.
That final event was the climax of a won-
derful evening. The next morning we re-
sumed our trip, having moved from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Thus far the only
difference that I've seen in this ocean is
that we are still under black-out condi-
tions whereas we were not so restricted in
the Atlantic. The weather is only dif-
ferent in that it rains more frequently than
it did in the Atlantic and often with no
warning at all.
The evening before last we had "Rosh
Hashana" or Jewish New Year services on
board conducted by an EM, since there is
no chaplain of any faith on board. I hope
that before the end of the period of
prayer, which will be in about eight days,
we will be on land. That would give me
and about four other fellows on board the
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Warming up for post-war sales as Wurlitzer distributor Leonard Sheehan, manager of Wis-
consin-Simplex, Milwaukee, tossed a housewarming for fop Wurlitzer sales executives, other
distributors and music merchants. Shown at the firm's new headquarters are left to right, Larry
L. Cooper, district manager; Frank Garnett, co-owner of Chicqgo Simplex Distributing Co.;
Gordon 8. Sutton, assistant general safes manager; Sheehan, seated; M. G. Hammergren, gen-
eral sales manager; Alvin J. Goldberg, partner in Chicago Simplex; Ed R. Wurgler, assistant
general sales manager; M.A. Bartels, general service manager. All except Garnett, Sheehan and ·
Goldberg are Wurlitzer officials.
unique record of having spent three suc-
cessive New Year services in three differ-
ent parts of the world. Two rears ago
( and I hope agaiJJ. next year) we were in
the States, last year we conducted services
on board a ship in the English channel
and the final services over a camp fire in
Normandy, France, and this year we again
conducted services on board a ship, but
this time in Asia. I've become quite a
tourist, you notice.
Well, that's all about the past few
months.
What about the future? Frankly, Mr.
Blackford, I'm a bit uncertain. I will, of
course, return to my job at Raymond
Rosen & Co., Philadelphia, where I'd been
promotion manager for their Victor and
Bluebird records and RCA-Victor record
departments. I don't know, though, what
changes the past three years in the Army
have made in me or what conditions exist
after three years there. Perhaps I and
conditions will be unchanged and I'll fit
smoothly back into the groove again. I
don't know. Only time will tell. Right
now I'm just looking forward to going
home, which • may happen anywhere in
from four to eight months.
Let me hear from you and learn what's
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