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Show VOLUME I FOR PUBLISHED HILL AIR NUMBER FORCE BASE, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1948 1 Passes Bill Retirement Employee iPension Benefits Increase Where There's Life r Red Cross Drive 1 at egins . . . For Hill'AF Base Workers ' 111 1 President Harry S. Truman, Saturday night, signed the Fed eral employee Retirement bill that increases pension benefits to 120,000 retired workers and some 1,500,000 still in government service. Retired government workers get increases in their annual pension of 15 per cent or $300, whichever is smaller under the new law. The 1948 Red Cross Fund ampaign which got under way kt Hill Air Force Base Tuesday, February 24th, has already pass-I- d the $1000.00 mark, it was re pealed recently by Colonel Y. B. Field Receives Kuykendall. stressed the Kuykendall of the cause and stated ICol.regardless of criticism, there doubt the Red Cross has done good jab in all phases of its activities. He pointed out that the Jheaviest contributors to the Red JCross during the drives have been pormer prisoners of war. Many American soldiers who were pris oners of war for 6 months or over had their very lives depending on the receipt of the Red Cross pack . ages. 1A. James Davis, Post Restaurant representative, who worked with the Red Cross at Naples during the r nrhy-- trie tied . X 'rose V charged for donuts, coffee and like items in certain theaters of opera tions. He said this was no part of regular Red Cross activities but was a task which has been taken on by the Red Cross at the request of military authorities. The Red Cross had to buy their supplies from the Quartermaster Corps and were required to charge for them ini Colonel Kuykendall emphasized the fact that ALL contributions will be accepted . . . none will be too large, none too small. However, stickers and lapel pins will only be given to those individuals who contribute more than one dollar, Each employee is urged to con tribute at least one dollar, Col Kuykendall stated. All employees should give to the drive being conducted at Hill A F Base. There canvass will be no ing this year as there has been other years as they are expected to donate at their place of work, At Texas City, Texas, where an explosion and fire in mid-Apr- il claimed 550 lives and inflicted more than 3,500 casualties, the American Red Cross spent $1,426,000 in aiding nearly 9,000 persons. In Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska four flood crests in many localities reached record "highs" last sum mer before the waters finally sub sided. Red Cross operational costs exceeded $1,500,000 in aid to more d than 26,000 residents Thirteen thousand more residents were assisted by the Red Cross in sudden floods in Kentucky, New York and Vermont at that time, at a cost of $472,500. house-to-hou- se flood-route- your does, you. ' "tM-H- - W 5. New Name The nationally famous name of Veterans will get full credit for "Hill Field" was changed recently service in reckoning length to "Hill Air Force Base" in con military service. Heretofore, of government formity with the new Air Force veterans got credit for years partial all installations of calling policy but in for full credit service, spent in"Air Force Bases. All former to pay regular deductions into stallations names such as "fields," had the retirement fund for the entire "Army air field" or "Army air length of military service. bases" have been rescinded. Howon at all functions carried ever, Optional retirement at the age of Hill A F base remain the same. 55 for employees with at least 30 The name, "Hill Field," was giv- years in government service. There en to the installation on December will be no top limit on length of Approximately $1 million worth of surplus Air Force property from Hill Air Force base was sold by the WAA last month in the 1, 1939 in honor of Major Ployer P. government service benefiting long last big sale of its kind to be held at the base. The sale was made At Hill who was killed at Wright term government workers. (left) "examining "iii"of capital and consum3rgoedr-Slic',vn"abT)vwhile testing the Ar present, no service is counted over4 Ohio, Field, a life raft prior to the sale is a representative of the Salt Lake City my's first four engine bomber. 35 years. An employee who retires Y M C A who was interested in purchasing equipment for summer The air base was authorized by can take full unnuity for himself camps. Showing him the raft is Ed Clough, warehouse supervisor. Air or they can take smaller annuities, Congress after out officials the and a 50 annuity for his widow Corps pointed his death. Provision is made great need for a major air service after for children up to $360 dependent somewhere in the Rocky for one child and depot up to $900 for Mountain area. Construction was more than one. If there is no begun on the installation in Janu mothar, th'e pension would be up ary, 1940. to one child and up to The depot was built on a sizable $1020$480for'f,bt unore than one. UnmarMotor pool employees who have plot of sandy ground, a delta form ried employees can take reduced From Tachikawa, Japan, comes devoted more than 50 of their as- ed by the Weber River as it flowed pensions and can select a survivor word that shipments from Hill Air signed time to operating automo- into prehistoric Lake Bonneville. to receive 50 of that amount after Force base are coming through tive equipment without motor ve(Cont. on Page 6, Col. 3) the employee's death. with little delay from paper work. hicle accident received "No AcciA recent letter from Don F. dent Honor Award" buttons recentKingsbury, a junior warehouse ly during formal presentation cereforeman in the storage branch at monies. Presented by Colonel Homer W. Hill A Fsbase before transferring to Japan, states that he and other Ferguson, Deputy Commanding former Hillfielders are "proud of General, the performance awards HEADQUARTERS the great respect other depots have designate the number of years that 7TH GEODETIC CONTRQL SQUADRON or fulfilled his individual the has of the high rate of efficiency" 55th Reconnaissance Group (VLR) Mapping her duties without being involved shown at Hill A F base. in an accident while driving for the MacDill Air Force Base "Expediency in which requisi- USAF. tions are completed aids materially Tampa, Florida who received buttons in getting the shipments to Japan forOperators records the past perfect during 26 February 1948 in record time," he said. "There 5 years included: Henry R. Lese-ber- g 330.13 are several here, Raymond Moss; 4 years: both military and civilian . . . and Iva L.and William S. Brady and SUBJECT: Letter of Appreciation Jessop, . . . they wish to know how our Amos I. Ross; 3 years: Gertrude H. TO: Commanding General (I) hope you home is doing and Charles F. Hall; 2 years: will pass the word along to our Meggs Hol-maL. M. Ogden Air Materiel Area Aaron, Ralph Douglas many, many friends." Drew V. Schaul, Nelson W. Hill Air Force Base Kingsbury first came to work at Arave, Lionel T. Cable, Verl L. Ogden, Utah , Nean Hill A F base in March, 1943 as a J. Harris, Glen J. junior storekeeper. He transferred Love, Rulon C. Stephens, M. Frank ATTN: DEPUTY FOR MAINTENANCE AND PROto the Japanese Air Materiel Area, Wixom, Percy L. Keyes, Leland J. DUCTION AND DEPOT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL Tachikawa, Japan, on November Chambers, and George B. Towry; 1 year: Arlis R. Frasier, Forest G. 11, 1947. 1. It is the desire of the undersigned that this letter His mail address is: Don F. Maroney, Donald A, Wilde, David express appreciation for the outstanding work accomplishKingsbury, APO 704, co Postmast- R. Buttars, Victor Decaria, and Richard B. Lewis. ed by your Depot on the 3 er, San Francisco, California. Project DOM 59 IB. These e top-ranki- Supply Workers Praised ng Vehicle Operators Receive Awards For Efficiency Maintenance Commendation .... n, Cle-veng- er, F-1- aircraft surpass all expectations of comfort, safety, and This type of Red Cross service So & "5N will continue to be given as long as there is a need for it. It is just one of the many services for which the Red Cross is seeking 75 million dollars from the general public dur ing the 1948 fund campaign A new burden the Red Cross has taken upon itself is that of making whole blood and blood products available in the future to the entire civilian population. REMEMBER . . . We call on the Red Cross several times" a year for the Red Cross calls oh us help but once. Under the new law, Hill Air Forse Base workers will pay into the fund 6 of their salary instead Here are some of the present of the important additions to the government retirement system: Calling All (Railroad) Cars! radio has nolh-in- g The "Train of Tomorrow" with its two-wa- y on the trains which scoot around Hill A F base. They too have two-wa- y radios. Now the engineers of the "Major Hill" and "General Ber-maset and inquire, "What can just pick up a And want hauled?" employees of the transportafreight do you to switch each car of can where tell them tion section exactly n" radio-telepho- ne freight. The radios are saving the government time and money because the be a good neighbor, support train crews are in direct communiin everything it cation with the dispatchers at all Red Cross the Red Cross depends on times. Before the Diesel-electrwere installed in the engines, one member of each train crew had to remain in the trans portation office to receive instruc tion on freight to be moved and where. radio-telephon- es ic (Cont. on Page 2, Col. 5) operational efficiency. 2. It was only through the splendid cooperation and great consideration of both the supervising personnel and those who worked so diligently on the accomplishment of this modification that this organization is equipped with superior Shoran Reconnaissance Aircraft. The helpful suggestions, resourcefulness and efficiency of your personnel proved invaluable in the expedient delivery of these planes. 3. Such cooperation between widely separated Air Force Units is indeed gratifying. In view of this splendid modification accomplishment, it is our desire that any future projects of this nature be referred to the Hill Air Force Base Depot. ERNEST L. BLANTON Major, USAF Commanding |