Engine Operations Branch Adopts Three-Shift Schedule
The engine operations branch at the technical school shifts to a three shift schedule under Col. David W. Goodrich. Classes run 7 am to 2 pm, 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm, or 11:30 pm to 6:30 am six days a week. First and second shifts observe Sunday as a holiday. third shift attends Sunday night classes and does not report Saturday nights. Other phases stay on two shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Technical School
David W. Goodrich
Squadron Tales From Messland In Self-Inertia
A wartime diary excerpt describes voyages from the good ship Self-Inertia departing Orderly Room toward Mess No 2 and Mess No 6. It notes furloughs sought by Private Kotchmanny and others, the post adjutant change to Lieutenant Cutler, a stop at the lounge of Lieutenant Bowers, a censorship lift, and military secrets involving Corporal McDonald, Private Hinson, and Sergeant Sullivan amid a morale-charged, fictional squadron saga.
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Cyclops
Lorelei
Messland
Tony Coca
Mudrie
S. Set
John Mudrie
Mess No. 2
Kotchmanny
Arneson
Hewitt
Sterling
Cutler
No. 2
Mess No. 6
Lemanski
Thompson
Bowers
Hall
McDonald
Mumford
Victory Garden
Burkburnett
Hinson
Sullivan
Consolidation of 11th and 12th Mess Squadrons Forms 14th
The 11th and 12th Mess Squadrons consolidate into the 14th Mess Squadrons in Area R. Maxwell S. MacCollum and staff lead meals while Corporal Moffatt pays separate rations. Edward J. Davis is top kick and Richard McFarland the locator file clerk.
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Stanley Moffatt
Edward J. Davis
Topkick
Henry Cobb
Officer to wed after chapel scene at base
Lt. Charles Bischoff and crew anticipate a quick ceremony at Chaplain Holmegren's chapel next door tonight that will marry the young officer.
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Charles Bischoff
Mess Hall No
Three Local Bands Form 60-Piece Concert Unit
Area M hosts three adjoining barracks with multiple bands. Auditions by Stephens Page and Rawlston selected members for a 60 player concert band. Last Tuesday the dance band performed at the N C O Club as several members left to join newly organized bands elsewhere.
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Stephens
Page
Rawlston
N.C. O
Howell and Weager
Bredenberg
Station Hospital News Roundup at Camp Barkley
T Sgt Dwayne Carter has left for Camp Barkley Texas. Sgt William Riley returns to medical supply after DS at Eastern College Oklahoma. Pfc Clare Brigham Pfc William Armstrong and Pfc Robert Mason return from Army Admn School Hattiesburg Mississippi. Dental clinic 2 picnic at New Haven pool with dancing swimming and chiggers. Dance tonight at Kemp Hotel ballroom with The Swing Surgeons. WAACs from Sheppard Field hoped to attend. T Sgt Wendell Barber announces birth of son June 11 weighing 6 lb 4 oz. Details from the detachment.
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Dwayne B. Carter
Dental Clinic No. 1
Camp Barkley
Texas
Gee
William A. Riley
Eastern College
Okla
Clare R. Brigham
William F. Armstrong
Robert L. Mason
Army Adm
Hattiesburg
Miss
Dental Clinic No
New Haven
T-5
Edward F. Sheehan
Tech
Joseph B. Marx
Kemp Hotel
Sheppard Field Waac
Wendell O. Barber
Existence Ladies First Welcome Aux Dell
The note greets Aux Dell with a cordial welcome as the existence initiative opens. It marks a ceremonial start and invites participation from the group and community supporters.
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Existence
Aux. Dell
Looping the Loop comes to Victory Stage for three nights
The Victory Stage hosts Looping the Loop a Chicago USC camp show with an all star cast starting Thursday at 5 30 p m Admission is free The lineup features magician Tommy Martin dancer Alice Kavan Four Sensational Macks the Lane Brothers and Senor Carlos and His Caballeros plus rope skipping by the Lane duo and bold acrobatics The event includes a birthday party for June born soldiers at 2 pm with punch cake and prizes at Lamar OSO Club
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Chicago
USC
Victory Stage
America
Tommy Martin
England
Ireland
Scotland
Alice Kavan
Senor Carlos
Caballeros
Senor
Beverly Hills Country Club
Lane Brothers
Sheppard Field
Lamar Oso Club
What's Your Name Soldier program doubles its prizes
The What's Your Name Soldier radio show of the Eighth Service Command offers five dollars in war savings stamps for each song title submitted by an enlisted man and aired. Each accepted title gives a 50-50 chance at a $20 jackpot. Send entries to the War Bond Section, Eighth Service Command, Dallas, Texas. Air time is Saturdays 7 to 7 30 P.M. CWT on WFAA WBAP WOAT KPRC.
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Eighth Service Command
Sheppard Field
Service Command
Dallas
Texas
WFAA
Wbap Woat
KPRC
Off Limits Area Defined Around Wichita Falls Battle Park
The official off limits zone in Wichita Falls is bounded by 7th Street Flood Barwise and Rosewood with the baseball park on 7th not included. Military personnel may attend ballpark events but risk arrest if found in the restricted district. The district is not off limits to Black soldiers.
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Wichita Falls
7Th St
Rosewood
7Th
Post's Greatest Crowd Lauds Dave Rubinoff
Sheppard Field observers report hundreds of soldiers gathered for Dave Rubinoff's violin performance on the post stage with Pvt. Allen Willman, former Paderewski award winner, delivering notable accompaniment.
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Sheppard Field
Dave Rubinoff
Allen Willman
WAAC Unit Forges Ties in Far Flung Drafting Desk World
Sadler, WAAC to TFPU in the layout division. Our sole soldier in skirts hails from Cincinnati where she attended university and art school and worked as a photographer for a steel company. After basic at Fort Oglethorpe she studied army administration at WAAC school in Denton.
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G. B. Murray
Carolinas
Christian Forsook
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Ramey
George Mudwiler
Chanute
TFPU
George
Glenn Sorenson
Themen
Harlan Mendenhall
Oklahoma
Eddie Pasinski
Pittsburgh
New York City
Ramey
Blythville
Ark
Bob Masopust
Bill Bartos
Joseph Lacy
Howard Fike
Roots and Plans of Modern Military Thought
A library notice reviews Thomas R. Phillips edited Roots of Strategy and Charles de Gaulle The Army of the Future. It highlights ancient and modern military ideas shaping Eastern and Western strategies, including tactics, policy shifts, and implications for a democratic federation defense. It previews commando raids and the looming Allied invasion of Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Thomas R
Glider School Adopts Magnaflux Inspection Machine
Glider school officials announced the introduction of a 12 foot Magnaflux magnetic inspection machine for training and maintenance work. Installed by academic engineering department technicians, the $4 000 unit will inspect glider metal members used in academic programs. The 320th Sub-Depot engineers have used a similar machine for months. The process magnetizes the piece to form poles and iron filings in kerosene reveal flaws when current is applied.
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317Th
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B. Nathaniel Beck Jr
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Col
HW. H. Fisher, CC. O
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August Piottke
TR. Film Prep
Lowell H
POST
Post Library
Service Club No
Streit
Clarence K. Union Now
Dieppe
North Africa
Europe
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Henry Rowland
John Fryer
Public Relations Office
Army Air Forces
Hollyood
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