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5 AL L THE NEWS IT S SAFE TO PRINT May 24,19

O H,M Y C AD

Pr es en te d t o F r c es f ro m C oo ki e w it ha ~ n ag g1 e- to ot h c ha rm )

f ou Bd t he se t e- et h U pO Jl t he g ro W\ Ame f olk s s ai d-' lea st w or d go t ' ro unde y m ig ht b e y ou rs .

q ue ry he re, a ~o the r t he re~f ew c lu es g le an ed f ro m e ve ry wh er e

ile d do wn t o t hi s.

A pr il 3 0t h, f or ty -t hr eet marched Flight A of W 3e r t he ir s ho ul de rs t he y c a rr ie d l on g

ts,d j au nti ly pe rch ed o n t he ir h ea ds w er e

e ir h at st er m~ i. ed w e re t he y t o p la y s oo e b as e-

ll-w could they know it would end in a

awl ?

r a while they busily hit out longies.ocking the ball to the top of the

kies.hea s udd en ly Co oki e, a s how -of f o f fa me ,ot t ire d of p la yi ng a p e~c eab 1e g ~m e.o s he turned to a tea~t~'bout half

f h er s izend s ai d t o h er " Fr an ce s, s to p h og gi ': ag

ho se f li e s .11hese words she enforced with a sock in

he t ee th .hi ch m ad e o ur p oo r F ra nc es i nw ar dl y

eethelDespicable Can,ll She spat out through

he g ap s,o u s ta rt ed t his t hi ng, now I' ll m ake

ou collapse".he r ai se d up on t ip toe a nd l us ti ly

hewedpart of Cook's ear though it were good

ood.nd wh en t he y le d C ook a wa y,a ll c ou ld

ea r t hr ou gh h er c ri es ,ir ls' don t pi ck on a ny on e h al f of

ou r s iz e"

VffiBSTER,3I9th VERSION

W hi le t hu mb in g t hr ou gh t he 43- 1N-2d ict ion ary o f t he 3 I9t h we sh ed a reniscent te~r as we came upo~ a defh.-

itio:m.:

" Be av er , E ll ge r- f .n . c ol . o bs A n et in ct c re at ur e a t o ne t im e i nh .b it i~ gt he ha .ga rs a t M un ici pa l A ir por t. T hs pe ci es w as m os t p le .t if ul - in J aa ul lr

a nd F eb ru ll ry ,I 94 3, b ut g ra du al ly d imi ni sh ed a s a d i se as e c al le d f ru st ra tis wep t t he c ol ony , s ta rte d p ro ba bl y bt he d is ap pea ran ce o f PT 's in to th er epa ir s hO p. T he l ast li vin g E ag er Bver was blow. over the prop ~ash frot he P T' s le avi ag f er S we etw ate r a nd

p er is he d o ~ t he s po t.

B e~ le en p age s 3 a nd 4 o f t he di ctia ry w e f ou nd i ns er te d a s up pl em e~ t.A mm 1. g o th er n ew t er ms s uc h a s" up pe rzone four", "cross-feedll , "clam-gigge

a nd " gr g_ du ~t io n" wa s a d ef in it io n t hc au gh t o ur e ye :

" Ra bb it , R ap id -f . n . c ol . A n e ne rgi c a ni ma l s im il ar t o t he ' Ea ge r B e~ veI t' s f ea tu re s a re s om ew ha t i nd ef in itb ec au se i t i s e xt re me ly e lu si ve . ~ heit is not up in an AT-6 or 1 7 as nilo r c o- pil ot t he R ap id R abb it i s g oi ~f rom o ne p la ce t o a no the r s o r api dlyt ha t i t i s i mpo ss ib le t o di sc er n i tsdistinguishlbng featuf'es. Although it

not be seen at the time, it can.'.Je

pt iv el y i de nt if ie d b y t he t rg ,i l o f d uit leaves behind as it goes through r ep air sh op at 8 :30 e ver y mo rni ng o ni ts w ~y t o t lw L ink d is pat che r' s w ia

dow.

T he p r in ci pa l d if fe re nc e b et we en R api d R ab bit a nd th e Ea ge r B ea ver i st ha t t he R ap id R ab bi t i s c on st an tl yp ul li ng o ut t he c al an de r a nd p oi nt ini ts f ing er wi ld ly a t t he d at e " May 2

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Published Bi:nonthly,by the 3I9tl'.L!\AFFrDHouston,Texas U.S.A.

STAFF~ di to r- in -C hi e~ : J ea n P ea rs on

B us in es s M ~n ag er : C at he ri ne V ai lN ew s a nd F ea tu re E di to rs :

I sa be l F en to n a nd J ar y J oh ns oaA rt E di to r: M ar io n H an ra ha nH un or E di to r: D or a D ou gh er tyL ay ou t a nd C op y D ep t: B et ty E am es

N o p ar t o ~ th is pu bl ic ati on ma y b er ep ro du ce d i n a ny ~ or m w it ho ut s pe ci ~i cw ri tt en p er mi ss io n ~ ro m t he o ff ic eo f t he S ec re tar y o f Wa r.

FROM THE C. E. OFFICE

O pe ra ti ng s uc ce ss fu ll y o n a c a re -f ul ly p la nn ed s ch ed ul e s ub je ct t o c ha ng eevery 30 seconds is no mean trick ofm an ag em en t. B ut i t' s a t ri ck t ur ne dd ai ly b y Mi ss H aze l Ha ys , a ss is te d ab lyb y J ea li olR os s H ow ar d a nd D or ot hy V al lE md en o f t he C hi ef E st ab li sh me ntoffice.

T he t ri um vi ra te 's s uc ce ss i s U R do ub t-

e dly du e t o th eir b ac kgr ou nd o~ e x pe r-i en ce . A ll t hre e h av e he ld j ob s re -q ui ri ng m an ag em en t o f g r ou ps o ~ p eo pl e.

Miss Hays was the first woman i. theU ni te d St ate s t o ha ve b ee n ma nag er o fa m ua ic ip al a ud it or iu m a nd c ol is eu ma t F or t W or th. S he w as i ts ma nag er fr omthe day it opened and is at p reseat onl ea ve fr om t hat p os iti on . H er w or k he res in ce he r a rri val i n Ma rc h i s h er a ddi t-i on al c on tr ib ut io n t o t h e wa r e ff or t.

Sh e h as al wa ys h ad a n i nt ens e i nt ere sti n wo me n' s o rg an iz at io ~s a nd h a s s pe ntm uc h t ime a ct ive ly i n t he R ed Cr oss ,a nd t he P ro fe ss io na l a nd B us in es s W om -

e n' s C lu b.

B or n i n F or t W or th , M is s H ay ~s st il lt hi nk s i t i s t he f in est c it y in w hi cht o l iv e, t ho ug h s he c on ce de s C hi ca gois fun to v isit. Her Alma Mater isT ex as s ta te C ol le ge f or W om en .

~ tl ss H ay s' p re se nt o rd er s r ea d f or h ert o r em ai n. i n H ou st oa u nt il t he 2 nd

c la ss i s g ra du at ed a nd t hen t o' bet ak e h eT se lf t o S we et wa te r. He r g uii s k in dl y a nd t ol er an t. H er i nt er esi n t he g ir ls i s si nce re a nd mu ch acia ted.

J ea n R os s Ho w~r d i s t he fi fth g eat iof t of Ho war ds to h ave be en bo rn W as hi ng to n, D. C. S he a tt en de d C on ne ccu t C ol le ge ~ or W om en a nd wa s g rad -u at ed f ro m G eo rg e W as hi ng to n U ni ve rs ity . Du rin g h er c ol le ge d ays sh e d uc te d t ri ps to Eu rop e. O n o ne s hem ade a t hr ee we ek s' ja uat t o s pe ndf ou r d av s a t t he C or on at io n.

J ea n w or ke d w it h E as te rn A ir li ne sa nd la te r b eca me ~l yin g se cre ta ry t he g r as sh op pe rs . S he j oi ne d t he 3t h i n J an ua ry . S he l ik es g re en b ec as he ki ss ed th e B la rn ey S to ne i~Ireland. (Centinued en Page 4 )

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CONFIDENTIAL!For some time I have been debating with .my

re Prudent Self whether or not to cane out in

open with an amazing experience I had a few

springy under myfeet. Still unbelieving, I

started wandering gingerly aro~~d to investi-

gate. As I approached a srrall cumulus hill

near mylanding spot I heard a tittering sou

which seemed to co:ne fro:n the other side of t

ys ago.. 1fy1 1 .P.S. says "Keep it quiet. If the hill. I picked II\Y way around it, flattened m

mydoesn't get you for it, the C.A.A. will".

t myMore Reckless Self says, "Go ahead and

ll it. Nobodywill believe you anyway".

Well, this is howit happened. One day

self against a small gust which was emerging

from t he side of it, and, keeping carefully h

den, peered at the source of the curious nois

I could hardly believe my eyes when I sa

en I was ambling through some lazy eights I a large plexiglass structure labelled "Greml

nd mywings dragging through some solid over- Trophy Casell, and in front of it several grem

t. Before 1could do anything to stop it,

M.R.S. had taken over the controls and there

was above the clouds.

Since I had already broken the horizontal

d vertical rules in regard to overcast, I de-

ed to make the trip worth the penalty I

s bound to pay. I pret ended I was in a snowy

tic mountain range and ran mywheels up one

e and downthe other of several large cloud,

untains. Then I dipped downinto the valleys

ween and flew up and downthe canyons,

dging the cli~fs and peaks as I came to them.

entually I came out upon a smooth flat tundra

ich looked perfect for a landing. I glided

wnto the surface, levelled off, and waited

my ship to graze the "snowll, then plummet

ownthrough the cloud bank.

'1'0 my surprise, I felt a thump and myplane\

lins, first gazing, then doubling up with

laught er and hopping up and downas they gigg

Fromwhere I stood, I could read the lit tIe c

placed in front of each trophy.

The first object which caught I I \Y eye wa

San Antonio sectional chart labelled "Adroitly

Snatched from Dorothy Nichois on the 'Wayto

El Campon. Beside it was a small piece of

paper bearing Loose Coleman's name and a cou

plotted from Temple to Houston. This trophy

marked "Course successfully Erased by Ji.mrw

Gremlin and Changed from 115 degrees to 50".

Onthe shelf .below was a small pieoe of

shell with a card saying"Pl8.ced in lOlth Dail~

AT-I? tail wheel lock during take-off". Aw

of cotton beside it was labelled. "Stuffed in

Marian Schorr's !'\leI Line During a Night Flig

There were other odds and ends on dis-

olled to a bumpystop there a1t hat cloud field p'..., such as the I f hai hi h bl 14MJ oel

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FIFINELLA FASHIOlB S K Y H A PP Y

The ingenuity of dres~ practiced by the

members of the 3l9th will never be forgotten.WeLdve called attention to several of the ~

standing fashions from time to time. Wemention

more at this tire to .how the spirit of individ-

uality can not be ealmed even by official desire

for uniformi ty of dress. BYthe way.. didn' tthe gals look simply super-elegant GRADUATIONDAY? Nuff said! Just a small sample of what

could have been done if????

Perhaps it an inspiration from wearing Huck

Finn slacks, or it might be shoe rationing rear-

ing its ugly head, but Fifinella Field has had

the greates foot strip-tease we have ever seen.

The foot-lo':Jse and fancy free fad finally nec-essitated the posting of a notice on the bulletin

board, ~uote: Shoes will be worn on the flight

line. 'Qnquote. Tish 1 Tish 11 Needen't overdo

the Patriotic angle, Girls.

Headline: "Girl bites teammate, teammat

shot for tetanus"

Dias doesn't want to set the world on fi

her ATis enough.

Leatherbee is so used to playing first

that when she got on first as a runner s

immediately started looking for a mit anyelling "Fir st it n 0

Anindignant W-3er pulled up to the li

manding that her radio be fixed immedia

The tower couldn't receive her and she h

circle three times before she got a ligh

The lineman was bewildered. Lt. Adler s

might be a good idea to turn the radio f

C 'N to voice.

Tower: Will the aircraft that just lande

clear the runway?

W-2er: 'tmat, at 9 U miles an hour?

( C. E. Office 'fr~ paga 2)Dgrethy Van EmdenW.8 aImelilt bern in Eure-

pe, but mMnEl.gedWichita F5,1l1i1instead.UDs

bluo, Black )~gic and Veedeeism. She had

.erked with Mrs. DeateR befere ceming te the

~I9th. man~ging .a swimmingpeal and acting

ali c-mp ceunseler. .

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Question on Engines exam: What will cau

the engine to vibrate?

Answer: Student on checl