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Show Ml 'S V flfl4TLrlwiiTifgra ' r Hill Field, uSj5 iced J Cent of per fl initely' !f!ll!Lday: August II, 1943 Distinguished Guests of Field Are ylly Insured Maintenaiic 5Cfoiefs Discuss Plans to "Keep 'Em Flying" General McMullen Presides Over Session Attended by Delegates From Each Area Of Air Service Command in United States Idiers the )f arf) for Full Campaign Concluding with a tour of Hill Field's huge hangars and repair shops, the Air Service Command maintenance g division conference, attended by army officers and general shop superintendents from all sections of the United States, ended here late yesterday afternoon. Comes Field jo Close on pults of the Nationa Coverage high-rankin- cam-which closed yester-- Insurance Liw, Life Relax Physical Standards For Air Cadets W 'jgn, run of 120 days, fal that Hill Field came 'jhin 97.1 per cent oi acaplishing the goal set for . i jg area Dy .major vreucra, Van A. Joyce, command after a , Ninth I general, ATTEND INFERENCE . . .Among high ranking officers of the ASO who attended the Maintenance Conference at Hill Field were Senera1, two briSadier generals. Above, left to right: Col. JH. JS. TUlery, chief of maintenance division, Ogden Air Service command; Brigadier General Arthur W. Vanaman, commanding general, Oklahoma City Air Service Command; Major General Clements McMullen, commanding general, maintenance division of the Air Service Command; Brigadier General Lucas V. Beau, Jr., commanding general of San Bernardino Air Service Command; Colonel Morris Berman, commanding officer, Ogden Air Service Command. Service mmand. J1, verl weeks ago Major Gen. let the goal for every en-- officer ted man, and warrant oerviw ium-the maximum vet In we imjiilii md to carry levat of Insurance, $10,000. Tetterday, Lieut. Nelson A. Roeldun insurance officer . n weed that Hill Field had come 2ub I7J per oi tnis goal jd that all officers and men who Ji got have the government - Maintenance Chiefs of ASC cent total afh have been filed with jilted Men's Service Records th and toincers' zui rue. SitMics as released this morn. of jrietfper man is $9,360.80. sen are not carrying any meat insurance. gov 10 only 68 per cent hk military personnel nere were wed for $10,000, but each week )wafter showed a marked ad- ace until 97.1 per cent was nched Alienist in 17, 78 per cent of the men wiMiirea; July 21, 84 per cent; ft h, 93 per cent; July 28, 94 cent;July 31, 95 per cent; 4, 96 Three Pass WO Board Berman CO 1 unu laoMorrU j ear JM XMmJUm. . officer command, IW.. of Ogden Air Serv-- i celebrated his 52nd -- 3L Z ce officers 3 Ber-Wiii- li. " Sdlot. f to Hill Field aM,o from tew small Wth JPots one ot the largest in the Air Service Hamerstrom Promotion. hlobandBaby SSnSbert Hamerstrom wElB todJr """ what .C? . -- ". Jski d. h N unusual hU prom- -V firsTn" N.t.. " , . ''xnea M MM ,B"Ptor and reltavMl . ""May I most hi! ,mteriel ii?'..chi,d HI g" ,0,;!?'"? on Ct rthf " .M. nrff-- n Air Service C.min.m. and well at hi. Three Hill Field enlisted men passed the Warrant Officers Board meeting held last Wednesda night. They are: Mast. Sgt. James G. Ren fro, 304th Depot Repair Squadron; lech. 5th Grade Earl S. Berkshire, 304th Depot Repair Squadron; and Tech 5th Grade Troy W. Johnson, 482nd A.B. Squadron. The OCS papers of three men up to Patterson Field, ASC Headquarters, Immediate Action Taken on Suggestions by Committee neeaea icu., - were where Immediate action was taken onf beine installed, dv were three major problems which Of vital interest to every civilian brought up by the uommau...s employe was the third request Officer's Civilian committee i made by the committee that a k their first session last Tuesday.on- - slip be issued with each Mum and better service lor The payshowing all reductions. the-potransportation facilities, roll department is working on this from the it into such as elephant trains . project and expects to put ous scheduiea and lot month. a parking effect within to facilitate travel on official dusi-neAuthority for the meetings is of civilian and army person vested in paragraphs d and e Command Regulanel, was requested oy me commy of Air 2 Service dated April 26, 1943: tm nd Col. Morris Berman indi tion and other Joint conferences emcated approval. between" of cooperation forms at rm rnmlMIKl a lie ui.il iiuin has. been their representatives and requested ployes Fort Douglas and the administrative staffs of to maKe aa i survey ui w secticis H ii;t;n i rpntnred. the several constituent and their several branches is1 also and ' shall be encouraged The ordnance department j i ...iiu haSOGinneit jurisdictions on a aem the efficiency, working to in order improve L ...l.ll.n rffinnrcanint be built working conditions and g more elephant trains ASC. It Is the of of employes rrom oosoiete vemuc and that organizations recognized r fountains famure ui can jii.i.rr of employes associations area throughout the warehouse such cooperation. and in other places on tne post cilitate pay-chec- st ss 2-- 40-1- Cn-xri- OCS Applications of Three Others Sent To Patterson Field were sent na a. 1 at conference -- and host club. and con-an- d good wishes were J" upon Colonel Berman. jmrnand of the Air Depot f ita acvation in IiShL Z J?ecame ttrea comman-fcku- il Cornel -- y ; CI. Xlaitn -- two-da- ; maintenance chiefs Air Service here were enter- fficer' A cake was cut and Com-JMnferen- aicic ac wa attended the rLIlllu Command who MUm. Hill Field Monday and Tuesday. First row, left to right: Colonel Leslie G. Mulzer, maintenance chief, Oklahoma City Air Service Comgeneral, mand ; Major General Clements McMullen, commanding D. D. maintenance division of the Air Service Command; Colonel Colonel Command; Service Air Rome chief, maintenance Arnold, Command. Richard J. O'Keefe, maintenance chief, Mobile Air Servicemaintenance Second row, left to right, Colonel S. E. Pnidhemme, Robins Air Service Command; Colonel C. E. Archer, maintenance chief, San Bernardino Air Service Command Air E. Linebaugh, maintenance chief, fairtieia tenance SJvlS cTmmatd"; Lieutenant Colonel Philip VV. H.teh, Command; Colonel Albert Boyd mainchief, Spokane Air Service Air Service Command. Third Middletown tenance chief, chief, San Antonio Air maintenance fc Colonel R. Aldworth, Tuesday. rr7 w realanniversary celebra wwswaiw wins took place Monday night, w, when ?bhihe MlKdMUMT the Air Service XT' Ooloilel ts, well-bein- after they guished guesta who gathered at Hill Field for the annual two-daconference were Brig. General Arthur W. Vanaman, commanding general of the Oklahoma Air Service Command; Brig. City General Lucas V. Beau, commanding general of the San Bernardino Air Service Command; a large delegation of staff members and maintenance chiefs from Air Service Command headquarters at Patterson Field, headed by General McMullen; maintenance chiefs from each of the eleven control areas of the Air Service Command in the United States and general shop superintendents. i Attend Dinner Monday night all officers attending the conference were guests) of Col. Morris Berman, commanding officer of the Ogden Air Service Command, and Col. M. E. TUlery, maintenance chief of OASC, at a dinner party at the Officers4 y, Non-Co- ms per cent, and August Ionel . sub-depo- power must be achieved a higher standards - VowL-- , require that degree of efficiency in order for the individual be free from gross the maintenance division to disdental infections and will have charge its allotted war task. minimum number of uppers and During the past eight months, lowers which, aiay be corrected General McMullen told the conferto full dentures. ence, efficiency of. both civilian Blood pressure will be no greater and military personnel has been than 140 mm, and the persistent steadily increasing. But it is imdiastolic blood pressure will be no perative that this trend continue and that greater than 90 mm. efficiency in Also the depth perception and the coming operating reach even higher year ocular muscle efficiency tests have levels. been relaxed. Included in the list of distinDental Oi July ip theatres of war. growth and effort, General McMulstressed to the delegates gathAnnouncement of the relaxation len ered here. As tens of thousands) in physical standard requirements of planes roll from America's profor aviation cadets whereby men duction lines, they must be mainwith slight physical defects may tained and repaired, supplied and crew was air for qualify training manned. During the year to come made recently, by the War De- this task will be the greatest oC partment. its kind ever organiAccording to a directive received zation in the faced byofany the world. history were enlisted who men here, many the United In States alone aa due to minor eye and eliminated ear defects may still qualify. More- additional 100,000 trained aircraft must be found to carry over, the Schneider circulatory mechanics on the maintenance tasks of the test disconhas been efficiency Air Service Command in ita eleven tinued. Visual acuity, as it now stands area commands and many said General McMullen. is 2030, correctible to 2020 in ' each eye, and the acuity of hear- Strive for Efficiency ing is 2020 in one ear and 1520 And with thia augmented manin the other ear to to a whispering voice. Only I Bar Way to Win Wings Longer world-wid- e With a year of tremendous) expansion behind it, the Air Service Command faces another year of to : vciii, ui jiuxiiary wl here carry some formper" I insurance, National Wee Life or U. S. Government. ' iveraee amount of insuranii either , two-da- . insurance officer show by the Defects No Slight Adjournment marked the conclu y session during sion of a which Major General Clements McMullen, commanding general of the maintenance division of the Air Service Command, and members of his staff discussed with control area "maintenance chiefs and general shop superintendents the tremendous problems involved in "Keeping 'Em Flying" in all the had successfully passed their physical examinations. These men are: Club. 1st Sgt. Owen B. Callihan, 482nd At the same time all civilian A. B. Squadron, who chose army were guests of superintendents air force administration; Tech. 4th (Continued on Page Two) Grade David Levine of the 11th (Column One) Medical Supply, 31st ADG, whose choice is army administration; and Cpl. James H. Brennan, Headquarters Squadron, OASC, who chose We're Not Nuts! army administration. Another meeting of the Warrant Officers Board will take place tonight. No meetings of the ASTP or OCS boards are at present scheduled. A total of 25 men are awaiting interviews by these boards.- Utility Employe Safe In Tractor Accident noon, last SaturShortly day, Cliff Sackett, an employe of Base Utilities, leaped to safety when a caterpillar tractor he was operating turned over. The tractor was pulling a carryall on a steep incline in the east portion of the area at Hill Field. Mr. Sackett was uninjured and the tractor damaged but slightly. The men righted the tractor and proceeded with the work. The equipment is being; used in road before construction - But Come to Xmas Fete Friday it must be Its contagious, but having successfully advanced the Sadie Hawkins Day three months, one night last week, HiUcrest residents are now going to push the Christmas season up nearly five months. Friday night there will be Xmas party In tr full-fledg- ed northwest recreation hail In- carol singing, a Christmas tree with all the trimmings and packages and gifts under the tree. The llillcrestera are perhaps) wisely ref raining from introducing snow and icicles and sleds, while Santa Claus will probcluding ably ooze down the chimney In bathing suit. Now if they only move the end of the war up m couple iiiuiiina V" |