Globe Gazette Mason City, Iowa
WAC REPAIRS MOTORS—This member of the Women's Army corps is learning the fundamentals of automotive mechanics, repair and operation at the motor transport school of a WAC training center. When she completes the course, she will be assigned to duty, relieving a soldier for combat, service.
24 Recruits forWACs From County
Des Moines—County quotas in
the Iowa drive for 1,351 WACs were announced Monday by Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper.
The quota for Cerro Gordo is 24.
Governor Hickenlooper urged Iowans to put Iowa "'on the map" in the current campaign by not only meeting the quota, but exceeding it.
''I know that every eligible woman in Iowa will respond to this 'call to arms," " he said. "To date, Iowa casualties in the war have been 1,351. It is up to us to replace those men with 1,351 WACs. Recruiting for the second all-state company is now in progress. It is my hope that it will be the largest contingent eve