Tribune
Des Moines, Iowa
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WAAC Auxiliary, 41
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A GRANDMOTHER
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When Col. Ifon d. Faith, commander of thelwoman's army auxiliary corps, chose * personal secretary, he picked Tight into the middle of five generations.
Mrs. Evelyn E. Atwood, 41, is a grandmother—and a granddaughter.
Mrs. Atwood, an auxiliary from Los Angeles, Cal., was among the first group to complete WAAC basic training and be assigned to duty.
Replaces Sergeant.
The aim of the WAACs, of course, is to replace able-bodied soldiers for combat duty. Mrs. Atwood takes the assignment of Sergt. Daniel Tuma of Detroit, Mich,, who was a technical typist for Pontiac Motors before he was drafted 15 months ago.
If Sergeant Tuma's experience is commendable, it can't cast a shadow over the experience of Mrs Atwood who has had 20 years as a legal secretary and is state par liamentarian of the California Legal Secretaries' association. She was employed by the So
