Show 3 M A ADad's Dads Dad's column g JOE JOC AT illS OLD TRICKS SHOVELING SUO SNOW Dear Dad WE ESPECIALLY enjoyed hearing Irom you And now Mira joining me sincero wishes that you are feeling a 1 great deal better However we are not suggesting you that stalk out ot of doors grab up n a sh shovel vel and start heaving heavins I snow I have something like this in mind I though as we are having in these parts a bUzzard blizzard Yet thinking of ray my Park I City days I consider It just a 1 bit of a storm Though even at that I see n a lays lay's work ahead o of me come tomorrow For we like to show the neighbOrs that we still live here Pretty soon on say within an hour bour or i two Ill I'll wallow out to the mailbox to I See seo it if our Tribune Herald has bas come and thereby get the latest war news along I With what is happening in Washington The radio has bas already given us the I highlights But we find that print gives us the details I According to reports the war is noW I going decidedly in favor o of the Allies Allies- glory be So we are hoping that 1 Ger- Ger Germany Germany many will be entirely out ot of it by early I summer 1 if not before Then its it's to bb I hoped that power politics wont won't snarl things too badly Yesterday we had a talk with a young sailor just back from two years prowling around the Pacific where he was in So number ot of engagements Naturally he is' is is rubbing his hands together with I plea plea- ure However he be thinks there is a lot t o of fighting probably ahead all through I thiS year He leaves to rejoin his out out- tit alt within a couple o of days das We understand grub is rather hard to get But with us being only two of us we are not at all concerned about eats The garden gave us a fair supply ot of I vegetables for cellar stor cellar ge And Mira doesn't find it at aU all difficult to sUb sUb-I substitute store stuff Then too In such times as these Its It's easy casy to go without Regarding health we are very well and keeping busy at one thing hIng or another Still and all between you and me heavIng snow strikes Joe as being a lot o of wasted energy I Again our best wishes for the best ot of everything n in which we include everybody As I close this Im I'm picturing your house looking cheery inside and I snow covered out of Adios As always JO JOS R R. 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R 2 Monroe New York January 27 1945 FREEBORN WILL SOON 1St FLYING OVERSEAS O Dear Grandpa A VERY full 5 schedule has prevented J my writing sooner A little over ovel two Weeks more are left in my training schedule sched- sched schedule ule here Then my group will pick up theIr crews Today some o of us went up on a high attitude altItude formatIon light flight to feet It was too cold to be comfortable and the haze cut vIew We were try try- trying trying ing to climb to some stratus clouds at about feet but my number four engIne had a run away and I had to fly on three engInes The B 17 Js Is a good plane but on just 3 engines it wont won't climb above five lve miles up I Therefore we aU all stayed at feet Its It's hard to picture the amount Of training weve we've gotten hero here in a few tew I weeks weel Its It's not too hard to pass a test but to remember everything alter after the test dong i East s is hard Must close now more in a week or so SIncerely BOB FREEBORN GOOD LUCK to you Bob and may mayyou I Iou you ou and your powerful squadron ally help In ending the dreadful war and your sate safe return to home and loved 1 ones 0 0 I MRS HELEN Hansen and son Frankie Frankle who for several months have made her home with her mother Mrs Mary Lee left Tuesday morning for salt Lake accompanied by jer er mother taking the 1210 a a. a m m. train for Los Angeles Cali- Cali lornia and will be met in that city by her husband Frank J. J Hansen a and et early afternoon Wednesday Mr and Mrs Hansen and son Frankie will leave Los Angeles for San Diego where Mr Han Han- Hansen Hansen sen is attending a naval school for the next four months when he will be given givena a new assignment He was formerly stationed sta- sta stationed nt at Hawaii A farewell party was given Monday evening for Mrs Hansen by Mrs Edythe Clegg which h was attend attend- attended ed by a number of friends Mrs Lee accompanied her daughter and grandson to assist them at the station Mrs Hansen and antl Frankie will sincerely be missed at the home home as well as by other relatives In the city as well as hosts boats ot of friends and admirers The lady s is a ot of Park City and a popular grad I graduate ot of the Park City high school as asis is her husband Sincere well wishes will wUl Sollow the little family Mrs Leo return return- returned ed ed home Tuesday afternoon by oc G DECIDEDLY CHEERING good news ot of the war were given in the press the past week and VIctory is near Hurrah XO NO TIME TUIE FOR FALSE LSE OPTIMISM 1 WE CAN aU all remember a few tew months ago as the allied armies made their break through into the plains of France conviction became widespread that the end ot of the conflict with Germany was n a matter of weeks 1 if not days It took tho bitter fighting ot of the recent Ger- Ger German German man offensive in Belgium and Luxem- Luxem Luxembourg Luxembourg bourg and the realization that our enemies were still strong together with lengthening ever casualty lists to bring Continued on Page Dads Dad's Column Continued from Page tine events within their true perspective It Is well for the tho military and civilian personnel ot of this Installation to reread the tho wise words or of Gen Stilwell our work nt at the Ogden Air Technical l Service Command Is intimately with the offensive In the Pacific As that or- or offensive gets underway on a bIgger scale So 60 must our responsibilities of repaIr and supply for the Army Air Forces keep pace with the growing demands ot of the war In the Pacific This Is no time for false optimism It Is the time for Us all to and do the very best Job Wo we know how In order that hat ultimate victory may maybe maybe be hastened and the cost or of human lives redu reduced ed by the length of what may prove to be a longer and I Imore more bitter conflict than any of us I realized Col Paul W. W Wolf editor of Ogden TO SMOOTH the rough and thorny way Where other feet teet begin to tread To teed feed some hungry soul each day With sympathy's s sustaining bread Louisa May Alcott THE STORY OF YVETTE I YVETTE HAMEL year old Fren French girl lost both legs from German shell shell- shellfire tire fire In July 1944 It Was then that men ot of the First Tactical Air Force fight bomber group decided to adopt I Yvette She became the carefully tended mascot ot of those American fliers Illers As a I further evidence ot of their Interest In I this deserving young French girl these fighter pilots collected and presented to her a gUt gift ot of francs 2576 a a. portion ot of which will go for tor the pur-I pur pur- pur purchase chase ot of a pair or of limbs I SAYS THE Salt Lake Telegram Hitler I started this war to find living space for the Germans It begins to look like ho will now have to find burying space for tor them WHEN FORD Motor company com com- completes completes Its jeep contract nearly units will have been manufactured corn com pant panf officials announced recen recently y Ad- Ad Additional Additional orders for tor approximately combat and transport vehicles have been received by th the company from the gov- gov government The orders cover production of universal carriers light armored cars and jeeps and are expected to provide employment throughout 1945 1045 in several manufacturing branches I nOPE HOPE that I shall never see Another man who looks like me For none has ever had a mug So typically lly like a a. thug In fact Id I'd really need a guard It If I looked like Uke my I. 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D card I Davy or of the Navy 00 0 GOLi GOIn MIXERS MINERS SEE SETTER BETTER TIMES D Small gold miners all over the West and In Alaska are aro now acquiring prop prop- properties properties so as to be prepared for tor operation and production when the government ban on gold mining Is removed says the Denver Mining Record rd The turnabout ot of the Allies In Belgium is favorable for foran foran an ealler victory than seemed possible during the dark days a few weeks ago when the German breakthrough occur occur- red The Allied armies are again advancIng advancing Ing and the mighty effort of the Ger- Ger Germans Germans mans has probably taxed that nation so severely that It cannot attempt an- an another another other effort so great The Allies are again on the march and this favorable de- de should bring VE day closer With the coming of VE day we hope for tor the removal of the ban on gold mining 0 A FOURTH grader wasn't satisfied with teachers teacher's answer that the Russians were about miles from Berlin That he protested was an hour ago TilE TIIE ARMY NEEDS NURSES FEBRUARY 3 1945 1045 Is the an- an anniversary anniversary ot of the Army Nurses Corps In inan I an Interview with MI Miss Ella I IRed Red Cross nurse In charge of procuring nurses for tor this area we discovered why I it Is getting Increasingly to I secure nurses for tor the army Miss Wick Wick- lund said the chief deterrent to enlist enlist- enlistIng enlisting WIck WIck-I Ing girls In the ANC Is the soldier him him- self Incon Inconceivable as It sounds some OIS GIs advise their sisters cousins and girl friends against Joining up Even otter after n a girl Is graduated from nursing school and Is qualified for the army she most likely goes Into private practice accord accord- according Ing to Miss Any GI who's been overseas realizes the need for nurses appreciates the work they're doing and lauds the morale job n a pretty girl who speaks English cnn can perform Now that casualties are arc mounting up and our hospitals are arc overcrowded with convalescents It is Important that qualified nurses be as as- assigned signed to enre caro for men who have been wounded In combat These men returned to the States deserve the best ot of care and you you and you can see that they get It Instead ot of making derogatory remarks without any basis ot of fact sell the AND ANC to prospective members They will be filling n a definite need and performing the tho work they have been trained for lor and you yell will be receiving professional care OP OF SOLDIERS SEE SEETHE THE WEST FOR Olt lUST FIRST TIME THOUSANDS OF soldiers en route to the fighting fronts and passing through the Rocky Mountain West have ex- ex expressed pressed premed a desire either to settle In this region or visit it more extensively as tourists after atter the war More than two million soldiers In organized movements by roll rail have pass pass- passed ed cd through this region since the start ot of the war according to officials ot of the RIo Grande Railroad Many ot of them had never seen this part of the country before and a 1 high percentage ot of them have havo anno announced they want to see more or of It as soon as po possible Troop train eSCorts civilians employed by the Rio Grande to accompany each military special and attend to the com com- comforts torts forts ot of the troops state that the most common expression ot of the men on these trains Is I didn't know It was like this out here Im I'm coming back All In all Rio Grande officials say soldier travel Is proving to be the greatest advertisement the West ever had Many ot of these men would never have pla planned ned on visiting this region If they had not had their Interest stimulated stimulated by their travels through the coun- coun country country try while moving from one assignment to another In addition to Increased war post tourist business Rio Grande officials predict a substantial b number of these soldiers who are accumulating a stake now will settle In the region They are amazed by the fertility ot of the land they see from the train win win- windows windows dows and are intrigued by the possibilities for lor setting up as farmers or ranchers or in fn a new business or of their own JOBS FOR veterans seem vital to free enterprise in the U. U S. S A SAYS AN exchange A married couple was peacefully sleeping in the upstairs I bedroom ot of their home Suddenly the wife shouted In her sleep Heavens I Here comes my husband The husband I awoke and jumped out ot of the upstairs Window I BADE BACK IN the States the people nIl all sing Thinking the war will be over by spring But all the boys know from front to rear That spring will be a little tittle late this year |