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Show at OATs Used Three Message Systems Contact Can Be Stressed Three Dominate Communications Made With All ATSC Commands The big three of the OATSC teletype system communications unit, branch, control statistical OATSC Pilot r lew on 65 Airpower By Gen. Arnold 1 Importance of Air Power in Defense Studied in Report Bomb Raids communications center, base servonH fipid AAta ices sc.uuu, Air power's importance in fii guarantee -Hill Fielders direct and ,., wmse received maximum immediate- comae i w"S. U. the in area or emphasis in General H. H. Arnolds base, effec1 " , None of His Injured in Crew I 15 Months Overseas ' plus annual report as he declared that, Sixty-fiv- e Rapidity of operation is the watchword tiveness bombing missioM security of our ,. "fv, .inntf-tim- e of the' Hill Field Army "wfJ" -world the of tne the one of and Ficwi over, s peace country Communication System, with air- - iuujr souinem France wifl 40 AACS stations scattered must rest henceforth com aggressor a single man in his crew recer tk.tahnnt h it s. These - power." The next world highand a organized air. highly strike prise' will so by as. a scratch is the m ww itself in of mucn ly sensitized network L.t. John H. Freeman n Foresight also . revealed ad.: of which many a pilot has kissed disclosure aerial of '.recent flight tes Pilot the earth in sheer gratitude. a- safe vancements, chief among them the 4 During this time he , makes A crippled al has which Diane meaai with thi , landing, an unidentified plane fly- ready antedated many other types van.i. i wu and his 1W flusters, mg near &t. iiouis is given uCMm 30 caliber a plastic was given a icm2 group information concerning .weather of aircraft, hits planes citation. conditions in Tennessee, a couple training bullet which m and the unit ii An in the productf and running low on without damaging them, lost of . employe At local AACS station assure TSgt. Bill D. gas are brought in on compasses employment of radar in weather TRANSMITTERS observation. and aircraft. with communication alone. Such may be the everyday forecasting use 'Richards, at microphone, wide range of a ; greatly imPossible is. the interphone by means of wnicli of the local AACS experience Directly in front ofisRichards secweather 102nd maintained with operation and proved robot bomb and the necesstrict coordination group, represented by the tions. At the typewriter is Sgt. Paul L, McLeod ready to record the detachment located in base operasity of an aircraft salvage promessage for station reference. tions hangar, in addition to those gram were also discussed by the moments in which report. d In mentioning Japanese strategy drama and disaster . figure even more prominently, according to. Lit. he said that it was the Japanese Thomas G. Hayes, officer in charge design to make every American of the station, and TSgt. Grover maneuver so costly, that "we E. Nielsen, station chief. would be forced to consume many , Efficient System years in bringing their home isles within range of our strategic Dom With a mere flip of. the microeffi- bardment a plan we are disprov the can the bring pilot phone his to with AACS very speed. the of ing deadly ciency fingertips, a system so simplified in its flexibility and faultless precision that often the great energies BRAZILIANS FIGHT IN ITALY The first Brazilian fighter squad and complexities behind it go un : ron, an independent unit oi tne heralded. most S. U. top12th force is the in air The control tower, Italy, Field giving a good account of itself, lofty structure in the Hill has a of officials things, AACS scheme say. Between Oct. 31, to 1944, and Jan. 22, 1945, it dropped magnificent view whichtoseems stathe 339 bombs and destroyed 159 en give even greater scope tion's activities, and radio equip- emy cars, trucks and armored ve ment so delicate and ingenious hicles, one locomotive, 33 railroad that it would take a good mainte-to cars, six bridges, three fuel dumps, nance man at least three years one sup' two ammunitnon LieutenanonH. Freeman school himself in its servicing, re ply dump and onedumps, aircraft. Five installation.. pair and with their pilots were lost lor Instrument Co. of Roches From the tower one gains unob- aircraft .. this. time. when the war started, he en during run of survev the structed eight as an aviation . cadet in Janui J ana ways on which the planes lana to Kelly M instruc take off. receive taxiing munications ottice, oase service 1942, and was sent for his tions, clearance reports, weather section, located in the OATSC Texas, in April I . . Prior to and traffic information. building, receives trammg. Later Lieutenant Freeman wf8 the plane s headquarters the actual take-ofthose messages which perhaps gen Texas, flight plan must be relayed to thea erate the most mystery and per transferred to Vernon, Salt Lake station for approval, sonal appeal Western Union tele primary training; to San toAnga matter accomplished in a very lew grams, TWX mesages, Fort Douglas Texas, for his basic; and Il minutes. his aav? i relays, and coded messages which bock, Texas, for his comm J Service are handled in? the strictest con work. He received The ruby gleam of the tower fidence. Operating directly under at Lubbock on completion i I . it services work there. lights in the early morning and base communications I late evening remind the alert passe- the entire field, civilian and mili Went to Africa of its r-by vigil in di- tary personnel alike. the Soof flew 1943. .Tn Anril. he Classified communications are recting aerial traffic. in a M Downstairs the huge transmit- immediately hied away to the Atlantic to North aAfrica in uw course ters, through the antennae located cryptographic room to be decoded, after comDleting Dum several miles away, play the fea- Personnel telegraphic information planes at Avon Park,wasFla.based I tured role, with operators main- is disposed of by telephone, mes the 15 months he ne nt, Sardinia and over an Africa or North watch unrelaxed call. senger service, taining personal and the won the continuous wave transmission. Eight Girls Employed .J! on the 65 missions, when hen was The receivers pick from the great had In this section the TWX machine accident tohehis home base wuM maze of communications, which inturned comes into its own. With! a really out of coramistt cessantly come to them, those limitless hydraulic system He range it can contact, any because was unamei which are to be received at Hill 1 iim flak. of ii.ii in in tne country in a matter ne Field. Here, as elsewhere, the op- section when brakes use his split seconds. Messages received erators must maintain strictest co- of Is Mrs. Nell B. Popoczy, supervisor of comCHECKING COPY V on OlllA these for machines of general munications center, base services section. Western Union telegrams, ordination with operation and fice perusal are was done to the plane, b. immediately dis damage Fort Douglas relays, TWX messages, and coded messages are all the weather sections by means of an patched through the was J no one hurt. mes OATSC concern of this section. interphone. Each communication i&iitananf Frpoinan frequeffi tjjivuiviiait center to the department con : received is carefully recorded in sage flaK nrnori from raids with one cerneo. the station s records. Sunervisom in his plane, but luckily no girls, Eight including an boon to additional Promising Nell Popoczy from Prince George, his crew was ever jujuj. the pilot and giving a new impetus Virginia, and Janette Olson from to the whole communications system, a new direction-findin- g Beltrami, Minnesota, are presently earned mm an oas over maae nere. was Is medal de empioyea his air transmitter, to be part of for work versatility load or emergen His tnreet was a ran the Pacific Coast sector, is in pro- manded cess of being installed under su- cy, or shift changes may require which was located between a operational skill. pervision of Lt. John V. Wood- unlimited A stalwart of the communica hospital supplies. These, ofewg bury. When completed, Hill Field tions game and part of a huge could not be even so much AACS operators will be able to give any plane between the west ATSC teletype network is the tele- aged, yet the rail yards werejl coast and Denver its geographical type unit located in the civilian narrow - space between fix. specifying longitude and lati- personnel building, which sends , . Hai tareet. Lieutaw and receives between 450 and 700 tude. out thenuM carried Freeman teletypes dailv. Maiorintf in sun. so successfully he wa " TWX Is Fast Method ply reports, statistical reports and 11me 4 On the TWX, with its sure-fir- e ... . ciusici. in general, it handles mes j:j contacts, operators are able to es- reports Oi worn. a little more routine than One Dlt overseas j was tablish immediate, communication sages those of the section previously stationed Thu with any air field in the U. S. At mentioned French pilots. some but occupies a position present its principal use concerns equauy as complished under diffcdUey important. itself with informing home bases Line to Lieutenant rree " vZxeD of pilots' arrivals and departures. Headquarters irnnh and the TELETYPE CLERKS . . . From statistical control section warming Chief amone its nneratinnnl fa, Necessity requires that this stavery little English. to of spoke to their AAF up assignment and tion be staffed with some of the cilities ' is a direct line contact with transmitting teletype messages to States ATSC stations. Messages directed from OATSC to ATSC punched on most vigilant Returns ATSC headouarters. over which e and perare 75 words per minute. ' sent at a consistent tape sonnel the bulk on 6, 1944, hetun. of are the field. sent On Aug. and messages Minimum . tand was Stallone-- -. requisite is graduation from radio received, contrary to general be 4K school. Of the 26 enlisted men lief, says Catherine Kelleher of Ume aithe redistribution -WHEN NAZI MEETS NAZI r. -- 4 employed, 15 have recently re- ugden, supervisor of the branch at Atlantic City, alter A Nazi soldier, disguised in an turned Ua name to from overseas where they messages directed to OATSC from j American uniform, tried to sur- served from two to two and nn. such commands. satsp onySePt 21 1944, after render to the first American sol- half years in specialized AACS pCATSC and SPATSC must first that he be assigned to the work in such widely separated relayed through Headquarters for further training. tne The safety section reminds em--. dier he met after slipping through uieaiers as Australia, New Guinea, ATSC. With even such a vast When he returned to the lines. The soldier AiacL-India. Canada. China turned out of and at coverage a Hill Field car as that none this, ployes territory fof marrie a giri to be another German disguised Other key enlisted men besides of the swiftness and effectiveness he t traveling 20 miles per hour re- town whom Freemtf of j. the is iNieisen lost. to system sta the ogi. in an American uniform. GIs cap tion are assigned quires 191 feet to stop on icy highMessages directed fmm nATsr TSgt. William Gencen. , a to ATSC, punched on tape, are are now living m maintenance chipf? ways as against 43 feet on dry tured both of them. Freeman .wear Lieutenant tower Davis, transmitted a at With and chief, 75 pavement. TSgt. Bill words ner minute.consistent intermittent iriimnan theatre Ot go D. Richards, chief operator. When n Four to spring snows and freezes the roads to be safety conscious both on and officers is and sage WACs boost the eight received, it is immediately bon. He plans will be alternately dry and slip-- . off the job in order to minimize ioiai personnel in timed to 38. and routed to OATSC pery in the weeks to come. Per-- . absence and lost time accidents. message center for dissemination. cuune i "''-rW- ,Familiar Systems he is sonnel at OATSC are urged to ; On In line with the drive at this Induty three shifts a day, this At tne present this science . drive at all times and cautiously section in maintains; a .force of 16 to some work ; and dearer to the heart of ia particularly when highway condi- stallation to reduce vehicular acci- familiar . .who . . must qualify at tions are hazardous. dents, the safety department rec- the civilian Hill Fielder are the ......employes imiricni veterans vewiype jfvyivurr training, With the manpower situation In ommends that every driver TWX com and .ciciype, IllUOIr teiegram Ifn ..111 tnoo M addition in ,ha ucr vii make m!inlcat,on systems on the field. BnS- " Wilt i the country constantly becoming sure his car Is country, tof this fo,T in es nJ?.?-?sproperly and group tfen equipped more acuie,wr-inoovine of the Hill everyone for safe driving. glamour girl -- . "''nan worn ugden I rr? rece icm communications system, com no wuv veterans' affairs, said supervisors, .. n t7 -- - B-2- ftV1" - -- ' nr inirprriiiirmr-- r in ... C-4- 7s . thrill-Dacke- - 7 7if -- - - pre-fli- c f. 24-Ho- ur 24-ho- ur . . . 1 . - inn ... V . rf . . i air-grou- nd 1 . -- wide-awak- : Safety Points Out Driving Hazards - 1- . Rst " J in ; K V. 7 vni... . . , - 1 |