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Vol. 8 No. 35
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
A man who has been four times
divorced and is now living hap-
with his fifth wife recently
called at our desk to offer advice
on how to select a wife. Although
we have had only one wife and
never expect to look for another
one. we gave him an attentive ear
thinking we might obtain informa
tion for other men seeking agree
able spouses.
The women who make the best
wives our informant declared are
those who have at least two un
happy marriages. He told us that
his present wife with whom he is
on excellent terms after three years
of marriage has had two quondam
husband. Her first man was a
bank teller who is now doing time
in a Colorado penitentiary for em
bezzlement and Mier second hus
band was a recidivist who was
sentenced to 20 years for selling
gus oil stocks to gullible widows.
It appears to us that the long
search required to find an unhappy
grass-widow who has had two for
mer husbands would be frowned
upon by most men but our infor
mant says it is worth the effort.
Being nosey above the average
we asked him what brought on his
marital troubles with his first four
wives. It was all their fault he
told us. The first was a rich gal
who refused to share her wealth
with him which forced him to work
when it was unnecessary. After
divorcing her he married a poor
girl who spent money like a sec
ond mate and got him so deeply in
debt he had to get rid of her. He
then mari'ied a girl 15 years his
junior thinking a young woman
would be easier to control. She
nagged him constantly about his
poker-playing and his drinking
when she quit her secretarial job
and forced him back to work he
divorced her. When his fourth wife
gave up her job as a school teacher
he quit her on the grounds that her
bad cooking was ruining his stom
ach.
He did not find solace in mar-
raige until he met up with the
widow of an embezzler and a con
man who has been supporting him
for three years laboring as a regis
tered nurse.
"Such a woman" he says "will
ut up with anything." We believe
m.
BASEBALL MAN
Last week we wandered over to
Lindsay Field to watch one of the
ball games and were richly re
warded for the effort. We met
Hank Severeid one of the great
est major league catchers of all
time and one of the most enter
taining men we have ever met. Mr
Severeid is now a scout for the
Boston Red Sox and he was here
looking for talent for his team.
During his 28 long years in base
ball 16 of which were spent in the
major leagues Hank Severeid
caught 2604 games of baseball and
emerged with a major league bat
ting average of 289 which was in
deed unusual in a day when catch
ers were not expected to be great
hifters. Hank's right hand shows
plenty of evidence that it has been
the recipient of many a foul tip.
It is always a pleasure to watch
a ball game sitting next to a man
who understands the game's fine
points.
"That left fielder threw to the
wrong base" Hank told us. There
was a man on second base and the
batter singled to deep left center-
field. The left fielder made a
throw to the plate trying to cut off
the run which he failed to do.
"He had no chance to cut off that
run" Hank said. "The throw should
•have been made to second base
Lvhich
would have held the runner
first. Now they have another
an in scoring position which is
bad baseball. No one will ever get
in the major leagues playing that
way" he said.
EXPRESSING MUTUAL RESPECT the military hand salute will again be exchanged by officers and
enlisted men off-post. The practice was reinstituted Wednesday by the Department of the Army. Lt.
James Mooney platoon leader of the 3632nd Ordnance Co. 86th Ordnance Bn. left returns the salute
of PFC Lawrence L. Spencer mechanic 526th Signal Co. 504th Signal Bn. as the two pass on a Kil-
leen street. (U. S. Army Photo by Treadway)
Our Peripatetic Reporter Writes
Hank Severeid played major
league baseball in the days of Ty
Cobb when ball players often set
tled their differences on the field
with their fists. "Old Ty" he told
us" was always in a fight with
some one but after I whipped him
three times he let me alone."
But Old Hank has a lot of re
spect for Tyrus Raymond.
"He was without a doubt" he
said "the greatest base runner of
all time. He wasn't particularly fast
but he knew all the tricks of. base
running. Hundreds of times I had
the ball down to second in plenty
of time to get him but he would
either slip around the second base
man or kick the ball out of his
hand. In an average year he
would steal more bases in one sea
son than most modern players do
in a lifetime. He was always
scarred from head to foot but that
never deterred him. He kept on
running and sliding--and tearing
himself to pieces winning ball
games for Detroit."
Years ago when we used to ad
mire Hank Severeid's virtuosity be
hind the plate we never thought
we would be interviewing him at
a ball park in Ft. Hood Texas in
1954. He is now 61 and when he is
not on the road looking for new
ball players he lives at his home
at 404 Garrity Road San Antonio
Texas. The ball players in his fam
ily turned out to be three girls.
Tripped Ty
"One day in 1916" Hank remi-
Firing Mishap
Auto Accident
Kill Two Men
PFC Gene D. Lanning 20 a
member of Hq. Btry. 91st Armored
Field Artillery Bn. was killed Mon
day morning during range firing
when a 105-millimeter howitzer
shell detonated prematurely after
firing and struck him in the head
with a shell fragment.
The soldier who was a member
of the battalion's survey section
was squatting next to a self-pro
pelled artillery vehicle when the
first round of the morning's range
firing by the unit was fired.
According to information receiv
ed the high explosive shell deton
ated prematurely about 30 yards
in front of the artillery weapon
and a shell fragment hit the sol
dier causing his death.
Defective Fuse
Preliminary investigation indi
cated that the premature explosion
apparently was caused by a de
fective fuse on the shell. Am
munition of the same lot as that
which caused the death is being
suspended from use pending furth
er investigation.
Private Lanning was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy S. Lanning 810
West Seventh Street Loveland
Colo.
A second soldier Pvt. Robert M.
Zonnefeld 21 of A Btry. 91st
Armored Field Artillery Bn. who
was standing about 200 yards from
the .detonation received a super
ficial arm wound from a fragment
of the shell. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jennie Zonnefeld San
born Iowa.
In another accident involving
Fort Hood military personnel 4th
Armored Division Headquarters
Monday that Sgt. Max French 51st
Armored Infantry Bn. died at 5
o'clock Monday morning in the
Aemoeetl
nisced "Ty Cobb walked by me
during practice and muttered that
"I'm going to steal five bases off
of you you big bum. You can't
throw a lick."
"You got to get on" Hank re
plied "before you can steal a
base and I don't think you'll get
on this afternoon."
But it didn't turn out exactly that
way. On his first time at bat Ty
singled. He then proceeded to steal
not only second but third as well.
"Both times the ball arrived at
the base ahead of him" Hank said
"but as usual he was able to elude
the basemen."
After he stole third Ty was danc
ing a jig and gloating over his
triumph as he usually did. While Ty
danced Hank quietly called for a
pitch-out. Firing the ball to third
with his rifle a* m he caught him
off base by five feet.
"That for me" said Hank "was
a moment of supreme delight for
it wasn't often that any one ever
caught Ty asfeep."
Game's Strong Man
During the years he was a big-
leaguer Hank Severeid was looked
upon as one of the strongest men
in baseball and many a day in his
long career he caught many an
afternoon double-header when the
temperature was hainging around
100 degrees. He came by his
strength naturally being the young
est of eight sons all of them
strong fellows who made life not a
little rough for him. But by the
time he reached voting age he
could whip them all. All of his
brothers incidentally became ball
players but Hank was the only one
who made the major leagues
Hank Severeid caught many of
the great pitchers of his day when
pitchers were strong enough and
good enough to win more than 30
games in a season.
"I caught some really great
pitchers" he told us "but I be
lieve Walter Johnson was the
greatest of them all. I have seen
all of the fast-ball pitchers of my
lifetime and I do not believe any
man ever lived who could throw
a baseball as hard as Walter John
son. Of course I did not get to
catch him until very late his
career when most of the zuip was
gone but I was a hitter against
him when he was at his very
best and I can testify that on
dary days you couldn't even see
his pitches."
Praises Meet Players
Hank Severeid has a lot of nice
things to say about the young ball
players who played in the Fourth
Army tournament. "That fellow
Frank Bauman of the Chaffee
team" he said "has lots of stuff
and in a few years you will see
him and many other of these play
ers in the major leagues" Hank
had high praise for Larryl Spencer
of the Ft. Sill team. "He's ready
for the big leagues any time the
army sees fit to turn him loose."
Of the 16 major league ball
teams 11 of them had scouts on
hand to witness the Fourth Army
games. They included Claude Deit-
rich of the Detroit Tigers Hap
Morse of the Phillies Ben Tincup
the famous old Indian pitcher who
is scouting for the Yankees Roy
Johnson of the Chicago Cubs Bub-
ba "Jonnard of the New York
Giants Wes Griffin of the Dod
gers Bill Rodgers of the Cleveland
Indians Jim Russo of Baltimore
Earl Halstead of the Milwaukee
Braves and Mel Priebish of the
Chicago White Sox.
We met all of these men and
found them not only soaked in base
ball but delightful story-tellers as
Fort Hood Station Hospital as a
result of injuries received in an]most former ball players are. Roy
automobile wreck in Taylor. Johnson who was a famous coach
The 24-year-old sergeant from for the Cubs for many years told
Reseda Calif. is survived by his jus one of the funniest Dizzy Dean
wife Jewell Dean and his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. Frank French
of Moro Ark.
stories we have even heard. But our
space is gone so we'll have to tell
you about it later.
FORT HOOD THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1954
Col. Powell Heads
Benefit Committee
A Charity Fund Subscription
Benefit Contest which will be used
to finance local charity needs for
the coming year will get under
way early this month.
The annual drive which began
in 1948 combines all charity re
quests into one campaign for
funds. The donations are used to
support military and civilian or
ganizations.
The committee which will have
charge of the fund for the 1954-55
year was appointed recently by
Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay
Corps commanding general. The
chairman Col. Elmer R. Powell
III Corps Artillery executive offi
cer will have overall supervision
of the contest.
The contest will be open to all
members of the Fort Hood Kil-
leen Base and Gary Air Force
Base military establishments. Em
ployes of
non-appropriated
fund
activities and the post exchanges
may also take part.
It is estimated that about $85-
000 will be necessary to support
charity activities for 1954-55. Since
expenses and prizes which will be
donated will amount to $20000
which means that approximately
$105000 will have to be raised:
Contributions in the contest will
be accepted only within the limits
of the Fort Hood Killeen Base and
Gary Air Force Base installations.
Tickets will be available from
directors or their authorized rep
resentatives. The tickets will be
issued by Lt. Col. Paul W. Herbst
acting finance and accounting offi
cer Fort Hood.
First Armored Division directors
will be given ticket books on from
1 p.m. September 13 until noon
September 14 Fourth Armored Di-
Defense Dept.
Studies Commie
Brain Washing
WASHINGTON (AFPS) A
special Defense Department com
mittee set up to study ways of
helping captured U.S. servicemen
withstand Communist brainwash
ing ha$ held exploratory meetings.
Secretary of Defense Wilson
who established the group in
structed it to study the "indoc
trination and training of military
so el on in
while in a prisoner of war sta
tus."
He pointed out the need to exa
mine the techniques of physical
and mental persuasion that ene
mies of the U.S. could be expected
to employ and stressed the need
for a uniform effective training
program for members of the
Armed Forces.
Certain changes in law and in
ternational agreements may ap
pear desirable. Mr. Wilson said
indicating that the military com
mittee would lay the groundwork
for a "comprehensive study" later
by another special committee of
civilian military and medical
specialists.
Two of the four brigadier gen
erals comprising the military
study group were prisoners of the
Japanese during WWII.
An Editorial
vision 1 p.m. September 14 until
noon September 15 and HE Corps
1 p.m. September 15 until noon
September 16.
Books of 50 subscription tickets
each of one dollar value will be
issued at first on the basis of two
tickets for each man. Directors
will turn in $49 for each book.
The remaining dollar will be the
director's incentive.
Set Drawing
The date for the drawing of in
dividual awards has been tenta
tively set for the halftime period
of the Fort Hood-Hardin-Simmons
"B" football game November 6
at Prichard Stadium. Winners need
not be present in order to claim
the gifts.
Prizes will also be awarded to
the military units and civilian sec
tions with the highest per capita
participation in the drive.
No donations will be accepted
until September 17. Individual and
unit award and- values will be dis
played at Theatre No. 1.
The campaign is the only drive
at Fort Hood for funds with the
exception of the March of Dimes
and Red Cross drives.
Benefits Activities
Organizations benefited by the
campaign include Youth Activities
Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Post Chap
lains' Fund Family Assistance
Mid-Texas Heart Association
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for
Crippled Children Bell County TB
Fund Army Emergency Relief
Cancer Society Gonzales Warm
Spring Foundation local USOs
Camp Moonraker and Gray Air
Force Base and Killeen Base ac
tivities.
However the number of chari
ties obtaining assistance is not
limited. An Operations Committee
administers the fund and deter
mines whether an activity is eligi
ble for support.
Members of the executive com
mittee to assist Colonel Powell
will be Col. Austin A. Miller quar
termaster Col. Robert L. Thomp
son public information oficer
Lt. Col. Daniel T. Fogarty special
vi of an
Herbst.
Sales Committee
Colonel Fogarty will be aided on
the sales committee by Lt. Col.
Levin B. Cottingham 1st Armored
Division Chemical Officer Lt.
Col. Mark J. J. Leonardi assistant
G-4 Maj. Frederick Weichel en-
route and Mr. Rollins Teas Civil
ian Personnel officer.
Colonel Herbst will be in charge
of the finance committee assisted
by Lt. H. Greathouse Lt. James
.Johnston Jr. and Lt. Dean S.
Weber of the Finance Office.
Colonel Miller will head the gifts
committee with the assistance of
Col. George Ruhlen 1st Armored
Division artillery. Lt. Col. Doyle
M. Ranson 1st Armored CC"B"
assistant executive officer and Mr.
Harold Stein Chief of merchan
dise post exchange.
Colonel Thompson will head the
publicity committee aided by Maj.
Waights M. Taylor corps public
in or at on iv
Capt. Egon Friedman 1st Arm
ored Division public information
officer and Lt. David Engel 4th
Armored Division public informa
tion officer.
Hungry Joe
Last week in a small western town they buried a fellow
everyone called Hungry Joe.
It was always said of Hungry Joe that he never got into a
hurry until he got behind the wheel of an automobile. He was
widely known in his town as one of "tlTose other fools every
one dreads while driving upon the public highways.
The police who trailed Hungry Joe said that he was doing
95 miles per hour when he killed himself and three innocent
persons traveling in another car and Hungry Joe of course
was roaring drunk.
Hungry Joe's last act upon this earth aroused so much in
dignation no one in his town would serve as a pallbearer.
When the pastor muttered the last words over him (doubtless
an execration) only three people were present at his graveside
—the undertaker the sexton and the pastor.
During the coming Labor Day week-end there will be
countless Hungry Joes on the highways seeking to stain their
hands with the blood of innocent people. The surest way to
avoid meeting up with them is to remain at home. If you do
go on the highways do not become a Hungry Joe yourself. It
is said that Satan has already segregated a district in hell for the
Hungry Joes so they will not contaminate the embezzlers and
the porch-climbers who go to the Bad Place.
Contest Aids Many Activities
At an impressive review cere
mony attended by several hundred
military and civilian dignitaries
Lt. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce retired
from the Army at 4 p.m. Tues
day after a dlstihguished career
of 37 years in the service.
A 15-gun salute was fired as
General Bruce entered the review
ing stand accompanied by Maj.
Gen. Hobart R. Gay III Corps
commander and visiting officers
aign Opens Soon
GENERAL BRUCE ON REVIEWING STAND—Lt. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce center is pictured on the
reviewing stand at Fort Hood as he spoke briefly during his retirement ceremonies. Shown at right
is Major Gen. Hobart Gay HI Corps and Fort Hood commander at left is Major Gen. William Bid-
die First Armored division commander and at rear is Major Gen. Ike Ashburn of the Texas National
Guard of Austin. (U. S. Army Photo)
Gen. Bruce Retires At Hood
After 37 Years Of Service
from the Air Force Navy Marines
and Coast Guard.
After messages from the other
armed services were presented
General Bruce delivered a brief
address.
Troops Parade
More than 6000 Fort Hood sold
iers passed in review to honor
General Bruce. They came from
the 4th Armored Division the 1st
Armored Division the 35th Engi-
A Personal Message
TO: AH Fort Hood Personnel
During the coming long Labor Day week-end many of you
will be on pass for a portion of the period. Don't let these
passes be one-way tickets to injury or death.
Your safety is of personal concern to me. I urge you to
exercise care and common sense in your holiday activities. A
violation of the rules of the road an accident while swimming
or boating in strange unguarded waters can be fatal.
Have a good holiday but conduct yourselves so that you
may enjoy many more.
HOBART R. GAY
Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay in
Corps commanding general is
seeking to eliminate death and acci
dents on all highways leaving Fort
Hood since more than normal traf
fic will be present.
Safety officials are administer
ing a special leave and pass policy
for the approaching pay day and
Labor Day weekend. With the two
vents coming so close a greater
measure of safety is neded to com
bat the highway menace—death.
The double holiday weekend Sept-
4-6 will affect all military and
civilian personnel assigned to Fort
Hood.
Stagger Passes
The policy which calls for
"staggered" three day passes and
leaves has been designed by
.Corps safety officials to help re
duce the number of Army person
nel in transit to and from Fort
Hood at one time according to Mr.
Woodrow W. Young corps safety
director.
Passes and leaves will be espec
ially scheduled so that a minimum
THE EDITOR SPEAKING:
Now that the EDC proposed by
France and wrecked by France has
gone by the board we wonder
what argument France will adduce
for blaming the United States.
We'll probably hear of it the min
ute we quit taxing the American
people to keep Frenchmen out of
the gutter.
Major General U. S. Army
Commanding
Fort Hood Promotes Campaign
Against Holiday Accidents
Safety officials of the III Corps
First Armored Division 4th Ar
mored Division 4th Armored Di
vision and units attached to the
Corps fire engaging in a vigorous
safety campaign for the Labor
Day weekend.
number of "Old Ironsides" and
"Breakthrough Division" personnel
are in transit on Monday Sept 6
a military and civilian holiday
when travel is expected to reach
a peak.
Other safety measures are to in
due safety talks stressing safety
precautions while swimming hik
ing and just taking it easy.
Division safety officials are
especially concerned about the
Labor Day week-end and the ef-
ect a high acccident and death toll
among military personnel might
have on efforts to maintain per
sonal and vehicle safety through
out the rest of September. They
point out that months of safety
training could be neutralized in the
space of a few hours.
A crew of battery mechanics in
spected every vehicle's headlights
brakes horn windshield wipers
steering gear and other operating
apparatus.
The 100th Tank Bn. is now com
pleting a similar vehicle inspec
tion. Other units of the dibision
are planning to join the 100th Tank
and A Btry. of the 73rd in check
ing cars belonging to their per
sonnel.
The "Old Ironsides" safety theme
during September will be "Child
Safety" which will be sponsored
nationally by the National Safety
Council.
With children flocking back to
classrooms the accident danger in
the Fort Hood area becomes more
acute.
During 1953 4400 of the nation's
children under the age of 15 were
killed in Motor vehicle accidents.
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neer Group and the 86th Ordnance
Bn.
Also retiring from the Army in
the ceremony for General Bruce
were the following:
Col. Alan L. Fulton Maj. John
S. Hower Maj. Wilbur J. Lynge
Capt. George H. Whitney Lt.
Frederick N. Martin M-Sgt. Ozro
K. Franklin M-Sgt. Robert Win-
field M-Sgt. Ervin C. Wilder
SFC Harvey Jaudon Sgt. William
J. Grant.
Following the review and parade
a reception was held *n honor of
General Bruce at the Officers'
mess. He flew to Houston to take
over his new position as president
of the University of Houston on
Wednesday.
Texas A&M Grad
General Bruce was graduated
from the A&M College of Texas
in 1916 and entered the Regular
Army as a second lieutenant in
June 1917 while serving in the
First Officers' Training Camp at
Leon Springs Tex. He served there
as an instructor for a short time
and then departed for Europe with
the 2nd (Indian Head) Infantry
Division.
During World Wat I he com
manded a company a battalion
and a regiment. Then 24 years old
he was one of the youngest lieu
tenant colonels in the infantry. He
fought in all actions of the 2nd
Division at Verdun Chateau Thier
ry Soissons Nancy San Mihiel
Blanc Mont and the Meuse-Ar-
gonne in France. He was in the
Army of Occopation in Germany
until August 1919. It was with.
the 2nd Division that he won the
second highest American medal
for heroism the Distinguished
Service Cross.
In 1941 after looking over sev
eral possible sites General Bruce
who had been assigned to start the
Tank Destroyer Center selected
the area now known as Fort Hood
and saw it transformed from ranch
lands to the largest military trains
ing area in the country. Hund
reds of tank destroyer units—
which distinguished themselves on
battlefields—were trained under
his supervision.
He was awarded a Distinguished
Service Medal for "his service in
planning organizing establishing
and operating the Tank Destroyer
units whose tactical mission was
not previously contemplated in the
organization of the Army." In
September 1942 he was promoted
to major general.
In May 1943 he assumed com
mand of the 77th Infantry Divi
sion which fought in the Guam
Operation made a famous end
run behind the enemy's lines on
Leyte captured the fortress of
Ie Shima an operation bettwe
known as the place where Ernie
Pyle was killed and participated
in the bitter fighting on Okinawa.
In October 1947 he became
deputy Army commander of the
Fourth Army at Fort Sam Hous
ton Tex. where he was primarily
engaged in the vast training activ
ities of five states in ROTC Na
tional Guard and Organized Re
serve Corps.
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