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Show KACfTIMj MISSION Weekend Filers Are Main Cog In Marine Corps Air Reserve U"l ' Features. j n rc " thPv're Generally dubbed, but these Week-end fliers, they re g enej marine Leatherneck volunteers pug an mieg reserye -rps aviation em e Jfmission, corpS ofilcials S&Eft "oS Ks first year of actm.es, winch ! 4"iS!iil step in launching the organized reserve pro- gram 12 months ago. 2U Leather-neck Leather-neck fighting squadrons composed of week-end fliers were activated. Since then a total of 24 noting squadrons have been formed Motivated by the principle that the reserve is the force needed in an emergency, no effort is spared to make the reserve a combat-reafly I unit, according to Brig Gen. C Schilt. commander of the marine air reserve training command. "Every night has been eon-ducted eon-ducted to further the pilot s military proficient y." General Schilt insists. Training for enlisted en-listed men commenced with the first drill period and has been organized on every level of skill j from basic training to aircraft engineering, he adds. For their annual summer maneuvers, maneu-vers, the marine week-end fliers will congregate at Cherry Point, N. C. and El Toro, Calif , from August Au-gust 14 through August 29. The 12 RESERVE FLIERS Ready for Combat east coast squadrons will assemble at Cherry Point while the 12 west coast air reserve units will participate partici-pate in the El Toro maneuvers. The maneuvers are designed to co-ordinate all individual and squadron squad-ron training with problems of close air support of marine ground units. While close air support will be the primary function, air defense will play an important secondary part. Although the fighting squadrons were activated first, two other phases of the marine corps' postwar post-war program also have been emphasized. empha-sized. They are formation of the marine ground control intercept squadrons and training of the volunteer vol-unteer reserve. The ground control intercept squadrons, successors to the air warning squadrons of World War II, are equipped with radar and communications com-munications gear with the mission of detecting enemy aircraft and controlling con-trolling friendly aircraft to intercept enemy planes. Training of members of the volunteer vol-unteer reserve has been conducted on marine air stations at both El Toro and Cherry Point. Reserve units are receiving training as funds and facilities permit. This Proves There's No 'Perfect Crime' j NEW CASTLE, DEL -As New Castle's night police force consists ! of only one patrolman, two burglars thought they had figured out the i perfect crime. They broke into a grocery store ! directly across the street from the ; state police station, where they could watch Patrolman Francis J Hewlett sitting at his well-lighted desk. However, Hewlett spied the burglars bur-glars and telephoned the state police po-lice barracks five miles awav. "Two men just broke into Piatt's grocery right across the street," he said' "They can see me, so if I make a move they'll scram." Ten minutes later the burglars still watching Hewlett, were startled when state policemen pounced on them. ! Leaves Legs Behind PITTSBURGH. PA. - Someone walked away and left his legs behind. be-hind. Police report finding two arti flcial legs complete with socks gar-j gar-j ters and shoes. The legs, they' said had been worn recently. |