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Show Fadea1 Identification Board Invan IHuge Supply Job Told by Army Tonnage Handled 5 Jnesday July 26, 1944 Nickels Bought This Bond . Twice as Big ". .:. :: v .- .- m M 4su As for to o o 9 o o 1- First War Advance shipments for tha In vasion piled ud more than 18 nnn . 000 tons of supplies in Britain in a year twice the .tonnage which was received durinsr World war I by General . Pershing, as reported Lt. Geri. Brehon Som recently ervell, chier of the Army Service Jim iiiSI 9 . i ' Forces...: ; - Gen.- Somervell said in an inter view that of supplies ior xne invasion stockpiles began more than 12 months ago, while as long ago as last August 11, the army began planning in exact detail the restoration of the Port of ' .... 1 illliiillii - nt "I L a x t "N? . I STv Cherbourg. Cherbourg was a "keved nrn. ject," and a hint of the staggering planning job that preceded the landings in Normandy was contained in his added comment that 1 this warehouse for indicators to. the Leave ("altimeter thanks effectiveness of. the display larrely bus needles, to Velma Robison, ware- points out the value of the system ana w,clerk. number the per- ine siock iisi Besides there were more than 300 keyed projects, of various sizes and im- - portance. Complete restoration of the port of Cherbourg, based on the experience at Naples, may take several weeks, stated the general, but it will be in use long before that already in use but when the work is complete, the port's capacity will part having , rMUMting inc pr caiif u "un Hguti sjicciiy exactly uj wants. This reduces the chance of issuing greatly rich Item he Ut 1 be greatly expanded. ENGINE REPAIR SALE . . . Above, Bobby Gross, OASC newsboy, receives a $100 war bond from Lt. R. D. Fagaly, assistant engine repair chief, after he plunked down $75 of his savings from selling papers. 5,000 Employes To Be ed OASC Newsboy Planks Down Earnings to Help Win War Tubercular Tests Now Required For All Workers i9 ,1 X-Ray- 1 civilian: employes who taken have not had chest at the industrial medical dispen sary are now required to do25-- so in accordance with bulletin dated June 7, 1944, Maj. S. C. Campbell,. OASC civilian person nel chief, announced this week. The individual will receive a no tice on the clock stating where and when to report on the day as signed for the Maj. Camp bel said. Supervisors have been instructed to release all of those employes so notified. It is expected that the total time of absence from work will not exceed 30 min utes, he added. Civilian workers at all AAF in stallations are required to submit to the test to determine if tuberculosis is present thus preventing the spread of the disease. Beginning last Friday, a chest team from the U. S. Public Health Service launched an mten- I sivswfe program to process more than 5,000 workers not Bobby Gross, 12, Hill Field newsboy, took time out the other day to purchase a S10& war bond ' with part of the money he'd earned selling papers to Hill Field workers. He bought the bond at the booth located in the engine repair building .where . his - father, Newton E. Gross, is employed; His mother, Willie L. Gross, works for shop Paul maintenance and the whole family lives at Sahara Village. Bobby is a Boy Scout and a of soldiers on leave) leader of this troop in Sahara Vil- are Thousands for war jobs bevolunteering lage. He is also a paper carrier cause "apparently they realize the) for the Village. urgency of our man power needs,1 Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the) war man power commission said Soldiers on Leav Work at War Jobs OASC I X-ra- ys : 2, Thousaads of EM Help Industry, McNutt Says - 41 X-ra- ml iJ ... PARTS To be Issued from supply division's seat spares warehouse are, standing: Alvin Jt- - Nichols, sum mwtA k n lm aliinao 1rlr The w&rehouse. irttial Inted in the instrument repair building, stocks more than 8.0M Aerent aircraft instrument parts, some so small a magnifying glass Glass jars have been found to be about accessary in counting. as convenient a means or storing as any. DUNTING OUT Tom Thumb Warehouse x fffers. Unusual Problems )ASC y, . Bicycle Party Enjoyed Friday n-d- ay tested. Tests will be conducted in ward sN three of the station hospital. The Tom Thumb should ever come . use 1 glass oget magnifying ward is located at the corner of Field to get a job, he'd find true count on much of the mate- 5th and B streets. The entrance is articular department admir- - rial. It's that small. There are just west of OASC headquarters niited to his very special and parts for a list of aircraft instru building and just' south of the of mess, Maj. Campbell said e talents. ments as long as your arm: Alti ficers' team has facilities to The t'i be handling airplane parts meters, automatic pilots, oanK ana conduct 800 tests approximately turn indicators, II he'd have to use a magnl-- watches, air speed indicators, fuel per day, Maj. H, F. Lancaster, disSuMS to rnlint AIimm. II pensary chief, said. lUnt have to worry about any- - Indicators, clocks, temperature compasses. wrser man a quart fruit Jar gauges and Much of the material is counted P ccold play up which is not, P iown narrow aisles stocked by weight. For that nas revenue Anaerson on row of small, neatly-rae- d Supervisor a unique counting aid. It glass jars full of air- - devised consists of a small hinged tray oappnes. siding with a by a low lis Verv - surrounded unusual one end. at small opening PPly dlVlSinn Ulimhmm thnt'. Rather than pick up each pile of lied in fha ln.t I i. is completed after parts 'mng Most people confuse lt ami niacin counting it bv hand in the jar. Ah flLL00?1 lssue niV but it's a the is merely tipped up and ea warehouse mnnlvlnff the tray slide 11 nas in. parts "I this field but stations in tests and is expecteas with i satisfactory save considerable time. to ed navigation hide-and-se- Typical tasks which G. L Joet are asking and getting are: load Thirty happy bicyclers from OASC enjoyed a bike party Friday ing trucks, grain unloading, icing evening at Ogden's Lorin Farr freight cars, stevedoring, railroad processing; park. The participants embarked clerical jobs, food from Covey's bike shop on Wash- stockyard jobs and miscellaneous ington Blvd., and wended their war occupations. In the last 30. days over 4000 jolly way to the park where they men have taken jobs in Chicago enjoyed a watermelon feast. After eating all the melon they plants, while in' northern Californ could hold, they proceeded up nia, the U. S. employment service canyon on their bicycles. placed 6100 soldiers and sailors in Loads of fun was had by all and war jobs during May and June. all are eagerly looking forward to Armed forces personnel on leave future similar outings. Announce- are being used by practically every ment of such parties will be made section of the country where suco labor is available, McNutt said. in the Hillfielder. Og-de- OASC Gets ek -- : X-r- ay X-r- ay this week. X-Ray- ed w 1- s i bffln,llnstrume most warehouses areas 120 by 180 1 1 & ' part Specialists In Patience Asked if there were any special are employe should qualifications feet have to workan with such small lar?er- H1U yield' Tom said there w?rehouse measures only items, Anderson It takes a person Provides a full who Is were. flvLl"? and and one steady,Hi careful mne employes, u- -. of natience, ne wnr - defi-nit.- lv n7i,?r Supervisor rancis been here T.'I won't do. are Many of the parts don Extremely t handle delicate and you Wians, Welcome! ltua vnn would a balloon In the ware-Ln1.. - on .nff ne cowling. LotXoua Dart couldn't hold in of his nine workers area It innt.l. worneT He11 says they're performiAk items which Include mil- - 2 an exceiicii ina . A .mall' bearings of a 18 Peces.- - Tie WjC3?w!'..who h r..m VnwtmHv . Vi ni JJt .... . -- u- oiul bombers are to destroy in Germany ampting over to take in- particular., glaw e rtored in their con to be eem The Jar. ,.rs;: "celsaninventorlal Every three months rnare. ir7y ul . leu lI ,?me ,v , snH Opened r. every ai h. wum m chares a t dent. TuStTa?1. . xira or any- you can w : venient a avauaoie. vi y . lht -- OVered Any- - times. carts at all can u part? M guesting the from rect one' rtthtf-- -- board, wo aiwmewr roquiraa suxor wwi" "- - ' , 7 . 1 1 AK ', 1 Uttl . . are . Above S.CS ef more OASC earleyes who are bebt than Hit BREATH part TAKE A DEEP m wrem tnIS "weeav am vcub spina par m m nunrMin iiDrrcaiviu, bciot untni Y.aed survey team able to handle from flv to eight hm- nu eonduct4lbistV. 8. publie health service y S-r- J area, imitmuu aaiy. . ........ - |