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Show Dedicated to Major Player 1 (ty Si II HiH Saturday, November 6, 1943 Field, EDITORIAL, SUPERVISION WanamsJier A. B. Captain Special Iafonuatlon Offleer Lies. WeMor O. Stockly Assistant Special Information Officer Pabtto BetatKNM Of fleer, Lieutenant Cherles T. Miliary Wmr Bpeelel Frejeeto Far BpeHal Servloes Major Robert Ranfro Captain Oarl & lfenger EDITOR Technical Sergeant Byhmd M. BwmMnB Aeeectaes Alma We. Staa Olewaesd Bvane Larry AM aaa l mnesisssa; Base and Pbotographle Section Sergeant Georie I Kinney . The Hlllfleider la published weeny in tne tntereeti of the military and civilian personnel of the Air Base. Of den Air Depot and Ogden Air Benrtoe Command, BUI Field, ft la printed with the facilities Olden, Utah, and U distributed free each Wednesday, Oplntoni expressed and through the cooperation of The Ogden Standard-Bxamlm- r. In this paper are those of the individual writers and members of the staff, and or the of of commanding officer. It the army do not necessarily reflect the attitude or published is requested that articles appearing In Its columns be not without the express consent of the Publlo Relatione Office at BUI Field. The Hin War fielder receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Bervioe, peprtmen. Credited material may not be re published without 305 Bast 42nd Street. N. Y. Service. from Newspaper Camp permission Staff Serges . Wllbert B. Harvey Oerporal BjiissMs .Oael Mom Marge Fernlmen . a ' a J are determined that before the ran seta on this terrible strangle, our flag will be recognised throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming power en the other." Extract from address by General Marshall to graduating class at West Point, May M, IMS. "We u "sZ - ' . "pr W--i Red Gross Finds Compensation In Giving Aid to 7000 in Year furnish volunteer "... To war . . , in ft V ft .v?5ri . aid to the sick and wounded time of To act in matters of voluntary relief and in accord- with the military and naval authorities as a medium of communication between the people of the United States and their army and navy .. . of armies , . , t:VV- ' These paragraphs are excerpts f; from the charter of the American of soldiers; furnished entertainRed Cross granted by Congress in ment, games, cigarettes and com 1905. Testuftony that the letter and fort articles for hospital patients; spirit of that charter are carried and distributed knitted articles to out is found in the records of the of soldiers. Hill Field Red Cross branch, just hundreds Carrying put this work at Hill one of more than 10,000 offices in Field is a staff of six persons, all the country. First opened in August, 1942, in of whom have had extensive exthe Base Headquarters building in social work and hold where it handled a few dozen cases perience master of arts degree least a at per month, the Hill Field office has since moved into a building of its fr6m a university. Working with own and grown to a point where Eisen are Sheldon Bergeson, assist it often handles over 1,000, cases a ant, Georgia Hansen, Julia Deri month. ; ney, Marguerite Coffin, and Ruth Intangible Compensation Swenson. cases those the are of Many A precedent was set at Hill Field to field Ed Eisenr which, according two months ago when a branch director here; offer that Vintangible chapter was established for the compensation which comes to every first time at a military post. That Red Cross worker" the look of branch is the Red Cross office in gratitude in the faces . of those building 524 at Hillcrest, now un who have received help in an der the direction of Mrs. Margaret emergency." Bennett. Services of the new office There is the case of the girl who will include emergency aid to ci- -. worked at Hill Field and who had vilians, in addition to du not seen her father since she was ties. Classes in first aidregular and nutri a child, having been adopted in tion are being offered to civilians, early years. The Red Cross located and home nursing and arts and him in a week. classes are expected to Or the one involving an Italian handicraft In the near future. begin war in in of the Ogden prisoner The site of the job faced by the ternment camp whose mother lived Red Cross can be seen in a break In the United States at an unknown of statistics on Its activities. down address. After a month of search' Since August, 1942, the Hill Field mg, trie prisoners mother was branch has: found. She had remarried, thereby Loaned $47,362 In 1872 different changing her name, but a priest loans; acted on 7368 cases of which in an Italian neighborhood in the 2435 were personal problems and midwest who had been contacted 1206 family problems; sent out by the Red Cross, recognized her 5659 letters and received 5181; sent maiden' name when she came to 2250 telegrams, and received 2262; baptise her baby, and the prisoner and made outright grants to destiwas notified. tute people totaling $290. "I don't know what I would have done without the Red Cross," were the words of a young soldier who Brother Missing Eugenia Har- was able to get to Pittsburgh on ames, senior card punch operator, the day of his mothers funeral. headquarters, recently received The Red Cross had found a plane word that her brother, SSgt. Spiro reservation for him and lent him J. Harames, has been reported funds. missing in the European area since And these are not exceptional Oct. 10. SSgt. Harames fulfilled cases; they are typical. an extensive army mission in Other Aids Alaska, Panama and Cuba and Besides such aid. the Hill Field then was sent to the European Red Cross has supplied furniture area. His colonel decorated him for about 20 dayrooms in this area; with an air medal and oak leaf supervised first aid for hundreds cluster, r : -' -- sr v' J ft - . -- -- . V rT 1$ 0 TH POO. MK WIPE WE CANT DO NOTMIN' WITrl HIAA ... ME WODLDNT THINK. OP ASKIN' VOU POR A PAT- 6BROUOHT MIM 'CkVtB SUT KNOW HOW VOU I 4NAP HIAA OUT --v- OP C gi .y J 535 I llilllli lr s EM Dependents to Employers Hire Get Safety Training Fill Out New :, Italian Prisoners Italian war prisoners at the Safety training has ibis year Allowance Forms den prisoner's camp who have alone, been carried to 22,000 . , em- ployes throughout the Ogden Air Dependents of soldiers stationed! Service Command, it was disclosed aa well as Hill Field employee here, by Alfred E. Stratford, supervisor, who are dependents of enlisted safety training department. must fill out and return aa men Besides safety instruction for soon as possible a new maintenance, supply, utilities, head- certificate In order to receive the quarters and signal section, classes increased allowances provided in have been conducted at Weber new the law dependency recently college, Utah State Agricultural college, Pocatello Air Base, Boise passed by Congress. Air Depot, LaJunta Air Base, and AH dependents now. receiving at Salt Lake City. family allowances are being sent An training program form. was instituted recently in order copies of the to take safety to foremen and Brig. Gen. H. N. Gilbert, director through them to the men and of the office of dependency benewomen on the line. Mr. Stratford announced last week that the said that already the new depar- fits, ture has resulted in a noticeably new form Is required in addition decreased number of .. minor and to any dependency affidavits which one-pa- newly-requir- major injuries. may HKE (Ml I TWfcEfc'y ONE THINO THAT MIOHT WORK (HPONrTCJTrlc) ge ed LOto In custody for at least six montsi and "who have shown by tW demeanor that they can be truer A' mill h. oIlntiroH in work Otifc side of prison camps witnoa guards. The War Department, in makis! week, UUO SSM S IV lSiVse Inst that the new system - will stituted gradually and by the "closely supervised nrUnnerS CH T IT... BOlteHTN YOU CIOAR BUT YOU DIDNT THINK TO SRIM6 VSE a ANyTHIN .' "j wiU miiiiafj Will into w paroled; that is, released individuals who wort custody of assume full-tim- e responsibility m tlem''' i j..f..:o- n hire oners of war for civilian - -r-fei won irns must now obtain certification nmniissiv Kn...nt I xrpr AW uArtni TV LACE -- BEAAINW ME QP MY WUNNAPdU' ) 60 MUCH 60TKtEljr A , I A Potter from Horns it try t rww rvvwi7 tWVIaVIl TO THE WAR MEWS? I WANNA Y WELL, I Op I besil WMC w Joseph 8. Mayer, Utah recenuy. already have been submitted. rector, announced by Milton Caniff, creator of 'Torry and the Pirate UCME&CK S 22,000 Employes - LACfi. TM' LITTLE 600NIE tK J j-'- TOMORROW . . . Three years after the above ohoto was taken, on Hill Field's dedication day, the Ogden Chamber of Commerce will present a plaque in honor of Major Ployer HilL The field is names' after him. The plaque will be on the base of the flag pole, opposite AAB headquarters DniMisf. t KMKC s r - tVteb Call SiLX ff"''" . - S aC' GOTTA 00 ON DUTY' r wC UPSPO THAT ONE PEFOR- E- O'NldTiT -- OH, VOU I |