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Show Pilots to Stretch Out In Hill Box Factory Govt Money Saver Will Fill . . . And How! Susperspeed Craft EffiWASHINGTON (AFPS) the led has not comfort, ciency, Air Force to announce that future high-spee- d aircraft will be manned by a pilot lying on his stomach. MaJ. Gen. Malcolm C. Gerow, Air Surgeon, said that the main advantages in this change would im-be ease of flight operation and provement in the flyer's health. new Preliminary tests using the. suchave proven already position cessful. Many tested men declared that they felt better after eight hours of flying than before they Friday, June 11, 1943 TOP TIMES HILL Page 6 Civilian employees in the box factory at Hill Air Force Base are almost saving the government $3,300 a week by repairing and empty crates and boxes. The boxes contained Air Force supplies being shipped into Hill AFB. fill re-usi- ng After the contents have heen re moved from the wodden boxes and stored in warehouses, the casings are sent to the box factory to be cleaned, repaired and made ready for future use. Because boxes are all sizes and shapes, a crate can be found for every use. to Arthur According Tracy, crating and box making supervisor, an average of 1,100 boxes are salvaged each week. New crates cost about $3.00 each to con General Gerow stated that an airman could execute dives and movements much other abrupt easier from the prone position. The new designs call for a veritable flying wing, with the pilot lying in the center, facing forward. ... , CS Commission Sets Exam Closing Date The United States Civil Service Commission has announced a June 21 closing date for examinations covering automotive trades positions and skilled trades position. The positions cover such trades as automotive and automobile mechanic, wood and metal body repairman, auto upholsterer, tire repairman, service station attendant, batteryman, steam cleaner, radiator repairman, painter, plumber, glazier, steamfitter, electroplater, pattern maker, machinist, molder, sheetmetal worker, welder, electrician, carpenter, and blacksmith. The most powerful substance known to man Uranium is used by the maintenance division chem istry lab for the unglamorous job of detecting sodium and zinc. b'j l; fj f- per cent solution of the marvel mineral is used by the chemist to ferret out and show up sodium and zinc in aircraft parts. There are no tred or green lights that flash to indicate the presence of the minerals, but instead, the solution changes color. In tensity of color depends on the concentration of the solution. It's all a fairly simple job for the Uranium Nitrate and Uranium A - N flv Inasmuch as a sufficient number of applications have been received for these positions, applications will no longer be received after the close of business June 21, 1948. Hill AFB personnel interested in filing for these exams are urged by the Filling the bathing suit as "The Civilian Personnel office to make Girl From Jones Beach" is Virginia Mayo, lovely damsel who application immediately.. Permanent appointment in these gained fame playing opposite trades can only be obtained by tak- Danny Kaye. The role was offered to Ginny when Lauren ing examinations. Applications must be submitted Bacall declined it, saying it would to the Board of U. S. Civil Service be "embarrassing." Not that we Examiners, Departments of the Air have a thing in the world against Force and Army, Ogden and Vic Lauren, but' when it comes to inity, 220 Post Office Building, Og- - "filling bathing suits even she couldn't do much better. (AFPS) aen, utan. 5 . Acetate. The hard part of the job centers around - getting the magic .mineral from the Atomic Energy Commis sion. It isn't just anyone that can knock on their door and borrow a cupful of Uranium. The Com mission is peculiar that way. . Religious Services Hill Air Force Base Chapel ....10:00 A.M. Protestant Services 10:00 AJ Sunday School 11:00 AM Catholic Mass . Chaplain Hugh Gallagher, Catholic. Chaplain Frank " E. Wiley, Protest ant. Transportation to and from Base Chapel will be furnished Sahara Village residents upon request, Contact Chaplain's 'Office, ext. 236 for arrangements. Bus will pick up residents at their homes on followX 1 I 1 iO I ing schedule: Catholic Mass Protestant Services 10:45 A. M, 9:45 A. Iff. A & W Barrel Cafo because at last my walls have that look. And, you reason why I another know Bess, like to use SPRED is that it practically has no odor. You can see for yourand self there Is no "after-odor- ," It's wonderfully easy to apply toe . . . iust did the room this morn I ing. SPRED Flat went on so smooth and fast ... never knew that painting could be so easy. I'm going to do the bedrooms next. Believe me, SPRED Flat is the answer to quick " GAL. Gallon mixed with TSgt. Morck Hancock Many of the employees of AC engine storage will be interests to know that ARTUR R. Smith, an employee of that section who was injured in an auto accident a year ago, entered tne uee Hospital la Friday for another operation on his hip. Mr. SMITH has been bed fast tnis past year, except ior a couple 01 montns. inis will be his fourth operation and Doctors hope it will be "THE" one. CHARLIE FOSTER dialed the number of MICHAEL NILAND'S office last week and his secretary answered. "Let .me talk to Mike Niland," Charlie demanded. "Hello," Mf. Niland said. "This is Charlie roster "Just a minute," Mr. Niland interrupted, "I have tn finish this letter, hold on." Then he dictated the balance of the letter struct. to his secretary. "Yes," he said, picking up the phone, "Now what was Charlie Foster? . . . Oh, yes, just a minute. . . . Have you Employees credited with this it? seen Charlie Foster around here? No? No, he isn't here, Sorry. . . . The C. are Wil great saving Flingers, liam Richards, Tom Boatright, little bird we got this from never did tell us if CHARLIE got to talk to mike: on the pnone. Tracy, and Harry Isaac. Over the Memorial Day week-en- d a number of Hill AF base em ployees took advantage of the extra day for a short vacation. DAHL CLARK, AC sheet metal shop, and MAX MADISON, base telephone Uranium Power exchange, along with their wives spent the nolidays at Heogen Lake. Yellowstone ana Teton Nation farks. jjun rAKKErC, finance section, and his wife, GERTRUDE, maintenance comm. section, visited Wayne Used in Maint. Div. started. "magazine-picture- With wafer makes 6 t ..." Wonderland at Fish Lake WALTER R. PETERSON, maint. comm. section, visited friends and relatives in Denver. J. B. STAUFFER, flight test, and his wife MARION, adm. and mics. unit, supply, went fishing at West Yellow stone. Mr. and Mrs. JIMMY HAYES went fishing at Dell, Montana. ARLENE HOLCOMB and HELEN RIVES, budget and fiscal office, accompanied by their husbands, enjoyed a day at Lagoon. ANNE BOWEN, base cafeteria, visited in Grand Junction, Colorado. MERLE GREEN, base cafeteria, paid a visit to relatives in Tremonton, Utah BERNICE ROSS, instrument repair, also visited in Grand Junction, . Colorado. Mr and Mrs. SPENCER CHOON and Mr. and Mrs. RELL RIVES spent the holidays in Manti, Utah visiting relatives. A. A. AGEE re ported good fishing up Montana way. Lt. and Mrs. RUFENER saw the sights at Sun Valley,. Idaho, NEW FACES: RUTH McPEAK, AFTON KURNS, and DOREEN PAOLI are the new employees in the payroll section. RICHARD R, MEYERS has transferred from AC repair to the supply division. ROB ERT T. COWLES and AC repair are getting alone fine. NORMA BONOMO is the new girl in the adm. control section of supply. New faces in priority handling unit are FRANCIS STRATFORD, MARGAR ET WALKER, and LAUREL NELSON. MARLIN WOODLAND is the vii.-- t. la new new emuioyM 4ivX)Nrr "fl"..weoi?ROW unit. New face in Budget and Fiscal is ELAINE GREENWELL. LUCKY PEOPLE: CONNIE LOVETT, clerk in MR unit, sailed Mav 24th on the Queen Mary for England to spend a three-montvacation. DOROTHEA MULLER, budget and fiscal, has been telling GLORIA HARRIS, of the same office, all about her wonderful trip to California. CHARLES SIMPSON and BERNIE SCHAFFEK, both of base cafeteria, were presented with lovely gifts for their birthdays re cently. DONA SPARR and EVA S. COWLEY, maint. reproduction, celebrated their birthdays a couple of weeks ago no ages were mentioned. MARGARET JENKINS, adm. and mics. unit supply, just returned from a jaunt to Southern California. MYRNA PD&LER, payvacation in the Northwest. roll section, had a very pleasant EMMA K. BEMENDERFER, maint. reproduction, celebrated her birth' day on the 7th of June. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. STAUFFER expect to leave today for a vacation in Pennsylvania and on the East Coast. WENDELL and RUTH BRADLEY, with their sons JIMMY and TOMMY have returned from vacation at Norfolk, Virginia. Captain and Mrs. a left June 3 for a trip to California where they will attend the wedding of the Captain's brother. RAY ALLRED, MARTIN E. GREEN, and CLARENCE FIX re turned from 15 days DS at Sacramento. VIRL SCOTT, adm. and misc.! unit, plans on being a dairy farmer after today. BARBARA KEYS, distribution clerk, adm. and misc. unit, is one happy girl with her new distribution desk. "It saves a lot of time and work," she says. DOROTHY KNAPP. teletype unit' says she sure used un a lot of energy taking her boys to the circus. MILDRED A. FOWERS, ingnii had her fill of Ditching horseshoes and ridine bicycles over the week-enJOHN SMITH and jakljx.iu, instrument orancu, are on two weeks DS at the Tonopah AFB. CHASE A. BRAIN is in Dayton, Ohio, for an AMC conference on property accounting. JUANITA ROSSON, clerk, air installations, has just received fc prowess beautiful trophy from the Naval Supply Depot for her bowling tremend-l nf the mutt season. Her reward comes as the result of nostinsr a ous 225 score in the mixed doubles. JUANITA, who plans to bowl in the newly organized Hill AFB Women's League, advises feminine bowlers to "forget how gracefully you look on the approach and go out aiw I high scores." oall t- - hs two-wee- tt ks walt d. "Where Good Friends Meet" BUY SAVINGS Drive Inn & Tap Room CASH BREAKFAST LUNCH FOR DINNER SHORT ORDER OPEN 7 DAYS WEEKLY YOUR CAR See HEINER qfs. 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