Prize Squib Writer Earns Top Honor this Week
This week’s prize squib comes from the skilled 219th TSS yarnspinner. The win money is his prize and acknowledgment of his work.
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TSS
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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1943
Page
7
Training Week At 311th Tech School Adds Drill And Cleanups
Capt L W Roberson notes a new weekly writer as rain gives way to chores and drills. Students perform military and physical training while maintenance crews repair the day room broadwalk. Pfc Blasberg married Ella Louise Robinson in Houston. Dental survey follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl. Martinez
Pfc
Blasberg
Ella Louise Robinson
Houston
Texas
A&m
Bell Telephone
312th Tech. School Set. Morale Front Oscar Merit
Boyd T. Stuart leads the 312th mail department with Private First Class Sister aiding. Bailey on furlough, Pies handling transfers, Evans due for furlough, Lohr subbing for Qualls. The 312th defeated the 3rd Mess Group in a seven inning rally, then edged the 927th Guard Squadron. next faces the 313th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd T. Stuart
312Th Mail Department
Stuart
Bailey
Robert Pies
Evans
SOS
Lohr
Qualls
312Th
927Th Guard
313Th
927th MP Guards Take Gate Duty at Sheppard Field
The 927th Guard Squadron Monday relieved RFC interior guards from gate duties at Sheppard Field. Capt. Ernest E. Morey Jr. announced new NMP armbands for authority to direct traffic inspect passes and assist visitors. BTC interior guards will maintain guard mounts at other post entrances.
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927Th
RFC
Sheppard Field
Ernest E. Morey Jr
BTC
313th Tech School Sq Capt Westbrook New CO
Captain Rondo A. Westbrook arrives from Miami Beach to lead the unit. The squad boasts a rising baseball emphasis after softball gains, with Joe Pee throwing a no hit no run game in the first outing and regulars like Belzer Shortnecker Harrell Tuma King and Smalley noted in lighthearted team trivia.
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Rondo A. Westbrook
Miami Beach
Fla
Joe Pee
Joe Belzer
Amos Shortnecker
Boe Harrell
Day-Room Jackson
Tuma
Lawrence
King
Smalley
315th Tech School Squad Heads Into Rifle Practice
Soldiers at the 315th Tech School begin a week of marksman training with a gunpowder picnic planned for Sunday. Sergeant Hilton’s shot misses, others await their turn to test nerves. New arrivals include Pvts Bob Cummings and Bob Burgess. twins Howard and Harold Johnson link to the unit. Howard Romero departs, Harry remains in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cummings
Iowa State
Bob Burgess
University of Wyoming
Pfc
Howard J. Johnson
Harold R
Howard Romero
Harry
Oklahoma
Fuller
Doc Daugherty
Pike
Flash” Putnam
AFI
Paul Donovan
Niagara Falls
Cassanova Cassida
Wichita
Kansas
John Shipp
Coffee Hour at Highth Street USO Draws Crowd
About 300 cups of coffee were served last Sunday at the 10 a.m. Coffee Hour held at the Highth Street USO Club. The Salvation Army supervised the event, attracting servicemen and community members to the gathering.
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Highth Street
Salvation Army
Maj William T Carew Leads Diverse War Service Biography
Maj Carew, former 316 TSS commander, left Toronto University to join the British Army in World War I serving in infantry cavalry and as a Royal Air Force pilot. He later worked in Boston brokerage, joined the Massachusetts State Guard, then earned a captaincy in the U.S. Army Air Forces reporting to Sheppard Field in May 1942 and rising to major by January 1943. He remains active in hunting and reading military history while his family resides in Miami. The photo shows Carew with his executive staff including Holliday Boyce Scchlacher Kapec and others. Laughlin was away on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Carew
TSS
Toronto University
Canada
Infantry
Cavalry
Royal Air Forces
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts State Guard
U. S. Army Air Forces
Sheppard Field
Lee
Douglas Southall Freeman
Miami
Florida
J. Z. Holliday
Carew
H. F Boyce
P&t
L. D. Scchlacher
S. Set
Rudolph Kapec
William A. Manzarsky
Clair C. Conn
Matt A. Benke
Martin J. Laughlin
318th Tech. Sch. Sq. Sees New First Sergeant
For the second time in a month the 318th Tech School Squadron has a new first sergeant Tech Sergeant Montgomery acting in the role replacing First Sergeant Fullerton who has departed with a cadre. Also filling in is Staff Sergeant Cassity who handles the squadron's service records. The day room gains a homey look under Sergeant Lind with walls painted and modern furniture. Lieutenant Johnson teaches Judo and Ju Jitsu to the men causing some bruises as a result. A father and son get together is planned for tomorrow with 350 men signed up.
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318Th
Montgomery
Fullerton
Cassity
Lind
P. T
Johnson
Texas
Jude
War unit reshuffle prompts early departures at Camp Sheppard
The 819th orderly room shows wear under recent reorganization at Sheppard Field. Lt. Emery L. Cline left for a transfer in June 1943, with Pvt. John P. Brown departing after joining in early May.
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Sheppard Field
Emery L. Cline
John P. Brown
Indorsement and Tax Rule Interpretation Confusion
A North Texas telegram from the Eighth Service Command prompts readers to seek clarity on new tax measures for armed forces personnel. After checks with the deputy collector's office and local tax experts, TEXACTS provides an explained interpretation on page one, though unofficial until formal clarification is issued.
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Texas
Eighth Service Command
Texacts
B-26 Landing Gear Mock-Up Nears Completion
The first B-26 landing gear installation mock-up, stripped from a class Marauder, will be used in about ten keys of structures training. Capt. John S. McCannon says ten students and instructors cut fuse and wing sections for both right and left retractable gears. The mock-up aids third day structures training and a post mock-up shop will build a mounting platform. A B-25 training project is active, and hydraulics gear mock-ups have been used for months.
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Mc Cannon
Mysterious Departures Reported From Base and Posts
A cryptic note recalls Cecil H Bolton and Col Benjamin Forrest Jr sharing a quiet evening at a spot named in code, with departure details kept secret. Sgt Lowell Winston reportedly left Sheppard Field on a 15 day furlough to West Virginia, timing and purpose concealed. A milk bottle message concludes with confidential domestic hints about an absent husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil H. Bolton
Benjamin D. Forrest Jr
Lowell M. Winston
Sheppard Field
West Virginia
Set
Fuzzy McFarlan
Moving day in Area J prompts squadron reshuffle
The unit announces relocations as Cpl Mort Pyts Bland and Strouse depart for other duties. Burkbor nett grows restless with visits from a humming staff member singing Rosalie, My Rosalie, signaling ongoing personnel movements.
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Cpl
Mort
Pyts
Bland
Strouse
Burkbornett
Rosalie
Texacts Graphic Section to Debut Next Saturday
The Texaets will be supplemented by a three page photo section and a gag cartoon page. Pictures and art are by the 5th Film Training Preparation Unit. The Post Reproduction Section handles the big printing job.
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Texaets
Texacts
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