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U.S’. ARMY APPOINTMENTS (1,30 pan.) WASHINGTON, June 4. The War Department has nominated Brigadier General Idwal Edwards as assistant chief-of-staff in charge of the organisation and training of the entire army. General Edwards’ experience as a pilot is regarded as giving new recognition to the importance of the air in army training. The Secretary of War. Mr. H. L. Stimson, also announced the appointment of Mr. R. W. Ireland, chief of the new air division of the army’s transportation service in connection with a broad programme to utilise aircraft to speed the flow of manpower and materials in all phases of the. war effort.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20804, 6 June 1942, Page 5
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