Our Expanding Army A Great Schoolmaster
The Dec 5 1940 article describes the U S Army's rapid expansion as a massive, mushrooming education system. Selective service training centers and new schools at Fort Knox Fort Riley Randolph Field Fort Banning and Fort Sill are turning recruits into capable specialists. Mass training aims to produce 500 graduates weekly from an 1800 man plant while officers loom as drillmasters.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Fort Knox
Stephen H. Henry
Roswell
New: Mexico
Henry
Fort Riley
Bas
Cavalry School
National Guard
Randolph Field
Texas
West Point
Air Corps
Fort Banning
Infantry
Errol Flynn to appear on Kraft radio show tonight
Errol Flynn star of Santa Fe Trail Days will premiere in Santa Fe on December 14. He will be guest on the Kraft radio program tonight on NBC with KOB Albuquerque, per a telegram received by Yucca Pecos manager Ted Jones.
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Errol Flynn
Santa Fe
KOB
Albuquerque
Ted Jones
Yucca-Pecos
Flashes of Life from Local and Regional Briefs
Wabash ind residents Troyer and Brodbeck Brothers award trophies for hybrid seed corn yields. William Custer wins Troyer trophy for farmers and Merle Custer wins Brodbeck trophy for 4-H Club members. A house dog chase ends with a rabbit slain by rock after gun misfire. Arizona tax assessors puzzled by notation class B milch cow. Mohave county assessor explains it as a cow that kicks.
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Associated Press
Wabash
Ind
Chester E. Troyer
Lafontaine
Brodbeck Brothers
William Custer
Troyer
Merle Custer
Brodbeck
S. Diani Bloomsburg
Arthur Allegar
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Tax Assessors’ Association
W. O. Ruggles
Mohave County
Explosions Not Sabotage In Industrial Accidents
A survey notes most recent blasts and fires in powder plants and factories, attributing many to speeding production and worker fatigue. It cites Kenvil, Hercules, and multiple sites across Pa Wash and Ohio, with officials warning against assuming sabotage and urging careful investigation.
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Columbia Powder Company
Tacoma
Wash
Burton Powder Works
Edinburg
United Railway and Signal Company
Woodbridge
N. J
Trojan Powder Company
Allentown
Boston Navy Yard
Toppenish
Terre Haute
Inn
Commercial Solvents Corporation
Clairton
Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corporation
Pittsburgh
American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation
Bridgeville
Pennsylvania Chemical Company
Johnstown
Canton
Ohio
Washington
Jackson
Justice Department
Hercules Powder Co
Kenvil
National Fire Protection Association
Army field artillery school could grow beyond WWI size
Commandant said expansion possible by next fall. Peak WWI training reached 1,200 officers plus 2,400 in France. Currently over 500 reserve and other officers are in school, with many schedules calling for 850 in January. Under War Department plans, up to 800,000 drafted men may go to schools next summer to learn trades valuable in peace and war.
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France
War Department
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Fort Sill
Okla
Donald C. Cubbison
Kansas City
Greek For Relief Fund
Thomas McGee
McGee
Daddy
Sallee
Armour’s
Oregon
Libby’s
East Texas
W. Swan
Swift's
Wisson’s
Thtihgov and
Mazda
Ctis
Western Auto Supply Co
Jess Peters
Les Beemes
Roswell, N. M
COORS
Bell-Ringer
Aphi
Ty Bee
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