AC Reservists Begin Basic Training Here
AC reservists and aviation cadet reserves are processed at the post for about four weeks of basic training before most return to colleges for prep courses. A small group may be sent to Flying Training Command centers after an educational test. highest scorers go directly to centers. The program, run by the Technical Training Command, follows orders from Gen. H H Arnold. Tonight is the last performance of the Don Cossack Chorus at Theatre No 3 for Sheppard Field enlisted men, a free USO show.
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United States
Flying Training Command
Technical Training Command
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Sheppard Field
Theatre No. 3
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Shep
G. Bruce Kamppard
Mechanic of the Month Named for Texacts Student
Pvt. Rolland W. Klein, 21, formerly a Swift & Co. foreman from St. Joseph Missouri, is named Mechanic of the Month by the Texacts technical school faculty. He scored 89 and tops in aircraft mechanics and glider maintenance in class 11 9 42 B with Lt Col Bruce von G Scott announcing. Klein, attached to the 317th TSS, is the first soldier honored in the TEXACTS contest.
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Bruce G. Scott
Rolland W. Klein
TSS
Texacts
Pvt
Swift & Co
St. Joseph
Technical School
Bruce von G. Scott
Klein
Office set to finish all income tax returns for military post
The post announces an IRS staffed office at Special Service Ride 536 to aid Sheppard Field personnel in preparing 1942 federal tax forms. Enrollment begins Monday Feb 8 with schedules pending. Taxpayers are urged to list income and deductions in detail beforehand to speed the process to about ten minutes per form.
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Sheppard Field
Post Headquarters
Internal Revenue Department
Special Service Office
Internal Revenue Collector
Wichita Falls
Internal Revenue
Texacts
Soldier declines arranged date for Mechanic of the Month
Pvt Rolland W. Klein of the 217th TSS rejects a Wichita Falls set up by Texacts staff for the Mechanic of the Month. He explains he is married and his wife lives in town, and he prefers to bring his own date.
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Wichita Falls
Post Guest House Adds Pastime Games for Relatives
Miss Iola Barron, hostess, says the new Post Guest House at Sheppard Field offers visitors a relaxing lounge with new games. The home accommodates 54 guests. rooms rent 50 cents per person per night. Relatives of soldiers in hospital receive room preference when near capacity.
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Sheppard Field
New Post
Iola Barron
Seven Post Captains Are Made Majors
Seven post captains were promoted to majors by War Department directives in Washington this week, announced by post headquarters on Thursday. Five are dental officers in the Dental Corps, including Carrol C. Smith, adjutant at the station hospital, and others named Wood, Cornish, Rist, Baumgardner, Rose. James W. Miller, property officer of the Quartermaster Corps, also promoted.
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War Department
Washington
D. C
Carrol C. Smith
David A. Wood
Paul A. Cornish
Charles M. Rist
Walter J. Baumgardner
William J. Rose
Dental Corps
James W. Miller
Quartermaster Corps
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Air Forces
AAFTC
Pvt. Everett
L. Sears
John
Texacts Pictorial of
Arthur Mansfield
Horst M. Keller
NCO
Robert B. Usher
Paramount Pictures
William Jd. Downey
Leonard Agnew
Supe
Post
Sgt
Don Reid, JR
Post Edito
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