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Show ; h . Leave Valuable I Advantages Told iWifiitlii Ogden Air Service Command Wednesday, August 2, 1944 EDITORIAL SUPERVISION Captain A. B. Weaaraaker Special Informattoo 9t Special Service Major Cart Editor Of flee For Employe Relatione . I, Menger - Major . Robert Renfro Contributing Editor August Rettmann T8gu William T. If leheart Reporter Larry C. Evana , Pvt. Tereaa E. No Reporter . Vporta Editor and Photographer Pvt Jean McCollum, Baa Photo The Bilinelder i pubitabed weeny m the laterert of u military and einiiaa Air Bate. Ogden Air Depot ana Ogden Air Semce Command. Hill Field. personnel of Ogden, Utah, and la distributed free each Wtdneiday. ft la printed with the faellltlea and through the cooperation of The Ogden Standard-Examine- r. Opinion exprtised In thii paper are tnoae of the Individual writer and members of the staff, and 4o sot necessarily reflect the attitude of the army or of the commanding officer, it or published at requenea that artieiea appearing in it column be not without the express consent of the Public Relations Office at Bill Field. The Hln fielder receive e material supplied by Camp Newspaper Semes, War Department, SOS Bast 42nd Street. H. Y. O. Credited material may not be republished without permiiiion from Camp Newspaper Seme. . Byland It. Thomaaon ' ui Twins for a Day to Listing advantages accruing to those who allow annual leave accumulate, MaJ. S. C. Campbell, yesOASC civilian personnel chief, annual or take to that said terday emergencyjeave wfthout real justification is the same as "squandering savings." ac"You will be paid for your crued annual leave when youleave he pointed out the federal service,"available to you is "Annual leave arises perwhen a real emergencyextended abhaps necessitating sence from work." an He said annual leave which rate of lower a at earns employe at the rate of pay nSVearnTng when he leaves service, adding that inasmuch as most people this pay rate while employed here, is a definite advantage. leave at Daily values of annual some of the more common rates are listed below: ! ""3 1 y l MSgt James Henry - cal and accounting clerk in the some office received a picture of her friend, MSgt. James Henry, taken somewhere in Florida. It looks like the army is even teaching its men how. .to squat. They couldn't have been posed more alike if we'd done lit ourselves. On the other hand, maybe that's the effect swans have on people. ..-. Collier's Tells Of Control Room A storv of ASC's fabulous con trol room, written by Jim Bishop appears in the August issue oi col lier's. With a picture of ASC top officers seated about the control room conference table, and an illustration of the famous "Menu Board," the article points out that Hitler would give considerable to have a competent Luftwaffe officer in this room. Primarily used as a conference room, this sanctuary is piasierea with myriad charts and maps constantly abreast of ASC activity in every part of the globe. Summarizing a long but impres sive article Bishop says: ' "Everything about ASC headquarters symbolizes Frank himself. It is orderly beyond reason, it is strictly G. I. and everyone is. ultra- - efficient" Reason Why No Blood Bank Operates in Utah ExplainedFieldby Red Cross Director Bergeson read - near the laboratories, so that bloody men from every state In the union, As long as these densely popu can be received and processed lated centers within the prescribed succeed in attaining the army ' and navy quotas the limit". i The American Red Cross, the of- opening of additional centers and ficial collecting agency; now has processing laboratories cannot be thirty-fiv- e blood donor centers Justified from the standpoint of manpower and Red Cross throughout the United States. Mo- saving bile collecting units operate from war fund dollars. "Service men or civilians who these 35 centers, circulating within a safe operating radius of each are visiting in San Francisco, San center. Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland or Although blood procurement fa- Portland on other business are cilities must be limited td 35 cities asked to help the centers in those and the 1000 nearby communities towns to meet their quotas by which can be visited by mobile giving their blood while in the units, reports to Red Cross nation- city, but trips for the specific purtruck or aviation transportation of al headquarters show that this poses of blood donation must be our blood to a processing labora- blood has saved the lives of men discouraged because of transportafrom every section of the nation. tion shortages," Mr. Bergeson contory can be affected? The answer has been supplied, Because blood is perishable and cluded. in an announcement today by the commercial laboratories have Sheldon Bergeson, Red Cross field limited facilities, it has been imdirector here. possible to extend the procure"After blood is taken from a ment projects beyond those cities radius of the donor, it must be refrigerated in within a and delivered to donor centers. Secial containers, or navy processing labWhile these factors make it imThe Sahara Nursery school is in oratory within 24 hours," Mr. possible for many to donate, it is to know that through need of a woman to do cleaning Bergeson explained. reassuring "There are twelve such labora- its present facilities the Red Cross work. Hours are nine tories in the United States," Mr. always has been able to keep the Monday through Friday. to five, Bergeson confined, "adequate to armed forces fully supplied. In Contact Mrs. Harris at the nursprocess the full quotas for plasma this way, the blood collected in ery located in the Village school which have been requested. Do- these 35 communities and the Kaysville 95-nor centers have been established mobile units is helping toby save building.win Phone oe arranged. oaiary Many people of Hill appeals of the tag and hearing. the American Red Cross for blood plasma, are concerned because there is no place in Utah to participate in this vital and dramatic miracle of the war. Why Is It they question, that with the enormous need for donors, the blood of the patriotic citizens of this state is not being utilized? Why isn't a blood donor center set up in Ogden or Salt Lake City,' so that we may contribute our blood to our fighting men overseas? Why are arrangements not made so that a mobile 24-ho- ur . . . . 75-mi- ttnlo Cnll ALWAYS HAPPY TO PICK UP AN MFAtnitY.MAH... Lady for Cleaning Asked by Nursery le by M ton Caniff, creator of sasru LET THOSE TTry and th Pirates IHFAHTKYUEN MOVE UP TO THcr HEAD OP THE LINE...THE MEN FROM THE FOXHOLES PE5EKVE A BKEAK.:. THI5 0NJr1E,6EVT5 Awarded Soldier's Medal (Continued from Page One) . OWE A DO0FACE A KER NOW AH1 THEN' JUST OH QtHtKAL PglHCIPLE& S$S 4fl Ttr LrTN wagon. It was estimated there were 25 or 30 gallons of gasoline in the tank at the time of the accident. As it struck the floor it severed an extension cord, at the same time spilling gasoline over the floor from a broken nipple. Flames leaped up immediately. Supt. Southern Heroic As soon as the fire started, MSgt. Smith grabbed a CO-- 2 extinguisher while Superintendent Joseph M. Southern of hangar two got a carbon tetrachloride extinguisher. Both made for the fire Later they said simultaneously. they knew what was going to happen when they heard the electric release in the plane begin to work. Pvt Parkes, standing nearby, secured an. extinguisher and ran into the flames, assisting until the f(re was out When these three had doused the blaze blocking access to the broken tank nipple, Cpl. Parker jumped in, placed his hand over the hole, thus shutting off the flow of gasoline and kept it there until the fire was totally , , . , . Q New Books Arrive At Base Library Special service office 'announce) new books just received for di tribution in the base library: "Bel ford Village," by Allen; "Th Apostle," by Asch; "Good Night Sweet Prince," by Fowler; "WiWe bf ness Trek," by Grey; Gunther; "A Bell for Adano." fcf Hersey; "Lost Weekend," by Jckto son; "While Still We Live," Mclnnes and "Dragonwyck," h Seton. "D-Day- ," J Post Movies WEDNESDAY August 2 "Girl Crazy" Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Tommy Dorsey and Orchestra THURSDAY-FRIDA- 3-- ' Q, us near-disastro- . with personal injuries, but rather SUNDAY-MONDA- Y . August 7 "Mr. - Winkle Goes to War Edward G. Robinson Ruth Warrick Bob Haymes 6-- . TUESDAY August "Crime By Night-Jero- lNFAHTXy ' . e ririNfj on HIS CAP phi; 0675 PlK&T CRACK Cowan WEDNESDAY 243 S' tfesr m CUMB i ABOAKPjy I r-- , Oa-ft-Ckmcur'D- August 9 "They Made Me A Criminal" John Garfield Ann Sheridan Claude Rains oa 1 V'CAN ATf THE AIK we,Hri&f rm mFflw me Jane Wyman Southern, East First South, Salt Lake was subsequently inducted IntoCity, ih. army. Being a civilian he was not saSMM.. SATURDAY August 5 Double Feature "Allergic to Love" Noah Beery, Jr. Martha O'Driscoll David Bruce Prairie" Twilight on The Johnny Downs Leon Errol acted as though their sole thought was to save the Suzy-Q- . Commended for Heroism The report recommended that the three soldiers be commended for heroism over and above the line of duty. The fire was extinguished with practically no damage to the airplane. The general order announcing the awards stated in each citation that the man concerned placed his hand over the hole while faced with imminent of explosion and halted danger the flow of gasoline. All three were cited for heroism in the war department account Superintendent Y August 4 "Sensations of 1945" Eleanor Powell W. C. Fields Cab Calloway and Orchestra B-1- WITH aM eligible for ,the soldier's medal a renowned batfl . ine ouzy-wqueen of South Pacific combS was in almost daily action fori' When tht period of nine months. ' ship arrived here last summe hundreds of bullet holes in wingi and fuselage were' patched wit tin from cans. t , The plane had been on 50 bombing missions and was credit ed with downing 26 Jap plana plus ' four probables. Stopping places written on the - nose indi. had flown ill cated the Suzy-over . the world. While here, tbt ship was in the hands of 64 eat listed personnel of the 89th ani 311th Depot Repair Squadrons. - extinguished. All of the men ran considerable risk, the report continued, of being burned by the gasoline tank It said the "quick exploding. thinking and courageous work of the above described four men Is 7, responsible for saving the known as the Susy-from burning." Several witnesses to the mishap said the three soldiers and the hangar supervisor performed as neat and quick a job of putting out the fire as they had ever seen, that none of them acted as though they were concerned It's Hard To Iforn'To y,ANY0UY BBf A' JJ&g&& Three Former OASC EM Are Q sSfcfW.' '5 fcing repaired per hour, $6, an honorable discharge from the per hour, $5.76; 75c 83c per hour, army. 79c per hour, $6.32; 92c per $7.04; 88c hour, per $6.64; The incident occurred on Au$7.92; hour, 99c per hour, $7.36; 2, 1943, while the Suzy-gust $1.05 per hour, $8.40; 4J1.11 per was in repair hangar number two. hour, $8.88. A fuel tank release lever, misto "salvo by takenly pulled back someone working in the ship while batteries were out, jettisoned the tank to the cement floor when the plane was connected to a battery v ' - t a . missions and 26 Jap pUnT COUNTING MORE . . . Than 50 bombing was saved from destruction WhS credit, the famous "Susy-Q- '' 1' g S s $1440. $4.87; $1620, 72c $6 08; $2000, $6.76; $2300, $7.78; MSgt. Hsrry P.. Bunescu Have you ever heard of a ''dou He" exposure on two cameras? If ot, take a look at the two above. Last week, Dorothy. Bunescu, nail, files and record clerk in the Budget and fiscal office received a picture of her husband, t MSgt. Harry P. Bunescu, taken "somewhere in England." The same day Treasa Cook, fls- - .-- "i gov-ernme- nt . " ' To Workers by Major Campbell .DETAIL m m - m m m mm JlffT FOSM A UT7CWS 1 1 nice TO AW 6TT T. DWftM'A: JI aw rw-i- I wm bvb . A. en- r aam - ) CENTEX?.:. tSTmSN XePLACGMZNT Atf mL. v ,m w am &&S FmjO)V) " M xii& 1 . |