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Show 12 j, Hillcrest Women Form Mending ror uiscnarge SOS Corps, Send To Work Mines f weaneiaay August II, IYJ ; Hill Field Control Tower Tops in Nation as Workers Supply Many Ingenious Inventions t f t I r i .- t - I- - fit5' - K ; -- i Capt. Rollow C. Kimball "The stlch in time" which can gave loads of embarrassment for Ingle male workers at Hillcrest is now being performed by volunteer women's corps, mobilized for mending. The gals, Hillcrest residents too, use the sewing machines available at the northwest recreation hall, and they like their work. men Their only complaint with rips and tears in their clothing are arriving too fast for present handling. They have put up the SOS sign for more feminine hands. Spare Part Gadgets Add Greatly to Tower's Usefulness High up in the control tower above the operations hangar there are installed some of the most ingenious mechanical devices seen on Hill Field. The result of a combination of efforts of several highly skilled men, the Hill Field control tower is now one of the best equipped in the nation. This is the opinion of Tech. Set. George H. Briggs, in charge of the tower, who ought to know. In civilian life Sgt. isriggs was employed at the control tower at Salt Lake City, holds a control tower operator certificate from the CAA, and formerly held a pilot's license. Possibly the most impressive gadget made specially for the Hill Field tower is a miniature airport that simulates lighting on the field runways. Use of the miniature field insures against the possibility .. 2900 Helpers Needed for Cannery Work I Max Muir Ogden I "s Hillcrest Council Requiescat in Pace , WAC ASKS FOR DISCHARGE Tech. 4th Grade Alida Blader grocn, mess sergeant of the 907th WAC Post Hqs. Co., has applied for discharge under provisions of War W634-1- Department Memorandum which makes it optional with WAC personnel of transferring to the Army of the United States or becoming a civilian on Sept 0 1. Tech. 4th Grade Bladergioen en rolled in the WAC December 1942, in Rochester, N. Y. She was a stenographer and bookkeeper in First Aid Courses ge nT miners us - zinc, and molybdenum mines Hill Field enlisted men mitted their applications to w '5 - S1 intent oi aueviaung this critii labor shortage. to. release men- "m The decision , 111 L.l.ll. bkuis in oraer that ti requisite 1 acept employment to aid tne production or tnese non-f-t rous metais was reached si efforts to recruit additional mim may from civilian sources had fail to obtain, the required numbei it was announced recently by war department. To volunteer for the relei men are required to submit Area Firms application marked acceptable the United States emDlovmi service to their immediate eooti manaing oincer wno will forwi it through channels within the to the commander thereof. Commanders have been di to approve the applications unli the enlisted men are key speciii ists ror wnom no replacement be made available. Commencing on August 12. army will release 4500 men at rate of 1000 per week until . The commanding pleted. genei Ninth Service Command, ii charge of the control and operation of- this project Enlisted men under orden a personnel replacement depot port af embarkation and destim for shipment overseas and mi undergoing trial or awaiting bitfa are ineligible by court-martirelease and will not be transferal to Fort Douglas. Instructions have been issui stating that priority for rel will be extended to men with li than three months service. NEW OFFICER SCHEDULE Those who volunteer and annroved by their commander . Army Air. Base officers are now from thei) complying with a new physical be transferred in grade Mint to the organization present which went into training schedule ixii at Fort Detachment Casual effect August 9. The new sched las. ule is as follows: sign Fort Douglas the men ing of rosters; 4:35-conditioning beAtinterviewed by representati c o m p e t i tive activities; and if hii of companies mining sports, softball, volleyball, etc.; 5:30, will be released to the Enlis formation of announcements and Reserve Corps. Officials in chai dismissal; signing of tardy of the employment will make evei roster, and 5:45, conditioning exer effort tn nlace the men in mini cises for tardy groups. where' thev were formerly emploj or in mining locations of thei choice. I Tn tha Avitnt a man is not leased to the Enlisted Corps -- Clearfield School Program in Danger non-ferro- army's concession to release proximately 4500 men from 2 service to accept jobs in coW . Homer Simenson to the vital Responding or By September first canneries in the Hill Field area will need 2900 part-tim- e helpers to process the tomato crop, according to word the Ogden received this week-frooffice of the U. S. employment service. Persons interested in registering for employment are advised to con tact the hostess house at Hillcrest or the Ogden or Salt Lake City offices of the U. S. employment service. The canning factories will arrange for transportation of groups of 20 or more workers who can then work as units on four-hoshifts. ' The guaranteed scale of pay is between 50 and 70 cents an hour. Approximately 400 workers helped out in various local canneries dur ing the apricot season, it was learned. b - Set By War Dept. Must Process Local Tomato Crop of error in night landing. The wrong runway will not be lighted by mistake. The miniature airport was con structed by ttwo men Zane Zan-de- l, foreman of the Paint Shops, and Junior 'Lundgreen, foreman of the Electrical Unit and Instrument Repair. Max Muir and Homer R. Simen-so- n have two gadgets to their Zane Zandel credit. One Is a telechrome clock which reveals not only the hou minute and second, but also the day and the year. Each item is viewed through a separate window panel. The same men also constructed for the control room a weather panel consisting of wind direction and wind velocity indicators. The feature of these is the removable coding system which makes it easy to change the daily weather code, Simenson also is credited with the neat job of installing a clock in an unused plane piston, a job which must be seen to be thor oughly appreciated. The entire radio installation work was done by Glenn Scoville and Grant Olson under the direc Junior Lundgreen tion of Capt. Rollow C. Kimball, of the Signal Corps. Two men who took a hand in all the installations are Carl H. Larson, foreman of the Instrument Repair Shop, and Kemp Bourne, general foreman of In strument and Camera Repair. Child Registration The men constructed the vast majority of the new installations Disappointing. with the use of spare parts which lying around. Working interAbandonment Looms were mittently they completed the in Workers in this area were given genious devices in about a month. an opportunity this week of having their children, aged 6 to 16, enter an extended school program with a full recreational schedule under qualified personnel. This program has been started in both Layton and Clearfield in the elementary Hillcrest council held its reeular schools. last Thursday night but meeting However, the whole plan may little business was presented. The have to be abandoned at once be- meeting was presided over by cause not enough parents have Wilbur Davies. - enrolled their children. Children of Mayor In the absence of the secretarv. - working parents, or of one working L. R. Morgan, Mrs. Elizabeth Thom parent, may join the group, but acted as temporary secretary. ao far not enough of any group, Because of the recent Clearfield, Layton, or the trailers, several members of the have supported the plan. council were unable to attend. This Superintendent of Davis county situation in addition to the fact schools, Hubert C. Burton, states that others of the council anticithat the buildings could not be pate leaving the area made it kept open for a handful of chil inadvisable to institute any new v dren, projects until a larger, more permIf any parents wish to take ad- anent membership could be in atvantage of this recreation program, tendance. Councilman Davis reported favthey should get in touch with Miss Viva Oldroyd in the employe re orable programs with band relations branch in the Civilian Per hearsals. Further activity in outdoor sports beyond those already onnel building at once. A full meal is given the children instituted were abandoned and the at noon, and a large assortment theatre and barber and beauty of handicraft and other types of shop questions, both of long standiequipment is available for both ng, were discussed but no action schools. Children now being taken taken. Mrs. Thom was appointed care of by older children who will to follow up these matters. soon be in school should be en rolled now, in order to insure the Civilians to Take program for later on. shift-chan- Hill Fielders Act To Fill Quota a ' - ur 4:30-4:3- Carl Larsen - 530-5:4- 5, Construction of New Units at Field Continues In the Lead! The Engineer section states that construction of four new buildings has been authorized for Hill Field and a fifth is pending the approval of a floor plan. The four approved are of the CCC type. Approved is an officer's garage, camouflage storage warehouse, a paint shop, and a paint storage house. The officer's garage is to be 20 X 60 and will be located behind the Post theatre. The camouflage stor age warehouse, located east of the classroom in the present camouflage area, will be 10 x 20. To be used by utilities, the paint shop will be 20 x 17 and the paint stroage 10 x 15. Both are located north of the quartermaster garage. Plans have been drawn for the fifth building, a quartermaster dis patch, but have not been approved, nor has a definite site for the building been determined. The plans as they now stand call for two reception rooms, two waiting rooms and two dispatch offices. ed Use New System to Distribute Bonds bonds may be called for 5, 5, Okeh Four More Buildings Here War al at the check distributing house east of the clock house starting this Persons on the field who have week, R. J. Wiscombe announces, Instructors certificates in first aid This delivery of war bonds, it will have been asked to turn in their be noted, will proceed along these names to the Safety Branch office three lines: in hangar number one or to phone L Notice that bond Is ready either Alfred Stratford or Joseph will be placed Inyour clock rack. your Lchner, first aid Instructors there. 2. This notice must be sinned by Since a request has been made the person who presents it for the officially that all civilians on the bond. post receive instruction in first aid, S. The person must show it is planned that the Safety Branch luciiiuuuiiuii iu receive me proper oona, will generally supervise the courses Mr. Wiscombe assures bond buy with the headquarters training unit ers that they need have no anxiety assuming the responsibility of se about standing in line, for only a lecting personnel for the instruc limited number of bonds will be tion. ready for delivery each day. - - - . arrival at Fort his will , be manner L J Douglai reassigned in the n other selectees K oonflon oenfera. and the reassil ment will be made in grade. Mi from units or detachments be returned thereto. : I 32nd ADG Appears At War Bond Rally Members of Hill Field Groups End' yA RITA HERZING ... Is the name of this charming Hill Field employe. She works in Payroll and Records Branch and has been chosen by C. E. Whiting, author and composer from the Inventory Unit, as the possible female lead in his new operetta, The Girl From the Sego Lily County." With actual scoring for" the mu sic of 'The Girl From the Sego Lily County" underway, C. E. Whiting, Inventory unit, author and composer, announces that Miss Rita Herzing, Payroll branch, has been selected as the probable lead. All of the stage settings are found right here in Utah, with a combination of light humor and historical background in the narrative that will give the operetta a wide appeal. Miss Herzing has what Mr. Whiting calls the rare combination of charm and grace as well as a deep emotional voice and dancing ability. In the event of a modern theatre being built at Hill Field, it is planned to have the operetta given its premier here. Rehearsals have not started, but Mr. Whiting is beginning the search for a large cast, which he hopes to recruit entirely from Hill Field workers. Bivouac Three-Da- y r l . 32nd Air Vio and of the 63rd tached to it. last week Group, a in took m on bivouac three-da- y DepO ADG caJ Preston, Idaho, high school pus, during which time they war vn ticipated in a parade and drive. -- -. M the war m.i.t the 408th AAF of this field, which joined wirlnv. one day mum Prwtoft the other men reached Brunt w Van i t. tti Wvou the officer in charge of Other officers acompanying T.iPUtS. -j mond H. Stewart, Archie I and William R. Carter. The Hill Field groups atritrre n included 180 men, two toons of 36 men each, f"r gwy drivers i with it- -w- tUnaa used p. noats similar Pioneer days paraae J" m.m. guns, a Kiicnen m w. a 4 cooks, field ranges, trcks'?!L; truck, seven convoy ana hiilnnoe. a sedan, ment of six military d ...... J., ii-i- " J r sub-machi- ne a- --.- j.. - Vic. Huftband Hess G. Hess, whose wire, "u employed In Purchasing n receivea tracting, on July 10. He was from AAF Armament Buckley Field. - Jj g"N |