FtRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1945
Grad, Red Cro
Relates War E
Danger! You are entering
Prance
According to Mrs. Allene B.
Haberfeld, )36, who recently re
turned to the States from 24
•mobths of duty with the American
IRed Cross, in the European Thea
tre. of Operations, it was safer to
be in Germany than in France.
France is honeycombed with land
mines and booby traps while the
retreating Whermacht spared
their own' land of these deadly de
vices to a great extent.
"I was' always interested in Red
Cross work and I wanted to take
an•activc part in the war effort,"
she pointed out. "With the train
ing I received in the College in
dramatics and voice plus the work
I did after graduation, I felt that
entertainment would be my field."
After a training course in ARC
work, the former model arrived in
England in September, 1943. For
eight-and-a-half months she was
an Areo Club director at a B-17
base in East Anglia. Besides
meeting all returning missions to
give food to the crew memberS,
her work there was that of being
a close friend, advisor, and morale
builder to the men.
"Of all th e work I ever did for
the Red Cross the most gratifying
and enjoyable was that at the
Areo Club. I became more fa
miliar with the fellows and could
better help them more with their
personal problems."
Lands. In France
D-Day found Mrs. 'Haberfeld
and her partner, Miss Josephine
Harris, a concert singer from
Pittsburgh, in charge' of a eine
me,bile waiting transportation to
Prance. The cinemobile, a truck
having a drop stage which is used
to show movies and stage shows
to' troops, and its two occupants
landed on Omaha Beach in Nor
mandy once the beachhead was
secure, a month IW:en
Throughout their stay on the
continent, the twosome were at
tached to the Third Army, and
kept pace with its advances. They
entered Paris a week after its lib
eration and found the people still
celebrating. The shop . windows
were covered with anything red,
white, or blue, commented Mrs.
Haberfeld. American, British and
French flags were everywhere, as
was the inebriated population.
But unfortunately wars are not
all liberation parties and such.
At the time of the , German Bel
giUm Bulge offensive in Decem
ber, Mrs. Haberfeld and Miss Har
ris were in Luxembourg enter
taining combat troops on four-day
Cabinet Meeting—
(Continued from page one)
tee refuse the first floor lounge of
Old Main and favor instead the
procurement of the Sandwich Shop .
or White Hall.
President. Michael' Lynch intro
duced the newly elected !first se
mester president, James aVicKeand
to .Calbinet.
.
Mary Margaret Dunlap an
noimced to the student represen
tatives that • freshman women
averaged better than an 185 in the
bluphook.that Judicial gave them
on Penn State customs.
James Holtsinger was appointed
by- President Lynch to investigate
the-possibility of •erecting a large
bulletin board in Old Main for all
College announcements.
eabiriet will meet again in the
Alumni Office, Old (Main, 8 p.m.
September 4.
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rest passes when the onslaught
struck. They were never in too
great danger of capture, she point
ed out, but the affair had a de
pressing effect on them and the
men as a whole.
"I guess we had a good sense
of humor," commented the Red
Cross worker. "That's about what
saved you overseas. If you
couldn't see things in a lighter
vein sometimes, you would simply
crack up. Anyway, we had to
keep our morale high , as it was out
job to keep others happy regard
less of how we felt."
Meets General, Brladley r
One of the greatest thrills that
Mrs. Haberfeld experienced was
when she met General Omar
Bradley at a command perform
ance of a show he requested in
Weisbaden, Germany. The Gen
eral said that it was "the best
show in the ETO."
Mrs. Haberfeld has just com
pleted the writing of a book on
the experiences of herself and
Miss Harris overseas. The book
is on the lighter side of Army life
as they found it: Whether or not .
it will be published is not yet
known, but regardless, it will be
a permanent record of what they
did and as such they will alivays
have a written account of their
days with the ARC.
Postwar plans for the author
ess-traveler, who is entitled to
wear the Presidential Unit Cita
tion and the ETO ribbon with six
battle clusters, are indefinite.
California seems to agree with her
and maybe that will be her future
home.
Research Grants--
(Continued from page one)
fine size iron ore concentration
with the $2OO voted to him.
A bibliography of mineral eco
nomics is being prepared by Wil
liam M. Myers, associate profes
sor of mineral economics and
technology, with a $lOO research
aid. Hans Neuberger, associate
professor of geophysics, will car
ry on research concerning the
response characteristics of an in
tegrating light recorder with a
$2OO grant.'
- Studying the control of corro
sion in ferrous metal piping' sys
tems, R. J. Schatz, engineering
professor, was approved s2oo;'
$4OO was given Harold K. Schil
ling, chemistry and physics pro
fessor, for research in wincl-gen
erated sounds.
Harry A. Sorensen, associate
professor of mechanical engi
neering,, will experiment with
evaporation in vertical tubes with
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Calendar
TODAY
Sabbath Eve Services, Hillel
Foundation, 8:30 p.m.
,Ag Students' Corn Roast, Stock
Judging Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.
PSCA Mixed Chorus, 304, Old
Main, 0:30 p.m.
TOMORROW
Log Rhythm Dance, Hee Hall,
9-12 p.m. •
Freshman = Upperclass Tug of
War, lacrosse field, 1:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
Chapel, Rev. Larson Sherwood,
Pastor of First Methodist Church,
Rotterdam Junction, N. Y., ill a.m.
Hiller Swimming Party, Green
wood iFurnace, 1:30 p.m.
Hillel Record Concert, Hillel
Foundation, 7 p.m.
MONDAY
PSCA Football Movies, 304 Old
Main, 7 p.m.
TWA meeting, 401 Old Main, 7
p.m.
Engineer meeting, Armory, 7
p.m.
Collegian Advertising candi
dates, 8 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY
PSCA Outdoor. Club meeting,
304 Old Main, 8 p.m.
131st American Chemical Soci
ety meeting, 119 New Physics, 7:30
p.m.
X-G-I Club meeting, 405 Old
Main, 7:30 p.m.
Penn State! Club meeting, 321
Old Main, 8 p.m.
Center Campus Club meeting, 10
Sparks, 7:30 p.m.
ASTP-V-12- Softball Champion
ship Game, Golf Course, 7 p.m.
First Semester Collegian candi
dates, 8 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m.
Second Semester Collegian can
didates, reporters, sports assis
tants, 8 Carnegie Hall, 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
PS'CA Upperclass Executive
committee meeting, 304 Old Main,
4:30 p.m.
Common Sense meeting, 10
Sparks, 7 p.m.
Newman Club Discussion Club
meeting; Rectory,•Lady of Victory
ChurCh, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
11\11JA meeting, 401 Old Main, 7
a $lOO grant. Shaver Creek hy
drologic studies brought James R.
Villemonte, assistant professor of
civil engineering, a Is2oo grant
in-aid.
The factors influencing the ac
quisition of swimming skills is
slated for study by Eugene "Wett
stone, assistant professor- of phys
ical education, with a $2OO re
search aid. Ralph C. Wood, as
sistant professor of German, will
study the• history and language
of Pennsylvania German news
papers by means of a $4OO grant.
George L. Zundel, assistant pro
lessor of plant pathology, was
approved a grant of $65 for his
"Smuts of the World."
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Common Sense Members
To Hear Ballad Records
Burle Ives, Josh White, John Jai
eobi Niles, Carl Sandburg, all fa
mous ballad, singers, will be pre
sented, in record form, by the
Common Sense Club at its meet
ing in 10 Sparks at 7 p. m. Wed
nesday.
Edward Abramson, assistant
professor of the sociology depart
ment, will act as master of cere
monies, explaining the histories
and backgrounds of the ballads
and also giving brief biographies
of the singers.
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