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Page Four THE SLATER NEWS August 9, 1945 Our Servicemen Here And There Slater Man Now On Special Job Mrs. Norma Bowles has re- ceived word from her brother, Pfc. Aaron E. Ferguson who is a member of an A. A. A. Bn. in the European theater, that he is now on detached service and is a member of the "G. I. Joe Canteens" that the Army has set up to serve sandwiches, coffee, fruit, and fruit juices to all allied soldiers on fur- loughs, awaiting shipment, etc. Pfc. Ferguson likes the work very much, as it is similar to his line of work during civilian life. Friends will remember that he worked at Wild Cat's Sta- tion for two years. Before entering service in December, 1942, he was em- ployed in Weave Room No. 1 at S. Slater & Sons, Inc. Jap War Presents (Con't. from page 1, col. 2) rea's 85,000 gives a total three times greater than Germany in area, comparable to it in both natural and industrial re- sources. And, there is China, vast, almost roadless land where in the past the Japanese have been dangerously over ex- tended, but are now withdraw- ing to more compact positions where they will have the maxi- mum production of country. Each of these three areas is garrisoned not by regiments or divisions or corps but by full armies, involving millions of the best men the Japs have. Each of them has a tremendous reservoir of supply, maybe not of heavy guns, or ammunition, maybe not of tanks or planes but certainly enough small arms and mortars and grenades to do a lot of killing. In a recent speech, Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson brought out the fact that, "The Japanese are fight- ing a progressively smarter war. On Okinawa they did not attempt a defense of the beach- es where they would be under point-blank naval gunfire. They went back to prepared posi- tions; in other words, picked their battlefield." The Japs can be expected to repeat this per- formance as we near Tokyo. In the Pacific, for two reasons, we are only beginning now to feel the pressure of ur- gent and huge construction needs. First, our four ports of embarkation on the West Coast, Seattle, Portland, San Franscis- co and Los Angeles, were not operating at maximum capacity KNOX RETURNS TO STATION IN TEXAS Pvt. W. K. Knox returned to Camp Maxey, Texas, on August 6, after spending a 12 day fur- lough with his mother, Mrs. M. A. Knox. Pvt. Knox had previously re- ceived seven months of military training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, and before entering service was employed in the Weaving Department of our plant. Hoke Harrill And Family Visit Friends At Slater Hoke Harrill, A. M. 3/C , and his wife and son have returned to Pensacola, Florida after a visit with relatives and friends in Slater and in North Carolina and Georgia. Hoke was formerly employed in our Weaving Department as a tying machine operator, hav- ing left here in May, 1943 to enter the Navy. while our major effort was di- rected toward Europe, and second, the shipments were scattered to Hawaii, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in Austrailia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Calcutta, India and New Guinea where we found unloading warehousing, and distributing facilities already waiting for us. Now we're ship- ping to islands with no port facilities. Every man and every pound of supply, every soldier and every carton, crate, tank or gun shipped out of this coun- try must be unloaded, housed and distributed on the other side of the Pacific. The facili- ties here must the duplicated there on an equally tremendous scale. Railroad capacity, port load- ing capacity and port unload- ing capacity at the destination are the three big bottlenecks. We can do it, and we shall do it. But it is the biggest job we have ever faced as a people and it requires the full support of every man and woman in this country. Hot Money (Con't. from page 1, col. 5) fact that the cash register, which is an electric model, had developed a short circuit and was becoming terribly over- heated. As soon as the wire was disconnected, the cash register cooled off and since has been sent to a repair place for a Make A Hundred On This Test? Nearly everyone reads a daily paper. The following questions were derived from the front page of a well-known newspaper. If you can answer eight of the following ques- tions, you are an observant newspaper reader. If you can answer six, you read your paper only casually. A score of less than five means you prob- ably buy the newspaper to read the funies. 1. Formosa is a possession of: (a) China, (b) Japan, (c) Great Britain. 2. The Russian diamond and ruby victory medal is valued at: (a) $5,000, (b) $100,000, (c) $12,000. 3. Eleanor Roosevelt writes a column entitled: (a) My Day, (b) My Life, (c) Odds and Ends. 4. Lord Haw Haw was a propagandist for (a) Germany, (b) England, (c) Japan. 5. Discharged veterans of World War II may be identified by a: (a) Medal, (b) Uniform, (c) Discharge Button. 6. The second wife of Bel- gian King Leopold was: (a) A Duchess, (b) A Commoner, (c) A Princess. 7. Herman Goering collected: (a) Works of Art, (b) Stamps, (c) Match Covers. 8. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a dog named: (a) Rover, (b) Prince, (c) Falla. 9. When cornered Japs are inclined to: (a) Fight, (b) Commit Suicide, (c) Surrender. 10. The Purple Heart is awarded for: (a) Wounds re- ceived in battle, (b) Gallantry in action, (C) Death in Action. Answers: 1b, 2c, 3a, 4a, 5c, 6b, 7a, 8c, 9b, 10a. complete overhauling. Most of the contents of the register had been emptied. and only a small amount of money - mostly change - was in the drawer at the time, but as the heat generating from the short circuit was considerable, this money was actually far from cool and literally was hot money. Since no harm was done and everything was taken care of in a satisfactory manner, the small crowd that had gathered soon dispersed and the incident was forgotten. Translation of above: "DON'T SHARE YOUR CAR!" SPORTS Softballers Play (Con't. from page 1, col. 3) ron J. is returning this week and the Medics the following week, and a tentative game has been scheduled with Dr. Pep- per. Games scheduled so far, to be played at the Slater Ball Park at 6:30 P. M., are as fol- lows: Friday, August 10: Squad- ron J, GAAB. Monday, August 13: Dunean. Friday, August 17: Medics, GAAB. The box scores for the games played are given below: First Game 7-23-45 SLATER AB R H E Drury, sf 3 0 1 0 Summey, 2b 3 1 1 1 Takacy, p 2 0 0 0 McMakin, ss 3 1 0 1 Hembree, 1b 3 0 1 0 Thornton, 1f 3 0 0 0 Cashion, 3b 3 0 1 3 Penland, rf 3 0 1 0 Addington, c 3 0 0 1 Smith, cf 2 0 0 0 TOTAL 26 2 5 6 DR. PEPPER AB R H E Boldin, 3b 4 2 1 0 Davenport, 1f 4 2 3 0 Baird, sf 4 1 0 0 Bsharah, 1b 4 1 2 1 Neiss, 2b 4 0 0 1 Lauresdon, cf 4 1 0 0 Abbott, p 4 1 3 0 Harsh, ss 4 0 0 0 Sikes, rf 4 0 0 0 Hambrick, c 3 2 2 0 TOTAL 39 10 11 2 Dr. Pepper 321 200 2-10 Slater 000 200 0-2 Second Game 7-23-45 SLATER AB R H E Buchanan, cf 3 0 1 0 Summey, 2b 0 0 0 1 Shirley, 2b 2 0 0 0 Takacy, p 1 0 0 2 Cox, p 1 0 0 2 McMakin, ss 3 0 1 0 Hembree, 1b 3 0 0 0 Cashion, 3b 3 0 0 1 Smith, sf 2 0 0 0 Lybrand, c 3 0 0 0 Thornton, 1f 0 0 0 0 Penland, rf 2 0 0 0 Addington, rf 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 23 0 2 6 DR. PEPPER AB R H E Boldin, 3b 3 3 2 0 Davenport, p-1f 4 1 1 0 Baired, c 4 2 1 0 Bsharah, 1b 4 0 1 0 Neiss, 2b 4 0 1 0 Lauresdon, cf-p 4 0 0 0 Abbott, 1f-cf 4 1 1 0 Harsh, ss 2 1 0 1 Sikes, rf 2 2 1 0 Hambrick, sf 3 3 1 0 TOTAL 34 13 9 1 Dr. Pepper 004 045 0-13 Slater 000 000 0-0 7-25-45 SLATER AB R H E Drury, 3b 2 0 0 0 Summey, 2b 3 0 1 0 Takacy, p 3 0 0 0 McMakin, ss 2 0 0 2 Hembree, 1b 3 0 0 0 Thornton, 1f 2 0 0 0 *Penland 1 0 0 0 Cashion, cf 1 0 0 0 Buchanan, rf 2 0 0 0 Addington, c 2 0 0 1 Smith, sf 1 0 0 0 Cox, sf 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 22 0 1 3 *Batted for Thornton in 7th. SQUADRON J AB R H E Shook, ss 4 0 2 0 Koenig, 3b 4 1 1 0 Vanatta, sf 3 0 0 0 Boynton, c 2 0 0 0 Munce, 1f 3 1 1 0 Oakleaf, 1b 3 0 0 0 Hergert, cf 3 1 1 0 Bane, 2b 3 1 1 1 Lucas, rf 2 0 0 0 Beddingfield, p 3 0 1 0 TOTAL 30 4 7 1 Squadron J. 000 200 2-4 Slater 000 000 0-0 7-30-45 SLATER AB R H E Drury, 3b 3 1 1 2 Summey, 2b 3 0 1 0 Takacy, p 3 1 2 1 McMakin, ss 3 0 1 0 Hembree, 1b 3 0 0 0 Cook, rf 3 0 1 0 Smith,sf 3 0 0 0 Thornton, 1f 3 0 1 0 Cashion, cf 3 0 1 0 Addington, c 2 0 0 2 TOTAL 29 2 8 5 COCA-COLA AB R H E Fair, c 4 1 1 0 Hodge, 2b 4 0 1 0 Reid, 1f 4 1 1 0 Ragsdale, 1b 4 2 3 0 McCarson, 3b 4 1 2 0 McCall, cf 2 0 0 0 Carson, sf 2 0 0 0 Glazener, rf 3 0 1 0 Landreth, ss 3 0 0 0 Perry, p 2 1 1 0 Patterson, p 1 0 0 0 TOTAL 33 6 10 0 Coca-Cola 000 330 0-6 Slater 200 000 0-2 8-3-45 MEDICS AB R H E Colanzi, 1f 3 0 1 0 French, ss 3 1 1 0 Klawien, 1b 3 2 0 0 Labach, c 2 1 0 0 Pollina, rf 3 1 1 0 Huffman, p 2 1 1 1 Burmeistr, p 1 0 0 0 Tauber, 2b 3 0 0 2 Wolf, sf 1 1 0 0 Swedenburg, sf 1 0 0 0 Bogen, 3b 2 0 0 0 Jamrozy, cf 3 0 1 0 TOTAL 27 7 5 3 SLATER AB R H E Drury, 3b 2 0 1 0 Summey, 2b 3 0 0 1 Takacy, p 1 1 0 1 McMakin, ss 3 0 1 0 Hembree, 1b 3 0 0 0 Taylor, sf-c 2 0 0 0 Thornton, 1f 2 1 0 0 Cashion, cf 3 1 1 0 Buchanan, rf 3 1 0 0 Addington, c 1 0 0 1 Smith, sf 2 0 0 1 TOTAL 25 4 3 4 Medics 410 002 0-7 Slater 000 120 1-4