Soldiers to unload wheat cars at Wichita Falls field
Sheppard Field approves off duty work for soldiers to unload about 125 wheat cars at Wichita Mill and Elevator Co. fifty to sixty men needed immediately to prevent spoilage and avoid grain embargo. Pay 55 cents per hour for eight hours with overtime. call Russell Robinson at 1800 Burnett Street.
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Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Wichita Mill and Elevator Co
Russell Robinson
Roinson
Robinson
Burnett Street
Holliday
Film Star Is Feature Of Loan Stars Show At Victory Stage
Brian Aherne, renowned actor, heads a talent array for the Fifth War Loan Drive event at Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls. The Do It Now revue showcases top stage radio and nightclub stars, with Vince Gamelli and Johnny Davis headlining comedy, and twelve Harden Junior College chorus girls. The program includes a 9 pm start with RAF Band and special show settings by Robert Balzer.
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Brian Aherne
Hollywood
Sheppard Field
Mr. Aherne
Wichita Falls
Fifth Ward
Hollywood Vwintawe
Vicluly Waileillee
Army Air Forces
Victory
RAF
Arizona
Aherne
Cliff Gillette
Vince Gamelli
WLS
Chicago
Bond buyers hit $29,785 at Sheppard Field drive
Reports from Capt. Murray B. Samuels show Sheppard Field ranks high in the Fifth War Loan Drive with $29,785.75 in bonds purchased from June 1 to June 15. Military members bought $14,267.75, with pay allotments rising since June 1.
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Murray B. Samuels
Sheppard Field
Trainees On Bivouac Will Get Texacts
Trainees on bivouac at Sheppard Field will receive Texacts copies via Chaplain Ben W. Sinderson the bivouac sky pilot. He will distribute papers each Saturday morning to keep bivouackers updated on post events as Texacts arrive with the post copies.
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Sheppard Field
Ben W. Sinderson
Sergeant Reunited With Proxy Wife After Long Separation
Sgt. Robert Weagraff of the Air Service Command was married by proxy to Elizabeth Curtis of San Antonio while 8000 miles apart. Now stationed at Sheppard Field, he has reunited with his wife in Wichita Falls. A stand‑in groom, Pfc. Robert Harpham, attended the ceremony and joked about his double marriage.
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Brazil
Robert Weagraff
Air Service Command
Elizabeth Curtis
San Antonio
Texas
Sergeant Weagraff
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Kelly Field
Weagraff
Harpham
Two Sections Slated For Inactivation At Sheppard Field
The Sheppard Field basic training units X and Y are being inactivated this week. Personnel will be absorbed into other units as commanders rotate. Maj. Alfred B. Baker of Section X moves to Material Command in Dayton Ohio and Capt. George L. Edwards of Section Y leads Section I. The sections existed briefly after field reorganization.
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Sheppard Field
Alfred B. Baker
Dayton
Ohio
George L. Edwards
D Day Newsreel Tonight Shows Final Invasion Footage
The last showing of the Normandy invasion newsreel runs about 11 minutes at Theater No. 3. It features authentic Signal Corps and British shots of the assault, presented as the final reel tonight.
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Normandy
Theater No. 3
Signal Corps
USA
Great Britain
Command Crew Completes Glider Test At Pope Field
Captain Robert C. Stephany and four enlisted men returned from Pope Field North Carolina after conducting a tactical glider test for the Army Air Forces Board in Orlando Florida. The unit flew two gliders one with repairs equipment and the other with a jeep and personnel. They landed at Pope Field and swiftly repaired a damaged glider used in the test. Officials praised the crew for rapid and efficient work. Accompanying the captain were S. Sgt. James R. McCarter Cpl. Kenneth Lindberg Cpl. Joe R. Maiuri and Pfc. Rufus Kleiner.
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Robert C. Stephany
Pope Field
North Carolina
Army Air Forces Board of
Sheppard Field
S. Sgt
James R. McCarter
Kenneth Lindberg
Joe R. Maiuri
Rufus Kleiner
Chaplain Sinderson Installed as Permanent Sky-Pilot at Sheppard Field
Maj. Jerome A. Major announced Chaplain Ben W. Sinderson, formerly of Chapel No. 4, has been assigned as permanent sky-pilot for BTC Rockies at the Sheppard Field bivouac. He has set up a field altar and began a weekly religious schedule with services Sundays at 11.00 a.m. and daily 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m., using a field organ tended by Pvt. Max Kreutz, with plans for a midweek service.
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Sheppard Field
Jerome A. Major
Ben W. Sinderson
Chapel No. 4
BTC Rockies
Sinderson
Pvt
Max Kreutz
Chaplain Arthur M Parce Pens Weekly Message
Former Sheppard Field chaplain Arthur M Parce writes a weekly Chaplain's Message for the Kearns Field Utah Post-Review after contributing several columns to Texacts' Chaplain's Message feature.
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Arthur M. Parce
Sheppard Field
Kearns Field
Utah
Post-Review
Parce
Texacts
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Brian Atierne
Arn and
Parce Pens
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