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Show South raciiic Ai Don't Strike," Says Film Star Una Merkel Picture Star Film Star Tours Field ( nnK n Hill Field, Utah wyw Tn Back From Combat Zone Wednesday, January 5, 1944 EDITORIAL SUPERVISION Captain A. B. Wtuntkn Special Information Officer Publle Relation Officer, Lieutenant Benno C. Levy For Special Service for Special Projects & Carl Major Robert Renfro Monger Captain Hill Field's EM EDITOR Technical Sergeant Ryland M. ThomMon Meet Famous Manaclng Editor, Corporal Sylvester Adessa Associates Larry C. Evans Marge Fernlroen Bergeant Thomas Borlght Art nod Pnovography Bate Photographic Section and Bergeant George L. Kinney The Hlllflelder la published weeny in tne interest! of the military and civilian Ogden Air Depot and Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, personnel ot the Air Base. It is printed with the facilities Ogden, Utah, and la distributed free each Wednesday. Opinions expressed and through the cooperation of The Ogden Standard-Examine- r. In this paper are those ot the individual writers and members of the staff, and officer. It or the of ot commanding the army do not necessarily reflect the attitude or published Is requested that articles appearing In Its columns be not Field. The Hllwithout the express consent of the Public Relations, Office at HillWar Department, lflelder receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Service, 20S East 2nd Street, N. X. & Credited material may not be republished without Service. from Camp Newspaper permission Comedienne Here "We are determined that berore the sun sets on this terrible struggle, our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol ot freedom on the one hand and ot overwhelming power on the, other." Extract from address by General Marshall to graduating class at West Point, May 29, 1942. VISITS HOSPITAL Miss Una Merkel spent the entire day last uu Field. Here ..:c:fTnn hmkHkiu v everv iieuarLiiiejiv He. George Base at Hospital. the Bhown patients up she is cheering noted visitor as his with smiles band pleasure L. Roth of the 408th - in Navy Plane Mechanic Visits tells him, after all, a stay in the hospital isn't so bad. ( Hill Field Repair Hangars 'in-ou- r They have lived for weeki at a time on K rations. They have been separated from their wives, babies, and parents for months, home. The aviation arm of the navy which hasn't done so bad for itself, either came to see how the army's air branch does things at Hill Field last week in the person of AM 1c Wesley B. Williams., AM 1c (which stands for air craft metalsmith, first class) Williams was here to visit his father-in-laE. A. Wood, of supply di vision,, after 14 months in the Aleutian islands. This is the first time Williams has had leave since August, 1942, when he was sent to this long fringe of islands arch ing westward from Alaska into the Navy Air Mechanic They continually fight disease. , , , But they can't strike." The movie star, at Hill Field last week for a personal appearance among the enlisted men, recalled by their commissioned officers, and returned with the greatest respect for the higher-up- s who are charged with the protection of our fighting men, insofar as it can be possible. . "Warehouse Week" was inaugurated in branch 3, supply division. last week with splendid results, Second Lieutenant Norman Gurin, Lt. assistant chief, announced. Gurin is acting as branch 3 chief in the temporary absence of First Lt B. R. Edelen. The "week" consisted of a con centrated effort on the part of all warehouse employes to arrange all material in the proper place. Dur ing rush periods the same type of material may be stored in differ ent locations temporarily. Over a period of time a good houseclean ing is necessary to segregate the loose ends. Winnahs Pin-dow- n ENGINE REPAIR . . . Was only one of the many sections of the he recalled that on many occasions Maintenance division visited by Miss Merkel. Here Pfc Melvin L. he and other navy airplane me Protas of the 99th Depot Repair Squadron tells her what it's all chanics performed major overhauls about. in the open while chilling winds from the Bering'. Srait whipped straight through them. He said his work there was mainly on navy patrol planes, his specialty: fuselages. The planes, he added, came in with surprisingly little damage from Jap fighters due primarily to the fact that they had relatively , little contact with them. -No natives were on the islands t t when we got there, he explained. f They were all evacuated about the time the Nips first invaded Attu and Kiska. Many of the Islands he saw were splotched with patches of grass and inhabited only by birds, rats, mice, and a great many blue foxes, the latter stocked there years ago by the government. For recreation, he said the serv: l. ice men can fish, ski, or play Of course there are many Indoor pastimes to ease away the leisure hours, of which there prob! ' ably aren't many. L Williams wears a ribbon denot4 over a year's service in the ing Asiatic-PacifKITCHEN . . . Pitching in with Aviation Squadron area. He said he MIES"' v had no idea where he might be S "Srred With,vim Md vigor at the mess hall of ,MsMeel sent at the conclusion of his leave. technique are (left to Doc. one He has other relative emWilliams, sSgt Fonder Berg, TSgt. W G ployed here besides .Wood,' Louis CpL Eddie Warren. Barnett, mechanic helper in instru ment repair branch. M I - "Warehouse Week" Termed a Success SET? r L 'I IAS f ic i soup-stirri- ng won id Finance Will Not Cash Pay Checks ... I A 'Book Fair" is in progress at the base ' library, building opposite the gymnasium. Over ow newly-arrive-d books are on display. All types end subjects are repre E-2- sented. Books were purchased who funds appropriated for military personnel here and comethefrom napublishing houses all over tion. s The library is open from two until ten p. m., on Sundays from two until eight p. few of the new books are listeo below: .. "I Believe," Clifton Faflinwn, Craven; "Modern Art," Thomas Uves," Van Loon; 'A First Reader," Chin Pel sna;"Seven-American Spanish," Brady; Psychologies," Heldbreder; Macardie, Dorothy Uninvited," "Number One," John Dos Pasw-"ThAmes week-flay- w" e W.lnn The announcement stated that disbursements will be made and collections will be received for war I Library Strange Woman," Ben Williams; "Assignment in,,.8"1, Seem tany," Helen Maclnnes;Vespa, Agent of Japan," Amleto Winston Roving Commission," de Gauiie, Churchill; "Charles ' "Journey AmW Philippe Barres; IT.v Curie: "rnani- y-XmAv" Wm. Irish: "The Fright! Did She a MiaM r.eney enea sun," m V -- Oil m.iiSM - u, norne onnm r an i -. The base finance office at Win Field will not cash government pay cnecks of military or civilian personnel, base headauartera in. nounced last week, pursuant to an army regulation. I Miss Merkel and Miss Brooks were guests of the army at many islands where white women had not been since the outbreak of the war. "The soldiers treated us as if we were the most precious things in the world and believe me, Til never play to another audience like those wonderful boys overseas," Miss Merkel said. The Hollywood comedienne added her own personal plea for us at home to buy war bonds. If you could have seen tnose boys over there like we did," she commented,, "you'd do everything you can to get this war over. ks4 AtBoFair'Held Base His soft-bal- some of the overseas bases had waited in a downpour of rain, just for a elimpse of someone from home. She was impressed with the care that the enlisted men are assured Pacific Wood brought him to Hill Field one last week to see at first-han- d of the great installations that helps to "keep 'em flying." Seeing inside the large hangars for the first time Wesley B. Williams hundreds of men at how w, 7. Una Merkel, favorite comediena, of the stage and screen for the last decade, .sat on a divan in the HiB Field WAC quarters and alternate., ly laughed and cried as she recalled incidents that occurred during h recent tour of the Southwest Pa. clfic war theaters with Gary Coop, er and Phyllis Brooks. The tears were for the boys "over there," who are so "hunerv tt anything that suggests home," and who are "sick to their very souls" of the labor strikes in the United States. "Our boys have been over thera for many months some of them over a year, and they haven't even baa tne iooas that we consider' essential every-da- y diet at m i Atle Scneim-Heredity," Am ram lurw, if War" F.rnest Hewjni "To sten Aside." Noel COW ard. bonds in gold, silver, U. S. notes, National bank notes and other le gal tenaer only, except that personal checks Of milltarv iwnAnnal may be accepted for purchase of wr uonus in tne amount of war oonas purchased. VlNAL AVERAGES For At Biishnell Hosoltsvl I M both of the military leagues in the first half showed that 8Sgt. Florence A. Greene. disDatcher at I Max Kosof, left, topped the EM me base garage, who suffered inwith 190, whUe Cspt Gene Wil- ternal injuries in a.n autnmnhlla an. EATS GI FOOD i . . Nnt .f i !.. son took honors for the officers cident Saturday morninr. Mrs. halls went the 17S. Greene's Is on the with husband, who is in the dinner with the 408tniea?nUarirWAt.h 8gt. Kosof champion OA8C team, and Capt. army and atationod. at Rnshncii she dines with her h2?o? Wilson rolls 'em for Aircraft General Hosoital. also was In In red Malum, Mis. Merkel, gird of K nnL Sgt George . Shops. f. U, Vfjacciqenu. . "Keep 'Em Flying" Orchestra Plays x H.' the OI 99th P0 Rpair, Squadron. Hers 2S a8fc T' SLf ."f. Sgt Ed Stoker and his "KJ-'Em Flying" orchestra from field entertained the O. dents this morning on the Me assembly program. Sgt. : Stoker has been nign twice oerore SW lUMIVHW ib)rd appearance. . m ., |