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Show ng Over There VW'i'-- L r ;t;v ;HfVpvX " U' V :-- ' it - -- .- ? v, n lfZr-- C7 fSTMT) vot-2.-No.2- i "IT Official Paper of the Ogden Air Service Command Mere gainst Japs, Says CMef U Oyer-Optimis-m; Safety Store To Open This Week fit it Maj. Gen. McMullen Decries Spikes Rumors of OASC's Diminishing Importance The Ogden air service command will play in increasingly important role in smashing the axis, particularly . Japan. for this statement is Maj. Gen. Clements Authority McMullen, chief . of Air Technical . Service Command's supply and maintenance. Stock to Include j OUT foriner Field Workers Serving Uncle Sam in British Isles former OASC employes serving with the air tech Three now Housing Seeks service command in Engto an announcemad,, according : ent from ATSC headquarters iere. They are Sgt Noal W. Jen- - nical Employes here with information regarding availability of housing units in this area were urged this week- to relay it to housing unit, employe relations branch, civilian personnel building, or to local war housing cent- -- raw. 1944. .auen is from Sandy. Entire e are 1 three wrican jc v wind-u- p leduced Medical spokesman said, and has at present around 20 applications for housing. He asked that such in- formation contain address and phone number. Cylinder Output Increases 30 Slated Dispensary Goes On Shift , Ose Starting Oct. 1 the field service of a decrease in the Reduced coverage of J the industrial medical ' 'vZ?11 ?wer of employes on swing and Kerard shifts will be effective f, fo l, Maj. Harland P. industrial medical announced this week, nnlng this date the dispens-711- 1 be open six days weekly, Utjr through Saturday; from m. to 4 p.m. It wUl be closed M Present it is operating i iSL , f Thttr Khedule. aid station in hangar ?2e wiU be open from 7:40 12:20 a.m.. however. Maj. "id, while the aid sta-m Lan-chie- ,ffirt m At warphniioo E 2Pn only during the day of a greater concen- 5n efviewworkers in the hangar occuring during caFed for at hospital at all times, other than when Wtn?Sary and first aid sta- ( XuteVwi11 JTld Communion ' 'Setfor MXl W,.MJ Nd5r' ctober 1, has been World-wid- JJa e Com-iT??nnirn- dy. Chaplain ZUrl peratlon with this i M at ILeM ta . kth2mm"non services with h f! An approximate 30 per cent production increase in the cylinder branch, engine repair section, has been achieved since the new streamlined pattern of work flow was introduced in engine repair two months ago, Paul Sparks, general foreman, said this week. With 63 people, we are not put ting out more work than we did with more than 100 before, he stated. .The department completely builds and reworks airplane en gine cylinders after long hours of flying. The new. flow line was com pleted by shop maintenance and itfimiM Amnloves and eliminates wasteful and unnecessary double-bacpresent under thenowformer proarrangement. Engines to station gress from station around a giant "U", covering a minimum of distance in tne re pair process. ks baM Bun-- wBI "Nothing could be farther from the true fact," wrote Gen. McMullen, "and no action could be more damaging to our national effort than for your employes to leave their vital work at this critical stage of the war." h ' . .... illlilii litlllli ... Supply Wins July Safety Trophy OASC's safety trophy for July was awarded to the supply division for registering the greatest improvement in accident frequency rating in one month. Supply's July frequency was 3.66. The division also will win the trophy for August with a rating of 2.12. Frequency rating refers e accito the number of dents per million manhours of accident exposure. R. J. Dyches presented the trophy in the new supply control room. Supply safety officer is Maj. N. L. Gruber, assisted by Lt Lu cille Gathright lost-tim- B-1- figures by the United States treasury department Records disclose that here in J Utah more than 00 per cent of the E, F and G bonds sold since their first offering are still held by the investing public. Conversions of E bonds into cash are slightly higher than others, but they are sales, only 12.57 per cent of totalsuu in with 87.43 per cent or tnem possession of purchasers.totals.Utah figures parallel national These percentages prove Indis putably that the people of Utah are upnouung ineir repuiauon xor and patriotism. thrift, prudence nave oeen made Their Investments voluntarily and the fact that they have held on to war bonds dem onstrates their confidence in their government as well as their de termination to upnoia weir country in time of emergency. Co-Pil- 7 -- p y.saeaBissaaMBMKA:w-''- ' yww' B-1- month. His mother, Mrs. raye . n - over-optimis- m, (Continued On Pas Two) fG. Rand, AS, is stationed at Far- ragut Idaho, with the Navy. He has a wife and small daughter residing with his parents In Ogden. 2nd iV., Lt H. 1 I Kas4 check of After a ' week-lon- g OASC reclamation section facilities, 1st Lt. W. G. Lundstrum, of ATSC headquarters, stated, before departing last week, that the reclamation department here was one of the best equipped in the entire command, according to General Foreman M. B. Held.. Particularly impressed with novel devices for performing workblueLt Lundstrum requested to axsu be forwarded tints S eadquarters of washing ma chine and sorting table for processing salvaged nuts, . bolts and other small fittings. Held said the sorting table nas enabled workers to sort thousands of small nuts and bolts in a very short time. Pictures of other pro cedures developed in the depart ment were also asked by the ATSC official, who. has been studying reclamation sections In all area commands. Included is a method introduced here for mutilating aircraft cylinders to separ ate steel from aluminum. Assistant general foreman In Conn. World Champions X Play Raiders Saturday WiU The world's champion girls' Fromoted Veldon O. Long, son eftball team from Portland, of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Long of Oregon, has challenged ear OASC state champion "Bald-er- a" 933 N. Spruce St, and for a game te be played in of Merle C Gilbert, patrolman, next Ogden AMP here at Hill field, has been October 1st Saturday evening, This will probably be the promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander In the navy. He Is "don't ttuss" game ef the season. For tickets see the recreation connected with the 2 training unit in civilian personnel buildunit at Colorado university. He Is ing. Game begins at 7:SI p. m. graduate of Colorado Springs Place: city stadium. school and one high studied year Price efOgden tickets: 23 cents te at Colorado collex. 'adults, lt cents te efcSlrea. V-1- " Of New Devices Developed in Section reclamation's Irving ot son-in-la- here as an JV""" suppiy been specialized depot She has 1942. Lt here since September, the Purpie Rand has been awarded employed In warehouse ; 80 prior to his entering OCS in February, .1943. One brotner, rvu f with 8 neaoiju" I. corps In France. Another, JSugene "hwss Depend on Ogden While unable, for reasons of military strategy and security, to divulge its plans in detail, Gen. McMullen revealed how completely the ATSC is depending upon the Ogden Air Service Command in one significant sentence: "We are counting upon Ogden to carry a heavy burden of work in all lines. It obviously cannot do this if it does not have enough employes." Employes were cautioned against asked to note that Germany being has not yet been defeated and that a tremendous job remains to be done, especially Bond Cashing Officer Praises Rumor Reclamation Job Proves False Bequests Blueprints Former OASC Employe Injured on Fifth Mission Over Germany as Second Lt Harold L. Rand, for-- f mer OATSC warehouse clerk from November, 1942, to February, 1943, waa Injured recently during his fifth mission over Germany as coac pilot of a 7 Flying Fortress, nere cording to word received Outlining this station's growing responsibility in a strongly-worde- d letter to Col. Paul W. Wolf, OASC commanding officer. Gen. McMullen spiked rumors that this installation will recede in importance to the war effort. The safety department here has been in charge of arrangements for the store which have been un der way almost a year. The only item on the store's r 1 stock list that will be sold will be safety shoes men's high and low 4 4 J A oxfords- - and women's oxfords the rest, including goggles, respirators, MAJ. GEN. CLEMENTS He raps asbestos, leather and rubber gloves, welding shields, aprons, hair nets, etc., will be issued upon presenta tion of a special form signed by the employe's supervisor or a safety engineer, Major Afflick stated. The selling of safety shoes will be handled on a concession basis bv the Sears, Roebuck and com pany of Salt Lake City which will station its own shoe salesmen here. Shoe prices will be markedly lower than those prevailing in local Any rumors that have been market areas, it was announced. around regarding the conIn order to obtain shoes, em floating of class E bonds into cash version at a be stamp given ployes will have been squelched Utahns, by on Pas Two! (Continued by the recent release of official . to worship aerv- p; AHocaing said. All Partake are car--d '; to attend, I This command's new safe ty store complete with safe ty shoes plus all types of protective equipment will open this week, probably tomorrow, in building 4, post schools area, Maj. Robert R. Af flick, OASC safety officer, employed Mmmnlon supervisor in a and 11 a. nu, 5?fnnf ' unit Is seeking Individual housing units or apartments, a f Cdverasre - Utah;' ers."The Salt Lake City and from Clearfield. All skilled mechanics and are helping to keep planes roaring through over Germany. 7lor from Cites Importance announced yesterday. Information junior aircraft engine me vjnic from January, 1942, to Feb-ary, 1943; Sgt Harold R. Taylor, 'ranft armor mechanic from Jan 1942, to August 1943, and i. William J. McEntire, roe- ate helpes from April, 1942, to Safety Articles t E-16- Vacancy jn, . AH Types of . . . Three former . OASC workers, now with the ATSC iEaflsnd, take a couple of minutes off to grab a snapshot in front Left to right: Set. Noal W. Jensen, Sgt. Harold da tit... raid shelter. B. Taylor and Pfc. William J. McEntire. "3 September 27, 1944 Fight-fo-FiMisl- h. M " ' h A w X |