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It describes what the 5" REPORTS is and the history of the USS Patterson
onboard newspaper. The paper brought a variety of news from the US
and around the world to the crew.
THE ? OF JANUARY 1942. WHILE THE SHIP
WAS IN THE CORAL SEA. THIS WAS A TYPEWRITTEN PUBLICATION UNDER THE NAME OF THE "DAILY
BULLETIN" AND ONY SEVEN COPIES WERE MADE—ONE ORIGINAL AND SIX CARBON COPIES.
THESE WERE POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARDS.
THE DEMAND WAS GREAT FOR MORE COPIES. THEY NEVER STAYED ON THE BULLETIN BOARDS LONG
ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY TO READ THEM SO SEVEN MORE COPIES WERE MADE AND DISTRIBUTED DAILY TO
THE VARIOUS GANGS ON THE SHIP. THIS IS WHERE YOUR PRESENT EDITOR BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH
THE NEWSPAPER—AS TYPIST.
IN JUNE 1942, WE OBTAINED A MIMEOGRAPH MACHINE AND WERE ABLE TO RUN OFF PLENTY OF
COPIES FOR EVERYONE. FOR THIS OCCASION THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE U.S.S. PATTERSON
"PRESS NEWS".
THE NAME WAS CHANGED AGAIN IN JULY 1943 WHEN THE SHIP LEFT AUSTRALIA AND WENT BACK TO
THE SOLOMONS FOR DUTY. WE THOUGHT THAT THE NAME "5-INCH REPORTS" WAS A MUCH MORE
APPROPRIATE.
SO, AS WE CAME TO OUR 7-STAR FINAL, WE HAVE GIVEN YOU 44 MONTHS OF SERVICE. WE HAVE
MISSED PUBLICATIONS ON RARE OCCASIONS DUE TO UNEXPECTED GQ’S AND OTHER CAUSES BUT WE
HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO SERVE YOU.
GOODBYE, GOOD LUCK AND …………..TAKE IT EASY, FELLOWS.
PARIS: A RUTHLESS JOSEPH DARNAND THE VICHY GOVERNMENT’S LITTLE HIMMLER DIED BEFORE
A FIRING SQUAD WEDNESDAY FOR PLOTTING AGAINST FRANCE. HONORED AS A HERO IN WORLD WAR ONE
BUT DIGRACED AS A TRAITOR IN WORLD WAR TWO DARNAND CRIED "VIVE LA FRANCE, FAREWELL MY
MILITIAMEN."
ROME: GERMAN GENERAL ANTON DOSTLER SWEATING PROFUSELY AS HE FOUGHT FOR HIS LIFE TOLD A
US MILITARY COURT WEDNESDAY THAT HIS SUPERIORS ORDERED THE EXECUTION OF FIFTEEN AMERICAN
MILITARY PRISONERS KILLED IN ITALY MARCH 26, 1944. IN TWO HOURS ON THE STAND THE CHUNKY
FORMER COMMANDER OF THE GERMAN 75TH ARMY CORPS INSISTED THAT HE MERELY RELAYED
ORDERS FORM THE VON ZANGEN ARMY GROUP FOR THE SHOOTING OF THE ITALIAN SPEAKING DEMOLITION
TEAM CAPTUED AFTER THEY LANDED NEAR LA SPEZIA MARCH 22ND.
WASHINGTON DC: CREATION OF AN ALLIED COMMISIION TO ADVISE ON JAPANESE CONTROL POLICIES
WAS ANNOUNCED BY SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES WEDNESDAY BUT HE EMPHASIZED THE UNITED STATES
INTENDS TO MAINTAIN THE DOMINANT ROLE. THE STATUS OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AS SUPREME
ALLIED COMMANDER IN JAPAN IS TO REMAIN UNCHANGED, BYRNES SAID AND ANY TIME THE VICTOR
NATIONS FAIL TO AGREE ON POLICY, UNITED STATES POLICY WILL PREVAIL. RUSSIA HAS PROPOSED
SETTING UP A CONTROL COMMISSION AT TOKYO, BYRNES REPORTED, AND WHILE THIS IS YET TO BE
TAKEN UP WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND THE ARMY, THE SECRETARY LEFT LITTLE DOUBT THAT HE
FAVORS REJECTING THE PROPOSAL.
PHONEIXVILLE PA: SGT LEWIS MOORE BLINDED WAR VETERAN OF GADSDEN GEORGIA CARDED A 39,
TWO ABOVE PAR, FOR THE NINE HOLE MEADOWBROOK COUNTRY CLUB COURSE HERE TO DEFEAT ELEVEN
OTHER BLIND GI’S IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT AT THE ARMY’S VALLEY FORGE GENERAL
HOSPITAL . HOSPITAL AIDES WHO TAUGHT THE SERVICEMEN TO PLAY GOLF ACTED AS GUIDES DURING
THE TOURNAMENT.
GREAT FALLS MONTANA: TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED AND A NUMBER OF AMERICAN
LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ON A BARNSTORMING TOUR ESCAPED INJURY WHEN A GREAT NORTHERN
PASSENGER TRAIN WAS DERAILED TEN MILES NORTH OF GREAT FALLS. NONE OF THE 80 TRAIN
PASSENGERS WAS INJURED.
