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Show Engine Renair Workers Get Awards for Suggestions Fat Conservation Program IKS Ideas Will Save $100,100 in First Year of Operation Thirty - seven suggestionsn made by employes at the Og-de- Air Technical Service Command for" saving manpower, equipment and materials were approved and adopted during the month of April, announce Don H. Johnson, executive secretary of the civilian suggestion award committee. During the same period of time there were 198 suggestions made. Last Monday checks totaling were presented to the 34 individuals making the 37 approved suggestions by Col. Paul W. Wolf, commanding officer. The 37 suggestions adopted will result in an estimated saving of $100,100 during the first year in operation. Awards varied from $10 to $250, with Axel M. Mars of the electrical branch of the miscellaneous repair section winning four awards totaling $550. The winners: $2540 IN LINE . . . With the fat conservation program at OATSC, Pfc. is trimming the Stanley Flis, butcher in squadron B of the of4135th, the mess hall. .... .... . fat off a piece of meat in the kitchen . . Which facilitates the disassembly of the nose section i and Whitney engine is pictured above with the designer, j Pratt Fintus, supervisor in parts repair orncu m engine repair, . Jig Designed by Suggestion Winner Will Save $18,500 From its very inception, ican industry has been constantly nourished by that Yankee flair for simplifying and improving proced-at ures. This has been exemplified OATSC hundreds of times, and it popped up again in engine repair recently when they were experiencing difficulty in disassembling certain parts of the 1830 Pratt and Whitney engine. In these big engines, which are used on the the propeller shaft becomes "frozen' 'to the bear ing in the nose section after the unit has been in use during a normal span of operation. When time came to recondition the engine, tne shaft was often so tight in the bearing that extreme pressure and heat were required to effect disassembly. In many instances this procedure resulted in excessive damage to engine parts. In a year s operation at engine repair, 20 nose sections out of 300 were ruined for a total loss of $18,000. John W. Pintus of Lay ton, Utah, , Amer-4-supervis- , Thomas E. Adamson (Ogden, Utah) Soap trays. Keith B. Baxter (Salt Lake City, Utah) Special wrench for removing mogul light socket adaptors. Burt L. Blanpied (Salt Lake City, Utah) and June B. Parker (Murray, Utah) high clutch ring and clutch assembly tester. Frederick F. Bollin (Cheyenne, Wyo4 and ming) wing flap jig. Alma S. Butler (Ogden, Utah) Device for extracting castor from dash pots of artificial horizon instruments after re pair. Elmer J. Cuthbert (Brigham City zero adUtah) Wrench for tightening B-- ll on nut Webster thermome justing ter indicator while assembled. Arnold B. Durfee (Grand Junction, Colorado) (1) Wrench for tail wheel strut packing nut; (2) Alignment fixture for use on 7 struts. Arol E. Erickson (Salt. Lake City, Utah) Hydraulic wing jack pressure release fixture. Austin A. Gates (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Eugene D. Lyman (Del Paso Heights, Calif.) Cages for use in testing brake pressures on 4 airplanes. Paul L. Grundy (Salt Lake City, Utah) and 4 aileron and flap truck. Hubert F. Hayward (Ogden, Utah) Oil seal ring pin removing tool. Edward A. Hedlund (Salt Lake City, rocker box cover press. Utah) Vernie L. Helms (Ogden, Utah) Floor pedal for nailing machine. Harold A. Henderson (Las Vegas, Nevada) Air duct rivet rubber collar squeezing tool. Henry O. Hendrickson (Sandy, Utah) Unit for cleaning fuel servicing tanks. Irving H. Jones (Ogden, Utah) Im- , C-- B-24- s, P-4- B-2- C-- . proved face shields. . David A. King (Delta, Utah) Control panel for electric propeller test stand charger. ' E. Lynn Larsen (Salt Lake City, Rack for use in counting and Utah) THE FATS Trimmed from the meats. in the mess halls at Hill various sizes of gaskets. straightening " field are rendered and used in place of fresh lard as a conservation Oliver O. C. Lester (Lewis town, Monmeasure during the war emergency. Sgt. David I. Aragon, first cook the substitution of rendered fat tana) (1) Propeller governor differen9 switch tester; (2) tail f squadron B, 4135th, is shown completing the rendering process. for fresh lard has not affected the tial cut-oskid retracting motor holding hook; (3) of Fuel booster food. the pump holding fixture. palatability Axel W. Mars (Salt Lake City, Utah) Fat Used Several Times (1) Propeller governor stud removing Rendered fat is used several tool; (2) Jig for use in drilling No. 52 In hole stem end collar of pilot valve times through the simple expedient valve holder of propeller goverspring of reconstituting it by removing bases; (3) Jig for drilling name the impurities. This is accomplished nor plates and serial number plates for proby immersing raw, cut potatoes in peller governor blades; (4) Jig for drillThe military mess halls at diversion of large quantities of fat the used fat to absorb the of proextracting dump valves impuri- ing andgovernor bases. OATSC have been conforming to to the munitions industry and the ties. When the fat is finally spent peller Jerome C. Mietchen (Salt Lake City, release of more lard for civilian or devoid of cooking value, it is Utah) Provision for preventing accumuthe food conservation program consumption. the officer lation of water up picked in front of cerro bend by salvage ever since it was inaugurated here tank. and sold on contract to two years ago as outlined by the Little Fresh Lard Used Paris E. Miller (Murray, Utah) .50 concerns. Through this channel it caliber machine gun receiver spreading to C. F. AAF, according The March allotment of fresh reaches a munitions factory. Capt. Schmidt, ATSC food service super- lard for all the mess units at Hill .Captain Schmidt submits a tool. Roy E. Pearson (Salt Lake City, Utah) visor at this installation. Scoville (Salt Lake City, monthly report to ATSC headquar- and Glen K. One of the most important Field amounted to 2700 pounds but ters N Utah) transmitter tester. the amount renof fat stating 265 were used . , pounds actually William J. Pintus (Price, Utah) (1) phases of the program is the eco- only dered Hill mess Field's by to halls, due the of utilization all fats for polishing 1830 and 2600 cam nomizing on the consumption of on meat the amount of lard allotted to Jig (2) A tube roller for 2600 products. fat, which is an essential ingredient each one and the actual amount bearings; crankcase transfer tubes. in the manufacturing of munitions. Squadron B of the 4135th AAF drawn. The report also indicates Leo F. oil Porter (Lyman, Wyo. and set a base unit mess record for P. on West the field perfect Every (Salt Lake City, Utah) organization the amount of money saved by Joseph Autosyn fuel pressure transmitter diatrims the fat from all types of the months of March and April by each mess hall conthe through machine. phragm no cleaning 450 meat which they receive, including using lard, although pounds servation of lard, on the basis of 16 Arthur C. Rueckert (Murray, Utah) beef, pork, lamb, veal, ham and were available to them. This is the cents per pound. Sheet metal hand dimpling tool. bacon. This fat is rendered for use goal set for all the mess halls on Walter G. Lake City, the earnest cooperation Utah) RepairRuefenacht(Salt of In deep fat frying, griddle frying, the post. For this performance of Through indicator flight pointer mess all hall at bars. baking and other methods of cook- squadron B received a commenda OATSC, it is hoped personnel James E. use Saunders that the (Ogden, Utah) tion from ATSC headquarters. ing. Contour spline. of lard at this nnst will ho virtu These conservation activities in Arthur L. Smith (Ogden, Utah) According to T'Set. "Moe" Schu eliminated during the present war and the AAF have made possible the ler, mess sergeant of the 4135th, nine emergency. cylinder mask. Martha I. Sorenson (Provo, Utah ... 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The concert was given dm was which tiate the piano day to the hospital recently by in The was Davis county Red Cross. kndi was made possible through tt(cK forts of Mrs. Marie Allen, thi her man of the Davis county! m Cross camp and hospital chii lirt Richards, tee and Mrs. imp! 97 nt the Gray Ladies corps. W lie. 1 Dm PO! 1 Pk. AUC ward .noipnt for the Pi: T fe: program of patients Wh the n . was Droaacasv w 0u puw over the hospital's new pan dress system. WOT a - v. musicians were If tributed to the concert U r" ppe TTii,irq John Parrish, Irtr Robin Glenna rish and T- c Form lor use ate records in provost in one record. marsMi 0V( - fed x.A Cmnt Is t ACnJAlwJI ENJOytD ( com . AINTXIKE WHEEeAHAVE METhTM' Hfc UVfec...QOLLyHe I ON HIS MIND.. AINT EVEN SAylN WELLTHEKE 60K good-by- e FloHTIN A4A SAY fcneh over-heati- v ou u ai. never Know wncrc OETTW'OFP J ire shaft-bearin- " by Milton Caniff, creator of "Terry and the Piratest li decided that something should done, using part of the front tion of a condemned Pratt Whitney engine, he construct! jig which provided such pej support for the section assembly to be disaa bled by means of a hydraulic n that excessive heat was no lo needed. Instead of bearing and shaft, and sprea the nose section case becausd improper support, the new made possible a disconnects parts without damage. This will result in an annual parts and i ing of $18,500 in the current on based power, assembly of Zb engine nose seaI per month. The device was constructs eight , hours at a negligible Pintus has reflected his inter improved methods of pro with previous suggestions, resulted in an estimated saving of $1,145. . 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