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Show January j- - HQfe Is Explanation of GodOuiiibers On Forthcoming Earnings Statement .44 Posthumous Medal Awarded will find It advise- -. HM Held civilian employes and ve for useful to clip out this article ftble a cornplete contained re reference. Herewith is on the yellow used description of the new procedure of pay cause, to explain earning, statement card checks. . changes on successive ad 1 at The payroll control unit, 3rd detachment, on to provide Hill Field has now made It possible : . u statement caru, earnings the employe's yellow the to as with each pay check, coded explanations on the indicated as cause of any change in salary B. check. This was announced yesterday by Rulqn ' 3rd detachment control unit, Stanfield, chief, payroll He said that for a long time empioyesnave 'A jV mi 01 Known. vat. sought a convenient manner to amount of checks changed from one pay period issued some another. As a result, the detachment card. Tne time ago the yellow earnings statement were comamounts various the how card indicated check. puted to make up a did not explain tne wny one from period to another. KJew of pay changes on ine earn win additional information ' of causes such change. the -jx Th fmtit and back of the earnings statement card appear below. The additional information on ftssssBvafcfcBssffissvsrj th front of the card is in the upper right-han- d . IN CEREMONIES HERE . . . Last week the parent of SSgt. corner, and on the lower edge. The explanation Ernest F. Baron were riven the Distinguished Flying- Cross, awarded is on the back of the cara. posthumously to the flyer for his actions during bombing operations Three new sections are located in the upper ever the Ploestl, Rumania, oil wells. CoL Fator Is presenting the right-han- d corner of the card. The first is the salary medal to Mrs. Blanche S. Thurston as her husband and daughter code, the second, the tax code, and the third, the stand by. number of excess overtime hours accounted for a.. earnings card is attached. by the check to which the Insufficient space on the card prohibits the salary on the listing of the full amount of annual card. Therefore, a code is used to represent the salary. A table showing salaries with their correct codes follows: For an annual salary of $1200, not including annual overtime, the code number is 1; for $1260, 2; 5: $1500, 6; $1560, 7; $1620, 8; Three representatives of .the War $1320. 3: $1380. 4: $1440, $1680, 9; $1740, 10; $1800, 11; $1860, 12; $1920, 13; Board $2000, 15; $2040, 16; $2100, 17; $2160, 18; $2200, 19; Manpower Department from Washington and seven offi- $2300, 20; $2400, 21; $2500, 22; $2600, 23; $2700, 24; cers from the Office of the Man- $2800, 25; $2900, 26; $3000, 27; $3100, 28; $3200, 29; 30; $3400, 31; $3500, 32; $3600, 33; $3700, 34; power Director, Air Service Com- $3300, $3800, 35; $3900, 36; $4000, 37; $4100, 38; $4200, 39; To mand, arrived at Hill Field yester- $4400, 40; $4600, 41; $4800, 42; $5000, 43; $5200, 44; day afternoon to confer with Major $5400, 45; $5600, 46; $5800, 47; $6000, 48; $6200, 49; In an Impressive ceremony at Leroy Farmer, OASC manpower di- $6400, 50; $6500, 51; $6750, 52; $7000, 53; $7250, 54; Hill Field last Thursday, Mrs. rector. $7500, 55; $8000, 56. tax code, located in the second section of Blanche S. Thurston of Ogden, reThe visitors included Col. Walter the The right-han- d corner of the card, indicates upper ceived the Distinguished Flying Jeffrey, Lt. Col. J. W. Vinson, and the marital status of an employe, also the number Cross, awarded posthumously to LL Col. K. S. Hand from Washing- of dependents. It determines the amount of federal each pay period, dependher son, SSgt. Ernest F. Baron. ton, and Col. Richard Gimbel, Lt. income tax to be deducted th number of days for which pay is being Col. Lllburn D. Fator, base com- Col. Harold A. n ing upon Mayfort, Lt. CoL received. manding officer, made the presenThe code consists of two numbers; the first Stauffer, Lt. Col. Luther P. tation to the mother of the army Call, Jr., Capt. Francis J. Ortman, indicates marital status, the second, number of air forces hero, killed in action Lt. R. S. Wilde, Lt. Walter A. Kerr, dependents. The meanings of the left hand numbers are as over Rumania in August of this Lt. L Callahan, all from Patterson follows: Code 1 indicates a married person claiming year. Field. no exemptions; Code 2, a married person claiming The D. F. C. citation was for They will meet today with Major half the exemption; Code 3, a single person; Code a married person claiming all the exemption; SSgt. Baron's heroic and meritori- Farmer and other members of the 4,Code 5, head of family. ous actions during bombing opera- manpower director's office staff By combining the above code numbers with tions over famed Ploesti, Rumani- here to instruct the staff members the number of dependents the tax code is obtained. ans oil refineries, in the face of who will conduct a manpower sur- For instance, if the tax code is 14, it means that of Hill Field. the employe is a married person claiming no exft and fight- vey pierce axis The objective of the meeting is to emptions and has four dependents. If the tax code er plane resistance. assist the Hill Field office in ar- is 24, it means the is married, claiming Members of the 99th depot re- rangements for conducting the sur- half the exemptions employe with four dependents. If tax code is 34, it means employe is a single person with pair squadron participated in the vey here. four dependents. If the code is 44. it means the band and the military ceremony employe is married, claiming all exemptions with section of the 482nd air base squadlour aepenaents; ir 54, the employe is head of a ron played. family with four dependents. When receiving the yellow earnings statement card with his check, the employe should note the tax code to be sure he is being given credit for the correct marital status and the correct number of (Continued rrom Page One) ' i' 4 m J' V v dependents. If tax code la wrong, it m Immediate adjustment Employe' should reqBi" office of civilian payroll and record 1 11.31 1 W III lU1 M personnel uuuuinK, xor aajustment to K. A On the second line of the earnlM, card, In the upper right-han- d corner a code numbers explaining the various taken from the check. The first Deduction 016 contains the code that"' the reason for the amount of money amJ vwiujum m me deductions 8rtJ ine vsuh as shown to tne lett or the "Net Amount hu j? or jnuBuiM jiving in me civilian this first section will have a "Code 1." If deductions are bedng made for lost ment equipment, "Code 2" will appear in the I 1 J. - ooiiSwaosaasssOTWssswwsBsa - Mother Gets Son's DFC In Ceremony WMB Officials Here to Aid Manpower Study Award Presented Posthumously Sgt. Baron Or-to- anti-aircra- Radium Loss Name Coleman Disclosed Base Officer effective.drain,Its or elsewhere is inrays, when uncontrolled, continue their destructive action with fatal results. We feel certain that none of the regular instrument employes took the radium, because they are too familiar with its dangerous qualities." Bourne explained that the radium was in a special solution, not used by hospitals or jewelers, and would be practically impossible to used to paint aispose or. 11 dials on aircraft instruments. If a person Uvea in the civilian TM. 1 1.1 L- m . from Pass On) ministration. Upon graduation he entered the army, receiving his commission in the field artillery reserve at Fort Lewis, Wash., where he remained until 1940. Assigned to Fort Ord, California, he served as battery commander until February, 1922, when he went to the west coast AAF Training Officials urged that the hapless Command flight school and won thief immediately contact Col. his wings. He came to Hill Field intelligence officer, for the as a test pilot, and soon thereafter sake of himself, his family and became commanding officer of the t. Wendover He was at Wendover from November, 1942, through September, 1943. Upon re- Ban Information Calls turn to Hill Field he assumed comTo HF Control Tower mand of the 99th. It was announced last wmU trnm Hill Field AAB headquarters that officers and enlisted men will discontinue the practice of calling the control tower nere in order to se cure information on aircraft arriv als or anv other information. Continued from Pan on) The announcement also stated that unauthorized will trailj have not been in perfect con- not visit the controlpersonnel tower with dition until the snowfall which be- out the prior approval of the base gan last weekend. or the operations of Lieuteant Pickens said that over commander ficer. 100 men were expected to make the trek to the Basin each weekTold in "Ring" was the story end, to spend their Sundays learning and executing the principles of Corporal Paul Rusnik, former Hill Field boxing coach. Rusnik's of slalom, Christiana, stem, and especially the sitzmark. experience in Army Men from the 99th Depot Repair coaching camps after he was forced to quit Squadron will be the first outfit to the ring himself was the subject make the trip to Snow Basin, leav- of an article in Ring Magazine, Doxing journal, ing the gym Sunday morning. ',mi. The earnings statement cards to be deli' with checks due the 8th and 9th of January contain the new information. First Lt Elbert E. Lederman, acting payroll and records section, said that from noware employes who feel their checks are in error, on write the reason thereof in the blank space card And civ it tc th OTinrd at the exit (fateduri leaving the field at the close of the shift which the check was received. He addea tn in submitting this card would render adji impossible during the following pay penoo. hzzt 2223: 'Iff 'JUx SEC ARMY S TH WAR DEPARTMENT A tTATSSC3T C? STATCMSMT Hoi-com- b, .:. sub-depo- CaSE OF IN CXPLANATtex t.X. Q.T. CTHfcl MRS - t YTo riUM.MAY 5. v, CC A2SW3L -- ;::.- iARKSS At i? I :: IU :. cwr.. your ... . 1 nurnti. $ OORMJTORY 7., LOST KXG Cf AfVrtr ftw 0t0C0K'-:oT- ii K ; tt KAV twXATS I fcXPLAl ERROR T EM Ski at Snow Basin , CMPtOYCS ASl TI3 stK m. w."tf cooes. 1 I . 8252. sewer, (Continued dormltoria is also being charged with lost government ment, "Code 3" will appear in the first sectioo. one naca 01 me yeuow card contains the explanation as- that given above. To the right of the Other Deduction! the Cod.1 section appears .. - tluirix "Adjustment - Tn ineaeHours inree lion. ,il . um turf, pairis. . . .. 1"W ,. J .If appear ine cooes ceiling wny tne "Gross" one of the check changes from pay period to In this section, "Code 1" means the eat? has been suspended. The number of hours suimW will be shown in the "Adjustment Hours" to the right of the "Adjustment Hours Code If a "Code 2" appears, it means the tm has been absent without enough annual leave sick leave to cover the absence. The number hours, Leave Without Pay, will be shown in "Adjustment Hours" section. A "Code 3" in this section means that employe was absent without authority or permii and the number of hours of such absence, AWl will appear in the "Adjustment Hours" section. A "Code 4" indicates the employe is receh a refund for some certain type of "Payroll De tion." This refund can be in the "Retiremi "Bonds," "Federal Tax," or "Other Deducti column. If refund is greater than ordinary dedui for retirement, bonds, federal tax, or other it tions, the difference will appear as a credit credit will be indicated by a minus sign to the of the amount. A "Code 5" means the employe was ovei in some previous period and is now being dedi for it. The number of hours in the "Adjust Hours" column will indicate the number of boa overpaid. A "Code 6" means the employe was undei in some previous pay period and is now being for it. The "Adjustment Hours" column will for how many hours. It is possible, Stanfield said, that one empty may receive more than one of these types of tr actions. If so, more than one code will appear, either two or three of the parts of the "Adjustmi Code" section will be used. If this is the case, combined hours will be shown in the "Adjui Hours" section. He said that if any employe does not undei the new system he should contact his supervt at once, and added that each supervisor is reqi to submit any such questions to him in the unit, civilian personnel building, phone W T0 RWULA 0006 f0R T0U3 OF 0UTY. ,N ",NG DO S?it K"!: OVtRPAfb tH PREVlfTr? fiUNDERPAIo VN OfiJi N03ft Vt BY Of HOURS T WIWS kf 1WICATED RIGHT Of IN j J |