Six North Carolinians Join Flying Cadets at Randolph Field
Six North Carolina men are among 330 graduates slated for completion of basic training as Flying Cadets at Randolph Field Texas on May 31. The group includes Edward Watkins Henderson Raymond Craig Essex Livy Willis Yale George Dover Shelby Carl Miller Rockwell Roy Robertson Caroleen. They began at South Texas and completed ten weeks of primary training at midwest flying fields logging about 65 hours in 200-hp trainers before advancing to final training to master single or multi engine aircraft. In August they will be commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve and move to active duty with tactical units. Cadets receive 375 monthly during training plus uniforms food quarters and medical care. After promotion active duty pay is 205 monthly plus quarters or 245 with quarters.
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North Carolina
Randolph Field
Texas
West Point of the Air
Ayers
Army Air Corps
Edward T. Watkins
William St
Henderson
Raymond L. Craig
Essex
Livy C. Willis
Yale
Geo. L. Dover
Warren St
Shelby
Carl L. Miller
Rockwell
Roy Robertson
Caroleen
South Texas
Mid-Wvestern
Air Corps Reserve
Air Corps
John Diffendal Named German Club Chairman at UNC
May 29 headline notes Taylor Vernon of Morganton and Ike Grainger’s successors. John Diffendal of High Point elected club chairman and manager, succeeding Tom Wright Jr. of Wilmington. The German Club, drawn from ten fraternities, plans three dances: Fall Germans, Mid Winters, and Finals on June 6 and 7.
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Chapel Hill
Wilmington
Austin Carr
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Durham
Rob Vail
Sigma Chi
Rutherford
N. J
Randy Speight
Beta Theta Pi
Wilson
Liverpool and Thames Targeted in German Night Raids
Nazi sources said the Liverpool area on the Mersey and the lower Thames were the main targets last night. The Bristol Channel area received lesser raids. British night raids reportedly dropped a few bombs on northern German coasts, with only one community damaged and that assessed as immaterial.
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Berlin
Liverpool
Mersey River
Lower
Thames
England
Bristol Channel
Look and Learn Quiz Answers Snapshot
Answers reveal generations as 33 years, Woodrow Wilson the only president to visit Europe during his term in 1918, and the Himalayas as the world’s highest mountain range. Sports terms map to tennis, baseball, hockey, and football, with typewriter keys totaling 42. A note states more copper in the US 5-cent piece than in the penny.
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Europe
Ausiers
Woodrow Wilson
The
Himalayas
Nighties for N C Prisoners
North Carolina prison camps will issue nightgowns and allow new comforts to inmates. Prisoners may eat with knives and forks, receive three Sunday meals, write letters, receive free weekly postal cards, and enjoy weekend yard walks.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
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