Ml . ,. Page Four JAX ,AIR NEWS 22 May 1947 -- -- y . ".. r IT'S A TOUGH LIFE By Sleeves au s- J11_ f\W4 I : Forgotten Already? Editorial Office What with so many historymakingevents South \\iag, Lower Deck, Bltlg. 5)30: transpiring these days, it's almost too i)) Telephone Extension 8184 much to keep pace with them. There's the ii Arthur M. Greene, Editor new "Truman Doctrine" of aid to Greece The JAX AIR NEWS is published weekly at the and Turkey, the United Nations' deliberations Q U. S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida and bn the Palestine question, anti-labor .1 printed commercially with non-appropriated funds at no expense to the government and in compliance legislation, high prices, and the Communist with SecNav Circular Letter 4:>-1918 dated 12 De- "scare." cember 1945.: Copies are distributed free of chargeat the Naval Air Station, the Naval Air Technical But regardless of the rapidity of these Training Center, the Headquarters. of the Naval precedent shattering and epoch making Air Advanced Training Command, Headquarters of events there little for the for- the Seventh Naval District, Naval Auxiliary Air was excuse 4 Station Cecil Field the Naval Air Gunnery Range getfulness which was so apparent two weeks { end the U. S. Naval Hospital. ago. Specifically, we refer to V-E Day, the Rear Admiral Ralph DavUon. second anniversary of which fell on 8 May. Chief Commandant of Naval, seventh Air Advanced Naval Training District The Jax Air News had planned to devotea I portion of its issue which coincided with ! Captain Anthony H. Brady USN Commanding the anniversary to a V-E Day story-but no I Jacksonville Naval Air Station story materialized. As far as we were able CVl>t m Howard V. Hopkint, USN. CommandingNaval to determine there was no gala celebrationin Air Technical i raining Center town with Navy bands and marching sail- ors participating. In contrastfcto the history- .. Captain, Bobert U. Gillett tMC), USN, Commanding \ jA U. S. Naval Hospital making day but two years ago, and the mild observance last year, there was utter silence. I Captain F. W. Priotman, USNR. Commanding Naval Air Reserve Training Unit Could it be we are forgetting so soon ? Will V-J Day be just another day in August ,. LU ('.1. Moore, Jr., > > T. C. MC. Commanding / Mann Barracks ? How _can_it_be-all _that "blood, sweat, "Okay, xj I got It coiled up now' how do I get out! ? ? ?" and tears," all that work, those sacrifices, Cu|>t !o Jules F. Schumacher, USN CommandingNaval the heartaches and worry, and the agony and Air Gunner Range kr l.t suffering-forgotten already? Commercial Comilr. Frederick J. Brush USN CommandingNaval Surely it can not be it must not be Bulletin Auxiliary Air Station. Cecil Field .. Those sacrifices must not have been in vain ! Capt. Alexander M. Hearn. USMC Their memory must be kept everfreshnotfor Bulletin \\ill he accepted until +I Marine Aviation Detachment: has been filled, but not later maudlin, morbid reasons, but so that space we will never repeat the mistakes of the than 1000 Tuesday. Ext. 8230. The JAI AIR NEWS r.e41i..a Ship' Editorial Association ma- . .!. Republication of credited matter prohibited without past. By remembering what they gave, we FOR ALO; i tla permission of SEA. Washington 25. D. C. Republication of any will work all the harder to prevent a repeti- Furnished house in Timuquan Manor. . other matter, except: by service publication, I* prohibited One block from bus line, two blocks" without permission of Editor. JAX AIR NEWS. tion of the slaughter and destruction. Their from Venetla Grammar School PI THE GILDED ROOSTER, the actions will serve as an object lesson which miles, from NAS. Screened porch, new first novel of Richard E. Roberts, Westinghouse electric stove. Ice box will bring out the best in us as we strive to tile kitchen drain tile bath with shower is a story of the Sioux wars of the1860'x. circulating heater hot water beater. The sceen is a small fort Flying WeathermenBy attain a lasting peace. Three bedrooms, one converted Into a I far out beyond Fort Laramie when II I ..... nursery. LI v In groom furniture brand the Indians I new. Total J3150!!: 443 Timuquana Rd. taking advantage of Ships' Editorial Association"There's Lt. Comdr. S. G. Kona ext. 423. the reduced garrisons, went on the 1942 Master Deluxe Chevrolet sport coup warpath In a desperate effort to something brewing in the Gulf, Clean good condition. Ext. 34i or win back their ancestral lands. The all right," says the aerologist as he straightens phone 4i: Buick 2-4389.sedanette.Ens. Turlington.l first 11,300. takes story involves Jed Cooper the up from poring over the latest weather it. Call ext. 8191 or rhone :S-C832-J. scout the commanding officer of Mr. 1>. L. B1(..., Jr. the garrison, and the wife of one He chart. turns to the aerographer's mateon Piper cub J-J. 60 hp. dual Ignition of the other officers. If like duty: "Alert the standby flight crew of :Nei: and1Vieuus f rnmSkMOMENTS franklin ernaul. engine.New .paint 15t nouns job good sine fabric.major 'westerns, but want to get you away Weather Three for an early morning takeoff Sal: will Include II hours ot dual time from the usual ones, try this tale. at Herlong i leld.' Call Cecil !field ext. 200, Lt. K. L. Jungklas.Wed'gewood Hartzell Spence, author of ONE A complex machine is set in motion with tour-burner gas rang with FOOT IN HEAVEN, has writtenthe oven. Lt. McKee, 621s Palmer Av*., story of the and these words. Wires hum from Miami to the Lakeshore. fcxt.; *J3. discovery con- Camera, ixacta.: : Lit 1:8: lens, single quest of the Amazon river by Don U. Weather Bureau. the next Early morn- OF UNCERTAINTY lens reflex, focal I plan shutter, speed! Francisco Orellana, Spanish conquistador - inga sleek, dark Privateer roars up and 12 seconds to 1/1000 of on* second; enlarger This Is an adventure ideal, boner 1.44 lens, for 45 away from the field with 2,300 gallons of gas Moments of uncertainly often become mm filml: air ritle., iroecinan, 11 cal., story with high romance. in its tanks. No armament. Turret's missing. hours of neglect. This in turn will lead to Hancock hke new. St.Contact, MAS.A. C. :feiraonds, 1224A C. Vann Woodward describes Thermometers and other weather instru- careless living and disrespect for objectsas Baby bassinette with pad, folding type THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE like. new, $S. Can be seen at 12IS Kenssalaer GULF as the greatest naval battleof ments installed all over the PB4Y2. well as persons. Some of you, during the Ave Contact: G. J. Uamache.AAK World War II and the largest Inside after-station past war have seen crumbled cathedrals ob- Engineering Iept. are bunks, an icebox, Beautiful 14 kt. gold ring let with large engagement ever fought on the a galley-all the comforts of home. Almostas jects of culture crushed, things which have predated.Must be high seas. Investigations made in soon as the plane is in the air, the aerologist grown in the hearts of people. Some of them McLeod. *xt. S41. Japan since the close ot the war is preparing the first weather observa- have been of world-wide significance; others Savage 89 hi.power rifle, cal 303. Good have brought to light much infor- condition with 20 cartudges. 31I2B mation concerning the Japanesefleet. tion including position, time, barometric merely a mark for a certain small minority.The Tanner Burr ::it., ,ext.Dewey el07.Park, after 1700.. Chief The value of the book lies pressure, true altitude, temperature, humid- roots of such destruction find their Dinette set, table) and four chairs livingroom therefore, in the fact that impor- ity, visibility, turbulence, types and amountof origin in deep soil. They have started as a bookcase,suite coffee, dey table bed,, three-piece two chairs b one o- I tant features of the Japanese side clouds, state of the sea, direction of swell, seed and have grown deeper and also pushed room Park. set.Chief 3210B Goodrich.Blair Ave.. Dewey of also the, with story the can removal be filled of wartime in and, force and direction of the winds at the sur- through to the invisible eye. Twin baby carriage, ;JO. 3003A Dewey restrictions, more of the American Park Annex. Ext. KJ1J. Dawson face, flight altitude-many, many things. So in our moments of uncertainty we are RCA record player handles both 10" and account can be told. The author met with As 12" records Uldg. 500, ext. 2ii )Ira. served during the war as an In- a challenge. we see evidence of Mencrer. Information Radioed Back telligence Officer in the Office of ; a small seed, not even a sprout perhaps, but 1(42 Chevrolet two-door special deluxe the Chief of Naval Operations. sedan. Good condition. Radio, good tires, The radiomen send the information back nevertheless a seed, are we to sit back and paint like new. See Lewis, Malnsid ADRIFT IN A BONEYARD by to one of the many military, naval or CAA hope a drought will kill the seed or shallwe Park.bost-houe, or 3217A Blair Ave, Dewey Robert L. Taylor i is an amusing stations which are alert for any message. nip it from the start ? We must destroy 11 guag pump action shotgun five-shot satire in which :Mr. and Mrs. Rob- Flying at 5,000 feet, the plane hits rain and it now. chamber case and, 3,4 75 modified round choke of ammunition.JS' barrel, inson Westchester, their Irish winds at Point Able. The information is ra- Reasonable used one season. (,hud rskl. maid, and he.- hellion son find As a nation, men of other lands will look AfcR flight Test, Hangar IK. Phone themselves to be the only survivors dioed back and the first weather report is :i- 695\ after 1630. . to us as an example. We can be proud of a 137 Ford two-door. Private A 1 in a catastrophe destroying every- out. The plane, meanwhile, heads down toward democracy, we can be proud of our freedom ; condition $330. B. Wright owner one in the world. It tells what hap the least turbulent altitude. I425.W. pens when Fred Robinson, trained let us also be proud of our responsibility.Let Neatly trimmed baismette with mattress, in the hard school of Radioman, radar operator, pilot, copilotand us also have standards and principles $5 Barr; chest St? of Deney drawers Park$15, BrobM, 31 MB I, advertising, starts to cope- with aerologist are all busy. The plane heads which lead us to true Christian living. plumbing, transportation, wage toward the center of the storm. Flying is entirely FOK KENT problems, and two women in a by instruments. The plane takes a Freedom does not mean that we can han- Room in private home. Laundry priv. world filled with the puzzling gad- dle and ileges and use of phone. 'l'wln" 1 bed. Remem- men property as we please. : of civilization but getry no one to Mrs. Lea beating, but the information is compiled. The Schulti phone 23930.: ber the two great Commandments, "Thou Four large sleeping rooms. Private bath, make it run. plane goes through the very centereyeofthe shalt love the Lord thy God with all maid service 1 mile from NAS, near I I storm and heads back The infor- thy good eating center. For business men }'reoka again. CaJIf., <(