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,>my Air Corps Training Center
1 i To Speed Up Defense Program
aanute Field, The Home of the
-'Corps Technical School. Ran
j ;], Illinois ,is the key instruc- Ex
T 1 center in the iAr Corps
•sion Program. A rehabilitated
- ’nute Field—a veritable city
oi^iin itself—is rapidly springing peak of
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! r '. Expansion Program has been
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: , j ,‘ched. the total personnel of the
: Id will number over 15,000 en
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iV’erhaps relatively new persons
Ujjde 5 .'(tally realize the scope and mag
of this undertaking. Pre
us to the Expansion Program,
maximum output of trained
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i f hnical specialists for any given
; . ir never exceeded 900 men.
: s jring 1940 and 1941 the schedule
: j , *000 'itemplates the training of over
: j technicians at the Chanute
I ,?ld Branch of the Air Corps
! j ’chnical School alone. This will
i , ’cessitate Chanute Field stepping
; I, [ its activities to accomodate ov
.j seven-and-one-half times its
i -r.evious record output. The ctirri
I 1 - lum of the Air Corps Technical
-,-hool embraces all phases of vit-
1 t ''{ ’nance: ' importance to Aviation main
( airplane mechanics, radio
.‘pairers and operators, aircraft
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welders, aircaft machinists, aireaft
metal-workers, and numerous oth
er specialists courses, which in
clude carburetion specialists, in
strument specialists, propeller
specialists, electrical specialist,
parachute riggers and Link
Trainer specialists.
The time required to complete a
course varies, depending upon the
nature of the subject. The radio
repairers and operators course,
Depariment of Communications,
requires six months of instruc
tion, as does the airplane me
chanies course—which is under the
jurisdiction of the Department of
Mechanics. However, the special
ists courses with the exception of
the Link-Trainer course, are of
four weeks duration; the latter, 6
weeks. To become eligible for the
carburetor, propeller, electrical
and instrument specialists course,
the applicant must be a graduate
of the airplane mechanics course;
and the Link-Trainer course is
available to selected graduates of
the radio repairers-operators
course.
Which course is desired mostly
by the applicants? A .study of the
shows that eighty to nine-
ty-percent of the men request the
airplane mechanics course. All men
can not become mechanics since a
I favorable balance must be main
tained for the proper functioning
of the School as well as fulfill the
requirements of the tactical units
of the Army Air Corps. For these
basic reasons, all applicants—prior
to their assignment to one of the
courses—must appear before the
trade test department of the ACTS
for examination. The tests are to
determine three things: (a) Can
the applicant successfully finish
the course in the limited time al
lowed? (b) In which course shall
he be entered? (c) Will he success
fully graduate and secure his di
ploma? Applicants for enlistment
in the Army Air Corps Technical
School have been of unusuilly high
calibre ,as only four percent o< all
men applying for enlistment at
Chanute Field have been rejected
for failure to meet the Trade Tests I
requirements.
To the Air Corps itself, this pro
gram means a method of securing
qualified specialists so vital to the
successful upkeep of their aircraft
To Civil Aviation, although the
results may not be noticeable im
mediately, it will provide an in
flux of skilled workers when and
if these men leave the Service and
seek employment within the in
dustry. To National Defense. a
trained reserve, regardless of the
subsequent employment of grad
uates should they leave the ser
vic*. 1
At one point in its history. Cha- !
nute Field was on the verge 0 f
being abandoned as it was consid
ered of little value to the Air.
Corps, The School authorities made
out a strong case and won their j
point. The advance in Aviation, I
the complexities of modern design
and the increase in the technical
, equipment have more than justi
fled the decision to retain the Tech
nical School. Today, a new station
is rising on the site of the old,
wa -time structure. A few bar
racks of 2200 man capacity is
rapidly nearing completion. A
modern central heating plant is
already in operation. Concrete
roads and walks checkerboard th ■
new area. Two new hangars an
School buildings, the most advanc
ed type in the Army, are in o
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Stewart Says—
All Sign* Point
To Coming Boom
—but Afterward*?
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
rr BOOMS could be guaranteed
j j to go on booming the latest indefinitely forecast into by
the future,
the agriculture department's bu
| reau of economics would be quite
a chee rful prediction,
Between our
defense pro
gram' s demands
for more and
I more industrial
workers and
our conscrip
tion of men for
military train
ing, it’s the bu
reau's opinion
that 1941 will
see a reduction
in the number
of unemployed j
Charles P. Americans by
* Stewart about 2.500,000.
This sounds
like a very moderate estimate. I’d
have guessed that the figure would
be larger than the one the bureau
, mentions. However, that’s the one
.it does mention.
Anyway, it will be fine, at least
temporarily, for those who, at
present jobless, get back into well
paying positions, Indeed, the
bureau looks for wage boosts,
though it admits that they may
be partially offset by higher costs
of living. As for the draftees?
Well, I’d rather be even a draftee
than on no pay roll whatever,
i And. adds the bureau, in its an
nual outlook report, should world
conditions become still more acute,
"industrial activity would experi
ence a yet greater increase."
Not So Cheerful
The report's a bit glum concern
ing the farmers. It hints at "a
further slump in agricultural ex
ports.” I don't exactly understand
why. I'd think that, with other
folk so busy fighting, they’d have
to buy more farm stuff from us
than ever, to supplement their j
war-reduced domestic supplies. But
I suppose the explanation is that j
they simply will have to cut down
on their rations, not having
enough left over, after their bel
ligerent expenses, to foot the bill
for a normal amount of imported
edible*.
No matter, though. If our farm
ers find their export markets in
sufficient to absorb our agricul
tural surplusage, they can get into
our thriving urban industries, or
be conscripted, if they’re young
enough
Things doubtless will adjust
themselves automatically. We’ll
all be busier than a dog trying to
bury a bone on a marble floor—no
unemployment, everything lovely
The trouble with a dog, endeav
oring to bury a bone on a marble
floor, is that he must ultimately
realize that he isn’t actually ac
complishing anything.
Now - what ' s bein K accomplished.
in a constructive way. by an indus
try engaged in the production of I
war supplies * Such so-called pro
miction is in a class with leaf
raking There’s a modicum of use
in that, perhaps. Leaves, left on
ground, are a nuisance They
may dry up, get an accidental
burning match tossed among them
and start a mean fire. But, gen
orally speaking, leaf - raking is
what’s referred to by Socialists as
"made work." It’s provided mainly
j«st to give somebody a job—of no
particular value. It’s a dole, in
effect.
A „ previously remarke a. ]ea f
r a.king; may prevent a few nasty
(ires. In that sense it's insurance,
Far be it from me to say that
>ational defense preparation isn’t
nsurance against attack from
ibroad. It is, but insurance premi
ums don’t buy any asset. I keep
ny house insured and have some
ife insurance, but my house hasn't
'aught fire up to date and I
haven't died yet. In the meantime
[ don’t get any returns on my in
vestment. It’s money down a rat
hole I’m protected but I’m not
economically benefitted.
Corking High Rat*>
At the moment Uncle Sam has
*o pay a corking high insurance
rate, but we re not getting any
thing of current use out of it.
We almost certainly will get a
boom while we’re forking out the
premiums, but we ll be that much
harder up later, as the extra
emergency passes. At that potn’’
we’ll cut down, and then our boom
will bust.
This may seem editorial.
Nevertheless, the agricultural
department's economic bureau
agrees with it, for it says, in its
annual report:
A settlement of some of the
world’s present difficulties will
bring "a let-down in tension and
decelerate the industrial machine."
The bureau's suspicious of a
J boom, in short. Not that it ob
I jects to the b'-'-n, but it dreads its
"decelerate"
: eration with an additional struc
! ture to be completed in tne near
; future. A modern hospital of 120
bed capacity will be ready for
occupancy about August 15, 1940.
Warehouses, paved aprons, quart
ers, sewerage, water and lighting
I system and numerous other in
stallations go to make-up the en
larged physical plant o - ,f the ACTS
and Chanute Field. Pending com
pletion of the permanent projects,
63 temporary barracks of 60 man
! capacity have bsen erected to
j ' period hou.se of the the personnel Expansion during Program. the
Malcolm V. White
Ordained at a
Special Service
The five official delegates and
other members of Sardis Church,
at Oxford, attende-’ the State Con
ference of the Congregational
Christian Church held at Demor
est Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 29th and 30th. A special
feature of this state meeting was
the ordination of the pastor of
Sardis Church, Malcolm Vernon
White Following a fellowship
supper Tuesday night Superin
tendent Scott read a request of
the churches of the Macedonia
parish that their pastor be exam
ined, and. if approved, ordained.
Mr. White was called upon to read
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his statement of faith and relig
ious experience. Mr. White was
examined further. He presented
his credentials, proving he was a
member of a church, a licensed
minister, and received Bachelor
of Arts degree from Harvard Uni
versity, and a Bachelor of Divinity
degree from Union Teological
Seminary. The conference voted
unanimously to ordain the can
didate.
Wednesday afternoon the main
order of service was the ordina
tion of Malcolm Vernon White. 1
After the singing of a hymn, Dean
A. R. Van Cleave of
College and chairman of the com
mittee on ministerial standing,
presented the candidate to
erend Carpenter, the acting mod
erator. Rev. T. L. Leverett
the prayer of invocation, and Mr.
Health Program
At Univ. of Ga.
To Be Expanded
The Uhiversity of Georgia at
Athens will offer an extended
health service program when the
new infirmary, given the Univer
Van Cleave read the Scripture les
son. The moderator then ques
tioned the candidate on his belief
in the scriptures, his call to the
ministry, and his intentions to
serve the church and its members
faithfully. The members of the
churches of Macedonia parish
then pledged their support to their
pastor.
sity recently by Judge S. F|ri ce
Gilbert, of Sea Island, is opened.
Sub-committees of the general
faculty committee on plans for the
new campus hospital were an
nounced by Kenneth R. Williams,
dean of students and chairman of
the committee.
The sub-committees will study
the types of health service to be
offered, the possibility of student
hospital insurance, research in
Georgia diseases, and the possible
sites and actual construction.
The committee on types of ser
vice will consoler an expanded
health program including inspec
tion of eating places for students
medical tests, ahd more thorough
both on the campus and off. fol
low-up examinations after first
physical examinations.
Personnel of the sub- committees
follows:
Types of health service: Dr. R
C. Wilson, dean of the School
Pharmacy, H. Boyd, director chairman, of. the and divk n r SPA
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