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Show Safety Conference - The Best Safety Delegates, We l, Device Is Welcome You A Careful Workman No. 47 !?fIfiffELfll!!09c!e Air Technical Service Command" March 28, 1945 first ATSC Safety Conference Held It Area Com ittand Opens at OATSC ;. First Delegates to Arrive at Safety Conferen ce 'tvirv 'rT$7 , 109 Delegates and Guests at First Session ir; vt ill BEL jJ Col. Paul Wolf Welcomes The first ATSC ground safety conference to be held at an area of the command opened at Hill Field yesterday for a two-da- y session with 109 delegates and invited guests in . attendance. - .. officers' a. m. the in 8:00 After registration at the club, ' conferees were welcomed by Col. Paul W. Wolf , OATSC commanding officers who addressed the meeting on the purposes of the conference. (Major Robert R. f flick intro duced the representatives and C. T. Bailey, executive direc tor Utah Safety Council, delivered an address on the indus. trial safety development in the intermountain west. s, REPRESENTATIVES'. .. J. To' the safety conference, who came here before the main body of discuss plans for the nation-wid- e meeting: of safety officers and others with Major R. R. Afflick. ,ltief of the OATSC ground safety section. They are (left to right): Lt. Col. Mason H. Grower, Jr., of tte 84Sth AAF Specialized Depot at Atlanta, Ga.; Major R. R. Afflick; Lt. Col. Harry D. Immel, director H the overseas ground safety program at AAF headquarters, and Major J. B. Estabrook, chief of ground !: safety section, ATSC. THREE del-inte- - . --- :. Collection of ATSC Safety Chief Lauds Clothes to Here Program Start April 1 Major Estabrook Safety Ex Deriehced A Is Head of Safety Program in - Overseas Theaters Immel. director safety pro Air Forces with eaaquarters at Washington, ar- lived at Hill Field Monday to attend the ATSC safety conference ynich opened here Tuesday. voi. immel said, "Since the stabhshment of the ground' safety division Viooo1 v... ur T lUDDS Unripr tha gecictiint ohiaf rf at headquarters personnel grouna armviiasumgion, air fnrros ic ' saiety sup- irom Headquarters has been """Of hnlVia miMt... continued improvement ,i..si,-n- va!!dnd the benefit of this i. SafetV TlWucnroo V ""-JL- r?1' Immel - t9! . was diector of ground uum me inception f iC ;he. department, and after a re-Slx month tour overseas set-n- g up ground safety programs in ana n theatres, he has been inferred to Washington to or- uirect an overseas "Son m the ground afey di' 5; """-erranea- Says HF Believed Ideal for Meeting Goal of National Drive Is Set at Lt. Col. H. D. pt the overseas-groun- d gram for Army waff t;nina-gurma-Ind- ia cr. Aecidents Costly While overseas Col. Major J. B. Estabrook, chief, ground safety section, ATSC, is 150,000,000 attending the Air Technical Serv ice command ground safety con omo Vof 125.000.000 desti- - ference which has been in session tXII tUv llVIl' torn areas. Hill at Hill Field the past two days. LUIC ' ptuiv "ATSf: was the first command are urged to conField employes in the Army Air Forces to initiate National tribute to the United a safety program, accoraing to Estabrook, "and to date, has Clothing Collection being held Major under the spon- ioH nil rnntinental air forces and from April committee commands in reduction of accidents national a of sorship involving civilian personnel. . headed by Henry J. Kaiser. Major Estabrook says that the The only clothing collection to ground safety program at this in-in is one of the finest be held in the spring of 1945, it stallation ATSC. He also says entire the will have 150,ouu,uw puuua the Hill fipld was considered an ideal conference site for the effecclothing as its goai. U16v.".. tive dissemination and assimilation Types oi cunning infants' knit wear, bedding, of ground safety data and develop unable remnants, conservative y caps The major points out that tne shoes, serviceable heavy-dut- overcoats, has gone to consider government and knitted headwear, shirts, skirts, sweat-suh- - ohln ovnmso tn nrovide ATSC ter 0verOW"'V with iHpal safetv conditions ers, nigntwcai, ,,Hrwear. . during working hours. This intense alls and knitted gloves tci" as y or safety campaign nas resunea in fuch articles dirty 75 nor rent reduction in accident m,.'s nats, frequency since its inception. oeen Major EstabrooK, wno nas since tuxedos. . and work ATSC dresses in safety active evening ear Lbs. 0, s, jatw, be "t annd Col. Immel, the - y platform which had its bein Aac and in whIch Hm eia iuaa vmam m 41 . was nno . me n exPanded topioneers, not include only an ana An V iorces air vu,,ulnas tr niinental u- - S. but all the- WorM Perlons throughout the He found that the T. a',we". y records established in AT:r? u- 1 4 W limVKrt 1" n J - obtaining the coopera- v. !fa.ire commanders all oi 7 ncard oL the remark-to- e erJ.y " accomplishments of Air Technical Sorvice Com- . tion whnm ble unci. nrJ? especially pleased with sround safety made i Mmg eldin 8lnce M th the inception the "ram,'; (Coottai M said Col. Immel. p.g Tww a....o ovnrpijspq 1Q49 nis aDDre safetv dele' rt w. tlduvu w Kohalf gates for the elaboratetopreparations the success at OATSC necessary fc, of this conference. Field AMPs Committee to Plan For Presenteeism Killed on I wo Jima Ex-Hi- ll here According to word receivedauxilA new presenteeism committee recently, two men, formerly officers was at Hill Field, anointed by headquarters iary military police f Twn .lima. Mats 3C JoseDh M. iy,n3n unlisted in the Seabees in August, 1943, after he a had worked nere over at this installation. wife Mrs. Louise Moser Benson, chS. resides r.in Logan. W. Stronl, li v. Tjp. another for lows:. Major De man; Capt. ko ri Capt. Xrthur mer AMP, was killed Feb 19 at -- -. e eniisiea m " Iwo Jima. deputy Lt.chairman; nan after beine Benno C Levy, exe Smith; rine cuiya herej over a year. His employed surSurgefsCtr home is in Price. Utah. He is Carnell, Michael A. W. vived by his wife, his parents and Kenneth L. H. Florence, George a son, BoDoy e. re-2n- tl? i- ComC r a iZjU and Kathleen Jones. Mercy Drive Total Now Is $25,000 Only Three Days Remain to Raise Same as in six-mon- th No contributions should Immel found accidents caused from two to marked for a speVrtiVtrib-donate- d garments as many injuries as totti without discrim u ::, ana as a result ination on the basis of of "was not difficult to convince need. immediate commanders of the im- - the greatest n eiiective grouna iafD.. Program. f"ycording to .' . f Delegate L- - The other speakers and their isiihiprt at t.hn TnpsHav pnnnlavn were Major James B. Estabrook on ATSC ground safety program; Joseph C. Stennett, National Safety procouncil, on safety in war-tim- e duction; Lt. Col. H. D. Immel on the AAF ground safety program; Col. John S. MacTaggart on mili tary ground safety in ATSC, and Lt. Col. H. N. Parrish on industrial hygiene and safety. The Wednesday session was scheduled to include the following individual group meetings: civilian safety engineers, A. C. Bookout, chairman;v area ground safety officers, Capt. C. A. Robitaille, chairman, and district ground safety officers, Lt. G. H. Massey, chairman. An open forum discussion Wednes afternoon concluded the con 1944 day ference. A highlight of the meetinff was a banquet Tuesday night at which and certificates were With only three days re plaques awarded to the winning ATSC into equal stallations in the ground safety maining for OATSC for the period or surpass the total of con- contest which ended Dec. 31, 1944. Deleto are the conference gates Red to the made tributions being noused at tne orncers club, where Cross . drive in 1944, Lt. all activities of the meeting have held. Charles P. Murphy, chairman been Committees Praised of the drive at Hill Field, The hearty cooperation of the 13 officer committees was lareelv appealed to the 22.3 per cent responsible for the success of the of the civilian personnel who safety meet, according to Major R. Afflick, chairman. The have pot contributed so far Robert overall steering committee was to aid in the drive to some comprised of the following military personnel: Col. MacTaggart, extent, even if they cannot chairman; Major Bruno, assistant chairman; Col. Halliday, Col. Pet-ti- t, donate a day's pay. Col. Thomas, Major Afflick, Contributions so far total $25,- - Capt. Pickens and Major Campbell. utner committees and the chair 351.15, which is $753.24 under the total given to the Red Cross by men were: invitation'. Col. Minty; Major Baumgartner; reworkers and military personnel last printing. ception, Major Hammerstrom; year. Personnel and base services transportation, Col. Martin; quar division led all othefs in percent- ters and catering, Capt. Henderson; age of employes participating with entertainment, Major Bruno; pub94.7 per cent. Headquarters and licity, Capt. Smith; photographic, staff offices came next with 90.9 Lt. Geddes; communications, Capt. Curran; ceremonies and guards, per cent. Capt. Harlow; Capt. personnel was $2,462.77. office in headquarters contributed Pickens, and program, Major $50 to the Red Cross in the current drive. Two of her brothers were in the service at one time. One is in the states now after serving over seas. The other was Kiven a medi cal discharge recently from the army. His excellency, Duane G. Hunt, The Hill field women's organiza Catholic un an bishop of Salt Lake City of made wives tion, officers, to Hill Field on the solicited contribution of $25.60 to will come of Wednesday, April 4, to the drive. This was especially evening the Sacrament of Connoteworthy as the ofifcers already administer The service will begin had contributed $2209.76. Officials firmation. of the drive expressed appreciation at 7 p. m. in the Base Chapel. Any Catholic who has not vet been for the cooperation of the women's confirmed should . contact Chap organization as soon as possible. Maintenance division contributed lain Flynn the conthe most money to the drive, al Bishop Hunt will address Benedicand give briefly gregation 68.3 though it had only participa tion of the Blessed Sacrament. All tion. With 4417 workers, the di are welcome. vision contributed $9829.58. Supply came next with 85 per cent of its TARGET PLANE 2377 employes giving $7485.99. The total civilian contribution as of Designation of the Bell 6 as firing March 24 was $22,999.98 with 77.7 a target plane for missions against which the new per cent of the personnel partici v has "frangible bullet" will be used patmg. been announced by the ATSC. Soldiers Contribute and pilot will be protected In addition to the contribution Plane more than a ton of armor plate by made by the officers, ' enlisted per new bullets, which against sonnel at OATSC contributed made from a leadthe and plastic com$227.41.' The total contribution of pound, will splatter harmlawl. lCoaMM4 m Pw Tim t' vr i-- Salt Lake Catholic Bishop Coming - P-3- air-to-a- . ir |