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rations were of red rrcpe 'paper for thee club.Ire. W. M. Beatty had :ent guests, Mr. and nd Beatty and ador-m, William Talbot, of e. and Mr. and Mrs. [r of MonroeMrs. R. O. Stinson tied from Jackson, a short visit with lt;t. Willard Cobb, and ,t. Cobb is instructor Tactics, A. A. F. ndo, Fla. He was on so Mr. and Mrs. Stin-im in Jackson as Mrs. ployed there.Thirty Thousand1,300 Women Selected To Make Up First 9 Candidate Classesjn Methvin, a former )f the leader, left Ontario ,CaliL, where sit her husband, Pvt.ivin. She will remainfor two or three; Odom, who was here *ek-end for the Subwill leave tonight toThe ability to do any jubs u* which they may be assigned and lu adapt themselves to lightning changes in conditions—that's what officers of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps are made of.Selected for demonstrated qualities of leadership arid the ability : to moke quick but wise decisions, officer candidates in the corps are \ given training in o variety of mili- • tary subjects with the object ol providing them with a general ( background in Army procedures.They are sent for this inslrue- ‘ lion to the Officer Candidate | School at First WAAC Training! Center, Fort Des Moines. Iowa,! where they spend six weeks re- :and Hoabird. Mr.. lt;Jrmiam o Mo- ( “* business lor Buse. f r advanced training in 1 tl1fl c’Tig. He courses they would teaclb .top niawer oIn Oelober. a WAAC Third Of-! sLitamcdfleer was assigned lu each m the Lin(i m •nine service commands ni the At- meter. alway: my as the representative lt;»I D:- pera lin e nt rector Oveta Culp Hobby in each . dozen eggs, area. Those wr.ir.cn act as an- drawer and iscrs in WAAC matter*. I coin- but three.man dm:c no rats ol the serviceDOGS CHEV.CuNrnrd. times a good Clerk Arthurw + #♦«v.v.V.viewing and tab::morehis work in Batonn** Thornton Tenyllion, from Sel-Monroe, scent the day uesday visiting at the* ere Lt. Thornton Employed.ard Krousel left Rus-r noon for a visit of‘ weeks with her hus-Richard Kr ousel, who at Caniri Adair, Ore. :teri to arrive in Port-ay morning.ik A. Gerig, Jr., will /eek to join her hus-ias just arrived in San alif.. from Australia, las been on duty in id New Guinea for teen months. o--i n D A UI..Y, MAY 19n Auxiliary will meet in the Legion Hall, fhite, Mrs. Carl Neas, .encSricks,. Mrs. S. B. Miss Lou ell a Warren ?sses for the occasion.RS.. MAY 19-20 3EPT. CLUBil business meeting r this date has been Wednesday, May 26,o., Education Build* Methodist Church.AY 21n Garden Clubdetail ..Ijjec's taught them during thjir basic training and studying, in addition, properly accountability, leadership, mess management. company administration, a'd methods of teaching. Teach in.. ther members of the corps how to become good soldiers is tj.iir major job after graduation. The first call of the Women's and her! Army was for women to be i -ain-‘ ed as officers. It brought a response of 3(J,000 applications, from v;kicn 1300 women were selected to make up the first nine officer candidate classes. The tenth ancl subsequent classes have been drawn entirely from the ranks ol the corps.The iirst group destined to receive commissions as Third Ofli-cers, the WAAC equivalent ofSecoiiJl Lieutenants in thos Army, went straight from civilian life to Fort Des Moines, on Juy 20, 1942, to plunge into a concentrated course of study designed to transform them into leaders of the new*women's army. They were graduated, 436 strong, on August 29, and spent the following two weeks in post graduate practical work for the type ol duties they were to'aflflume,- - J;-----Their first assignments, made in September, were to work as staff and faculty officers at Fort Des Moines, as members of staffs for future WAAC units, and as recruiting officers for the main Army recruiting stations throughout the country. One group went to Fort Riley, Kan., Officers School to learn advanced mess administration and others to WAAC headquarters in Washington, Veteran Army men served as instructors, drill masters and company officer’s for the first classes. Now, WAAC officers do most of the supervising and carrying out oi the officer training program.From the officer candidate classes graduated in September, and October, twenty-four Thirdcommands.First promotions for WAAC officers were made on December 33, when ol women were raised tu the rank of First Officer, corresp md ing to Captains in the Army, and plastic tags 4k7 made Second Officers, enr- dog disks this responding to First Lieutenants, : -•in the Army. One hundred seven- — ——. ..........ty-five more were git on the rank of First Officer and 46J the rank of Second Oflicer on April 13 this year. The lirst class of officer candidates to come from the ranks was commissioned the day before Christmas.Sixteen WAAC ol titers entered Command and General Stall School, Ft. Leinenworth. Kan . on February ! ;o attend the streamlined Army Service Forces course.Other WAAC officers are now at-• * 4 r . .V. Vi 1*. v.v.4*1. V.*.* intending or have attended theSpecial Services School at Washington and Lee University. Lexington. Vy.; Inspector General's School in Washington, D. L\: Chemical Warfare School at Edge-wood Arsenal. Md.. and the Army Exchange School :il Princeton. N. J.They are learning v jrk in spec-*lulized holds so they cun *ake over direction of the Wanton's Army in those fields. This wilt permit Army men who were loaned ?o the corps to help in its orgauiz.aL and training program to return T■ active duty with the Army and will speed, the attainment ofSell -sufnciency for which the WAAC • is striving in its training program. ; Already large numbers of the Army Officers who acted as in- , structure, drill masters and company officers have gone back tlt;» ' their former Arm ystations and s more and mere are being enabled j lo.-Ciu-as.WAAC officers become j qualified to supervise training j cwter headquarters and sections. :Do yyou 11 min-ra. a,iron.soonbeentninsOUtlO'and IMA•»ISThe Norris City. 111., terminal of the “big inch” oil pipeline dispatches an average of nearly 1,100 railroad tank cars a day on a single-trck line, or an average of a 75-car train every 52 minutes.fTr'T/it iejt-fMMWot
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Ruston, Louisiana, US
Wed, May 19, 1943
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