Post Office At Shepard Field Handles Mass Mail
The independent field post office at Shepard Field Texas processes about 12 350 pieces of mail daily including 250 insured parcels 1 500 newspapers 10 000 letters and 600 parcels with a staff led by 1st Lt Courtney A Tidwell. Mail is sorted by category then by squadron and cadets receive money orders up to 300 daily with individual orders up to 200. The operation plans to move sorting entirely to the field after year start and maintains locator cards to verify addresses.
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Sheppard Field
Texas
Wichita Falls
Pvt
Mortimer . Smythe
ACRTC
Courtney A. Tidwell
Tidwell
Samuel M. Tate
Gordon G. Dillon
Orville C. Grams
Leo ¥. Kleber
Seldon Davis
Ernest E. Shaff
John D. Call
Charles Etter
Community show aids soldiers and families nationwide
An exhibit by the U S O entertains more than 160000 soldiers and civilians in North and South Carolina. The event features a platform for church services, a stage for amateur performers, a rostrum for addresses, and a podium for band and song leaders, offering a versatile program for morale and entertainment.
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Mg. Yy
Caranei
U. S. O. Automovie
Christmas furloughs bring happy gains to soldiers
Cadets of the 406th School Squadron receive Christmas furloughs with plans for ten to sixteen day leaves and reduced rail travel at 1½ cents per mile. Pvt. Edwin B. Masinter beams at homecoming with parents, as a special train to Milwaukee aids far flung cadets in saving travel costs for gifts.
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406Th
Texas Panhandle
Massnter
Corp
Dick Day
Milwaukee
Wis
No Brew for the Brothers Between When RO TC kinship meets
Pvt. James T. Robinson of the 403d School Squadron and Lieut. J W Katterhenry, ex Beta Theta Pi at Indiana, reunited not over a drink but over a two bit piece seized from the squadron Athletic and Recreation fund. The June ’41 Cal grads, Booth brothers, met for the first time since their degrees as the 403d filed through the orderly room on pay day. Robinson sighed that he shouldn’t have kidded those ROTC boys at KU.
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James T. Robison
403D
J. W. Katterhenry
Beta Theta Pi
University of Indiana
Katterhenry
Robinsons
Booth Brothers
Ager
Payaay
Pvt
Robinson
Instructors Plan Organization Of Club At Sheppard Field
The Sheppard Field Air Corps Technical School plans to organize a civilian instructors club this afternoon led by H E Johanson. The first meeting at 4 30 p m will be at the Texas Electric Service Company auditorium Wichita Falls with charter members to include civilian instructors and discuss headquarters policy and an advisory board. The association aims to provide amusement recreation and fellowship for civilian personnel and may invite other civilian employees once organized.
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Sheppard Field
Air Corps Technical School
H. E
Johanson
Texas Electric Service Company
Scott Avenue
Wichita Falls
School Building Near Completion at Air Corps Medical School
Construction of the Air Corps Technical School academic buildings advances rapidly under Capt. Wm. T. Brackenridge. Six academic buildings now complete, housing instruments, electricity, carburation, and other phases as instructional gear moves in. Hangar four, structures phase, nears steel frame completion.
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Air Corps Technical School
Wm. T. Brackenridge
Department of Mechanics
Army
Consistent Arnie Webster: A Long Football Career Not Scoring
Consistent Arnie Webster, a 319th athlete, played eight years of high school and college football without ever scoring a point. The unusual distinction highlights his defensive or non scoring role.
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Arnie Webster
Webster
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PFC
Irving Neuwirth
Texacts
Edwin B. Masinter
Red Cross
Lovelace
Indiana Ave
Jack Barnard
Jean Montgomery
Call Field
Klinert
Kuppenheimer
Mansfield
Bostonian
Sox
O. D
van Husen
Yale
Air Corps
California
West Point
Alligator
Frank Bros
Cavalry
Mackinaws
Griffin
Stein Bloch
Park
Knox
Bailey
Arrow
Manhattan
Ambassador
Westminster
Scott St
Barnard
Montgomery
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