Postscript of the Apache sentinel. [volume], September 21, 1945, Page Page 2, Image 2

About Postscript of the Apache sentinel. [volume] (Fort Huachuca, Ariz.) 1945-1946

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THE WOLF by Sansone
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uKb x ul •INT^
i "just what have you been telling your friends
| about me?"
"BATTLE TIMES ARE COiaN” 1
(Cpnt’d from Front Page Col. 1)
though he dabbled in basketball and
baseball v;hile attending Ifahual Train
ing High School in Flatbush, before
they "put him out", and he was a boun
cer at the Savoy 3a 11 roon in Her/ York,
before he began to knock * era • over Iron
the stage itself,
hallace began his theatrical career
by winning an anatuer contest at the
Brooklyn Paramount theater, climbing to
theatrical heights which took hin to
the Cotton Club, as a juvenile lead
wit:: Lena Horne and the Ilic' las Broth
ers and a year-long appearag :c with Lev/
Leslie*s. "blackbirds, " in i.ondon, Man
chester and Glasgow. He "fronted" Ella
Fitzgerald’s band in 1940 and in 1943
was brought to Hollywood to play the
villainous producer, "Chick Bailey," in
Lena Home’s starring picture, "Stormy
Weather."
laoo had contracted to star in two
other pictures when the Army decided to
cast him in the role of a rookie sold
ier in September 1943, and he was forth
with inducted. He celebrated his induc
tion by writing the song "Bring Enough
Clothes For Three Days," and is also
the author of the Ella Fitzgerald hit:
’’Chicken Ain’t Nothing But A Bird."
POSTSCRIPT CiF THE APACHE SENTINEL
&H92S
Ltr STrtN ADLER - (Magazine and Newspaper
feature writer - Hereford, Arizona)-
Now that war is over the G. J. knows
He will like the feel of civilian clothes.
While a unifom made hin battle-wise,
He wants nadras shirts and some snappy
ties,
He wants two-tone shoes and a suit
that’s trim
And a new felt hat with a rakish brim.
He regards his stripes or his bars
with pride
But he’s laying his blouse and his
cap aside.
He has done his bit with the fighting
nen -
Now he’s headed back to his hone again.
And he isn’t awaiting applause and
cheers -
Just the old routine of prewar years.
He hankers to visit v/ith folks ho knows
At the Main Street shops and the picture
shows •
And civilian clothes make him feel
that he
Is the hone town follow he usta be.
Babe wrote short poer.is which appeared
in the Apache Sentinel and penned a
song, "Better Times Are Cornin’", which
became Fort Huachuca’s prayer. Babe al
so wrote the "Song of the United Nat
ions," which was broadcast over Station
K3UN during the recent Boy Scout’s Sal
vage Drive. When asked by Lt. Col. C.F.
E. Nelson to write a song for departing
troops, Wallace came thru with "Good
bye, Good-Luck, God Bless You," and he
has further dedicated it to all the
millions of soldiers now returning home.
Gn the religious side, Babe contri
buted much to the services by his splen
did renditions of "Precious Lord,"-
"He ’ 13. Understand," and several other
sacred numbers.
As an athlete, 3abe learned to play
second base and ended the season as one
of the leading hitters of the 1945
squad. He will return to Hollywood to
resume his theatrical career.
21 September 1945