Bataan Hero Urges Large Armed Force
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright addresses about 7000 Electra veterans and townspeople during a celebration honoring soldiers who carried the Bataan name. He urges sustained U S preparedness to deter future aggressors and notes economic impracticality of a perpetual large standing army.
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Electra
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Texas
Bataan
Soliers
Bataan and
Corregidor
Pacific
United States
Wainwright
Hold War Games For Perm Party At Sheppard Field
Directive from Col. O L Rogers mandates a refresher basic course for all permanent party personnel at Sheppard Field effective May 18 1946. Schedule calls for each squadron to send 25 percent of field grade rated officers and enlisted men on pistol firing at 0700 1000 1200 and 1400 on Saturday May 18. Additional Saturdays May 25 June 2 1946 require units to see PP BASIC Page 2.
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O. L. Rogers
Sheppard Field
Ban on Bonus for Reenlisting Soldiers Retiring
Assistant Comptroller General Frank Yates ruled that enlistment allowances are not paid to soldiers who reenlist then apply for retirement. Army finance officials say no single test exists to prove bona fide enlistment followed by retirement request and cases will be judged individually. The decision involved a man on retirement furlough whose retirement was cancelled to re up and who then resubmitted retirement papers.
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Frank Yates
Army Finance
Ates
Action on Service Pay Bill Delayed
Prospects for immediate action on the service pay increase are dim as the coal strike grows in the legislature. The pay bill becomes effective the first day of the second month after enactment, or August 1 if not approved by May 31. Kilroy has left here after being flown to Beaumont Regional Hospital in El Paso by C 47.
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Truman
Kilroy
Beaumont Regional Hospital
el Paso
Chas. O. Howard
Bernard F. Kilroy
Texas Regional Hospital
Latin Affairs Expert Speaks To School Seniors
Cpl Frank X Paz from the personal affairs department spoke to Wichita Falls High School seniors about Latin America relations. He said Latin Americans are a becoming people and highlighted blends of Mayan Aztec Aruacana and Renaissance Spanish cultures. He noted a U S plan submitted to Congress on May 6.
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Wichita Falls
Cpl
Frank X. Paz
Personal Affairs Department
U. S
Latin America
Corporal Paz
Mary E. Williams
America
Spain
Anglo-America
Latin-America
United States
Congress
Eisenhower cites manpower shortages hindering Pacific Army
General Dwight D. Eisenhower warned press that manpower shortages in the Asiatic Theater, worsened by redeployments to the United States, complicate operations. He noted stock deterioration from heat and dampness and called for wartime reorganization to streamline command, boost Air Force autonomy, and centralize research under Secretary Patterson, including a new atomic program division.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Asiatic Theater
United States
Army
Pacific
Truman
War Department
Robert P. Patterson
Secretary of War
General Staff
White House
Draft extension narrows eligible age pool under 25
President Truman signed a 45 day stop gap extension of the draft law rather than let it expire. The new setup calls for drafting men aged 20 through 25 initially with older brackets paused. Draft headquarters in Washington estimate about 59,000 eligible 20 to 25, with roughly half deemed physically unfit.
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Father
Truman
Washington
Selective Service
Seven Billion Army Budget Proposal Sent To Congress
President Truman sent to Congress on May 6 a military appropriation total of 7,246,335,000 for the Army for the year starting July 1. The plan allocates 200,000,000 for atomic service, continues the Manhattan Project, and includes 500,000,000 for government and relief in occupied areas. The request cuts funds for ordnance pay and aircraft while boosting service schools and the National Guard resumption.
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Washington
Army
Congress
Truman
Atomic Service
National Guard
Wac Marks Fourth Year as Peacetime Army Woman Power
Washington observes the fourth anniversary of the Women’s Army Corps with 25 000 members and 75 000 ex-Wacs. Since 1942 WACs moved from auxiliary to Army component, filling 239 of 608 jobs. Reports include 400 Wacs aiding the Manhattan District Project and cryptographers aiding OSS efforts.
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Washington
Women’s Army Corps
Army
Ber
Manhattan District
Office of Strategic Services
Coal Strikes Halt Furloughs Amid Rail Disruptions
Indefinite furlough suspension issued by PTC Headquarters due to critical rail facilities and pending strikes. Exceptions apply to dischargees moving to separation centers, enlistees on enlistment furloughs, all hospital patients, and those on permanent change of station or TDY. Movements to reception centers, training centers, ports, or staging areas remain allowed.
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PTC
Aubrey Hornsby
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Perm
AAF
Ihe
Army—Truman
Wac
Texacts
Wes
Jimmy Young
Corporal
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