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(apt. Kenneth Shaded Named CommandingOfficer of 9lh A A F F T D a! Gibbs FieldFormer Operations Officer Succeeds Lt.Col. Tom CunninghamCapt. Kenneth L. Shadell, former operations officer of the 9th A A F FT I) at (Jibbs Field, has been named commanding officer of the operation here1 succeeding I,t. Col. Tom J. Cunningham, recently transferred to new and more responsible duties in the primary training operations of the West Coast Army Air Forces Flying Training Command.Capt. Shadell. who at 23 is one of the youngest commanding officers of a flying detachment in the I I• \ P I M W n If I Sll MM I I■ ( 1 eldher 1. He was a First Lieutenant^ when transferred here, and was promoted to his present rank lastmonth.The new CO is a natve of Cortez. Colo., where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shadell, now live.H«* attended high school in Colorado Springs, and after completing high school, served 3 Vi years asan enlisted member of the I nited States Navy.Following his service in thenavy, Capt. Shadell decided to complete his education, and attended the Colorado State Collegeof Agriculture. After getting out of college, he entered the Army Air Forces as a cadet and received primary training *it San and completed his training and rereived his commission at Moffatt Field. Stockton, Calif., on May2*. 141. - ■(’apt. Shadell served as assistant flight supervisor at Thunderbird F ield. Phoenix, Ariz., for several months, and also served in similar capacity at the primarv school at(SEE NO. 11— PAGE 4)ri #ii_ iChildren Removed From Burning Home Just as Roof FallsFloyd Henley Home or N. M. Mitchell Farm i;Total Loss MondayThe flaming residence of Mi and Mrs. Floyd Henley on th Malone Mitchell Farm 2 mileDiego, | nortlM ist of Fort Stodeto:rowlv escaped becoming a deat trap for the Henley children earl Monday morning. fo£ Mr. Henle was awakened just in time to puthem from bed in a Mazing rooi o\er which the roof ecu ped ju? as he got them out of the room.The fire started in the atti presumably from a spark from distillate burning heating stov Mrs. Henlev was awakened bv tl
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Fort Stockton Pioneer
Fort Stockton, Texas, US
Fri, Feb 12, 1943
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