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Show Unit M Wesith&ir i Weathermen Forecast Weather Prdgnosticators at Work East Meeto West 7hen Wif Hubby Sign Same Item Tjffe ggyDWHrfrmaWS For OATSC Isotherms, Etc., Part of Queer Language Used -- fJ-- v ' That old familiar Baying, "East Is east and west is wast but ne'er proved to the twain shall meet be an exception to the rule in the ease ol Tech, Sgi Elmo L. Hansen, with the Bifhth Air fTorjio in Lngland, aiti his wife, Ruth" Hansen, a warehouseman in v .;. Hi ' 7 s ' branch 7, warehouse 54;?; like The ' story goes something 4K1 Mr Hanwn - who WSS aware of Ttbe fact that her husband was chief supply clerk? of 7 maname: to an "item terial,' signed her ntnehori to P.47 material' be ing shipped from this base to Eng land in the hope tnat tnrougn some means he would receive the ma.r.'"--:-:-. terial. Letter From Britain l Coincidentally, a letter arrived from England recently , accompanied by the identical item tags which Mrs.. Hansen had previously r husband. signed,a. approved civilian. Sct.! Hansen was As employed here at Hill Field as nhiaf aiinorvisnr of warehouse ' SO for storage of Douglas O- -l parts for over a year. "'"'. Mrs. Hansen has been employed 17 Both tViA months". n fiolri for are Ogden residents and expect to make thejr home mere aiter toe I P-4- t" . 4 -- war.'- canyon. ty perienced on the field. Pilots about to make a crosscountry hop go to the weather Station where thev the prevailing weather conditions me iuuib mey intend xo riv. Congress Ponde! Five-Sta- r Rank Plan Would Status to it ... , This written forecast will include such data as the height of the base and the top of clouds, visibility, precipitation they may encounter or expect to encounter, icing conditions and turbulence, wind direction and velocity at the levels at which they intend to fly. The weather station is a detachment of the 24th weather squadron with headquarters at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. It works in conjunction with the U. S. weather bureau, transmitting and receiving weather data over the bureaus wire networks. Meteorological Balloon Every six hours, starting at 9:30 in the morning, a meteorological sounding balloon is released on the field to determine wind directions and velocities at the upper levels. These balloons go so high they either burst from the expanding gas, or lose their gas and fall to the ground. basis The station is on a for reports and forecasts on the weather in the western part oi the United States. Observations taken here are coordinated with others taken at stations throughout the entire United States. These observations are transmitted by teletype at least every hour. Four times daily a check, maintained over most of the country, is rereported to the field. Data acceived is plotted and analyzed cording to standard methods, so that pilots may be advised about weather conditions to be encountered along their flight paths. Pilots arriving at the field give additional information about conditions they noted while flying over the mountains. These may be the height of the tops and bases of clouds, icing conditions if any and air temperatures aloft. There are three officers, 15 enlisted men and two WACs working in the station. Key men of this group, in addition to Lieutenant Derr, are: Second Lt. James W. Grant, Salt Lake City, assistant weather officer; Second Lt. Edmund Feller, Dubuque. Iowa, assistant weather officer: MSgt. Robert S. Merrill, Gorham, Maine, station chief and weather forecaster; MSgt. Leslie C. Nuhn, Providence, Utah, the most decorated weather man in the entire AAF weather service, weather forecaster; TSgt. Earl Boggs, Kings Creek, Ky., weather forecaster, and SSgt. Wayne L. Albright. Eldora, Iowa, chief observer and chief clerk. . - 24-ho- ur . A five-sta- rank r for adm and generals In the United Si armed forces is being consk. Paul Col. munity raised here aggregated $21,511.10, according . to latest figures . announced yesterday. "We desire to express to you and through you, to those of your command, our most sincere appreciation for the efforts made by all of you in behalf of our community war fund," Mr. Leader wrote Col. Wolf. He added: "Your people have shown themselves to be "good folks", the kind that is found in every 'corner of this country,, willing and able to take their share of its responsibilities." Mr. Leader acknowledged receipt of a check for $21,215.24 and an additional check to make the total $21,534.54 is being sent the ' fund. Attended by Col. John S. chief personnel and base services, and Lt C. P. Murphy, who was in charge of the fund raising drive, a meeting was held on Wednesday, Nov. 22, at the Ben Lomond, hotel to report on the campaign. Mayor Earl J. Glade of Salt Lake City was the principal He expressed personal speaker. appreciation for the outstanding cooperation of Hill Field personnel in the community war chest fund drive. . PILOTS Being briefed by SUtion Weather Officer, Lt. Roger T. Derr, on weather conditions they can expeet on a flight to California. Lieutenant Derr (eenter) is using a . weather chart to point out his predictions. Then they are given a written weather forecast of the expected changes over this route as well as l he expected changes adjacent to - - Na by-- ' congress after Speaker i W. Wolf, burn .and Chairman May (D4 commanding officer of OATSC, D. disclosed recently that Pmi of E. Leader, general, chairman . i wuuaua laiiwc i. r hi bcv ml Ogden and Weber county, ex- nuuacvm pressed deep appreciation for the move made. outstanding contribution made by The principle difference civilian employes and military such a move at present is comto recent the here personnel how many generals and adm Funds chest war fund. In a letter to TWO TRANSIENT Give Two in Army, Ogden Chairman Sends Thanks To Colonel Wolf e. East Wind Explained The mouth of this canyon forms bottleneck which results in a "venturl" effect. This means the winds blowing down the canyon are compressed in the bottleneck with a resulting increase in speed. This causes the east winds which are occasionally ex- ';'!".'' j i Drive Extolled : - - v- - Ruth Hansen OATSC War Fund . -- La 1 " iso-pleth- es, Plausible Explanation The lieutenant had a plausible for this failure of his explanation come true. He said the forecast to had resulted in a expected storm snowfall of 18 to 26 inches in Nefrom vada, and since storms travel storm west to east this particular was expected here Friday and Sata high pressure urday. However, prearea in the middle west had revented its doing this, and asina Nesult' it had spent its force vada. Utah's mountains may be beautiful to the tourist and the old timer, but they are a headache to in the weather man. They result to this weather conditions peculiarman has the weather region and to learn of these through bitter experience. ' in The mountains impede storms movetheir westward to eastward ment. As a result storms are intensified and most of their precipitation is dropped in the high mountains. .Another result is that the tops of clouds increase in mountains, forcing height toover the higher over them pilots flyineven the clear. to remain Air Turbulence Still another result is that icing conditions are increased over the mountains because the turbulence, .or vertical motion, of the air is Increased, resulting in the formation of larger droplets' of water which cause the formation of ice orf airplanes. Even in the summer months this turbulence is so strong sometimes that it .can' resultto inan extensive airplane. structural damage Pilots call this turbulence "rough ir." During the winter months the mountain tops are frequently obscured by clouds, and pilots not familiar with the terrain often find themselves flirting with death too close to these tops. by coming Most of the acidents in this area are caused when pilots attempt to fly under a low overcast or in the clouds. Ne Smor Here One beneficial effect of having the mountains so close, and especanyon, is that a cold cially Weber "fall" wind blows down the canyon from the Wyoming ofplains and the Salt Field clear keeps Hill Lake and Ogden smogs. These are much higher than the plainsLake Salt valley and the air tends to be cooler there. The valley air. warmer, tends to rise and beingcooler air rushes in to replace the in the cold winds resulting it, -which emanate from the mouth of m by-he- control tower operator, stands beside him. They speak a strange language In the weather, station, using such words as isotherms, isobars, high pressure and low pressure areas and cold70and warm fronts. But they hit per cent of their forecasts,' and a forecaster who hits 80 per cent of his forecasts is considered tops in this : field. When interviewed last Friday Lieutenant Derr, base weather ofred in the face over ficer, was still he had made that a' "prediction be five inches of snow would there on - Hill Field Saturday. Friday, when the storm was expected to start, saw the sun shining brightly and not a sign of even a snow-flak- 1 . - Everybody's talking about th.e weather, but no one is do ing anything about it but the base weather station, under the guidance, of Lt. Roger T. Derr, Salt Lake City,; is - ' doing its part in forecasting 1 the weather at OATSC for this field, as well as all Army . . Rises Into the skies after being reSOUNDING BALLOON and Navy installations in the Aleased by Sgt. Doyle Tucker of Gilmer, Texas. The balloon is used Salt Lake valley. to record upper air directions and velocities.. Pvt. Jasephine Lokar, high-veloci- Coincident wme-whe- re -- - the - Former Editor Now Overseas - Serving at ATC Headquarters In Calcutta, India A letter from the former managing editor of the Hillfielder, CpL Sylvester 'Adessa, now stationed with Air Transport command headquarters in Calcutta, India, was received this week. "To ATC," he writes, "Hump operations are the focal interest. The story of the Hump is a natural, of course, and ATC has not been backward ' in exploiting: it. Correspondents for agencies and magazines and papers rrom nearly all the United Nations swoop in on us in droves. Teddy White of Life and Time has done several good stories on the Hump and Burma, the original manuscripts being much longer than the scalped version that appeared in print." . Adessa was managing editor of this publication from September, 1943, to last spring when he was transferred to the west coast, thence east and later overseas. His home is in New York City. He was assigned to the special information office upon his arrival at this field in April, 1943. Mac-Tagga- . m rt, the fleet" J Presumably these would' riven to Generals George C. 1 shall and Dwight D. J.EisenhK King Ernest and Admirals D. Williaim Leahy. 'Another plan would add to this names list, with H.Gent Douglas MacArthur andChes nold. and Admirals F. Nimitz and William five-sta- r the given being Halsey ATC Makes 1 First Lt. Frederick R. S. Tumlin has been appointed deputy chairman of the suggestions committee until sometime in January at which time First Lt Milton M. Harrison, chairman, is expected to return to the field from a detached duty assignment. The committee considers suggestions offered ' by civilian or military personnel and makes recommendations regarding these to the commanding officer of the field. It is authorized to gather the data necessary for this and to appoint It submits a comprehensive report to the commanding officer every three months. Other members of the committee are Glen K. Taylor, Arthur W. Jackson and Don Johnson, executive secretary and member. ng 2- -. 3- WANTEI or 4 room furnlahed apartment In Oenen. Contact Lt. Hopp-mastatistical control section, Kxt. 8420. -- n, ' r Atlantic Flights Planes of the Air mand crossed the 1200 times during tins ATf! revealed. Transport rf Atlantic o Setpember, Aboard the planes en rouw werej foreign war theatres 2700 won passengers while U persons were returned to the A. by the planes. In addition.! ATC shipped 1,600.000 poune war material ana du,1,000 pound. mail overseas. r- Rubber Branch Develops Nei Method for Repairing Shoes Renair of tirea. tuhinff and all4Vnnlrfld here are life vests, fild rubberized equipment for the field oil cells, tires and tubes anu- is the responsibility of rubber re cellaneons rubber such a pair branch, miscellaneous repair Tire repair section, maintenance division, su- and flying shoes. many enq ovnnaritnir i and Harold W. Osborn, pervised by advance trainfal general foreman. are This being the only branch of ikl. receiving --L. A rnnlll V. Bof its kind, it has a great respons- till WUI , f civilian training branch-ibility to the field and work being of repa tire done here. Rubber repair has duction on aircraft four units, with Gertrude Green, high and it is expected to am Albert A. Olsen and Betty Foster about 80 oer cent in the supervising the 43 employes in month, these units. Civilians Receive Award Mr. Osborn and Facio Hatfon, Lec now of Salt Lake City, both received an Award of Merit for their Poll GI development in flying shoes. They were the originators of resoling of GL and reheeling flying shoes and number one wish a boots and the procedure was de- theThe blg South Pacific by veloped by the foundry, the pat is a cold malted milk, tern shop and repair recent poll taken by branch of this field. Today this to in that area. plan has been written up as a Cross could have nJ "If you technical order and is followed by wanted what would you Comall Air Technical Service question was the first?" mands. servicemen. those Another of their developments Next in order to their-s- way is the tube submerger for 58" wer cn tubes. This was manufactured by a malted miiK, the cup, that the personnel of maintenance from teak,.a (3) g'rlbeautiful a print designed in San Antonio, (4) Texas. Tube plates were also developed here and have been saving many man hours in production.- tct U. rrnk M. JJ? Among the properties being re- 460th trillion aquadron. " Suggestion Group Has New Chairman non-voti- . would be given the "super" r Plans call for designation of I as "general of the ar generals and two admirals as "admin! . Malted Milk In Wish rubber r - . |