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Show ABOUT PX MORE rr,;. . .. , g. . It Makes Soldier's Dollar Go Further r continued from preceding page to open in the end the other area, one will serve beer, barracks iw the two canteens shortly Of xhange. soft drinks. Both of these hnteens will be complete post exchanges, with barber-hop- s and general merchandise. One of the new canteens. building will have a telephone exchange where bng distance calls can be placed without the usual coffee and carry 11 E-2- bng waits in the telephone kvolved in making change booth and the to pay pst exchange expects an increase in ran the opening of these new canteens. ones ing difficulties for the call. its The gross sales exist dollars of business in did over ten thousands The two wvember. are good reasons why the Hill Field Exchange pmtains such a large volume of business. First, it a"ies a large variety of high quality necessities. ond, it makes the soldier's dollar go further, his week a selection of 18 items was made, and their inces were checked, first at Hill Field, nnd rh.n rarby- - 0ff the fieW the 18 items cost $31-6on the they could be purchased for Sift. 43. Another eon for the lower orices at th filH i. that th. Library To Get More Room fliere 1; Post Exchange's OS able management is supplied without l. PT ivy J ' l I the "Across ltlt 0 supbivisor visits.'.. eek b . Frnisco f'rtJ with dir ,0Uf . of J c'oss I m " C J i 8 at HiU Fie,d wr L. Smith, field supervisor from reyl L1,a" lt or.. i regional headquarters in fUr"day inPection, Berman 89 e flnrf thn f,ice of the p,eas Mr. Smith Edward San con-f,e- Il Eisen, went on to complete Red a Cross in Utah. th the manner in which ' Mr. slYth' ,beinB carrieH on at his field', The prog,flm of th Re Cross is Contantly b Xpand'd to "ke care of the require of the Ver"growin number of men in the mill- t,fy Red stahn and one E-1- library will have two complete room to itself, longer suffer its present incovenience of being en route to one of the classrooms. The Hill Field library, unlike many departments planned from the start, 'just grew. Originally it was a technical library, located in the Operations Hanger and supplying the personnel there with books of a scientific or engineering nature, besides the Technical Orders and other official publications. When the Training school was opened, the library was moved and and large numbers of books required for the teaching of mechanics, welding, etc., were purchased, along with a Then the Field received a number of training films. COC large assortment of Victory books, old books from will no general purchases of its own. The net result is that the library contains about 1000 books for school use primarily (not counting Tech for general circulation, orders) and about 3000 volumes plus a large variety of periodicals. Open from eight in the morning until midnight, and staffed by five women and one enlisted man, the library is at all times a busy place .. Soldiers trying libraries, v known occupying one room with its another room as part time training film projection room. When in the near future part of the Post Schools move into the newly completed building center of building stacks, and sharing and o least of the best run Hill Field departments is the Post Library. Although few soldiers or civilians know of its existence unless they are in the training groups, the library is planned to serve all personnel on the post, military or civilian, with a large variety of books of both n general and technical nature. At present it is located in the E-1- 64 it 'V'i;S"1 vC Perhaps the ... and made some to keep up on their knowledge of the world, others looking up newsy spots in the Atlas, others cramming for meeting with the Officer's Candidate Board .. But to Mrs. Ruth Jones, hearf librarian, the more soldiers the merrier. She is sure that if more men on the post knew of the library, she might have a seating problem, but he would be helping men who want either to amuse or educate themselves. For example, men wanting to broaden their knowledge of the Army will find a nearly complete collection of Field Manuals from all branches of the service, besides several training books. |