Rookies prove tough in Fort Lee WAC basic training
At Fort Lee Virginia the all woman basic training center graduates over 2500 WACs since November. The 13 week course includes bivouac weeks with field living camouflage and gas masks. About 85 to 90 percent choose voluntary rifle training and several score are noted as skilled marksmen led by Col. Alvin T. Bowers and Maj. Marjorie Schulten.
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Henry C. Nicholas
Central Press
Fort Lee
Wacs
North Africa
Italy
Oaes
South Pacific
Diana D. Sheets
Michigan
Rena Cochran
Alabama
Regular Army
Army Corps
Army
Alvin T. Bowers
Majorie Schulten
Schulten
Long Sentences Handed Down in Municipal Court
Two men faced multiple drunkenness charges with lengthy sentences for Elwood Medlin and his son Wade. Wesely Hargrove awaiting Superior Court, and James Murphy held on auto larceny. The docket lists numerous fines, suspensions, and appeals across varied offenses.
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Wesely Hargrove
Hobson Street
Tom J. Kearns
Parkway
James H. Murphy
Steele
Edith White
Brooks
Idella Johnson
Car Skids Into Ditch On Dirt Road East Of Town
State police report ten dollars in damages after a car driven by James K. Garrett of 311 Fourth Street skidded on brakes and slid into a ditch on a dirt road off Kivett drive extension about six miles east of here. No injuries or charges were filed.
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Kivett Drive
Here
James K. Garrett
Fourth Street
School Administration Conference Opens in Chapel Hill
P W A Early of Arlington Virginia and Dean Guy B Phillips of UNC education school led the opening session of the school administration conference in Chapel Hill on July 5 signaling the start of the event.
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Chapel Hill
P—W. A. Early
Arlington, Va
Guy B. Phillips
University of North Carolina
School of Education
School of Administration
Cleaning Gum From Rug And Misc Household Tips
Aged home hints describe using a non inflammable dry cleaning fluid on gum and gently removing it after minutes. Other notes explain Big Ben clock weight, painting tips, quick drying paint, horse diet scaling, and hookah as a water pipe.
Small Scout Jamboree Turns Into Wild Swap Meet
Valley Forge Pa reports the second National Jamboree of Boy Scouts where barter rules. Oklahoma and Texas groups dominate with bullwhips and living horned toads, creating a lively market with toads dropping from $1.50 to 20 cents amid a rumor of a last day price dump.
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Valley Forge
United States
Boy Scouts
Horatio Alger
David Harum
Better Business Bureau
Securities Exchange Commission
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas Scouts
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