Post script. [volume], October 20, 1944, Image 1

About Post script. [volume] (Fort Huachuca, Ariz.) 1944-1945

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OPA CRACKS
DOWN ON RENT
GOUGERS
The "breathing spell"
occasioned by the de
parture of the large
number of troops stat
ioned at Port Huachucn
has given the military
authorities at the Post
an opportunity to cor
rect many of the social
and economic problems
arising in communities
surrounding the Fort*
One of those problems
has been that of exhor
bit ant rent 3 charged
civilians and military
personnel living off the
Post.
At the request of
authorities here, the
rental section of G.P.A.
has cracked down on
rent chiselors, to ef
fect savings that will
amount to thousands of
dollars- monthly, by see
ing to it that no rent
al charges shall exceed
those set by O.P.A. and
that litigation is enter
ed into the courts wherc
(Cont’d. on page 2)
HQ. FT. HUACHUCA, OCT. 16-
The Post Commander was
instructed this date by
NSC to suspend all action
toward the inactivation of
Ft. Huachuca pending the
final decision as to the
status of the Post.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE SPECIAL SERVICE DIVISION
Service Command Unit 1922 + Fort Huachuca, Arizona
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FORT SOLDIERS
MEET EMERGENCY
A serious backlog of
work caused by emergen
cy conditions sent o
large contingent of SCU
soldiers to the Navajo
Ordnance depot .at Flag
staff, Arizona, within
the last two weeks.
Assigned to the station
to relieve- the situation
wore 92 Ft.,Huachuca men,
36 of whom left on icon
day.
On temporary duty with
them ' went Cspt. B, M.
Irwin, Post Athletic
officer and Capt. Paul
Lamoure, QM Motor Pool
officer.
FROZEN CI .:RLOiGHS
THAWED OUT
Joy and a scurrying
to corral loose change
greeted the announce
ment from Post Hqs. that
the former frozon con--
dition of furloughs has
been slightly thawed,
Each, detachment is
now releasing a certain
percentage of men for
regular furlough periods,
based 'on tho strength of
the outfits.’ -Unlisted
men qualified for over
seas duty are .jivon pref—
October 20, 1944
AWARD CEREMONY
HELD AT RETREAT
Fifty-four members of
the MAC 3ectj.cn SCU 1922-
received Good Conduct Led/-
als, Monday ,_ Ortober 16
at a special Retreat re
view ceremony, from the
Post Commander, Colonel E v
N, Hardy,
1 orching about t e
parade ground, backgroun’ •
ed. by the sotting sun,, the
whole section made {* beau
tiful picture as it wont
through the ceremony t.
the music »f tho Post band
Colonel Hardy, before
awarding the medals to the
women soldiers who had wo”
them, praised the section,
as a its conduce
and performance at lori
Huachucn, stating that
from the day of the arriv
al of the first contingent
of W/.Cs here, December 4
1942, you have set a pat
tern for all the military
personnel on the Post by
the good conduct, in gen
eral, of your organizat
ion ."
. "I am. proud of you and
you should be proud 0:
your solves," the Post,
Commander concluded," anr.
I want you to keep u>
your high standard of
behavior."
(Cont’d. on page 2)