| Show Out There th the A Men Back Here B By C ie Wider Wicker Our min mn are doing all aU they tan can away from home and were we're going to do all aU we can here at home Such Is 11 the opinion of women om n working in the war ar effort effort- and this opinion I. I particularly strong among those wives who have fighting husbands over over- seas ea These Thee women omen share bare the view that if It it is It impossible tor for them to accompany their men to the combat zones they can at least leant carry on back home doing work In those fields which will be bem m most t important toward victory When hen ak asked d if It she me had wanted wanted want want- ed just any Job lob or if It she me he had particularly desired a position in some ome phase phae of ot the war Industry in In- In Mrs Robert B. B Spratt Sprott the former Carol Nelson re replied replied re- re plied I 1 wanted to work with the government of course in something where I felt I could be doing the most good goad Mrs rs Spratt bade her husband goodby goodby goodby good- good by at Norfolk Va after which he departed for overseas They had previously made their home at Miami Fla FIa where Ensign Spratt had been in training atthe at atthe atthe the sub aub chaser training center Following the close of or his hi training training train train- ing period he heAS was AS transferred to Norfolk With the hI Railroad Carol now is working with the western military bureau which acts act as a protective unit for troop transference making arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar with the railroad tines lines and assuring all troop routings routing of reservations to their destinations Another navy wife Is Mrs Carl Boweter Her lIer husband Seaman First Class Cass Boweter has been stationed in Hawaii with the seabees for the past ten months But Im I'm not sure ure just where he Is at present said his eyed blue-eyed wife Mrs Boweter has a year 13 old daughter which doesn't prevent prevent pre pre- vent her from pitching In to todo todo todo do her part She is working as sa asa asa a tool room attendant in a mechanic mechanic mechanic me me- me- me shop at Fort Douglas During our interviews Mrs Mr Boweter eter was constantly busy attending to her duties of ot supplying supplying supplying sup sup- plying the mechanics with parts part they require for repairing army truc trucks truck's s and other equipment utilized utilized utilized uti uti- by army bases In this section section sec sec- tion and as she he pointed out It keeps me moving Then men engaged in the various mechanical mechanical mechanical me me- departments dont don't give gl Mr Mrs Bow Boweter eter much time to re relax relax relax re- re lax with their continual calls for One gasket A screws over here Toss me a wrench please Did you get that bearing When asked if it some other typo of ot work would be preferable preferable prefer prefer- able she laughed when she she re replied replied re- re plied piled Oh I suppose there thero are area a lot Jot of things I could do which would be much easier easler but b t I like to think they need me here WI With h the Army Mrs Boweter wouldn't have havethe havethe havethe the parts to hand to the fellows fellows tel fel fel- fel lows however if It weren't for forthe forthe forthe the work done by such women as Mrs Grant Cottam who Is als also working at Fort Douglas She orders the mechanical parts to meet the supply demands for forthe forthe forthe the Ninth service command Captain Cottam Is stationed with the field artillery at Attu in the Aleutians and Diana Diane i 1 r Ii said Im rm mighty proud of or him He was AS just decorated with the silver star tar for gallantry in action ac action action ac- ac tion and guess what he did with it Sent it home to me me Leaving Fort D Douglas o u g l a a I boarded the bus for Kearns Keam where Mrs Dasil Smith the former Melba Fairbourne is doing her part in the war effort Lieutenant Smith is stationed with the air corps administration tion In Panama and his duties are such uch that Mrs Irs Smith is often unable to re receive ehe word from him for weeks at a time so go instead of sitting home and worrying she he has entered Into army activities herself AccordIng According AccordIng Accord Accord- ing to Mrs Smith It doesn't atop stop the worry but at least Im I'm helping Acting as coordinator of at civilIan civilian civilian civil civil- ian personnel at the station hoe hos hospital pital In Kearns Mrs Mr Smiths Smith's position requires that she aha in interview interview interview in- in all applicants desiring work in that particular division applicants range all the way from dental assistants to ate ste The main function of ot her office however is to maintain a spirit of compatibility among the force torce of Any ci civilian d- d vilian villan who finds himself himself himself him him- self faced with a problem brings the trouble to Mrs Smith who tries to find the solution and andiron andiron andiron iron the difficulty out Mall Mail for Our Boys Up tip at the federal building a pert little redhead is working in the mailing division separating separating separating ing army- army mall mail from that of ot civilians checking on s street reet numbers trying to read poor handwriting attempting to get the letters from home to the boys for whom wl om they are intended intended intended in in- tended despite the fact that numbers and addresses are often otten confused She is Mrs Charles A. A Thomas and her husband has been on duty In North Africa for tor the past seven months Mrs Mra Thomas said she work any place but inan In Inan inan an Industry that had to do with the army When Sergeant Thomas left for foreign service she f felt lt that she must do something some some- thing to h help lp hasten his return and as she pointed out I 1 may not be In the manufacturing end endot of ot this war war but it means so much to the boys to get their mall mail that I feel Im I'm on the morale morale morale mo mo- mo- mo rale end of it It At the Airport Down at th the airport In trim tailored gray suit Mrs Robert W. W Barker Bark r formerly Amy Thomas answers phone calls meets incoming planes sells sell tickets checks and rout routes s pas pas- eng Captain Barker when last last- heard from was with the armored armored armored arm arm- ored field artillery In Sicily Mrs Barker Is In doubt as to his pres- pres ert to hereabouts ie b but of of course course is looking forward to his lett letters rs In Jn the Ute meantime she carries on In her Important work with theair the theair theair air lines linear One Ono of the most interesting phases of ot our work is the figuring figuring figuring figur figur- ing of ot plane weights said Mrs Thomas and continued to explain explain explain ex ex- plain that there ere is a weight al allowance allowance allowance al- al lowance given each plane and weight of ot cargo and passengers must be computed to meet and not exceed that allowance The pass passenger nger agent handling this work must be extremely careful for it Is a large responsibility primarily because- because if computation tion of ot weight Is incorrect the result of ot overloading a plane may be hazardous Prior to March 1942 there were no women in these positions positions but at the present time the Women it K is very try seldom that you find finda a man doing this work Attractive Mrs Irs Thomas feels with the other wives ives who have husbands husban b overseas that it is 18 so good to be doing her part at home and assisting in hastening the conclusion of the war co so that the husbands can come back 7 eyed Blue Mrs Carl Cerl Boweter working as a tool room attendant attendant attend attend- ant while her seabee husband Seaman First Class Boweter does his part with the navy |
