WACs at Davis-Monthan Observe Anniversaries in Tucson
Col. C. K. Rich, base commander, to present 45 Good Conduct Medals to Air WACs marking the unit's first anniversary at Davis-Monthan field. An open house and party follows at the Enlisted Men's Service club. The article traces unit growth from 11 to over 150 members and notes ongoing demand for more WAC personnel across base operations.
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C. K. Rich
Davis-Monthan Field
Air Wac
Tucson
WAC
Col. Rich
Col
Rich
Anne Colstein
Sylvia Gelman
Dorothy Bates
Dorothy Laswell
Phyllis Tzinberg
Hilda Hessel
Pauline Ritter
Georgia B. Eddy
Evelyn Carley
Anne Gaard
Helen Reichart
Cleo Rhoades
Julia Townsley
Helen Zeigler
Grace Axness
Faye Carter
Mary Perrone
Ada Reynolds
Estelle Tebben
Mary Watkins
Dorothy Barker
Catherine Cummings
Judith Derish
Genevieve Foley
Elizabeth Hesse
Anita Katen
Irene King
Antoinette Mingo
Angeline Pepe
Davis-Monthan
Women’s Army Corps
Army Administration School
Commerce
Tex
Slifer
Cleo
WAACs Turn WACs at Davis-Monthan Airbase Birthday Ceremony
War stage at Davis Monthan Airbase as two WAAC platoons are sworn in as full Army of the United States members. Maj Clyde O Carpenter Jr administers the oath while Col Lowell H Smith commends the inductees. Photo shows WACs at dinner hour and mail call for Air WACs around noon.
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Davis-Monthan Field
WAAC
WAC
Army of the United States
Clyde O. Carpenter
Lowell H. Smith
Matilda Hodan
Phoebe Routhier
Marjorie Gedney
Jamita Wilson
Stella Smith
Roosevelt Faults River Harbor Bill Over Irrigation Limits
President Roosevelt said the omnibus rivers and harbors bill failed to provide irrigation in line with tested laws and practices. He urged protections on Missouri and western basins and proposed interior control of excess power. a similar amendment had been defeated in the House. A separate note reports a 1800 Kingston newspaper death notice of George Washington found in an Arkansan trunk.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate Commerce
Missouri River
Overton
Hus
Great Central Valley
California
Congress
Bone
D.-Wash
Secretary of the Interior
Harrison
Ark
George Washington
Kingston
N. Y
Harvey McDougal
Soldiers In Italy Have Sandy Beach
Soldiers on the Tyrrhenian coast enjoy a new beach built by the army Special Services near Lido Italy. Lt Col Ray Novotny leads the project with lifeguards and nurses allowed, amid mines and rubble from war nearby. The piece also notes the University of Chicago acquiring the East Asiatic collection from Newberry Library.
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Sid Feder
5Th Army
Italy
Tyrrhenian Sea
Lido
Army
Joel
Ray Novotny
Ohio University
Brooklyn Dodgers
Novotny
Special Services
Saida
Africa
Jones Beach
Atlantic City
Lake Michigan
WAC
Bob Newbill
East St. Louis
Marion
Dick Kates
Sunnyside
Long Island
Bill Walters
Olean
N. Y
Kates
Riviera
Col. Novotny
Jerry
Chicago
U.P
University of Chicago
Newberry Library
Berthold Laufer
Field Museum
Europe
US Air Forces Regional Aircraft Readiness At Pearl Harbor
At Pearl Harbor the United States Army Air Forces possessed about 3 000 planes with roughly 1 157 suitable for combat service, reflecting the start of wartime strain on air power.
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Pearl Harbor
United States Army Air Forces
Kaiser Proposes Postwar Prosperity Plan at Steel Workers Meet
Henry J Kaiser outlines a broad postwar program aimed at full employment and national growth. He calls for 500000 light vehicles orders now, a million airplanes in 10 years, expanded housing, and a nationwide highway and air terminal system. Kaiser urges government cooperation for pre selling and postwar contracts binding on future orders.
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Cleveland
URD
Henry J. Kaiser
United Steel Workers of America
CSO
Kaiser
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Women’s Army
Virginia Barton
Gwendolyn Bolton
Elizabeth Healy
Davis- Monthan
McDougal
Congressional Liibrary
Blondie
Chic Young
U. S&s Posem Office
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