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[Clipping: Women Fliers Training by Hundreds at Texas Field for Army Ferrying Service] (open access)

[Clipping: Women Fliers Training by Hundreds at Texas Field for Army Ferrying Service]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the WASP who trained at Avenger Field, Jacqueline Cochran, height requirements to join the WASP, what life at the base is like, and the WASP program's roots in England.
Date: April 28, 1943
Creator: Hicks, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Hispanidad v. Pan America] (open access)

[Clipping: Hispanidad v. Pan America]

Newspaper clipping describing the recent Hispanidad or pro-Fascist doctrine in South America. Key political actors are mentioned including, the Argentinian Foreign Minister, the Argentinian Dictator, and a Spanish press attaché. On the back page of the article, is a brief passage about the creation of the amber bomb indicator light created by the General Electric company.
Date: April 26, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Major McConnel Asks Sweetwater People to Share 'Great Adventure'] (open access)

[Clipping: Major McConnel Asks Sweetwater People to Share 'Great Adventure']

Newspaper clippings of the article, "Major McConnel Asks Sweetwater People to Share 'Great Adventure'" which discusses the women's pilot training at Avenger's Field and urges the town residents to welcome the women trainees into the social and civic activities of Sweetwater.
Date: April 30, 1943
Creator: Chamberlain, L. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History