M I A Propwash Institute of Aeronautics Cadet Training
Transformation of a municipal field into a civilian operated primary training school for aviation cadets began with founder Oliver L. Parks. The program, starting Sept 9, 1940, features rigorous flight and ground instruction, physical training, sports, recreation, and social activities under Cols C B Root and R C Rockwood, with a strong cadet-life culture and a junior class welcome dance planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Rockwood
Cadet Carl Ashworth Named Adjutant Despite Music Career
Aviation Cadet Carl Vernon Ashworth, born in Hopewell Virginia in 1917, rose from his childhood to become Second Captain and Adjutant of his cadet group. A trained vocalist with operatic credits, he won a Grace Moore competition, studied at Ars Musica, and performed leading roles in Richmond operas before his military role.
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Carl Vernon Ashworth
Ashworth
T We
Hopewell
Richmond
Grace Moore
Ars Musica
New York
Office of Civilian Defense
White Sulphur Springs
Virginia
Army bound tenor Ashworth joins Air Force after radio boost
A Sikeston singer known for oratorio work and concert stage joined the Air Force after his voice drew him to enlistment. In late 1941 he appeared on Richmond radio to promote enlistments, then took pre flight tests at Kelly Field in 1942 and was sent to Sikeston. He has become a valued Aviation Cadet and delights in his marching call Te eeteeen Hut. He is about five feet six, light complected with freckles, and often wears a neat uniform. He jokes that his Mikado appearances may foreshadow a future Tokio encounter.
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Air Force
Ashworth
Richmond
Kelly Field
Sikeston
Texas
Missouri
Sikeston Detachment
West Point cadets shine in training camp antics
The article notes T. K. Oliver with top scholastic marks at West Point, mentions a brigadier general father, and recounts lighthearted exploits of Aviation Cadet Replat and others. It comments on weather delays, a cadet wife taking off in a Piper Cub, and playful campus humor as Class 42-J resumes after a cross country hop.
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T. K. Oliver
West Point
Rochester
Replat
Allen
Brewster
Dodd
Bohl
Flight Commander Harvey Glass Pioneered Early Flying Career
A feature on Flight Commander Harvey H. Glass traces his path from a St Louis salesman to an airman with over eleven thousand hours. Born in Edwardsville Illinois, he served in World War I, worked in mining and cotton mills, joined Parks Airline, became a key Parks Institution instructor, and flew for Eastern Airlines in 1938. He later became the first civilian pilot to take an instructor course at Randolph Field and has avoided major accidents despite near escapes.
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St. Loui
Harvey H. Glass
St Louis
Edwardsville, I
Navy
Phoenix
Ann
St. Louis
Glass
Air College
Parks
Parks Institution
Eastern Airlines
Randolph Field
Texas
Able Doctors Needed for Army Air Forces
Capt H O Fichte adjutant of the Army Air Corps Training Detachment calls for physicians preferably 35 or younger to serve as flight surgeons. Interested doctors should write to the Air Surgeon Headquarters Army Air Forces Washington DC. Lieut Vernon Green of the US Navy reports for duty with the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board in St Louis after completing the Navy fitness training course at Annapolis.
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H. O. Fichte
Army Air Corps Training Detachment
Army Air Forces
Washington
Lieut
Vernon Green
United States Navy
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
St. Louis
Green
Sikeston High School
Navy
Annapolis
Visitors to M I A cadets host families and friends
Cadet Anderson from Oak Park was visited by his parents his wife and Miss Kay Giraldi. Cadet Foster from Lubbock Texas was joined by his parents and played pool with his father. Cadet Jim Bailey’s wife from Charlotte visited to see his Ramp writings. Cadet Herschel Harkins from Asheville flew in with a friend to watch him fly. Cadet Williams seen at the Country Club with his wife. Cadet Ormn Burt’s girlfriend and a friend arrived for a short weekend. Cadet Louis Churchville’s brother from Kansas City, a new Navy lieutenant, and Cadet Brasfield’s brother from Mississippi visited.
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Anderson
A. F
Kay Giraldi
Andersons
Oak Park
Sikeston
Foster
Lubbock
Texas
Jim Bailey
Charlotte
Carolima
Mr. Bailey
Kelly
Herschel Harkins
Asheville
N. C
Harkins
Williams
Country Club
Ormn Burt
Missouri
Louis Churchville
Kansas City
J. G
Navy Medical Corps
Brasfield
Air Force
Brass
Mississippi
Delaney
Squadron 4
Off the Ball at Aviation Cadets Camp Wild Week
An aviation cadet detachment reports寒 weather and lessons as cadets endure cold showers after solos. Cadets compete for dates with a New romance tale involving Mister Gombert and a deceived partner. Flight training antics include Ward Costello’s instructor testing his student, breaking the course record. Cadets snooze in the flight room awaiting weather, while senior and junior classes react to retreat. Cadet Crow causes a loud cheer at a home base field, with total expense noted as one pig.
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Mister Gombert
Ward Costello
Mr. C
Stevens
Cox
Barret
Crow
Mr Crow
Air trainer recalls perilous flights and famed students
Veteran pilot Mr. Glass recounts near crashes from a mis-set wing fitting and a 200 foot alt, lessons in instrument reliance during a storm, and a broken strut. He notes mentoring Jimmy Doolittle and Lt. Vandeventer, part of a corps preparing to strike back in the Coral Sea era.
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Glass
Mr. Glass
Jimmy Doolitle
Army Air Force
Vandeventer
Coral Sea
Parks Organization
ILESTON BOY LISTED AMONG NAVY MISSING
James Sullivan Goffin of Sikeston is named among 74 Missouri sailors listed as missing in the Navy Department casualty report. The latest tally shows five Navy and Marine dead, 33 wounded, and 240 missing overall, with many likely prisoners of war after the Manila Bay capitulation.
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James Sullivan Goffin
Sikeston
John T. Griffin
Missouri
Navy Department
Young Griffin
Sikeston Herald
Manila Bay
District Woman from Marston Serves in Australia Red Cross unit arrives
Miss Olga Randolph of Marston is one of three Red Cross members arriving safely at an Australian port. The group will support camp hospitals and Army service clubs in leave areas, after serving as a recreation worker at Camp Blanding, Florida. She is the daughter of Mrs. Efecta Randolph.
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Olga Randolph
Marston
Red Cross
Australia
Camp Blanding, Fla
Efecta Randolph
Second Bar Examination Scheduled for September
The State Board of Law Examiners in Jefferson City announces an additional bar examination this year for applicants seeking State licenses to practice law. It will be held September 21 22 and 23 in Jefferson City to accommodate summer students and those entering military service. Regular bar exams occur in February and June each year.
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State Board of Law Examiners
Jefferson City
Wedding Announcements from The Herald
The Herald presents wedding notices highlighting newly joined couples from local communities. Readers can learn names of partners, wedding dates where provided, and brief details about ceremonies, locations, and families celebrating the union.
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M.I.A
Margaret Fisher
Napoleon
Fairchild
God
Mikado
Tokio
Ben F. Marshall Mule Barn
Blodgett
Flieshmann Pickle CO. Inc
St. Louis, Mo
Ileston
WOMAN
Uncle Sam
Kerrell Oil Company
White Rose
National Light
Ferrell Oil Company
E. Malone Avenue
Highway 61
Morehouse
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