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Show Grand Prize in Cancer Drive '4 PUBLISHED AT KAYSVILLE, UTAH N0.7 - . April 8, 1955 WliHl ' i ..... ' p4 ' Meooras rare 0 Hill flF Ofiieial Transfer Ceremonies rsenall a at Arsenal Transfer Guest Honored Will Be Known As 'West Area' ''' I '! ;:, 1 1..; lJ Vs O iT lired MSgt. Joseph Zaine irsenal transfer ceremonies (extreme left) was the honored guest held last week. Sgt. Zaine was in inland of the arsenal from 5 the first enlisted man to inland a major U. S. military installation. Looking on (left to It) are Major Robert Fuller, last arsenal commander; Colonel j.weiing, mil ArH commander; and Colonel F. N. Eichorn, Tooele Ordnance Depot Commander. 1925-193- irease of r Pay and Allowances Goes Into Effect Military la increase of pay and allowances for Air Force military personnel April 1. signed the Career Incentive Act of 1955 March 31 after jaw the Senate had approved the increases unani- on March 30 with two amendments which the House of Repre- rutheaccepted the same day. h House had voted 399 to effective AF-witeident Eisenhower ae we de and Secretary Talbott. The Secretary has stated it is his desire to make Air Force career service the most sought after in the United States, adding he feels the increases will help the AF retain the trained technicians it needs to man the growing AF, particularly among those who face the choice of reenlistment. For many of them the increase over the old pay scale has been upped by as much as 17 per cent. Twining increases. to .the Act every Air Force r in uniform will receive an in base nav. pvcent o?. servinc tto? i.t. wo years . ilia' their initial three facers ."c fiS22.Wy. tumDinea cent. P favor to Pn in the Air Force. 'pay scales in some cases those origi. KrTJttan ommended to rrviwuwge increases iL0f?ce who Congress by prtment of Defense. Blowing of taps and lowering of the flag at the Arsenal last week signaled its transfer from the Department of the Army to the Department of the Air Force. The arsenal officially became part of Hill AFB at .12:01 a.m. Friday, April 1st. Thus ended the career of an ordnance depot that had served the Army for the past 35 years. Transferred were 3,500 acres and more than 700 warehouses, shops, igloos, and administrative build ings. The Air Force will operate all the facilities except the railroad shops. The shops, employing 117 Army civilian workers, were declared a tenant of Hill AFB. hut. placed under administrative con trol of the Utah General Depot in Ogden. More than 100 Department of the Army civilian employees working at the arsenal were transferred to the Air Force and picked up on the roles of Hill AFB civilian personnel. The future status of sixty other Army employees was in doubt. Colonel H. J. Kieling, Hill AFB Commander, said today that base officials are expecting word soon from Hq AMC as to what use will be made of the added facilities. "We are hoping to fully utilize these new facilities since lack of space has restricted the base from accepting new missions in the past," he continued. Meanwhile, base officials are tak ing steps to consolidate the former arsenal and Hill AFB into a working unit. The name "Ogden Arsenal " or its last designation. "Og den Ordnance Plant" will no longer be used. To eliminate confusion, the term Hill AFB "West Area" will apply. Space planners are busy making plans for the forthcoming movement nf mnnv administrative, stor age and shop facilities to the new lnnntirm. Included in this move are the procurement directorate, office (Continued on Page 7) . Pretty Wanda Martin, military division, says "Write the end to cancer and win this newpersonnel Mercury station wagon." The ner C,jncer d.rjvf begins APril llth and ends April 29th. All liilltielders will have an opportunity to take home this beauty (the station wagon that is). . . Hill AFB C ancer Drive Scheduled for April 11-- 29 The annual Cancer Drive will get underway at Hill AFB on April llth and continue through April 20th, according to Earl Bartlett, drive coordinator. Guaranteed to make every dig deep in his pockets is the grand prize to be awarded to some lucky person. A 1955 Mercury "Monterey" station wagon, loaded with accessories, will be given away on May 10. A Cancer Drive dance will be held at the White City Ballroom in Ogden on April 30. The dance will begin sharply at 0 p.m. The drive will be different than in past years. Instead of each contributor handed a ticket for a chance on the Mercury, he will receive a pencil, entry blank, and envelope. In 25 words or less, the person will write the last lines to this subject: "I would like to contribute to the Cancer Society to further cancer research because . . . ." The contributor will insert his donation in the envelope together with the entry and send them to the American Cancer Society; Room 515; Hotel Ben Lomond, Ogden, Utah. Entries must be in the mail before midnight Hill-field- er May 5. Entry blanks, pencils, envelopes and full instructions will be distributed to all organizations on the base. Civilian employees should contact their immediate supervisors to secure contest materials. Military personnel will pick up their contest blanks, envelopes, and pencils at their orderly rooms, or contact their supervisors. Hew Bus Service Better Start Writing That Essay, MfePeases, lor increases other Kl;;0 Workers Offered Because Contest Deadline is Near fia;cSftfin?eases t RW fa? J the location i'. dSty !fr anQ Prides of on. allowance f?(SSS,trih for air- - indents nermo, new !?2Jta included in He? ts a mile for 0 other i?the Kwlfu11 Pvided L? and generals themTe? Mt;ra avowant fi Z- - in have been by General Beginning with the 7:30 a.m. shift on Monday, April 11, the Gray Line Tours will offer a new service for patrons coming to work from Salt Lake City and intermediate points, according to Roy C. Freeman, chief, employee services section. Departure time from air points will be the same as always, he said. However, instead of using the south gate, the buses will enter the west gate. They will make stops in the lower warehouse area along the main road, loop through the hospital and industrial area, and continue south to the civilian personnel building and the regular parking stalls. .. In the evening, buses will return by the same route, Mr. Freeman declared. They will leave the parking stall at 4:05 and will pick up passengers across the street from discharge points. write that essav " - if you want to Chris McGarry, to and according recognition, win some valuable prizes me cwiwav uwuhuc Civilian Welfare Association omciai. Association Welfare The Civilian A.tvnrri- TTfoli Motr ft und is giving away a $50 bond and a chief of Ci L. H. to two best essays Florence, ing $25 bond for the at subject: niu. vilian personnel on following the written TTitva'a Virtur t enter tho rnt.oet! "The individual employee s responprogress Write an essay of 1,000 words or sibility in contributing toservice. in effective government less on the suoject ouuinea aoove. TVio ortiVlA shrtuld be tvnewritten. and articles The two winning Hm an double the spaced. Do not write your others judged worthy to a on the thesis, but instead add name entered be will con est o conarata niWft of naner which Utah the sponsored by Personnel Council. This contest il contains your name.' organization inand Hill AFB telephone extension. include entries from all federal Thia io. on that, iiidcinfir can be Utah. In stallations done' without the judge's-knowinof the winning thesis, in the identification of the author. will receive the stXwide contest, your completed When you . . ihave .i rx1: .1. i a. essay, sena n xnrougn mier-uni- c xo or ton deliver personally mail Ctrmhnl K . Information Serv Room 116. ices' Office, Bldg. Conference "which will be held at 1N0WS WIC -- Mine '" Arrives Today A tll , g -- 0, Maj. Gen. M. J. Asensio General Asensio Will Inspect Reserve Center Major General Manuel J. Asen commander of Continental Air Command, is scheduled to arrive today for an inspection tour of the Air Reserve. General Asensio and ' his staff are to be met at Salt Lake Municipal Airport at 1 p.m. by Utah State Adjutant General Maxwell E. Rich and Colonel Floyd S. Cofer, commandant of the Clearfield Air Reserve Center. Continental Air Command, with headquarters at Mitchell Air Force Base, New York, has jurisdiction over the nation's Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard programs. General Asensio is inspecting this 'afternoon the facilities, training aids and methods of instruction at the Clearfield Center which conducts individual paid training for Utah air reservists. The Center, which also is responsibile for all air reserve activities in the states of Utah. Idaho and eastern Oregon, currently is undergoing a $16,700 remodeling program. The General was graduated from West Point in 1927 as a second lieutenant of cavalry and saw service at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. In 1930 General Asensio was transferred to the Corps of Engineers and later was assigned to the staff of the Engineer school at Ft. Belvoir, Va. He was transferred to the Air Force in 1947. sio, deputy |