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Show The Hillfielder 18, 1945 r iy reaft Officials mi d A irea (PDaim'irDedl pemiDinig Inspect New Recreation Facilities Special Events Scheduled For Grand Opening Ceremonies On Friday All Hill Field are invited to attend the employes in- auguration of the recently completed recreation grounds in the dormitory area" shortly after 4 p.m., Aug. 17. Financed by the Hill Field welfare association; and directed and planned by the recreation unit, the project includes four tennis courts, two basketball' courts, two volley ball courts, one badminton and one hand ball court, as well as one hard ball and two softball diamonds. ' -- A Workers Can Offer Ideas On Cafeteria The appropriate channel for Vv COMPLETED M by recreation . . . Courts and ball diamo nds in the dorriiitory recreation area are m- officials, Ted Olsen, Lt. John G. Hazen and Len Adams prior to the grand Repairing Test Equipment T o & mWr- - II IB IS Field Repairs First Plane Engine first engine ever R-20- The 00 R-20- 00 repaired at Hill Field went down the new line in engine assembly repair last Thursday while engine, repair R-20- 00 te foremen stood by to make This recommendations. engine was scheduled to be on the test block by today. Repair of these engines used in the four motored transport will proceed at an ever increasing rate at Hill Field, says Byron C. Haverfield, superintendent of engine repair section. August's quota of one. hundred engines will be topped in September by two hundred engines, and there will be corresponding increases succeeding during -1 t months. JL1 GATED . . . Test eauloment beinr repaired by LeRoy In the meantime, repair of the left, of Akron, Colo., and Ralph Gibby or Roy, Utah, in engine is proceeding test equipment with but a slight unit, electrical branch f the miscellan-fm- lr along as usual decrease in production. section. employes to use in submitting comments, suggestions, or criticisms in regard to the operation of Hill Field restaurants is outlined in a headquarters office instruction letter, now on file. Any comments regarding the management, operation, or service of the Hill Field restaurants should be submitted in writing to the restaurant council, who will coordinate with the restaurant officer in determining the feasibility or value of such and recommend suggestions,' necessary corrective action to the commanding officer, OATSC. Chiefs of divisions, branches, sections, or staff offices receiving such suggestions, comments, oc criticisms will forward them, with appropriate recommendations, if desired, to the restaurant council. officer of The commanding OATSC will act upon and re- turn recommendations received from the restaurant council indicating action to be taken by the restaurant council and taurant officer. res- 4, SUtjSLLfi .- 30 Test Equipment Unit I A ;umes fciuora vor juiv (op L.-L- m I Fw end of uiPment ) July, the shop to twenty-tw- o unit, electrical time. of misrplla naAii 0 x ..HIIVUU9 cjau not onfy reached its the month but went , f to double Fix, pJh.? branch. it, states foreman of the first month that a assigned to this Fgt a day or one for Vw"gLhour- At the end Jbs had been com-jn- ft? ng each CP ifc.Va?d equipment unit and in icai, in- hydraulic eauio nnicai . working hour .,, torn Service Com-iVn8"6'.- Bernar-ffa- mi ,0ni0' Oklahoma i jij flip ySthat this unit has he test equip- ments nstnn,L0f remarkalle InC.e,lhi3 unit was c- "itself t!tuD i m el?Ctober- - 1944 the t0 take care f verhauling ItoS6019, whch are Pianes Mfe for of vbyfte,3 httrnm ? Three Units Set Record Safety Three branches of the miscel- mainrepair section, at the present laneous tenance division have a perfect Several opportunities have been presented for this particular unit to make an unusual contribution to the war effort and it has always come through. a teletype During the past week AAF base was received from an in Florida requesting a spark plug test stand weighing approxwas imately 1000 pounds. It work one a day's stated that to stoppage at the AAF base duetest a delay in receiving this unit, which was picked up by plane, would seriously affect the war work there. The spark plug test stand was overhauled and sent on its way immediately to aid this base in continuing its war efforts without stoppage or let down. Instruments Are Essential This is only one instance ina which this unit has completed in the job in record time. Earlier war eight test units were ship-to ped by air under priority to Guam and the Philippines air. me keep our planes in the instruments numerous testing makare absolutely essential in Withair. the in safe ing a plane chccK out the means necessary toinstruand various gauges the ments on all types of aircraft, the planes would be grounded. Fix states that the employes In the shop test unit, all trained safety record since January 1, 1943, states G. E. England, chief safety engineer. Each of these branches has had no disabling e accidents for 958 days as far back as records are available. and These three branches their foremen are: wheels and brakes, L. C. Wilson; hydrostatics, relost-tim- D. W. Brady; and rubber pair, Harold W. Osborn. E. J. Bradley, assistant superintendent of the miscellaneous repair section, says these excellent records of safety are the result of the cooperation and alertness of all employes in preventing accidents. BONDS FOR GIS The Moriah, N. Y., American on a Legion Post is carrying war a $25 to give campaign bond to each person to leave that town for the armed forchave es To date 532 bonds remainbeen awarded and the received ing 339 GIs will havethe camtheirs by the time 1945. paign ends, Dec. 27, in rehave done an unusual job are that instruments the naming in keeping essential absolutely air. Many our planes in the manufacturhas unit times this were uned critical parts which to necessary Thtf.was available. test- needed make some vitally - and soft drink carnival stand, games including bingo, penny pitching, fortune telling and trials of skill will lend the program a festive .air. The men's tennis finals for the field championship are schedul-e- d to start at 5:30. Carnival concessions will continue all evening and a dance will be held in the East Wing Recreation hall at 9:00. A highlight of the evening will be a softball game between a civilian team and an all star enlisted men's , aggregation at 6:30. the brilliant girls' varsity hurler, is scheduled to take the mound for the civilian team. Sports Equipment Available Set up adjacent .to the courts is an athletic club unit fitted, with separate lockers, showers, towels, soap and a check room' where sports equipment is loaned out and returned. An ample supply of sporting equipment is available. These recreational facilities are open to all Hill Field employes who will receive a new welfare association card, which will constitute a pass to the recreation area Any Hill, Fielder may take a member of. his family into the area by securing a temporary pass from the recreation unit in the civil- -: ian personnel building. The dormitory gate a block west of the main gate is to be used as the entrance to the sports area, which will be open from 10:30 a.m. until dark. As yet no provisnons have been made for lighting the courts for night play. hot-do- g all-st- ar Wilma-Abrams- . last-minu- C-5- ' Supply's Key Club To Hold Party The Key Civilian club of supNAZI LOOT VARIED ply division is holding a party this coming Sunday at Com o The Army now holds millions of dollars in German loot tak-Springs. Plans call for festivities to start around 2 p.m. and en from the occupied nations. last until 10 p.m. With approx- This includes thousands of gold imately 70 active members in teeth knocked from the mouths the club, a crowd of over. 100 of those murdered in death members and their guests is excamps, a fortune in French, Norwegian, Belgian, Russian and pected to attend. Swimming, softball, horseshoe Italian currencies, $2,000,000 worth of American money and pitching, roller skating and other sports will occupy the time 87 religious objects stolen from. of those at the party, with a Polish Catholic churches. Also luncheon to be served at 7 p.m. in American custody is 90 per cent of the German's gold, and in the pavilion. The committee in charge of the scepter of the Hohenzollern arrangements is composed of family. Lowell chairman, Anderson, William Nelson, Wayne Cole pied Germany with fantastic and Frank Lundberg. The club rumors to incite fear and arouse is holding an election to select the German people against the allies. Among these phony new officers on the first of September. Present officers are stories are: German women are Neil Kooyman, president, and fined 1000 marks for giving secretary-treasure- r. birth, and Goering and Hess are Lawrence Taylor, treatment receiving PRO-NAbecause they were traitors to PROPAGANDA is are flooding occu- - the Third Reich. kid-glo- ve ZI Pro-Naz- of Safety Section Is Fewer venicie Mcciaenvs Aim PVT. DROOP PULLOVER... POH'T STICK out i J I The safety objective for August and September at OATSC is the reduction of vehicular accidents to counteract the growing list of highway mishaps caused largely by recently increased, cars and speed limits, over-age- d weak tires, according to tha safety section. With the prospect of new automobiles and tires for everyone still far off, diligent observance of highway regulations and careful driving are essential to tha avoidance of severe and costly accidents, safety officials warn. Hill Fielders are also reminded that August 15 is the deadline date for the official state in- ve- Jj spection of all automothr |