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F~DEE.AL WORKS AG·:JNCY WO:E"JC PROJ:B}'J'l:S .A.ff/IHU.ST:RATION For Release to .Afternoon Papers We dnesday , May 14 , 1941 • ALlPORT FACILITIES PE.OVLJED BY WPA roR .ALL N.ATICl-:AL Gu".A1:'w AIR SQ,U.AI1R01'JS Every one of t he 29 Nat io nal Guard aviation squadrons wil l have a permanent base construe ted or impro v ed by the i>'I'A w:1en t he currel".t o. :pro gram i s complete , Howard Hunter , Acti ng Co mmissioner of Wo rk Proj- ects , said toda;;r • .All of t he 21 old squadorns, which are now i n Federal ser v ice , alrearly have such home facilities • and ad.di t ional WPA work is going; on at most of t h eir fields . OJ Proj ects a.re under us ed b y seven new squadrons . \·TffJ' at t he sit 0s to be In a ddition to work already c ompleted , a new projGct is :pondi ng for the e i ghth . In ipost i ns t ances th o fields arc municipal a irports which W'.PA has built , enl a r ged , or improved "by co ns truction of runways and othe r facilities . Air armories- -c om1,r i sing hangar s , shops , quarters and administra tive f3.ci litios-- arc a major part of t ho WFA const r uction wo rk for all of t ho now sq_uad.rons . Such buildinss for t ho use of t ho National Guard hav e a lready boon ::,uil t or onln.r go d , or arc now boing constructed, by WPA for most of tho old squadrons . Colonel E. F . Giles , Chief of th e Aviati on Divi s i on of t he Nationnl Gum· d Euroau , r eported that 11 r e c -:mt inspecti on showed WPA air armory co nstructi on p ro gr e ssing cxcelJ.ontly i n respect t o both t i me and wo:rkrr.cmship . Without the a id of t ho WPA, he said , tho so imJ_jor- t an t fncilities could not hnvc be e n ":J.Jldor t ~ken wi t h t he funds nvailab lo Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4- 2242 in the States . Co s tin~ a1Jpro:x:i'Tlatel;r $:?75 , 000 each , tt.e air arr.10ry projects h:we been certified by the War Depar t men t as i m:;:iortant to national defense . "The i mportance of thG Work Pr'),iects M.mini str;:i.t ion in the construction of t~irf orts .::i.nd air armories for the observt,,ti:m squ:i.,lrons of the National Guard cannot "be overestimc,tecl, 11 Colone l Giles Sl'.id. The home fi e lds of existing ~:i-atio nal Gu:i.rd squadrons where WPA has worked nre : East :Boston Airport , Mr.-.ssnch1.1.so tts Nc1,tioc1al Gu,7.rd , 101st Obsorv:,;,ti on Squadron ; Hi ner Fiold Airp ort , Stnte:1 I s l and., New York, 102nd; Phil1.dol 1Jhia , Ponnsylvo.n icl. , 103rd ; B~ltimo""·e , Mar yl and , 104th; Berry Field , Nashvillo , Tenn cs ;:;ce , 105th ; Birmin 6 h,.m, Al:.:.bama , 106th; ~ Wo.yne County Airport t Dotroi t , Hichig::m , 107th; Ch icag o , Illinois , 108th ; St . Prml, Minno so tn, 109th ; Lambort- .St . Louis Airyiort , Miss ouri, 110th; Houston, Texas , 111th. Olov olnnd , Obie , 112tr..; Si;o·.1. t :Piela., I nd.ianapJlis , Ind.inna , 113th; Griffith P.'.lrk Air:-)ort , Los .Angelos , California , 115th; Fo lts Field, Spoko.:10 , Washington , 116th ; Brainnrd Field, _Hnrtford, Connocticut , 118th; lfo\·1 nrk , How Jersey, 119th; Denver, Colorado , 120th; Harwi ck, Rhode Isl[),nd. , 152nd ; Key F i e ld , Mori,iian , Mississig, i, 153rd ; Little Ro ck, Arla:..ns o.s , 154t h . Sq_u2.d.rons are forrnin[; for t'.10 followin g fi e l ds where WPA is working or has worked: Beltsville .Airp ort ( Maryland), tistr ict of Col1.unbia ll"n.t ional Gun.rd, 121st Oosorvatio,n Sq_uo.dron ; New Orleans , Loui s i nnn., 122nd; Colunib ia Air1)ort , Portland. , Oregon , 123rd; Dos Koinos , Io wa, 124th ; Tulsa, Oklahom.:i., 125t h ; Hilwnukoe , Wisconsin , 126th; Wichita, Kansas , 121th; Camp Gordon , Atlanta, Georgia , 128th. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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