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Show II X tRill Training For Officers Wednesday June 23, 1943 Base Operations Picnic """TV Wrz ! Started Here ' ' ' v With five different courses being offered simultaneously, the officers on this training program opened field Monday, as AAB emcers attended their first classes from 1600 to 1700 o'clock, and will continue each Monday and Wednesday at the same hours. OASC officers meet from 1600 to 1700 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The five courses presentea are in markmanship, vehicle driving, management training, military aio training and first aid. Tne iirst course ends on August 26, wnue the four other subjects are con cluded by July 22. Reason for the lengthier first aid course is to enable participants to receive the Red Cross first aid certificate, given after 20 hours course work. The course in marksmanship, given under the supervision of Maj. Robert H. Raring in the area west of the chapel will cover tech niques of firing, sighting, aiming and positions, together with actual firing on the range for f: Upon successful completion of the course and qualification with a weapon, officers are entitled to wear the appropriate badge and bar showing such qualification. Captain Mrachek Instructor Capt. Harry J. Mrachek is in charge of the military training course, which is being presented on the ramp west of operations hangar No. 1. Topics included in the course are close order "drill, mass formations, camouflage, de fense against chemical warfare, individual equipment and two dif ferent field problems. Vehicle driving is being taught by Mr. A. F. Abelhouzen at the 31st ADG garage, building 216. Subject matter of the course will include vehicle inspection, basic driving, obstacle course and convoy course. The post schools building, is the location for the course on management training, directed by Mr. Carter S. Grant. Some topics covered are cost consciousness, functions of management, confidence building, reprimanding and handling of grievances. First Aid Caurse The first aid course, under the tutelage of Edward B. Eisen, army Red Cross field director, and given at the Post schools building is the standard Red Cross first aid course, yielding the Red Cross first aid certificate at the end of E-16- ft fwA il 1 . s 1 is , .i- - 4, E-17- 1 llBlillllllsiiiil GAMES AND EATS . . . Here rew typical pictures of the Baae opentiqna picnie which attracted a crowd of over 240 per-omre includes tr Mrs. Durnford ns Ranks First in War Bond Sales High-rankin- Picnicking with all the trim mings was the order of the day for Operations last Sunday, June 30, and 240 persons from the Service and Flight sections joined in the fun at the Meadow's picnic ground, South Fork canyon. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. the picnickers whetted their appetites for the big steaks with extra helpings of handball, Softball, dancing and hiking. The Flight and Service sections were matched in the soft-ba- ll games and they are still debating who won. At noon they ate sa1ad3 and drinks prepared steaks, the cooks by from the 482nd Air Base Squadron. The afternoon and evening was polished off with more dancing wlmming, and hiking, and another red hot softball game the Plight and Service sections. For the dancing, J. H Flick-engof the Signal section, took long an army public address system, enabling the lo mUSic f thcir favorit band! be-we- en er fun-seeke- rs f the dfly ,s 6, Subject matter of this course care at wounds, shock, respiration, fractures, burns and scalds, poisons and emergencies. The series of courses is being presented by the training and operations section of the OASC. Capt Thaddeus B. Bruno, chief of the military training branch, is in cnarge. t. Fun waa the order t theSunday. day, gamea in the morn-lu- ff end afternoon, to eat and drink for all. plentyg Officer of the Army Air Base here attended the affair. trK JTCSS, 2, 20 hours. 4. to the efforts of committeemen, including: Edwin lElaineWatson, senior dispatcher; Anderson, clerk; Technical gt. Robert L. Cano! hnnoo, Uir. Technical Sgt. G. H. Briggs, chief As far as E. A. Wood, personnel. Depot Supply Division, is concerned, the honorable mention for war bond purchases goes to Mrs. Alice H. Durnford, to whom he delivered a $500 bond yesterday. Mrs. Durnford, who is a typist in warehouse 21, wins hands down because out of every pay check she puts $60 in war bonds! 1 SsfBfejv? tower controller, and V. T. Powell V. T. Powell was in charge of all entertainment, Sgt. George B, Haynes took care of the cleanup detail, and Technical Sgt G. U. Briggs handled the transportation. The picnic was attended by Lieut Col. Paul R. Martin, executive of ficer, AAB; Col. David P. Thomas. Utilities; Capt Walter G. Clarke, rugni iesi; i;apt K. C Ham mond, Operations, and Major T Here Nursery at Verdeland Is Open for Kiddies Applications for the care of children at the Verdeland park nursery school may now be obtained at the Welfare office on Hill Field, it was announced this week. The nursery school opened Thurs W j?- sat - I Thorough Program Is Divided Into Five Courses I r5 ti Red Cross Dir r Mult $z?i j, to Sting .mi iVf in. ' -- ,aW - ' ' "W f U J to tion PROVIDES ENTERTAINMENT . . . Difficulties of providing armv with motion pictures in some of our outlying garrisons J VfeieP88A' described here this week by Fred Kislingbury, Red Cross molW Wed " , ..B M. Aigm. iwn picture oirecior. Idet ai bury. Id the Combat Units in Aleutians Serviced With Picture Show plicatii Ity for Menwe W: I Iajor C dwin ving The Red Cross director has floi portable projectors and genera to combat units in the Aleutisi and managed distribution from unit to another by every cone able methed, including dogsls paracnute, ana messenger. An interesting visitor on Hill Field last week was Fred Kisling' hurv. hosDital motion picture ser vice director for Red Crdss in the Pacific area. Mr. Kislineburv was here to as sist Red Cross field directors, Edward B. Eisen and Richard S. Hill, ward in setting up the new program in Station Hospital, wnere convalescents are being shown two movies a week. . The necessity for entertainment facilities in government hospitals was recognized several years ago, and in 1941 the Red Cross set up their first ward program on tne Pacific coast. Since that time they have introduced programs in general and station hospitals in 158 camps including Ft. Richard son in Alaska' and Trippler uenerai Hospital in Hawaii. Mr. Kislingbury pioneered a de livery route which includes outlying areas where soldiers are sta- tidned for months at a time witn no opportunity to get to a town or recreation center. "It's a fantastic 16-m- m movie Hami Skla Withii f. illowin; idet si Sgt ir Baa ogart, m; m und islconi Ec udd : 'orresl Ri Tol pair Mu air S lende uad 6ch( 'or a1 ose arc Fbysi Here's How Army Will Spend 71 Billions Asked for Year Won lan t Here's how the army proposes to spend, during the next 12 months, the $71,510,438,873 appropriation recommended for it by the house appropriations committee: New Funds Reappropriation Activity 22,142,000 Contingencies ........$ 565,147,000 657,011,000 Expediting production 128,000,000 100 Chief of staff s contingent fund Field exercises .: Finance department .......... Quartermaster corps Signal corps Air corps Medical department Engineers Ordnance department . Chemical warfare Special service schools Seacoast defenses Miscellaneous ......... TOTAL. (Continued from Pass On) of 1929. In 1931 he graduated from the Air Corps Technical school, communications course, having been stationed at Fort Sills and Chanute field. Three of the four years he spent at Air Corps Tech nical school were as instructor. He was commissioned as first lieutenant in 1935, while servinz in the Philippine islands, stationed at Nichols field. It was during this period, from 1934 'to 1937, that much of the pioneering and development work of the archi- pelego's air fields was. Transferred in 1937 to March field, near Riverside, Calif., he was promoted to captain two years later, became major at Maxwell iiciu, oavannan, Aia., ana as a lieutenant colonel early in 1942 waa ordered to command an air service group in Australia, receiving his promotion to colonel with rank from March 1 this year. In April he was placed on leave status, returning to this country, and upon reporting to Air Service Command at Patterson field, re ceived nis present assignment. Col. Fator is married, and has one daughter, age 11 years. His home is at San Antonio, Texas. uuring his absence overseas Mrs Fator has been living at Oklahoma City. His family will join him at mis iieia. day to receive children of war working mothers, with Miss Ruth Malin, nursery head, in charee. Only children, two to four years, inclusive are accepted. In addition to the Welfare office here, applications may be obtained narics m. ttngiehart. Flight sur at the management office in gcon, and Lieut. Col. Arthur Han Verdeland park, or from Miss Zella son, Operations. Allred, child welfare worker, at me rarmington office. To School To pursue a course in key personnel, First Lieut FranAssigned Second Lieutenants cis L. Hughes has left here, reports ftonald C. Pierce and Harrv For duty and assiam. Reported today at the School of Applied Rodman are assigned to AAB, this ment, to AAB Hill Field, Second Fla. urianao, nciu. 'ftutj, Lieutenar.t Rniwf, l. Miller. Api uii 10 i id ittioi 1,100,000,000 900,000,000 on epa 173,791,000 1,520,000,000 7,050,000,000 812,474,000 to 100,000 5,930,000 207,397,200 $12,472,839,200 .$59,037,599,673 New Commander For Army Base rSinc itizei rec 10,000,000 77,000,000 12,264,510,665 6,411,549,008 4,646,168,000 28,655,481,000 446,212,000 2,475,161,500 7,992,577,000 340,025,000 1,711,000 29,632,000 18,419,000 Q ipot i shown in Kodiak, Alaska, last Set' tember. Going by Navy boat fni Seattle to Kodiak, Mr. KLslmgbw and his assistants arrived at Ko& ak one Sunday afternoon, ul showed the first film the followW day. Many members of the soldi audience had not had an opportial ity to see movies for over a yen! and some of them had been iU tioned at Kodiak for as long s 1 two years. Mr. Kislingbury was a projeM tionist for Paramount studios for eleven years before entering Cross service. . Keai i circuit- - but it works," Mr. Kislingbury Kea uross directors nere. The first hospital movies she oucsioe me unuea stales we . 35-m- Icludmg the O Huge Air Force Of Three Millions uuuviuucu www r during the next fiscal year, Wf, -. ning July 1, Washington aisi- .! said. Ogden Air Service Comma with its responsibility over states and parts of three otnJw, ..innlvine ,1 - ten AAF, Wer I- .) .-- of thus faces the peak fiscal ( war efforts in the next yj Along with the other Air Servw, Commands of the nation, n, the direction of Major Gen. iw, commanding officer with MJJ quarters at Patterson iieia, -- industrially speaking, corded history. in all of The xim ful an desi j Ti Ogden Hill Jills Start New Club ad( dej acl get wil An organization meeting J purpose of forming a H"' club for Hill Field women wW in Ogden and vicinity wu JL the 24th Street USO in Ogden cai 48: Ba A Hill Jills club has already" formed in Salt Lake City. nSu of the club in that city J spired formation of a similar j . ganlzation in Ogden. The Salt Lake City iu ' hold their regular Wednesday meet at the South State v.la vcniA2 TTart a, " w., ww, a rLA n b Monday on the extensionea main parking lot 150 feet Ii to Ul P. T( c I j U |