Army Prepares Female Fliers By Hundreds For Service
In Sweetwater Texas a new Army program trains hundreds of women for air service under Miss Jacqueline Cochran. The daily schedule mirrors cadet training with early rising, long flights, ground school, mathematics and meteorology courses, and study hall. The course omits combat flying and gunnery while adapting the cadet program to women pilots.
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Sweetwater
Tex
West Texas
Army
Houston
Flying Training Command
Fort Worth
Army Air Forces
Jacqueline Cochran
Miss Cochran
Cochran
I Am A Murderer Serial Story at Long Island Estate
The tale centers on Col Wesley Merriwether and a library murder at his Long Island estate. Cynthia spurns dances for dinner with Vaughan Dunbar, a foreign correspondent, as tensions rise during a tense, socially charged gathering.
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Col
Wesley Hope Merriwether
Long Island
Cynthia
Fred West
Henry Prentias
Vaughan Dunbar
Dunbar
Joreign
Hill Stewart
Women Enlistment Bids Open At Avenger Field
To qualify a woman must have at least 35 flight hours and be aged 21 to 34 with a strict Army physical test. Miss Cochran notes the program demands hard work with little glamour, yet interest remains strong with enlistees like Helen Dettwiler of Washington DC golfer Nedgra Harrison of Tifton GA the radio dragon lady and Dale Dailey of New York City Powers model.
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Miss Cochran
Avenger Field
Helen Dettweiler
Washington, D. C
Nedgra Harrison
Tifton, Ga
Dragon Lady
Dale Dailey
New York City
Powers
Diamond Split Chart in a Bridge Hand
A bridge hand discusses four suits symbolizing medieval divisions and explains a diamond split. North starts with ace of diamonds and executes a sequence that forces East to discard spades. The play yields four diamond tricks and completes the contract with careful signaling and discard decisions.
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Yeomanry
North
East
West
South
Women train for ferrying service at Avenger Field
The article describes women joining civil service programs at Avenger Field to ferry planes across the country. Trainees receive 165 dollars monthly during training and 250 dollars after graduation in blue uniforms. They join from 30 states, reflecting a mix of backgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Women urged to help finish war dressings quota
Special to The Enterprise in Thomasville urges women to donate time to the Red Cross surgical dressing room to complete a 42000 plus quota for armed forces before June 1. Mrs. G T Alexander leads the local corps with daytime and evening hours at the New Lambeth building West Main Street.
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Thomasville
Red Cross
G. T. Alexander
Lambeth Building
West Main Street
Relief from freight rates urged by Southern Traffic League
Ten years ago in April 1938 a local note reports the Southern Traffic League pressing railroads for swift action to ease heavy freight charges to the southwest. The item lists local bits including YWCA May Day festival plans and multiple personal notices from residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Southern Traffic League
J. T. Ryan
Industrial Girls
Y. W. Cottage
Three Recruiting Stations In State To Be Left Open
After Friday only three Army recruiting stations will remain in North Carolina and one in South Carolina. Major James A Wireless announced stations to stay open in Charlotte Asheville Durham and Columbia South Carolina. Deactivated posts include Winston Salem Raleigh Greenville Spartanburg. Also noted a battleship Massachusetts will carry 2000 books on board and Harry Moscowitz aided a wounded man as Toscanini’s musicians kept the performance uninterrupted.
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Merriwether
Vaughan Dunbar
California
Northwest
South Africa
West Coast
Cambridge
Sweden
Hitler
Peter Towle
London
Fred West
Mitchell Grace
Grace
Mitchell
Fred
Charlotte
Army
North Carolina
South Carolina
James A. Wireless
Asheville
Durham
Columbia
S.C
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Greenville
S. C
Spartanburg
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Philadelphia
McKenney
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America’s Card Authority
Ted
United States
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Larcé
Bank-And-Frust Company
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Myrtle Shackleford
Guilford General Hospital
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Ry Barton
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R. B. White
E. A. Downey
East Green Street
High Point Insurance and Real Estate Couny
Sheraton Hotel
Grover Godwin
H. S. Coffield
Kathleen Petty Baxter
Ralph Parker
A. S. Parker
Mary
Mendenhall
Pittsboro
New York
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NBC Symphony Orchestra
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al Walker
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Seward's Market
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Philip Morris
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