Dress rehearsal highlights chaos for Here’s To The Boys show
Cpl Harry Ryan reports live from Leppard Field on air at KWFT amid backstage chaos for the dress rehearsal of Here's To The Boys. Louise Hill assists with costumes and a vivid behind the scenes portrait captures choreographers, performers, props, and hiccups before opening night.
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Cpl
Harry “Red” Ryan
KWFT
Leppard Field
Eich
Louise Hill
Louise
Ichita Falls
Haseen
Doncord
Bill Stone
Sgt
Russell Tanner
Stardust
Ochestra
Joe O’donnell
Joe
Jane
Don Ford
Jean Annaming
Rose Lee
Raylett Puckett
Cosme
Ellanese
Vonsille Ichie
Mademoiselle Willhite
Ollie Ricci
Student Officers Lead Glider Training Cadets
On Sheppard Field Section H a student administrative system mirrors cadet life. Capt. John F. Hoggatt heads a staff including Captain Abercrombie and Lt. Smith as aides. A cadre of 16 flight lieutenants, three sergeants, and nine corporals run trainee squadrons ensuring formations and standards.
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John F. Hoggatt
Abbott Abercrombie
Curtis G. Smith
Kelly Waller
Joseph Williams
James W. Martine
Urel A. Armer
Clarence J. McCurdy
Fred Wi. Alewine
Vern Dowdy
Texacts
Sheppard Field
Hoggatt
Waller
Bagby Quits Indians Over Manager Lou Boudreau
Jim Bagby a Cleveland pitcher now in the Maritime Service vows he will never play again for the Indians He says he dislikes manager Lou Boudreau and is displeased with the club’s directions and leadership.
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Jim Bagby
Cleveland
Maritime Service
Indians
Lou Boudreau
Times and venues for special services listed
The notes schedule events across buildings 345 and 79 percent and 632 with times on Wednesday 7:45 p m Thursday 8:00 p m and Friday 8:00 p m. Special services are noted for 19th Avn Sq and 937th QM.
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Avn
Army Casualties by April 21 Report
Secretary of War releases total casualties through April 21 at 153,302. Breakdown shows killed 326,575, wounded 63,312, missing 33,814, and prisoners 30,601 with 1,680 enemy reported deaths from disease in prison camps, largely in Japanese territory.
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Secretary of War
Library Expands with $100 Worth of Best-Sellers
Mary Cox, post librarian, purchased a hundred dollars of late titles from downtown bookstores for the post library. New arrivals include Razo r's Edge by Maugham, Goodbye Mr Chippendale by Gibbins, Bell From Adana by Hershey, and a Mark Twain biography, plus travel books and popular novels such as Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith and Hotel Berlin by Vicki Baum. The library at Service Club No 1 is open weekdays noon to 10 pm and Sundays 10 am to 10 pm.
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Mary Cox
Post Librarian
Post Library
Somerset Maugham
Mr. Chippendale
Robs
John Gibbins
John Hershey
Bell
Adana
Mark Twain
Post
Lillian Smith
Berlin
Vicki Baum
Service Club
Redesigned Officer Uniforms Approved by War Dept
Completely redesigned uniforms for Army officers have been approved by the Quartermaster Corps and the War Department and will be available this fall. The changes emphasize added comfort and improved appearance with coats featuring plain backs and a tongueless buckle for the cloth belt. Save More Planes.
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Army
Quartermaster Corps
War Department
Lost and found items at the post including wallet and pencil
Lost items reported at the Special Service Office include a brown U S Army wallet with Post pass and photos found by Cpl Harold M Levie, a silver Ron son cigarette lighter, a Mexico brown wallet with licenses and $20 lost by Pvt Doyle D Cariker, a mechanical pencil engraved Morris Kirschen, and a pay book for Philip S Carlton Jr. Report items at Special Service Office Blog 844 Rm 12. service is free.
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U. S. Army
Harold M. Levie
Ronson
Post
Wac
A. S
John E. Hannon
Mexico
Doyle D. Cariker
Waterman’s
Morris Kirschen
Pvt. S. Kirschen
Bks
Philip S. Carlton, Jr
Special Service Office
Meet the Air-Wacs Set in World War II Service
Margaret C. Gisler of Ivanhoe North Carolina graduated from Ivanhoe High School and Appalachian State Teachers College with a physical education degree in 1942. She worked as an aircraft inspector in the Martin Bomber Plant in Baltimore before joining the WAC in 1943 and serving at Fort Oglethorpe Lowry Field and Sheppard Field in the photo graphic section. Her four brothers include service members in Italy and the Southwest Pacific, with Lt Frank M Gisler a naval aviator and Navy Cross recipient missing in action for a year.
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Set
Margaret C. Fisler
Ivanhoe
N. C
Ivanhoe High School
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Martin
Baltimore
WAC
Fort Oglethorpe
Lowry Field
Colo
Sheppard Field
Margaret
Italy
Southwest Pacific
Laredo
Texas
Frank
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Don
Rita Zini
Rita
Dewitt
Phyliss Stockton
Phyliss Jockton
Tomorow
Baptist
Christian
Christian Science
Episcopal
Latter Day Saints
Lutheran
Bagby
James B. Addison
M. Gisler
Margaret Fisler
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