War Bond All-Star Diamond Tilt Sets Sunday Fight
Entry rush for the 1945 beauty queen contest at Sheppard Field builds toward an 8 p m Tuesday showdown as GIs crowd the auditorium to crown Miss Sheppard Field of 1945. Cpl Larry Levin hosts with five PX staffers among top entrants including Betty Barnett LaVerne Rucker Bobbie Riddis Ruby Ashton Wanda Bray Lola Locke Pauline Gilstrap Elaine Slack Elaine Grossman observers note the field will yield a nip and tuck competition with strong applause and near record enthusiasm.
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Miss Sheppard Field
Cpl
Larry Levin
Base Personnel Services
Betty Barnett
LaVerne Rucker
Bobbie Riddis
Ruby Ashton
Wanda Bray
Lola Locke
General Moss
Pauline Gilstrap
Elaine
Airways Traffic School Opens at Sheppard Field
The First Army Airways Traffic Control School begins at Sheppard Field with 13 instructors from 24 centers. Major Philip E. Larson confirms the opening as civilian and military airways personnel train first by operating a domestic control unit before a six week course in Building 980 under Chief Instructor Lyle Ditzler.
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Sheppard Field
Philip E. Larson
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U. S
Lyle Ditzler
CAA
Pronunciation Lesson on Hellicopter and C-82 Training
Report from Sheppard Field introduces the C-82 training school as the first of its kind in the world. Captain Malone explains the C-82 cargo plane powered by two R-2800 engines, modeled on the Gotha glider, with a captured Gotha being rebuilt for Wright Field experiments.
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Robert R. Malone
Sheppard Field
U.S
Wright Field
Guthrie Named Communications Head at Post
Lt. Col. Ralph R. Guthrie formerly Supervisor of Maintenance at Sheppard Field is named field Communications Officer at post headquarters. Maj. Robert C. Drum will replace Guthrie as Supervisor of Maintenance and Drum was previously Flying Safety Officer at the post.
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Col. Guthrie
Ralph R. Guthrie
Sheppard Field
Robert C. Drum
Guthrie
Major Drum
Gas Mask Wednesdays Discontinued
Post headquarters bulletin dated June 11 announces the wearing of gas masks on Wednesdays will end. Masks need not be adjusted weekly. protection now relies on wearing masks during monthly gas alerts.
Sellout Expected At Seventh War Loan Baseball Classic
Seven teams from Wichita Falls area join the 7th War Loan Drive baseball classic at Spudder Park Sunday at 2 p.m. Star players include Sgt. Fred Cunningham and 1st Sgt. Don Gray leading the all star lineup. Admission is bonds and stamps. E bonds buyers get box-seat receipts. general admission requires war stamps. Pre game events feature base running and throwing contests with war bond prizes.
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Sheppard Field
Spudder Park
Wichita Falls
Post Physical Training Department
War Bond
Wichita County War Finance Committee
Fred Cunningham
78Th Aaf
Aacs Globetrotters
Don Gray
Marauders
Post and Area
Willson
Noonan
Globetrotters
Bishop
Lavoie
Wahila
Sam Sedicino
Arthur Hornreich
The
Post
Baseball Board
Berle F. Smith
William Ey
Colonel Lohman And Son Reunited After War Service
Lt. Eugene A. Lohman Jr. returned to Sheppard Field after 13 months overseas as a B-24 pilot with the 14th Air Force. He earned 400 combat hours and 52 missions in the South China Seas and near the Philippines, earning the Air Medal and DFC with Oak Leaf Clusters while weighing 169 pounds at reunion.
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Eugene A. Lohman, Jr
Sheppard Field
A. Lohman
Ficer
Langley Field
South China Seas
Philippines
Lohman
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Dream Girls
Airways Traffic
Cunningham and Gray
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Hagerstown
Maryland
RAF
Colonel Lohman
Son
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