Plans Completed for First ACTS Graduation at Sheppard Field
The 220 air mechanics will receive diplomas Tuesday at 4 PM from Col. Edward C. Black and Col. Joseph A. Miller. Marian Anderson will perform, with General Marshall sending regrets. The ceremony includes invocation, national anthem, diplomas, aerial review, and a salute to Sheppard Field’s progress.
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Texacts
Air Corps Technical School
Edward C. Black
Sheppard Field
Joseph A. Miller
Air Corps
Black
George C. Marshall
Marshall
U. S. Army
Marian Anderson
San Antonio
Miss Anderson
Miller
70Th Air Base
316Th Technical School
Texas Plain
106 Selected For Training At Air Corps School
One hundred six Sheppard Field men were chosen by a special board to report Sunday to the Air Corps Officers Candidate School at Miami Beach Florida. Interviewing began Wednesday afternoon after orders from the Air Corps Technical Command. By noon Thursday about 150 applicants had been interviewed with more to come and the board expected to decide last night.
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Sheppard
Air Corps Officers Candidate School
Miami Beach
Fla
Air Corps
Special Board
Air Corps Technical Command
Tulsa
Oklo
James F. Walsh
Col. FE. C. Black
Measles Delay Among Officer Candidate School Applicants
A cadet undergoing an eye test for Officer Candidate School reportedly breaks into a measles rash, delaying his progress as hundreds compete for advancement.
Board to pick 106 OCS candidates at Sheppard Field
Maj John W Nessler and Lt Kenneth R Majors oversee selection of 106 candidates by Feb 22 for Air Corps Officers Candidate School at a Miami Beach hotel. The board, interviewing about 150 on Wednesday, expects near 250 total. priority given to cadets who failed to meet flying standards at Pearl Harbor.
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Sheppard Field
John W. Nessler
Kenneth R
Air Corps Officers Candidate School
Roney “Late
Miami Beach
Adult Education Classes Offered at 14 Ohio Street
Free courses in conversational Spanish mathematics and history now conducted by the Adult Education program at 14 Ohio Street Wichita. Sessions held Thursday and Monday evenings with harbor-day and other details provided on site.
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Ohio Street
Wichita Bite
M. Tuesda Harbor
Diploma to mark ACTS graduation for air corps students
When the first 220 students finish work at the Air Corps Technical School the Feb. 26 ceremony will award diplomas to graduates of the airplane mechanic's school. Pvt. David B. Anderson of the 316th Technical School Squadron will receive the diploma at a special Feb. 24 ceremony.
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Air Corps Technical School
Pvt
David B. Anderson
316Th Technical School Squadron
Templeton To Play at Post Wichita Falls Concert
Alec Templeton, famed blind pianist and mimic, will perform on Sheppard Field stage and in downtown Wichita Falls on Tuesday evening March 3. Arrangements by Public Relations Office include a broadcast on the Sheppard Field in Review radio show. Templeton tours with repeat sellout appearances, demonstrating strong popular appeal.
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Alec Templeton
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Impersavrio
Templeton
Mustached Guerrilla to Private Frieden in Army Air Corps
Private Frieden, a former Arab-resistance guerrilla in Palestine, keeps his flowing mustache as he serves in the United States Army Air Corps. Wounded and scarred, he recalls grueling desert fights, his conversion from guerrilla fighter to serviceman, and his travels before enlisting.
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United States Army Air Corps
Palestine
Benzion Frieden
Air Corps
Frieden
United States
United States Army
England
Frienden
Iraq
Iran
Persian Gulf
Bombay
Singapore
Soldier Turns Spud Grower Into Army Kitchen Duty
Private Humphrey L. Jones of the 317th Technical School Squadron grew 150 acres of potatoes at his North Dakota home last year. He dug sorted packed and shipped the crop but frostbite forced losses. Early this year he joined the army and was assigned to KP peeling potatoes finding his own harvest in the sacks. He pleaded for no more spuds.
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Pvt
Humphrey L. Jones
317Th Technical School
North Dakota
Army
Sheppard Field
Private Humphrey
Weaver Takes Command of Air Corps Technical Training
Maj. Gen. Walter R. Weaver, acting Air Corps chief, assumes control of the Air Corps Technical Training Command at Tulsa Oklahoma. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Rush B. Lincoln, recalled to Washington, with Col. R. E. O’Neill serving temporarily. Weaver previously led the southeast training center at Maxwell Field Alabama and will direct the command from Washington while maintaining current duties.
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Walter R. Weaver
Air Corps
Air Corps Technical Training Command
Tulsa
Okla
Weaver
Rush B. Lincoln
Lincoln
Washington
Co. R. E. O'Neill
Chanute Field
Southeast Training Center
Maxwell Field
Ala
Technical Training Command
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Ders
Wland Corry Too
Cereniral Schonl
Hnassianed
Lin Corps Technical School
Ted
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Gen. Weaver
ACTTC
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