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Show ' V-- 5 trcratrooper rtn-u- p 1 Official Paper of the ' i Jtv' Field Bond Drive Exceeds $ f Goal ; Sales May Hit Millioim . - ''' i , $ M T W T f I J W? 3 9 19 16 J 23 Z4 4 fl I? Mi S 6 13 1 Counteroffensiva Spurs Drive day's postponement next week when the paper will appear Thursday, Jan. 4. After that, publication will be made on Wednesdays, as For Presenteeisui 26 27 1230,31 V - . If all paratroopers who plummeted earth-- I nr aemy territory were clad as Miss Barbara Turner (above) be a short t prtwt marshal's office here at Hill aField, it would is graduate of. Ogden high In resides 21, Olden, Tinier, Iji J ni ku been employed on the field for three years. (Picture iT33NffOF 1945 fcy Xmas Problems Cause Delay I . -- V5 , Stricter Use Of Leave Rules Slated j' JANUARY Jrf3 . JT ' 5 Li Madison Geddes, OATSC photographic officer.) . of 1944 Are mewed by Hillfielder 7Mights . ld Capsules iw. on Sale .1 uuc icria9 Expected Absence Wee Is to Cat Here; Reduced - 'rten t HiU Field who are mk sufferers from common ve being offered relief at cot with the placing on sale at both the 31m cafeteria and the civilian .wtorjr area cafeteria on Thurs-T-Dj- c. 28, Captain Fred O, , Jr., restaurant officer, ned this week. cold capsules are be tWlt at the low cost placed of $1.50 for A card of instructions jmilea when to take lS,ueeachndbox of 50 capsules. etpiules are being made to civilian employes as ES"iS',a recommendaUon by 'JfWal medical service. The shown its ability over eir period to reduce the ln-- 2 a large 5 colds - among .wP?ple- However, it is vSiute rePreventaUve. ePciall benei who are Subject to 2 " chronic respiratory infec- e ac-yu- ua 2 nounced yesterday. . Campaigns in every ATSC in stallation to swell job attendance have followed an aDDeal by Lieut Gen. William S. Knudsen, ATSC commanding general, that all ATSC personnel are needed daily at their tasks if the flow of materiel ana eauioment. so critically needed currently in the face of the pow-is erful German to keep abreast of the requirements of the Army air forces. The drive here will gather momentum in subsequent weeks as the program's operations are ramified into every department on the field,' it was pointed out Rules onntrollins the chareing of various types of leave will be considered scrupulously prior 10 urning tuu. AWOL Explained Regulations governing absence without leave - (AWOL) provide that diseiDline will be imposed for each AWOL up to and including two in any perioa. Any (Continued on Pat Two) counter-offensiv- e, . s . ... Victims Improving After Bus Mishap Record Committee Appointed Here . .'. 01-fl- ee r fSaSrtm! i?!00 Aumnt pri-TUeg- lng el'jue, CaptMerrill. rjf. 80 to Care far Weanded Fromsoldiers of American in unit armament bounded on A ,m out for Normandy fet&& ffl ten minutes talhe listBumetted. of the at w mand surfeon "buUdlnX,,r,twn Douglas. S SK Dy rXfily jc. -- placement unit headed by Vernon Larson,- as placement coordinator. Important among functions of the new unit will be a follow-u- p system under which every new worker entering on duty at this command will be checked 30 days after he has begun work to ascertain job suitability. Larson stated. The testing unit, formerly part of the classification branch and headed by Larson, has been trans ferred under, the employment in the new branch .as a sub-un- it interview and placement unit are interview Other two and efficiency ratings. Handle Original Placement Original placement in addition to follow-uwill be a prime re sponsibility of the new depart ment Also, an inventory of employe skills is planned to be used in reassignment of field workers in new jobs as they arise, thus easing recruitment headaches. Present personnel will thus be given first chance at newly created or vacat ed positions here, Larson pointed out. The new follow-u- o technlaue will include an interview with the supervisor of the employe concerned and the employe himself. An efficiency rating will also be prepared. Readjustment in work assignment will be effected through the new unit when necessary. Larson said a constant follow-u- p of new appointees would be maintained by his department . He will also attempt a much closer coordi nation of placement with services in various divisions functioning nere. a i f oixiciais nere ex employment new tne pect arrangement to ma teriauy reduce or eliminate the of possibility maladjusted personnel at this command. Sub-un- it supervisors are: Claude McMillan, interviewing; Marvin A. amim, testing, ana Feggy Back man, efficiency ratings. . , . sub-uni- ts p, - wm m . deductions amounted to $302,177.78. Lieut. Murphy said additional payroll deductions and cash sales are expected to boost the total to $750,000, or $1,000,000. a maturity value of Although over the top In Its quota of bond purchases. Hill field has not yet reached its goals of 100 per cent participation and IS , per cent of the payroll allotted to bonds. Only one week remains in which to realize these goals. Utilities division has only 12 out of a total person nel of 758. Altogether the division has 98.42 per cent participation and 13.8 per cent of its payroll allotted- to bonds.' The janitors (Brown group) have reserved 17.09 t of its pay for bond pur chases to lead the division in this non-participa-nts . - per-cen- respect. Headquarters Improves Headquarters showed a slight improvement in participation during the past week with 99.88 per cent of its personnel buying bonds. Budget and fiscal leads the division in pay allotted with 21.42 per cent of its total nay allotted to bonds. The Army air base fire depart ment reports it has only one non- participant out of a total personnel 01 19, giving it a percentage participation of 08.7 with 14.3 per cent of its payroll allotted to bonds. The AMPs ' in the same division increased their participation during the week to 03 per cent and per- Coatlou4 oa Pas Two) Area Commanders Meet Tomorrow Ranking guest at a commanding officer's meeting at Hill field to- aay win be Brig. --General Ralph Talbott of the Utah ASF General's depot Commanding officers from all surrounding installations will gather in Col. Paul W. Wolfs office at noon to consider mutual problems. Luncheon will be served in the club where the meeting Appointment of an effleUnttw rat officers be held. Afterwards a tour of ing committee was announced last will week by Col. Eugene B. Bay-le- y. the field is planned and, , if the management control chief at weather permits, a survey of the OATSC. The committee is mad surrounding area. tip of two officers and three civil ians. The work of the to review and approveemmiH, all official adjective ratines of all graded ci vilian employes. It is authorized to request necessary reports, and to request the counsel of any- employe on the field, it le ir&mA to submit a comprehensive report New Tear's Jaav U wd be to, the commanding officer every Meats as a Cay, regsUr werrtrj wm w oea tlja turn, hmiuiii Members are: Uajor Bernard C. eaytt Baumgartner. chairman; Lieut Oat day wU be e&argeJ as tie wKten leave, Mary Ash, deputy chairman, and has been exeasii ta ad- civilians, Vernon F. Larsen, Jun eacteye ius True Bjna-- c u. Efficiency Ratine Committee Named Handicapped Here Asked To Reneio Passes re-Ke- mp : OATSC has gone over the $224,-323.- 23 Planned res Section Here rtly usual. 'Local Goal of 15 Payroll In Bonds Unmet r . Glen Holiday problems are responsible for appearance of this week's Hillfielder a day later than usual. , The same problems will necessitate a service command as part of a vigorous campaign here to promote "presenteeism" and to make fullest possible use of all available manpower, Lt military Benno C. Levy, OATSC Hill Field an expanded placement to the em- ian personnel amounted to been has added service "presenteeism" of ficer 'an ployment branch here in the form as of Friday, and payroll of a new interview and The most progressive year of the : war, 1944, has come and gone, leaving the American people with greater hope than ever before for an early termination of the con flict. On the home front, of which the Osden Air Technical Service com tVDical. a review of events mand-iseems appropriate. Here is a brief summary ox things occurring ai Hill field during 1944. January began with tne spec tacular theft and recovery of 75 grams of radium worth thousands . Hill field was host of dollars to 75 members 'of the Utah State Press association Responding to an emergency aDDeal from Bush nell. a Hill field flyer and plane completed the first "mercy flight' in the field's history when Lieut Paul Wadell rushed a precious naclcet of nenicillin to Butte, Mont., in an attempt to save the life of a sailor, stricken there with pneumonia. Cash bonds sales reach $45,000 in second week of 4th war. loan at Hill field . . . Lieut Gen. George C. Kenney. chief of U. S. army air forces in the soutn racmc tneaire fivn OATSC civilian employes told employes "We couldn't operate rii BuffsroH minor iniuries last without ASC" during a visu neic, iWednesday in a bus accident while on their way to worx irom owi Supply Expands divi are now recovering. saw the supply February to include the func T airo ritv other employes were treatSeven sipn expand disfor ed injuries at the medical (Continued on PS Two) occurred at Unas plug In Publication Of Drive Successful top in the Sixth War Loan its drive, oversubscribing mak and quota of $600,000, ing a total in bond purchases in both cash sales and payroll deductions of $616,501.03 Follow-U- p System with, about a week to go in,. Planned to the drive, Lt. Charles P. Mur Adjudge Suitability phy, war bond officer an In a further attempt to place the nounced Friday. . right person in the right job at and civil Cash sales to pensary. The accident Centerville. inThose who suffered minor Ma J. Graham, Donna were juriesn ii SapIpv. Rhea Wicen. Ma v'oiiv Nona Arbon. Mrs. wi v niunt and David E. r.i.j n.irnAii Thos treated for in EsUblUhment of the Investiga Mrs Lulu Fairbanks, f Osnumnel Records commit Mae Brown, Mrs. Vernal Ida Mrs. retee to make recommendations Swenson, Neldon 1 uiaerauii, Pcrwnnel P. 1 garding what individual Mrs. Crista B. Simmons, Mrs. Mar by maintained be records should tne garet L. Swift ana i;iauae various divisions other than was section - civiftan personnelweek ?e2l?halge" ta from the last atSPW. repair section, OATSC management control sUted to get ylon, hin the next few to The committee is authorized BroSPected reports Bwtrially and data reouest necessary t,P2Sc"n nd effectively and any to request the counsel of Suboutput the OATSC. also in personnel super. committee, appointmCTt was this Bounty week. Handicapped persons en thto included In the new groups who were Issued passes ears &?. field them to park the r includes: Capt RobSbershlp let to armament, ert O. Stafford, chairman; MJ. S. the front of the parking er and radio C. Campbell, MaJ. Xhos P. Heenan . eloM to the one area in the in- w. tlaJ. J. R. Ourand, Capt civil-Ia- n Gray and tlackle FSS1.0repair TBoth Phases Stricter enforcement of ex Expanded Job isting civil service and ATSC regulations covering ab Placement senteeism is being observed at the Ogden air technical Effected Here - v December 27, 1944 Ogden Air Technical Service Command reS;JrUfp ll Jack Grldley states thai that new passes tor si in order eat. There are be f irea "bVat Mtweh paa.es new in e here. Ncto. Year - a lsru Day Considered Worli Day Here tm aft-sen- ee |