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Show 1 iMaintenance Chiefs From 1()ter U.S.Will Meet Here y 33jor General Clements McMullen Makes oice of Hill Field for Important Conference on August 9 and 10 y Vol. I, xWo-Da- chiefs and-- ' superintendents of all Service Command control ifcj in the continental states will meet at Hill W August 9 and 10, it was Weed today by Col. M. E. Sery, OASC maintenance No. II Hill Field, Ogden, Utah Wednesday, July 14, 1943 f l "18 4 Cral" Clements McMullen, Ctenance chief, who Visited Hill Q three weeks ago, and who The Commanding Officer's Roll of Honor received new impetus present at tne conierence. Irhe meeting will be the first of kind neia on nm Iceneral McMullen will be accom Vied by eight members of his isC headquarters staff. The names to )iU be 18 unce if the staff members Wn received nere. CALLS CONFERENCE , , . Major General Clements McMullen, maintenance chief of the Air Service Command, has selected Hill Field as the place, and Aug. 9 and 10 as the time for an important conference for all maintenance heads in the U. S. have not yet nt (Ueut Col. John C. Raymer, to the OASC maintenance Wef, is in charge of arrangements C th conference program, and 5 for housing of the guests dur t their stay here. Purooso of the ASC maintenance Meetings is to coordinate control k an effort to streamline operation rf the depots, and, through them, s as-'iiU- it New Insignia on All Planes Is Adopted By Army in each control area States. program for the two meeting will be announced iub-dep- kthe United j k complete it ktweek. To prevent confusion of American aircraft with Jap and Nazi planes, the war department anPerfect nounced Thursday the adoption of a new insignia for AAF airJecord planes. The former white star in a blue circle will remain. To it Post Schools Now will be added a white rectangle to the right and left, horizonas 73 Days tally, the whole inclosed in a '.thout Accident red border. Proving ground tests showed ( Schools copped the sec red dot and Gerthat " ) of the safety trophy with many'sJapan's cross on a larger black Tt safety record for 60 days, white cross tended to blur in the June 1, and yesterday was heat of combat. ac day with no lost-tird aaenis, tne highest record ever achieved on the post. ( Post Utilities were runninz Aw second in-- Che race, complet- their 37th day without acci-fc; Monday. The competition Utilities and the schools for David J. Davis, 61, of 1635 East ae month of June was zero-zer- o Thirty-thir- d a South, Salt Lake City, 3?, but the schools were allowed was instantly killed shortly before keep the trophy for the month noon yesterday when he was struck. xcause of their commendable rec- by a concrete dump truck while Mi tor continuous working on a construction job at safety. previous record period of Hill field. lnowithout accidents in any de- Davis, an employe of the U. S. on tne field was less than engineers, walked behind the movif days, and the remarkable ing dump truck on the side oppor4ieyement of Post Schools and site the driver, who could not see him. Apparently Davis did not see M wel1 as a er of accidents decreasing the truck backing and walked into inu larSely duethroughout to a con-- it. He was struck, and killed He vehicle. trated safety loaded the by ; stantly r, program. engin- Robert R. ; Afflick: ii had been employed try the 1942. 1, June eers since gden AIr Sepv' . Medical : officers of Hill field mmand. were called to the scene immediately. Davis is survived" by his widow and two sons. The sons are 20 official statein the army.'-Thfrom ment released Headquarters said - a coroner's inquest will be - Safety Repeated . me zed Employee Killed By Dump Truck Bt be-Jw- ea I 'ZT tZtl. l -- Lr" -- full Per Cent fay Deduction Waces One in 70 n. fan .. .. ".eia . race - ,rv per cent deduction in che . V not STtJT: pay of - r ZZZr? " t tu the new Uw care- their own or failure t mnnii result of Me aw. e . disclosed ? cent ofyesterday thR'.mniAV i. Of f icers of Field At Ceremonies Dedicating Plant Major William J. Anuskewicz, chief of OASC chemicai warfare section, his assistant, Lieutenant Joseph A. Therrien, and Colonel Verne G. Halliday, representing the commanding officer of the air base here, Colonel I D. Fator, attended the formal dedication of the Deseret Chemical Warfare Depot Sunday. The dedication program featured an address by Brigadier General Charles E. Loucks, representative of the chief of chemical warfare service, who told of the importance of the new depot to national defense. Governor H. B. Maw welcomed the assembled guests on behalf of the state, .and a huge American flag was presented to the commander of the new depot, Colonel E. B. Blanchard, by General Loucks. A reception and luncheon after the dedication ceremony were by an afternoon sports xoi-Iow- ed Formerly stationed here, killed in crash in Africa. . - Y A ' LT. GEORGE VAUGHN . . . Also Acting on .j.;.'f,nm man, division ana secuons wueia began work to plan . l. iae City-Ogd- of the activities of the Eighth Transport Squadron from the beginning to the end of the North African campaign, and recounting the tragic deaths of two former Hill field officers, a graphic letter from, Lt. Sherwood Hoidale was allowed to pass the censor, at the close of the campaign, to his wife, Marcia Hoidale, who is employed in the Inspector General department of OASC New Headquarters Addition Planned For - Fire , en com-munlM- oa French Morocco, 150 miles southwest First transport in there. Fighting had just stopped there and had - to land between bomb craters' on the runway.. "After the weather cleared I took off for Gibraltar aain. Upon land- - of employe who ..Twavsintensive means to work the make and nnttlmr forth his best errort on and living environment for ail emhis job and we will do everything ployes at Hill Field the best poswithin our power to retain them; sible. "Of necessity we have been forced we will not only continue work to at the present high give most of our attention and production in the past to the developeffort will also any accomplish but rate ment of Hill Field from a work increase that is ordered of us. "At the same time we will con- production standpoint in order to tinue to seek certain classifications be in a position to take care of of personnel which are sorely the supply and service needs ot needed,, particularly skilled work- the Army Air Forces," explained "But .now that wc ers and also mechanic learner Col. Carter. students who can be trained in can see aheadourto leveling off on construction and our mechanic learner schools to that phase of the development program wc physical technical personnel Jobs," fill on chief said, "and emphasis will be can and will concentrate more imwhich have to do with ranks the from phases on recruiting placed for the proving conditions for our perof women and sonnel who will carry on the work armed services." here." that revealed voluntary was It on It was also reported that careful started had already separations will be given to the matattention were which of most a minor scale, of promotions to compensate ter not had who obviously employes been able to meet the accelerated those employes who merit it on output the basis of their ability and tempo of wartime work calls for The new program also ralBer- - every this week Giving a vivid description At the close of the campaign when the information could be of no value to the enemy, Lt Hoidale was allowed to desciibe the campaign in its entirety, from the landing in Morocco to the capture of General Von Arnim during the Tunisian rout. More Office Space . Lt Hoidale covers the entire campaign in his letter, including To Be Built the breaking of the Mareth line, Rommel's retreat westward, and OASC Needs axis night bombing of Oran and Plans to add 22,700 square feet Algiers. of office space to the Ogden Air Capt Melvin Coleman and Lt Service Command headquarters George W. "Vaughn, mentioned in building were approved this week the letter, were formerly stationed by the director of base services in at Hill Field; also the 'commandWashington, D. C, and actual con- ing officer of the Eighth Transport struction is pending final authori- Squadron, Maj. Ernest Holmes, was zation from the chief of engineers stationed here. Funds for the construction al Mrs. Hoidale is the sister of Lt known ready have been authorized, and Col. E. S. Ross, widely is is expected that the plans will Hill Field officer. with only minor Lt Hoidale's letter follows: be approved "We came down here from Engchanges, if any. Present plans call for a two land, left at midnight of Novem story addition to the OASC build ber 11 with Gibraltar as our destiing to form a complete square on nation. Had a big overload of the second floor. The first floor British and American fighter crews will include a driveway directly and their tools. Had to make pracFlew south of the post office, to allow tically an instrument take-of- f. automobiles to drive to and from all the way without ' an "artificial the parking lot formed by the horizon" so it was pretty tough Instrument weather a lot square within the completed build- going. of the way with wing ice, etc. Had ing. wing tanks full and also 200 gallons in two cabin tanks. "The flight took 11:45 hours. Rain in Extinguish and very poor visibility in squalls Oil Tanker Blazing the of Gibraltar. Got closer Straits was Hill Field fire equipment three miles to coast of Spain rushed to a blazing oil tanker than Morocco and was fired and truck, which took fire on a road uponSpanish no hits scored so got out south .of the field, last Wednesday, , away. and succeeded in extinguishing the right ''Circled in the straits for . an fire. to find the Rock. Flew hour The fire was attributed to over- time trying and distance from a small an of overflow island at 50 feet altitude oil, causing loading to theRock which became ignited by the de- on course. . Came within one-half vice used for heating the oil. mile and couldn't see it so had to of the Eighth Transport Squadron, likewise lost his life. New Employment Policy Stresses Higher Work Efficiency; Mechanic LearnerslsanStill Needed continuing study to-fil- el'V9" Chemical Depot Is Opened at Deseret CAPT. MELVIN COLEMAN . . . go to schedules iri anticipation of a refBeJ reglected or have, duced number of personnel which incorrectly, their. Ux is expected to result from a new ky Uw 7ms W4 M Provided policy of employment ana ui. man-by lnCme power conservation Inaugurated ASC headquarters, it was anSme from the nounced today by. Civilian Personrecords .branch, nel Chief Col. Carter. Vn:4 out k I It is anticipated that thbait critical K fw "f th. Uw, the emlabor shortage in the oe easea decnoice but to VT" -i area would tTOm tress somewhat by the effect of the new 01 Vntnn.i.1 unless thus provide tnese Jb hi.L i aim ,op emptlon policy andand the war manpower employer. its problems Jiployej are therefore commission relief in for other esworkers of securing ,ihe,r emp. services. sential IfZvTl w"out farther does not mean This new policywho cWm nPMoryntrnd Is doing a worker that any Provide, for !? u. be will separatea, improperly good Job ... a oe reuu.. that there win N. Th? " c,a,m been the amount of work ouipuv On . nney U gone for-- HU1 Field," stated Col. Carter. the contrary, we want and neeai W last week when the task of determining the eligibles was undertaken. Considerable time and effort is required to check the records of all employes who appear to be eligible. When the information is obtained and all the data assembled and checked, an elaborate ceremony is planned, at which the awards of merit will be presented, The exact date has not been set. However, a date between August 1 and August 15 has been tentatively selected. Ail civilian employes having a perfect attendance record of six months are entitled to the Gold Ribbon. Civilian employes entitled to the Silver Ribbon must have a perfect attendance record of three months. Leave of any kind, except annual leave with prior approval, late punching in or early punching out is considered a disqualification to a perfect attendance record, A large attractive gold shield with slot arrangements has been prepared and will be installed in a prominent place in the OASC Headquarters building. The names of all Gold Ribbon winners will be inscribed on it zh11.: . Eighth Transport Squadron Played Part in Campaign For Final Awards ASC betotfcj Officer Tells OfHillField Men in Africa Eligible List Now Being Compiled Wen Air Service Command was fiia conference by Major Past in 1 , t l CM ' Lost Their Lives Checking of Honor Roll Has Started ' (Continued oo Page Two) satisfied -- non-eligibl- es FamouLS 6Susie Q9 Due to Arrive Here About Noon America's most famous heroine of the air, the "Susie Q," will arrive at Hill Field about noon today. . Flying in from Peterson Field, veteran 3f South Pacific air battles will Jrone over .the field and tnen taxi up to the Operations Building preparatory . to being hospitalized . . that is, given a genet al overhaul, in the repair and maintenance shops of the Ogden Air De- Colorado Springs, Colo., the . pot. Home from the war, 'Susie Q" and her famous crew are anxious for more action. It will have to wait while the expert mechanics at Hill Field give the queen of the J skits a careful check-up. |