400 Recruiting Stations Open to WAAC Women
Army opens more than 400 regular recruiting stations to accept applications from women ages 21 to 45 for WAAC officer training. Enrollment lasts for the war, with applications due by June 4 at 62 stations. Training starts about September 16 at Fort Des Moines Iowa. Women will receive $50 monthly during training. housing meals and medical care are provided. Mrs. William P Hobby WAAC director will receive pay equal to a regular army major.
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United States
Fort Desmoines
Iowa
WAAC
War Department
William P. “Hobby
Cadet Hazell Earns Top Honors at Thunderbird Field
Cadet Willis Carl Hazell nicknamed Outstanding is lauded as most outstanding cadet at Thunderbird Field and battalion commander at Minter Field Cadet detachment He is a Monett Missouri physician who led radio programs and the Air Vue graduation celebration singing a self written parody about a raftee Class 42 H.
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Willis Carl Hazell
Monicker
Barrage Butler
Thunderbird Field
Minter Field
Monett
Missouri
Mister Hazell
War Department sets temporary promotion dates and pay rules
The War Department plans orders delaying rank for temporarily promoted officers until they accept commissions or are sworn in. Pay will begin from the date the promotion order is published. The rule excludes Regular Army enlistees and Army of the United States components. Newly appointed officers still rank from the date they accept their commissions.
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War Department
Regular Army
Army of the
United States
New Blue and Gold Curtains Installed at Fest Theater
An improvement project at the Fest theater adds blue and gold curtains on stage with an Air Force themed backdrop. Pvt Berdell L Dickerson of the 526th School squadron devised a system to move the back curtain and wings, preserving the screen while enabling varied angles for speakers and vaude acts. The wing pivots allow flexible positioning and a cooling system is installed for hot nights.
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Fest
Air Force
Pvt
Berdell L. Dickerson
526Th
Deadeye Dick
Neli
New Officers Arrive At Minter Field As Instructors
A group of new officers arrives at Minter Field to serve as instructors. They trained at Minter last February then Stockton Field for instruction at Martha Field, earning instructor ratings before returning. The post expands with the Army Air expansion, requiring more instructors as cadet classes grow. The men are top graduates of the 420 class and will aid future cadets toward wings.
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Minter Field
Minter
Stockton Fick
Matha Field
Army Aire
Mintét
Senate approves life insurance for aviation cadets deaths
Legislation grants National Service Life Insurance of 10000 dollars to aviation cadets and aviation students who died in aviation accidents in line of duty between October 8 1940 and June DD.
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Senate
Radio show possible for Minter on KPMG
Negotiations this week between radio station KPMC and the Minter Field Public Relations office consider a new show that could also air from the USO club in Bakersfield. The Minter Field Air Zone already runs popular public service programs on station KERN with strong cooperation from local stations.
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KPMC
Minter Field Public Relations Office
USO Club
Bakersfield
Minter Field Air Vne
Kern
Pass Word Woes Behind Camp Gate
A tense scene unfolds at a military camp gate as Major Jones tries to enter without the pass. A sentry refuses, insisting on the password while a guard tent voice orders to shoot the intruder if necessary.
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Scerry
Officer School Days Soon End For Minter Field Officers
Captain E J Planting announced at Minter Field that the Administrative and Orientation courses will end in mid June. The program started in December and covered all Air Forces administrative functions with required exams and an 85 percent average. Textbooks will be returned in the second week of June.
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Minter Field
E. J. Planting
Planting
Blackout curtains deployed on US commercial airliners
Under War Department orders U S commercial airlines install window curtains to obstruct passenger view over vital defense zones. Curtains cover aircraft in transit over arsenals plants airports and areas with military concentration to protect sensitive sites.
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United States
War Department
Waivers Relaxed for Navigator Candidates in Santa Ana
Phys ical requirements for men seeking second lieutenant commissions as flying navigators are relaxed. Waivers cover visual acuity 20 40 to 20 20 with glasses, certain ocular muscle balance and depth perception defects. Age 18 to 26, U.S. citizenship, and screening success required. Processing nine weeks at Santa Ana followed by 15 weeks navigation school and a five week gunnery course.
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Santa Ana
SF Junior Traffic Patrol reports safe 19 years
Since the founding of the Junior Traffic Patrol in San Francisco there has been no injury or death at any of the 600 crossings patrolled by schoolboy traffic officers.
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San Francisco
Kate Smith Sings for USO Shorts at Dollar a Year
Kate Smith enrolls with Columbia Pictures to star in a series of patriotic short singing films. The films, based on American folk songs, will be produced under Ted Collins supervision. The dollar paid goes to the USO War Fund.
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Kate Smith
USO
Columbia Pictures
USO War Fund
America
Ted Collns
Miss Smith
Rodgers and Hart Dedicate New Song to Air Force
Rodgers and Hart unveil The Bombardier Song dedicated to the U S Air Force including pilots navigators bombardiers gunners and air crew. It debuted on NBC Army Hour May 24 and will air on KERN June 1 with the Minter Field Air Force band on AirVUE.
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Rodgers and Hart
Army Hour
Kern
Minter Field
Take A Pill For Strength Salt Tablets At Minter Field
Salt tablets labeled energy building were distributed in both mess halls at Minter Field as a remedy for heat fatigue. Captain Elmer A Kell Jr noted excessive perspiration drains salt and energy. he advised taking one or two tablets before or after meals to replace lost salt without affecting appetite.
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Elmer A. Kell, Jr
Minter Field
Kell
Just Asking Sarge Delivery of Silk Stockings
A brief humorous squib notes Sarge asking for silk stockings for his girl with the clerk asking if they are sheer. Sarge replies that she is at home in Chicago.
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Sarge
P. X
Chicago
Alaska Service
Major D O Webster Named New School Secretary and Public Relations Chief
Major Daniel O Webster from Columbus Ohio takes over as school secretary and public relations chief for Minter Feld. He replaces duties formerly held by Major Fran Barnum and Captain Bernhardt Mortenson with Lt James H Lewis Carthek Mortenson and Lt Lewis remaining as executives of the two offices. Webster previously directed Federal Housing Administration work in Cleveland and served in the first AEF with reserve commissions since 1917. His family has participated in major American conflicts.
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Minter
Nationa Youth
Tre Major
Federal Housing Administration
Cleveland
Major Webster
AEF
America
Definition of a wrinkle as a shifting dimple and its metaphor
A playful aphorism describes a wrinkle as a dimple that stretched itself and forgot to sit down, echoing a lighthearted view of aging and time.
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Sally Wadsworth
RKO Starlets
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Kyei Orai
U. S. Air Force
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Jei Mgm
D. O. Webster
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