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Sheppard Field TEXACTS is sponsored by the Special Service Office under Public Relations. News for TEXACTS is released through Public Relations and contributions must be sent to Building 843 by noon Wednesday. Squadron Squibs deadline is 5 p.m. Monday. TEXACTS uses Camp Newspaper Service material. Reproduction of CNS content requires permission.
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Free elections in America resist Nazi coercion, Soldiers testify
Cpl. M. Lore from Sheppard Field argues that American voters will freely cast ballots in November despite Hitler. He recalls Nazi brutality in Frankfurt and contrasts it with U S constitutional rights and secret ballots. The note ends with a remark on bus service ideas at Sheppard Field remaining only as a concept.
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Frankfurt
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M. Lore
Sec. A
Time salutes war correspondent Ernie Pyle
Time Magazine honors Ernie Pyle for grit and realism in war reporting. Pyle's vivid dispatches center on ordinary GIs, turning brutal frontline life into human stories for the public. The piece salutes his effort to bring home the soldier’s breath and struggle, thanking Time and Pyle alike. The note also mentions growing super-bombers and cautions that fighting continues.
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PX profits and benefits for enlisted men at Sheppard Field
Report from PX officials explains why prices cannot be cut to boost benefits but outlines a 3 to 6 percent profit rule. The Sheppard Field Exchange averaged 5.39 percent net profit by absorbing machine profits into nonessential items to keep overall profits within War Department limits. Essentials remain at near cost while morale items and dividends support recreation, but transfers affect individual share availability.
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Sheppard Field Exchange
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Eighth Service Command
Meeting old comrades in a post exchange
Corporal Sidney A. Barton recalls a 1919 border era encounter with Sergeant Harry E. Hilbert at the Post Exchange while pondering a new Public Address Control Room project. The piece hints at inventions and a wartime past, with light humor about the drinks and card games.
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Sidney A. Barton
Post Exchange
Texacts
Corporal Barton
Special Service Office
Cpl. Barton
Sid Barton
3Rd Infantry
Harry E. Hilbert
Hilbert
Victory Stage dedication and Sheppard Field inspection noted
Two years ago Miss Jeannette MacDonald was acclaimed at the Victory Stage ceremony while Gen. J. E. Fickel inspected Sheppard Field. A winning slogan Use Your Brains When Checking Your Planes by Pfc. Fernando CG Niete was chosen. One year ago gliders set a world record for towed cargo ships from Sheppard to Maxton with Maj. Ernest A. La Salle piloting. Cpl. Don Cherry won the post enlisted golf tournament Learn and Live.
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Jeannette MacDonald
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Fernando CG Niete
Sheppard Field
Maxton Army Air Base
N. C
Ernest A. LaSalle
Cpl
Don Cherry
Mark Twain Quoted as Originator of GI Remark
London report notes Mark Twain originated the GI remark sweat it out, quoting dialogue from Tom Sawyer where the character says its her own fault let her sweat it out. The item ties Twain to the wartime phrase used by American GIs.
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