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8 AUGUST, 1944
W a r A c h i e v e m e n t s
PRESIDENT F. E. Williamson is glad to call to the attention of every employe the telegram he
received, July 18, from Rear Admiral W. B. Young, Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.
In acknowledging the telegram President Williamson said: "Such a message as yours is most heartening
and helpful when men in such organizations as ours have been under a long and continued strain."
The telegram:
F. E.
WILLIAMSON. P R E S I D E N T , NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM
THE SUCCESS OF THE ALLIED LANDINGS ON WESTERN EUROPE,
IN FACT THE SUCCESS OF EVERY CAMPAIGN UNDERTAKEN BY AMERI-
CAN S H I P S AND MEN IN EVERY WAR THEATER, HAS DEPENDED HEAVILY
UPON THE E F F I C I E N T TRANSPORTATION F A C I L I T I E S WHICH THE
RAILROADS OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
ARMED FORCES AND TO THE WAR PLANTS PRODUCING FOR THEM.
MATERIALS MUST ARRIVE AT FACTORIES AND SHIPYARDS ON TIME I F
PRODUCTION SCHEDULES ARE TO BE MET; MEN AND EQUIPMENT MUST
ARRIVE AT EMBARKATION DOCKS ON TIME I F INVASION SCHEDULES
Lieut. Charles Lerner John Aviia, Carman at West Albany
ARE TO BE MET. I T I S TO THE LASTING CREDIT OF THE MEN AND Car Shops, was notified recently by
Word was received last month of WOMEN WHO STAFF AND OPERATE OUR RAILROADS THAT THEY HAVE the War Department of the death of
the death, in action, of Lieutenant his son, Private Edward Aviza, 19, in
Charles Lerner, formerly a brakeman NEVER FAILED TO MEET THESE GRAVE R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S . EVERY France, June 27, while serving with an
at Mott Haven Yard. ONE OF YOU MAY BE PROUD OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL PART I N HELPING armored regiment. A brother, Private
Lieutenant Lerner who was form- Stephen Aviza, former Carman from
THE NAVY TO GAIN COMMAND OF THE SEAS AND CARRY THE FIGHT West Albany, is with the army in India.
erly a member of the Army Enlisted
Reserve Corps, was a co-pilot on a RELENTLESSLY TOWARD THE INNER CITADELS OF THE ENEMY.
B-24 bomber and was killed in the W. B . YOUNG, REAR ADMIRAL ( S C ) U S N . C H I E F OF
European theatre of operations while THE BUREAU OF S U P P L I E S AND ACCOUNTS. Bond C a m p a i g n
flying from a base in England.
He was called to active service in WASHINGTON D . C . ,
February, 1943 and on December 5, JULY 1 8 , 1 9 4 4 . is E x t e n d e d t o
that year, was commissioned as a
lieutenant in the Air Service at Blythe- End of A u g u s t
ville Air Field, Arkansas. He went
overseas in March, 1944 as a co-pilot ALTHOUGH substantial in-
and served first in Africa. Cedilote First New Yorker Gets Bronze Star in Normandy creases in additional or new
Lieutenant Lerner, who was 23, was subscriptions for War Savings
a member of Local 598, Brotherhood Bonds under the Payroll Deduc-
of Railroad Trainmen, which organi- Detroit A P A
zation presented a gold medal of tion Plan have been obtained since
honor to his mother, Mrs. Minne Soldier Killed the campaign began June 12, the
Lerner at her home, 351 East 169th First casualty among the boys from Joint Committee representing the
Street, New York. Lieutenant Lerner the Auditor Passenger Accounts Office Association of General Chairmen
was a graduate of the Morris High in military service is Private Frank
School, New York and was at Mott of the Standard Railroad Labor or-
Cedilote. His wife, Laura, also an ganizations and management has
Haven about five months. In one of his A.P.A. employe, received the dreaded
last letters he wrote: "The War Department regrets to in- decided to extend the campaign to
"Have covered considerable terri- form you—" wire on July 7. August 31.
tory in the last month and have seen Her husband had been missing in Local and divisional committees, it
my fill of foreign lands — when you action in Italy since June 19. He was is believed, will thus be enabled to
see the filth and poverty of some of in the Infantry. canvass fully every man and woman
these places, you feel damn glad on the New York Central System who
you're an American." so far, for one reason or another, has
Downs 7 Jap Planes, Press Association, Inc. not subscribed under the Payroll De-
T/Sgt. David L. Chamberlain, left, Secretary to Superintendent of Equipment, duction Plan in support of the war
R e t u r n s H o m e t o W e d Lieut. New York, was among 17 officers and non-coms who was congratulated by effort. This group includes a substan-
R e d Star for Gen. Omar Bradley, right, commanding General of U. S. Ground Forces tial percentage of the entire personnel.
Lieut, (jg) Robert B. Carlson, son in the European Theater, after being awarded the Bronze Star, new Army
of Harry E. Carlson, Beaver Falls, decoration, on a battlefield in Normandy, June 19. Chamberlain enlisted in While new subscriptions and addi-
Parents of Boy Pa., Cost Engineer, Valuation Depart- the Army April 8, 1942, and was assigned to the Anti-Aircraft Command. tional subscriptions received since the
ment, P.&L.E., recently returned from (Concluded on Page Two)
K i l l e d in IRAN the Solomon Islands, where he spent
The following is reprinted from nine months, and participated in 91
missions in the South Pacific.
the Beliefon taine, Ohio, Examiner. He has been awarded the Distin-
Private Roger W. Greeno was em- Addresses Sought 5 0 0 0 P a s s e n g e r s Tell P o s t - W a r
guished Flying Cross, being credited
ployed as a brakeman on the Ohio with shooting down seven Japanese for Xmas Gifts
Division before entering the Army. planes, eight others probably downed Coach W i s h e s ; S p e e d Satisfies
His father, J. W. Greeno, is a con- to Service Men
and eleven damaged. He took part in More than 5,000 New York Cen- mitted only in the smoking room at
ductor in the Sandusky District. The attacks on Vela la Vela, Bougainville, THE New York Central would like tral coach passengers responded with the end of the new streamlined cars.
story: Treasury and Green Islands and also to send a Christmas remembrance
"Mr. and Mrs. John Greeno, 116 bombed Rabaul. to all furloughed employes in the highly valued advice to the recent Men named air-conditioning as the
Powell Avenue, have received, through Lieut Carlson was married May 15 Armed Services. questionnaire asking their ideas in most important factor in travel com-
official channels, the decoration of the in Riverside, Cal. to Miss Margaret The Company does not have in the design of post-war coaches, it was fort, while women felt that seats are
Red Star of the Soviet government, Mary Dunn. Carlson and his bride all cases the latest military ad- announced recently by F. H. Baird, the most important comfort feature.
conferred posthumously on their son, are both graduates of Riverside Junior dresses of these men and women and General Passenger Traffic Manager, Passengers agreed generally on condi-
Private Roger W. Greeno, 21, who it will be appreciated if their rela- New York Central System. tioned air at about 74 degrees, except
College.
was accidentally killed July 13, 1943, tives and friends will cooperate in Completed tabulation of the an- in very hot weather, when the controls
when at work in a railway yard some- the matter of securing such address swers, he said, reveals that indis- should be set to vary the car tempera-
Wiggington Wounded; so that no one will be missed when criminate smoking in coaches, air- ture in accordance with that outside.
where in Iran while serving with a the gifts are mailed.
U. S. Army Railway Operating Bat- W i t h MRS in Italy conditioning and comfortable reclin- The overwhelming majority preferred
This information should be given to ing seats are uppermost in the con- individual, lean-back coach seats, re-
talion. ALLIED FORCE HEADQUAR- the railroad official under whose jur- served in advance.
Mr. and Mrs. Greeno have also TERS — T/4 James A. Wigginton, isdiction any such employe worked, cern of the traveling public.
been informed that the members of 13124 Hoyne Avenue, Blue Island, and should be in the following form: The questionnaire contained sixty
their son's company have honored him Ill., has been awarded the Purple Rank and Name: questions as to the passenger's pref- entTabulation also revealed that pres-
train speeds won against sug-
by naming their company street Heart Medal for wounds received as Pfc John Doe erences in non-technical and service
"Roger Greeno Avenue." a result of enemy action in Italy. An Serial Number: details of railroad coaches and it was gested higher speeds by a vote of
approximately two to one. And, de-
employe of the New York Central given limited distribution three spite the proverbial impatience of
6341499 months ago on principal New York
Gives Red Cross Blood railroad, Wiggington is overseas with Outfit or Unit- Americans, four out of five passen-
an operating unit of the Military Rail- Central trains.
Fifteenth Time way Service. The medal was presented Company X—60th Engineers The great majority of men and wo- schedules of the trainsthecanvassed
gers interviewed found present
Ernest J. Ernst, a Patrolman at to him at a special ceremony by Brig. Address: men, smokers and non-smokers, were suited their needs for arrival and de-
Cincinnati, celebrated July 4 by mak- Gen. Carl R. Gray, Jr., Director Gen- APO 43798 found to object to smoking in coaches
ing hisfifteenthblood donation. eral of the MRS. c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. and recommended that it be per- (Concluded on Page Eight)
2 Central Headlight
Trainmaster Dies
George Wilson Sears, 66. Train-
master at Mattoon, Ill., died at his
home, June 25. He had been in the
service of the company since 1903.
His wife and two sons, Lieut. Robert
Sears, Mare Island, and Ensign Rich-
ard Sears, Plattsburg, N. J., survive.
Shannon Kuhn
Shannon Kuhn, formerly Master
Mechanic for the Central at Cleveland,
last month was appointed Associated
Director of the Office of Defense
Transportation's Division of Railway
Transport, in charge of the mechanical
section. Mr. Kuhn has been with the
O.D.T. since May. 1942.
E. I. Kelsey Promoted
ALLIED FORCE HEADQUAR-
TERS, ITALY —Edward I. Kelsey,
40 Weskora Ave., Pleasantville, New
York, has been promoted from Private
First Class to Sergeant-Technician,
Fourth Grade, it was announced by
Headquarters of the Military Railway When they're pass-
Service, Transportation Corps. ing out the medals,
Sergeant Kelsey was employed by they may pass him by.
the New York Central Railroad. He
is in Italy. When they're looking
for headline heroes, he
may be overlooked.
But on every battlefront of the
F. M. Edler war, from New Guinea to Nor-
F. M. Edler, Chief Clerk in the mandy, you'll find him up where the
Departmental Accounting Office at shooting is ... rolling supply trains in.
Utica, died July 6, at the age of 62. He's the G. I. "boomer" — the soldier-railroader
He had been employed by this Com- of the Military Railway Service. And he risks his
pany for 42 years. neck 24 hours a day to keep fighting equipment
on the move.
He builds his own tracks when he has to. He
Beats Pneumonia repairs his own rolling stock. He runs ammuni-
tion, medicine and food right up under the enemy's
guns. It's the toughest railroading in the world
. . . and it gets tougher with every mile he moves
toward Tokyo and Berlin.
Our railroading job over here . . . the job of
backing him up . . . gets tougher every day, too.
For now, in addition to moving more men, more
guns, more fighting supplies to embarkation ports,
we are faced with a new responsibility—that of
carrying the wounded from hospital ships to hos-
pitals throughout the country. And these returning
heroes are entitled to first priority on every railway
line in America.
All this adds up to the biggest job the railroads
have ever tackled . . .
And only by even closer cooperation between the
railroads and the shippers and receivers of freight
. . . only by even greater understanding on the
The above picture is of John G. Van part of railway passengers . . . can this bigger job
Alstyne and a fine catch of black bass, be done.
taken from Mariaville Lake, near
Schenectady. Mr. Van Alstyne retired
as Assistant Supervisor of Track on April
30, 1939 after 50 years of service with
the New York Central. He was recently
presented with a Gold Pass. Mr. Van Al- N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l
styne has a camp at Mariaville Lake ONE OF AMERICA'S RAILROADS
and spends his summers there. He also
hunts pheasants, etc., although his fa- —ALL UNITED FOR V I C T O R Y !
vorite companion, a huge Irish setter,
has "gone away." Recently he recovered More railroad workers are needed at once. If you are not now emp
from pneumonia. in essential war-work, TAKE A RAILROAD JOB FOR VICTORY
Central Headlight 7
Englewood Fireman Has Three in Service St. E l m o s Fire Former Fireman, River Division, Now Fighter
Pilot, Has Downed Four Zeros
Scares B o m b e r
C r e w in Pacific
Staff Sergt. Conrad L. Pope, 19,
son of General Car Foreman E. L.
Pope, Struthers, Ohio, and nose tur-
ret gunner with the Seventh Air
Force, who has been on 32 missions
in the Central Pacific, thought his
time had come when the bomber he
was on ran into St. Elmo's fire,
a meteorological phenomenon well
known to sailors.
From Air Headquarters in the Mar-
shall Islands, an account of the ter-
rifying few seconds Pope and crew
The three sons of Walter P. Gannon, Accountant in the office of the Vice members spent on a recent night raid
President, Chicago, represent three branches of our Armed Forces. Pvt. Walter on Truk is vividly described by a
P., Jr., 28, is with the Marine Corps at Camp Miramar, San Diego; Staff United Press dispatch.
Sergt. Francis X., 27, is in the Army, at Camp Hale, Pando, Colo., and Cadet Sighting a night fighter moving
James Joseph, 21, is in the Naval Air Corps at Norman, Okla. Prior to his toward them as they approached their
enlistment, James was a Locomotive Fireman on the New York Central at target, Co-Pilot Bert Ogus of Chicago Here is shown Lieut. F. H. Armstrong, Army Pilot, in a P-40 fighter plane,
Englewood. Walter Gannon, Sr., has had more than 40 years service with the ordered the plane to seek cover in the which he isflyingin the Pacific area. He is a furloughed locomotive fireman
New York Central. clouds. Pilot Robert D. Morrison of from the River Division. He has been in combat service about one year and
Montana dived the plane toward a has four Zeros to his credit. He has been on more than 50 strafing missions.
large cumulus cloud. Lieut. Armstrong is a son of F. C. Armstrong, Engineman, River Division.
As the bomber reached its protec-
"The road to victory is long and tive covering the crew felt a terrific
PFC M ' C a u g h e y rough but with God's help we will jolt. The propellers became whirling
make it. With all of your help back masses of light, with blue flashes were in the shop for overhauling. tion center at Atlantic City, and is
home in keeping the band wagon streaking back from them. Rain spat- Floor plans, for use as a guide in now at Monroe, La., where he is
Tells of His RR moving and the supplies moving this tered against the windshield and the placing the machinery, were turned out attending an instructors' school.
way, the enemy will be destroyed. drops burst like tiny incendiary by Lieut. Paul T. Roberts, Shop En- In addition to bombing Kiska, Attu,
Lots of materials which are moved bombs. Then the whole plane lighted gineer, who worked in civilian life at and points in the Kurile Islands, and
W o r k in Egypt over your road are handled through up and the leading edges of the tail the Beech Grove shops of the N.Y.C, missing a number of near crashes, he
FROM somewhere in Egypt, where here on our road. surfaces flamed with a ghastly, bluish Indianapolis. Setting of the machinery actually was with a crew that had to
the temperature ranges around 120 "The New York Central and its fire. fell to Lieut. John R. Hamilton, crash-land in the water, due to run-
degrees in the shade throughout the branch lines are doing a great ser- Believing they had been hit, the Erecting Shop Superintendent, also out ning out of gas. Though the pilot was
day, forcing most of the work to be men got into their parachutes to bail of Beech Grove. killed, the rest managed to get onto
vice to our country. Keep the wheels out.
done at night, Private First Class Earl rolling and supplies moving." an island and were picked up three
W. McCaughey of the Railway Bat- "The Japs are using new weapons days later. He even got as far as
talion, Army Transportation Corps, — electric guns," the tail gunner, Staff Shimushri Jima on observation,
writes a letter. He says the food is Sergt. Frank M. Bachek of Bay Shore, pretty close to Japan itself.
Gets Air Medal L. L, screamed. S o n of C. U. T.
good and the men have "pretty fair "The balls of fire on the glass Merle was awarded the Air Medal,
entertainment." The letter: scared hell out of me," the Struthers Flying Cross and also the Battle
"As my father is an employe of M a n W i n s Three Star. He had 10 missions alone over
gunner later commented. "I swung
your great railroad, I as his son would the turret around to get away from the Kurile Islands and Paramashiru.
like to take this time to write you a it." Air Decorations
little about the railroads over here Crew members had cleared the win- "Whitey" Anderson writes from
and in other countries I've been to. dows to jump when the plane came The Cleveland Union Terminals
Company, Electrical and Mechanical "Somewhere in France" that he is be-
"I left for overseas May 2, 1943 out of the cloud and the lights van- coming proficient in the construction
from San Francisco. Our first stop was ished. Department, reports:
All the news has been good news of fox holes, even to roofs for flak
made at New Zealand, Wellington, When the bomber returned from its protection, and that even though the
to be exact, and then from there we mission, officers explained the plane from our boys on the fighting fronts Long Toms keep him awake nights
went to Fremantle, Australia. In both must have run into St. Elmo's fire, and in the services: it is music to hear them bark. He is
these countries, which are under Brit- which usually manifests itself in balls First Lieut. Merle Arthur, son of in Headquarters of the 1st U.
ish rule, railroading is a little be- of fire that run through a ship's rig- the T. & T. S., has returned from Infantry Division, was on the Com-
hind; their cars and their engines ging during a storm. Sailors regard duty in Alaskan waters, after 13 mand Ship for the invasion, and hit
are small. Some of their engines burn it as a good omen. months of varied excitement. He spent the beach a little while after our
wood, some oil and coal. They have Sergt. Pope, home on furlough, is three weeks at the A.A.F. redistribu- Doughboys.
lots of women working in the yards one of the youngest staff sergeants in
and operating the engines. Shown above is S/Sergt. Wayne N. the air corps and is called "Junior"
Goodger, 22-year-old son of Blaine by his unit. Electrician Earl A. Willoughby has
"From there we went to India. We Goodger, Chief Inspector, Junction I. H. B. Man Wounded
weren't there long enough to see Yards, Detroit, being presented with After joining the air forces October news from his son, Lieut. E. A., Jr.
much. From there we traveled on to the Air Medal and one Oak Leaf 19, 1942, and training in the United and Decorated
States, he was sent overseas last Sep- that is of interest. He wrote: "As
Africa and landed at Suez. After dis- Cluster by Col. John H. Gibson, com- tember and was promoted to staff" ser- for NYC II it is still going strong
embarking, we were put on an Egyp- manding officer of an Eighth AAF geant last November. He has been on
tian train to take us on to our camp. Liberator group in England. Sergt. and has 10 more missions than you
missions over Jaluit, Taroa Island in
That train ride I'll never forget in all Goodger, who is a waist gunner on a
B-24, won the awards for "exception- Maloelopeatoll, Truk, Mili and other
are years old (this means at that
my life. There was a long line of ally meritorious achievement while par- enemy positions. His Liberator sank a time about 56 missions). The pilot
coaches, all wood, except the wheels, ticipating in bomber combat missions 4.000-ton enemy cargo ship in Kwaja- that brought it over, 1st Lieut. Ralph
and seating 40. We were pulled by a over occupied Europe." Overseas since lein Harbor. He has been decorated Childers, is now the operations officer
small engine which smoked so much last December, Sergt. Goodger has with the DFC, the Air Medal and
it looked like it was on fire on the taken part in such celebrated aerial of the 95th Squadron and still flies
several Oak Leaf clusters. He is a
entire trip across the desert. The attacks as those on Bramsche, Bruns- former Car Department employe at it on missions. Absolutely nothing
wooden seats were very uncomfort- wick and Berlin. A graduate of High- Struthers. has happened that we can write
able. After a long six weeks we land Park High School in 1939. he has
been in the Army Air Forces since about." Young Willoughby is now a
finally reached our destination. November 17, 1942. squadron leader. NYC II is in the
"I was in a Q.M. Co. for a while same group.
but finally transferred to T.C. in the S h o p Battalion Lineman Fred Walters had an in-
rail division. We have a very nice Army Railroader teresting experience recently. He had
setup here. I work as a switchman an invitation to be present, from the
in the yards with the diesel crew. in Italy Uses
We have diesels and steam engines. Navy, at the commissioning of the
Here in our yards we have English U.S.S. Vicksburg, a light cruiser, at
equipment. Lots of it is obsolete. The Tools from U.S. the Norfolk Navy Yard. His son,
people are very different and have (From the "Yankee Boomer") Frank, is a member of the crew of
many odd ideas about railroading. this newfightingship and is a range
There's an atmosphere of home finder. Fred's other son, Clarence, is
We work like a civilian yard here about the railroad back shop being a member of the ground crew, fire
and all of the fellows and officers are operated here in Italy by a Railway Sergeant Sam Nicosia, a former In-
really swell to work for. Most of the diana Harbor Belt employe at Nor- rescue squad, on the U.S ehenta
N
Shop Battalion. Any machinist is paul yard, has sustained two wounds Bay,' Pacific Fleet.
engines here burn oil. Some of the bound to feel it, in spite of bomb
names they give their equipment over in action in the South Pacific, one
craters and shattered buildings, when December 28, 1942, and the second H. W. Pinkerton's son, Robert, .a
here are: surrounded by such familiar name last March 18. PhM1c in the Navy, was off the
1. Switch engine — shunty engine. plates as Sidney, South Bend, Niles, In addition to the Purple Heart, the Normandy Coast early in the Invasion,
2. Oil or gasoline tankers — cis- Cincinnati and Norton on lathes, mill- 26-year-old Infantryman has received taking care of the wounded. Last
terns. ing machines and grinders. the Good Conduct Medal, the Com- word from him was that he was ok
3. Cars — wagons. It was quite a change that the Bat- bat Infantryman's badge, and the Oak but busy.
4. Open cars — Hungarians. talion experienced in moving from Leaf Cluster. He has been in service
5. Caboose—house. three years, two and a half of which
North Africa to Italy. Over on the have been spent overseas. Ch. Engr. of Sta. Mtce. R. H.
6. Baggage coach — baggage van. other side of the Mediterranean the Sergt. Nicosia has two brothers in Christenson has heard from his son,
"They do have some American outfit had been operating a heavy shop service: Pfc. Joe Peter, 23, is with Granville C, of the First Engineers
cars and engines here. Our tracks completely equipped with European- the Army Engineers in India, and Pfc. Amphibian Brigade in France. He was
are standard gauge. I've traveled to made machinery, and the men traded Tom, 29, is stationed at Camp Hahn,
Palestine and part of the Western shifts with French civilian workers. California with an anti-aircraft unit. in on the Invasion, his fourth, he
Desert by rail and it's really rough When the battalion arrived here in Another brother, Anthony, 18, ex- having participated in the first at
pected to leave for service soon. Oran, North Africa, at Gela, Sicily,
going. I've seen some N.Y.C. men Staff Sergt. Conrad Przybylski, a for- Italy they found the shops to which In reporting Sergt. Nicosia's story, at Salerno, Italy. Ray's other son,
over here and one of our clerks was mer New York Central man of 15 they were assigned littered with de- F. J. Schulze, Agent at the Norpaul Christopher, is attached to the 27th
an N.Y.C. employe near Cleveland. years' service, is doing his part for bris. There was rubbish to be cleared yard, brings to attention that there Division and is believed to be on
His name is Erickson. the Army in the 722nd Railway Oper- away, machinery from the States to are 35 Norpaul yardmen and six Saipan.
"My father has worked for the ating Battalion, at present at Fort be uncrated and assembled, Italian Norpaul clerks in the various Armed
N.Y.C. for about 26 years. He is a Benning, Georgia. He is supervising all tools to be salvaged, water and elec- Services. One of the latter, Lieut. Max
car foreman at the shops at Kanka- car repairs and the wrecking crew. He tric lines to be installed and air lines Cisek, Bombardier in the Army Air Gerry Feidt, formerly with the
went into the Army in April, 1943. to be repaired. It looked like a su- Corps, was reported missing in a flight C.U.T., and now a Lieutenant Colonel
kee, Ill. on the Chicago, Cincinnati, After serving for nine months in the over Germany last December 24, and in the Engineer' Corps, was recently
St. Louis Division. Some day real Miltary Police Escort Guard he joined perhuman task at first glance but or- has not been heard of since. Lieut.
soon I hope to work for your rail- the 722nd Railway Operating Bat- der grew swiftly out of chaos, and Cisek's brother, S. J. Cisek is General mentioned as participating in the
road. talion inside of two weeks the first engines Clerk at Norpaul. Invasion of France.
8 Central Headlight
Made First Low Bomb Run in Marauder Transport Chief P . & L. E. Artillery Sergeant Wins Bronze Medal
on the N. Y. Central II
Tells H o w M e n
Are Taken O v e r
In a radio address, over the Co-
lumbia Broadcasting System, June 10,
Brig.-Gen. Frank S. Ross, Chief of
Transportation, European Theatre of
Operations, spoke as follows on the
job the Transportation Corps has
done and is doing:
"It is unnecessary to remind most
Americans that the men who are
invading the Continent of Europe are
your men — your brothers, your hus-
bands, your loved ones. They started
to leave you about two years ago, and
you didn't know where they were
going or how they would get there.
I am here to tell you that some-
one knew exactly when, where and
how they were going; knows ex-
actly where they are now, and where
they will be in the future. That
someone is the United States Army
Transportation Corps. Sergt. James J. Handerhan, Field Ar- he called for and adjusted fire which
Major Lawrence E. Horras, who bombed rail cars on "weather mission" in "As the Chief of Transportation in tillery, son of Michael Handerhan, aided materially in the repulse of the
Mediterranean area. the European Theater of Operations, McKees Rocks Power House, P. & L. E.enemy attack. Intermittently serving
I am proud to report that the job has Railroad, killed several Japs and as a rifleman, he personally killed
When the employes of the New With his bombardier "helping him been well done. caused other enemy casualties in a several Japs with rifle fire."
"Some of us also crossed with display of expert marksmanship and Sarge In his last letter home, the tough
York Central tossed in enough money in" on the target and watching every wrote:
to buy the Marauder, New York Cen- broken rise on the ground, Maj. Hor- him to make sure that he was prop- coolness under fire during the repulse "I heard about Commando Kelly of
tral II, they probably didn't foresee ras made the first pass at the station. erly fed, and to see that he had as of a Jap attack on American posi- our burg killing all those Jerrys .The
that one day it would be used to muss When the bombardier, Lieut. Ed J. much comfort as is possible to give a tions at Bougainville, in March. reason I didn't kill as many Japs is
up an enemy railroad. Fitzgerald of Allston, Mass., tripped man aboard a transport. The versatile doughboy was awarded that they kept running away and
The story comes from War Corre- the release the bombs failed to drop. "Meanwhile in the European The- the Bronze Medal, according to a weren't there to shoot at."
spondent Kenneth L. Dixon, and ap- They made another run and still the ater of Operations, we were making communication, "for gallantry in ac- Sergt. Handerhan enlisted in the
peared in the St. Louis Post Dis- bombs held up. The third time Lewis plans for his reception. We watched tion against the enemy at Bougain- Regular Army August 1, 1940, was
patch. attached to the Cavalry and then
went back to the bomb bay, stood on a chart showing the daily position of ville. . . . Serving as forward observer transferred
Major Lawrence E. Horras, 28, act- the catwalk over the open doors and his transport; arranged railway sched- for a field artillery battalion under to the Field Artillery. He
went overseas July 9, 1942.
ing commander of the group, who held two wires together so that the ules and railway routes, shifted and enemy machine guns and mortar fire,
at that time had sixty-two combat bombs could be tripped. Still at 50 shunted truck companies; cleared
missions to his credit, one day decided feet, the bombs dropped and a ter- harbors; port facilities and prepared
to fly a "weather mission," which is rific explosion bounced the speeding transit camps. When his transport
supposed to be strictly an observation plane. approached these shores, we gave the
run to check the weather over certain Back in the tail Staff Sergt. William instructions that put her into a har- C o l . Emmanuel Writes of N.Y.C.
enemy areas. His plane was the New A. Keslin of Chicago saw steel bor; when she arrived, we debarked
York Central II. tracks, rails and chunks of tank cars her men and the wheels of the Corps
He and his co-pilot, Capt. L. T. mushroom up higher than the plane. were set into high gear, as your
Lewis of Durant, Ill., loaded their soldier was shifted and moved M e n and Their Work in Burma
B-26 up with bombs this particular Still not satisfied, Horras and his throughout the United Kingdom over
morning and when their weather mis- boys turned around, came back over the busiest and most complicated In a recent letter Lieut. Col. Karl couple of months ago and most of
sion was over they went down to see the target twice in strafing passes. net work of rails and roads in the F. Emmanuel of the 721st Railway the men saved only the clothes on
what they could find. Then, their "weather mission" com-
world. Operating Battalion (A.P.O. 465, c/o their backs.
They located a railroad station, pleted, they returned to base. "This movement of millions of P.M., New York) related some in- In his letter Colonel Emmanuel says
which had a lot of tank cars on the Major Horras has the Air Medal men, from one Continent to another, teresting things about the work of that the men are working three eight-
track, but saw it through a hole in the and the Distinguished Flying Cross. represents one of the greatest migra- this battalion, which is composed large- hours shifts and have 50 through train,
overcast which was so low they had He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. An- tions in the history of man. Even in ly of New York Central men and crews and about 26 yard jobs. Jim
to go down to 50 feet to make their drew Horras of St. Louis. He is a Truden, of the Central, is Emmanuel's
run. Up to that point no one had cousin of Mrs. Joseph Snyder of Mat- peacetime it would have been a fabu- officers.
ever heard of making even one bomb toon, whose husband was formerly a lous task. And yet, it has been much The battalion, as previously an- chief operating officer. The letter con-
run at 50 feet in a Marauder, but brakeman on the Illinois Division of less than half our job, because for nounced, is operating the Bengal tinues:
one wasn't enough. the New York Central. every man we moved, we had to move Assam Railway, which is one of the "All of us have lost 15 to 35
several tons of material to initially main means of supply for the allied pounds but we are on the job all the
supply him. To do this we had to forces operating in Burma. time. We have not had the least diffi-
build and operate our own locomo- The letter was addressed to Lieut. culty with the Indian staff and our
Passenger Quiz Results tives; erect our own railroad cars, Col. R. E. Shineman, Executive, Rail young enginemen really 'keep 'em
sail and maintain our own ships; we Division, Army Service Forces, Office rolling' safely. Harry Owens, B. Com-
(Concluded from Page One) had to operate thousands of trucks, of the Chief of Transportation, Wash- pany commander, is operating our
organize Harbor Craft Companies and ington. Colonel Shineman disclosed roundhouse here with a force of our own
parture times. operate many Ports." that the 721st was "burned out" a Americans. I have had quite a few
Commenting on the findings, Mr. British officers assigned to me, as we
Baird said: have the entire set up here, operating
"American travelers show them- both broad and meter guage lines;
selves decidedly more conservative Scene at War Bond Rally of Harmon Employes — Parachute Jump Into handling trans-shipments, hiring labor,
than the railroads which serve them. Hudson a Feature etc. The job is so big that we have
On the whole they indicated that the asked for more men.
coach of tomorrow needs only mod- "The morale of our men is high.
erate refinements on the last pre-war We have taken over part of a bottling
deluxe coaches now in use on our plant so that our men can have all
streamlined Empire State Express, the soft drinks they want. In this
Pacemaker, Mercury and James Whit- plant we load and recap empty beer
comb Riley. bottles. We also have lots of candy
"However, we on the railroad are and that helps. A movie projector
not letting that fact make us com- gives the men recreation between shifts.
placent. The quest for better equip- "Frank Adams from Harmon is roll-
ment and improved service methods ing the Assam mail over our territory
goes on continually in our Engineer- as if it were the Century. Our freight
ing and Operating departments. This trains cover the route in five to six
research of today will bring still hours, where 18 to 20 hours were
liner railroad transportation tomor- required formerly.
row. "Jim Truden and I just returned
Mr. Baird added. "It is most grati- from having dinner with the Chief
fying to find our leading trains are Minister of Bengal and his staff. We
proving so satisfactory to the public, have met Rajahs and many other nota-
even in wartime. For today we have, bles. Give my regards to all."
in addition to military demands, the
problem of carrying the most tremen-
dous civilian passenger volume in his-
tory." M a t t h e w s Promoted
"Because we are serving an un-
usually complete cross section of the Sergeant George J. Matthews, for-
public, we chose this time to launch ATTENDED by more than 1,500 Standing, front row, is committee on a returned veteran employed in the mer New York Central detective, re-
our series of surveys covering coach employes and invited guests, the arrangements and Color Guard of Stores Department, Electric Shop, who cently was promoted to Staff Sergeant
travel, sleeping cars and other rail- Fifth War Bond rally held by shop members of the Commodore Vanderbilt saw 32 months of Army service, of and was awarded the Combat Infan-
road facilities. The work is being employes at Harmon, N. Y., June 6, Post, American Legion. On the sound which 17 months were overseas in the tryman's Badge.
done by outside research men and proved a great success. Outright cash truck are speakers and directors of the Pacific and Mediterranean theatres, Staff Sergeant Matthews has been
women without interference with our purchases of Bonds totalled $13,500 rally. Direct center are Lieut. Col. J. purchased a Bond and then spoke overseas for more than 15 months,
vital wartime service. The results will and there, we're scores of inquiries W Haubennestel, Jr. Engineer, Elec- briefly of his experiences. serving in the front lines on Bougain-
help us plan for the construction of on purchases through the Payroll De- tric Shop; Edward. De Almo, Yard Other speakers on the program ville Island in the Solomons. His
new trains the minute materials are duction Plan. Fireman, who made a parachute jump were Lieut. Col. J. W. Haubennestel; home is in Beacon, N. Y.
available and so help create new jobs The largest purchase of Bonds, to during the ceremonies, and Charles George Carlson, Commander of the
when they may be most needed." the amount of $500, was made by Cook, Blacksmith's Helper, Electric Commodore Vanderbilt Post No. 58,
Harmon Lodge No. 70, Brotherhood shop, who acted as master of cere- American Legion; E. S. Ferris, past Join "Gallon C l u b "
of Railway Carmen of America, monies. Post Commander; Edward P. Hanyen,
Halloway, C h i c a g o through George Gibson, President. Deputy Manager, War Finance Com- Mr. and Mrs. Meyer J. Dolivech,
Clerk, G e t s Citation A highlight of the rally was a para- Edward De Almo Yard Fireman, mittee, Westchester County; and Detroit, have donated 16 pints of
Calvin Halloway, former clerk in chute jump into the Hudson Riverfrom a height of 3,000 feet. Thomas Marino, Chairman, War Fi- blood and are members of the "Gal-
the Passenger Traffic Managers office, behind the locomotive roundhouse by Staff Sergt. James J. Hebron, nownance Committee, Cortlandt, N. Y. lon Club."