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Show Vj Thousands Moro Workers Are Needed Hero In Second Year Of - O :; st yea on 5 es1 y 1 Amiiriea'i critical year it 1943. With more and more of its men called to serve in the armed forces, the country has learned it must depend upon the hands of women to help in giving the Army's Air Force its great striking power. Hands which a few months ago operated vacuum cleaners, regulated the refrigerator, turned the radio dial or drove the family car are now dedicated to more important tasks, all newly learned. Mary and I try to work hard at I like my job Owen says as her hands, newly trained, insert the fuel The pump drive housing in a Wright Cyclone engine. and overhaul most important thing about engine repair outcome of a The and care accuracy. is the strictest a month sky battle in Africa or the South Pacific later may depend upon how well Mary and hundreds of other workers in - Army Air Depots did their job. tt. it', "US f II 1 19 Neil Stewart is Mary's 'boss'. They work toeetht and each has a definite task if the 'team' is toll efficient. They average about one engine per day an eight hour shift but they should be able to do, ir think before long they will bt ble to do, two engini in one day. ! wish I knew all he does about Cyclor 12- - engines,' He is Mary said. am always the same, very the beginner on garage mechanic for a War Department -- sh 2, tea: wanted to work on got his chance. year Civil Service airplanes a s n r and becomin He alwy employee. when the war came, has been at He S fifteen years before Hill Field about n ! on m ,M 1 1 If me engine section nears completion. Mary has put on the oil pump while Neil Stewart inserted the oil strainer. Accurate records must be kept, and as each process is finished, the fact is noted and filed. This is part of Mary's work. Also it is about 3:40 P.M. and the day's work is almost over. Mary works six Hays n week, eight hours a day, with Thursday her day off. Her pay is that fixed by Government Civil Service standards with provision for vacation and sick leave and the many other safeguards and which I'ncle Sam as an employer offers thoseadvantages who work for him. Most of the workers at Hill Field have averaged about 20 per cent overtime pay - and this helps out, too. thi me considerate, and explain me. to know he I could do two engines everything and if I keep improving before long I can perhp day be twice as fast and just as careful.' Stewart wm SS' 13. this ma; 14. Neil Stewart ka of another h ..?! the usevuicii,i uir mgmeniarjr sci workman to help , lift -- - the section of have just completed. Mary help engine Mary and he steady the operation in accordance with safety rules. and one more engine assembly for a has pas" through their hands. From here it will be taken to Other Hpnn r tmn f in K I..- -. It will B-- V. be completely 17 ...u-m- m specialists. F ally, before' leaving Hill Field, it will be given eight-hou- r test run just as exacting as when it ori assembled by other ginally left the factory. If the workmanship was of the high standard demanded by Hill Field, and parts and materials without flaw, it will be tt&1 to install on a Flying Fortress. |