Promotions for seven captains at Sheppard Field
Seven captains received promotions to major last week as orders arrived from the War Department via the Army Air Forces Technical Training Commands Third District in Tulsa Oklahoma. The officers named were Paul J. Calder James W. Cocking Rochard Holland Claude C Mabry James H Maloney Williams L Tyrrell and Raymond F Wand schneider. The order was signed by Major General J E Fickel commander of the Third District Training Command.
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Sheppard Feld
War Department
Army Air Forces Technical Trainie Commands
Third District
Tulsa
Okla
Paul J. Calder
James W. Cocking
Rochard Holland
Claude C. Mabry
James H. Maloney Williamsl. Tyrrell
Raymond F. Wandschneider
J. E. Fickel
Third District Training Command
Remember Pearl Harbor Captain Collins Heads MP Force
Captain Patrick Collins, formerly with the military police battalion at Fort Sam Houston, has been named head of the MP station in Wichita Falls. He succeeds Capt. Nelson Pierce who led the unit for the past several months. Collins has more than 50 years of Army service with much time in military police work. Remember Pearl Harbor.
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Patrick Collins
Fort Sam Houston
Wicchita Falls
Nelson Percie
Captain Collins
Pearl Harbor
Travelers Invited To Special Party at Lamarr Be TLS
Travelers who have lived in or visited foreign countries may swap interesting experiences at a special get-together Sunday evening June 1 at 7 pm in the Lamar Be TLS. Refreshments will be served and attendees sign up on a lobby sheet for the Lamar Avenue USO event.
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Sheppard Field
Lamarr
Lamar Avenue
USO
Women in the Army Scribe Sees Possible Problems Facing Fair Sex
Texacts feature recalls WAAC volunteers and an officers training school amid humorous anecdotes of a husband recruited as a private. A private notes wives practicing drill, alert duties, and guerrilla games, yet laments the bottleneck of women becoming privates.
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Texacts
WAAC
C. O
Library praised as busiest in Army by Eighth Corps
The post library, under Miss Mary Cox, located in the Service club, boasts over 6000 books across fiction non fiction and technical subjects. It opens daily and Sundays 10 am to 11 pm with about 200 items circulated daily. Remember Pearl Harbor War Bonds aim to fund defense.
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Sheppard Vield
Eighth Corps
Post Service Club
Mary Cox
Pearl Harbor
Fisherman Caught by Two Big Fish in Texas Tale
Two 10 pound salmon were caught near Sheppard Field Texas in a humorous tale. Pvt Ford Twohy of the 62nd Air Base Group from Seattle Washington notes his partner John Givins and sends back two Columbia River salmon by mail. The fish were later used for a barbecue at Maj Calder’s Wichita Falls home.
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Texas
Sheppard Field
Pvt
Ford Twohy
62Nd Air Base Group
Seattle
Wash
Brooks
Pacific Ocean
Twohy
John Givins
Columbia River
Wichita Falls
Maj
USO Drive Here Nearing Quota
Wichita Falls USO drive progresses toward goal with under $2,000 needed to reach the target. Campaign leaders report total contributions at $15,682.00 as of Wednesday and urge public support in the final push over the next few days.
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Wichita Falls
USO
Campaion
Training Films Available Here at Sheppard Field Library
After Roosevelt approval, the Sheppard Field film library adds business and government training films to its schedule. Man Is A Giant about Boulder Dam, released by the Interior Department Reclamation Division, features Pvt Hansel R Whaley and covers dam building and operation. Other films cover army motor vehicle operation and maintenance, safety rules, overhaul and repair for motor pool personnel.
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Roosevelt
Sheppard Field
Boulder Dam
S. Set
E. E. Johnson
Reclamation Division
United States Department of Interior
Hansel R. Whaley
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Reggie
Bill Lent
Ganger
Pearl Harbo
Collins
M.P. Force
BY Corp
John L. Douglas
Hiawatha
Tokyo
Old Mexico
Military Jewelry & Supplies
Just
Sheppard
Felders
A. Harris CO
LTH and
Ohio
Huff Paint & Wallpaper Co
Scott
L. O. Nelson Co
Tenth St
Frontier Studio
Pjestic Theatre
T. A. Richards
Ean Holt
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