Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-01-25 | Page 10 | Urge "U" Gridders to Join Air Branch |

Type	issue
Date	1918-01-25
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Urge "U" Gridders to Join Air Branch
Type	article
Date	1918-01-25
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	10
OCR Text	Show URGE "U" GRIDDERS TO JOIN AIR BRANCH A request that football players of the University of Utah be encouraged to make application for training as aviators in the army has been made to President John A. Widtsoe by Major E. Z. Steever by direction of the chief signal officer. The letter points out that men of athletic ath-letic attainments and especially those who have played football are admirably fitted to operate airplanes. Application blanks were enclosed with the letter to be given to those football players whom President Widtsoe might recommend. This is another instance in the present war where athletes have been found of great value to the nation because of their training in sports.
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