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Show Token PresiL)tion i;.lfmtltelDCg03 Ogdw Air S.n,i.. Cnmand, Hill ReM, . Uh wTdgSTJ- to Celebrate "Salute eld WAC s Dav" on SiiTirifivt J of Quarters By Visitors, Demonstrations to Feature Day pection f Hill 150 V at Hill installa-- j Hill special vje an open A will house inspection WAC quarters and istrations to acquaint visitors with living and working "flows in the Women's Army Corps. ggotiB are being extended to Guest House relatives . of .WACs: applicants to attend the jition program at Ogdeh Air' nations, f AO Now Under iM Cwnmand. iTiiitors will be shown through ana FAC quarters, yv and will be guests at a JoTihow" of all WAC jral-- , familiar physical the including Will tk dress, fatigues, rnlts, utility coats, rain iiad coveralls. St also will be shown For Kin B-2- Building of A new guest house is under construction in. the rear of the OASC ilntenance it was an yesterday at the offices of the engineering branch, utilities. It will be used to accommodate the parents and other close kin of hospitalized, enlisted personnel WAC are engaged in scores when temporary living quarters are 'anting jobs. Some of .them: unavailable, elsewhere. In each case, tf technician, bombsight- its facilities. will be available for airplane dispatcher, cononly a limited period. headquarters building, nounced . , . operator, link trainer in- - The relations reporter public I'ier observer. . . 10 new; . . building will contain bedrooms, bath and toilet ties. Other v 'rf l ir 'wacs'.;;' recruiting drive has facili- , new construction,"1" started or planned, includes: seven Butler steel warehouses, 40 by 80 feet, and sur-- -i located between the engine storseveral VSh four recruiting teams age building and steel training in the southeast portion ?;in Air Service Command hangars addition of the field ; a 24 by road constantly to dissemi-Usrmatito potential Ai- on the south side of the foundry building to be used for pattern rier General Morris Ber- - shop and housing for drop hammer; carpenter commanding of also, a 50 byto the radio repair shop addition ; commended thegeneral : ""Jaive "iirway in Utah states the last . 50-fo- ot on 60-fo- ot Air-WA- Cs job performances at Hill building; and auxiliary buildings bereleased yes- - to the dispatch house, located and tween the mobile depot area h at the present time Hillcrest, built from old CCC buildw only a comparatively small ings brought from Green River, room of WACs on duty here," Wyo., includinganda waitinga boiler drivers, "ml stated, "they are ren-- I for chauffeurs treat service to us and room, grease house, garage and my Air Forces. We are tool room, and gas pump station. warehouses will 7 proud of them, as theye .beThe seven steel weather if permits, Pat credit upon them-4thcompleted, about the first of the year and army as a whole." larny Air Forces Salute the will be used to store supplies from . y was designated by ordnance, chemical warfare, signal Cjwral Barney M. Giles, corpi, engine aircraft, and dry Jta a itatement llm air staff. cleaning 4 plant Yesterday at Civilian Meeting Nineteen Hill Field employes were yesterday announced as the winners of cash prizes awarded for g suggestions "of and g devices and procedures. The prizes range from five to fifty dollars. The awards were made yesterday morning at a meeting of key civilian personnel by Brig. Gen. Mor ns Herman, OASC commanding general, who also presented awards tu live otner suggestion winners whose names were announced two weeks ago. Names of the winners and their suggestions: Ancel H. Goolsbey, metal manufacture and repair, for suggestion mac a production line be set up m the sheet metal repair section, Henry W. Leavitt, electrical equipment repair for suggestion pertain ing to a portable demagnetize which, it is believed will save a minimum of $2000 per year. - 'RudolpK Vynes, engine-repa- ir, for suggestion pertaining to a device for straightening all types of small tubing. The device makes possible the successful salvage of all such tubing, though primarily designed for reclaiming aircraft engine Drimer lines. New material is ex ceedingly scarce, and it is believed that the savings of material ana labor-savin- Hospitalized EM 4 line in hangars. mmtnie Jobs graphic exhibits showing trim jobs performed by Air- it Ogden Air Service Com-- I will be arranged for inspec-gues- ts at the informal famous the Use Cash Grants Made time-savin- Construction cay-roo- maintenance. - jPp(; 55 the in N'1 ft y Suggestion Sunday is "The Army Air Force Salutes the WAC Winners Field and more than other AAF country. Announced observance of the occasion at Field of Next ( - GETTING A PREVIEW . . . William Bain, oldest AC employed at this base, last week was first to receive inkling of What new service ribbons are like as Colonel John S.' MacTaggart pins one on him for the benefit of Ilillflelder photographer. f Civilians Receive Service Ribbons Oldest Employe of Air Corps Is to Receive Token Award for Over 6000 First awards of the official war department emblem for civilian service will be made to Hill Field war workers during a program in the area south of the repair hangars at 3:50 this afternoon. Brigadier General Morris Berman, OASC commander, is to present a token award for all employes who have d at least six consecutive months of satisfactory service with the war department with an efficiency rating of "good" or above. Over 6,000 civilians will receive the service rib- 10-minu- te com.-plete- Civilian Xmas Leaves Now Are Curtailed f bons. William Bain of supply division, oldest Air Corps civilian employe here in length of Hill Field service-wil- l accept the emblem on behalf of Ogden Air Service Command's thousands of "veterans." ' . Bain- - came to Hill Field with General . Berman in December, 1940, and has served the depot consistently since that time. Born and raised in Salt Lake, his home at present is in Layton. Present Merit Awards During the program. Air Service) Command Awards of Merit also are to Je presented to Fabio V. Hatton and Harold Osborn of rubber repair branch, who were commended by General Frank for the innovation of a new molding process to repair and rehabilitate rubber flying boots. The service ribbons will be distributed to eligible civilian employes on the swing shift tonight, and to eligible day shift workers tomorrow morning by section chiefs and supervisors. Hill Field civilian employes planning to take annual leave during the coming holidays for a Christmas reunion with the folks back home, had best plan the for sometime after the (Continued on Page Two) middle of January, employes were told this week. In order to assist the office of defense transportation with the biggest travel problem on history, the War Department is curtailing all intercity travel between Decem"Prelude to War" ber 17 and January 10. Unless the "presence of extenuatView On Daily ing circumstances justifies such leave," annual leave which would Field's EM necessitate intercity travel during C. As part of the military orienta- this period will be cancelled, the WRASC . tion program, the film, "Prelude recent War Department circular this stated. to War," is being shown daily recE. Englehart, Charles Major The circular also pointed out that flight surgeon, who was the first week through Friday, in the 6:30 at efforts will be made to avoid or commanding officer of Hill Field's reation building postpone government meetings station hospital when it was P Enlisted men will attend or-as which would require officials to opened in February, 1942, was scheduled through their own use crowded transporta- transferred last week to Warner on the tion facilities intercity during this critical Robbins Air Service Command, ganizations. All officers Warner Robbins, Calif. base are invited. 13 will period. Subject for week of Dec. Arbe "Know the Enemy." Lt on will speak Anderson H. thur Dec. 13 to the 482nd AB squadron; on Dec. 16 to the 308th Aviation Rice will adsquadron. Lt. Kenneth Dec. 14, and on 308th the dress 17. Dec. on the 482nd be The program on Dec. 15 wil of The AGP (Airplanes Grounded for Parts) branch, supply division, enlisted personnel the eiven by OASC, had, as of November 30, the lowest percentage of airplanes the 99th Depot Repair squadron. grounded for want of parts of any installation in the Air Service Com: mand. report emanating This Information was taken from a from ASC headquarters, Captain Martin Imholt, chief, AGP, announced this week The AGP wag organized through- Mullen's inspection trip here last out the ASC last Oct. 8 primarily week he said he was much imto reduce to a minimum the num- pressed with the functioning of the ber of extractions necessary in department. Gen. McMullen is installation. An extraction is each of maintenance division, ASC. Iradin..!.n.a fthnnnpfft. ivho anil the act of obtaining from other chief Methods used in this command's ii hnfh run out of cash depots material to fill re- AGP have attracted much attenspecial most important to do thrlr received here. A staff of tion from the outside. The branch, :'L..!m or two before quisitions exhausts every possi- keeps a meticulously close check on AGP experts Ket a break by ble source of K'SK'thto year securing requested the status of items at Hill Field. material before resorting to ex- throughout the command with reCiait payher, Cap". Kenneth A y, tracting elsewhere. gard to the immediate needs, roll branch chief, ever sympathetic AGP stood in 8th place on Oct. and present stocks of needs, anin the area. In adto field employes' problems,effort 8. A survey made by Lt. lone Con- each nounced yesterday mat "no branch way revealed that in coming from dition, airplanes on red diagonal by the payroll ill 8th to 1st place, AGP had been are carefully noted in order that p7ePaPring the check, . for largely responsible for reducing necessary parts may be available as 20th as won after the the number of airplanes grounded when needed. An airplane on "red diagonal" for parts in OASC by some 69 per P Wmch'mean you boy- - and gals cent. Indicates that while parts are not mind on the Hems 1.. Lt. Conway stated that at the immediately necessary they will be. time of Maj. Gen. Clements Mc- - in the near future. - ' tne ig get-togeth- er Orientation Course Shows War Picture For Major E. Englehart Transfers to 3, ;. Lucille Mosgar Donor ilife-- a vino Transfusion A S ym. Mosgar, 24, ,1 photo detachment WAC way save H Saves a Life the life of rtn ""usewiie. uLZ""' wa on 7Lrb0 lfcr7an wit aPPeal recruiting a Hill Field ,nor m the was l blood broad-i- A-- B lve transfusion Streshly of Nampa, i,ttn0Us,y 111 Mercy was one of who vo1- - vcpeople donations tor the was the only one lSib"t kZ he necessary type Data Reveals AGP Branch As Topping All ASC Installations i & 1 c - semi-week- H I: T I; Late Xmas Buyers Get Sympathetic Payroll Treatment Iklood. A the vonteers from Gowen 5. BoSe 1 was In ily tin, tte w lL,Te Mt It ?utia aL d W2W? Prti critical a critical anneal fnr a tyPe Sr"P was morning of last ?nt," the fo,,ow-Wa'Pv- tMosgar heard kI was several days donation was made. U condition wjomo in Ten In Barney, the WACs 30-da- sub-dep- ot vlnteered the k?lf ul" ly ... ANSWERING AN APPEAL t. type, Pvt For blood of A r iv P nhotocrapnrr, vine u ut- - A-- "i-.ii- B - -ih. tne itinnt of ftaving houtte- - Idaho, wife. .- ior r" |