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Show it p First ..... Lieutenant A. JR. Wanamaker pu,ijc Relations Officer " K For Special Projects Robert B. Renfre Captain Thaddeus B. Bruno Lieutenant Charles F. MaJlory 0 I HILL FIELD, TUESDAY MAY 25, 1943 EDITORIAL SUPERVISION For Special Service w Cci iS2 kd&j ft 7 Major Captain Ben I. Butler -- ff- th?l k j EDITOR Sergeant Ryland M. Thomason Pvt. John Mead Associates Pf a. Claude McGraw Ford Thomas Rose ' ; Pvt. Sylvester Adessa Art and Photography x A. E. Locher Corporal George E. Kinney The Hillfielder is published weekly In the interests of the military and civilian personnel of the air base, Ogden air depot and control area' command, Hill Field, Ogden, Utah, and is distributed free each Tuesday. It is financed jointly by the military Post Exchange fund, and the Civilian Welfare association fund. Opinions expressed in this paper are those of the individual writers and members of the staff, and do not necessarily reflect the attitude of the army or of the commanding officer. It is requested that articles appearing in its columns be not or published without the express consent of the Public Relations f ed Office at Hill Field. AGAIN WE SAY, ON TO VICTORY , With this issue, The HILLFIELDER becomes a weekly tabloid newspaper, published every Tuesday, and dedicated to the jtask of war effort . . . the part being played telling the story of our by the Hill Field team consisting of soldiers and civilians alike, of men and women, of workers and executives, of enlisted men and their officers, of the thousands who come to work here from home on the neighboring communities, of the many who have their ' ' all-o- - ut ' field. , Almost six months ago The Hillfielder made its first appearance, very modest in size and design. It enunciated its editorial policy then, and it follows the same policy today. Due to difficulties of production and news gathering, it made its appearance once each month. Of necessity, it lacked timeliness and news interest. Also of necessity, it reflected only in part the story of the many activities and interests of those engaged night and day in Hill Field's wartime job. It is hoped that now, with its columns available to all readers once a week, with the reportorial system being built by Special Service for the military, and by Special Projects for the civilians, a really good job of coverage of the news can be attained and that The Hillfielder can speak to and for this wartime com- munity and speed it toward its single goal: On to Victory! (j "' v s? ' . . If he parks his flivver Down beside a moonlit river And you feel he's all aquiver Then baby, he's a wolf. This new paper has been made possible only by the unselfish and close cooperation of the civilian and military groups here; their funds are paying for it; their part-tim- e reporters are gathering the news which you will read; their responsible directors are giving of their time and effort to make It an outstanding success. In the past few weeks, and while plans were being formulated for the. first issue of this weekly newspaper, Special Services has . done a splendid and interesting job of morale building in the columns of its weekly bulletin. It provided the soldier with the news of his organization, the sports items of the field, the entertainment features planned and presented for his leisure hours. These features-wil- l now appear in the columns of this paper, edited, as. before, by Private John Mead, and his associates, who have become associate editors and reporters of this publication. And, just as before, they need the help and the interest of their collaborators in each military organization on the field. In the final analysis, news of interest to the soldier will be printed to the extent that individuals with access to those items turn them in to our associates. This will be a good for the soldier just as long as the soldier helps make it . ""' publication . one. . Likewise, . this applies to the civilian departments, under the over-a- ll management of Captain Butler, ably assisted by Ford T. Rose. They have the rather imposing chore of setting up a system will record what over 13,000 persons are doing at Hill Field, .that both at work and at play, as individuals and as groups with both general and specialized interests. They musffrely on others to do f much of the news gathering. This paper will be a success from the civilian standpoint if their reportorial system functions, if the news Items on the field are promptly reported, if the undoubted talent and ability of the civilian personnel is aroused and enlisted in making the new Hillfielder what it deserves to be. , , , . What is the program and the policy of this paper ? We answered thatTh our columns last January in our very first editorial utterance. Almost six months later we can do no better than repeat what we said inur first issue: ' to make It articulate at this "To give Hill Field a voice to reflect the day-- critical point in its and our nation's history problems of management . . . to interpret our role'in the great drama that is being played in this gigantic struggle for free- - ... . ... to-d- ay to be helpful, critical, appreciative, cooperative ... task of this publication. dom is the . . . such . "Its voice will be interpretive, objective and realistic. It will have a reason for its praise, a motive for its censure. It will hold a mirror up to Hill Field at a time when we are engaged in discharging our obligations to the government for the huge investment to our fighting In plant, mechanical equipment and personnel .w men on the war fronts who are risking their lives for us. "As a symbol of America's industrial might, Hill Field the national war effort Our problems are the problems of the country as a whole.. Our sacrifices and perplexities are those of the civilian and the military everywhere. We exist to win the war and everything is subordinated to this dominant purpose. So dedicated we look ahead from the tremendous expansion and planto the even greater management and production ning of 1942 tasks of 1943. ... cross-sectio- ... ' Again, we say, ON TO VICTORY i JVtalc Call v MISS LACE, I GOTTA A$K vl As the first guest columnist of the new Hillfielder, Mr. Frank If he says you're gorgeous looking Francis of Ogden, associate editor And your dark eyes set him cooking of The Standard-Examine- r, and But your eyes ain't where he's look columnist of note, was invited by the editors of this paper to tell of ing the early history of the field. Each Then baby, he's a wolf. week some noted guest will conduct this column. Watch for it! If he says that you're an eyeful The Editors. But his hands begin to trifle like ea his riflAnd heart pumps I was at Hill Field on the day Then baby, he's a wolf.. Colonel Morris Be r man arrived If by chance when you are kissin' to take command. That was in You can feel his heart a missin' 1940, and I met the And you talk but he won't liste-n- November, old frame building colonel an in Then baby, he's a wolf. which had been moved to the If his arms are strong as sinew spot to serve as headquarters. And he stirs the gypsy in you And you want him close agin' you Then the army air depot was Then baby, you re the wolf. without much promise except on Private Edwin I Brooks, of Will paper, and it required a stretch Rogers Field, Okla. of the imagination to .visualize all that the commander of the post could see in his dreaming. m i VSOUND OFF, GENERAL... e chagrined when informed that, in the natural course of events, the- stars in their orbits would take care of the housing of the strangers. - . A year Girls who are busty Are apt to be lusty. Mascaraed maidens with manners cute Dwell in houses of ill repute. Ladies with slant yes Aren t necessarily spies. Ladies who the wrong way went Sprinkle their bosoms with hya- scent When a girl says, "I love you like a brother," Find another. The country girl Is plenty virile. Ladies who accost you on a well lit street Are indiscreet Private Bob Stuart McKnight Word to the Wise ns No matter how spouted or bellowed or shouted Or scowlingly, howlingly hissed Of all of the words at the top kick's command The sweetest, missed." by far, is "Dis Lt Richard Armour. j O ) IpA'fy tA M He couldn't look into the future and see the 250 officers who were at the officers' club the evening the members of the military affairs committee of the chamber of commerce were present last' April. en won Tbu 6f I iioi be T iitri eta IE. bui Iter EM ita Wf bai Jot Th thi an He iai au of fk past Thousands should be engage In the work and held at the task until the crisis of unemployment has been passed, and then the permanent setup should be ft powerful one. On that occasion, the visitors were amazed at the magnitude of military strength as disclosed by the presence of the many officers. Manufacturing of the weapon! of war would be carried on or added to the regular activities of the depot He didn't dream of all the great buildings that have been erected, but he did say Hill Field will be a most important military post. The making of some of struments entering into could be included in that ening of the mechanical tions of the area. Later he warned Ogden to prepare for a great influx of population and he felt somewhat the in radar broad opera Hill Field should continue be utilized for the training of .our air and ground forces. -- U reco 1 But he didn't see a post with 15,000 civilians. teW deai When the war closes, there it good reason to think. Ogden air depot will continue to operate as a big air base. Immediately after the war one of the projects to fill the gap of threatened unemployment, attending the return of the armed forces from the front, should be the making of the Ogden air depot a citadel of defense beyond anything we have known in the large hangar. LACE-Tw- AR area affe . He saw Hill Field as a place which would have at least a dozen officers and an airfield with a 50RSZY, tent utterly unable to accommodate the strangers at its doors. paredness, will not repeat for third time, but will ignore our pacifists, who are ever- - with us, and will go on developing our air forces on a large scale. Hill Field will remain the most important strategic air base in the west and may take on number of refinements. . by Milton Caniff, Creator of 'Terry and the Pirates" . i limn; Jtrea This country, having blunder?' 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