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North Star

Vol. 2, No. 1 — Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command — December 4, 1944

8 pages scanned

Names

Amstutz, Norman — (soldier) S-Sgt, mentioned in OCS candidates article
Aran, Gilbert — (soldier) Pfc, Florida Suntans photo caption
Arnold, John — (soldier) Cpl, North Star correspondent listed on anniversary page
Bahnson, Ken — (soldier) S-Sgt, editor of Big Delta’s Ah Wilderness; listed as North Star staff
Baker, William M. — (soldier) Sgt, performed violin solo at Whitehorse Vesper Musicale
Barnes, Nicholas T. — (soldier) S-Sgt, principal subject of Isolated Northern Posts literary article; 122nd AACS Squadron
Barrett, Douglas — (soldier) Sgt, North Star correspondent
Baxter, Joe — (soldier) Cpl, Big Delta Ah Wilderness staff
Beaullieu — (soldier) Major, Northway basketball team player
Beckley, Spencer — (soldier) Cpl, North Star staff reporter
Bill, Cox — (soldier) baseball figure mentioned in Landis obituary; owner forced to sell club
Braitbarth, Francis — (soldier) Pfc, Florida Suntans photo caption
Bresler, Jack — (soldier) Pvt, North Star correspondent
Burch, Robert — (soldier) S-Sgt, OCS candidate from Edmonton
Carlisle, George — (soldier) T-Sgt, author of Manley Hot Springs outpost article
Cohen, Harry — (soldier) Sgt, Northway bakery operator; author of Tok supply article
Cohen, Seymour — (soldier) S-Sgt, editor of Galena Sourdough Express newsppaer
Cole — (soldier) Cpl, Northway basketball team
Cole, Curtis — (soldier) Cpl, MP squad basketball team, high scorer
Conway, Adrian — (soldier) Sgt, North Star correspondent; Fairbanks Midnight Sun review subject
Cox, Anthony — (soldier) Gatto, Florida Suntans photo caption
Curtis — (soldier) Cpl, Northway basketball team
Davis, Glen — (soldier) Sgt, college football All-American mentioned in sports column
Davis, Hal — (soldier) football figure mentioned in sports column
Davis, Merle — (civilian) magazine illustrator; visited Hollywood for pin-up inspiration
De Feis, George — (soldier) S-Sgt, Northway newspaper editor; North Star correspondent
Dehn, Casey — (soldier) outfielder barred by Landis from baseball
Delany — (soldier) Sgt, OCS candidate
Fickhock, Frank — (soldier) Washington Redskins quarterback mentioned in football column
Filer, Richard — (soldier) Cpl, North Star correspondent
Fitzpatrick, Frankie — (soldier) Washington football player mentioned in sports column
Flood, Sgt. — (soldier) NCO Club hunting trip participant
Flury, Benjamin — (soldier) S-Sgt, Grande Prairie photo, activated base two years prior
Foulk, Joe — (civilian) P.O. Box addressee; wrote letter to North Star editor
Garber, Jack — (soldier) Sgt, Northway newspaper staff; North Star correspondent
Garner, Harry — (soldier) Sgt, Grande Prairie pioneers photo
Gattney, Dale V. — (officer) Brig. Gen., made award statement for Air Medal rescue; Alberta loan committee official
Gerdes, N. — (soldier) Cpl, in Grande Prairie photo
Gerber — (soldier) Cpl, contributor to Northway and Tanacross Air Corps Supply clerk
Gordon, Bill — (soldier) NCO Club announcement; beer presented to members
Graham, R. — (soldier) NCO Club hunting trip; caught three Elk
Greiner, Paul — (officer) Lt. Col., quoted on C-47 non-stop ocean flight capability
Gunn, William — (soldier) Pvt, North Star correspondent
Harske, Marvin — (soldier) Pfc, Grande Prairie pioneers photo
Harvey, James P. — (officer) Capt, recently transferred to Fairbanks; Alberta bond canvas
Henderson, Major — (soldier) M-Sgt, NCO Club hunting trip; NCO Club announcement
Holleman — (soldier) Cpl, Admin basketball team, scored seven points
Horgan, William — (soldier) editor of Whitehorse Yukon Flight newspaper
Howard (The Lip) Russell — (soldier) promoted to Pfc; Big Delta promotion news
Innes-Taylor, C.A. — (officer) Major, Canadian reverse Lend-Lease subject; director of Arctic Training at Nanao Air Port
Jenkins, Walter — (soldier) Northway basketball team; called best player in the loop
Joest, Nicholas T. — (soldier) T-Sgt, principal subject of Isolated Northern Posts literary article; 122nd AACS Squadron
Jones, V. — (soldier) T-Sgt, Florida Suntans photo caption
Jordan, M-Sgt — (soldier) NCO Club hunting trip
Kelly, Carl — (soldier) Seaman; sweetheart mentioned in movie review column
Kerry, Carl — (soldier) Seaman, proposed long-term movie contract to Martha Vickers
Kilfney, Richard — (soldier) T-Sgt, North Star station editor
King, Ernest — (officer) Commander, Chief of Naval Operations; mentioned in football story
Kissel, John — (soldier) Cpl, Grande Prairie pioneers photo
Knox, Jack — (soldier) S-Sgt, North Star correspondent
Krueger, Ralph — (soldier) S-Sgt, author of Isolated Northern Posts literary article
La Treen, Adolph — (soldier) played Dispensary Sergeant in One Night in a Bistro film
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain — (civilian) baseball Commissioner; obituary subject; died October 2, 1944
Larabee, Lawrence — (soldier) Pfc, Grande Prairie pioneers photo
LeBeau — (soldier) T-Sgt, OCS candidate from Galena
Linden, Daniel — (soldier) Florida Suntans photo caption
Loewe, Ralph E. — (soldier) Cpl, photographed voting in New Delhi India presidential election
Logan, Lucian — (soldier) Florida Suntans photo caption
Lobert, Hans — (civilian) baseball coach; Reds signed Lobert to replace Gowdy
Logan, Alfred — (soldier) Florida Suntans photo caption
Lund, Sgt. — (soldier) Northway basketball team
Lustybust, Miss V.D. — (actor) played by Eva Klootch in One Night in a Bistro film
Klootch, Eva — (actor) played Miss V.D. Lustybust in One Night in a Bistro film
Jones, G.I. — (soldier) played Mr. Brownnose in One Night in a Bistro film
Kidd, K.P. — (soldier) played John’s Army Pal in One Night in a Bistro film
Mackey, Ed — (soldier) football player mentioned in sports column
Madsen, Carl — (soldier) seventh in MP squad bowling league scoring
Mainte — (soldier) Sgt, Northway basketball high scorer; scored 13 in third quarter
Maniaci, Joe — (officer) Lt, Eastern football player coaching after the war
McClelland, Bruce — (soldier) S-Sgt, OCS candidate
McMenamy, Earl — (soldier) S-Sgt, Grande Prairie pioneers photo
McShaughnessy — (soldier) Northway football player
Meier, James — (soldier) Sgt, Grande Prairie pioneers photo
Mesanick, Alex — (soldier) Sgt, North Star correspondent
Metzger, Lawrence — (soldier) Sgt, Grande Prairie pioneers photo
Miller, Paul — (soldier) S-Sgt, MC of Big Delta basketball game
Monroe, Gilbert — (soldier) Pfc, Third Air Force at Muskogee Oklahoma; hitchhiked to Fairbanks
Morgan, Phil — (soldier) T-Sgt, tried to break up Northway basketball play
Morrell, Garland — (soldier) Cpl, OCS candidate
Mowbray, John F. — (officer) Lt, Big Delta War Bond Officer
Nault, Louis — (soldier) Florida Suntans photo caption
Nelson, Fort — (soldier) Sgt, Practice Tourney article subject
O’Connell, Jimmy — (soldier) outfielder barred by Landis from baseball
Phipps, S.B. — (officer) Alberta loan committee official
Prager, Frank — (soldier) WO, OCS candidate from Fairbanks
Rade, Joe — (soldier) Sgt, Big Delta Ah Wilderness staff
Reyna, James — (soldier) Florida Suntans photo caption
Richman, Warren — (soldier) Cpl, Big Delta Ah Wilderness staff
Richmond, Warren — (soldier) Cpl, Big Delta Ah Wilderness art contributor
Ritenour, Maurice — (soldier) Capt, awarded Air Medal for rescue in remote Yukon district
Rowland, E.B. — (officer) Brig. Gen., Deputy Commander; signed ATC letter of commendation
Rowland, Bob E. — (officer) Brig. Gen., U.S. Army Chief of Staff; signed ATC commendation letter
Rosa, Francis J. — (soldier) S-Sgt, author of Sports Jips and Jopes column
Russell, Bill — (soldier) Northway basketball team player
Salomon, Seymour — (soldier) Sgt, North Star correspondent; author of Big Doings at Big Delta
Sands, Heine — (soldier) Phillies player; attempted bribe involving Landis
Saunders, Ronnie — (soldier) Cpl, North Star correspondent
Seitz, R. — (soldier) Sgt, editor of Galena Sourdough Express
Shanklin, Benjamin — (soldier) Sgt, OCS candidate
Shaughnessy, Clark — (soldier) football coach mentioned in sports column
Silverman, Herman — (soldier) S-Sgt, Associate Editor North Star; author of Bull Session duration column
Smith, C.R. — (officer) Brig. Gen., USA Deputy Commander; signed ATC commendation letter
Smith, Michael — (soldier) S-Sgt, North Star art staff
Snow, Li — (soldier) NCO Club hunting trip
Soccorso, Bonnie — (soldier) S-Sgt, North Star correspondent
Souder, Robert — (soldier) Cpl, North Star correspondent
Spradlin, Doc — (soldier) Capt, Florida Suntans article subject; Sun Valley company
Spillane, M-Sgt — (soldier) NCO Club hunting trip
Stephens, Clarence — (soldier) Florida Suntans photo caption
Stern, Hal — (soldier) Northway basketball team
John, Francis — (soldier) Ft. St. John; NCO Club announcement location
Struthers — (soldier) S-Sgt, NCO Club hunting trip
Swanson, Wayne — (soldier) Pfc, North Star correspondent; Tanacross managing editor of Tanatimes
Thomas, Charles W. — (officer) Warrant Officer, Alberta bond canvas recently transferred to Fairbanks
Thomas, Wolfe — (civilian) author; Barnes composed poetry based on his prose works
Unfried, Noel — (soldier) Florida Suntans photo caption
Vacca — (soldier) T-Sgt, NCO Club hunting trip
Vaselenak, Michael — (soldier) S-Sgt, North Star staff
Vickers, Martha — (actor) signed away life by movie contract to Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep
Walsh, James — (soldier) Sgt, OCS candidate; Watson Lake
Warthen, Watson — (soldier) S-Sgt, OCS candidate
Wheatly, Robert — (soldier) Pvt, North Star correspondent
Whelchel, Philip J. — (officer) Col, Air Corps Chief of Staff; signed ATC commendation
Wilcos, Carl — (soldier) MP squad basketball; tied for third place
Williams, William Johnson — (soldier) S-Sgt, OCS candidate
Work, John D. — (soldier) Sgt, performed violin duet at Whitehorse Vesper Musicale
Ziegler, R.D. — (officer) Lt, Division Medical Supply Officer; quoted on solar lamp availability

Locations

Accra, Gold Coast — (route) ATC North African route start point to Karachi
Alaska — (territory) Primary coverage area of the Alaskan Division ATC
Aleutian Chain — (theater) Referenced in ATC route context; Attu 700 miles out
Allendorf — (Germany) referenced in demobilization score card instructions context
Attu — (island) Referenced as ATC distance marker 1,800 miles from Aleutian base
Big Delta — (base) Alaskan base; subject of Big Doings at Big Delta article
Bogalusa — (region) referenced in passing
Burma — (theater) Central African Division supplied India, China, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq and Middle East
Cairo — (city) Yank magazine produced locally there
Calgary — (city) Calgary Yanks undefeated in hoop league; Calgary Service Basketball League
Canada — (country) Alaskan Division GIs in Canada must get Army approval to marry
Cheyenne, Wyoming — (waypoint) Monroe hitchhiked through en route to Fairbanks
China — (theater) Central African ATC Division supplied China; flying the Hump
Churchill — (outpost) Barnes described it as totally isolated spot of now-defunct 15th Regiment
Colorado Springs — (waypoint) Monroe hopped B-25 there en route to parents
Edmonton, Alberta — (base) Canadian employees exceeded bond quota 140 percent; OCS candidate Burch stationed there
Egypt — (theater) Central African Division supplied Egypt
England — (country) Lancaster bomber reference; ETO Paratroop Unit training photo
Fairbanks, Alaska — (base) Multiple references; OCS candidates from Fairbanks; KFAR spelling bee
Fort Nelson — (base) Held pre-season basketball practice tourney
Galena — (base) OCS candidate LeBeau; home of Sourdough Express newspaper
Grande Prairie — (base) Subject of Grande Prairie Pioneers photo feature
Greenland — (theater) Major Innes-Taylor served there during early part of war
Houston, Texas — (origin) Sgt. Billy Larkin formerly of Houston; designed East Base insignia
India — (theater) Central African Division supplied India; Cpl. Loewe photographed voting in New Delhi
Iraq — (theater) Central African Division supplied Iraq
Ireland — (theater) referenced in passing as northern territory
Juneau, Alaska — (city) Monroe visited parents there; 8,000-mile trip on the cuff
Karachi — (city) ATC North African route end point
Mackenzie, Norman — (region) North Star distributed from Attu to Norman
Manley Hot Springs — (outpost) Subject of Outpost With a Waiting List article; 100 miles from Fairbanks
Milville, Ohio — (origin) Kenesaw Mountain Landis birthplace, November 20, 1866
Minneapolis, Minnesota — (HQ) Air Transport Command HQ address on commendation letters
Muskogee, Oklahoma — (base) Monroe stationed at Third Air Force there
Nanao Air Port — (base) Location of Alaskan Division Arctic Training schools directed by Innes-Taylor
New Delhi, India — (city) Cpl. Loewe photographed voting in presidential election
Northway — (base) Subject of Two Aldiv Bases Grateful to Tok article; laundry and baking facilities
Palestine — (theater) Central African Division supplied Palestine
Puerto Rico — (island) Yank magazine produced locally there
Seattle, Washington — (city) Defunct newspaper The Log mentioned; ATC Seattle-Anchorage route
Sidney, Australia — (city) Yank magazine produced locally there
Soissons — (battle) Male Call comic strip referenced Soissons Road battle
Tanacross — (base) Subject of Two Aldiv Bases Grateful to Tok article; Tanatimes newspaper based there
Tanana, Alaska — (river) Texans in Alaska article mentions Tanana river
Tanana Valley — (region) Big Delta basketball headquarters located there
Tok — (base) Junction serving Northway and Tanacross; laundry and baking hub for USED employees
Trinidad — (island) Yank magazine produced locally there
Watson Lake — (base) OCS candidate Walsh; Northway basketball canucks defeated there
Whitehorse — (base) Whitehorse men built basketball floor; Vesper Musicale held at Base Theatre
Yukon — (territory) Major Innes-Taylor’s rescue mission location; remote district where Ritenour crashed

Units

Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command (Aldiv ATC) — (division) Primary unit of publication; headquarters Minneapolis
13th Aldiv (Alaska Division) — (unit) Thirteen EM and 2 warrant officers heading for OCS brass factories
15th Regiment — (unit) Churchill described as now-defunct 15th Regiment outpost
17th Regiment — (unit) Barnes and Joest recently got short color story published from Nome
37th Officers — (unit) Northway basketball league team
86th General Hospital — (unit) Northway basketball opponent
91st Repair — (unit) Northway basketball league team
107th — (unit) Northway basketball league team
122nd AACS Squadron — (unit) Barnes and Joest assigned there
122nd Comms — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney participant; beat Sad Sacks 33-18
Administration — (unit) Northway basketball league champion; 11-1 record
AACS — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney participant
A/C Maintenance — (unit) Northway basketball league team; 10-8 record
Air Transport Command (ATC) — (command) Overarching command; issued letter of commendation to North Star
Canucks — (unit) Northway basketball team defeated at Watson Lake
Central African Division, ATC — (division) Completed year of operation on North African supply route without fatal accident
Chicago White Sox — (team) 1919 World Series scandal team; Landis obituary
Civilians — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney participant; 4-5 record
Communications — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney; beat Officers 21-20
ETO Paratroop Unit — (unit) Photographed training in England
Medics — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney; lost to Bears 29-8
Military Police — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney; 1-9 record; MP squad leading Big Delta bowling league
Motor Pool — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney; 40 to 9 loss to Bears
Northway — (unit) Northway basketball league team
Officers — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney participant; 8-4 record
Opns-Weather — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney finalist
Opns-Wea — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney; beat Net Rippers 48-16
Pan-American Airways — (airline) Assigned flying aircraft and supplies to India, China, Egypt and Middle East for ATC
Philadelphia Phillies — (team) Heine Sands attempted bribe of Giants; Landis obituary
Sad Sacks — (unit) Fort Nelson basketball tourney participant; lost 33-18 to 122 Comms
Signal Corps — (branch) Credited photos from New Delhi and Chinese battalion graduation
Special Service — (branch) Organized Vesper Musicale at Whitehorse Base Theatre
Washington Redskins — (team) Lester Patrick playing fair game of defense with them; sports column