Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-16
ENGLISH GIRLS PRAISED BY
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TOM DOANE AT SHEF- FIELD TESTING OUT AIR PLANES; VOCATION IS DANGEROUS BUT ALSO FULL OF THRILLS.
(From Tuesday: Gaily0

Writing 10 HIS NOuSiis MISS T oiNiS McCarlow, of this city, Thomas Doane. who volunteered for military service a few weeks after war with Germany was declared. and adopt ed aviation as his arm of the service, has the following to say, which will serve to inform many acquaintances in Yavapai where he is at and what he is doing:
 Sheffield, East England, Sept. 20, 'lo. Dear Frankie:
 You will be surprised to learn that I am here in special construction, or as they term it assembling planes and testing them out under different con ditions before they are sent across the channel. After graduating at Kelly Field, Texas, had long siege in New York, then to Canada, and at last got over here.
 This work is delicate and danger ous. Take a machine up to as high as 5000 meters, and am watched every second from below, doing all kinds of rough work to test the me chanism before it is turned over to the aerial combatants. Have had two falls mile high, but got out O.. K. as the high wind carried me along fine. Make a report of every mechani- cal action as to defect, and when everything is smooth the plane goes over. It is dangerous, but Tn l54 flights to date, have only broken wrist and a broken leg below the right knee. not to say several bruises. But I am going to stick to the job as the Boche must be brought down in 2 lump. Wish I could tell some thing about these English planes, but can go only so far They are the ones that arc doing the effective work, and the British aviator is certainly nervy one.
 'I had a h-l of a time to get weaned from the American to the English way, but now it is easy, and I am fitting into the game like kid glove. Al first was looked upon by the Tommy as a useless article, and several of us were ieered. But the tune changed to almost an embrace when the Yanks got to going at Cas- tionv and kept up the clip at Chat eau Thierry, onto the homestretch Then the English commenced to see and they are still looking for bigger things. I got back at them by saying that the Tommy was too slow for even a pace maker, let alone real race, and now they see I was right.
 "Thc English are well meaning, but their ways arc blunt and they haven'' the intuition of Americans in hitting hard and quick So in a nutshell wher the Yank went over, Tommy took the cue and he is doing fine foot worl on the road laid out for him.
 Have had fine health here, ana gained 2 pounds. English womer are supervising our mess department and what a wonderful race they arc Believe me there are some girls hert who are of fine education and wealtf who are doing the commonest kind O domestic work, and with. a smile or their lips. They are all the time talk ing about the American, and l heard two give a countryman a might, hard "call down" for even insinuat ing something of a trivial nature il testing. These girls arc used to so ciety but there is nothing doing il fine faces when there is an apron tC put on and to dig in with both hands In my ward there is girl of 20 whc has cancelled her engagement unti the war is over, and besides she ha given her dowry of S50,0O0 to he country and think of it, subscribed for nearly S10.OOO in bonds of tn Third American Liberty loan. Ism that grand, and do you blame me fo taking so much interest and risk il my work to help the good and grea cause?
 Wish I could write of certail things. but cannot as the censor ha everything sized up It would do vol good to be here, but wait until tn, jig is over.
 "Affectionately.
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