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SOLDIERS VOTE BECOMES
POLITICAL ISSUE
WASHINGTON; The November election votes of men and women in
uniform bounded ahead Thursday as the first political issue for *44. Chairman
Worley, Democrat Texas, announced he would call the house elections
committee when Congress reconvenes on Jan. 10 to pick up the legislative hot potato which the Senate has voted to toss on
to the States. Worley, who seeks a compromise, described as a "Smoke Screen" the constitutional
question raised about the power of Congress to legislative ways of facilitating votes by service men and women,
BRITISH NAVY STEAMS TO PACIFIC
LONDON: The Royal Navy
which brought its most successful war
year to a close with the sinking of the German Battleship Scharnhorst and three Nazi Destroyers is being employed in increasing force in the Pacific because of the heartening turn in the Battle of the Atlantic, the Admiralty said Thursday night in a review of 1943 operations.
PFC HAROLD MAN FIRST VICTIM OF SAW-BONE’S
ABOARD SHIP:
Pfc Harold Man [sic, s/b Mann], .of the Demolition Platoon Regt'l
Hq Co., was the first victim of the Saw-Bones at sea. Man underwent
appendectomy this morning by Maj Thomas assisted by Capt. Klein, Lt. Kolish
[sic, s/b 'Kolisch'] rendered anesthetic, which was a spinal injection. It
is: reported condition of the patient, as well as that of the
doctors is good.
ARMY ACTIVATES COLORED PARATROOP UNIT
WASHINGTON: The first Negro Parachute unit in the American Array is to be activated at Port
Benning, Ga., serving under Brig. Gen. Leo Donovan, commanding the Airborne Command. The Unit is
designated as the 555th Parachute Infantry Company.
NOTES
Someday, Joe G, I, is going to gather all his little loved ones a round, the old. fireplace to tell them
about the tine he went to war. He'll want to include a couple of
notes on the transport that hauled him across the drink, so here goes: The
JAMES PARKER was born in Quincy, Mass,, back in 1939, but in those days it
was known as the "Panama" and originally it was built to cater to a pleasure cruising clientele. But war came and like everybody else the Panama heard the call to arms and became a member of the Army's transport fleet.
James Parker himself was born in 1854 and was strictly a G. I. He was graduated a 2nd Lt.
at West Point in 1876 and remained an army man until 1918 when he retired as a Major-General.
In between, Parker won the Congressional. Medal of Honor for bravery in the Philippine insurrection.
"Parker Patter" which used to sound off back in the
States" as the Digest is a member of PNS (Parker News Service). The news is flashed here via radio and "Patter" relays to proud privates a la
mimeograph. The rest of this junk is prepared and dished out by ye old. editors.
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