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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
13
The Propwash article details Cadet Porter unbelted during a spin, escapes a near miss by deploying a parachute, and lands safely. It praises the 309th AA FFTD training as tough and honorable, urging cadets to live up to the school’s hard-work tradition and pilot standards.
At a Country Club farewell party last Thursday the wives of Class 44-H bid goodbye to the graduating wives of Class 44-G headed for basic flying training. Card games and buffet supper followed. The Cadet Wives Club, open to wives of any cadet at the 309th AAFFTC, meets Thursdays at 2:30 pm. All wives of class 44-T are urged to attend. Information from Mrs. Brewer. Newcomers can meet wives of other cadets and prepare for travel to Basic and Advanced schools.
The Sikeston USO is praised as the best in the country with a big heart. Hostess Mrs. Dover and volunteers provide homey comforts, apple pie, devils' food cake, coffee, cookies, and friendly company. Cadets enjoy games, companionship, and support between flights, with calls to visit Saturday if space is available.
Lt. Henry Strauss relays a veteran view of the Zero Hour radio program, a Japan sponsored morale broadcast from Tokyo aimed at U.S. forces in the South Pacific. The piece contrasts its soft appeal with American resilience, noting the soldiers’ longing for home, and rejects it as effective propaganda, ending with a quip about a parachute jump by Cadet Porter and a poke at trusting instructors.
Aviation Cadet Albert M. Metzler introduces his pride and joy Lee Munro Metzler born about thirteen months ago weighing twenty six pounds. The baby’s blue eyes and light brown hair are noted as the Metzlers celebrate their second wedding anniversary. Are you sure about the father’s claim of paternity.
Cadet Maybee makes his first solo flight and names his craft the Mud Hen. Two students await their instructor, who ferried planes from the home field, then appears and starts to remove the form book from the wing, noting silk in his hand.
The note reflects shipboard training routines and asks about parachute handling. It mentions instructor C. T. Doms and squadron drill maneuvers. It muses on changes with warmer weather, hints at cross country trips, and signs off with wishes for safe journeys.
A cadet explains a humorous weather forecasting method based on morning signals and changes in wind. He notes rain may yield sun later, predicts snow from cold, and suggests testing a simple rule about takeoff direction. Residents of Sikeston joke that weather shifts every twenty minutes.
A Missouri training base reports Cadet Theodore Gruidi class 44 G struggled on a solo cross country flight. Clouds and misdirection left him off course until he landed in a field and was returned to the barracks. He later resumed training and established a beach-head in Basic.
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