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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25
Niuht Battle Action
Follows Exhibit On
Streets zoo to 400
This Is Your Infantry" to
bring Pinal county real
taste of warfare with use
of A m e ri c a s modern
weapons-purchased with
your war bond dollars.

HOoI " al DOAkd dO1kdKS De
Battle action, the roar and smoke
of the American army in full com
bat, will attract a huge crowd of
spectators to Coolidge high school
stadium Thursday night, May 81,
when the spectacular army show,
"This Is Your Infantry" will have
its only presentation in Pinal coun-
ty starting at $50.
Martial music for this thrilling
show will be furnished by Mariana
Army Air Base band, assuring a
proper musical setting. 1t will be
a never-to-be-forgotten evening of
wartime entertainment arranged
for by Y. c. White. state commit
teeman for the Seventh War Loan
drive.
During Thursday afternoon from
o'clock until 4, the east side of
Main street between Central and
Roosevelt avenues will be the scene
of static display of combat weap-
ons, clothing, rations and ether
army equipment. Infantry men, who
have served during the gruelllng
hours and days of battle on the
far flung battle fronts of this war,
will be on hand to explain the uses
of various types of combat weapons
and talk with visitors, who will be
allowed to examine everything, to
try on gas masks and uniforms and
to taste the various types OF COM
bat ratiOns.
The climax of the two-hour
dramatic presentation in the even
ing at the stadium will be a real
isticly simulated attack on a re-
plica of a Japanese position. Nor
tars, bazookas, machine guns,
flame throwers and rifles will be
used by infantry men all of whom
are experienced in combat. In the
closing minutes of the show, the
American force completely demol-
ishes a replica of Japanese pill
box somewhere in the Pacific bat
tie zone"
According to Committeeman
Continued on page ten)
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Awards in various branches of
achievement were presented to the
years outstanding students at Cool
idge Union High School in an honor
assembly held in the school audi
torium Friday morning. American
Legion citizenship awards were won
by Betty Davis and Wayne Elledge.
Presentation was made by Paul
Loucks, legionaire. Scholarship
awards went to Mary Lou Lewis,
valedictorian, and John Knight,
salutatorian. Presentation was
made by R. w. Taylor, superin-
tendent of Coolidge schools. Ken
meth Trout, Clint Skrla and Wayne
Elledge received the honor of hav-
ing their names added to the honor
senior athletics plaque.
The program follows: band mu-
sic; pledge of allegiance, led by
Willie Storie; award of athletic
letters, presentation by Glen Wilson
and c. F. Lanier:
Football-(Major Letters: Tom
Adame, Leonard Burtcher, Tony
Ciskowski, Jimmie Davis, Wayne
Elledge, Stanley Ellis, Floyd Ham
mon, Jack Havens, Billie Joe Irvine,
Mack McEuen, Oscar Montgomery,
Charles Patterson, Jack Prefer,
Eddie Schell, Albert Singh, Clint
Skrla, Freddie Sprinkles, Kenneth
Trout and Junior VeaZey.
Basketball - Major Letters);
Tony Ciskowski. Wayne Elledge,
Jack Havens, John knight, Mack
McEuen, Jack Havens, George o.
Donnell, Charles Patterson. Clint
Skrla, Willie Storie, Kenneth
Trout. Bill Ware and Marlin Wing.
Baseball-(Major Letters: Mil
ton Burroughs, Jimmie Davis, Jack
Havens. Charles Magness. George
O'Donnell, Charlie Patterson, Jack
Prefer, Albert Singh, Clint Skrla,
Kenneth Trout and Jimmie Vidano.
Track-(Major Letter.: Jimmie
Davis.
Minor Letters-Football: James
Alexander, Jack Blackwater, j. B.
Carter, Nelson Cannon, Kent Nc
Euen, Don Turney, Jimmie Vidano,
Eugene Volmar and Elwood Wing.
Basketball: Tom Adame, Harry
Baker, Milton Burroughs, Yazbik
Daw, Roland Freeland, Marion
Haugh, Kent McEuen, Weldon Nc
Millin, Melvin Mirkin, Oscar Mont
gomery. Jack Prefer, Eddie Schell,
Curtis Shaw, Vance Taylor, Delmar
Upton, Jimmy Vidano, Elwood
Wing and Marvin Wing.
Baseball: Harry Baker, Nelson
Cannon, Jack Havens, Oscar
Montgomery, George O'Donnell,
Jack Prefer, Eddie Schell and
Jimmie Vidano.
Senior managers: Melvin Mirkin
and Leonard Burtcher. Junior
managers: Tommy Clark, Buddy
Kyser and Ray Jackson.
Intramural championship Ir-
vine, captain, Melvin Mirkin, Mar
ion, Haugh, Elwood Wing and Ira
Wis West.
All School League: Kenneth
Trout, captain, Jimmie Davis, Eu-
gene Anderson, David Davis, Eddie
Schell and Bill Irvine. Eleven
letter award: Clint Skrla. Nine
letter award: Kenneth Trout.
Home Economic Awards-(pre
sentation by Mrs. Addington)
Home Ec. l sewing: Pauline Appel,
first; Jewell Harris, second: Home
Ec. II sewing: Janelle Kleinman,
first; Francene Lovelace, second.
Continued on Page q
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LEGIONNAIRES
ATTENTION

Legionnaires attention! Com.
mander Pierce Vensel requests that
all members of William David Hood
Post No. 54 of Coolidge meet
Thursday evening, May 31st, al
seven O'Clock in front of his home
at 531 West Northern avenue fol
duty in connection with the U. S
army show, This Is Your Infan-
try"
The infantry's action show will
be presented at $3.50 at the Coolidge
high school stadium.
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KeIIus 0Yerturf
Killed In Action
In South Pacific
S/Sgt. Overturf, a resident
of Coolidge for many years
and a graduate of CUHS
class of al, gives life for
country.

y
S/Sgt. Kellus Dean Overturf,
%, was killed in action at Okinawa
on April 19, 1945, according to word
received from the War Department
by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Overturf, of Elsinore, California,
former Coolidge residents. Sgt.
Overturf was graduate of Kenil-
worth School, class of 1887, and
graduate of Coolidge high school,
class of 1941.
He enlisted in the army on May
21, 1943, at Mario, Texas, where he
was employed as a government
engineer, and was sent overseas in
July of 1914. His first action was
with the initial landing group on
Leyte Island, P. l. For gallantry
in action during this campaign he
received the Bronze Star, and his
staff sergeant's rating. His unit
landed early in the Okinawa cam
paign, and participated all together
in five major campaigns, for which
he wore five service stars. He and
his brother, T/5 Glenn Overturf,
serving with the signal corps on
Luzon, saw each other briefly on
Leyte Island following the cam
paign there. The brothers were
inducted into the service on the
same day.
S/Sgt Overturf has a younger
brother, Jack, who is now awaiting
call. Other survivors include his
two sisters, Pauline and Inez Over
turf, both CUHS graduates and
both now employed in defense work
in Los Angeles. The Overturf fam
lily lived here for a number of years
and have many friends in Coolidge
Kellus Overturf was one of the out
standing students at CUHS, where
he was student body treasurer in
1910.
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1t. Ross MeEuen has been liber
ated from a German prison camp,
according to word received from
the War Department Tuesday by
his father Arch McEuen. No de-
tails were given. 1t. McEuen, d
bomber pilot, was reported missing
in action on October 10, 1943, but
later reported to have been wound
ed and a prisoner of the Germans
He was recently awarded the Air
Medal by proxy, and is the young
est Coolidge high school graduate
to have received a commission.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25

The course of a combat plane
from factory to theater is not a
straight line, not one uninterrupted
flight. For, although aircraft are
produced on the assembly line, diff
ferrent climates, seasons and thea
ters of operation demand a wide
variety of different equipment and
armament. This means flying each
individual plane to the parts it
needs. This is known as "modi-
fication": finishing touches to be
accomplished at one or more points
removed from the original factory.
AS a plane progresses Though
these various phases, Ferry Pilot
or crew is called upon to move it
from stage to stage. Thus the
Ferry Pilot is constantly criss-
crossing the United States, between
factories, modification centers, pro-
cessing stations, domestic desti-
nations, and points of departure for
overseas.
For example, ferrying crew may
deliver a B-24 Liberator from Will
low Run factory, Detroit, to modi-
fication center at Birmingham, Ala.
From Birmingham, the same crew
will ferry a completely modified
Liberator to Lincoln, Neb. where
it will be processed for overseas.
At Lincoln, another B-24 which has
been through the processing sta
ton will be available for delivery
to Wilmington, Del. for overseas
flight Finally, if pilot and co-pilot
are qualified to fly pursuit air.
craft, they may take two fighters
from Buffalo back to their own
base at Detroit. Thus, this same
crew will complete five deliveries
fas many different airplanes be-
fore returning home for further or
ders.
This vast domestic traffic, con-
tinually complicated by the uncer-
tainties of weather, maintenance
and availabilities, is kept under eff
ficient operational control by
means of good communications.
Every pilot on a delivery reports
every night the location of his air.
craft. Thousands of such position
reports, consolidated daily by
Headquarters Ferrying Division,
furnish our war planners with
dependable and current picture OF
deliveries in progress.
The same close supervision OF
aircraft movements extends to for
eign ferrying missions. Thorough
preparation and teamwork provide
the basis for successful delivery of
aircraft to the theaters of war.
Once over the Atlantic or Pacific,
beyond the point of no return, the
ferrying crew cannot replace for
gotten equipment nor recall un-
learned instructions. Before the
takeoff, the entire crew receives
full dress briefing on routes, wealth
er, recognition procedures, emer-
gency operations and all other in
formation essential to over-water
flying.
The American Ferry Pilot is a
modern Marco Polo. He is equally
at home in Midland, Texas and in
Nome, Alaska. He has shopped in
Cairo, Egypt and in New Delhi,
India. London, Casa Blanca and
Rio De Janeiro are routine enteries
in his travel log. He has learned
geography the new way.
Operation of three foreign trans
port schedules has been announced:
| The FTREBALL, across the South
Atlantic, the CRESCENT, across
the Middle Atlantic; and SNOW
BALL, across the North Atlantic.
Millions of ton-miles have been re-
corded by the huge transport planes
which take off several times weekly
from the three terminals and set
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open house to be held at the Cool
idge Army Air Field on Sunday,
May 9th.
1t. O'Nasch is shown at the con-
trolls of a B-25 which served him
well in expediting the handling OF
many matters concerning the 4th
Anniversary observance and at the
same time carrying on his duties.
1t O'Nasch is being assisted by
SESgt. Jerry Glenn. NCOIC of pub
lie relations and camp newspaper
editor.
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P. Osborn and Attorney General
John l.. Sullivan, both of whom
will take part in the anniversary
program.
Activated in Washington, D. c.,
on May 29, 1911, the Air Corps
Ferrying Command expanded rapid
ly with growing military needs and
on June 20, 1912, it was reorgan-
lied as the Air Transport Command,
with 1t. General Harold L. George
in command.
This command took over opera
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Leslie j. Ross with Miss Sue Kyser
at the piano.
An interesting feature of the
meeting was the presentation on
behalf of the club by DR.. R. V.
Campbell of fine wooden blanket
to Mrs. Robert Byars, who has been
in charge of the club dinners and
who is now leaving for the noun
tains where she has accepted sum-
mer employment.
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Legion Plans
Installation
Monday Night
Leonard Spruell to take Of
flee as Commander. Aux
iliary members will be
guests and buffet supper
planned for occasion.
planned for occasion.


Leonard Spruell was elected
commander of William David Hood
Post No. 81 of the American Legion
at a meeting of the organization
held Monday night in Coolidge
Methodist Church.
Other officers chosen for the
1945-46 year are: Joe Irvine, 1st
vice commander; William Shipley,
End vice commander; w. R. Urton
chaplain; Freeman Higginbotham,
sergeant at arms; and Ancel Tay-
lor, historian.
Installation is planned for Mon
day night at Coolidge Woman!
Club building when an outstanding
program has been arranged to mari
the occasion. Members of Cool
idge Legion Auxiliary have beer
invited to be guests.
Kenyon Harris, district com
mander, will be the installing Of
ficer Installation is scheduled tt
begin at $3.50 p. m. and will bt
followed by a dance and buffet sup
per. Special entertainment in
Guiding a floor show has been ar
ranged and an orchestra engaged
for the occasion.
A number of state officers ar
expected to be present.
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CPL. MARVIN H. HARRIS

CPL. MARVIN H. HARRIS
Cpl. Marvin Harris arrived home
Tuesday to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. I. c. Harris after serving
IS months in the European theater
of operations. He wears a Presi-
Dental Unit Citation, Good Con-
duct ribbon, and European theater
ribon with silver star represent
ing five major campaign stars,
Harris entered service early in 194a
and went overseas soon afterwards.
His twin brother, Pvt. Melvin Har.
ris, who recently started training
at Camp Roberts, California, is
also home on furlough.
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1st 1t. Chas. O'Nasch
Arranges Details Of
Open House at CAAF

1st 1t. Charles F. ONASCH, as
sistant operations officer, 3rd Fer
rying Servicing Station, was named
by Colonel Tesch, Commanding
officer, to arrange all details for the
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25

. Mrs. Aubrey Thompson and her
mother, Mrs. Susan Hague, both of
Yuma, were weekend guests at the
home of Mrs. Thompson's parents
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Thomp-
son.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25

. Arthur Hardigan, Jr., small son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hardigan,
had his tonsils removed at Flor
ence Hospital Tuesday. He is re-
ported to be doing well.
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Transport Command To Observe 9TH
AnniversaryatC CoolidgeArmyArBas
Citizens Invited
To Open House
Sunday Afternoon
William A. Tesch, 1t. Col,
Air Corps, Commanding,
invites citizens to view Bird
Ferrying Service on May
27, 200 to $50 p. m.

Coolidge Army Air Field will be
the scene of the fourth anniversary
celebration of the Air Transport
Command on Sunday, May 27, when
1t. Col. William A. Tesch COM
manding will be host to officials
and dignitaries of Arizona and all
of the citizens of this city and
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PVT. MELVIN HARRIS, WI

PVT. MELVIN HARRIS, who is
completing his training at Camp
Roberts, California, is home on
furlough to visit his wife and two
children and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l. G. Harris. His twin broth
er, Cpl. Marvin Harris, is also
here on furlough after many
months overseas service.
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Awards Presented At Coolidge High
School Honor Assembly Friday Morning

American Legion citizenship awards by Betty Davis
and Wayne Elledge. Scholarship awards go Mary
Lou Lewis, Valedctorian and John Knight Sautaoran
Evening star., 1945-02-02
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DANCES.
War Workers Council. War Hos
pitality Committee, National Press
Club, o'clock tonight.
Army Service Forces, Willard
Hotel, o'clock tonight.
EXHIBITS.
Il Portraits of Americans" Chill
dren's Museum, 4215 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, to $50 pm. Tuesday
through Friday; II am. to S pm.
Saturday; to S pm. Sundays;
closed Mondays, through February.
Triptychs for the armed forces,
through. Sunday, and 49th annual
exhibit of Washington Water Color
Club, through February 13, Cor
coran Art Gallery, noon to 4:30
pm. Monday, 9 am. to 4:30 pm.
Tuesday through Friday, 2 to S
pm. Sunday.
Water colors by Lewis Rubenstein,
Public Library, Eighth and K streets
NV, 9 am. to pm. weekdays, 2
to 6 pm. Sunday.
Aquatints by Kathleen M. Finn Of
New York City, Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, on Mall, 8 am. to 4:30 pm.
through February IL.
Drawings and Autographs by
George Bellows through February
IL, and loan exhibitions of paintings
by Delacroix through February rs.
Phillips Memorial Gallery, II am.
to 10 pm. Monday, II am. to pm.
Tuesday through Saturday and to
Ppm. Sunday.
Old inaugural pictures exhibit, Lii
brary of Congress, 9 am. to 10 pm.
Monday through Friday, 9 am. to 6
pm. Saturday and 11:30 am. to 10
pm. Sunday, through April l.
FILM.
venezuela" YMCA, 1876 G street
NV, o'clock tonight.
LUNCHEON.
Harvard Club, Hotel Annapolis,
1890 pm. tomorrow.
FOR sERvICEMEN.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Theater, tonight: Matt Windsor,
pianist.
Film: "The Great McGinty," with
Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus and
Akin Tamiroff. USO Club, Eighth
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
$3.50 o'clock tonight.
Officers.
Army and Navy Daughters Dance
for officers, Officers Service Club,
1914 Twenty-first street NV, $3.50
O'Clock tonight.
Service personnel may obtain ad-
ditional information by calling the
United Nations Center, National |
5000, or any of the following USOs:
National 0614, National 343l, Repub-
lie 1927 or Executive 0428. Colored |
service personnel may call USO,
Decatur 1864, or War Hospitality, |
Decatur 7768
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Births Reported

Ellis and Mildred April. girl.
Gary and Louise Bailey. girl.
Rsss Raskell d and tfih EsselIe AlexandsI girl
Byron and Ruth Cochran, boy.
Calvin and Sopfie Dent. boy,
Robert and Dorothy FRANKIE. boy.
ssee ana sn asneveSs Srsys Hs boz,
william and Laura Kimmel, boy.
Harold and Bessie Liss, girl.
Michael and Rose Manillt girl.
asopss eGsR ana and aa9fr Trsns MasVs girl
Danile and Mary Plass, boy.
Donate and Mary Quintiliani. Eirl.
Robert and Judy Rivers, boy.
James and Frances simcox, boy.
Horace and Rose. Traband. girl.
John and Stella vaught, boy,
Frederick and Catherine Willis, girl.
Roosevelt and GLADYS Agnew, boy.
Mona and Theresa Bridges. boy.
Bennie and Pearline Hammond, boy.
Gale and Mary Burton, girl.
James and Lillian Fox, girl.
George and Carley Ferguson, girl.
R.alar Riehard an and jayne Garter Garter boy boy.
Warren and Evelyn Dennison, boy.
Stanley ana Lila Grand, boy.
William and Alice Gwinn, boy.
Harry and Loretta Johnston, girl
Joseph and Molly LUtsky, girl.
Jack and Doris Marsh, boy.
ALTA and Martha Micci, boy.
Robert and Mary Parks, boy.
Jack and Evelyn Poto,. boy.
Lester and Helen Reed, girl.
Donald and Ava Ross, girl.
Donald and Helen Shay. boy.
Sylvester and Charlotte Smith. girl.
Anthony and Jeanette vasco, girl.
De Witt and Naome Williams, boy.
Reynold and Clara Witte, girl.
Francis and Thelma Zell, girl.
An rir ~
Joseph and Ruth Cqyburn, boy.
William and Florence Hughes. girl.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Australian to Speak
To Geographic Society

Charles P. Mountford of the
Board of Anthropological Research
of Adelaide University in Australia,
will describe Australia's aborigines
to members of the National Geo.
graphic Society at Constitution
Hall at 8:15 o'clock tonight.
Illustrating the lecture will be the
film, "Australia's' Stone-age Tribes, "
awarded the Sherlock Gold Cup as
Australias best film of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-24

much inside work-moderate noise
 little dust, odors, dirt, bodily in- jury.
 These books are used by job coun- sellers in discussing what type of work would be suitable for the vet eran who isn't sure. They were developed by studying the skills acquired by enlisted service men and women and then matching tkem against the requirements for civilian jobs.
 At first, little attention was giv- en to officers and there are plenty of young officers who nev- CT even held job before they went eff to war So, more recently, re- searchers have nosed into the sup ervisory, executive, and teachnical fields, among others, to determine how what an officer learns in the armed forces can be hooked up with civilian jobs.
 The old WING said that many young officers will have to have additional training for civilian oc- equations because the. service didn't give them any specific vocational skill That leaves room for an argument because most of our young
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-24

Now, ordinarily, wouldn't you think the number would increase with the size of the place? But cften it doesn't. For instance, I noticed that in one week tthis was some time back) there were 37 veterans in Appalachia, Va, who drew their readjustment allowances. Yet in the same week in the much larger city of Richmond, Va, there wasn't a single veteran who drew a readjustment allowance.
 The answer apparently is that there were suitable jobs available in Richmond at that time for re- turned ex-servicers; few in Appala- chia.
 For some time, the Veterans Elm p.oyment service has used a book originally put out by the WING q think. It's called Special Aids fer Placing Military Personnel in Civilian Jobs. There's also one covering Navy personnel now.
 
 The idea of these books is that they show practically every mili- tary and naval classification there is. Then, following the classifi- cation, they show related civilian jobs that could be filled by a vet eran who had that classification.
 Then a number of civilian jobs following the related civilian jobS) which could be filled by the ex- service man with some on-the-job training, or with brief additional training of some sort, or with con- siderable training.
 Every civilian job nah,ed is then analysed as to physical activities as to physical activities required, such as, much standing-moderate bending, reaching, lifting, touch little walking, pushing, turning.
 Then the working conditions sur rounding the job follow; such as
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-24
vETERANS' GUIDE
By MAJOR THOMAS M. NAL

| | WASHINGTON-Recently I wrote about what service any of us veter- ans should expect from the Vet ierans' Employment Service as now set up by our good friend the CT Bill. This service spreads out to all U. s. Employment Service offices there are between 1,700 and 2,000 of these now There must be one net so far from you.
 These local officers are under or ders to keep machinery in motion so available jobs in the territory are known and listed. The veterans representative in the office is there tc see that veterans get proper treatment and proper treatment, right now and maybe for some time to come, means that veterans get first crack at open jobs, if they fit the veterans experience, training and ability.
 All of these offices work on a na- tional hook-up. If a certain kind of job is open locally, a town 10 CT 25 or 100 miles away may have exactly that job available. The USES office should know, because the systeri being used should tell the story.
 Also, some of us who haven't been placed in .. a suitable job or can't get one. may want to apply for the CT Bills readjustment all lcwance. This is handled by the state unemployment compensation outfit and there's usually a repre- sentative operating for your bene- fit right in the local USES office. I've had a chance a couple of times to look over a record pompil- cd every week at the Veterans Elm ployment Service in Washington. It shows the number of ex-service people drawing readjustment allow ances each week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-24

additions and alterations to the three story frame structure, the Bremen succeeded in whipping the last lick of flames out of the last crook and cranny after almost the entire roof had been razed and the top floor walls considerably dam aged
 Three families were made home less for Christmas as water damage to the two lower apartments of the structure combined with fire Gestruc- tion of the top floor to leave the entire building uninhabitable.
 Ire bullcng, one Of Juneau's old est multiple unit dwellings. is own cd by Anne Rowland, who purchas- cd it from Mrs. Mary Monagle in 0 tobcr of this year. The Shattuck