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THE COSHOCTON TRIBUNE‘Wasps’ Working Hard to Master Flying Fortresses*»is ts•• reiv;yCOLUMBUS—Seventeen young women—including a former golf champion and an cx-school teacher—arc proving that not even the sky’s the limit at Lockbourne army air base here.Officially they’re known as the WASPS—Women’s Airforce Service pilots.Unofficially they’re self-designated “flying guinea pigs” who are hard at work proving that women can handle one of America’s big-best bombers—the Flying Fortresses now smashing Europe.If Lockbourne’s experimental nine-week course is successful, women may assume the job of ferrying the big Forts to replacementrs r* r *|V /‘VJ v » V tl t«lf| V* I4ti.ilfor other flying duty.There’s no assurance that the experiment will be successful, but if hard work is a factor, army officials said, “the gals are in.”Here’s how the ex-school teacher, Margaret “Peg” Kirchner ofYoungstown, 0„ puts it:“ItV“hot an easy job to handle a Fortress. It’s not so bad taking off, but when you’re landing it takes a lot of muscle to get that stick back. You’ve got to do it with your left arm because you got to keep that right hand on the throttle. But we love it.”The WASPS start their day at 5 a. m. Fourteen hours later—with lectures, practical mechanical instruction and actual flight training behind them—they’re ready for dinner and bed.But they agreed with Helen Dettweiler of Washington D. C., 1939 women’s Western Open golf titlist, that they wouldn't trade it for any other job.“There’s no comparison,” Miss Dettweiler said. “On the links it’s all cut and dried. You either do or you don’t. I don’t think any pilot can say what he really feels, and when you lift a B-17 there’s nothing else like it.”LABOR LEADERS FLAY LITTLE STEEL POLICYContinued from Pag* On*members of the WLB to compensate American workers for losses sustained thru rising costs,” said President Philip Murray of the CIO.Prentiss M. Brown, in a statement released with his resignation as price administrator, said the cost of living had been rolled back to a level 4.9 per cent above that of September, 1942.The wage stabilization program has been linked closely to the food problem and the congressional battle over subsidies. Mr. Roosevelt had expected to send a message to congress yesterday on the latter, but the White House announced it would be delayed for several davs.Stalin Meets With British ConfereesMav Confer WithGerman Gvilian Mobs iThreaten Captured Airmena—...By JACK FLEISCHER United Press CorrespondentGOTEBORG, Sweden. — Staff Sgt. Benny Springer, 22, Denver, Golo., is one of 17 Americans safely aboard a British liner enroute home from a German prison camp today, but he probably would be dead if an enraged German mob had got to him when his bomber crashed near Hamburg three months ago.Springer was one of 4,339 sick and wounded Allied prisoners who left for the United Kingdom today aboard the British steamersTwo Canton Youths Killed in AccidentAKRON—Two Canton youthswere killed and another was seriously injured when the automobile in which they were riding failed to make a turn on Route 91 near Monroe Falls, plunged over an embankment and struck a tree.Robert D. Miller, 17, and Ver-and the Swedish liner Drottning-holm, completing the first German-Allied prisoner exchange of the war.His experience confirmed reports from Britons aboard the exchange ship that German civilians were so bitter against the Allied airmen that they tried repeatedly to mob them.While they agreed that the German military made every effort to protect their prisoners, Springer and other fliers said the civilians sometimes were able to mistreat captured airmen.He is a former jockey who raced in west coast meets until 1939.“I was in the Fortress raid on Kafcburg or. July 25,” he said. “We ran into tough opposition. We reached the target and dropped all our bombs and then all of us bailed out.“I landed about 30 kilometers from Hamburg, almost in the arms of three German soldiers. The soldiers took me to where seven
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Coshocton Tribune
Coshocton, Ohio, US
Fri, Oct 22, 1943
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