Club Notes Promote Bingo Prize and Menu Upgrades
Board and Entertainment Committee set a $25 grand prize for bingo and urge members to bring extra cash. Sutter returns to the meal plan, spring water and new coffees highlight tastier offerings. May-born members should register with the steward. air conditioning negotiations begin amid club upgrades. Sergeant Pastory leads the committee. plans hint at growth with better bands and quieter dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
John Harrison
Sutter
Cardinals
Sergeant Orton
Pastory
Shakespeare
Brother of Pvt Walden Wounded in Italy Receives Purple Heart
John C. Walden 22 of Fort Worth brother of Pvt Benton T. Walden Jr. was wounded in Italy and awarded the Purple Heart. A paraski trooper and platoon commander, he has served in Italy since last November after prior duty in the Aleutians. Private Walden arrived April 19 from Camp Wolters and their parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Walden of Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Walden
Fort Worth
Benton T. Walden Jr
Sheppard Field
Italy
War Department
Walden
Aleutians
Camp Wolters
Mineral Wells
J. J. Walden
New Proxy Named for Sheppard Field Gray Ladies
Mrs Monty Staniforth of Wichita Falls will succeed Mrs Horace Robbins as president of the Sheppard Field Gray Ladies. Red Cross officials announced she will take office immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty Staniforth
Wichita Falls
Horace Robbins
Sheppard Field Gray Ladies
Red Cross
Staniforth
Glider Guiders Debut Inspired by Sleepless Night at Sheppard Field
Aviation student Frederick M. Cogan writes and performs the RAF inspired song Glider Guiders debuting on Day Room Jam boree next Friday night over Station KWFT. A male chorus of 20 voices and the 524th RAF Band back the piece in a period air radio debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick M. Cogan
Sheppard Field
Cogan
Morpheus
Glider Guiders
RAF
Winged Commandos
Edward Oehman
KWFT
Photography Course Added To Off Duty Class Series
A new off duty class series begins Monday in hangar 3 at Sheppard Field with a photography course added after requests to the Special Service Office. Maj. Pooley notes it is the only non academic subject. Classes meet Mondays and Thursdays at 8 pm in two 45 minute periods with no charge for enlisted personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hangar 3
Special Service Office
William L. F. Pooley
Special Service
Sheppard Field
Arnold R. Mickelson
Antonio Loya
Lawrence W. King
Leon Goldfogel
Thomas M. Acosta
Frederick Tripp
Rodney E. Heasted
Warren Dexter
Dexter
Wright Aeronautical develops fan to boost aircraft engine performance
Wright Aeronautical Corp announces a new cooling fan for air cooled aircraft engines. The device increases rate of climb and gross cruising speed and improves high altitude performance by maintaining high pressure air flow through the engine cowling even when flaps are closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Nurses Aides Needed for New Wichita Falls Class
Red Cross announces recruiting for a new group of nurses aides with an 80 hour course to start once sufficient members enroll. Instruction under Mrs F M Rugeley may begin later this month at a location yet to be announced. Volunteers 18 plus in good health urged to contact the Wichita Falls Red Cross chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
F. M. Rugeley
Sheppard Field
Sheppard Field Hospital
Wichita Falls
Flying Fort Gunner Missing In Action From Bombing Raid
Parents and wife of Sgt. Elmer Threet Jr. learned he has been missing in action since April 13 during a bombing raid over Germany. Threet, Air Medal and Purple Heart honoree, trained at Sheppard Field in 1943 and Gunnery School in Kingman Arizona and Dyersburg Tennessee before going overseas in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Threet Jr
Sheppard Field
Germany
Threet
Archer City
Texas
Set. Threet
403Rd Tss
Kingman
Ariz
Dyersburg
Tenn
Texas City
Military record shows 44 U S generals lost in war
From 1941 to now the Army reports 44 general officers lost. Eight killed in action, eight died from service, nine wounded, six missing, and 19 prisoners in Japanese camps.
Oklahoma mother receives Air Medal for missing son
A 66 year old Temple woman, Nora L. Hill, received the Air Medal for her son Sgt. Alir W. Hill missing last November. Maj. Gen. J. E. Chaney presented the award at a revue on Sheppard Field. Hill volunteered in 1941, trained at Sheppard and Scott Fields, and served as radio operator on a patrol in the Bismarck Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Chaney
Nora L. Hill
Temple
Okla
Alfred W. Hill
Hill
Bismarck Sea
N. C. Voshel
Adjuta
Ohis
Air
Alir W. Hill
Peo
Hi 25
Sheppard Field
Scott Field
Earl Hill
J. C. Vanderburg
J. C. Vanderburg, and Aster
Fred Warren
Civilian Employees Receive War Bond Commendation
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson commends civilian staff under Maj. Gen. Richard Donovan for high bond purchase rates. Chief of Finance notes 90.1 percent of workers invested 10.3 percent of payroll in War Bonds through the Army Pay Reservation Plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Donovan
Eighth Service Command
Henry L. Stimson
Chief of Finance
Army
Top Photographer Arrives On Field
Pvt. Ernest W. Skog joins Sheppard Field as a civilian photographer in training. He previously ran a six year photography career and spent a year in Ford Motor Co public relations as a traveling photographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Field
Ernest W. Skog
Skog
Ford Motor Co
Officers Elect Board of Governors for Officers Club
Annual election of a board of governors will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock in Building 4112. The Officers' Club meeting will determine leadership for the coming year.
Church Group Aids Mother's Day at City Hospital
Daughters of the King from Church of the Good Shepherd in Wichita Falls plan Mother's Day activities at the station hospital. Homemade cookies and carnations will be given to patients. Chairman Mrs. J. R. Waggoner of Wichita Falls oversees the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the King of
Church of the Good Shepherd
Wichita Falls
S Tion Hospital
J. R. Waggoner
Wich Falls
Mrs Hons Resigns From P E Office During War Service
Mrs Hons resigns as engineer in the P E office effective May 20 1944. The former Mrs Marshall C Hons Frances Garrett has served since January 1942. She is wife of Sgt Marshall C Hans of the pe finance office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tary
Nels Fardahl
P. E
Hons
Marshall C. Hons
Frances Garrett
Jsuary
Sgt
Marshall C. Hans
Pe Finance Office
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Miss Lace
Coast Guard
NAVY
Milton Caniff
Terry and the Pirates
Ike
SF Hour
Tokio
Berlin
Fale
Oklahoma
Officers
Mrs. Hons
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