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Show J) prom Action in North Africa at OASC . . . fo Wheat-Blastin- g working at the comparative- of wheat-blastipistons job isafe X engine repair is a Hill Fielder, Daniel Hutton, who, when he tosses . overalls- m hia cnail-iJveruvat of dress clothes wears an ng eu Jeart on his lapel. Kasserine Pass and Casablanca tt4!jftifk T ; EYE-popp- en-Etm- m the army's amphibious " forces. He laughingly recalls the ebronic griping that accompanied jvery simulated beachhead attack Califjnd landing up and down coast line for almost two the fall of '42, following In years. three days at sea and just informed that the destination was North Africa, h wasn't alone in wishing that 'Td had some more of that training." History now is the Gen. landing and consequent initial operations but Hutton reminisces grimly, "Man, e didn't know what we were headiornia's ed anything but amphibi ous desert terrain ahead, Hutton's outfit was tossed in with the regular infantry and fought foxhole la foxhole with them right to the Mediterranean Casablanca ana president Koose-velt- 's epic visit he can't quite tell without a grin. He was hospitalized with a minor cactus infection and missed F.D.R.'s tour completely. But coming when it did, Hutton hasn't a doubt in the world that the "Inspection" lighted the fuse on the explosion that finally drove the nazis back into the about lea. a canny at Isolated in the first action d a Four hundred dollars and Arab saved Hutton's hide there, badly-battere- Kas-lerin- e. 128-m- an Distribute Booklet On Inventory Ways er noisy self, and Tommy Dorsey, who doesn't have very much opportunity to get easy-as-p- ie ng into." With an Few Dan Hutton remnant of his original outfit figured Mr. Jordan was just heading their way. "Then this guy out of a movie in a nightshirt came along," recalls Hutton, and with a $400 Yank bankroll greasing his palm, the Arab led the- doughboys in Hutton's particular sector on a furtive, night creep back to the American lines. "That guy's price would have been cheap at 10 times the cost," says Hutton. The hand, arm and leg wounds Hutton received in a consequent engagement, and after a month and a half in an African hospital, he was returned to this country for four month's further treatment. How they accomplished it he'll never quite be sure, but fatigued and haggard army doctors and nurses in North African field hospitals gave him "the finest .care and attention I've ever had any - . place." So wheat-blasti- actors possess the ability of projecting their personalities from the screen. More than mere skillful acting, it is an elusive art. The characters portrayed are not char- acters but seemingly beings, breathing with life. Jean Gabin has that quality. As "The Impostor" his every movement and expression is uncanthen, three-dimensio- spontaneous, and nily natural, even though some of the plot's fabric is not always so. colJulien Duvivier has created orful, authentic atmosphere for his film about an escaped French murderer who steals a dead soldier's identity, joins the Free French in Africa through selfish motives, and ed Field Medics Continues Super Host to Weber Bond Selling Pace County Doctors Cpl. Walter S. Pitts Hill is regenerated through comradery and kindness, the missing pieces in his life. Duvivler's camera is fluid and pliable, his settings handsomely ceated: bombed prison, teeming junport of embarkation, savagebehind stark palm stumps gle, which Gabin stalks towards his last gallant gesture. Minor flaws are in casting such pistons can seem a mite on the comics as Allyn Joslyn and Eddie understandably tame side ' to Hill Fielder "Dan Quillen as French soldiers, the lack Pamphlet Hutton. He's had too many Messer-sebmid- of continuity in establishing the and Stukas working on hero's remarkable bravery, the sudUsed as Aid him to need to be told why he's den heaviness in the musical backA new pamphlet on inventory here keeping 'em flying! ground. procedure, printed and compiled at Msii headquarters, nas oeen distributed throughout the supply here, Major O. V. Gordon, administrative assistant, supply division, announced last week. The new pamphlet, printed in at tractive colors and set in large block letter type, describes briefly Is Like other parts of an airplane, calibre, or and clearly the rudiments of infor deand disassembled can .50 inspected machine calibre guns ventory procedure, showa how corrAfter breakage and wear. There are upect inventory of stock aids in the velop functional defects. Maintenance of good warehousing pouring out burst after burst of wards of 300 parts in each gun. All conditions and correct stock record hot lead, burning a gunner's hands springs are checked for length and till the flesh peels off, a .50 calibre cards. bores are cleaned and machine gun needs rejuvenation strength, The progress of nhvsical Inven for checked rust, pits and metal of tory from October, 1941, when the just the same as any other part fouling. Field Services Section of the Matthe plane. Receivers, barrel jackets, adaptIn the armaments branch of the eriel Command directed the acand oil buggers are meticuers, small a tivities of the four Air . Depots maintenance division is checked for damage or other then in existence in the U. S. to guns unit with ten employes and lously aberration. Timing must be fixed eleven peothe present with its four These one supervisor. complete for either electrical or manual firinventories each year is traced in ple clean and repair all guns reIt's an intricate process, reing:. tbe publication. moved from planes here for repair machine guns and cannon, Supply division employes will use and overhaul. They even take .20 pairing that's as important to the lives one withcannon we .75 .37 and millimeter pamphlet as an aid in accomof airmen as is the effective replishing periodic inventories-a- t this out batting an eye. Also, .30 cali- pair of aircraft bre machine guns. installation. Armaments employes are well . Once in the department the .50 aware of the fact that when the cards are down and Zeros or FWs are screaming through a formation every which anspitting lead from .50 is about as usegle, a jammed ful as handles on a bathtub. Guns unit supervisor William Goldsberry and his ten gun repairers know their onions or they wouldn't be there. If they don't ' V 0 do their job properly it can easily cost a bomber and crew. Guns unit employes are Helen V ? Yeager, junior mechanic; Robert 1 Stephensen, junior mechanic; Leo Hendricks, mechanic helper; Faye Farnsworth, mechanic helper; Patrick Ford, junior mechanic; Robert Simpson, junior mechanic; Vernon Moulding, junior mechanic; Pat Miller, junior mechanic; Margaret Hamaker, mechanic helper, and Stanley D. McKay, armaments me chanic. ASC-Publish- v.w.V..,nSj4wwv..v:..vV dime-count- Hutton's modestly narrated tale back three- years to his Clark-direct- mm By Pfc, Howard Low Gaudy, by turns mediocre, punk, and jazzy, flashy, "Broadway bursts out like a rainbowRhythm" -dipped skunk cabbage, with its er assortment of rapid-fir- e impersonations, old vaudeville jokes and turns, lush pastel gals, costumes and curtains, and even acrobats when the going gets tough. The one dazzling in the film ia Lena Home's sizzling dance-son- g, "Brazilian Boogie," about the most exciting number to hit technicolor in a long time. She does her dancing and singing with all the charm and allure of some tamed, sensuous, and exotic oriental favorite. Her "Somebody Loves Me" bit is lilting and smooth as chenille. Others in the cast are Ginny Sims, required to do no more than look fetching while talking or singing, George Murphy, his usual , jTmore than just history-makin- g, spots on the gtobe to htan. At the former bloody battleground be received snrapnel j founds that ultimately led to his 'iinorable discharge and later era- - I'M IMsW Wheat-Blastin- g r Wednesday March I, 1944 1 ng ts on Repairing Machine Guns Vital Phase of Keeping 'Em Flying other-thunderstic- Don't Shoot! Don't Shoot! A w3p 0 ivr.-- OKIo . - r.-U-- v ..... EM OVES . . . Gun unit employes, armaments branch, the M calibre machine guns they've repaired. No, "fy re not loaded, bat pity the poor devil who looks own the barrel 20'000 IL0n. Employe above are, left to right: Robert Slmp- -( Farasworth, Helen Yaeger, Stanley McKay, Pat Miller and BUI Geldsberry, supervisor. J?,p?ct some of Lioyal Mlnnesotane Turned out 20 strong at the regular meeting of the club at a Hillcrest recreation hall last Thursday night. Mary Rossiter, club president, urges all Minnesotans who have not already joined the club to be present at the next meeting, March 9. m Cpl. Walter & Pitts Surpassing his previous record of $5,125 worth of individual war bond sales made during the Third War Bond Drive last September, Cpl. Walter S. Pitts, 482nd AB squad the present drive a total of 138 bonds with a ma turity value or over $9,000. Cpl. Pitts, on duty with the map section, base operations, sells bonds on his own time, considers it his own particular contribution to the war effort. During the third drive Pitts made 52 individual sales and received special commendation from Brig. General Morris Berman, OASC commanding general, for his splendid job. He didn't start selling bonds In the Fourth Drive until January 19. As of yesterday he had made 130 individual sales. Between the two drives he also signed up 90 enlisted men here under the payroll allottment plan. When apprised of Cpl. Pitts' g record, Lt Charles F. Mallory, area war bond officer, exclaimed, "If we only had 100 more like him." Cpl. Pitts' slogan during the third drive was "Let's Stop Moaning; Let's Start Loaning." This time it was changed to "More Loans Today Mean Less Moans Tomorrow." All bonds were sold to civilians. When asked if there was much sales resistance he said, "In some cases there was plenty. This Is a job that requires a lot of persist ence and a 'Never take no for an answer' attitude." He attributes his success as a salesman to the fact that he has always been interested in the art of salesmanship. He said ne nas found it harder, In most cases, to sell the smaller bonds. Cpl. Pitts comes from Los Angelas, has been in the service for 18 months, most of that time at .v Hill Field. ron, sold during bond-sellin- Hill Field medical officers were hosts to more than forty members of the Weber County Medical Society and medical officers of other installations in the area at a dinner meeting at the base hospital mess hall last Wednesday night. Lt. Col. T. C Bedwell, OASC surgeon, was in charge of the meeting, and professional papers were read by Major Bernard C Barnes, Major Clyde M. Dummer, and Captain Edwin P. Peterson, all Hill Field officers. Colonel M. E. Tillery, commanding officer of OASC, also was present at the meeting and welcomed the guests. Physicians and surgeons from Ogden, Clearfield, Layton, Kays-vill- e, Bushnell General Hospital, the Asenal, and Naval Supply Depot were present for the county society's monthly sesion. Dr. Clark L. Rich of Ogden is president of the organization. Army Institutes Offer Top Education Plan A "duration program" embodying correspondence courses that is the War Department Army Institute. And it's all ready and waitGIs ing for the anxious-to-lear- n and WACs for just two dollars, which is the enrollment fee. Almost every conceivable subject is covered in one or more of the Army Institute courses and the credits earned are good on high school and college courses ia civilian life. A certificate of proficiency is awarded and recorded for this purpose. Math, science, aviation, art, business, languages; they can all be studied by army personnel in spare time hours, at home or abroad. Also offered is the more expensive Armed Forces Institute program in which the student deals directly with the callege. In this USAFI plan the War Department defrays half of the cost of tuition and books up to twenty dollars. 64 Planning courses for study is easy, and the special service office in the base gym is ready to assist in whatever way possible. off-du- ty Dorm Square Dances Continue Tuesdays Square dances at Hillcrest have attracted more than 150 dancers each Tuesday night recently, and by request will now continue for swing shift workers after midnight each Tuesday night, it was announced this week. The dances start at S o'clock each Tuesday night, with Corporal Ray Lobbes calling off the "swing your partners" and Verda Ozbun and Charles Toole providing the music We Need 1000 New Employ es TMs Momth |