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i Vol. 1—No. 21
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, February 13, 1943
Hews digest,,.
Income Tax Payers
“Wednesday of next week all
hands will be notified by mail of
the total taxable Navy pay they
have earned during the past year,”
Lt. (jg) E. E. Mack, Jr., dis
bursing officer, announced yester
day.
On next Thursday and Friday
an office will be set up on the sec
ond deck in Alexander Hall to aid
all hands with their income tax
problems. An officer will be pres
ent throughout the day to answer
any questions, and all those con
cerned are urged to drop by and
clear up their problems. Income
tax foi-ms (1040 and 1040A) will
he available.
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Returns from Memphis
Comdr. John P. Graff, USN
(Ret.), commanding officer, spent
two days at the Naval Air Sta
tion, Memphis, Tenn., during the
past week.
While at Memphis, Comdr. Graff
observed the progress being made
hy Chapel Hill Pre-Flight cadets
stationed there. He personally
talked to many of them, and stated
Upon his return, that, for the most
part, he is pleased with the record
they are making.
In the near future Captain J.
Cronin, commanding officer at
plans to visit Chapel
Hill.
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Raised to Full Lieutenants
Promoted recently to the rank
full lieutenants were Edward
Hodgkins, Pre-Flight personnel
officer, and Alexander B. Cloud,
instructor in the academic depart
ment.
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Cadets May Attend
Cadets are invited to attend the
omjYiy Reynolds concert this af-
®i'noon at 1600 in Memorial Hall.
“Admission is 25 cents stag, and 40
^®nts per couple.
"Tonight in Woollen gym at 2100
ommy Reynolds and his orches-
is playing for the final set of
•See TS^EW 'S DIGEST, page U
Meet Indian Leo Thompson
First Full Blooded Indian
In Pre-Flight Training
Leo Thompson, pictured above, a member of the Seneca Nation and
the Iroquois Tribe, is the first full blooded Indian to be sworn into the
Naval Air Corps. Stationed here for his Pre-Flight training. Cadet
Thompson, as he is now known, is a member of the 18th Battalion.
*“The Seneca Nation is one of six nations of the Iroquois Tribe,”
young Thompson, who’s only 19 and a high school graduate, told a
Cloudbuster reporter this week. There are 1200 Indians in the
Seneca Nation,” he added, “and over 100 of them are in the service.
It just happens that I’m the only one in the V-5 program.”
Cadet Thompson has three brothers, none of whom are in the
service. Two older sisters are serving as nurses, however, one being
a Lieut, in the Army, and the other an Ensign in the Navy. The
one in the Army has already gone outside the States, says Thompson.
After graduating from high school, Thompson worked as a welder
and steel worker until he was sworn into the V-5 program last
August 7. He took Primary CPT at Edinburg State Teachers College
in Pennsylvania, and his three roommates here Dick Hale, Dan
Gillon, and Moe Naylon—took their Primary CPT training , there
with him. ^ • i. •
Asked why he decided to enter the Naval air service, he im
mediately replied that he wanted to get in something “exciting” and
he thought this was it. He wants to fly; he’s looking forward to
being attached to an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. That he will do
a good job seems very likely for he’s as full blooded as any American
alive, and he’s ready to do his part in defeating the Axis,
BuPers Or^er
Cancels Future
Cadet Leaves
Official announcement that
cadets hereafter will receive no
leave on completion of their Pre-
Flight training, but will go di
rectly in drafts from Chapel Hill
to their Reserve Bases was made
this week by Lt. Comdr. James P.
Raugh, USNR, executive officer
here.
The last to get leaves were mem
bers of the 13th Battalion who
went out 10-days ago.
Lt. Comdr. Raugh stated that
the change was brought about in
accordance with a BuPers order
of Jan. 19. Quoted was the follow
ing paragraph of BuPers letter:
“In view of the uncertainties
of travel at the individual’s ex
pense; the serious transportation
difficulties prevalent throughout
the country on all types of com
mon carriers due to necessary and
urgent military travel; and the
reports received in the Bureau
from Naval Air Stations and
Naval Reserve Aviation Bases
that aviation cadets are reporting
at scattered and irregular inter
vals, with numerous cases of ab
sence over leave, orders will not
be issued at U. S. Navy Pre-Flight
Schools which authorize leave for
aviation cadets, or delay en route.
All aviation cadets will be trans
ferred to Primary Flight Train
ing Schools in drafts.”
Six New Officers
Report for Duty
Six new officers reported for
duty here during the past week.
Coming from the Recognition
School at Ohio State University
were Lieut. Alexander McLeish,
Lt. (jg) Charles E. Golbreath, and
Lt. (jg) James L. Reidy, and from
the Fleet Air Detachment, U. S.
Atlantic Feet, Naval Air Station,
Norfolk, Va., came Lt. (jg) John
Logan.