Plans To Instruct Soldiers In Rifle Practice Outlined
A post memorandum issued Wednesday requires a thorough preparatory course before range practice. It covers correct sighting, positions, trigger squeeze, breath control, rapid fire, and sight adjustments, plus instruction on care and cleaning of the rifle. Rifle range qualification tests were ordered to begin as 100 200 and 300 yard courses become ready at AAFTTC Knollwood Field. Sheppard Field’s range is slated for completion July 15 with officers scoring groups of four and removing targets.
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Aafttc
Knollwood Field
N. C
Sheppard Field
ARC Hostess Returns From Ohio Family Visit
Miss Mariana Bing senior hostess of the American Red Cross recreation department resumes duties here after visiting family in Cleveland Columbus and Athens Ohio She attended commencement exercises at William Woods College Fulton Mo where she formerly taught music
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Mariana Bing
American Red Cross Recreation Department
Cleveland
Columbus
Athens
Ohio
Bing
William Woods College
Fulton
Red Cross assistant resigns at station hospital
Miss Sophie Sechramko, in charge of all Red Cross workers at the station hospital, resigned Tuesday to return home to Chicago. She will be succeeded by Miss Helen Bobo, a Red Cross social worker at the hospital, as range officers from frames marking and entering scores on targets.
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Sophie Sechramko
Red Cross
Station
Chicago
Ill
Helen Bobo
Music room opened at Eighth Street USO for soldiers
The Wichita Falls Music Teachers Association opened a music room at the Eighth Street USO for Sheppard Field soldiers pursuing music as a profession. Capt. C R McDilda announced the project. A committee from the association will approve applicants who use a radio recording machine sheet music and classical literature.
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Wichita Falls Music Teachers Association
Eighth Street Uso
Sheppard Field
C. R. McDilda
Salvation Army Uso
Music Teachers Association
Tax Exemptions Continue For Service Members
Members of the service will receive 75 percent relief of all 1942 taxes. If 25 percent was paid on March 15, 1943, the remaining balance is cancelled automatically. If the full 1942 tax is paid, a 75 percent credit or refund may be possible, though not officially established. Service members with June 15 payments should notify their collector to be protected against future rulings.
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Internal Revenue
Uncle Sam
BTC Offices Move For New Unit Personnel Section
BTC reorganizes to form a unit personnel section consolidating clerical and accounting work. The 31st Training Wing HQ moves to Building 336 and the 32nd to Building 176, with BTC plans and training offices relocating to Building 218.
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BTC
Petesonnel
Perssonnel
Red Cross interviews disability discharge veterans on civil rights
The American Red Cross opened a new service in Building 1470 to interview hospital patients who received Army disability discharges. Discharged patients will be informed of their civil rights as U.S. Army veterans during the interview.
Tax forgiveness program details for servicemen clarified
Deputy collectors anticipate full information on the 1942 tax relief plan. The law offers 75 percent forgiveness for married servicemen who file joint returns, with details to be provided before the Sept. 15 tax declaration deadline.
Veterans Association Seeks Contact With National Deputy Chief of Staff
Members of the Regional Veterans Association are asked to contact WO (jg) R. D. McIlintock, national deputy chief of staff, at post headquarters supply Building 843, phone 339, as soon as possible.
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Veterans’ Association
R. D. Mcllintock
Ingenious AMs Patch Planes in Tunisian Air War
In the Tunisian front, ground crews improvised with limited tools to keep B 26s aloft. They used five gallon tin bottoms, patch kits from GI trucks, and even torn Mae life vests to fix rubber de-icer boots. Their makeshift methods, born of scarcity, enabled successful missions against Axis airfields and sustained air operations.
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Gordonh. Coe
Stars and Stripes
John T. King
Fort Worth
Texas
Harry. C. Engle
Chicago
Sergeant King
Mediterranean
Sicily
Tunis
RAF
O'Dell
Africa
AAF
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ARC Hostess
ARC
USO
RVA
Tunisia
the Stars and Stripes
North Africa
Army Air Forces
States
George O'Dell
Republic
Harry F. Beals
San Antonio
Robert
Farnsworth
Akron
Mne
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