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Show Photm5) Ights 0 of the Week r Vol. v BXPBESSES'APPROVAL . . . Above, J. & Mayer, Utah State Director of the 'War Manpower Commlslon, talk at a meeting of labor, .'management, and selective service representatives from Utah who gathered at Hill Field last week. He expressed considerable with - the locality wage system recently initiated, at this w installation. satis-'JMSti- ii V7V Hostess However hard to believe that there are ice crfeam sodas and sundaes on Hill: Field, it is the case that anytime between the hours y p. m. such of three and ultra heretofore unheard of delicacies may be had in the service club cafeteria along with tasty sandcoffee, and soft wiches, non-G- I r drink beverages. ' - Too there isa y piano strategical-ton iff join 'pTftfeorheap! which sing-son-g an of the means for making always more congenial company. Due to limited space and facilities, and pending the erection of additional accommodations, unnecesfortunately it has become service sary to limit the use ofonthea weekly club to organizations ' .AH-may- 4 .old-fashion- iitiiir . ed rotating basis. week which began For the first (Coatlnuea ... ENJOYING THEMSELVES Shortly after the grand opening of the new Hill Field EM service elub are a croup of Hill Field military personnel. In the top picture, soldiers sip their beverages amid the congenial atmosphere of the club. Below, guests gather round a piano nd five with the sing-son-'s while a fellow-gue- st beats it out with a soot lick. v IP V ' 'V ism ' . r " ... 1 ; ; on Page Two) Safety Store Will Open Here Shortly Definite approval has been received from ASC headquarters for Field, Capt. a safety store at HillOASC safety Robert R. Afflick, announced yesterday. officer, - Shelves are already being Installed. The store will be located the in the southwest corner of inisouth flight test hangar. An will tial order for 336 safety shoes be placed this week. Goggles, caps and other safety equipment will also be available, he said. OASC Capt. Robert O. Stafford, officer, announced he employment n a man and woman ia iAbi , 19 AwvmaiB with previous shoe selling experi ence to operate tne siore. Muskrats Ramble Streets People Walk on Sidewalks 3 J ' J? ON1 GUARD, YOU CAD Though you may not be op on your Shakespearean tragedy you can't miss on the above. They're scenes from the forthcoming production of the Bard's Immortal "Romeo and Juliet" to be presented for the. benefit of Hill Field employes tonight t Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah campus, Salt Lake City. Hill Metder wUl be admitted free on presentation of pass and badge. On ether nights, It's M cents a head. Still perplexing problem nro Hill Fielders who persist In meanabout the deringnn unconcernedly .tHuti Inatead of estab niA lished pedestrian lanes, commonly called sidewaiKs. No little concerned over the maso since it contterand rightfully menace of the stitutes a traffic first order are safety engineers and the provost marshal as well as higher Hill Field officials. An are the in accord in proclaiming that -field's habitual "Jay" and street" walkers must mend their ways. And it's for their own welfare. Sidewalks here are ample to accommodate all and sundry and walks a thing with a iha nut fhmtnm?) the habit formed of necessity during winter . a months must ne sneivea now ior safety reasons. Coining a slogan, then, let s keen to the "Sidewalks snow-cover- ed M for r is Gen. Berman Meets Delegation The locality wage scale sys tern in operation here since late in March was given un qualified approval and sup- long-anticipat-ed nine-thirt- I- - State . Chairman J. S. Mayer Commends Scale . "" I Rotating Plan Each Vfeek Put In f Practice With affable Miss Agnes Walters as its'able hostess, the opening of the Hill Field military service club has come to pass. While some of the game and recreational equipment have not as yet been installed, many other is cafeteria, and features show promise talent nightly to bring in large crowds daily. 'I 'A v 1944 Wednesday, April 26, 1 oa ill tvi r EM Service Club Open Bere pMWBBiBaa ' Ogden Ufah Locality Wage P ay Plan I iiiii Hill Field, wmc Officials HereOkay if I No. 51 I 3) port Agnes Walters last week by "War Man- power Commission officials at Hill Field for a conference with OASC's commanding general, Morris Berman. Speaking for a delegation of Utah 'labor and management officials visiting Hill Field, J. S. Mayer, War Manpower Commission Ut&h state director, said that Hill Field's "excellent program for utilization of labor and the resultant succesa expected from it in conserving manpower is highly commendable." He expressed satisfaction with the locality wage system in operation here since March 27th. During Admission the conference IS officials representing selective service,, labor and Employes business Inspected the many maintenance and supply activities here. Later they were luncheon guests Hill Field employes will be ad- of Brigadier General . Berman . in mitted to the Theta Alpha Phi the officers' mess. Hill Field officers of supply and "Ro- Romeo, Juliet Play in SLG Tonight Free For ? From Hill' Field presentation of Shakespeare's meo and Juliet" tonight at Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah campus. Salt Lake City, by presentation of pass and badge. Seats are selling to the general public at 90 cents each, it was announced by Ruth Spencer Anderson, women's recreation director, but tonight Hill Fielders may see the show for no admission fee. Special busses will leave from Wasatch bus station in Ogden at 6:30 p. m.; from the dormitory area at 7 p. m. Round trip, 75 cents. The play, directed by Dr. C Lowell Lee, will run three hours, interbroken only by a mission, and will star Fred Nick-so-n as Romeo and Algene Ballif ten-minu- te as Juliet. OASC Officials At San Antonio Confab Hill Field officers will speak on prepared subjects at the forthcoming personnel and training division quarterly conference next Monday at San Antonio air service command, Col. John S. MacTaggart, OASC personnel and training division chief, announced yesterday. He will also attend the meetings which will last three days. maintenance explained problems of manpower and production facing here in their efforts to insure OASC support of U. S. air forces throughout the world. The conference reviewed the locality wage plan here which affects nearly 8000 workers most of whom are in the maintenance division. Explaining the training program authorities (Continued on Pas Two) T. L. McClanalian Dies in Salt Lake Thomas L. McClanahan, former chief clerk of payroll and account" ing branch at Hill Field, died at three a. m. yesterday morning In the Holy Cross hopsital, Salt Laka City. Mr. McClanahan had about 23 years in civil service at the time of his death, most of it with the A. A. F. He was a member of the U. L army from October, 1917 to February, 1919, and was a sergeant at the time of his discharge. He came to Hill Field ia February 1941, transferred the following fall to the headquarters of the old third ASC area command tt Atlanta, Georgia. He transferred back to Hill Field in February. 1043. and had been employed here ever since. Maintenance Rates Second in March ASC Production Record Hill Field's maintenance division had the second best production record in the entire Air Service Command last month, Lt. C. H. Anderson, production control chief, disclosed yesterday. sub-divisi- Maintenance standings in production, management, and a combination rating of the two, are issued monthly from ASC headquarters to maintenance divisions throughout the command. In the overall or combination rating, the division here rated third high. Production refers to the average number of manhours per item of overhaul, Lt. Anderson said; management tP the efficient distribution of available manhours in supervisory, clerical and production work. Departments in each mainten ance division are rated in management and production. Several Hill were first in Field departments either management or production among similar departments in the ASC. In production the following departments rated first: injection carburetors, float carburetors, parachutes, generators, armature rewinding, prop governors, automatic pilots, gyro instruments, and bomb-sig- ht gyro unit overhaul. the following In management were first: shop maintenance and nroduftion control n. 8hnn maintenance hlLI been first i management ever sines' last &1 cember. X. 'V. t 5I |