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Show J 7 Rush Job 1945 a5&ing Prgteed by By Workers the Gen. Arnold letter in Maintenance workers -- recently from the storage area for flight to the Middletcwn (Pa.) ATSC. The work was given a A priority by the A TSC order, which was received on a Thursday. It stipulated that the work had to be completed so that the planes could be flown away the following weekend. This priority is one of the highest, if not the highest, . to be received by maintenance since such priorities went into effect. It permitted all the overtime necessary to get the job done before the deadline. The last of the six planes cleared the field the following Monday morning. Two days wasn't much time for from workers to take six the storage area, them, prepare them for flight and flight-te- st them, but workers in flight test rose to the occasion and completed the job in 'the time allotted. 7s 1-- 7s de-pic- inaraae - Tech- - ! ' - By Polly McQuown of commendation for A flight test hangar worked long the work done by the Air to prepare six hours P-4- ' Is Completed P-4- ovember 7 Ths Hillfieldei - 1 FINESSE NINA B. BROWN, peaches and cream secretary to Brig. Gen. Harris, has grown up atvucHiu w jvieia in the blue-blopositions 6n the post. The first ever 'to be ' i egirl m p 1 oyed in the engineering section back in the fabulous days of 1941, she did a presto rise to fame by becoming secretary to a trio of ..Hill Field COs namely Brig. Gen. Mor Nina Brown ris Berman, his successor Col. Paul W. Wolf, and now Brig. Geri. Ray G. Harris. As a combination diplomat, receptionist, and stenographer, she conducts office affairs with the taste and aplomb becoming a and manages secretarial big-wto be as decorative as she is indispensable. Her clerical prestige stems from "a girl's ambition. FRONT-OFFIC- E nical Service Command during the four years of its existence, was received recently by Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Knerr, command from ing general of ATSC, H. H. of the General Army Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. The letter was written in observance of "the four years of the command's existence which was celebrated on Oct. 17, and read as follows: "On this fourth anniversary of the Air Technical Service Command I want to congratulate you and your personnel for the many accomplishments which have meant so much toward achieving total victory. "The contribution of your command represents one of the greatest" ever to be made in the history' of aviation. During this past year air power reached a peak that has never been known before; this was reached largely through the conscientious and exacting efforts of your associates. By untiring research and unusual ability your organization not only surpassed every objective, but they also opened new vistas of aeronautics which S. BUTLER, who will inevitably dwarf those we hasHAROLD a success as many reaped now know. This is progress. assistant of .the superintendent This is an advancement of civ- aircraft shops, ilization for better living in a went peaceful and democratic world. the "Again, I offer my congrat( other day. and t ulations and best wishes to you gave the Vicall. The entire AAF is proud Loan its tory of your outstanding record." biggest sin gle boost by buying two f2 od . . 708th Band Needs More Musicians The 708th AAF Band, which has served Hill Field with a variety of musical services and entertainment during the past several years, has suffered considerably from transfers and discharges during recent months, according to Major Lloyd C. Shanline, chief of the military training section. This opens the way for enlisted personnel on the post with musical talent or experience to join the band and enjoy the benefits obtained in such an AAF organization. Anyone interested should contact W. O. Jerome Bredouw at Ext. 8273, Barracks E. Mutual Benefit "Society Issues Calls 29 and 30 Calls No. 29 and 30 will be issued by the Hill Field Mutual Benefit Society Thursday to pay death benefits to the beneficiaries of Gustaf Spongr, employed in Warehouse 33 up to the time of his death on October 19. Sponff had been a member of the society ever since it was organized. The call which was issued as a result of his death, will become due on November 10 and delinquent on December 10. The society paid death benefits of $1,000 in October to the beneficiaries of Joseph B. Wallace, who on August 11 after bef died on sick leave from the ing: field since July 7, 1944. At the time of his death, he was still carried on the rolls as a regular employe and all calls made' after July 7 had been paid. ig GO-GETT- bond-mind- Legion Sponsors Bills ' ... For Soldiers Jk m. one-thousa- V nd dollar bonds. The heftiest cash investor up to date, he has a red, white, and blue reason for Harold Butler jumping on the band'wagon and going to town. xveaauu. nc w child iu uti uiwig home three of his five service men brothers who are still overseas. A native of California who sometimes hunts for ' twelve-poideer or twelve - pound pheasants, he's been absorbed in aircraft work ever since he was old enough to lie about his age and run away from the farm. Has no panty-wai- st scruples about giving to the loan drive and giving plenty. P. S.: He sometimes dabbles in real estate. nt - out-of-t- he ' the i house-cleanin- Ft 4 & New Reduction in Personnel Slated ' (Continued from Page 1) possible, according to Major Snyder. Hill Field has been recommended as a permanent nucleus base by the War Department for the Army Air Forces. However Is jMling a new OATSC HEADQUARTERS BUILDING pea.?.et!me strength of the coat of paint. On October 17, painters from post Utilities began de!cide a what level tAV,y1 Krom two to work on the buildinr and now are nearly finished. will be be men have been painting at one time, the exact number de lnls decision awaitsmaintained, action bv endinr on weather conditions. congress in establishing the The weather will also be the deciding factor as NUylica tht --Kf buildinr will be entirely finished. ... - - f. ed Several measures are being sponsored in Congress by the American Legion to honor veterans of World War II and assist them in returning to civilian life. The principal ones are outlined here: 1. A bill to set aside August 14, the date the war ended, as a legal holiday to be known as World War, II Victory Day. 2. A proposal that enlisted men of ' the armed forces be granted the same terminal leave privileges, with pay, as are granted now to commissioned officers. This would give the EM, if passed. 30 days leave for each year or fraction thereof that he has been in the armed forces, prior to discharge, with full pay CANDLELIGHT AND WINE and allowances. Leave already taken would be subtracted from DATSY. VALTKNT- slim trim the above figure. favorite who makes a big filing 3. A measure to return the emu ior iciiun bodies of an unknown soldier ity with her from the European theater and Vogue - ish atan unknown sailor from the Patire, her cific theater to receive national - band - box honors and burial in Arlington freshness, comNational Cemetery. pleted three 4. A bill to reenact the measand a half years ure in the Selective Service Act of filing tech enabling the veteran to return and orders record to his old job at the time of stock some If such action discharge. listings is not taken, this provision will other day. Best become inoperative whenever known for her the entire act passes out of poise and fasi existence. Daisy Valient looks like he iirst-rat- e product of a finishing school), she's made one of her biggest bows at Hill Field by introducing charm into the work room. ill--- Besides, she has a file which looks as neat as a parlor after a seige of spring g. With a weakness for luxurious living, she likes rare food, candlelight and wine, exotic perfumes, and dude ranches. rrrx; i Cardinal sin: speeding. Inseparables: her svelte black Dodge ' her golf clubs. s''ts ' ol high-scho- BRUSH WIELDER . . . Sgt. John H. LaMarrTG.T. designer rtt . lt..H.il uniWn AMI), tuiucu yaiuici, ancwuca K J Sin 1jiaiigar1 tuice' ati. AIWOJ1 j is a finished sample of his art. r.t-l- l- 4.1 mx-- Ar 1 i Former New York Desid Continues Art At OATSC By Polly McQuown Give Sgt. John H. LaMarr, Hill Field aircraft woodworker, a pad of paper and a brush and he's likely to turn up with an autumn landscape, a surit; realistic sketch, or even a for his artistic talents are as diverse as his tastes and embrace everything from fashtea cup to ioning a refurbishing a department store window. Above his bunk at Hill Field where he can reach them at a minute's notice are his artistic stand-by- s paper, drawing pencils, a couple of brushes, a water color set ready to be snatched off the shelf and used whenever the clock rolls around to half past four. And used they are, for once Sgt. LaMarr begins to concentrate on contour and color, everything else recedes in the background including steaks and Dorothy Lamour. Sometimes he paints in the huge aircraft hangars ' at Hill Field where the planes and repairmen give unusual verve to his imagination. Often he paints in some near-b-y mountain haunt, a favorite outdoor recluse. Uses Water Colors But no matter the place, he 1 always bent upon capturing through an adroit bit of brush-wor- k, the life of the airfield and the countryside about him a somber-hue- d Ogden landscape, a 9 poised for flight, a Liberator bomber at rest in the hangars. Water colors, he says, provide an excellent medium for recording that transient and elusive life which surrounds an air base. Actually, by dint of and calling, Sgt. LaMarrtraining is not a painter but a designer. In pre-days before he made his trek from Fresno to Keesler Field to Kelly Field to Hill Field, he was at home in his studio on 216 Green Street In New York City where he both designed and manufactured exotic ornament iur an elite clientele, . self-portra- new-fangl- ed . T-bo- ne B-2- GI - From papier-mac- he mad he candlesticks, ornate boxes, boudoir lamps, copies of old English trays in fact, anythinf whirh miuht strike the fanCT (f his wealthy patrons. Every yan this earned him a cozy sub' which ran into five Designed Displays Tfa alsn Hpsicned swank New York figures. dlSDlaVS J department for to stores, fashioned exhibits 1939 New York World's Ftt, and made a sallv into the realm of interior architecture by restoring period rooms. Given one beauuuu one beautiful period rocbj oyer chair, he may rave snub the pa rocking chair andthe MassacA product of and the mm husetts School of Art seum School of Boston, his W ambition is to hdP.,ta5 away from the sterility to g machine and lead it back W only he handcrafts. This is W cultural the to preserve tha natinn hf SSVS. a mem,J He is now writing of his life as a serviceman, HOW TO SAVE MONET American soiaicr have shown they kno 5 gain when theymonth, they ing one recent m home some $2,000,000 PJJJ. al transfer account ana suiuicis tL rmj , |