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Show of problems On OCS Board Are ijabated Here Control (jferees Gather t No Checkup For Insurance Lasts 20 Days FrosiOverOASC fundamental 2, problems of discussed from Friday last week depot through IttTittlMiepot and storage iitoI conference. . civilians representing the Lvdeootl went over the ouea-JJ0- ji common understanding Trt,- - purpose and the method 2 aking their reports and the iZZTm and operation of a Spot i ('ffiSee. worting offjce. with the Third the first Detachment With about three weeks remain for EMs and officers to in crease their insurance coverage to the maximum $10,000 without a physical examination, Col. Lilburn u. ator, base commander, this week pointed out to all military personnel the advantages of National Service Life insurance over PRESIDENT . . . Succeeding Lt. CoL Martin as president of OCS and ASTP boards is Lt. Col. y. Hal-lida- vand "Ith the civilian Prson-2- i section the second day. of these two groups talkf and led discussions of the problems. es A. office, functions of a and the :meaning I Major Itfntrol office. A. John-contr- ol officer, talked on the a activities of or. coordinat- sub-dep- ot the conference were Eppinger, Denver; Ed- - f Attending Beverly S. E. Clark, Chalfant, La Junto; Pueb-jliarguer- ite Colorado Farrington, Mae Green, Boise; iisra ringi.picy and M. Clarice n, Bert F. iavicountain Home; Harold F. irdin, Rapid City, and Dolly jirmon, Casper. Aiit nuraoses of the entire four-- RECORDER In place of Lt. Ralyea is Sorrels, y meeting were to acquaint key Capt. .named recorder. pot control representatives control the of the lih operation Composition of the Officer Caniffice of this headquarters, to pool school board and the Army Exertions and ideas for the op- - didate jfrtherins Brennan Sioux City; Bah-Vju- . . ... -- a WOob of control ot sub-dep- or-'- jt, closer coordina-j- b between the control office 4 the .headquarters and the to establish sub-jots,- nd ('. to work out problems reports and procedures. Representatives of the control ffice here talked on Friday ex sjlainine the nurnoses and the ac . nvitiei of the headquarters control Wice. Conference Plans Are Being Readied Committee Appoint To Maintenance Meet Members of the arge of plans for pot r and, CoL tod7 by nienance M. E. Tillery, OASC chief. Janee officer, heads wita the following officers duded: Lt. A. R . Wanamaker sad w. ... i s r v r nethe-commi- t- 11 wuiory, 11T Pa SKHHU n-rt.t- . Capt James T. Cline, officers' club; Lt Theo-and Lt William F. Brown, MMpnce; r-- w B,ial corps. The committee wiU plan the pro- fuuncuy, Li7"meals, and identification transportation, of ana civilian attending. jyj fto Generals in Commendation War Work Here . Wfa. J ... i commendation TWO - addressed to CoL Wcently jj manding OASC visUed officer of who tately ,insPpcted the field. ound here had im- - LgC!ncrals ifi What m -n r- Gen- - Lew wrote in me and I am to meet yon per- - PK;aSod enanj." Main . anfin, , "arkaLn 1 Jr,KaUon. Gilbreath, com- Port Tnci wrote: kei?.i,.,0rouKhIJr Impressed Insiallation. m111 fca. were Tnfy that real education to ol- - life-ti- Specialized Training Field Selection Board was drasticallv chanced this week for the first time in many months when JLt, col. vernee u. Halliday was named president of the board, succeeding Lt. CoL Paul R. Martin, and First Lt Robert J. Ralyea became theH. recorder, Sorrels. replacing Capt. Elmer Col. Halliday is the base administrative inspector and Lt Ralyea is base classification officer. Both men retain their present positions in addition to their new duties. Col. Martin is the base executive officer, while Capt Sorrels life. is base adjutant. life, or While no meeting of the boards occurred this week, three more Hill Field men were called to the ASF Administration OCS in Miami Beach. They are: Tech. Sgt RobCpl. ert L. Crittenden, 63rd ADG; Edward A. Gill, 482nd Air Base Identification to Squadron, and CpL Robert E. committee in the mainten Crozier, ACU. nt nil nnfml chiefs and civilian super 01 the Air ftnrif rVm. to be held at Hill Field C0nferenA SCe There is no restriction in GI insurance as to residence, travel, occupation, military or naval serv ice. Many commercial policies contain a clause restricting air travel to that on regularly established air lines between two terminal points so that no benefits would be paid if the insured were killed in a private plane accident. Benefits are paid so that they income for provide a neneiiciary who is 30 years or older at the time of the death of the insured. A beneficiary who is less than 30 years of age at the time of the insured person's death has a guaranteed income for 240 months. Rates are practically half that charged by commercial life insurance policies for comparable coverage. The government bears all the expense of excess mortality cost and the cost premiums waived on account of disability when death is traceable to the extra hazard of military or naval service It is possible for an insured person to carry National Service Life insurance after they are discharged from the army. The policy can be converted into one of three plans, ordinary life, Wearing of Badges Often Is Improper for Arrange -- tP lib : enemy action. Wa. Haggerty, PocateUo; Harry L Grabber, Sioux Falls; James H. eer and Victor insurance issued through commercial life insurance companies. .ou raior stated that many civilians witn minor physical disabilities are paying for life insur ance at a higher premium rate than that normally charged for persons of their attained age. Per sons in the armed forces pay only one low rate for their age, and may sign for the top amount without a physical examination. There is no war clause in Na tional Service Life insurance. It is impossible today for men of draft age to secure life insurance through a commercial company which does not exclude death brought about through combat or Reynolds, chief greeted the 'mrewmtatives and explained the col JL ft V the control -- mg ' met Repre-Ctativ- Bitterest Is Unique Community Col. Fator Points Out Advantages Of $10,000 Policy farPiscassion t Wednesday Light Violators Given Warning Drivers on Base Cautioned to Obey Regulations opLight violaitons by persons reservation on the vehicles erating have caused CoL Lilburn D. Fator, base commander, to direct attention to paragraph 9 of Post Regulations. He also directed that lights be deflected kept on the dimmed orwithin the while operating position industrial area. Enforcement has been ordered. Post regulations require that all vehicles display lights visible at least 200 feet ahead. That all trucks and passenger cars have two white lights in front and not fewer than one red light in the rear. That motorcycles or bicycles have at least one white light in front and not fewer than one red light in rear. That headlights be deflected downward on the approach of another vehicle. Be Displayed on Field but Not Off Attention is called to the Air Corps regulations regarding the and badges display of field passes x ator, oase com- Lalburn v. Col. by m n nr?pr "The badge will be worn," regu lations state, "in a conspicuous m a nnpr on the front of the outer clothing at a height between the hin line nnd the shoulder at all times and while on a government A' crew of men from Base Utilireties have completed the task of of portion moving the damaged No. 1. The the roof of Hangar steel of the and parts metal roof roof of the girders in a section a were bent and broken when the building into crashed plane June 2. during a storm tn The building is now ready for of the steel girders the replacement . and metai roomi. 1 Newly Trained War Workers -- Housed, Fed and Entertained by the South Gate of Hill Field stands one of those communities spawned by an America at war. Hardly unique beautiful even in the eyes of its best friends, Hillcrest is government-built and operated for single men and women war workers, strictly a wartime necessity. Close at present over 2300 Hillcrest is in some ways more like a sprawling hotel of the summer resort type than a village, and in some ways, despite its comparatively small population, thrice has the problems of a town ' its size. barIts standardized, army-typ- e racks of monotonous size and color make for grimness, though there have recently been brave attempts at landscaping and grass planting. A patrolman's guardhouse at the gate serves as an insistent reminder that this is a war project in wartime. The people who live at Hillcrest, as a whole do not like living there any more than does the soldier living in barracks. That is not nearly so demoralizing as it sounds, for starting from that premise they seek to adapt themselves to the community's limitations, adjust themselves to its restrictions, take in calm stride its inconveniences. They make a realistic compromise with necessity and that is the spirit which is winning the war. More than half of the village's residents are women, living in s. 26 different Most of them are young, all living away from home. They are welders, laborers, junior stenographers, fill all jobs that womclerksthey en have come to take over in this Housing people, barracks-dormitorie- Civilians Banned letter-writin- At field Except f Damaged Hangar Roof Is Removed WAR BABY . . . Born of war conditions, Hillcrest Is the war baby that Lt Foley and his aides have been caring for as more and more workers came to Hill Field. Above, as seen through the humorous eyes of Caricaturist George I Kinney of the Hillfielder staff, Is LA. Foley, right, and his left bower, Abe M. Sofer, who leaves shortly to join the army. Both have done a fine job on a problem that never can be completely solved. After all, people are .people, and there are lots of them at Hillcrest. reservation. "Guard or badge will not be worn or conspicuously displayed while oil duty ana ouisiae a gov Aram Ant reservation." A tightening enforcement of wai. these regulations is promised emto Three Recreation Halls correct laxity among some For them, as for the men, Hill crest offers what it can. Three ployes. recreation halls full of magazines, newspapers, juke boxes, ping pong g nooks, comtables, fortable chairs and sofas provided by the government. There is in addition an unused cafeteria which has been taken over as a dance hall. Residents of the civilian dormi The dance hall is probably the prohibited from most nonular soot in the village. tory area' are Field at times Since there are three work shifts, enteriiiB iliU of one sees couples dancing there all AhF than the normal hours Ingres anda egress, it wasi re day long. But at night it is packed, memorenuuiii in vealed and the juke box dancing continues -..i Voiiwin R. Weber, base until two a.m., so that the swing to the chief of shift can get in its fun. officer, security i :i:tn.v vnAlfA- auxuiai-There may be some lonely girls AffecJed by the terms of the at Hillcrest, but. not many, nor Of the Base nrn Ihe UM for long. Every night on probably chapel anil Post theatre by civil soma 400 soldiers join the average penorm-ancians The 3 p.m. moviehave the girls in the converted dance been civilians J for hall for jitterbuging jousts. The men's barracks and the civilians having women's I Ion tvor, .woe IcUimW business on the field unto him are separate, and tress who (or her) their duty luri:i& other than the sacred inviolable sector hours may still obtain access passes of the other sex. Such channels. normal throiiffh The women rent their barracks visitpersons will be treated asvisitor rooms at the rate of $13 a month ors ana given temporary in for single rooms, $3 for double. passe at the guard houses The men's barracks all contain missions their to order complete either or "suites," on the field. In Hours ks 4 of Duty . es ; and they pay $6 a month. The rent is deducted from payrolls. These barracks are inspected daily. Uncleanliness Is not tolerated. Each women s barracks has what is known as a utilities room, con taining washing basins and ironing boards. The government dees not supply the irons, however. Men's barracks contain no ironing boards. Serving over 6000 meals a day a cafeteria operated by a private concession under government directions. Prices are under govern ment control. Five per cent of the monthly gross income goes to the Hill Field Welfare Association. There is a postoffice on Hillcrest, but it is run entirely by civilians, as a service to Hillcrest residents, rather than by the U. S. postoffice department. One of the most active organizations of the village is the laundry. The village each week supplies its residents with free pillow case and sheet service. It also handles the village's personal launis dry. Check in and Out Hillcrest's hotel aspect appears in the fact that daily, on the average, about 30 people check in and out Sometimes that daily figure rises to 70 and 75. Rooms have to be found for the newcomers, blankets, sheets and pillow cases issued, names filed on cards, for record purposes, questions answered, explanations made. The roomers are not amiss in complaints neighbor making trouble, noise in the streets, laundry mishaps, telegrams undelivered in time, food complaints, telephone service and numerous others, faced by any good hotel in stride. The men who manage Hillcrest manage to take 'things in stride too. Officer in charge of Hillcrest is LL Thomas L. Foley. Under his direction Hillcrest has taken great steps in improvement ,and he has earned.-- ' the appreciation of the ; ' residents. Manager of the Hillcrest project is Abe M. Safer. Mr. Safer was the very first' tenant to move into Hillcrest last November. In January he took over active charge. Under Safer') leadership Hillcrest has grown from literally nothing to a completed community. Its last building was constructed in February. On August 3, Mr. Safer leaves for the army, satisfied that he has May 1 done a good job. - an aa Capt Joe J. Mazeerl course in a advanced officer training at Camp '- - To School will soon begin Lee, Va, 60-d- ay |