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...last week at Mitchel Field. Long Island, Major General Frank Maxwell Andrews considered it necessary to issue the following communique: "I notice from some press reports that there is a tendency to indicate that the Army GHQ Air Force is planning to fight a war by itself. I would like to correct that impression. . . We must realize that in common with the mobilization of the air force in this area, the ground arms of the Army would also be assembling, prepared to take the major role in repelling the actual landing forces. ... I want to ask that...
With eight lettermen returning, Coach Fred Mitchel finds only two positions which will be difficult to fill, third base and right field. In practice sessions in the cage, Dick Ulen, two-year Jayvee veteran, seems slated for the hot-corner spot, while Jo-Jo Soltz, due to heavy hitting, is leading the pack for the right field post. Considered a strong contender for third base, Fred Heckel will be lost to the team for eight weeks following a wrist injury in the Yale basketball game...
...Army-was reported to have wanted the passport blanks for the use of an international "spy ring." By week's end the agents arrested two of Mr. Rumrich's alleged confederates, Erich Glaser, a 28-year-old German-born private in the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron stationed at Mitchel Field, New York City's air defense centre, and Johanna Hofmann, a 26-year-old German hairdresser on the liner Europa. According to officials, all admitted that they were working for a "foreign power" but officials ostentatiously forebore to mention Germany by name...
...preparation for the five game schedule Coach Mitchel had his first complete outdoor practice yesterday and had the outfield squad out on Wednesday...
...Force -began a fortnight's play at war under the toughest conditions it could find, in winter-ridden New England. Since there was no "enemy," no "tactical problem," but merely a fight against Nature, the maneuvers themselves proved of little interest to the public. Using Mitchel Field, N. Y., Concord, N. H. and Burlington, Vt. as bases, 62 pursuit, attack and bombing planes carrying 216 men, began chasing back & forth over snowy hills to test equipment and find out, among other things, if machine-gun oil will lubricate at sub-zero temperatures. What made last week...