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12
FO R
MARCH
1944
hoOt meal and mail call, the fight loOses its
pugnaci.ous appeal and events settle d.own
toO n.ormal-or as n.ormal as they'll ever get
ar.ound here.
Even fell.ows .on the same shift frequently
clash .on matters .of ventilati.on and tempera-
ture. S.ome like 'em hoOt; s.ome like 'em
c.old.
The big news event .of the m.onth was the
fire in the tent adj.oining .our hut. It .oc-
cUlTed during a "medium Williwaw." Sn.ow
had practically c.overed the t.op .of the tent.
It was sifting f1.our-like thr.ough the crevices
and d.o.orway. A leak in the .oil heater
started the c.onflagrati.on. Occupants st.o.od
ar.ound, stricken with the tragedy .of it all,
while the b.oards and RoOme (we are hoOp-
ing) burned.
A stalwart fr.om .out" ab.ode saved the day
by a brilliant maneuver. He sh.oveled sn.ow
.on the blaze and became a hero. The tent,
h.owever, was wh.olly h.oley and had toO be
aband.oned in the face .of str.ong f.orces .of
Nature which attacked furi.ously.
THE REVIEW is arriving safely, but due to
.omissi.on .of my APO number, coo pies are
det.oured toO the Seattle .ofTice bef.ore starting
.on the l.ong trek.
Perhaps y.ou w.ould be interested in THE
REVIEW'S debut here. Well, I was singing
the Ch.ow Line Blues during Mail Call. The
c.opy was handed me, and with a half d.ozen
d.ogfaces l.o.oking .over my sh.oulder (ah, Pri-
vacy, what ferv.or I will w.o.o y.ou with when
I unkhaki), I slipped .off the wrapper. At
sight .of the fr.ont coOver picture, there
s.ounded a ch.orus .of l.ow whistles and un-
printable remarks. I l.o.oked up briefly, then
d.own at the magazine. But the magazine
wasn't there because s.ome snatcher was
drinking in the coOver. It received eye-awed
circulati.on as it leapt fr.om hand toO hand .
Then a lad ventured toO l.o.ok inside. Dis-
app.ointment welled up because instead .of
.other girlie whirlies, there was .only the c.old
metal .of machines.
Thus ended TilE REVIEW'S debut in the
unsun-kissed Aleutians. It was strictly an
anti-climax foOl' the b.oys but just like ~
breath .of air fr.om h.ome foOl' y.our c.or-
l·esp.ondent.
Y.ou've heard President R.o.osevelt's sum-
mary .of the war and y.ou've heard predic-
ti.ons and recapitulati.ons fr.om General
MacArthur, Admirals Halsey and King,
General Arn.old, and .other high-rankers.
N.ow coOmes this terse c.omment from Private
McJerk, the Aleutian Rambler, wh.o has dug
f.oxh.oles, p.ost h.oles, .out h.ouses, garbage
dumps, hut h.oles. Says McJerk: "The
identity .of the secret weap.on has at last
been disc.overed. It's the sh.ovel."
Y .ours f.or Vict.ory in '44,
Cpl. Louis Kamo/sky
1943 Cig Tax Terrific
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Treasury
Department has revealed that stamp taxes
were paid .on 257,737,998,000 small cigar-
ettes during the calendar year .of 1943,
which c.ompares with 235,838,696,675 in
1942. Manufacturing .of large cigarettes
(king size) r.ose fr.om 2,559,483 in 1942
toO 5,842,834 in 1943 .
Declines were registered .on cigar pr.o-
ducti.on. Tax was paid .on .only 5,222,558,-
636 as c.ompared with a pr.oducti.on .of 6,-
250,873,642 the year bef.ore, f.or large ci-
gars. Small cigars shrank fr.om 132,783,-
605 in 1942 toO 127,869,437 in 1943.
Internal Revenue receipts fr.om cigar·
ettes in 1943 t.otaled 904,205,672 against
$781,548,424 in 1942; and fr.om cigars 28,-
646,467 in 1943 and $17,545,308 in 1942.
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Bill: "Say, T.om, I have a yen toO marry a
girl with a picture face. What w.ould y.ou
advise?"
T.om: "Well, that's all right, Bill, but it
w.ouldn ' t d.o any harm toO have a g.o.od l.o.ok
at the frame."
Mills Moin Clock Geors .
$3.50
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(Complete with ratchets and sprinCjs)
Mills Moin Clock Geors .
$2.50
(Gear only)
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STANDARD AUTOMATIC AMUSEMENT CO.
2217 Fifth Avenue
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Grant 1705
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PittsburCjh 19. Pa.
NATCHEZ, Miss.-C.onspicu.ous by its
absence is the usual lull in coin machine
business after the Christmas and New
Year's h.oliday rush d.own here in the deep
s.outhland and especially in the state .of
Mississippi. Business was never better.
C.oin machine merchants are being kept
busy, and there is, .of c.ourse, a premium .on
repair men-there are n.ot many left. The
army has taken the y.oung .ones and the
battle cry is n.ow "They're Either T.o.o
Y.oung Or T.oo Old."
Acr.oss the Father .of Waters, the mighty,
murky Mississippi river, in L.ouisiana there
is a great demand foOl' the rec.ords .of .one
James H. "Jimmie" Davis, .on all b.oxes.
Jimmie Davis, candidate foOl' the .office .of
Govem.or and erstwhile SoOng-writer, m.ovie
act.or and p.ol itician, led the ticket in the
first primary and has a g.o.od chance .of
being the next g.overn.or .of the Pelican
State. Jimmie wr.ote "Bed Bug Blues,"
"Y.ou Are My Sunshine," and many .other
p.opu lar tunes, and these and his .other tunes
are being "dug up" n.ow and many L.ouis-
iana f.olks c.ome .over toO Mississippi toO hear
the tunes .on the b.oxes when n.one are avail-
able in their .own state. Jimmie Davis seems
headed foOl' the G.ovem.or's chair via the
aut.omatic ph.on.os and h.orse-.opry and all the
.operat.ors are f.or him 100 per cent ar.ound
here.
Rufus Clark, well kn.own .operat.or .of
Rufus's Tavern, and ass.ociated with the F.
and N. Amusement Coo., is n.ow Pvt. Clark
and is stati.oned at Camp Wheeler, Ga.
Private James C. Culpepper, s.on-in-Iaw
.of Ham B. Nels.on .of the F. and N. Amuse-
ment Coo., has returned toO his c.ompany in
Calif.ornia after a f url.ough at h.ome with
his family. Private Culpepper, wh.o was
f.ormerly manager .of the Ferriday, La.,
branch .of the F. and N. Coo., saw his y.oung
5 m.onths .old daugh ter f.or the first tim~
while h.ome.
Private Frank J. Eidt, papular l.ocal op-
erat.or and br.other .of big Bill Eidt .of the
Eidt Amusement Coo., has returned toO Camp
Rucker, Alabama, after spending a fur-
l.ough at h.ome with Mrs. Eidt and his tw.o
.ons and daughter.
Seaman Sec.ond Class Richard S. "Jake"
Sanguinetti, .of the U. S. Navy, has returned
toO his naval duties in Pensac.ola, Fla., after
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