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The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Army Air Corps Is Dead;
Long Live the Air Forces

II you ihlnk you're IN the Ar
Corps. soldier. you're dead wrong
because mere isni any Air Corps
any mare
The Army Air Forces is ne
proper title today for all he svla-
ton c5mponents o. ihe Army.
Enlisted men wh9 find Il diff
cult - keep abreast q he reor-
ganlzatlon should think Of the Of
Ncefs Wh0 now have 70 remem-
Der % Write "AAF7 after her
name and rank instead Of the
usual sAc@.
The Army Air forces now are
self-c1ntalned unit Under the
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17

neorzanz zzaaI1a. which resulted
from experIence showing ne need
fur greater autonomy on ne psrI
o he aviation arm. he division
o the Army Air Forces Into the
Combat Command ard tas Air
Corps Is abolished The entire
command Is under L. Gen. Henry
r. Arnold
The proper designation os the
organizations at keesier Field now
Is Headquarters Technical School
and Replacement Training Center,
Army Ar Forces Technical Train
ing Command. Keesler Field.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
RADIO LOG
THURSDAY. June 10. I942

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station WWL. New Orleans
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Originating from War Department
Theatre No, u
Monday, June 22, lp42.
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Station WGCM. Gulfport
1910 Kiloeycles 10 90 1918 =. m.
Tuesday, June %, 1912.
"KEESLER FIELD CALLING"
Station WGCM, Gulfport
1910 Kilocyeles - Sis 5 80 o. m.
ITS FUN TO BE FREE
Station WGCM. Gulfport
1910 Kilocycles = $50 600 o. m.
Originating from
Keesler Service Club
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Public Relations
Must Check
News Releases

No press releases, radio re-
leases, publicity, news. or letters
intended Tor publication may be
sent from Kresler Field without
approval Of the Public Relations
Officer.
The "Publie Relations Manual, +"
recently issued by Headquarters,
Air Forces Technical Training
Command. In announcing policies
within the Command states that
the Public Relations Officer for
each post will be the sole agency
for all contact with public media. .
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Busy Bugler

Forty-one trumpet calls may be
used in directing soldiers ac-
tivities from reveille to taps. Less
than score Of these are in daily
use at military reservations, how
ever, according to the War De-
partment.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Non-Coms
To Pick Board

An election 10 choose a new
BOARD of governors will be held
IN the First Three" non-eommls-
stoned officers club, N. Reynolr
st, Friday night at 7;s5. All
members are urged TO attend.
No votes are valid unless passed
~ a two-thirds majority of a
auorum.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
SIGNAL OFFICER NAMED

2nd 1t Edgar Q. Brooks last
week was named Post Signal Of
fleer, succeeding Ist 1t. Virgil H.
Hampton, who is now Signal Of
ficer Of Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17

A man who has become Ser
geant Major by dlnt OF hard labor
and efficiency in exscting work is
N. Sgt. Alfred Pritchsrd Of the
Post Personnel section.
The quiet-spoken Sergeant has
the respect and confidence of the
staff members under him IN the
Personnel office al Post Headquar-
ters, as well as the more than 800
Personnel men over the field.
Sergeant Prltchard has made II
clear to these workers, who handle
the precise job Of maintaining SER
vice records of all enlisted men on
the field, that when he talks he
means business. But at the same
time the employees agree that when
they do their jobs quickly and
competently the Sergeant is con-
siderate and fair TO all.
The Importance Of Sergeant
Pritchard's job is reflected in the
work Of the Personnel Section. In
addition to handling three Ser
vice Record Sections on the field
he is over the Payroll Section
which maintains the records from
which the pay of enlisted men is
computed.
To Sergeant Pritchard's staff at
Headquarters comes all CORES
pondence regarding service rec
ords. From the main office il is
routed to the Service Record Sec
iions. Their replies are checked
at the Headquarters office and
again by commissioned officers
before going off the Field.
Sergeant Pritchard enlisted at
Angel Island, San Francisco, Cal,
Oct. 10, 1886. He served In Hawaii
with the Coast Artillery for six
months before going into the Sig
nal Corps as a weather observer.
He was transferred later 20 the
old Army Air, Corps with the wea-
ther observers and came to KEGS
Ter from Scott Field, Ill, last
August. He became a Technical
Sergeant in October, and Sergeant
Major Of the Personnel Section in
February Of this year.
Born in Butte County, Cal,
Sept. 20, 1915, the Sergeant was
graduated from Lincoln Union
High School at Lincoln, Cal. He
is married and lives at Harrison
Court, Biloxi.
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Volume ]. Number -


TIN KFEsfIR FIEID k published Biloxi Gulf.
civilian Interest of the
some sf Kseser Field.
pertaining FIELD furnished b. ths
Public Relations Office available for general RELEASE
Policies reflected stories editorials
publication considered
Articles submitted military
represent personal opinion oniy.
sHhserpuo price for months. 80
o Esssisf Field personnel
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17
Chapel Services

The following the religious services which win be
cnecfYe until further notice Soldiers
services within their own provisional chapel groups
The Keesler field news., 1942-06-17

y :, .uIN"{s ~ hNpsI ana Hecfeaton Han "a $50 10
. M, 70 p m Tent Area Shaplains Office Saturday D. m
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18

estate of Pearley H. White, against Clifford c. Herbst, also of this city.
 The Hartford judges find that the Waterbury Corrugated Container Go. is liable to tax payments on Watertown avenue property owned by them because ''The valuation of property by assessors is a discret- ionary matter and cannot be con- trolled by mandamus. Superior Court Judge Kenneth Wynne ruled in favor of the plaintiff and the higher court reversed the judgment,
 The concern originally brought suit, claiming that assessments on the real estate had been increased without notice by the city. Jurist Wynne allowed a reduction in the taxable amount from S209,350 to $l49, ,350.
 The retrial was ordered in the $l0,000 action against the Legion Grill owners, when improper in structions to a common pleas court jury by Judge Walter M, Pickett were given.
 A verdict of $2,250 was awarded Laffln last Oct. 10. when he testi- fled he was the victim of an attack by Domenic Sacco, bartender at the grill, The attack was made, Laffin said, while he was in the grill as patron.
 The opinion of the high court states that Judge Pickets charge to the jury exercised undue influence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18
l,O22 Gain In Figures Shown ByNewReport
Total Pick-Up l2.6%- i. Industrial Gain Again
 25%

Job placements in Water bury during February to- tailed 1,022, an increase of 12.6 per cent over the previ- ouS month, Major Leonard J. Maloney, director of the U. s. Employment Service in Connecticut, reported today. Placements in industry showed a gain os 25 per cent, and Major Maloney said that this included a noticeable" increase in the employment of women in both urnskilled and semi- skilled jobs.
 Plans of Waterbury factories, says the report, indicate that several thousand" more men and women will be needed for industrial employ ment soon. The supply of trained commercial workers is insufficient, 1t is said, because of the fact that many in this field have abandoned 1t for higher-paying factory jobs. Claims for unemployment compensation in Waterbury showed decrease of 30 per cent during the month.
 The breakdown of February placements by the Waterbury office of the U. s. Employment Service, Mrs. Mary E. Dewey director, shows that twice as many women as men were secured jobs. There were 684 women who secured jobs through the office, as compared with 338 men.
 Of the ly022 placements, 40 were in public fields, while the rest were with private employers. Public placements were l22 per cent more numerous than in January.
 Private placements increased by l0.3 per cent. Hiring of men inc creased 2.4 per cent, while hiring of women increased 18.3 per cent.
 Connecticut industry is adjusting itself to the transition from peace to war industry with comparatively little widespread dislocation Major Maloney, said. This, and the in- crease in the number of employed women in February, indicating that Connecticut employers were now be- coming aware of the need to replace men with women, were the outstand- ing features of @ month character ized by reports of steady progress from all parts of the state.
 Factory employment actually in- creased in February by not less than 5000 in spite of layoffs affecting more than 1,500 workers. All areas shared in the increase which is ex- aected to continue for several ionths as new plant construction is completed and further conversion to war production is accomplished.
 Women are being trained in de- fense industrial training courses in nearly all areas possessing the ec- essary machinery. Employers are row definitely convinced of the need for employing women but too many plants are still waiting to learn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18
Industrial Placements In February Show Good Increase

upon the jury in formulating its own conviction during trial of the case.
 A clerical error with regard to the renewal date of a lease on Cheshire property is ordered corrected in the Calvin vs. Simmons appeal.
 The $5500 verdict awarded Mrs. White last october 23 by a Water bury common pleas court jury is sustained by the state supreme court She sought damages of $l5,0OO for injuries resulting in the death of her husband Jan. 26, l941 in a fall on a defective stairway. The de- fendant in the suit, Herbst, was the alleged owner of the tenement house at 482-4e4 North Main street,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18
City Asked To Lay1,3OOF Of Water Main
Would Aid Construction of 40 New Homes, IN. Y.
 ReaItOr Claims

The water committee of the Board of Public Works today had under considera- tion a request by a New York real estate man that the city lay 1,300 feet of water mains on. Colonial Avenue to make possible the construction of 40 new homes. The full board referred the request to the committee last night.
 The real estate man, George D Moriarty, offered to pay for the cost of installing a tank and pump if the city would lay the pipe. He said he would finance the home building himself, but would be rln- able to secure priorities on building materials unless he could assure the government that an adequate water supply would be available.
 The Hopeville Community Club, through Charles K. Ahearn, asked that the two sections of Edgewood avenue be connected. One part runs from Hamilton avenue, the other from Piedmont street. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18

more definitely draft deferment po- licies with respect to workers on war production.
 Most areas in the state report fewer workers seeking employment from other states although a con- siderable number of metropolitan New York workers still appear each day in Bridgeport, New Haven, Hart ford and Waterbury.
 Estimates of additional workers needed by specific occupations are meaningless in the state today with respect to needed skilled workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18

request was referred to the street committee.
 It was voted to ask the board Of finance for the usual $5,00O monthly transfer to finance the WPA sani- tary sewer project during April.
 A committee to study the advisa- bility of establishing a dump on Ridgefeld avenue was appointed,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18

where the husband og the pialntin was fatally injured.
 The supreme court judges in their opnion stated: 'The finding Of the trial court that his fall was due t0 the defective condition of the stair way must stand"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18

The previous report showed 12,90o skilled workers needed by July 1 and a total of S2,5O0 of all types. Since then, two firms have reported ftlrth. CT anticipated increases aggregating 10, 1000 workers. Almost any number of skilled machinistS, tool and die- makers and machine specialists that is apt to be available in Connecticut could be readily absorbed in the em- ployment increase or to replace less skilled workers who have been hired in view of shortages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18
FRIVOLOUS" BETTE

Bette Davis, noted for her in. tenSely dramatic screen roles, was once turned down for a part by Evs LeGallienne because she was the lady said, "too frivolous and imrna- ture,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18
Legion Grill Case
 RetriaI Is Ordered
Supreme Court Claims Judge Pickett Gave Improper
 Instructions to Common Pleas JGry

The state supreme court ct Hart ford in handing down decisions to- day found error in three appeals taken from rulings entered by Wa terbury courts and in the fourth appeal found no error.
 The waterbury Corrugated Con- tainer Co.'s suit against the City of Waterbiwy's assessors and tax col- lector the tribunal directed judge ment for the defendant.
 Tn an appeal by Eva Me Simons of Cheshire in a civil action from a ruling made In favor of Herman Calvin and others, also of Cheshire a correction of judgment in form only is precribed by the tribunal.
 The case of Charles Laffln oi Hartford against Nicholas Apalucci and Thomas Lucian, proprietors of the Legion Grill at 398 North Main street, is ordered retried by the higher court.
 The verdict of the lower court is upheld in the case of Annie White of Waterbury, administratrix of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18

Frank T. lIealey will be elected exalted ruler of the Waterbury lodge of Elks tomorrow night to succeed John P. Fitxmaurice, ex- ecutive secretary to Mayor Vincent A. SculIy, who is present exalted ruler. A class of 35 candidates, known as the "Win the War" class will be initiated at tomorrow nights meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18
Secretary

CeCEetaky
 MT. HeaIey Is esteemed leading knight. Other officers who will be elected are:
 Esteemed leading knight, Harry r. Spellman, esteemed loyal knight, James J. Kelley, esteemed lecturing knight, Frank Mona ghan; secretary, U. Horton War ner; treasurer, John A. Bennett; i; trustees for five years, Daniel M. Sullivan and Harry X. CaShin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07

were listed az Hsuspectsr was
+. +. Leighton. an employs OF
a hatchery near the Sreicher
home. Mrs. Streicher expressed
an opinion that Leighton became
angry when he found the boy
in his hatchery that afternoon
and stabbed him with a knife
he used to kill chickens.
Leighton voluntarily submit
ted to questioning but he denied
that the boy had been in his
place that day or any other
day"
Mrs. .Streicher also "sus-
pected" Wilmot Douglas, step
father OF Deputy Klavitter and
Ernest Klavitter, Ypsilanti police
sergeant. The boy was in the
habit OF going to Douglas store
and was friendly with him, she
said.
Following their orders to
leave no stone unturned," state
police questioned him, too. He
had been committed to the
Ypsilant State Hospital by
March IS and they were unable
to obtain very much. DR.. o. r.
Yoder, assistant superintendent
of the hospital, however, salts
factorily assured investigators OF
Douglas innocence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
State Police Tried
Out Every Method

The investigation was stymied.
State police had tried every con-
ceivable method to find the
killer, even to the extent OF
OBTAINING suspects" they were
almost positive had no connec-
ton with the crime. But it had
to be done.
Tips continued to pour in TO
authorities but all proved worth
less after detailed investigations.
Weeks and months passed by
without results.
Probably the most anxious
moments during the entire in
vestigation developed when
Corp. Frank w. Walker of the
state police on Aug. 1, 1885, dis
covered that Carl w. Pollier, a
University of Michigan law stu
dent, left Ypsilanti the day OF
the disappearance.
Pollier. 1t was learned, had
gone to San Diego, Cal, In such
an apparent hurry that he had
left behind two rain coats, a
black overcoat and book called
the Moon Terror" Walkers
heart pounded that day when he
saw the cover of the book.
1t showed a picture of a man
ready to stab a child in the
heart.
California authorities were
told to question Pollier. Mean
while state police learned that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
0VoU CAN'T BE TOO

"YoU CAN'T BE TOO
= CAREFUL"-when things
get somewhat dull in the book
world, as they are today. along
comes II. c.. Wells - Wells the
cracking, Wells the supercilious.
Wells the always interesting,
Wells the unoriginal, Wells the
realist, Wells the fantastic,
Wells the Utopian, Wells the
word-mo nger-well, II. G.
Wells!
1 used to be a fan of the
ancient Wells - the Wells who
wrote those combinations of
Jules Verne's fascinating stories.
II was in those early stories of
Wells trips to the moon and
Mars that he got sot in that
frightful habit of his of trying
to turn the normal human be-
ing into something he is not.
There are few real human
beings in Wells stories because
he is always trying to prove
something or other - generally
that there ought TO be a United
States of the World or that
socialism Is the proper economic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07

Pollier was questioned - -
planned Il was unsrely 9 $50
dent that he lett Xpolnmu
March z, 1895.
Lieutenant Hutsou later meo4
a trip to California and hiznopk
questioned Pollier before declozN
ing him innocent OF M
Streicher murder.
Finally on Oct. "a, 1885, eight
months after the death, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Richard Streicher sub
mitted to polygraph examina-
tions at state police headquars
tiers. The parents had been
subjected to the most vicious
rumors and presented them-
selves voluntarily In an attempt
to clear suspicion.
Six tests were given by Lieut.
Harold .Mulbar. polygraph ex-
pert, and all pointed to their
innocence. The following month
the parents were submitted to
further examinations with the
same results. LaForge also was
photographed and cleared Of the
crime.
Except for frequent checks
and investigation OF clues the in
vestigation lay dormant until
Sept. u, 1887, when Circuit
Judge George w. Sample opened
a one-man grand jury investiga-
ton into the boys death.
1t was conducted by State
Atty.-Gen. Raymond w. Starr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
Admitted Taking
Course in Anatomy

On March II, following an ex-
haustive pathological report on
the boys body, DR.. John Bugher
Of the University of Michigan
Hospital pointed out the stab
bing in the heart was committed
by a person familiar with
human anatomy who knew
where the third interspace was
located.
Mrs. Streicher, a one-time
physical education instructor,
admitted she took an anatomy
course at Ypsialnti Normal
School and was familiar with
the third interspace.
Significant?
Not very, except for the fact
that authorities were struggling
to obtain even the most meagre
clue.
Deputy Sheriff Richard Klav-
vitter, a friend Of the Streicher
family and now deceased, called
upon Mrs. Streicher the night of
the disappearance and in his
report noted how unconcerned
she seemed to be.
"She laughed and joked with
mo and continued to manicure
her finger-naiIs," his report said.
"She thought Richard had been
Kidnapped because her parents
were supposed to be wealthy"
Circumstantial e v 4 dence
against Mrs. Streicher seemed
to be piling up. The publicity
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
Married Against
Parents Wishes

"Dick and Lucia ran away
and got married against my
wishes. Shortly after the birth
of Richard they signed an agree
ment that I'm the event of d.
vorce, or anything happening TO
either parent, the child was to
20 to the Jueller family"
The statement, of course, as
founded Investigators. Why
should any parent discuss such
an unusual happening so soon
after their first-born?
A census-taker volunteered
the following information TO
Chief Southard:
81 took her census that aft
ern0on. I just can't forget how
she Iooked--she said she had q
sick headache. I was q total
stranger but she went on ut
length and told me of her trou-
BILE with her husband-how she
had signed away rights to his
child at one time. She seemed
Just at her wits end to know
how she was 20 handle her fam
lily affairs"
In Ypsilanti, they were still
talking about Mrs. Streicher, a
fact that she was well aware of,
investigators said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
Doctors Agreed
On Cause Of Death

DIR. Stacy c. Howard OF Ann
Arbor, DR.. David N. Robb.
Washtenaw County coroner,
and DR.. John Bugher. Uni
versity of Michigan Hospital.
agreed that Richard had died. OF
multiple stab wounds in the
} heart.
Murder In any form Is shock
ing. But TO Ypsilanti folks IL
Immediately recalled the CHASTITY
torch murders" a few years
back where three men inter-
rupted a petting party, crimi-
nally attacked two girls, killed
them and their companions and
left the four in a funeral pyre..
The slayers were apprehended
quickly, but Ypsilanti folks
talked about IL for months. The
tragedy was still fresh In their
minds when news of young
Streicher's fate reached their
ears. The boy had been re-
ported missing the night before
by his parents and word of his
disappearance spread quickly,
One glance at the stab wounds
dispelled Ypsilanti Police Chief
Ralph Southard's opinion that
Richard might have been the
victim OF a hit-run driver.
Washtenaw County sheriffs
deputies and two state troopers
from the Ypsilanti joined the
Investigation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
Found No Effort
Made to Find Prints

/, They talked to local authori-
ties and discovered that no eff
fort had been made to locate
footprints near the spot
where the body was found.
They learned that after Buck
Holt, il, found the body at
least a dozen persons including
local investigators visited the
spot destroying what valuable
footprints trained and ex-
perienced officers might have
found.
The state officials sought TO
investigate the boys clothing
but learned that these had
been burned by Lynn Schaffer,
an undertaken.
Another possible CLUE had
been destroyed. authorities as
Stunning that the clothing
might have contained evidence
of the killers attire, possibly
hair IL there had been a
struggle.
The sex-killer angle seemed
the best lead. Authorities con-
tinued to round up morons, sub
jecting them to the most careful
questioning before rele a sin 6
them.
State police called upon DR..
Albert French, former Wayne
County corner, and Lieut. Royal
Baker, former Detroit police
censor, for advice. They were
considered experts in sex crimes.
Both men were of the opinion
that the crime was committed
by a sex degenerate of the sadist
type. Lieutenant Baker pointed
out the heart was penetrated
several times in definite angles
and because of the absence of
much blood on the clothing over
the heart thought the killer
might be "the vampire type"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07

have a number Of suspects In
mind, including neighbors and
members of her husbands
family, but investigators de-
cided to ignore them at that
time because Of her apparent
distraught mental and physical
condition.
More than four days had
elapsed before the state police
Officially were called into the
case. The investigators included
Capt. Don S. Leonard, Lieut..
Philip L. Hutson and Lieut..
Van 7. Loomis of headquarters,
the latter two now deceased.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07

Richard accepted the in
vitation and started outside
to get his sled. That was the
last time she saw him alive.
Little did she realize that his
death was to remain to, this
day Michigan's No. / unsolved
murder.
Twenty-four hours later,
Richards frozen body was dis
covered by two playmates tucked
away under a foot bridge. less
than a block from the Streicher
home, with IA stab wounds in
the body and head.
Eight sharp plunges had
pierced his helmet. His attacker
struck twice more in the neck
and In a cory climax stabbed
the boy four times through the
heart. Three penetrated the
heart, one passed through il.