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Show AmericJ Benefit Eskimos Friendly From National Soldiers, Base Sergeant bay After s mom '""""' Life Insurance service .ometlme. in to .20 in a 7Z1 ?1 .we .TSZT Alaska, HillFfclcJ, Utah Wednesday, July 19. 1944 EDITORIAL SUPERVISION Captain A. B. Waaamakct pedal Information Officer for For Employe Relations Major Robert Renfro Contributing Editor! August Kettmann ' Special Bervleei Major Carl 8. Menger Editor M. Thotnuon TSgu Ryland William T. Iglebeart ' Reporter Larry C. Evana ' Pvt. Tereea B. Noe Reporter Pvt. Jean McCollum, Bate Photo porta Editor and Photographer The Hiilfieider is puoiiahed wen?y tn tne tnteretta of tne military and civilian and Ugden Air Service Command, Bill Field, personnel of tne Air Base. Ugden Air Uepot Ogden. Utah, and is distributed free acn Wednesday. It Is printed with the facilities .ana through tne cooperation of The Ugden Standard-Examlne- r. Opinions expressed In this pafer are those ot tne individual writers and members of the staff, and not necessarily reflect tne attitude of the army or of the commanding officer, it ' do or published aj requested that articles appearing In ita columns be not without the express consent ot tne Public Keiationa Office at Hill Field. The receives material euppiied oy Camp Newspaper Service. War Department, U. Credited material may not be republished without 205 East 42nd Street, N. permission from Camp Newspaper Menace. Hin-fleld- er der extremely trying conaKiena, every day, temperahu; J Technical Sergeant George to 35 below zero. - They made repair on the Schmidt, now of Base Operation. Already Awards to Month of April Beach Huge Amount 9 and plans to go back there after had engine sent A from war. the the patch bajT At the completion of his train- - large enough to fill B nche. To beneficiaries of veterans ing in the base forces (no fe vet the War World II, d maroon-colorein killed piece ofH with the design of a tulip ha erans administration througn center to cover it. j April had granted 73,000 national When they finally flew i service life insurance awards, Adplane out, one wing was fW ministrator Frank T. Hines report like a bird's. They fullv oi to convention a ed last week to land with Just the stuomi wing. When they finaUyX' Catholic war veterans. 300 miles and two and i He said some 195,000 claims lor hours later, they turned the tf pen ...vw.nncted disability over to the commanding oj sions had been allowed through Brigadier General Robert V nico, who called it a "gift v May, an increase of 184,000 during the year. I : a o ' tnr Ufa insurance i: Japs Make Raid w Aliyiinuviio In June of 1942, Set total about 15,00.000 with a face Schmidt was flying to tlmJ value of $ll5,oou,ouu,uuu. xic m when he repair seven the administration is mustering for speedy adjudication counierea a group oi f 40s tn machinery ling toward Dutch Harbor 1 j tu nA Hisohilitv claims anddidn't .know until he lander for distribution of veterans' bene. Umnak that they were goini t fits carried in ine jt. to drive off the Japs whol rights" and other measures. staging the second raid on( port, and that there was a i nese task force heading that 1 approximately 100 miles out Ituii 4P. ? When they were installing Schmidt TSgt. George a Jan. parts in the over a me flew oi them, strafing Commanai Service Air i Pursuing it were three Chiefs uecemoer, in Air. Navy Corps Army, Army shot the Zero down. Our pi, 18 service months' 1039. and after did major damage to the attad Give Views, in the United States, he was sent force, and the rest of the j retired to' Kiska. Sot to the Alaskan Air Depot near force Schmidt considers this one of Congress Hearing Anchorage. most crucial moments of the i was sent out shortly after when ' the United States w He To guard against another Pearl j arrival to repair a e-- i. grave danger. . Harbor catastrophe the army and his d acI They were so became first he that was there to week last asked congress navy the situation was so acute, ! maintain a powerful postwar air quainted with the Eskimos . and no man was allowed a furlotr aircraft and force fortified by giant helpful or even a three-da- y realized how friendly that production plants prepared for any they were. The two July, 1941, and the fa.' emergency. carried the repair crew landed in 1843, wnen the alues te4 The plea was voiced by Under what proved to be soft gravel. For Kiska. j Tech Sergeant Schmidt toil secretary of War Robert P. Patter a time it looked as though three instead marooned L. be would Artemus son and Gates, navy chief in Base Operations. assistant secretary, before a sen- of one. Then a group of Eskimos works on maintenance of trait to their aid, aircraft ate subcommittee. from the village came out of Gates argued for an air force literally carrying the sufficient not only to win the war the soft gravel onto the turf. but also to keep the peace. Spe Taught Lore of Arctic cific means for the accomplish Manv of them talked a little ment of this end were listed: the Amer (1) By maintaining adequate air English and they taught things such as how to forces in such strength and in such icans many travel on trails, how to care for state of readiness as to preclude a frost bite, how to protect themsuccessful assault on our country in storms, and which are selves or its possessions; Mae Harris, popular reside! (2) By acquiring and maintain the soft spots in muskeg. At that the dormitory area, and ani in depot supply, return ing air bases essential to our se time there wasinno extensive train' conditioning for ploye program OASC Thursday. She has bee. curity and that of overseas trade: ing service. Schmidt the says (3) By facilitating the orderly foreign Mankato, Minnesota for the l economic expansion of domestic suggestions of the Eskimos un six weeks on annual leave I lives many and international air transport and doubtedly saved their times. oi private xiying: The Colorado Club sponsor The knowledge of where to 4) By preserving a strong air picnic Sunday in Stadium B tread on muskeg was particularly craft manufacturing industry. Members and their ft Ogden. useful on one occasion when they reported a most enjoyable 1 were sent to get a 7 grounded were played aurmii in a layer of muskeg Games stretched over a clear body of afternoon hours, after wht picnic supper water 35 feet in depth. This sumptuous muskeg, made of live growth such served. as moss and grass interwoven, week, more and moreM provides firm footing, except in pieEach come to the east wing the soft spots the boys had learned nig Dormitory Chapter to recognize. One steo there and tion hall on Thursday of old fas an evening enjoy would down you plunge quickly Of Bed Cross Sponsored by theareS( into the water, with no chance of dances. Dance these dances Club, out There isn't even the getting to of the most W one be Announces Courses ing air space found beneath Ice. activities dormitory the in 7 from the Removing the use entailed of the four muskeg One advanced and two standard L. D. S. Fireside of civSiij miles of cable and a mitories classes in first aid are now in and one-ha-lf met Sunday, 730 1 block and When tackle. the plane progress at the dormitory chapter was on soua recreation) in southeast the rewas ground it on van oi we nea uross, Margaret Ben An discussion open a and 80 feet ects was held. paired runway built nett, director, announced yester wide and 580 feet lone. Beinc day. above the timberline, there were Um TV. The standard muru (tnr lustn no that heM at William trees to be cut down but the ImiHik K ners). held Tueufav from IfillorMt ground was covered with a thick the previously elected cb 6:30 p. m. and Thursday from The complete job took 56 io ;ou p. m., consists oi ten two-ho- brush. Madrene Streen resigned. lessons. The advanced, held aays. his stead, and elected in elected irom 4:30 to 6:30 p. m Repair Big Job was si Blaklng rriaay Dresents five two-hoImurnu With the air force as small as it treasurer. ,,' fell CAP personnel will be given was, it was necessary to repair Since the Carnival preference in the standard classes, every plane, planes that would not same night as that of the Mrs. Bennett said. All rlnaao be considered worth salving to Fireside meeting, the next" conducted on the second floor of day. One of their most difficult was postponed until next Duiiding SZ4 in the dormitory area. repair lobs was a 7 that looped July 23rd. Guest k55 There are still openings in the and went over a bank, and 'was John Cook, whose subject standard classes for new students almost completely destroyed. Ser "Utah History." AU wiu- out not in the advanced. geant Schmidt and the rest of the dents are invited. tht SlvltosoXl 3 . I ; B-2- 6s Fire! Fire! Keep Cool, Be Brave! ,..f fc r,'Vv 't ; Big Air Force Is Sought After War , I -- B-26- s, ? ft W - up ' at . ': ' (k ' : A . short-hande- pas-twe- en B-1- 8s B-1- 8s 1 B-1- 8s Hillcrest Highlights ' A FIRE PREVENTION HIS ONLY INTEREST . . . says Chief William C. Jensen, while bis secretary, pretty little Lucille' Ogzenwalla is chiefly concerned with informing all Hill Fielders of the new fire emergency call number, "17". All signs with the old emergency number of 200 are being changed this week to the new number of EXTENSION 17, as previously announced by Capt. Nedwin R. Weber, base provost marshal. Government's War Costs Are $214,000,000 for Each Day One day of war costs 000. six days. $1,288,000,000, the U. 8. treasury announced last week. Stripped down to dollars and cents that is what America is paying for one week of war as told statistically. War spending through July 6 for the fiscal year which started July 1 totaled SI. 288,073,406.81, the treasury reported more than $214,000,000 a day. Total government expenses for the six days . amounted to $1,561,468,317.85. Comparable totals for the same period last year were $1,427,928,- $214,000,-4-737.3- . Mate Call f 7 DAMcm- X - with 7 I over-a- ll 6, $1,185,883,833.94. The net deficit after six days of unprecedented spending stood on July at $1,197,654,517.83, as compared to $996,795,389.43 a year ago. Sgt. Maestas Dies In North Ireland Announcement of the death of Sgt. Carlos F. Maestas in a plane crash in North Ireland June 19, was received by his sister, Estella, employed here. He enlisted in the service 14 months ago. 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