THE HERALD
Blitzkreig to Be Staged at Fort Sheridan
Defense against the mechanized forces of modern blitzkreig will be demonstrated in graphic fashion by 6,000 soldiers in a huge military show, October 31 and November 1 and 2 at Fort Sheriidan, in which men from Maywood, pVIelrose Park and Forest Park will participate.
Anti-aircraft guns will send burst after burst into the air, powerful pencils of light from the 800 million candlepower searchlights will sweep the sky, thousands of men will march to martial music, and all types of military equipment vvill be on exhibit for close inspection by the public.
"This will be the largest show of its kind ever presented in the midwest, and a crowd of more than 50,000 persons is expected," Col. F. C. Rogers, commanding Fort Sheridan, said today. "It will afford our citizens a rare chance to see the modern army at close range."
Parades will be presented twice daily at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the parade ground, with participation by thousands of soldiers, most of them hardened and experienced after engaging in the recent army maneuvers in the south. The crowd will be given an opportunity then to view the exhibits, set up and manned by picked squads capable of answering questions about the material in their charge.
These displays will include the 3-inch anti-aircraft guns, the 37- millimeter anti-aircraft and antitank guns, the .30 and .50 calibre anti - aircraft machine guns, searchlights, sound locaters, all types of army trucks including "jeeps" and "blitzbuggies," post hole digger, field kitchen, tents and all types of signal equipment such as radio and teletype.
Firing of the guns is scheduled next from the beach below Gordon Johnston field near the south end of Fort Sheridan. Tracer bullets will he used in the 37- millimeter guns which fire 120 rounds a minute, the .50 calibre machine guns which can fire four miles straight upward and the .30 calibre machine guns. Searchlight demonstrations at both the parade ground and beach will follow the night parades.
Proceeds of the 50 cent admission charge, which includes 5 cents tax, will be devoted to the Army Relief society, formed by civilian women to care for the families of deceased soldiers.
Boogie Woogie Boy to Have His Day
The Sixth Corps Area Bugle contest will be conducted Sunday, November 2, it was announced this week by Major General J. M. Cummins, commanding the Corps Area with headquarters in Chicago. The contest will take place in the studios of the National Broadcasting company in Chicago and will be broadcast through the facilities of station WMAQ from 1 to 1:30 p.m., CST.
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Cpl. Nelson to Attend Army Training School
The biggest step in his army career loomed today for Corporal Charles J, Nelson, Scott Field, who by virtue of excellence in character, training, and experience has been selected to attend the army's Officer Training school, according to Col. Wolcott P. Hayes, commandant at Scott Field. Corporal Nelson is the son of Mrs. Bethia Nelson, 910 South 10th avenue Maywood.
Corporal Nelson, a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 7th Air Base group, was notified of his appointment and given orders to proceed to his new pct immediately. He will start his training October 22 at Fort Belvoir, Va., in a course which will bring him a commission as 2nd lieutenant in the Engineering Corps.
Before being called into the army last February, Corporal Nelson was employed on the editorial staff of the Joliet Herald News, Joliet, 111., and at Scott Field was appointed non-commissioned officer in charge of the post Public Relations office. He is a graduate of Northwestern university.
Possibility of attending Officer Training school is in keeping with the policy of America's new army of offering opportunities to deserving men from the ranks.
The champion buglers from Fort Sheridan, Fort Custer, Fort Brady, Camp Grant, Scott Field and the Savanna Ordnance Depot will take part in the contest. Local contests are now being conducted to determine these local winners. The Corps Area champion will be presented with a bugle as a symbol of his prowess.
Women Here to Knit for Army-Navy
Join the Sweater-a-Month club!
This is the plea of the Qtizens committee for the Army and Navy, Inc., enlisting American women here in a regior-wide drive to knit sweaters for the United States soldiers.
Already thousands of American women, representing every strata of society, have pledged themselves to knit a sweater each month for the nation's men in uniform. Membership in this new band of patriotic knitters ranges from society leader to shopgirls, famous actresses to college students, noted clubwomen to housewives.
It's simple to become a member of this growing club. All you have to do is visit your local store for yarn and official knitting instructions—then get out your knitting needles and get busy.
Stores throughout the country have on hand ample supplies of regulation yarn, together with simple knitting instructions for the types of sweaters needed by today's vast forces of American boys in uniform.
When your sweater is completed, return it to the store where you purchased the yarn, which in turn- will forward it to the nearest region council Who will see that it reaches a United States soldier—a personal message from you to some boy in camp, assuring him that he is not forgotten by the "folks back home."
Your pin money will buy the yarn. Your spare time will make the sweater. And you'll make an American soldier happy.
Phone Mrs. George Heisler, Bellwood 6806-J for further information.
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