The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 23

are, htt to rights CpL ny Scblelqer and Pvt. Dale Mathes. officer. and IQ DarreU Miller, deputy oillcet ot tho CAP, arret Lt. "BUr Brown, mandlng last to Steiner is now fully recovered, and flying again, thanks to an alert CAP member.

Blair has become one of the most aviation minded towns in Nebraska, largely through the influence of the civil air patrol organization there, commanded by Lt. C. D. Howard and Sgt. Emory Hunt.

At a meeting of the executive board of the Nebraska state aeronautics commission A tew ot tho Lincoln CAP officers and members or shown of the Anew airport In front of on of (heir army training plants. The sifting, htt to right. Include: SSqt. Milton Hoi moo, Prl. Dal Math.

CpL lorry Schiefoer. SgU lorry Smith. Cpl Georqe Whitetord, FO DarreU Mill. If. N.

S. Hanson, and if. "BUT' Brawn. Standing. left to right, ant U.

O. T. Powell, Lt. H. C.

Henderson, WO T. G. Wlnnlnger. TS loo Aril. chief communicator of the CAA motion at tho Lincoln army air field.

W70 Harriot Turner, WO Helen Foil, wo mea tilght commander, CpL Nora Axon. CpL Norma Slajchmrt. Ptc. GotU rudo Morrtman and Pic. Peggy Moray.

Columbus Lt R. G. Fuelberth, Wayne Lt. Everett C. Huddleston, Lturel Flight and Capt.

F. C. Blakoman, 'Norfolk Sqdn. 75,000 Trainee Civil air patrol is now growing faster than at any time in its history. In 1944, the cadet membership more than doubled.

More than 75,000 CAP cadets young men and women of 15 to 13 are now in training. Behind the cadet program is the senior organization oi CAP, now 30,000 strong, a gain of 10,000 over the past year. Said General H. H. Arnold, commanding general of the army air forces, recently: "We are earning our leadership the hard way and we do not intend to relinquish it.

That is where our young people come in. The civil air patrol is providing American youth, tens of thousands of them, with indispensable training in aviation." "Those young people will not have to start from scratch. They and we must increase their numbers from tens of thousands to millions will form a new pool of experience, both military and com mercial. As they come to maturity, American air power too will come of age and that coming of age will be our best guarantee not only of the leadership in the air but of our very existence as a sovereign nation." Today, AAF is the largest, most powerful air force in the world. It has won control of the air in every theater.

It has carried the war to the military and industrial hearts of Germany and Japan. It is daring the enemy to "come up and fight" Yet, its losses have been less than anyone had anticipated or even dared to hope. That all this has been accomplished is due, in a large measure, to the fact that the AAF air combat crew is more than iust planes and men. The combat crew is a team the greatest fighting team the world has ever with gunners, bombardiers, navigators, and pilots flying and fighting together, to win. will be better prepared by the military training wAr will give to them and will be bot the civil air patrol will aid in any way designated by Uncle Sam.

Attract Prospective Mer While CAP cadets are not required to take a pledge of military service, this program naturally attracts the lads who want to fly more than anything else in the world. Many now approaching IS will have no choice ter able to return to aviation afier the war. Whether or not AAF recruiting is resumed during the war, a corps of CAP cadets, fit and ready, can play a vital role in bringing a steady peacetime volume of recruits into the air corps reserve, a program of peace and security after the war. A well organized group, the civil air patrol now has THEIR Horo IL WU G. Brown, eommandor of tho Itncotn xquadroa of eirfl olr large quantities of training materials and devices in each local unit, and instructors have learned their Jobs.

The CAP cadet program has gone almost a third of the way toward the 250,000 mark and Is just now getting into its stride. Present plans call for the mobilizing of each By MARCELLA SLAJCHERT. "Busy as a bunch of bees In a bucket of tar" well describes the local squadron of the civil air patrol, for no sooner do they close the books on one assignment than Uncle Sam tosses another into their laps. And because they are "eager beavers" to help win this war in any way they can, members roll up their sleeves, rub in the ibowgrease, and go to work! A recent visit to the Lincoln headquarters of the CAP, located in the Elks building, Thirteenth and streets, disclosed that big plans were in the making, and after pinning down their Lt. "Bill" Brown, to see what all the excitement was about, we decided to 'get like glue and stick around" for the show.

And here's what we found out It is the plan of the local squadron to participate in the national program of recruiting and training of civil air patrol cadets, ages 15 to 17 inclusive. This cadet expansion program is looked upon as a reserve for the future of air power and civil aviation in the United States, wtih a view toward building it to not less than a quarter of a million young men and women. At present, this program is the only preflight reserve that young men can enter. The army air forces, having met requirements for trainees for the time being closed the air corps enlisted reserve to new applicants last fall. The civil air patrol is not strictly a war time organization, but is now operating on a war time basis.

Its purpose after the peace treaty is signed will return to promoting civil aviation. So long as the war continues, however, but to join other branches of the service. Even so, they in Lincoln recently, the Blair airport was given 1,000 in cash for use in making immediate improvements on the field. The money, which comes from taxes collected on aviation gasoline, is an outright grant to the Blair airport committee and does not have to be matched by an equal amount by the town. Wayne was the only other Nebraska town to receive money for airport improvements.

Nebraska wing CAP Includes the following: Group 761, commanded by Capt. M. J. Warren, Omaha; Capt. Leonard Heinsen, Omaha Sqdn.

No. 1, Omaha; Lt. Dorothy Wilson, Omaha Sqdn. No. Capt.

W. C. Garner, Omaha Sqdn. No. Lt.

C. D. Howard, Blair. Group 762: Commanded by Capt. Kenneth D.

Kimmel; Lt. William G. Brown, Lincoln Capt. Gerald J. Hallstead, Crete Lt Sam F.

Stull, Fairbury Lt. Charles Harman, Beatrice and Lt. E. I. Critch field, Tecumseh flight.

Group 763: Commanded by Capt. Charles F. Larson, Grand Island; Capt. Paul G. Gordon, Grand Island Lt.

Leonard F. Gehre, Kearney Sqdn. Group 764: Commanded by Lt Fred Hoffman, Mc Coon; Lt. H. O.

Bergstrom, North Platte Lt Arlo Kellogg, Imperial Sqdn. Group 765: Capt M. P. Brennan, commander, Scotts bluff Sqdn. Group 766: Commanded by Capt.

Arthur Baldwin, Fremont; Lt Gilbert Brayton, Fremont Lt F. H. Kolter man, Vahoo It. Lloyd Ragan, David City Harold Ludwlg, flight leader, I Oakland; Lt Fred Gottshalk, Debate Team Emts Tslephonlno dfrsciions to SSgU Milton Eollman. Mng tho tocontly acquirod CAP Barfoafionaf trainer at hoadquartor.

is WO Harriot Turnor, dopufy supply officer. This tralnor is used to teach instrument Hying, and baa a chalk attachment beneath it which charts the student's course on the Hoot. tiring cadet. SSgt. Milton Hotf.

work and $tvdy In return lor tho help provide a solid foundation squadron. Warrant Officer H. E. night class. gardless of the branch of service one enters, CAP training does much to acquaint an enlisted man with the problems they ill need to face in the service.

My sincerest thanks to the Lincoln squadron, and their Instructors. AS Davis la the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Davis of Lincoln. A other former CAP cadet of the Lincoln squad ron Is Jack Miller, now tho lack Miller Yn France.

Jack is a CAP enthusiast who also claims his basic knowledge of the air corps acquired In local civil air patrol training was a great help when it came to the real thing. CAP has done a lot for me." says Jack, "and I'll always be thankful for the start it gave me la aviation. state and each squadron within that state. CAP tteeruitlng Week Mayor Lloyd Marti of Lincoln has proclaimed the week of April 1 to 7 as civil air patrol recruiting week. Headquarters of the squadron will be open for recruiting as follows: April 11:00 p.

m. to 5:00 p. m. April 27:30 p. m.

to 9:30 p. m. April 37:30 p. m. to 9:30 p.

m. April 47:30 p. m. to 9:30 p. m.

April 57:30 p. m. to 9:30 p. m. AprU 71:00 p.

m. to 5:00 p. m. April 81:00 p. m.

to 5:00 p. m. There will be general assemblies in each of the high schools during the week at a time to be announced later. Classes will be held at the headquarters of the local squadron on each Wednesday night from 8 to 10 p. the first class beginning April 18.

During the recent drive for recruiting air corps enlisted reserve members, the local group recruited over 200 men. In addition to local recruiting, CAP members of the squadron made trips in their own planes as well as in the army liaison plane to surrounding towns In order to give plane rides to prospective recruits. Capt. Kenneth D. Kimmel, a member of the local squadron, had charge of the courier service operating from the Lincoln army air field and furnished two of his own planes in the service.

Other members who jlew in connection with this service were Lt Leonard Theis, Lt. E. Houchen, and Lt. W. N.

"Bill" Kite. Scrap Drive During the first scrap drive, several members of the local squadron furnished their own planes and assisted in spotting scrap in the local area. WAC recruiting was another assignment undertaken by the Lincoln group. During the sixth war loan drive, four private planes be i longing to members of the CAP were used to give rides to the civilian personnel at the LAAF, and over 100 bond buyers were given 15 minute rides. Two individuals bought $1,000 bonds and over $20,000 in war bond 3 were sold In this manner.

One man, 69 years old, was given his first ride in an airplane and was very enthused. Pilot3 were Capt. Kenneth D. Kipmel, Lt W. N.

Kite, Lt James Stuart, Lt Jack Buettgenbach, Lt. Ted Powell, Flight Officer Earl Stewart, Tom Dorian, and Carl Bishop. The state mobilization of the Nebraska wing of the civil air patrol was held in Fremont in August, 1943, and at Ashland in 1944 at the national guard camp. On August 26, at Ashland, an order was received from the Second AAF headuarters directing that a search mission be flown by the Nebraska wing of the CAP in search of the missing crew members who had parachuted out of a crippled bomber in the local area the previous day. Within a few minutes after the call was received, the first CAP planes took off from the Ashland field on tho mission.

The search was continued the rest of that day, Sunday, and Monday. Lt. ButterM Cited Recently, Col. Earle Johnson, national commander, presented a merit citation award to Lt Ernest V. Butters, training officer of Omaha Suadron 1, for action performed last October 26 at Norfolk.

During ceremonies dedicating the new airport there, one of the 47s flying in a formation crashed when it came in to land, and Lt Butters was one of the first to reach the scene. He found the pilot, Lt Joe Steiner, suffering from a broken arm and leg, and cuts on the face. He applied a splint to the broken arm, and rendered other first aid, then helped remove the flier bom the wreck. Lt Nebraska SIM ft Meets Jack Dempsey Flying demands a Jot of hard thrill and saf if faction it provide. To of aviation knowledge' for the local Woelile aires instruction fa weekly i i Excellent Season Jan Smith senior from Bearer City.

Marshall Junior from Oxfords lame professor of history: lame Caytom Former members of the local squadron agree that their CAP training helped tremendously in becoming acquainted with the service. Marvin Davis, AS now stationed with the IT. S. navy at Los Angeles, writes that the training he re eel In CAP "helped a 1 a was one of the promising cadets of the Lincoln squad ron before enlisting in Marvin Davis the navy, and learned about military courtesy, first aid. eommunicat lens, guard rules, military organization, aircraft identification, in courses offered by the local squadron.

"Civil air patrol training is good for everyone. writes Marvin, "and it certainly has helped me. even though I'm In the navy. Re LLt MM HASTINGS COLLEGE DEBATE TEAM, under tho direction ot Dr. George D.

Wllcoxoa. bat completed tho debate season with an unuxually fine record of achievement. Two team participated ia conference debate at tho Univertity of Nebraska, where Dwlgbt Cramer and lame Cay ton received on excellent raiiaqt and two team participated in two nom decision debates at tbo State Teacher college at Kearney i two team entered tho Nebratka Intercollegiate forensic tournament at Midland, where Darrel Christenaon took second place In oratory, and lames Ollt received tn Class A discussions. SPAR Delma Samples (left), yeoman third class, Stamford, and Jean Gray, storekeeper first class, Kansas City, meet a former world's heavyweight champion, Coast Guard Commander lack Dfempsey, physical training officer, when he visited the SPAR barracks in Honolulu. Commander Dernpsey is on duty in the Pacific area, checking recreational equipment aboard coast guard manned combat vessels and remote shore stations, (Official Coast Guard Photo).

Pictured bete, front row. Jeff to right, ore Clarice ietmaa, sopbe from Arcadia; Betty lean foot freshman from Omaha; Hama Herrman. junior from Bayard; and Back row. left to right, are Roy Oiiis. senior from Ord, Dr.

Wikoxon. worn tcgari ana Vwlght Cramer, freshman from Hastings,.