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try\ ofActing Chief of*********♦nseur-ter-inArmy Air ForcesYanks Swarm Over CorregHeads US RosterHostagesManilaI tedfir-theBULLETIN.aryrereops the of , ofhlrdmile3er-and3er-At 3:30 p. m. today. Just as The Evening Banner was preparing: to go to press, the Public Relations Office at Majors Field said that Colonel Herbert Newstrom, commanding: officer had authorized the announcement that the ceremony scheduled for Tuesday at MajorsField In honor of the 201st Mexican Fighter Squadron had been definitely postponed until Wednesday because of weather conditions. This announcement was made after Colonel Newstrom conferredTo Present Battle Flagsversrth-enth3er-thewith Army officials. Members of the party scheduled to participate in the ceremony have been held up by bad weather. When the ceremony is staged the program announced in today’s Evening: Banner will be followed.SlarLieut. Gen. Barney M. Giles, acting chief of the Army Air Forces, will head the roster of more than two score high-ranking military officials from throughout this nation and Mexico .who tomorrow’ willports de-l at-oth-itionsj to-mayi de-rican :sday.MEXICO CITY, (AP).—GeneralFrancisco L. Urquizo, undersecretary of defense, left by military plane today for Greenville, Texas, for the presentation of its battle flag to the Mexican 201st Air Squadron soon to go to the front.The general planned to leave yesterday but bad weather caused flights from here to be cancelled.He was accompanied by General Gustavo Salinas, chief of the Mexican Air Force.^m at thei sentBerlinat tol Aril omef war lission amily, so in en to litudc:e 5.pay tribute to the pilots and menof the 201st Mexican Fighter Squadron, which will be honored at mammoth flag presentation ceremonies at 11 o’clock on the line.Forecast of cloudy weather with intermittent rains throughout the day will not blanket plans for the largest review ever to be staged at Majors Field. However, unless the ceiling lifts, the air show scheduled for noon will likely be cancelled. Personnel of the fighter squad-See CEREMONIES on Page 5,anescwallecomidela;walllt;hopeThe two high Air Force officials above, who represent neighboring countries will be chief figures in the ceremony honoring Mexico’s 201st Fighter Squadron at Majors Field Tuesday. At the left Is General Francisco L. Urquizo, undersecretary of national defense and secretariat to Mexico, President Avila Camacho’s personal representative, who will present the Mexican battle flag to Colonel Antonio Cardenas, commanding officer of the squadron. At the right is Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles, acting chief of the AAF, representative of Gen. H. H. Arnold, who will present a second flag to Colonel Cardenas, this one symbolic of General Arnold’s wish for the squadron’s success in battle.beelLlt;batttaelthedaytowsouVthenotter
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Greenville Evening Banner
Greenville, Texas, US
Mon, Feb 19, 1945
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