PAGE SIX Alumnus Pilots Mediterranean North Africa, Pantelleria, Sicily, Messina, Italy. These names read ing like a roll call of. Allied vic tories are mcre real than names to First Lieut. Arthur R. Warnock Jr.. U. S. A. A. F., who has just piloted the 825 Mitchell bomber - Stardust" on fifty combat miss ions in the Mediterranean theater of war. lA. Warnock, a graduate of the College in Commerce and Ph-lan ce, in the class of '39 joined the Air Force in September 1942. He received his pilot training at Fos ter Field, Texas. His father, Ar thur R. Warnock Sr., is dean of men of the College. As a member of the 12th U. S. Air Force., Lt. Warnock bombed the Germans in the closing phases of the North African campaign when they were retreating before the attacks of the British Bth Ar my He took part in the "'softening up" of Pantelleria and Sicily and more recently has been bombing the German Armies in Italy be tween the Anglo-American Fifth Army and the "Road to Rome!" For his part in these missions front which his plane returned with "a few bullet and ack-ack holes" Lt. Warnock was awarded the Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters. The worst raid Lt. Warnock look part in was the bombing of Messina Straits on the last day of the Sicilian campaign when the .41 .1•10 1 . 44 * - : ..2, .' CfiRIST MRS To You From COLLEGE an RATE SEASON'S GREETINGS from SMITH'S TAILOR SHOP ia^3^£«Sa’SKS^S2aSSSS£s£sCa&j»Si .t • .t.•••••.•• ...• Make It a White Christmas By Sending Your HOLIDAY LINENS TO THE g PENN SATE LAUNDRY 320 West Beaver Ave. m.m , f.vam:,-s:4-- , :.5.54z1.:mt..-..1.4-dm-....:mm4:...mmmwafr,-4 Bomber On 5 0 Combat Flights 61vIttered German forces were e vacuating to the Italian mainland, in the path of the American 7th Army. Lt. Warnock was in Italy whet: the armistice ending the Ita lian partkipation in the war was made public. He saw the over joyea Italian people rejoicing at the i:ews. "We were also glad that they were out of the war because it was just one more step toward victory," he said. While discussing the German fighter planes and pilots, Lieut. Warnock told how the Focke- Wulfe. 190 and Messerschmidt 109 are excellent airplanes but that the Ame: ican fighters are tough er and more maneuverable. "The chief advantage of the American Pilot is his teamwork and his thorough background it tactical training," he added. A good evaluation of what Penn State means to its students fight ing on all the battle fronts was Lt. Warnock's concluding state ment, "Ccilege days never looked better than when we were over there." College Doir Replaces Speaker At Chapel Hour This Sunday's Chapel hour has been turned over exclusively to the College choir which will present a musical program under the direc tion of Mrs. Willa Taylor, its con ductor. A duet from HLidel's "Messiah" will be sung by Marilouise Hefty and e Neff. The choir's selec tions by Bach are "Break Forth, 0 Beauteous Light" from "Christmas Oratorio," and "Alleuiah" from "Cantata 142." The choir will also present Handel's "Hallelujah Chor us" frojn "Messiah," and a group of fplk carols, some of which have been arranged by Mr. William Henninger of the Music Depart ment. SailorTellsHowßutch'O'Hare Bagged Five Jap Bombers (Continued from page one) crews as they rushed to battle stations on the morning of De cember 7, 1941. When the ship was abled for sea duty, Hartle went on a tour of action Which took him into a battle in the Coral Sea, 'and an other in New Guinea. His follow ing assignments sent him through out the South Pacific, to the South Sea island of Pago Pago, and then back to Pearl Harbor to await return to America. On his numerous voyages, he crossed the International Date Line several times, and was initiated into the Naval society, "Shellback," when he crossed' the equator. During the following winter, Hartle shipped out with the At lantic Fleet on 12 missions in the North Atlantic, constantly help ing to fight off enemy submarine attacks. While on the East coast, he did sentry duty on the French liner Normandie, while she lay 0, "Mt . • .igattz- Army Exam Reveals Mystery—Aldo Cenci Tops Scales At 249 A routine Army physical exam ination today bared the season long secret of Penn State's gar gantuan football player Aldo Cenral of Scranton. Since early in the year, Cenci's weight has been a matter of spec ulation among his teammates and the majority insis te d that he weighed more than the 230 pounds to which he admitted. Locker room guesses ran as high as 260 pounds. Aldo, intrigued by the mystery, refused to hop on the scales in front of his teammates. He per sistently ducked the curious and waited until the locker room was virtually empty to report his weight to the keeper of the charts. "Still 230," was his stock report. But the huge blocking back, who will share Penn Statee atten tion with Guard Johnny Jaffurs in the East-West game at San Fran cisco New Year's Day, was unable to conceal. the true figure when he . underwent a routine Army physi cal ten clays ago. Jaffurs, who is slated to go into officer training with Cenci in , February, accom panied the Scranton heavyweight to a nearby Army camp and broug'it back the straight dope. "He weighed 249 and three quarters pounds," - Johnny said, adding: "The doctor whistled when he recorded the figurel." MI Elects New Head Paul Budzak was recently. elect ed president. of the Mineral Indus tries Society at its second meeting of the semester. Assisting officers are vice-president, John Kalasky; secretary, Robert Folk; and treas urer, Kye Trout. Plans fgr the organization of ac tivities of the coming year include the appointment of several corn mittees, tentative arrangements for a banquet, and a discussion of the possibility of a series of speakers for future meetings. capsized in New York Harbor for repairs. When docked at Boston last winter, Hartle was at the scene of the Cocoanut Grove fire which took the lives of nearly 500 per sons, including several shipmate& who had arrived in port- with: him that day. Early last summer, .he was re warded for his months of active sea duty by being assigned to the V-12 program at the College, where he will study' for' ten 'inore months in preparation -for mid shipman's schoot In the first four months of his college training, he ranked in the upper one-tenth of the entire complement of Naval and Marine trainees in the same unit. This week, officer's in charge of the Penn State Navy program presented him with his sixth campaign bar—a medal, for three year's continuous service without bad conduct. Hartle has a brother Paul in Sardinia, where he is stationed with the Army after being woun ded in the Sicilian 'campaign. An= other brother Frank, is in the Ma rind Corps. All three men live hi' Sewickley Heights, a suburb of Pittsburgh. • in.„.:T5::...-,...,..:,-,....i....„...„:;.,w,„.....7,.......,..„„),....0.....,-.......,t..,..,-,-„,.,....,...,......5„........, REA and. DENOF ( IC•N • s . .1 . . W • . . t..:, WISH THE .STUDENTS . a . a A , VERY ' joyous.. HOLIDAY. .. - -:-... ~ ... - -.. '...:!.4, b.: w ....eof .4,-;„:„,.......„.....,,-.........-...,,....,..„.............,.................,..),.....7,.„ Dial 3261 THE COLLEGIAN Princess Will Highlight Banquet Authoress-Princess Paul Sap- , ieaha, the American-born wife of Polish nobleman, will be Theta Sigma Phi's guest speaker 'at the Matrix dinner. Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalism honorary, will have its dinner' at the Cor ner Room, January 26. Author of "Polish Profile," Princess Paul recently completed "Beyond This Shore," which tells of the conflict between the Am erican and European way of life. This novel is based on the auth-. or's European residence after a i life in America as a background. Before the outbreak of the war in Poland, the Princess and her family escaped over the Rouman ian border when the Nazis storm ed into Lemberg. From Rouman ia, they fled . , to• Hungary, then to Paris, and finally from France to America. Princess Paul was Virginia Peterson . prior to her marriage. Her father, Dr. Frederick Peter son, is the former head a the Neurological Association of Am erica. She was educated at both Vas sar and at the University of. Gre noble in France. While at Gre noble the Princess-to-be married the Prince, although both fam ilies objected to the marriage. The writing career of the Prin cess started in New York 'City, where she penned articles for "The New. Yorker" and the "Her ald-Tribune;v- before 1933. Married in London, the couple made their home in Poland until the forced evacuation. At pres-, ent, they liVe in NeW .York City together with their two small 'children. Hold Open House • Sororities will hold their second open house of the semester from 2 .to 3:30 . p.m. tomorrow for all freshmen and transfer wom e n. Visitors are reminded that the houses are not open after 3:30. Tranvortation:.NOtice 'Due to a change in the P. R. R. schedule, it is necessary that we revise our' present' bus schedule. Effective Siduloy, Nov. 14, 1943 Daily Lv. State College 10:45 A.M. Ar.-Lewistown: ___l2 :00 P;M. Lv. Lewistown- ___l2:3s P.M. Ar. State College . 1:50 P.M. Make direct connections with trains East bound 12:30 P,M., ' 5:59 P. M., 1:12 A. M. ' West bound trains 12:08 P. M., 6:48 P. M., 11:26 P. M. Dial Boalsburg '9-2731, - State College Hotel 733, or Company Office 769.' Use the BOalsblurg Auto Bus. Line to , saxe•hours'of time to . ' Philadelphia, Washington, New York,- etc. BOALSBN6 AUTO BUS LINE ^RIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1943 Air Force Commandant Advances To Major Thomas E. Leet, commanding officer of the Army Air Force 330th College Training Detadh meat at the College, has been promoted to the rank of major, word from Washington notified him yesterday. Major Leet, former 'adjutant at the Pennsylvania Military Col lege, has been in charge of air cadets on the campus since early July. Before his assignment to the College, Major Leet was secre tary of the Officers' Candidate and,the - Officer.§' Training schools at Miami Beach. He was trat?.s ferred. .the College directly: from the Malden Army Air Wase (basic training school at Malden, Mo.; where he served as com mandant of cadets. • Major Leet is a graduate of P. M. C. He got ,his degree in 1917 and stayed on as a college faculty member and as line coach in foot ball. He was commissioned ,a captain in the Army Air Cdrps in March 1942. ! (M e :44 Merry. Christmas STATE COLLEGE _ FLORAL SHOP 227 - W. Beaver • Eastern War Time Daily Frl., Sat., Sun. 4:30 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. 5 .- i45 P.M. 11:15 P.M. 7:05 P.M. 11:30 P.M.' 8:20 P.M. 12:45 A.M. + + +
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