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Show Wounded TBaPlibrarv Sp')r Visits Family w Begins New Displ Wednesday February 9, 1944 New Book List Annual Leave Procedure Now Changed Accrual Includes f Monthly Bate Cut In New Order tTj A new change In the accrual of annual leave by permanent and WELCOME HOME . . . Seaman Second Class Walter Moss,-Jr- , war - aervice - indefinite employes and Is pictured with his famUy, all of wnom worn ne re, jiiMoss, Walter, Jr, and Louis whereby the accrual rate is re- one-sixt- Boys Are Strictly GI Folk , V leave-without-p- ay . lf one-ha- ieia : Moss. - Following the current n play into the base recreation &, brary's suspended exhibition eaile tomorrow will be the "Flight of tha Eagle." The new exhibit will be com... of ten large reproductions of w dachrome photographs taken American airplanes, air m , pl models. The pln-u- . iw photS by Air For Soldiers' 1 M.a a. uw and Mascots -- B-2- to join .1 or stay .at the army An army regulation tms weeK oe- creed that, the carrying o pets or or mascots on Army transports - ikkL . , vessels is not permission, umi,unless the dog is carried lor milhave to stay at itary purposes, he'll nue wnu Home or nran industry. The same AR, you may want to know, flatly refuses rides at War Denartment expense for all parrots, love biras ana any otn- parrakeets, J awf fonnllv Nothing was said about taking your wife along, either. . - Sorry, - ruooch.: you have - in building uu room. ' activities back home, workine and playing. Incidental coincidence Is tne lace that the other son in England, though never stationed at Hill as Field, is in the same outfit,one several former Hill Fielders, of whom Capt Thomas Foley his father knew quite well and worked with here. So one wouldn't be far from be hv flAVtflff Inn, AavvyoA OMllfflt that all of the Mosses are pretty well tied un with Hill Field in one way or another. Command j ,. I 1 ' Gardner Bullis, Pacific area ad ministrator for the Red Cross yes terday visited Hill Field and paid his respects to Brig. Gen. Morr's Berman, commanding general of tne OASC. Bullis, who supervises Red Cross services to the armed forces in Utah, Idaho, Nevada. Aritona. Call lornia, urcgon, Washington, Mon tana, and New Mexico from head qaarters in San Francisco, is now n an area inspection tour. . ,4... "Air New Yearbook," "Flyins General Game," Eaker: "Winged Warfare," General Arnold-Colon- el Eaker; "Victor) xnrougn Air rower, oe severskyjr "There's Something in the Air, Secondl Officer Flying nn ... h X; "Thirty t l a uver rm.i ximyu, utiiuuu ieuj juwsud "Chennault of the Flying Tigers,"1 Sara Minis; 5'Fighting the Flyinj Circus," Rickenbacker; "Men of the R. A, F.,M Sir William Rothenstein; "Airman's Odyssey," Antoinne SL Exupery; "Gremlins of Lieutenant Oggins," Irwin Snapiro; "On wingi for Freedom," Edward Shenton; "Million Miler, Story of an Ait Pilot," John R. Tunis; "Queens Di Proudly, W. I wmte. Arnold-Colon- el Jl Hill Tsllc TJollpr I . Clrato Mrknrlnv Kvfl More Members Asked By Club Prexy I Th. Mill Jills, that club composed of luscious lovelies from Hill Field, will have a roller skating party at Berthana roller rink m ug on Valentine night, Feb. 14, it nAiinoMl thin week by u Dnw IbTiirinl firman. The girls will meet at theat ch 7: USO lounge of the Ogden discM- brief a for Monday night sion of plans for luture and then will go immediately the roller rink. "All girls employed at "rr! are invited to attend the skating - p" n..ftr ' I ...r Is home wAis Technically and actually. First Sgt Larry Harbitz of the 482nd has the say-s- o where the WAC detachment activities and his squadron's overlap, because the WAC unit is attached to the 482nd. But there should be a noticeable scarcity of friction within the organization because WAC First Sgt Elaine Flogstad and Sgt Harbitz both call St James, Minn., home and ought to speak the same language. Each worked in Minneapolis prior to army service, also. It took a first sergeants' meeting in base headquarters to bring the T" ... "Come on, girls, and nave fun," urged Orman, town to First Sgt Larry Harblts of the 482nd AB squadron and Dotn oi Hiu f ield. Two 482nd Topkicks Hail From T Same Little Minnesota Town inr at cently. Orman. .1. I. Ml Membership in tne ciuo ex unexpected for dollar, pooled remaa funds If any- of.Unthevoar tneV pense. " -- . - vac viiua ui bi ai j ir aft. ciaine f iogsiaa, "EW" of an organization. .She enlisted in the WAAC last May k and had her basic train- FW Xfrtf naa trrkMiA Kw an o Traident '"W A, ST. JAMES, MINNESOTA oaM wt club is strictly social, and pw more girls would like to have 4, said the school Capt Two first sergeants in the same-twrecruits its own students. While in and from the same training they are carried on the organization payroll of the Mobile Air Service town of 3000 population! That's the Command. The course lasts about situation that exists in the 482nd four months. They have been com Air Base squadron these days but ing to Hill Field since last Decem one which only became apparent to ber. the two top kicks when they met at a meeting of first sergeants re- West Coast Red Cross Head on Visit Here J list of boks in connection with the "Flight of the Eagle" are; The Eleven graduates of the Ander- Stafford t -- tfat I Sheetmetal Grads Arrive for Work such calibre of employes. w .Numerous new hooka been received recently anV to all military p?rsonn2 available u 0innar. VW COL W W1B WlflPI V read renowned beat S1W tt djjr R Carlson, an . by of subversive activiUes in thig written by a man whocountry spent months in com. pany With agents and spies, Reaervatlonn will h tnUo book aa a rat rtomoj i. expected due to the wide acclaim - B-2- 0, W I What's New at Home, Sergeant? son Sheetmetal School at Nashville, Tenn., arrived at Hill Field this week which brings the total number of employes here from that school to 70, Capt. Robert O. Stafford, employment branch chief, announced yesterday. Twelve emnloyes from the school were hired here last week. Capt. Stafford said he expected 400 in all would be emploved here after rrnrtuating. He said other area ASC commands were also drawing wooers frorn the institution. All are beln assigned to the manufacture and rennir section. lnc sheetmetal work Manv r on the 4 line. Mator Gne C Wilson, officer In ch"re of shona. sa'd the group was dolnsr as outstanding a piece of work as he has yet seen done by any employes. He indicated the depot was fortunate in acquiring E-29- iti I . "Swing Sing" If vou like to live out with the vocals, don't forget the "Swing Sing" p. m. for day shift workers at every Friday night. The sing speclub cials are held in the southeast tw just opposite tbs ynium.a-nAth- e hofi upen remain 4 10 J.U p. m, on week an on aunaay irom 2 to .. . v. ? - fieM the a rK lH uaT" AR Limits Passage . stationed somewhere In England, "seafaring" Moss The boasts quite a record and chest full of ribbons acquired in just a bit more than a year's service in the navy. He wears several theatre of action campaign medals. A gunner on an aircraft carrier, he was badly wounded in Pacific action when his arm was broken and crushed. Even while visiting here he is receiving periodic treatment at the Clearfield naval depot wing. hospital for the banged-u- p He also saw service in Greenland. Iceland and other Atlantic theatres. At Hill Field's tremendous size and capacity for work, he was frankly amazed. His dad, the sergeant, took him on a tour 4 of the installation and the line particularly impressed him. But so many civilians on what he had thought to be just another army field is what he couldn't get over and he ventured the recollection that, "Gosh, when we hit port in Florida you had to go to town to see civilians; here the place is a regular town itself." A far cry from his hammock bed and the pitch and sway of the massive aircraft carrier is Sailor Moss' present bed . . . he's staying at Hillcrest civilian dormitories while he's here. So after several days as a Hill Field guest, he ought to be able to give his mates quite a line on Air Service ""sa toandtne Trails magazine maps and models are from Pop aijji Mom Moss and All the one-ha- . was ayIsltor at Hiu . h to duced from two and two days per month with an addlf itional day credited at the end of each quarter in most cases, was announced yesterday from the office of the civilian personnel chief. The change, the result of a recent Pardonably proud as the prover-executive order dated February 5, menbial peacocks last week were the provides that the employes tioned shall accrue the additional Mosses of Hill Field when their one-ha- lf day if they were continu- son and brother, Seaman 2c Wal ously employed for the entire quarter year ending in March, June, ter Moss, Jr., showed up here for a visit September or December. Under the new regulations anThe Mosses aren t too well nual leave will not accrue to an known,, were just digging in doing employe while he is on leave status, their respective jobs at Hill Field unless he returns to duty. This, it until young Walter, a wounded was explained, means that here- naval gunner on a recuperative turned up on the field after, annual leave will not accrue to an employe during the time his furlough, and quite accidentally "exposed" accrued leave is running out after an outstanding American war he has separated from his job. The new system provides that For 17 months, "Pop" Moss, as whenever a permanent employe or he is known in his 482nd squadron war service indefinite employe is barracks, really Sgt. Walter Moss, stat- has been stationed at Hill Field absent on a us for IB days or more during the working with a special service calendar year, his credits for an- crew. Its his second wartime efnual leave shall be reduced one fort he was stationed in an ordday for sick nance depot during the last war. day; and one-haleave. This occurs for each such peThen just two months ago the riod aggregating 15 days. Whenever urge to get in the swim and help such absences total 90 days,, there get the war won became too strong lf ehall be a further reduction of and Mrs. Moss and the youngest credits annual leave in day son, Louis, just 17, closed up the for each such period. Canton, Illinois, home and cast Sick leave, it was pointed out, their, lot at Hill Field. Mrs. Moss may now be granted for medical, waits on the boys behind the coun dental or optical examination or ter of the canteen in the upper treatment, but only for one half barracks area and Louis found his day, unless the physician, the den niche as a messenger. And they tist or optician signs the certirl both call Hillcrest home these days. cate on the leave application to Now with Walter, Jr., here, the the effect that a longer time was Mosses are almost en masse ex required for the treatment or ex cept for another son, SSgt John amination. O. Moss of the Army Air Forces, leave has Heretofore, no sick been available for absences caused by visits to physicians, dentists or opticians for treatment. . Under the regulation, the minimum charge of annual leave shall be one hour, and additional leave shall be charged in multiples of one hours; however, all tardiness shall be charged in multiples of 1 Vquarter hours, as in the past - ox " ""Undercover" together when First Sgt Flogstad recognized the Harbitz name, associated it with some hometown Harbtizes she had gone to school with, and querried Larry about his younger days and surroundings. Yup, he was a St Jame's Harbitx. He hag been an Hill Fielder if there ever was one. Harbitx joined the army in October of 1941, spent a year at Wyoming's Fort Francis E. Warren and then saw Hill Field for the first time. That was only the first of three assignments to this field and two shipments away from it For 16 months he was an first sergeant and for theacting past years has handled the duties and worn the really stripes. First Sgt. Flogstad's army career has been considerably shorter but naroiy less crowded with the ac tual experience of being head Drive to Clean Up Unauthorized T1 tllDOOll Tk7atif10 Wearing five-wee- I -- mA S) - 1 Hey, OI are you aumirusirauun course wear those badges ana '""VTf n AfJ in Texas. Then in August she was That's the question assigned to Hill Field as company meiorandum brought ciern oi me. tne ""'7 wau Ii weej( u stressed j. unauthorized detachment here. ...n,inr riM- -j When the first sergeant at that -. Qt aviation badges and . .. . - ms- ...la and . Mm, u1ital wa Amn wv n.if wnt mill...... - I. maicauve oi tarv service when the WAAC be Lu k.. iiitarv oersonnei. came WAC, the WAC who knew seems that at soma P0"'1 the rones best In the orderly room Mfhr a general P' was chosen to succeed her and or unauthorized en,'stdJSMislj tkstf shiny new First Sgt. Elaine Flog- - to the badges an sum sewea on ner new stripes ana ncbuy them when furloUEB 10 -- ' I L:vr"T-:;r.:7.rciftiii-wcv- : M newiy-accivai- JLSt u ea 1" i- m -- - i, av. tnnk Both Sgt Harbitz now belatedly assert A. j .... . and Flogstad I in nearby towns or JJomJt bsl that "I knew Such a PrctlccuceIVvt est1 tne sergeant was from 8t James fair to the men wwWrB before we met" Harhttc horaiiM mnA art lastly entitled to he noted on a roster that her ribbons and badges. imped serial number had his local .class! So that is why the w imrnea' fylng numerals; Flogstad because she had seen his picture in the Hillfielder upon occasion and as-aociaiea mm witn me Haroiues back noma. - offices will take rf to determine .the exw" Juf"a' nd diidr practice In win iniiuuw n,utn- linarx action when ti |