Outguesses 11th Mess Squad Wins Quiz Night $28
The 11th Mess Squadron beat the 12th by five points on the Victory Stage quiz night. Individual War Stamp prizes totaled 28 dollars for the 11th Mess and 23 dollars for the 12th Mess. Performances included Pvt Dave Gaber and Miss Theda Curran with a duet. Plans hint at an all-negro show next Tuesday.
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11Th Mess Squadron
12Th Mess Squadron
11Th Mess
Keith Lecka
Tom Mill- Ban
Pat McFarlin
Max Sturm
Bill Mason
Ernest McCarley
Orville Nicholas
Walter Creel
Dave Gaber
Metropolitan Opera
Theda Curran
Post Headquarters
Dave
Theda
Cpl
Joe O'Donnell
Ed Neibling
WAACS Nurses Get Two More Beauty Parlor Operators
Two more beauty operators were added to the WAAC Beauty Parlor staff in the company recreation building this week. The shop serves WAACS and nurses and the operators are wives of Sheppard Field soldiers: Tec. Sgt. Kenneth R. Runzel, 5th Acad. Sq.. Pvt. Glenn Bailey, 13th Mess Sq.. and Cpl. Leslie Herrick, Hq. and Hq. Sq.
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WAAC
306th Training Group Wins Best Policed Plaque
The 306th Training Group was cited as the best policed area in the BTC by inspecting officers of the BTC headquarters. The plaque, awarded to the winning training groups, now hangs outside the 306th orderly room for a week.
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BTC
306Th
Your GI Hit Parade Sees New Songs Enter Top Five
The week at Sheppard Field GI’s features two new arrivals in the top ranks as Don t Get Around Much Anymore holds first, I ve Heard That Song Before flows into second, and Comin In On A Wing And A Prayer debuts in third. You'll Never Know and As Time Goes By round out the top five for the week ending June 9.
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Sheppard Field Gi’s
Duke Ellington
Harry James
Kay Kyser
Alice Faye
USO
Service Club
Exchange news from the field includes candy and cigars
War era bulletin highlights donations to ship overseas, five cents per pack, packs marked Compliments of Sheppard Field, and two dozen postcards for acknowledgments. It praises volunteers for sports at the field and notes Book of the Week Carbine and Lance.
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Exchange
Sheppard Field
W. S. Nye
Fort Sill
303rd TG Brings In 2.64 Million In Insurance Sale
The 303rd TG Group reported 2,640,000 dollars in National Service Life Insurance sold in a two day period Tuesday and Wednesday at Shepard Field. Lt Edward F Schneider noted the drive aims for 100 percent coverage and a pictorial lecture aided outreach. The 48 hour total sets a new record for the unit.
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303Rd
TG Group
National Service
Edward F. Schneider
Insurance Department
Shepard Field
If You Cant Shoot You Cant Fly Flexible Gunnery Explored
The article explains that enlisted radio operator mechanics radio operators radar operators bombardment airplane mechanics and bombardment armorers who meet physical requirements must complete a seven week flexible gunnery course to serve in air operations. It notes six gunnery schools and the need for qualified aerial gunners.
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Texacts
Flying Training Command
Tech
Eal Training Command
Hk Camp
Book Bits and Aviation Notes From the Service Club
A library list reviews several books on Nazi Germany and world affairs, noting Dobert Eitel Wolf Convert to Freedom and Harold J. Laski The American Presidency. It also highlights Munich Playground by Ernest R. Pope, Sea Power in Conflict by Paul Schubert, and Whitaker We Cannot Mean History, plus a feature titled Save More Planes explaining the need for technician gunners in air forces.
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Service Club No
Dobert
Eitel Wolf
Munich
Schubert
Paul
Philippines
Hawaii
Whitaker
John T
Manchuria
Pearl Harbor
Yank's Special VYank Anniversary Issue Attracts Troops
The weekly servicemen’s magazine VYank hits stands next Friday for its first anniversary edition. It promises eight extra pages and eight more picks plus a super deluxe pin up and several extra cartoon pages. It will include 12 Sad Sack cartoons, a message from the President, a year in review for enlisted men in the Army, and a surprise cover.
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Vyank
Lamar USO adds snack bar and bookcase in update
Donald Hoagen director announces three additions to the Lamar USO club including a new bookcase for the library, a large mail box on the first floor, and a snack bar counter for the second floor dance hall funded by the Federal Works Agency.
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Lamar Uso Club
Donald Hoagan
Federal Works Agency
Memorial Service for General C L Tinker at Tinker Field
A memorial service for Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker was held at Tinker Field Oklahoma City one year after his reported Midway disappearance. His son Col. Clarence J. Tinker Jr. was missing in Africa last week. George Tinker, 75, expressed hope his son remains alive while family toured the Air Service Command depot under Brig. Gen. A W Vanaman.
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Clarence L. Tinker
Villa Tinker
Post Service Club
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City
Okla
Tinker
Midway
Clarence J. Tinker Jr
Africa
George Tinker
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Perkie Perkins
Texas
Mr. Laski
Congress
Supreme Court
Pope
Ernest R
Yank
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