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Fighter From Guadalcanal And Africa Thanks Consolidated MenFor Great Record In Building Ships And Purchasing War BondsORANGE, April 17.—Tha bond-buying1 and production record of Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., shipbuilders here, cannot be “touched anywhere in this country, not even at larger plants.” was the statement Saturday of Technical Sergeant Frank G. Coon of the U S. army air corps, Barksdale field.Coon, wounded many times, a man who has met the Japs in hand-to-hand combat on Guadalcanal beach and the Nazis, in a bombardment squadron in North Africa, congratulated men of theday shift at Consolidated Saturday on their subscription to $1,400,-000 in War bonds for next month.Tells Foxhole Story “You folks have done a wonderful job, and I want to tell you what soldiers told me to tell you He related the story of a wounded companion in a Guadalcanal foxhole who pulled out a 25-cent box of sulfanilimide tablets, took six and saved his life.If you ever get back to the States, please tell them ‘thank you’ for those sulfanilimide tablets, the injured man requested of Coon, who added:“It's boys like you who did it. A day off is swell but don’t stretch it out and don’t throw away foolishly 75 and 50-oent pieces, becausethey can send back moi« sulfanili-mide.’’Every Screw Must Work The sergeant stressed teamwork, terming it a “highly developed art. He pointed to its necessity in production and fighting. Said he:“A combat crew is like a fine watch. Every screw must work.Effective combat was described as “hitting as hard as you can, as fast as you can, as many times as you ran, and it takes munitions, planet-*, tanks, guns and food to do this. 1 on folksare producing them; then putting up money to buy them.Other points brought out were:1. What we have to do is makethe enemy die for hi* country.2. The hardest, bloodiest battle is ahead. When every plane is poised for that death blow at the Axis, it’s going to be tough, but the boys out there won’t let those here down. And don’t you let them down.Have Two Worries3 Fighting boys ate too busy keeping from getting killed to worry about morale. Olheis are seeing to that.4 Two worries of a fighter: Not lasting long enough to get the job done, and those back home. More mall is necessary. U. S. army ait corps has hard-hitting, determined men, “but I've seen the tears roll down when there was no mail from home.’*“Thanks a million from the heart from me and the nren of my squadron in Africa for what you are doing and keep it up.ftLt. A K. Golnik, in the Barksdale group, told of a civilian who asked if Americans ran during an air raid. An airman replied:“No, but I sure saw a lot of others wno were running.” Said he: “There is something in the American spirit under fire that brings out humor. I’ve been scaled plenty of times, but there is always something humorous The hoys out there are working; so, you keep working.”( igarets Needed Lt. William L Carbaugh, assistant public relation* officer of Barksdale declared it a privilege to look upon men out of uniform who were working, getting less credit than those in uniform, giving bodies and time and money.It’s a pr ivilege for me to be a hie to thank somebody like you,” he said.F. J. Lackey, head of the per-4 i44Louisiana Solon Would Pay BonusIIf Soldiers End War Within Yearsonnel department of the shipyard, revealed that in talking to men from the fighting front, cigarets are most wanted and most needed of any commodity. Cigaret companies have agreed to send their products at cost. lt;50 cents a carton) to war zones and the army will tiansport them, and he revealed that:Consolidated employes Saturday had contributed enough money to buy 300 cartons of rigarets for the movement, a project tobe sponsored by the Qua Herman and Leaderman association.Captain H. B. Hiid, vice president of the corporation, expressed pleasuie at having men who “talked from their hearts instead of “orators. He praised the spirit of the Texan, declaring it impossible to live in the state and not “get the spirit.Making Records, TooThe official mentioned that although not refer red to in the pr ess as “a Kaiser, workmen of Consolidated had produced destroyers 12 months ahead of schedule; a landing craft contract, four days»!Ii 1i(]1By Joseph L. MylerftWASHINGTON, April 17 (UP).— People are always talking about incentive plans for farmers and war workers, so I decided,” Rep. James M. Morrison (D.-La.), said tonight, “why not let the boys in the aimed services hit the jackpot,were to help cause an added Incentive (o win tlris war in onevear,” Morrison said, “the tax-too'9»Talked It Oxer’So, having “talked it over with everybody from privates up to generals and back down the line again,” Morrison introduced a bill to apply the incentive plan to soldiers and sailors with a view to getting the war over in a hurry.“It would save the country $370,-000,000,000,” Morrison said, “and it would help out the boy* who art-doing the fighting.I ruler Morrison’* plan, members of tire armed forces wouldftpayers of this nation would be saved *370,000,000,000.Morrison said that, of course, the boys at the front don't need any incentive to fight their hardest. But if this bill is enacted, he added, “they might get lucky or ambitious.‘Incentives' For All“A good professional baseball team plays good baseball at all times, he said, “but if that team is to receive the national championship and a bonus, the players usually play a superhuman game.“I’ve been sitting in the House listening to talk about incentive payments for farmers, and overtime pay at time and a half for war workers, and salary increasesfor government employes, so Iahead of schedule; delivered the first destroyer eseoit of large hull size in the United States even though escort completion was being delayed by lack of nrateriai. Hiid said he was asked in Washington recently if he were disturbed about labor, answering:“All I need is to look into the faces of the workmen and feel sure. It is material we need.Men were seen at two near-by stands investing money in more bonds.Delegate WarnsNazi TricksIsmdit 11i hi rw1 Ali Af lint t IHAMILTON, Bermuda, April 17 (INS).—Adolf Hitler* “human-itarianiem” in releasing a few per-seoiiteH nersnn* in rarefnllv chosen
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Port Arthur News
Port Arthur, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 18, 1943
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