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Show Jha By Ivan . One of the activities at Hill Field which has seen a big change in its work since V-- J Jap- anese surrender, ATC at Hill Field concentrated its efforts on .hauling freight. At that time its work was divided into 90 per cent hauling freight and 10 per cent carrying passengers. Sincei that time the picture has been completely "reversed so that now its work consists of 90 per cent moving passengers and only 10 per cent hauling freight. Figures released by Capt. Eugene C. Oesterle, commanding officer of the Hill Field ATC inoperating location, reflect thisAucrease in passenger traffic. gust saw 7817 priority passengers and 3500 passengers handled at this field. September reflected a big increase with 10,294 priority passengers stop- ping here and at least 5294 non- priority passengers. Winter Brings Change The cold - weather brought some change in this load, as planes flying on transcontinental schedules have been to travel the southern route. However, the terminal building continues to be a busy place with ten scheduled flights a day passing through and five unscheduled flights. Through the 23rd of October, 4700 priority and 1200 passengers visited the field. Remodeling has provided a waiting room, ticket office, baggage room and a room with four beds for convalescent veterans, as well as a canteen, operated by the Davis County Red Cross chapter, an administrative section with offices for those in charge and a huge room to take care of the freight which is moved. Most of the planes coming here pause only long enough to be refueled and serviced, which is scheduled to take only 30 min- -' utes. During this time the pas . non-prior- ity . - " re-rout- ed non-prior- ity - - sengers rest in the waiting room where sofas, chairs, tables and games are provided. Also during this time they are , served with coffee or milk, cake, cookies and occasionally fruit. Priority Decided The ticket office handles questions of priority and is right in the terminal, convenient to the passengers. Here tickets are issued to the passengers free of charge, according to their qualifications for a priority. In addition to the regularly scheduled flights, eight of which land at Hill Field during the night and only two during the daytime, the terminal takes care of the transient planes wnicn are operating on no schedule, those planes which remain here overnight (RONs) and hospital ships with their cargo of wounded veterans. Planes in these latter categories arrive mostly during the daytime. All of this activity means that the terminal must be open 24 hours a day and seven days a week Sixteen civilian workers. 13 enlisted men and eight officers are assigned to the terminal to make this possible. The work requires both TWX and teletype communications systems, with the .former connecting this field with all military installations in the entire United States and the latter supplying connections with all MAT (Military Air Transport) stations in the country. Another system connects the terminal with the tower, the dispatch station and the radio station at Hill Field. Warn Of Arrival These communications facilities keep the terminal advised as to where scheduled planes are. when they will arrive here and what their departure time will be. A warning as to arrival is given approximately 20 minutes before a plane is to land. Most of the priority passengers are overseas returnees, soldiers on emergency furlough and a few who are on a last leave furlough before going overseas. This is also true of the approximately 20 passengers on each of the five hospital ships which pass through here daily. The wounded men are sent to the hospital nearest their home, depending on what type of treatment they need. Planes arrive at Rill Field on if 8 CO -- day is the Air Transport Command. The terminal building of this branch of the AAF at the Ogden Air Technical Service Command has undergone extensive remodeling to handle the tremendous increase in passenger traffic. Prior to the date of the October on ATC Is Concen Transporting Draper Hillfielder ; o j these members of the armed forces while is serviced and refueled. This picture shows a small corner of the large waiting room in the ATC terminal at Hill Field. The GIs at have their questions on priorities and the availability of space on planes nJ The sailors in the center of the picture spend their time reading some of the many m.J wnicn are on nana, wnue me vis at we icii sixeicn out ana taite me easy. A WELCOME REST . . . Is being enjoyed by ATC plane in which they have been riding east-bou- rd - two west to east routes and one east to west route. In the first group are those that arrive direct from the coast and those which take a circular route through Portland, Ore., Spokane, Wash., and Great Falls, Mont. This latter route terminates at Hill Field and those wishing to go further east are transferred to other planes. jjj One convenience for planes coming to this field, which is quite unusual at an Army air field, is a loading ramp for passengers. It has a hydraulic device to raise or lower the upper end so that it can be made to fit any type of plane. Rubber-tire- d wheels permit its being moved quickly and easily from one plane to another. LOTS OF COFFEE . . . And milk with cakes and eookii available for the passengers of ATC planes at the Hill terminal, and don't think the servicemen don't take sdvanl this service supplied by motherly members of the Davis ft mm 1 nea ft nere soiaiers ana sailors can meet on cf iross cnapier. ' :. r eround. from 1) (Continued Page : m'ck ly ordering that no changes be made in the character of the depot at Ogden without the prior approval of the War Department. The War Department has no intention of changing the character (Continued From Page .1) or functions of this depot other the Southwestern Baptist Thethan as made necessarv bv cur in 1941, after Fie rent appropriations and the nor- ological Seminary B. A. degree at his getting mal and expected reduction of University in 1939. He of A the Army Air Forces as a result Baylor was commissioned on Jan. 10, cers group Brazilian army of the of cessation of hostilities. 1942, at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Joao Bi eluding Maj. Gen. Moraes "Your interest in this activity Ind., and served at Fla., Tyndell, Mascarenhas de and the keen interest of the local to going overseas. Gen. Euclydes Zenobi Brig. citizens in Ogden and vicinity prior Both officers are anticipating Costa, landed at Hill Field are fully appreciated, and I am being ' soon and exdischarged visiting Bust in to reassure glad you and them pect to be at Hill Field only a General Hospital. with the foregoing facts. short time. Both plan to return At Bushnell. the group 1 "There will be some reduction to Texas when are released they members of the Brad ed in the activities at Ogden as the from the Army. war, Army injured in the military service goes from a war Macrarenhas de MoraesArmf time basis to a peacetime basis. PIGEONS FOR SALE Brazilian Activities at Ogdenwill, accordSurplus Army pigeons are be- manded the of the wM ing to our plan, go more nearly ing offered for sale at the price Ttalv and many him in under served men to a pre-wof basis. Funds were $25 for five pairs. obtained from the Congress and campaign. Ogden was developed as an air torce depot. It is the plan to continue it, postwar, in exactly that same status. Reference to the hearings before the appropriations committee of Congress prior to obtaining funds for the erection of the depot at Ogden (pages 146 and 344 of supplementary appropriation bill for 1940) indicate that it was the original intention of the Army Air Force to establish a depot at Ogden to serve the air units located in the western part of the United States. The depot was erected for that purpose and served that purpose prior to the beginning of the second world war. Definitely it will be continued for exactly the same purpose. Size Not Indicated "The congress has not indicated the size of the postwar air force; a large proportion of the Army Air Forces is stationed overseas in occupational air forces in Germany and Japan. Due to these conditions it is impossible to know at this time the exact size of the establishment which can be maintained, postwar, at Ogden, or the exact scale M of employment which can be af- RRA7H ItW IVfoeoarenhaS de 1 n.ni. " . forded the people in that vicin- i.r i . . . . . i. viallinganwn at mil rieiu, M,wm ity at this installation, as I am Generalsilica on ins arrivalGen.' Hardawaf. M. Robert Hospital, by Brig. sure you will appreciate." general of Bushnell. . Plans For Future Of Field Outlined W M A , : : '. Chaplains Await Discharges Here : fJM Officers Land on high-ranki- ng . - f,"- (ff If ar HALLOWE'EN WITCHERY . . . Imagine seeing this curvesome ap- a harvest moon or turning up at a masquerparition flitting beneath ade ball. A trifle cool for late October, we admit, but then who chauffeurette cares about the cold. A whose touch of 8panish blood gives her that exotic look, she likes In it driving, flying, diving. anything with lots and lots of speed She thinks that movies and dates are a bit or all right too. .Name: Jean Carrlllo. Age: Twenty. Height: 5 feet, 2 i Inches. Other Pro enough to excite that cry of "Oh" or "Ah" with portions: Ravishing seasonal festive touches. Photographic Maestro r without benefit of Lt. Madison Geddes was behind the camera. dark-haire- d, ed J I. |