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CORI^iUSKTR CAP KEIVS
CAP'rLITRS IK GROUP 765 -.ILL RECEIVE
av:ard.s
for
Page . 1
January 1950
blizzard
v:qrk
I J AT I O l ^ A L
SENDS
r.tESSAGE
TO
H S B R A S i a O K B L I Z Z A R D A ! r. : i V E R S A R Y
Ma yo r o f Sco ttsb l u ff Pro cl a i ms "Op e ra
t i o n S n o r / ' b o u n d i f Ye e k " j D e n v e r O f fi c i a l
to "be Guest Sneaker
T h e r. a y o r o f - S c o t t s b l u ff , V, R <
Blackledge has issued a proclamation
liajor General Lucas V, Beau,
USAF, National Commander, Civil Air
Patrol has sent the following message
to all members of the Nebraska
Civil Air Patrol, on the"anniversary
of "Operation Snov.'bound",
s e t i i n g o v. t t h e v ^ e e k f r o m J a n * 2 3 t o 3 0
"s "Operation Snoirboiaid ^.eek" in that
"1, The month of January 1950
witnesses the first anniversary of
city.
Commerce of the Horth Platte Valley at
one of the greatest secirch-rescuemercy-evacuatdon missions in the .
h i s t o r y o f o u r c o u n t r y, . A s a r e s u l t
of the ovenvhelming emergency created
by unfavorable blizzard conditions
during .the month of January 1949,
there was instigated a project knowTi
as "Operation Snov,'bound", The ex
tent of the services r)e.rform6d, mis
ery and suffering alleviated, and the
number of lives saved ' ill probably
Scottsbluff,
never
This v:eek v/ill be culminated v>'ith
the ar^ording of medals to Civil Air Pa
trol fliers v'ho took port in rescue v/ork
curing, the Blizzard of »49 by Brig, Gen,
'.arren Carter, commanding officer et •
Lov^ry Air Force Bpse, Denver, Colorado
on tho evening of January 30, The
av^rrds r/ill be presented at a rerulor
meeting of the Associated Chambers of
The dinner meeting, at rhich the
mayor of Denver — Quigg Nev/ton — r/ill
b e t h e m a i n s p e a k e r, v / i l l fi n d Z 6 C A p
fliers from Scottsbluff and Bayard re
ceiving awards for meritorious service
and .distinguished service in the CAP,
Other quests at the dinner vdll bo
!^j, Fre'd Bonfils, Denver Post business
be
known. All
elements
of
the
De;^artment of Defense nlayed some
p a r t i n t h e t r e r. e n d o u s u n d e r t a k i n g
of "Operation Snov/bound",
"2, The 'jart played by the Civil
Air Patrol, and particularly by the
Ifebraska V.'ing, has not gone unrecog
nized, Ilany favorable comments and
v^ords of deep annreciation were re-
ceived from the Secretary of Defense,
t h e S e c r e t a r y a n d t h e C h i e f o f S t a ff
of the Air Force* It was .recently my
pleasure to Prepare Certificates of
manager; Ch?.rles Puxton, assistant'business manager of the Post; J^d Dooley,
assistent to the publisher of the Post;
Alexis l.lcKinney, executive nev-/s editor
of the Postj P<?.lrAer Hoytpublisher and
editor of the Post; Ben Ecsig, presi-'
dent of'the Denver Chamber of Commerce;
E, D# ilicholson, assistant to the presid a n t a n d C l y d e S h e r r a r, r e g i o n a l t r a f
Axvard based upon the recommendations
of the Commanding Officer of the Ne
braska Vfing, which cited a number of
fi c m r n n g e r, b o t h o f U n i t e d A i r l i n e s a t
highest possible CT^P awards v/are .
Denver; and Jack Fitzoatrick, ner.'s edi
t o r f o r r a d i o s t a t i o n : ' : F E L , D e n v e r,
:!ayor Blackledge in his orocla-
mation said, "the residents of the North
P l a t t e Va l l e y v i l l r e c a l l t h e h a r d s h i p s
suffering and loss of human life occa
individuals
for
their
heroic
and
self-
sacrificing participation in this
Operation, . Unf ortunately .tv/o of the
b e s t o v / e d p o s t h u m o u s l y. T h i s f a c t i n
itself
is
an
indication
to
the
extent
that the Nebraska V.'ing of the Civil
Air Patrol particirjated in "Operation
Snowbound,"
"3, Inasmuch as I am of the
sioned by the never-to-be-forgotten
firm belief that in an Operation of
blizzard of 1949," It is in recogni
iiiis type only the completely out
tion of the many individuals and organi-
standing individuals received
(cont, page 2)
(cont, page 2)
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CORNHUSKER CAP mJS
CAP FLirJ^S TO BE HONORED (cont fr Page 1)
MITCHELL UNIT FINDS LOST "AIRCRAFT"
I N E ' c C T ' S C A N Y O N - O P E R AT I O N J A C K P O T
zations v/ho gave so unselfishly of .their
suffer
"Operations Jaclcpot" vas success*-
ing of their fellav men that the procla
fully executed by the :!itchell Squadf
un-dying gratitude of the storm victims,"
day, January 8, . The alarm was giTren-;
at 10:30, and at 1.1:00 the mission
had beenassembled,.briefed and
he
l a u n c h e d . T h e m i s s i o n v. ' a f ? a s e a r c h ,
time
and
effort
to
alleviate
the
ron: of ..the. Civil-Air Patrol cm-Sun- (
mation was made, Blackledge stated.
"These individuals and organizations
vill alv/ays have the much-deserved and
said.
for a "lost aircraft"^ The lost airjicraft" v.'as planted in a remote loca
To p p i n g t h e l i s t o f C A P fl i e r s
to be recognized v/ill be V/arrant Officer
tion the preceding day by Captain
John C. Huff and IrTilliam F. 0*Brien,
V, J , P i e ^ e r, O p e r a t i o n s O f fi c e r
and Jim Casson—n-ho were the only
both of Allir.nce, v/ho lost their lives
in "Operation Snowbound" activities.
ones .to know the location of the
Just hov; the posthumous av^iards v.lll be
made has not been fully arranged. The
tT.'o Y.'ill receive distinguished servi'.ce
6v;ards, Receivinj;, the same av/ardc will
be »!aj, LJathev: P. Brennan of Mitchell;
C?nt, Jack L, Lewis of Bayard"; and
Caot, 'liilliam H, Ostenberg III of Scotts-
aircraft until a search group led .
by Cadet Art McKeo^'Ta discovered it
bluff,
given the members of the squadron
rushed to the City Hall to be brief
•
during the course of the search,
'The search came as a complete
surprise to the cadets and senior
members, and v/hen the alarm vms
ed by Cantain H. L. Black, Squadron ^
An exceptional service aivard is
t o b e m a d e t o Wa r r a n t O f fi c e r Vi r g i l F,
Plummer of Bayard,
Commander, on what to look for and
hov/ the search v/ould be conducted.
Meritorious service av/ards are ex^
pected to be made to the follov/irigi
At 11:00 A7^, the sg\jadron .
headed for the Lanta Campbell farm,
Lt, Robert K, Knox, Lt, Everett L, Hax
south-west of Mitchell, vhere'the
by, Chester"Fliesbach, Kenneth E, Smith,
"plane" had last been sighted. The
Ed-tvin V;, Sievers, Earl Mead, 'fisrwin Barfoot, Fay Clark, 'Villiam R, Frank,
Henry ?chmunk, John Stacken, Lyle'Ander
son, Ralph Ulilkon, Donald Pearson,
T.'alter Kramer and Gene Chase, all of
Scottsbluff, and Robert Schumacher of
iiinatare. The follov/ing are to re
group traveled as far as Brown's
Canyon via cars, and from there the
search v/as conducted on foot. The
various searches r.'ere commanded by
walkie-talkie radio from the top of
a nearby hill, ivhere a command post
on hand for the ceremony; Donald Boyer,
had been set up by Springer Jones
ond Jay Bailey, They ^-ere connected
to the field headquarters a half mile
Ja 0, Butcher; y,"illiam Grant, Sam Flint
av^'ay by field telephone, .Messages
ceive the same awards, but may not be
a n d V, L , H u n g e r, a l l o f A l l i a n c e , a n d •
vrere relayed from headquarters to-the
Solomon Luft and Elmer L, Norman, both
command post "-nd from there to the
of Chadroh, Several CAP cadets, inclu
individual search units.
d i n g V. - i l f r e d H u n t , G l e n S p e e r a n d J a m e s
• S t o c k v v e l l , J r, , ' a l l o f B a y a r d , . a r e e x
Larry Birdsa'll, Art rcKeofn, Harold
pected to receive the meritorious ser
Kautz land Supply Officer V/arner
vice a^-.'ards.
s e a r c h e d t h e h i l l s f r o m 11 : 3 0 t i l l
(^-^COTTSDLUFF DAILY STAR HERALD,-
Si00" Fx.:, at v.'hich time the lost plane
Sunday Edition, l/2o/50)
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civil
air
patrol*
* published monthly by AF-CAP staff, *
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Pour imits, headed by Cadets • .
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was located by Cadet I.tcKeov.oi'is unit.
They reported to headquarters at
3j00 that the plane had been found
(cont - Do.ge 3)
C0KHHUPK2R CAP IJEl'.'S
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January 1950
BOY PCOIfP VI'^ IT IIORTH PL-ATTE CAP IIWIT IiES^SACtE GEI^HAL BSATT (cont f r P 1)
Boy Scout Troop 295, in line
with their theme of the month, "Pre*'
paring for Trouble" hiked to the C4P
headquarters p.t ITorth Platte I.Iunicipnl
A i r p o r t o n a r e c e n t S u n d a y,
Lt, Darrell Becb?ith of the Civil
Air patrol explained the setup for
emergencies, the T/allcie-talkie radio
and a plr-n to include alerting of Boy
Scouts in case of disaster,or emergency,
individual recognition, I am, there
fore, taking this opportunity to
congratulate "nd to express apprecia
tion
to
the
vrious
members
of
the
Nebraska ^'ing ivho aided so megnificiertly vrithout individual recognition
in this nroject# I am also of the
belief
that
a
number
of
patriotic
c i t i z e n s , n o t t h e n a s s o c i a t e d v. - i t h
the Civil Air ^atrol, contributed to
a great extent in this Or)er<^tion, and
a number of those nersons are now
nr.ch boy vas given a demonstration
of the Link Tr;"iner at the end of the
oro^rt m, ' Scoutmc^sters Gene Haviaux,
'/vTfjrett Slack nnd Eric 01 sen accom-
'•;\niod the- boys as did committee ch:^ir:r .11 Ed Johannesen#
?r:;Licm
received
m
counted in our midst. The v:ords of
appreciation I send herev/ith come from,
all
elements,
of
the
Civil
Air
Patrol
as a national organization. All vho
r/ere in any way connected r;ith "Opera
tion SnoA'/lound'' in the near disastrous
ronth of January 1949 are to be com-
plirrented, and they should realize
thnt they are the recipients of our
Nation's undying gratitude,
iiEBRA^ia
Probably most of you have seen
u'.-ic January issue of AP. TPvAIIjS
s/ Lucas V, Beau
V,
liAOAEIiiE • • • cadets vrho attended
s T ^ i r. r. e r e n o a m p n e n t a t R a p i d C i t y i v i l l
• e esDecially interected in this issue
v.'hich c.-^rries a series of the photo
graphs Captain Boi^man took of comp
activities.
beau
j.^ajor GcnerV.l, IISAF
Commanding" •
"OPnPJi.'"IONS JACKPOT" I-irXD AT :-.^ITaiKLL
(cont fr P. 2)
Copies of the OctcbcT a?c';c
of AIR TR/ILS v:ere ccnt to aj.! unit
commanderse In addition vo the regu
l a r s e c t i o n o n C A P, x h e r o u s a
and the pilot (a diAmmy) had been
killed in tho crash,- •
STjocial story., "i-inutemcn of the.Air"
on Pajve 36 of this i.TSi;e v.'h;\ch out
lines the position of the Air Ife.tional
'^'uard in the present-day mj.'icary
c-^ganization knovn an the ))o-(rrtncnt
of Defense, This articlc should be
of interest to all CAP rierboi-s«
I ' i a j o r l i a t h o v ; H r e r j i o n a r. d C a p t a i n
'Villiam Ostenberg of Group ''GS arc
u.cntioned in the story^ "3ii:izard of
in the December issuo of .tho
D u r i r. g t h e s e a r c h a n l a n e fl o i - m
alternately by Captain Black and
Captain "^ieper kept track of<thc units
and mossf^gec v/ere dropped from the
plane to add in the search.
As the search fended, 'liss 'Vanda
Campbell arr-.vsd at xho headquarters
and infonr.cd xhe squadron that they
•>;ere invixtd to stop at the Cr-mpbell
hom.e for coffee-^nd hcmbui^r^. This
invitation was readily accepted and
as soon as the equipment v.-as gathered
RTi-^DERS DIGEST,
and starved away the sru'=idron pro
The JJEA JOIIRJIAL for November,
ceeded to the C •^•:pbell horre i.here-
1949 states that at least 17h higN
hamburgers, cake, doughnuts, and
.'5chools in 35 states have inaugurated
coffee were" served to the 22 cadets
aviation
classos—most
of
vhich
are
using the CAP Aviation Study ?!anual.
and 10 senior members v;ho took part
in
tho
ooeration.
J a n u a r y. 1 9 5 0
.
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RED CROSS RT-PRESENT AT IVE VISITS SQ 1 •
The meeting of CSnaha Squadron 1
members at Fort-Omaha on January 12
opened at 7: 30 p,m, vith 1009^ attendence.
To get our meeting off to a good
strrt^ v:q had r very encouraging to.lk
by C'ptain Simoson, the comnrndep of
Fort Onrhe, Ke -^.ssured us that he
is doing cYerything ho crn to maint'^.in « pern«nont hor e for Squadron 1
at Fort Omaha, ''"e re?.lly appreciate
everything he has done,
y.'e rcre very fortunate in hav
ing as our guest '.!r, ''•'illiaiii J,
0*Hoarn, Red Cross representative
v'ho vas formerly a CAP merrber, Ilr,
O'Hearn had planned to- shovv the group
a picture on Red Cross disostefs but,
'"IiYGS-FOR FIVE IN OliAKA SQUADRON 1 this film was not aveilable^ he
shoved a very interesting picture
o f t h e P i r c r. ? . f t c a r r i c r " F r ^ - n k l i n "
New Pilot '.-.ings are gleaming on bombed,
five proud breasts today and congratu
l a t i o n s a r e i n o r d e r f o r C a p t a i n A f t e r t h e m o v i e l . r, . O ' H e a r n
A r t h u r j , H a n v o o d , 2 n d L t , J o h n F. ^ ' ^ e d C r o s s d i s a s t e r s ,
Davey, S/Sgt. Ralph C. Matlack, Jr, explrined thrt thd Omaha Red Cross
S/Sgt. James R. rjev/ton and Cpl, '.en- covers Douglas, S^.unders and Sarpy
dell At Kronberg, " counties and is made up of the Fire
Department, Police Department., the
Look in the near future for l-^.yor. Army Engineers end many loyal
announcerent of a Squadron 1 narty, volunteers. He instructed the
complete vith v/ine, r-omen and song, group on how to report a (^isr.ster to
strictly on a minor scale. The oarty Cross that is, to call
will serve two purposes; first, to ac- "the he-dquarters describing the occiqurint other people with Squadron 1; dent as fully as possible, and givend second, to recruit nev/ members, location,
vhich Squadron 1 needs bedly. No
definite nlans have been made as yet, suggested that the squad-
but the Staff''Beting on January 10 ^^oss First Aid Course,
included a discussion of the problem course consists of 18 hours vhich
?.nd it is on the agenda for as many would be held for 2 hours every other
-eeks as it takes to organize, meeting night and conducted by a Red
Cross
instructor,
ComTJlimentB are in order to v/ho-
ever is responsible for the flood- . The meeting vp.s ?.dJourned at
lirhts around the CAP buildings at 9:30 o few of the members
Carter Lake, Somebody is awake at enjoyed a hot dog and a coke at the
least.
Navy's
nev:
Snack
Bnr
before
i;/2gt, James R, Ilewton
Cteiaha Squadron 1
si!
5lc:)s;(:*
going
home,
Donald J, Vheeler
PIO, Omaha Sq 1
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Janue.ry 1950
Ol'AUP. SQllADKON 3 CADET NSl'.'S im'JS
CAPETS SEE- IIOVIB
The cadets* of Omaha Squadron 3 saw
the movie "Desert Victory" at their
December 22nd noeting# The picture
was aljout the desert battle agninst
Rommel, The sho^v a part of a
s p e c i a l m e e t i n g t h a t ■w a s h e l d b e f o r e
Christmas, An Abbott and Costello
cartoon n.nd a picture on"Street
Fif^ting" also were sho\vn*
CADETS TO LE/vRN CODE
A code class was started the last
part of November for boys and girls
in Squad;ron 3 v.tio v/ere interested in
r a d i o , I l o i v c v e r, d u e t o c o l d i v e a t h e r
the classes — which were taught by
Lt, I'jartin Kelsing at the CAp Build
ing at the airport have been dis
c o n t i n u e d t e m p o r a r i l y, L t , H e l s i n g , " >
ComrAunications Officer of Squadron 3,
and ilobert Joneson, member of the
Comrnimications Sect?.on are endeavor
ing to secure meeting space at Tech
Ki;^hschool for the group,
S TA F F AT T E N D S U I L I TA R Y B A L L
C a d e t s t a ff o f fi c e r s o f S q u a d r o n 3
attended the Annual K:ilitary Ball
at Ilorth Highschool on 6 January 1950»
PRO^'OTIOHS - ^JEBRASJCA ^.TING
In accordance rith Personnel Orders
issued by National Headquarters, the
folloving promotions have been announ
ced by the T/'ing Commander:
T O L r ^ T T E l Va W C O L O N E L :
Leonard J, Heinson, Organization
Inspector I Nebraska T'ing
T O C A P TA I K :
Harold P, Black, Commanding. Officer
L'itchell Squadron
H, L, Coleman, Commanding Officer
Grand Island Flight
V/illiam H, Ostenberg, III, Ex0c»
Officer, G-roup 765
TO FIRST LIEUTEmiW: .
Robert K, ICnox, Comnandiiig Officer,
S c o t t s b l u ff S q u a d r o n
AEROI^mi"riCAL RATIMGS - NEBRASKA
P I L O T:
Sgt. Robt, E,'Clark, Hastings
John F, Davey, Omnha Sq 1
i-erton L. Efovall, Horfolk
C a ^ t , S t o r y, . F o r t h P l a t t e
Arthur J. Harv^ood, Omaha Sq 1
THREE CADETS HELP iriHG OFFICE
The V/ing Headquarters .personnel
appreciated the fine help given
REOOL/iTION OS OTC RECEIVED BY TING
by Cadets Bill Sudyka, Richard Barger
a n d C a d e t L t , R , P, L u d a c k a — v / h o
CAP Regulation 50-3, doted 2 Dec 49,
S u b j e c t : " O f fi c e r Tr a i n i n g C o r p s -
hrlped assemble and staple over 500
Administration and "iraining" ivas
copies of last month's CORIIHUSKER
received by tTing Headquarters this
a.U\ilk CADETS F0PJ.1 DISASTER UlifIT
Cadet 1st Lt, Dev/aine Sporer, Communi
cations Officer has forwarded a copy
of the Disaster Unit plan for the
cadets of Squadron 3, T»hey hope to
have a dry run about the end of Feb
ruary j in prooaration for the floods
that occur betiveen March and June,
Ther$ are three girl cadcts 'in the
unit, which numbers approximately 20,
v. - e o k a n d h a s b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d t o
all
units*
This headquarters has been advised,
however, that CAP Regulation 30-6,
"Prescribed Uniform and Insignia
for Cadets" is being held up in- •
d e fi n i t e l y, p e n d i n g t h e r e p r o d u c
tion of photographic inclosure to
the regulation.
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BAYAUD FLIGHT 'ENTERTAINS GROUP 766 CADETS
The Bayard Flight entortaitiod
cadets from Scattsbluff> Mltcholl •
'
PROP
V^SH
Vfe wore sorry to learn of the
illness of Lt, Jack Stavneak and
and Gering at a party and danco on
send him our wishes for a very spoedy
Monday night, 12 December 1949*
r e c o v e r y.
The evening got off to a good
sta rt b y th e sh o v;i n g o f a fil m, a n d
betv/ecn the film and the danc^
the Bayard Flight Commander, Captain
Jack Lewis, introduced the officers
and thoir v/ives ^^o were guests from
the other flights^ During this time
the cadets made many new acquaintances,
v/ith
both
the
officers
cadets#
and
the
other
.
.
Dur.ing intermission refre.shments—
v/hich consisted of sugar cookies y;ith
■H i e C A P e m b l e m i n r o d a n d b l u e o n
them, md pop'-wcre served by the
Bay?.rd cadets. The party was hold
Yi To h a v e h e a r d f r o m a r e l i a b l e
source that a young 1st Lieutenant
from an outstate unit has been pay
ing frequent visits to Omaha to
see a young lady v.^io is active in
CAP promised not to mention
any names, but maybe this wasrtnts
further investigationi They wore
seen together at a hockey game •
r e c e n t l y,
'Z
^
^
a t t h e l o c a l ' V. F t V / , h a l l , a n d a s t h o i r
snack bar was open the cadets were
able to purchase candy and gum.
The party ended at 11 jOO PK,
feel that -ttie party was a great suc
cess and hope to have more such acti
vities
in
the
future.
Bayard Prepares for Another
Snowbound Operation.
In the past few weeks we havo
been preparing for another snow
bound operation if the necessity
should arrive. Our commanding offi
cer he.s assigned to the cadets and
othor personnel their respective jobs,
TCe ".re keeping our equipment in per
fect order so as to be ready for any
emergchcy that might come without
notice,
James D« Stoclavell
T/Sgt, CAP - PIO .
FOUR BAYARD CADETS IN jm FORCE
• Capt» Jack Lewis, who irisitod
ARE YOU P?:RPLEXED 'ND v^OimERING
YOU '• ILL*RECEIVE YOUR SENIOR
ID CARD???? Cease worrying — for
we havo senior papers v.hich have
been pending in National Headquarters
s i n c e t h e l a t t e r, p a r t o f W o v o m b e r,
National has run short of identifi* cation cards, rMch* explains the
delay - but, roal^lv. v/e havenH
forgotten all aoout you new members.
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■
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Capt, Bowman iS the proud posses«»
sor of a shiny n^w green Pontiac
(which does not resemble the sketch
??? above) — sort of a tv.an to
Major lixirphy's nev/ Pontiac,
(cont pag<j fi - if. you-are interested,
Heinie and Hugh Rath -- are now in the
U»S,. Air Force. Hugh Rath is in AF
communications, and Ernie liciniB is
Vving Headquarters this v/eek, stated
that four oadets from his flight.—
active with the CAP in Georgia where he
is stationed. Jack llerud. Bayard ca
Richard Boyer, T.altor Keil, Ernie
det who wont to the Presidential Dinner
(cont next column)
in/49, is attending Kemper I.':ilitary .
Academy,
CO?:'^HUS^:ER CAP mjs
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January 1950'
K f g " P O L I C Y L E H T S A I R £ H O I f V PA RT I C I PAT I O K
Considerable confusion has alymys
existed in the promotion and pronul-
g'^.tion of air shoves, especially in
the field of participation ty Air
Force, so a nev Der^artment of Defense
policy on nir shov/s has been announced'
by the Pecretary, I-lr, Louis A, Johnson,
I t i s d e s i r e d t h a t t h e v. ' i d e s t p o s s i b l e
SCOTTSBLUFF CAP CAmS H^VE DAKCB
Scottsbluff CAP cadets enter- .
tr?ncd at a dr:nce Monday, Jan, 23,
a t t h e R i v e r v i e v, ' C l u b n e a r S c o t t s
b l u ff , I n v i t a t i o n s r e r e s e n t t o t h e
other units of the 766th Groupj Lt,
R, K, Knox, cqmnanding'officer,
reported,
d i s t r i b u t i o n b e m a d e o f t h e p o l i c y,
as outlined belovif, since squadron,
groups and in nany cases v/ings have de
pended "cn air sh-ov-s as a source of
promoting the CAP program and raising
funds# A rep.ding of the policy quoted
The dance is the kickoff of the
celebration of the anniversary of the
Blizzard of '49, and a drive for funds
to purchase and maintain CAP equipment,- The equipment is used by the*
Civil Air Patrol during emergencies,
b o l o ^ . Y T: i l l m a k e i t q u i t e d e a r t h a t p a r -
ticiDation by the Air Force *is coing to
b e e x t r e m e l y■l i m i t e d a n d p r o s c r i b e d t o
certain days,
''Air Shov; policy has been revised
by Dept. of Defense, SecDef menor'^ndum
for the Secretaries of AP and I'Javy
outlines future policies for military
aircraft participation in celebrations,
demonstrations and public events.
"Directive goes into cffect ps of
1 Jrnuc.ry 1950,,,all regulations and
directives in conflect v:ith these poli
cies rill be emended to conform* Field
should make no commitments beyond Jan 1
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j^endence Day, Armistice Day, Ilemorial
bay and /mod Forces Dcvyj to memorial
Eservices for deceased nationally-re
cognized military or £0v't figures;
to celebrations or receptions for
prominent representrtives of foreign
governments; and to nat'l conventions
of bona fide major veter?.ns groups,
^'Major shoivs (vhere participa
t i n g a i r c r a f t r. r e b a s e d a t s t a t i o n
other
than
home
station
for
duration
of event) '-'re limited to those occa
d r. t e u n l e s s m s d o i n c o n f o r m a n c e ' v i t h n e ? /
sions v;hich are primarily decigned
p o l i c y. C o p i e s o f t h i s m e m o r a n d u m w o r e
to encourage tho advancement of avia
air-'mailed to ^ill major cpmmn.nd PIOs.,
and vill be distributed via ordinary
tion
mril to other PI0s»
''This standardized policy for
both .M'' r.nd Navy rail eliminate many
•oroblcms vhich harassed field and head-
quarters handling of. excessive air sho^v
and
arc
of
national
impor
tance - e.g,, National Air liaces,
"Open house" ' ir shpivs (composed
of aircraft under command-'and juris-
'diction of echclon soonsoring open
house) may bo held at such times or
requests,.and causfcd strained relations
-• ith civic groups. Neiv directive v/ill
o c c a s i o n s a s t h e C h i e f o f S t a ff ,
USAF, and the Chief of Naval Opera
tions 'or their proporly designated
encourage public to attend "open houses"
subordinate COs doom to bo in the'
to sec nation's aviation activities,,
interest of the Dept. of Defense,
and rdll place definite limitation on
air prrticiDation in civic .sponsored
events. The curtailing of aircraft
d e m o n s t r a t i o n s v. ' i l l e l i m i n a t e s l a : ; i n g
do-n of training programs,
Interchange of aircraft bot^.'reen
commands for "open house" programs
continues to require approval of
higher headquarters,"
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"Flyovers (v:herc aircraft depart
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jsorrausKER CAP NEVVS
COL, lifUELLER AND STAFF miBERS ATTEND.
mTING AT SCOTTSBLUFF-THIS MOM'H
PROP 7ASH (cont. and concluded' and
• • • arcn*t you glad)
Colonel Rudy Mueller, T.'ing Comman
H/Sgt, "Richard V, Cryderinan has
der, and* members of his staff met
vdth members of Group 765 at the
^retumeid from suiiiiy (f) .California,
Scottsbluff Junior College building
^vhere he\spent the Christmas holidays
on Friday night, January 20« Accompany
ing Col, Itueller from Omaha were Lt»'
Colt Leonard He ins en, organization
inspector J Tiijor Hov/ard Murphy, opera
t i o n s o f fi c e r ; L t , Ve r n P u l l e r, c o m m u nicc.tions officer; and Capt, Prank
at his home, in Temple City, Nev/ YearS
Eve in San Francisco and an undeter- '
mined length o!f-time at Santa
Anita. . He saw Betty Grable and
Harry James at S,A,,'incidently,
YicTcomo back, airman! , , « ,
Bovman, US/J'-CaP Liaison Officer, The
1^0've heard nothing further
men flew from Omaha in a tJSAF plane
and returned Friday night.
about a CAP bowlifig league here
About 25 members from AllianoO^
Sgt, C.'^Nare on the noontime bowl
Bayard, Gering, Kimball) Hinatare,
Hitohell
and
Scottsbluff
attended
the
meeting, at v/hich communications, cadet
tr?.ining, flying and administration
were discussed*
Plans are being made at the pre
sent time by Group 765 for organiza
tion of a new unit at Minatare, Nebr;
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M I T C H E L L I N A U G U R AT E S AV U T I O N C O U R S E
DURING SECOND SE^^STER AT LOCAL SClIOOL
The Mitchell Squadron has placed
the CAP a-viation course in their highschool effective v:ith the opening of
the
second
semester.
Classes
started
on 1? January and an appro'xinato enr o l l r. e n t o f 4 0 s t u d e n t s i s a n t i c i p a t e d .
Bad weather made it necessary to
postpone the meeting of educators
scheduled at Grand Island on Jan. 25,
D r, • " i l s e y, s u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f t h e
in Omaha, Hov/ever, Capt, B.and
ing league scheuled here on the
7 t h fl o o r. F e d e r a l B u i l d i n g ,
Captain Bowman (on the "Bouncers"'
team) scored 218 and 202 recently,'
Sgt, Cryderman (a "Hotshot") scored
181, wo understand, We still
think a CAP* league v/ould be a good
deal
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Capt. Amrine of the Lexington
Flight recently sent this headquart
ers a gtoup of very good photographs,
showing cadets and seniors of his
unit v;orking on the L-.4 aircr^ift
assigned to Lexington, The pio>* ^
tures, which have been forwarded to
■ Natioiial to use for publicity pur
poses, include groups of cadets'
Clifford Barnes, LaVeme Barnes;
Robert Brimunet, Shirlety Brummet,
Robert Vfestervelt, Paul Casper^
and Barbara Mansir; and seniors
Herschel Amrine and John Hinds,
One of the photographs appeared in
Grand Island schools was to have
iho December 15iii issue of the
c o n f e r r e d w i t h D r, B u r k h a r d t ^ s u p e r
intendent of the Norfolk schools|
Lt, Niels Tfodder and L'ajor Howard
Dawson County Herald,
Sympathies are extended to Sgt,
Uurphy, both of Norfolk; and Lt, Col,
L, J, Heinson ; Captv Bowman and Lt,:
Patricia Sires, v/ho fell on the ice
Coleman ^ Grand "Island is contempla
ting placing the aviation course'in
To u g h l u c k , P a t ,
their schools with the fall term,
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lOlffA HAS NET/ VJING COMiANDER
r, i n g o f f i c e r s — L t , C o l , H e i n s e n ,
Lt, Fuller and W/O Robert Beck,
Ilajor Harold E» ilo^^inney is now
acting Vving Commander of the Iowa IfJing,
v i c e C o l , W, 0 , F u l l e r, C A P R e s e r v e ,
Commandant of Nebf, Communications
Flight—flew to Ainsworth on Jan,'22
to help install a radio sot there.
CAP'rLITRS IK GROUP 765 -.ILL RECEIVE
av:ard.s
for
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January 1950
blizzard
v:qrk
I J AT I O l ^ A L
SENDS
r.tESSAGE
TO
H S B R A S i a O K B L I Z Z A R D A ! r. : i V E R S A R Y
Ma yo r o f Sco ttsb l u ff Pro cl a i ms "Op e ra
t i o n S n o r / ' b o u n d i f Ye e k " j D e n v e r O f fi c i a l
to "be Guest Sneaker
T h e r. a y o r o f - S c o t t s b l u ff , V, R <
Blackledge has issued a proclamation
liajor General Lucas V, Beau,
USAF, National Commander, Civil Air
Patrol has sent the following message
to all members of the Nebraska
Civil Air Patrol, on the"anniversary
of "Operation Snov.'bound",
s e t i i n g o v. t t h e v ^ e e k f r o m J a n * 2 3 t o 3 0
"s "Operation Snoirboiaid ^.eek" in that
"1, The month of January 1950
witnesses the first anniversary of
city.
Commerce of the Horth Platte Valley at
one of the greatest secirch-rescuemercy-evacuatdon missions in the .
h i s t o r y o f o u r c o u n t r y, . A s a r e s u l t
of the ovenvhelming emergency created
by unfavorable blizzard conditions
during .the month of January 1949,
there was instigated a project knowTi
as "Operation Snov,'bound", The ex
tent of the services r)e.rform6d, mis
ery and suffering alleviated, and the
number of lives saved ' ill probably
Scottsbluff,
never
This v:eek v/ill be culminated v>'ith
the ar^ording of medals to Civil Air Pa
trol fliers v'ho took port in rescue v/ork
curing, the Blizzard of »49 by Brig, Gen,
'.arren Carter, commanding officer et •
Lov^ry Air Force Bpse, Denver, Colorado
on tho evening of January 30, The
av^rrds r/ill be presented at a rerulor
meeting of the Associated Chambers of
The dinner meeting, at rhich the
mayor of Denver — Quigg Nev/ton — r/ill
b e t h e m a i n s p e a k e r, v / i l l fi n d Z 6 C A p
fliers from Scottsbluff and Bayard re
ceiving awards for meritorious service
and .distinguished service in the CAP,
Other quests at the dinner vdll bo
!^j, Fre'd Bonfils, Denver Post business
be
known. All
elements
of
the
De;^artment of Defense nlayed some
p a r t i n t h e t r e r. e n d o u s u n d e r t a k i n g
of "Operation Snov/bound",
"2, The 'jart played by the Civil
Air Patrol, and particularly by the
Ifebraska V.'ing, has not gone unrecog
nized, Ilany favorable comments and
v^ords of deep annreciation were re-
ceived from the Secretary of Defense,
t h e S e c r e t a r y a n d t h e C h i e f o f S t a ff
of the Air Force* It was .recently my
pleasure to Prepare Certificates of
manager; Ch?.rles Puxton, assistant'business manager of the Post; J^d Dooley,
assistent to the publisher of the Post;
Alexis l.lcKinney, executive nev-/s editor
of the Postj P<?.lrAer Hoytpublisher and
editor of the Post; Ben Ecsig, presi-'
dent of'the Denver Chamber of Commerce;
E, D# ilicholson, assistant to the presid a n t a n d C l y d e S h e r r a r, r e g i o n a l t r a f
Axvard based upon the recommendations
of the Commanding Officer of the Ne
braska Vfing, which cited a number of
fi c m r n n g e r, b o t h o f U n i t e d A i r l i n e s a t
highest possible CT^P awards v/are .
Denver; and Jack Fitzoatrick, ner.'s edi
t o r f o r r a d i o s t a t i o n : ' : F E L , D e n v e r,
:!ayor Blackledge in his orocla-
mation said, "the residents of the North
P l a t t e Va l l e y v i l l r e c a l l t h e h a r d s h i p s
suffering and loss of human life occa
individuals
for
their
heroic
and
self-
sacrificing participation in this
Operation, . Unf ortunately .tv/o of the
b e s t o v / e d p o s t h u m o u s l y. T h i s f a c t i n
itself
is
an
indication
to
the
extent
that the Nebraska V.'ing of the Civil
Air Patrol particirjated in "Operation
Snowbound,"
"3, Inasmuch as I am of the
sioned by the never-to-be-forgotten
firm belief that in an Operation of
blizzard of 1949," It is in recogni
iiiis type only the completely out
tion of the many individuals and organi-
standing individuals received
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CORNHUSKER CAP mJS
CAP FLirJ^S TO BE HONORED (cont fr Page 1)
MITCHELL UNIT FINDS LOST "AIRCRAFT"
I N E ' c C T ' S C A N Y O N - O P E R AT I O N J A C K P O T
zations v/ho gave so unselfishly of .their
suffer
"Operations Jaclcpot" vas success*-
ing of their fellav men that the procla
fully executed by the :!itchell Squadf
un-dying gratitude of the storm victims,"
day, January 8, . The alarm was giTren-;
at 10:30, and at 1.1:00 the mission
had beenassembled,.briefed and
he
l a u n c h e d . T h e m i s s i o n v. ' a f ? a s e a r c h ,
time
and
effort
to
alleviate
the
ron: of ..the. Civil-Air Patrol cm-Sun- (
mation was made, Blackledge stated.
"These individuals and organizations
vill alv/ays have the much-deserved and
said.
for a "lost aircraft"^ The lost airjicraft" v.'as planted in a remote loca
To p p i n g t h e l i s t o f C A P fl i e r s
to be recognized v/ill be V/arrant Officer
tion the preceding day by Captain
John C. Huff and IrTilliam F. 0*Brien,
V, J , P i e ^ e r, O p e r a t i o n s O f fi c e r
and Jim Casson—n-ho were the only
both of Allir.nce, v/ho lost their lives
in "Operation Snowbound" activities.
ones .to know the location of the
Just hov; the posthumous av^iards v.lll be
made has not been fully arranged. The
tT.'o Y.'ill receive distinguished servi'.ce
6v;ards, Receivinj;, the same av/ardc will
be »!aj, LJathev: P. Brennan of Mitchell;
C?nt, Jack L, Lewis of Bayard"; and
Caot, 'liilliam H, Ostenberg III of Scotts-
aircraft until a search group led .
by Cadet Art McKeo^'Ta discovered it
bluff,
given the members of the squadron
rushed to the City Hall to be brief
•
during the course of the search,
'The search came as a complete
surprise to the cadets and senior
members, and v/hen the alarm vms
ed by Cantain H. L. Black, Squadron ^
An exceptional service aivard is
t o b e m a d e t o Wa r r a n t O f fi c e r Vi r g i l F,
Plummer of Bayard,
Commander, on what to look for and
hov/ the search v/ould be conducted.
Meritorious service av/ards are ex^
pected to be made to the follov/irigi
At 11:00 A7^, the sg\jadron .
headed for the Lanta Campbell farm,
Lt, Robert K, Knox, Lt, Everett L, Hax
south-west of Mitchell, vhere'the
by, Chester"Fliesbach, Kenneth E, Smith,
"plane" had last been sighted. The
Ed-tvin V;, Sievers, Earl Mead, 'fisrwin Barfoot, Fay Clark, 'Villiam R, Frank,
Henry ?chmunk, John Stacken, Lyle'Ander
son, Ralph Ulilkon, Donald Pearson,
T.'alter Kramer and Gene Chase, all of
Scottsbluff, and Robert Schumacher of
iiinatare. The follov/ing are to re
group traveled as far as Brown's
Canyon via cars, and from there the
search v/as conducted on foot. The
various searches r.'ere commanded by
walkie-talkie radio from the top of
a nearby hill, ivhere a command post
on hand for the ceremony; Donald Boyer,
had been set up by Springer Jones
ond Jay Bailey, They ^-ere connected
to the field headquarters a half mile
Ja 0, Butcher; y,"illiam Grant, Sam Flint
av^'ay by field telephone, .Messages
ceive the same awards, but may not be
a n d V, L , H u n g e r, a l l o f A l l i a n c e , a n d •
vrere relayed from headquarters to-the
Solomon Luft and Elmer L, Norman, both
command post "-nd from there to the
of Chadroh, Several CAP cadets, inclu
individual search units.
d i n g V. - i l f r e d H u n t , G l e n S p e e r a n d J a m e s
• S t o c k v v e l l , J r, , ' a l l o f B a y a r d , . a r e e x
Larry Birdsa'll, Art rcKeofn, Harold
pected to receive the meritorious ser
Kautz land Supply Officer V/arner
vice a^-.'ards.
s e a r c h e d t h e h i l l s f r o m 11 : 3 0 t i l l
(^-^COTTSDLUFF DAILY STAR HERALD,-
Si00" Fx.:, at v.'hich time the lost plane
Sunday Edition, l/2o/50)
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was located by Cadet I.tcKeov.oi'is unit.
They reported to headquarters at
3j00 that the plane had been found
(cont - Do.ge 3)
C0KHHUPK2R CAP IJEl'.'S
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January 1950
BOY PCOIfP VI'^ IT IIORTH PL-ATTE CAP IIWIT IiES^SACtE GEI^HAL BSATT (cont f r P 1)
Boy Scout Troop 295, in line
with their theme of the month, "Pre*'
paring for Trouble" hiked to the C4P
headquarters p.t ITorth Platte I.Iunicipnl
A i r p o r t o n a r e c e n t S u n d a y,
Lt, Darrell Becb?ith of the Civil
Air patrol explained the setup for
emergencies, the T/allcie-talkie radio
and a plr-n to include alerting of Boy
Scouts in case of disaster,or emergency,
individual recognition, I am, there
fore, taking this opportunity to
congratulate "nd to express apprecia
tion
to
the
vrious
members
of
the
Nebraska ^'ing ivho aided so megnificiertly vrithout individual recognition
in this nroject# I am also of the
belief
that
a
number
of
patriotic
c i t i z e n s , n o t t h e n a s s o c i a t e d v. - i t h
the Civil Air ^atrol, contributed to
a great extent in this Or)er<^tion, and
a number of those nersons are now
nr.ch boy vas given a demonstration
of the Link Tr;"iner at the end of the
oro^rt m, ' Scoutmc^sters Gene Haviaux,
'/vTfjrett Slack nnd Eric 01 sen accom-
'•;\niod the- boys as did committee ch:^ir:r .11 Ed Johannesen#
?r:;Licm
received
m
counted in our midst. The v:ords of
appreciation I send herev/ith come from,
all
elements,
of
the
Civil
Air
Patrol
as a national organization. All vho
r/ere in any way connected r;ith "Opera
tion SnoA'/lound'' in the near disastrous
ronth of January 1949 are to be com-
plirrented, and they should realize
thnt they are the recipients of our
Nation's undying gratitude,
iiEBRA^ia
Probably most of you have seen
u'.-ic January issue of AP. TPvAIIjS
s/ Lucas V, Beau
V,
liAOAEIiiE • • • cadets vrho attended
s T ^ i r. r. e r e n o a m p n e n t a t R a p i d C i t y i v i l l
• e esDecially interected in this issue
v.'hich c.-^rries a series of the photo
graphs Captain Boi^man took of comp
activities.
beau
j.^ajor GcnerV.l, IISAF
Commanding" •
"OPnPJi.'"IONS JACKPOT" I-irXD AT :-.^ITaiKLL
(cont fr P. 2)
Copies of the OctcbcT a?c';c
of AIR TR/ILS v:ere ccnt to aj.! unit
commanderse In addition vo the regu
l a r s e c t i o n o n C A P, x h e r o u s a
and the pilot (a diAmmy) had been
killed in tho crash,- •
STjocial story., "i-inutemcn of the.Air"
on Pajve 36 of this i.TSi;e v.'h;\ch out
lines the position of the Air Ife.tional
'^'uard in the present-day mj.'icary
c-^ganization knovn an the ))o-(rrtncnt
of Defense, This articlc should be
of interest to all CAP rierboi-s«
I ' i a j o r l i a t h o v ; H r e r j i o n a r. d C a p t a i n
'Villiam Ostenberg of Group ''GS arc
u.cntioned in the story^ "3ii:izard of
in the December issuo of .tho
D u r i r. g t h e s e a r c h a n l a n e fl o i - m
alternately by Captain Black and
Captain "^ieper kept track of<thc units
and mossf^gec v/ere dropped from the
plane to add in the search.
As the search fended, 'liss 'Vanda
Campbell arr-.vsd at xho headquarters
and infonr.cd xhe squadron that they
•>;ere invixtd to stop at the Cr-mpbell
hom.e for coffee-^nd hcmbui^r^. This
invitation was readily accepted and
as soon as the equipment v.-as gathered
RTi-^DERS DIGEST,
and starved away the sru'=idron pro
The JJEA JOIIRJIAL for November,
ceeded to the C •^•:pbell horre i.here-
1949 states that at least 17h higN
hamburgers, cake, doughnuts, and
.'5chools in 35 states have inaugurated
coffee were" served to the 22 cadets
aviation
classos—most
of
vhich
are
using the CAP Aviation Study ?!anual.
and 10 senior members v;ho took part
in
tho
ooeration.
J a n u a r y. 1 9 5 0
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RED CROSS RT-PRESENT AT IVE VISITS SQ 1 •
The meeting of CSnaha Squadron 1
members at Fort-Omaha on January 12
opened at 7: 30 p,m, vith 1009^ attendence.
To get our meeting off to a good
strrt^ v:q had r very encouraging to.lk
by C'ptain Simoson, the comnrndep of
Fort Onrhe, Ke -^.ssured us that he
is doing cYerything ho crn to maint'^.in « pern«nont hor e for Squadron 1
at Fort Omaha, ''"e re?.lly appreciate
everything he has done,
y.'e rcre very fortunate in hav
ing as our guest '.!r, ''•'illiaiii J,
0*Hoarn, Red Cross representative
v'ho vas formerly a CAP merrber, Ilr,
O'Hearn had planned to- shovv the group
a picture on Red Cross disostefs but,
'"IiYGS-FOR FIVE IN OliAKA SQUADRON 1 this film was not aveilable^ he
shoved a very interesting picture
o f t h e P i r c r. ? . f t c a r r i c r " F r ^ - n k l i n "
New Pilot '.-.ings are gleaming on bombed,
five proud breasts today and congratu
l a t i o n s a r e i n o r d e r f o r C a p t a i n A f t e r t h e m o v i e l . r, . O ' H e a r n
A r t h u r j , H a n v o o d , 2 n d L t , J o h n F. ^ ' ^ e d C r o s s d i s a s t e r s ,
Davey, S/Sgt. Ralph C. Matlack, Jr, explrined thrt thd Omaha Red Cross
S/Sgt. James R. rjev/ton and Cpl, '.en- covers Douglas, S^.unders and Sarpy
dell At Kronberg, " counties and is made up of the Fire
Department, Police Department., the
Look in the near future for l-^.yor. Army Engineers end many loyal
announcerent of a Squadron 1 narty, volunteers. He instructed the
complete vith v/ine, r-omen and song, group on how to report a (^isr.ster to
strictly on a minor scale. The oarty Cross that is, to call
will serve two purposes; first, to ac- "the he-dquarters describing the occiqurint other people with Squadron 1; dent as fully as possible, and givend second, to recruit nev/ members, location,
vhich Squadron 1 needs bedly. No
definite nlans have been made as yet, suggested that the squad-
but the Staff''Beting on January 10 ^^oss First Aid Course,
included a discussion of the problem course consists of 18 hours vhich
?.nd it is on the agenda for as many would be held for 2 hours every other
-eeks as it takes to organize, meeting night and conducted by a Red
Cross
instructor,
ComTJlimentB are in order to v/ho-
ever is responsible for the flood- . The meeting vp.s ?.dJourned at
lirhts around the CAP buildings at 9:30 o few of the members
Carter Lake, Somebody is awake at enjoyed a hot dog and a coke at the
least.
Navy's
nev:
Snack
Bnr
before
i;/2gt, James R, Ilewton
Cteiaha Squadron 1
si!
5lc:)s;(:*
going
home,
Donald J, Vheeler
PIO, Omaha Sq 1
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Janue.ry 1950
Ol'AUP. SQllADKON 3 CADET NSl'.'S im'JS
CAPETS SEE- IIOVIB
The cadets* of Omaha Squadron 3 saw
the movie "Desert Victory" at their
December 22nd noeting# The picture
was aljout the desert battle agninst
Rommel, The sho^v a part of a
s p e c i a l m e e t i n g t h a t ■w a s h e l d b e f o r e
Christmas, An Abbott and Costello
cartoon n.nd a picture on"Street
Fif^ting" also were sho\vn*
CADETS TO LE/vRN CODE
A code class was started the last
part of November for boys and girls
in Squad;ron 3 v.tio v/ere interested in
r a d i o , I l o i v c v e r, d u e t o c o l d i v e a t h e r
the classes — which were taught by
Lt, I'jartin Kelsing at the CAp Build
ing at the airport have been dis
c o n t i n u e d t e m p o r a r i l y, L t , H e l s i n g , " >
ComrAunications Officer of Squadron 3,
and ilobert Joneson, member of the
Comrnimications Sect?.on are endeavor
ing to secure meeting space at Tech
Ki;^hschool for the group,
S TA F F AT T E N D S U I L I TA R Y B A L L
C a d e t s t a ff o f fi c e r s o f S q u a d r o n 3
attended the Annual K:ilitary Ball
at Ilorth Highschool on 6 January 1950»
PRO^'OTIOHS - ^JEBRASJCA ^.TING
In accordance rith Personnel Orders
issued by National Headquarters, the
folloving promotions have been announ
ced by the T/'ing Commander:
T O L r ^ T T E l Va W C O L O N E L :
Leonard J, Heinson, Organization
Inspector I Nebraska T'ing
T O C A P TA I K :
Harold P, Black, Commanding. Officer
L'itchell Squadron
H, L, Coleman, Commanding Officer
Grand Island Flight
V/illiam H, Ostenberg, III, Ex0c»
Officer, G-roup 765
TO FIRST LIEUTEmiW: .
Robert K, ICnox, Comnandiiig Officer,
S c o t t s b l u ff S q u a d r o n
AEROI^mi"riCAL RATIMGS - NEBRASKA
P I L O T:
Sgt. Robt, E,'Clark, Hastings
John F, Davey, Omnha Sq 1
i-erton L. Efovall, Horfolk
C a ^ t , S t o r y, . F o r t h P l a t t e
Arthur J. Harv^ood, Omaha Sq 1
THREE CADETS HELP iriHG OFFICE
The V/ing Headquarters .personnel
appreciated the fine help given
REOOL/iTION OS OTC RECEIVED BY TING
by Cadets Bill Sudyka, Richard Barger
a n d C a d e t L t , R , P, L u d a c k a — v / h o
CAP Regulation 50-3, doted 2 Dec 49,
S u b j e c t : " O f fi c e r Tr a i n i n g C o r p s -
hrlped assemble and staple over 500
Administration and "iraining" ivas
copies of last month's CORIIHUSKER
received by tTing Headquarters this
a.U\ilk CADETS F0PJ.1 DISASTER UlifIT
Cadet 1st Lt, Dev/aine Sporer, Communi
cations Officer has forwarded a copy
of the Disaster Unit plan for the
cadets of Squadron 3, T»hey hope to
have a dry run about the end of Feb
ruary j in prooaration for the floods
that occur betiveen March and June,
Ther$ are three girl cadcts 'in the
unit, which numbers approximately 20,
v. - e o k a n d h a s b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d t o
all
units*
This headquarters has been advised,
however, that CAP Regulation 30-6,
"Prescribed Uniform and Insignia
for Cadets" is being held up in- •
d e fi n i t e l y, p e n d i n g t h e r e p r o d u c
tion of photographic inclosure to
the regulation.
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BAYAUD FLIGHT 'ENTERTAINS GROUP 766 CADETS
The Bayard Flight entortaitiod
cadets from Scattsbluff> Mltcholl •
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Vfe wore sorry to learn of the
illness of Lt, Jack Stavneak and
and Gering at a party and danco on
send him our wishes for a very spoedy
Monday night, 12 December 1949*
r e c o v e r y.
The evening got off to a good
sta rt b y th e sh o v;i n g o f a fil m, a n d
betv/ecn the film and the danc^
the Bayard Flight Commander, Captain
Jack Lewis, introduced the officers
and thoir v/ives ^^o were guests from
the other flights^ During this time
the cadets made many new acquaintances,
v/ith
both
the
officers
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other
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Dur.ing intermission refre.shments—
v/hich consisted of sugar cookies y;ith
■H i e C A P e m b l e m i n r o d a n d b l u e o n
them, md pop'-wcre served by the
Bay?.rd cadets. The party was hold
Yi To h a v e h e a r d f r o m a r e l i a b l e
source that a young 1st Lieutenant
from an outstate unit has been pay
ing frequent visits to Omaha to
see a young lady v.^io is active in
CAP promised not to mention
any names, but maybe this wasrtnts
further investigationi They wore
seen together at a hockey game •
r e c e n t l y,
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snack bar was open the cadets were
able to purchase candy and gum.
The party ended at 11 jOO PK,
feel that -ttie party was a great suc
cess and hope to have more such acti
vities
in
the
future.
Bayard Prepares for Another
Snowbound Operation.
In the past few weeks we havo
been preparing for another snow
bound operation if the necessity
should arrive. Our commanding offi
cer he.s assigned to the cadets and
othor personnel their respective jobs,
TCe ".re keeping our equipment in per
fect order so as to be ready for any
emergchcy that might come without
notice,
James D« Stoclavell
T/Sgt, CAP - PIO .
FOUR BAYARD CADETS IN jm FORCE
• Capt» Jack Lewis, who irisitod
ARE YOU P?:RPLEXED 'ND v^OimERING
YOU '• ILL*RECEIVE YOUR SENIOR
ID CARD???? Cease worrying — for
we havo senior papers v.hich have
been pending in National Headquarters
s i n c e t h e l a t t e r, p a r t o f W o v o m b e r,
National has run short of identifi* cation cards, rMch* explains the
delay - but, roal^lv. v/e havenH
forgotten all aoout you new members.
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sor of a shiny n^w green Pontiac
(which does not resemble the sketch
??? above) — sort of a tv.an to
Major lixirphy's nev/ Pontiac,
(cont pag<j fi - if. you-are interested,
Heinie and Hugh Rath -- are now in the
U»S,. Air Force. Hugh Rath is in AF
communications, and Ernie liciniB is
Vving Headquarters this v/eek, stated
that four oadets from his flight.—
active with the CAP in Georgia where he
is stationed. Jack llerud. Bayard ca
Richard Boyer, T.altor Keil, Ernie
det who wont to the Presidential Dinner
(cont next column)
in/49, is attending Kemper I.':ilitary .
Academy,
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K f g " P O L I C Y L E H T S A I R £ H O I f V PA RT I C I PAT I O K
Considerable confusion has alymys
existed in the promotion and pronul-
g'^.tion of air shoves, especially in
the field of participation ty Air
Force, so a nev Der^artment of Defense
policy on nir shov/s has been announced'
by the Pecretary, I-lr, Louis A, Johnson,
I t i s d e s i r e d t h a t t h e v. ' i d e s t p o s s i b l e
SCOTTSBLUFF CAP CAmS H^VE DAKCB
Scottsbluff CAP cadets enter- .
tr?ncd at a dr:nce Monday, Jan, 23,
a t t h e R i v e r v i e v, ' C l u b n e a r S c o t t s
b l u ff , I n v i t a t i o n s r e r e s e n t t o t h e
other units of the 766th Groupj Lt,
R, K, Knox, cqmnanding'officer,
reported,
d i s t r i b u t i o n b e m a d e o f t h e p o l i c y,
as outlined belovif, since squadron,
groups and in nany cases v/ings have de
pended "cn air sh-ov-s as a source of
promoting the CAP program and raising
funds# A rep.ding of the policy quoted
The dance is the kickoff of the
celebration of the anniversary of the
Blizzard of '49, and a drive for funds
to purchase and maintain CAP equipment,- The equipment is used by the*
Civil Air Patrol during emergencies,
b o l o ^ . Y T: i l l m a k e i t q u i t e d e a r t h a t p a r -
ticiDation by the Air Force *is coing to
b e e x t r e m e l y■l i m i t e d a n d p r o s c r i b e d t o
certain days,
''Air Shov; policy has been revised
by Dept. of Defense, SecDef menor'^ndum
for the Secretaries of AP and I'Javy
outlines future policies for military
aircraft participation in celebrations,
demonstrations and public events.
"Directive goes into cffect ps of
1 Jrnuc.ry 1950,,,all regulations and
directives in conflect v:ith these poli
cies rill be emended to conform* Field
should make no commitments beyond Jan 1
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j^endence Day, Armistice Day, Ilemorial
bay and /mod Forces Dcvyj to memorial
Eservices for deceased nationally-re
cognized military or £0v't figures;
to celebrations or receptions for
prominent representrtives of foreign
governments; and to nat'l conventions
of bona fide major veter?.ns groups,
^'Major shoivs (vhere participa
t i n g a i r c r a f t r. r e b a s e d a t s t a t i o n
other
than
home
station
for
duration
of event) '-'re limited to those occa
d r. t e u n l e s s m s d o i n c o n f o r m a n c e ' v i t h n e ? /
sions v;hich are primarily decigned
p o l i c y. C o p i e s o f t h i s m e m o r a n d u m w o r e
to encourage tho advancement of avia
air-'mailed to ^ill major cpmmn.nd PIOs.,
and vill be distributed via ordinary
tion
mril to other PI0s»
''This standardized policy for
both .M'' r.nd Navy rail eliminate many
•oroblcms vhich harassed field and head-
quarters handling of. excessive air sho^v
and
arc
of
national
impor
tance - e.g,, National Air liaces,
"Open house" ' ir shpivs (composed
of aircraft under command-'and juris-
'diction of echclon soonsoring open
house) may bo held at such times or
requests,.and causfcd strained relations
-• ith civic groups. Neiv directive v/ill
o c c a s i o n s a s t h e C h i e f o f S t a ff ,
USAF, and the Chief of Naval Opera
tions 'or their proporly designated
encourage public to attend "open houses"
subordinate COs doom to bo in the'
to sec nation's aviation activities,,
interest of the Dept. of Defense,
and rdll place definite limitation on
air prrticiDation in civic .sponsored
events. The curtailing of aircraft
d e m o n s t r a t i o n s v. ' i l l e l i m i n a t e s l a : ; i n g
do-n of training programs,
Interchange of aircraft bot^.'reen
commands for "open house" programs
continues to require approval of
higher headquarters,"
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"Flyovers (v:herc aircraft depart
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COL, lifUELLER AND STAFF miBERS ATTEND.
mTING AT SCOTTSBLUFF-THIS MOM'H
PROP 7ASH (cont. and concluded' and
• • • arcn*t you glad)
Colonel Rudy Mueller, T.'ing Comman
H/Sgt, "Richard V, Cryderinan has
der, and* members of his staff met
vdth members of Group 765 at the
^retumeid from suiiiiy (f) .California,
Scottsbluff Junior College building
^vhere he\spent the Christmas holidays
on Friday night, January 20« Accompany
ing Col, Itueller from Omaha were Lt»'
Colt Leonard He ins en, organization
inspector J Tiijor Hov/ard Murphy, opera
t i o n s o f fi c e r ; L t , Ve r n P u l l e r, c o m m u nicc.tions officer; and Capt, Prank
at his home, in Temple City, Nev/ YearS
Eve in San Francisco and an undeter- '
mined length o!f-time at Santa
Anita. . He saw Betty Grable and
Harry James at S,A,,'incidently,
YicTcomo back, airman! , , « ,
Bovman, US/J'-CaP Liaison Officer, The
1^0've heard nothing further
men flew from Omaha in a tJSAF plane
and returned Friday night.
about a CAP bowlifig league here
About 25 members from AllianoO^
Sgt, C.'^Nare on the noontime bowl
Bayard, Gering, Kimball) Hinatare,
Hitohell
and
Scottsbluff
attended
the
meeting, at v/hich communications, cadet
tr?.ining, flying and administration
were discussed*
Plans are being made at the pre
sent time by Group 765 for organiza
tion of a new unit at Minatare, Nebr;
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M I T C H E L L I N A U G U R AT E S AV U T I O N C O U R S E
DURING SECOND SE^^STER AT LOCAL SClIOOL
The Mitchell Squadron has placed
the CAP a-viation course in their highschool effective v:ith the opening of
the
second
semester.
Classes
started
on 1? January and an appro'xinato enr o l l r. e n t o f 4 0 s t u d e n t s i s a n t i c i p a t e d .
Bad weather made it necessary to
postpone the meeting of educators
scheduled at Grand Island on Jan. 25,
D r, • " i l s e y, s u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f t h e
in Omaha, Hov/ever, Capt, B.and
ing league scheuled here on the
7 t h fl o o r. F e d e r a l B u i l d i n g ,
Captain Bowman (on the "Bouncers"'
team) scored 218 and 202 recently,'
Sgt, Cryderman (a "Hotshot") scored
181, wo understand, We still
think a CAP* league v/ould be a good
deal
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Capt. Amrine of the Lexington
Flight recently sent this headquart
ers a gtoup of very good photographs,
showing cadets and seniors of his
unit v;orking on the L-.4 aircr^ift
assigned to Lexington, The pio>* ^
tures, which have been forwarded to
■ Natioiial to use for publicity pur
poses, include groups of cadets'
Clifford Barnes, LaVeme Barnes;
Robert Brimunet, Shirlety Brummet,
Robert Vfestervelt, Paul Casper^
and Barbara Mansir; and seniors
Herschel Amrine and John Hinds,
One of the photographs appeared in
Grand Island schools was to have
iho December 15iii issue of the
c o n f e r r e d w i t h D r, B u r k h a r d t ^ s u p e r
intendent of the Norfolk schools|
Lt, Niels Tfodder and L'ajor Howard
Dawson County Herald,
Sympathies are extended to Sgt,
Uurphy, both of Norfolk; and Lt, Col,
L, J, Heinson ; Captv Bowman and Lt,:
Patricia Sires, v/ho fell on the ice
Coleman ^ Grand "Island is contempla
ting placing the aviation course'in
To u g h l u c k , P a t ,
their schools with the fall term,
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lOlffA HAS NET/ VJING COMiANDER
r, i n g o f f i c e r s — L t , C o l , H e i n s e n ,
Lt, Fuller and W/O Robert Beck,
Ilajor Harold E» ilo^^inney is now
acting Vving Commander of the Iowa IfJing,
v i c e C o l , W, 0 , F u l l e r, C A P R e s e r v e ,
Commandant of Nebf, Communications
Flight—flew to Ainsworth on Jan,'22
to help install a radio sot there.