Description
Hell on Wheels
Vol. 1, No. 29 — Second Armored Division — Friday, November 30, 1945
4 pages scanned
Names
• Abbott, Bud (actor — appearing in Naughty Nineties at Olympia Theater Bad Orb)
• Barter, Isabelle (Red Cross sketch artist — touched up pencil portrait of Sgt Albert Helton, Div Hq Co; portrait photo published; also mentioned touring Division area)
• Bonestell, J. (Pfc — Staff Artist, Hell on Wheels; The Wheels comic)
• Bracken, Alida (pin-up contest fourth choice — sister of S/Sgt William Bracken, 66th AR; entered by her brother Glen Murry, also of 66th AR)
• Bracken, William (S/Sgt — 66th AR; entered Polly Jones and Alida Bracken in contest)
• Brobek, Cpl (Div Hq Co — owned Vino, black spotted Great Dane that won ‘best all around’ prize at Bad Orb dog show)
• Brunow, Marcel F. C. (Lt Col — G-5; returned to States this week; succeeded by Lt Col Eugene A. Trahan who assumed G-5 duties in addition to G-2)
• Burba, Edwin (Lt Col — G-3; served as judge in pin-up contest)
• Caniff, Milton (cartoonist — Male Call comic strip, creator of Terry and the Pirates)
• Chaparo, Raymond (cornet — member of newly-formed dance combo in Division)
• Chisholm, Brock (Maj Gen — Canadian psychiatrist; declared atomic bomb exploded Santa Claus myth; said children who believe in Santa have permanently injured thinking ability; Ottawa CNS dispatch)
• Conn, Billy (boxer — out of shape for June ‘Battle of Century’ match with Louis; seen by Stanley Woodward in London exhibition; reportedly slow, fat, paunchy; carried Louis 13 rounds previously)
• Connerton, Robert (Pfc — 82nd Recon unit correspondent listing)
• Correll, Louis W. (Lt Col — designated as G-4; replaces Lt Col Frank M. Muller who returned on emergency leave; formerly CO of 17th Armd Engr Bn before Hall took over)
• Costello, Lou (actor — appearing in Naughty Nineties at Olympia Theater Bad Orb)
• Dall, John (actor — appearing in The Corn Is Green at Olympia Theater Bad Orb)
• Davis, Bette (actress — appearing in The Corn Is Green at Olympia Theater Bad Orb)
• Deblois, Frank (Sgt — sports columnist; Louis Conn Out Of Shape and Olive Branch to Brancho articles)
• Dodge, Charles (Col — chief of staff; served as judge in pin-up contest)
• Evans, Ray (football player — 2d Air Force Superbombers team member; referenced in sports column)
• Eyman, Nancy (Miss — named Sweetheart of the 2nd Armored; from Reedley, Calif.; 19 years old; brown eyes; sandy hair; five feet three inches; slight resemblance to Shirley Temple; photo submitted by Cpl Ed Maher, 66th AR; picture adorned billet walls in England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and US)
• Foster, Garrard (Maj — Provost Marshall; returned to States this week; replaced by Maj Robert C. Stump)
• Fulutter, Bill (pianist — listening in background while combo plays; division dance combo)
• Gibson, William (Cpl — 78th AFA unit correspondent listing)
• Greer, M. C. (Lt — Maint Bn; directing recoilless gun demonstrations at Division Artillery Range near Bad Orb)
• Hall, Robert J. (Maj — formerly executive officer of 17th Armd Engr Bn; succeeds Col Correll as commanding officer of 17th Armd Engr Bn; assumes duties of Division Engineer)
• Helton, Albert (Sgt — Div Hq Co; subject of Isabelle Barter pencil portrait photo; published in paper)
• Hill, Peter (T/5 — 14th AFA unit correspondent listing)
• Intravaia, Larry (sax — member of newly-formed dance combo in Division)
• Jacobs, Mike (boxing promoter — ‘the man with the free-wheeling teeth’; predicts Louis-Conn fight will gross 3,000,000 dollars; says both boys are in the pink)
• Jones, Polly (pin-up contest third choice — entered by S/Sgt William Bracken, 66th AR)
• Karl, Frederick (1st Lt — 41st AIR unit correspondent listing)
• Keiper, James (Pfc — Hq Co B Co unit correspondent listing)
• Kirkpatrick, Robert (Sgt — 48th Medics unit correspondent listing)
• Kogstad, Arthur (Lt Col — G-1; served as judge in pin-up contest)
• Lamarr, Hedy (actress — appearing in Her Highness and the Bellboy at Olympia Theater Bad Orb)
• Lamb, Ivan (bass — member of newly-formed dance combo in Division)
• Lincoln, Abraham (referenced — Yonkers Mayor Sullivan accused of plagiarizing Lincoln’s letter of condolence to Mrs. Bixby; Sullivan denies reading it; ‘just a case of two great minds running in the same channel’)
• Little, Jack (Sgt — 66th AR unit correspondent; also contributor; Does Your Sleep Look Different Lately column)
• Louis, Joe (boxer — out of shape for June match with Conn; observers say he looks like a different man than the one who knocked out Conn in 1941)
• Luga, Ted (Sgt — Supply Bn; entered Virginia Ann Ruth in pin-up contest)
• Maher, Ed (Cpl — 1st Bn, 66th AR; submitted Nancy Eyman photo for pin-up contest; on 30-day reenlistment furlough in Holland; calls Alhambra, Calif. home; joined Army April 1944; two campaign stars)
• Malis, Steve (Pfc — Staff Writer, Hell on Wheels; wrote Shipping Plans May Change Soon article)
• Mayer, Col John (Col — Hell on Wheels staff, Photographers)
• McGraw, John (late — referenced in Robinson article; formerly acquired Negro to play for Giants then tried to palm him off as an Indian)
• Muller, Frank M. (Lt Col — G-4; returned to States on emergency leave; replaced by Lt Col Louis W. Correll)
• Murry, Glen (T/5 — 66th AR; entered sister Glenora Murry in pin-up contest)
• Murry, Glenora (pin-up contest fifth choice — entered by brother Glen Murry, also of 66th AR)
• Nenonen, Uno (T/5 — Supply Bn unit correspondent listing)
• Overstreet, Charles (T/5 — 92nd AFA unit correspondent listing)
• Raine, Ralph J. (S/Sgt — 17th Engr unit correspondent listing)
• Redding, Jerome (Sgt — Maint Bn unit correspondent listing)
• Reinhard, Lt Wyon (Lt — Editor, Hell on Wheels)
• Rickey, Branch (owner Brooklyn Dodgers — signed Jackie Robinson, first Negro player in organized baseball; Olive Branch to Brancho article; described as ‘pontifical Brancho’; credited for acting without subterfuge)
• Rittenmar, W. O. Theo (Warrant Officer — director of consolidated Division band; final objective of seven dance bands; contact in Bad Orb for musicians wishing to join)
• Rivers, A. F. (Cpl — 67th AR marksman; member of 7th Army carbine team that won first in ETO shoot; also took third in individual carbine with leaf sight shoot)
• Robinson, Dale (M/Sgt — Photographers, Hell on Wheels staff)
• Robinson, Jackie (shortstop — first Negro ball player signed to contract in organized baseball; former four-letter star at University of California Los Angeles; to play for Montreal Royals, Dodger farm club in International League; Olive Branch to Brancho article)
• Ruth, Virginia Ann (pin-up contest second choice — entered by Sgt Ted Luga, Supply Bn)
• Schoffuer, Cpl (Div Hq — owned Possum, dog of questionable breed that won best stance prize at Bad Orb dog show)
• Scholl, Robert (T/S — Managing Editor, Hell on Wheels)
• Schriebel, Carl (musician — appeared with his Hasselt Red Center band which played the Division area last week; Music Maker photo; played queer contraption that produced much music)
• Schulman, George (Pfc — Staff Writer, Hell on Wheels; also contributor; This Place Is Going To The Dogs humorous dog show article under byline George ‘FIDO’ Schulman)
• Sinkwich, Frankie (football player — 2d Air Force Superbombers team; cracked knee in game against El Toro Marines; on shelf for rest of year; referenced in sports column)
• Stump, Robert C. (Maj — appointed acting Provost Marshall; replaces Maj Garrard Foster who returned to States; formerly executive officer of 92nd AFA)
• Sullivan, Chick (trumpet — member of newly-formed dance combo in Division)
• Sullivan, James A. (Mayor — Yonkers; accused of plagiarizing Lincoln’s letter to Mrs. Bixby; denies reading Lincoln’s letter; quoted: ‘just a case of two great minds running in the same channel’; Yonkers NY CNS dispatch)
• Sutton, Joe C. (Cpl — 41st AIR unit correspondent listing)
• Trahan, Eugene A. (Lt Col — G-2; also assumed duties of G-5 following Lt Col Brunow’s return to States this week)
• Tropp, Bud (drums — member of newly-formed dance combo in Division)
• Turner, Bulldog (football player — 2d Air Force Superbombers team; referenced in sports column)
• Vino (black spotted Great Dane — owned by Cpl Brobek, Div Hq Co; won ‘best all around’ prize at Bad Orb dog show)
• Voyles, L. A. (Sgt — 67th AR marksman; member of 7th Army carbine team that won first place in ETO shoot)
• Walker, Robert (actor — appearing in Her Highness and the Bellboy at Olympia Theater Bad Orb)
• Weiss, Cpl (I and E School — owned Meatball, a shepherd that won ‘cutest dog’ prize at Bad Orb dog show)
• Woodfin, Z. S. (referenced — Nashville Tenn; owes his life to a peanut; ricocheted bullet missed him while he threw back his head to inhale a goober; Nashville Tenn CNS dispatch)
• Woodward, Stanley (sportswriter — New York Herald Tribune; saw Conn fight exhibition in London; says Billy the Kid is slow, fat, paunchy; lacking in footwork and finesse)
• Wynne, John D. (Lt Col — CCB; commanded task force cited for St. Lo breakthrough; also referenced as CO 66th AR in pin-up judge listing context)
Locations
• Bad Orb, Germany — publication location of Hell on Wheels; Olympia Theater; German circus playing I and E school Saturday and Sunday; dog show; recoilless gun demonstrations at nearby Division Artillery Range
• Barmen, Germany — Division sector east of Barmen during Roer River defense December 1944
• Berlin, Germany — M-G-M film Weekend At The Waldorf shown at Titania Palast Sunday July 15; 2nd Armored troops told they witnessed world premiere
• Birstein, Germany — 67th AR church services; Catholic and Protestant
• Brussels, Belgium — leaves and furloughs cancelled after Dec. 1
• Gelnhausen, Germany — Division Basketball League games; Trains vs 41st AIR at 1400 Tuesday; 66th AR Polar Bears gym; double header Wednesday at Gelnhausen
• Gross-Auheim, Germany — Division Arty vs 66th AR Friday at 1500; 41st AIR vs Div Arty Saturday
• Hanau, Germany — Arty Units and 82nd Rcn Catholic church services 1030 at Projectile EM Mess Hall Langendiebach; also 1030 Cath. Church Hanau
• Hasselt, Belgium — 2nd Armored Rest Center ordered to shut down immediately; Division contemplating departure 15 December; opened shortly after 82nd Rcn freed Hasselt on Sept. 8, 1944; first rest center of its kind in ETO; modern brick dormitories built for Belgian army; featured Club Lido and Date Bureau with 400 prettiest girls in Hasselt; Hasselt Red Center band played Division area last week
• Hirzenhaim, Germany — 67th AR 3rd Bn and Recon Co Protestant Church services
• Hochstadt, Germany — 82nd Rcn Protestant Church services
• Holland — Cpl Maher on 30-day reenlistment furlough in Holland; passes to Netherlands previously cancelled
• Julich-Broich-Mersch, Germany — Germans steadily improving defenses in this area during Roer River defense period
• Langendiebach, Germany — Arty Units and 82nd Rcn Bn EM Mess Hall church services
• Langenselboch, Germany — Div Arty Units Protestant Church 1100
• Le Havre, France — Division would move directly to Le Havre or Marseilles after POM inspection; 84th Inf Div expected to board ship at Le Havre about Christmas
• Marseilles, France — Division would move directly to Marseilles or Le Havre after POM inspection
• Paris, France — leaves to Paris cancelled after Dec. 4
• Riviera — all quotas to Riviera cancelled after Nov. 30
• Roer River, Germany — Defended Lines One Year Ago: Division in first week December 1944 defending positions on west bank of Roer east of Barmen; three-mile front; CCA responsible until Dec. 3 then CCB; 82nd Recon established two strongpoints on Dec. 5; foxholes filled with water
• Salmunster, Germany — No. 3 Schmidt Show will play Saturday; Supply and Maint Bns Trains Protestant church services
• Schluchtern, Germany — 41st AIR and Hq CC ‘B’ Protestant Church services
• Switzerland — leaves to Switzerland cancelled after Dec. 4
• Wachtersbach, Germany — Trains Maint Supply church services; Catholic Church; Produce CP Dayroom
• Windecken, Germany — Div Arty journey to Windecken to play 82nd Recon Tuesday
• Zuntersbach, Germany — 41st AIR and Hq CC ‘B’ Protestant church 1100
Units
• 100th Infantry Division (Century Division) — large shipment of 60-pointers suspended pending instructions; at same time as 84th
• 142nd Signal Company — church services listed
• 14th Field Artillery — unit correspondents
• 17th Armored Engineer Battalion — unit correspondents; Maj Robert J. Hall succeeds Col Correll as CO and Division Engineer
• 2d Air Force Superbombers (football team) — operating out of Colorado Springs; lineup includes Sinkwich, Evans, and Turner; picked as strongest eleven in country; then lost first six games
• 41st Armored Infantry Regiment (AIR) — unit correspondents; basketball schedule: vs Div Arty Saturday; vs Trains Tuesday
• 48th Medical Battalion — unit correspondents
• 66th Armored Regiment — unit correspondents; Polar Bears basketball team; Polar Bears had big Thanksgiving; pin-up contest connections; Maher reenlistment
• 67th Armored Regiment — unit correspondents; Rivers and Voyles won 7th Army ETO carbine shoot
• 78th Field Artillery — unit correspondents
• 7th Army — Victory Loan Drive prizes; carbine team won first in ETO shoot (Rivers and Voyles of 67th AR); 7th Army will relieve Division of winter gear
• 82nd Reconnaissance — unit correspondents; freed Hasselt Sept. 8, 1944; basketball vs Div Arty at Windecken Tuesday
• 84th Infantry Division — originally slated to receive 55-59 point men; Category IV unit expected to board at Le Havre about Christmas
• 92nd Field Artillery — unit correspondents; Maj Stump formerly executive officer here
• International Sweethearts (touring show) — all-Negro variety show touring Division area December 6-10; singing, dancing, music
• Montreal Royals (Brooklyn Dodgers farm club) — Jackie Robinson will play for Montreal Royals in International League
• Schmidt Show No. 3 (German touring show) — will play for troops in Salmunster on Saturday
• Second Armored Division (‘Hell on Wheels’) — publishing unit; shipping plans changing; redeployment scattering men; 6,567 overall strength; 356 officers and WOs; rest center at Hasselt ordered closed; all armored vehicles being turned in at Butzbach