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Show 111 Improvements in Y&Ucle Procedure Results Motorized Timely Flash of Yankee Ingenuity knti-Icin- g Miff ' "ic , .... 'V; A v - de-ic- er . - fluid Is shown Of 'servicing plane with OLD METHOD service of the member unit, operations Francis Pvt. Green, by bucket to the tank opening in a hangar, as she flits a de-le- er C-4- on .VX' A short time ago MJ- - Rudy Baros, base engineering officer, evolved a method of eliminating the necessity for clambering labori ously up the wing of smaller planes or inside loaded transports lugging fluid, can of a five-gall- 1"" te: five-gall- . An idea, originated by an OASC officer, has already cut in half the time formerly required to service aircraft fluid and is preswith ently being drawn up for formal submission, through channels, to the AAF branch of ciyilian awards in Washington, D. C. fW - X ... ,'4 -- Mf: ,y 4str WAC Mechanic Can Do Job That Required Two Men Something Old, Something New Rep-- J, 7. " de-ic- on Uv er SSgt. EarleTeeter, in charge of the service section, rustled up the necessary parts from the salvage yard; Pvt. Ronald E. Watkins, of the service crew, assembled them in his spare time. Result: A WAC service mechanic can now do the work of two men; another tedious d job has been motorized by a flash of Yankee ingenuity. This method of servicing Maj. Baros pointed out, directly from the drums will eliminate waste due to spillage and evaporation. It will do away with the danger ou hazards involved in climbing on the top of airplanes and vehicles carrying heavy cans in order to service. foot-han- 1 V' Sliced One-Ha- lf The old method required one-half hour per operation. 1500 per year. Slicing it to one lourtn mannour per operation, a saving of 750 manhours per year is realized equal to a .day's work irom nearly 84 men. Last month it took, two men to set a capacious metal barrel of fluid into position for pouring into smaller container. Then the five- gallon can was packed to the air plane and emptied into the tank. This process was repeated until the plane's receptacle man-hour- NEW METHOD from salvaged of cable and drum hoist ... Frt Greena tn, rolls the heavy barrel, unsealed, to Utilises piece B-1- 8. tips It up against a flange, slips the cable over the top and cranks it In place with the hoist shown on the front of the tar. the tug, ' ' - ' - de-ic- er was tun. Maj. Baros' innovation lashes the orginal sealed barrel on the front of a tug utilizing a drum hoist ' Men Are that SSgt. Teeter obtained from at the salvage yard. derelict the barrel, Vehicle and Motorized up uriving tne can Francis ureen. a ' - 4, , -- B-1- vi. Is observed as Pvt. Green has only to carry SAFETY FACTOR end of the hose to tank opening en S la place of the fives-alithe en can formerly haaled up. The new method Is being drawn up It was conand forwarded to AAF, through channels, as suggestion. officer. It Is estimated ceived by MaJ. Kndy Bares, base engineering the new procedure will save at least IS man hours per year. A-t- Surgeon Leaves on Girls9 Club Names First President Duty Abroad Brigadier General John M. Willis, surgeon of the Ninth Service Command since October, 1M3, will leave soon for an important overseas assignment. Major General William E. Shedd, commanding of the Ninth Service Comgeneralannounced mand, today at his Fort Douglas headquarters. Colonel Luther R. Moore, former commanding officer of Woodrow Wilson General hospital at Staunton, Virginia, succeeds General Willis as head of all medical installations in the eight far western states of the Ninth Service Command. He will assume his new duties immediately. Red Cross Unit Given New Phone Number Effective Tuesday, Nov. 7, the extension number of the American Red Cross office at the civilian dormitories was changed from 8438 to 283, an official announced. Bonnie Briggs was named presid OASC dent of the Girls' club last Friday night when the group met in the Ogden USO. Loretta Boren was chosen vice president. The group will meet at 7:30 p. m. the second and fourth 'Fridays of every month. Various athletic activities are being offered the club, including bowling, roller skating and swimming. A nominal entrance fee of $1.00 is being charged each member. Anyone desiring to Join may contact the recreation unit at extennewly-organize- tilt the barrel against the base of the tug, slip a strong cable over the top and crank it in Dlace. us ing the hoist, as effortless as the next fellow. , Direct to Plane The tug then carries the barrel direct to the plane where the fluid is transferred to the tank by means of a hose and small pump engine attached on the tuff- Ending the job of transferring the liquid from the barrel to a small can the new method at least halved the time reauired for the onerntinn besides economizing on labor and num. in addition, the plane is as sured clean fluid as the tanx is nued direct from the orig inal sealed barrel. Maj. Baros said the unit would also be of considerable service to tne armed forces for filling air cran trucks,, tractors,, tanks, etc., with gasoline, oil. radiator coolants. water, etc., in remote places where moaern servicing equipment is not available and the job must be done zrom arums and cans. At Other Depots It is thought the same procedure could be introduced at other ATSC depots. Securing necessary parts irom aircrait snould be no more salvaged difficult at other inntnlla. tions than it was here, Maj. Baros explained. A close friend of Lt Gen james uoouttle, fabulous U. S World War 1 pilot and leader of tne xirst Tokyo bombing raiders In World War II, Maj. Baros, then stan sergeant, was hangar chief at Historic Kelly field when Jim mie nosed his down on Texas soil for theplane sole Stop in niS IliKht from Jacknnn ville, Florida, to San Dieso. Calif. In the early twenties Maj. Baros flew Mexican border patrols with uooiittie. Besides his present job as base engineering officer Mai. Baros also base weights and balances officer, base personal property officer, and base transient aircraft officer. sion 610. Army Discontinues Signing M. D.s The Amy has discontinued re- cruiting civilian physiciails, but the Navy still has urgent need for approximately 3000 medical officers and its recruitment program will be continued, according to War Manpower Commission. There are about 47,500 physicians on dutywith the Army, fewer than 13,000 with the Navy. by Chairman Paul V. K "J?"".0?4 of the commission. ttcNutt de-ic- er cross-count- Rep: to (WAC). tug ry er Stories of production miracles-Command almost always point with pride to the majority of women who contribute. But there is one department on the field in which male, reigns supreme. Vehicle and motorized ground equipment repair employes, 111 workers and only three of them are women mechanics. This' unit, which handles fourth and fifth echelon repair of all Army Air Force vehicles in the Ogden area, has recently undergone radical changes to increase output New equipment is the form of a frame straightener, a double post hydraulic lift (which lifts a truck like it was made of paper); a line reamer for the overhaul of engines; a grinder to cam ggrind pistons; and a complete machine shop, has been installed. Doable Production The additions nearly double the production in the repair of all vehicles from GI bicycles and small tractor power units to seven-to-n units and wreckers. The shop is located in the half sphere wooden hangar at the south end of the flight test ramp. It was lately enlarged to include the hangar adjoining lt. Items which will soon be receiving a lot of attention from the skilled mechanics of vehicle reand snow plow pair are snow-go- 's trucks. The new design for advancing production was perfected by the methods and proceedures branch of the maintenance division. Leonard Brown is the seneral foreman of vehicle and motorized ground equipment repair: Paul Wil Hams is his assistant and WO Charles W. Wllholt Is the officer in charge. H f at the Ogden Air Service 5-t- on Safety to Stress Falls' 'Slipsandand falls" will be the first "Slips assignment to this command from ATSC headquarters as a monthly Visiter . . . Col. Arlo A. Emery, safety project, according to a letJAGO, judge advocate for the ter received recently from Wright Western Flying Training Com- Field, Ohio. This particular form mand visited personnel of the of accident cause will be emphaoasc judge advocate general's of sized during the months of Dezoce last weeK. . cember and January. J i Cocks-of-the-Wa- lk 8 de-ic- ... ... In the above pictures, improvement ground ustr working machinery of the motorlsed vehicle and examines a freas' repair section are shown. Top: Francis Shafer en a heavy track suspended in the air by a new hydraulic lift I die: Charles Dowden and Fred A. Jaeobsen work en a track in the shop. Lower picture: A complete new machine shui latest equipment has just been arranged en a prodactiea list I in this unit. Seme of the equipment Is shown, NEW EQUIPMENT ASF Depots Spec Property--; Check Similar Units Clc: Retiming iteBM VU1C i j... AiW j two of Establishment classification deps the Pacific coast, to expedit ceasing of property rewiw.' overseas theaters of operw 1 announced this wk W General William be located 'Thwill California, and F M Haan, Rprvice FOR pot., eytablished to '" , property maintenance orto a UP set will be Jor port of embarks tion, General Shedd m detf "t east Medical History Prepared Here Over .50. typewritten gone into tne the Station Hospital ggl will f prepared annually ir "1 Field Headquarters, and The historywas P'effio department head, in departmentBernard v2r c I bv Maj. edited by Col. well, in charge PJ PlThe history pictures and charts. Jhi waPPl apprx,nw I i -- Bridge . . . BfidilrS Is proving very and experienced ners Girls' bridge to610 call extension day. nB , |