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Show m .sns' 6 mmw Wednesday October 20, 1943 j .... a Jack Millar, For mer.P & C Chief, Writes From England In answer to the many lettera received from Hill Field friends, Jack Millar, former chief of purchasing and contracting branch, now stationed somewhere In England, recently wrote an open letter to the "P and C gang." So interesting was his description her towns, country sides everyof conditions In England after four thing about her show the strain, war the that yean of devastating stress, and tough going of war. The glamour has long left her for the best cities are dark, dirty, lonesome, scarred and the people have been likewise affected. They have not had the food they need, their life is planned out for them &. :' " day after day, the same thing time after time. I ' ' Blitzed and battled scarred cities I have seen and the devastating destruction was terrific. The British people are proud of their achievement in standing up under the onslaught but they are touchy about talking about it or pointing " ''fwW4 ' ' Ui m. 1 m If Vi I' it out. Everyone who can talk and has two legs in England is in the service and the services are Innumerable to mention. But, I can tell you her manpower and woman-poware utilized and mobilized to the last degree. Together with this, there is little choice in the matter for the person involved. Here it is conscription and the only exception that I have seen to it were the WRENS, British women to the American comparable WAVES who are the best woman- hood England has to choose from. As yet the location where we are has not been activated officially, although in operation definitely. To date there Is no table of organization' which has received the official OK of the powers that be. The officers and enlisted men are still of the same rank and grade as they were when they left the states. There Is assurance that one has been for warded to headquarters of Eighth Air Force Service Command and one of these days we may find that one Is here. The activity is accelerating and everything is whipping into shape for what we all are anxiously lookthe big push. ing forward to There isn't one of us here that has had the opportunity to see the tremendous difficulties involved and seen the excellent results that are being achieved that doubts what the final outcome will be. Although it would be wise to say we certainly don't stick our necks out or talk ourselves into jumping off the deep end. Some of the men from other sections and branches of - Ogden Air Service Command have remarked of the surprising good results they have seen, and frequently those remarks are directed at. you and veryone there, it is a tnriu to be such a great distance from you and yet come in, .contact with some of your handiwork which is here through .the .combined efforts of all. Some of the men have sur prislngly 'run into instruments of work which bear their initials placed thereon when they were in the states. With kindest personal regards, er Jack i; , - Millar letter was reproduced and copies circulated throughout the supply division. Pvt. Millar was employed in the purchasing and contracting branch for 29 months prior to enlisting for. overseas duty. The executive made his home In Ogden while employed here. Excerpts from the letter follow: England No. 1 September 24, IMS P and C Gang: It was a real thrill and genuine surprise to come home this evening and find on my bunk in the barracks three air mail letters. These three air mail letters were sent, I am sure with the intention that they should reach me quickly, and were well covered with air mail stamps. However, this particular plane gat lost somewhere along the line for they have been on their way since early August and didn't reach their destination until this date. Perhaps I shouldn't mention this at this time, but although there was a slight delay in their arrival due to air mail, there was a large stamp (rubber) on each ene that said "postage due" and then an American figure which I don't, understand anymore. Youe, see it has to be a hay pence, sixpence, , shilling, crown, bunch or a floriegn, or of malarky before I know what . they are talking about now since sometime been has It we left the shores of "God's, country" and started out on a new 17, It : Pvt. f In Charge of Well Avenue : m ... Of the Wall Avenue USO is pictured above. First row, left to right: Mri ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mrs. I Willie Brown, Jesse I Connor, Mrs. I V. Davis, Walter W. II. Mrs. J. Weakley, Estes, L, Taylor, H. Harrison and Mrs. Ruby M Fogue. Standing left to right: Mrs. Eddie Stevens, Bert Tolliver, M Ruth Delia Henry, Charles M. Johnson, Mrs. Jane Foote, Annabel Sawyer, director; SSgt Lawrence G Ferguson, R. A. Goodwin, TSgt Wilmo MeCollum and the Rev. General R. Wood. Wall Avenue USO Celebrates Its First Anniversary Brigadier General Morris Barman, OASC commanding general, Mayor Harmon W. Peery of Ogden and other prominent military and civilian officials will take part in the celebration next Sim-da- y of the Wall Avenue USCs first birthday. Operated for colored servicemen and war production workers, the USO was formally dedicated en Oct. 24, 1942. Ceremonies will begin at 4:00 pan. this Sunday, following an hour long program by the Hill Field band under the direction of TSgt Ed Stoker. From 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 pjn. ttie Wall avenue USO will be open to visitors, while tea will be served from 6:00 pan. to 7:00 pan. . Hill Fielders Attend USO Show 800 ST" S J g I kiOHfi m v kV 7 s : 1'- - i -- 1 V tT J DANCING ... Is extremely 1 7 r c r ? m J) popuar at the USO for negro soldksn rar production workers in Ogden. In additional to special aaaee there is Informal kepping to Joke box mosie most every night J; Largest Gathering So x vox s Far at Workers' Party mm Over 800 people, the largest group yet to gather at the Wednesday nfght industrial workers' parties held at the Ogden USO, attended : the Hill Field "Meet the Gang" show presented last Wednesday evening as a feature of the "Work and Win" week. As an. added feature, of the variety program, the" recently selected Queens from each of the war esadventure, and so much has happetablishments In this area were inthe and strange, that ned,-new troduced to the crowd. Pearse time seems more pronounced Wheelwright representing the ' DA is. The it place really than longer in Ogden and service employment were men.: need' was here, but the was who chairman of the "Work SHOOTING POOL Is a favorite atxraetion and the table Is alwan ed: we are here and I don't think sevintroduced use. Win" In and In the week, background of above photo is the snack bar, she we will be the last to come. Eng eral speakers. popular readevoua. had Jack Millar, not land Is what anyone One of the many surprises of the cloture of as it would be. for Private, U. S. Army, evening occurred when master of First Base Air Depot, England has been at war, for ceremonies Ford Thomas Rose se APO No. 635, co PM NYC NY, lected four long hard years. Her people, an enlisted man from the audience to come up to the stage, When asked to sing, the young man obliged by offering a lyric tenor m i. .ii.n.i concert! Another in the series of solo. It wasn't until after his, tnrid chapel ink on base 8 the' number of passen- at p. m. in the encore tfiat he explained he had TO been understudy to Jan Pearce at gers in each car being driven to feature Brahms, and Ravel D in J No. from and comsome Hill Field was Major, New Radio City, symphony York, for Brahms win be heard with Thorn time. The talented young tenor's pleted during the past week. name is Tarn Baccas, Mr. Rose Patrolmen took- the counts as Beecham and tne wnaon said. cars were being parked, on all monic Daphnis and Chloe, win shifts. When cars carrying less o, 2 oi travel orchestra conducPhiladelphia than the capacity load of nassen- - the ted by Eugene Ormandy. gers were observed, the patrolmen nrlsinlOT iiscea ue license number and the mli. M, J Oct for scheduled Friday, type of gas ration hook used by mem m aue special jcwwu --. Amazed at the fast srowth and the driver. eacn nujr uur.neia returns are then sub. base chapel it was Surrey expansion of Hill Fled and highly postponed impressed with the work beinar mltted to the rationing unit Emdone by the civilian employes here ploye Relations branch, where they be heard once a week, TuesdayJ" were tne so representatives of the are checked on each driver's rec- the baas chapeL Coming progrw" When new application for Ogden civil service commission. U. ord. S. employment service and the War gas rationing is made, these ma. Manpower commission, following ords will have a direct bearing Women tneir three-hotour of Inspection upon whether or not the application is approved. through the field last Friday. Particular Interest in seeing the actual lobs belnc oerformed bv lieutenant Betty XUchardson TSgt Dave Richardson vour women s Be employes in the many branches Hill Field Day Lt Betty A. Richardson, Hill Jclfic war for 14 months. He was and the conditions under which organized at veraeiana Held Other clubs will be org"" Field WAC officer assigned to the Ogdea Church ton. " the"vbattle puwwgrapner io taice part they work was exnreaaeri Imp 'tha near future. in the In of Sanananda, and is visiting officials, who now will h special Information office, OASC, The Wall Avenue BantlVt ithnivh PresldenU and v ce the better enlisted to able only describe to in appli- of Is the sister of correspondent has set aside Sundiv. respectively, of the lour i TSgt Dave Rich- New Guinea. cants the types of work done at OctOsden 24. as Hill Field dav. it was Oreta Low and urace ardson, Yank correspondent who Accom Danvlnv Amnrioa . Hill . . Field. . kr -. U. was the first American enlisted ... v uw The inspection tour was arranged announced yesterday by J. ii Con TOUre Ciuo, Jar- nu.,1i invasion, sgt. Richard-- . soldier to enter Lae, New Guinea. , n was wounded nor, ana pastor. sirs. August when a bomb ex- and directed by Marvin C JohnThe first services will commence court club; jrs. Maurice fc fat Sgt Richardson, a former re- ploded six feet from his foxhole son, assistant relations VlmlA employe at 11:15 a. m. The Hill Itup. lan and Mrs. C0 porter for the Indianapolis Star and a piece of Kiel lodged in chief. ' In order to accommodate ers will be feature of the morning H-- I court club; and and the New York Herald.THhnn 5 hi eye Within shrapnel a few . . all the visitors, two trips were session. Second session d r!erlston pecn covering the South Pa- - ' back with front line days h. was at ana tnmtn Jttrs. begins troops. arranged, Johnson said. 1:00 p. m. court dub thru-penc- some-othe- r --- . f. .. ... ... ' Check Autos for Chapel Concert Is Postponed Passenger Loads First to Enter Jap Stronghold spot-chec- ks - Job Experts Make Inspection Tour .- ur to Verdeland Form Four Clubs at P'S rjr y |