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Show Armed Forces Gene E. Bird, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Emmett Bird, was among the new group of aviation cadets who were recently transferred to Miner Field, near Bakersfield, Cal., to receive basic flying training, according to word received here. The communication further states, "he will undertake a more extensive exten-sive course of study in the ground school, master arts of formation flying, take part in many crosscountry cross-country flights, and thus prepare himself completely for the battle to Victory." Mrs. Mary Jackson of East Center Cen-ter street in this city, now has three sons in the service, she reported re-ported this week. Ray P. Jackson is somewhere in England, Carl W. is in Alaska, and Ernest J. is in Texas. Mr. and Mrs. .Will Taylor also have three sons in the service Clarence, Vern, and Mark Taylor. They are serving in the engineers, navy and air corps, respectively. Vernon J. Tipton has joined the U. S. army air force and arrived early this month at San Antonio, Texas, for training. Bernell Noakes spent the past week with relatives here. He is with the U. S. navy and was at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Jap attack, receiving a minor injury in-jury from a Jap bomb. He has been in the navy about three years. Vernal Bird, son of Mrs. Walter Bird, has returned to camp in California following a few days furlough spent with his mother and other relatives here. He was recently transferred from an army camp in Washington. Howard Salisbury left Wednesday Wednes-day for Tucson, Ariz., where he will take his preliminary training for the navy. In his honor a farewell fare-well social was conducted in the Fourth ward Monday evening, with a large group of friends and relatives attending. Lamar "Tabby" Roylance has been placed in full charge of the parachute department at the Colorado Colo-rado Springs air depot at Colorado Springs, Colo. He was recently transferred there from the Salt Lake air base. |