Southern Cal hosts Army Air Force recruiting tour
Major Roy L. Jones and Lt. John O Neill, with Captain Hewitt Wireless, toured University of Southern California and Los Angeles City College to encourage enlistment in the Army Air Force Enlisted Reserve. They briefed students on paths to commissions in aviation and ground duties, and noted deferral options until schooling completes.
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Louis Dyer
Minter
Roy L. Jones
John O'Neill
Hewitt T. Whreless
Uncle Sam
Southern California
University of Southern California
Los Angeles City College
U. S. Army Air Force
Roosevelt
Jones
O’neill
Army Air Force
Wireless
Randolph and
Kelly Fields
Lingayen
P. L
Southern California Air Force Recruiting Board
O’neil
Trojan
Cub
Aviation Adet
U. S. Army
Minter Feld
University of California At
Los Angeles
Minter Library to Receive 2500 New Books Soon
Minter Field’s Post library will add 2500 books to its shelves within days, nearly doubling the current 2747 volumes. The acquisition comes through the Victory Book drive with popular titles including Army Wife by Nancy Shay General MacArthur Fighter for Freedom by F T Mitter and Upton Sinclair Dragon’s Teeth.
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Minter Library
Minter Field
Post Library
Minter
Nancy Shay
General MacArthur
F.T. Mitter
Upton Sinclair
Minter Chemical Warfare Course Closes This Week
Under Lt. Carl C. Spring at Victorville Advanced Flying School nearly 40 men from Minter Gardner Lemoore Victorville and Twentynine Palms Glider School completed a ten hour course in gas mask drill and chemical warfare. The program aims to train instructors to teach all field personnel gas mask use and basic chemical warfare. The course covers gas types properties recognition effects and first aid plus methods to clear gassed areas.
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Carl C. Spring
Victorville
Evry
Minter Field
Spring
H. A. Hesse
Pir
Gardner Field
Lemoore
Twenty-nine Palms
Educational Warden Program Slated May 18
An educational program featuring a speaker and motion pictures will be held for local air raid wardens at Shafter high school gymnasium in the evening of May 16 starting at 8 o clock. Police Chief John Reily announced the event and invited all interested community members to attend as part of the home defense program.
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Air Qaid
Shafter High School
John Reily
First German Prisoners Taken on Guam
The first German prisoners of Guam are aboard the vessel Cormoran anchored there. They are identified as the initial captures in the island’s recent roundup.
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Guam
Cormoran
Victory for Agriculture Radio Program from San Francisco
A radio program titled Victory for Agriculture broadcasts from San Francisco on the fourth Saturday of every month over station KPO. The show highlights farming topics and agricultural issues for listeners.
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San Francisco
KPO
Work Begins on Enlarging Minter Field
Construction at Minter Field starts to expand for the Army Air Force training complex. Excavation along the eastern flight line marks the site for Flight Operations Offices and Crew Chiefs’ buildings. Local companies win sub bids for lumber plumbing sheet metal paint electrical and utilities work under contractor Guy E Hall with alignment of buildings already completed.
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Minter Field
Army Air Force
King and Hayward Lumber
Gundlach Company
Bakersfeld
Peckham and Foster
Bakersfield
United
Advance Electric
Stroud-Seabrook
Guy E. Hall
War Department
H. T.teague
The
Post
U. S
Potassium Key to Growth in Pigs Says UC Study
University of California researchers report that potassium is essential for normal growth in young pigs. Pigs with insufficient potassium lost appetite, showed digestive distress, and some died without supplementation. Whey powder improved outcomes. the study suggests potassium should comprise about 0.15 percent of the diet.
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University of California College of Agriculture
Journal of Agricultural Research
E. H. Hughes
N. R. Ittner
Animal Husbandry Division
Minter Field Grants First Mechanic Class Graduation
Minter Field completes its first scheduled course for Air Force mechanics with a three week program. About 500 men graduate after 60 hours of lectures and 40 hours of lab work, aided by A L Turner and D G Grimes.
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Minter Field
Air Force Mechanics
A. L. Turner
D. G. Grimes
Engineers Department
Air Force
William Weeks
Horton
Passes to be Discussed Tomorrow by Shafter Group
Word reaches that F D Jones of the sheriff's office will attend tomorrow's Shafter Business Men's association meeting to discuss passes into barricaded oil fields. Last week residents of Rio Bravo were told they must go to Rosedale first and then up Satie Tollway to reach Shafter.
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F. D. Jones
Sheriff's Office
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Rio Bravo
Shafter
Rosedale
Hoover era plan to send Marines to Detroit to curb liquor flow
Revenue agents recall a proposal under the Hoover administration to deploy U S Marines to Detroit Michigan to assist customs officers in stopping the illicit liquor influx from Canada. The plan aimed to enforce Prohibition era rules and curb cross border smuggling.
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Hoover
U. S
Detroit
Mich
Canada
Minter Amphibians Open Three Pools for Post Beach
The post plans three swimming holes behind the cadet mess near the fence with water turned in this week. Capt Frank Ovich provides beach chairs umbrellas and a rope crossing while life guards are sought on a first come basis at the Post adjutant’s office.
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Musso
Malibu
Florida
Minter
Co. L
Frankovich
First Casualty of Marines in France 1918
One of the first casualties among the U S Marine Corps forces in France in 1918 was a bass drum from the Fifth Regiment.
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U. S. Marine Corps
France
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