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Show :J 'Mntenance EoE; t Now; Serves Here Model Prisoners Sent to School ' W!n!y 9 This Week's Life Saver 1 Como Ut Y Play Rdaxatios. inW ate fried chicken Srings early last week, outing got underway .with softball game. Little Jo team bested the ten ot BBS Kay Jones pitcher, iZt John T. Corporan, ijJJt the route for the winning ancs! uter Captains Roland R. Free se, C. Wilson challenged '.Gene itialt ,5?V sofxholor and Shirley Neb- to a game of horseshoes. They lonthij JJ, gtill debating the outcome. , .ftamnnn was not comnlete d tht the more youthful picnickers utu ?Tj fbAti a din in the pool. Out- led in the swim lEnding figures nay I Ruric Bendio, Lieut were .grade in Perio. ausei) vice toil usly id up I iMesick, Lieut. John S. Steeves, .wii feminine figures Gwen Hiebee. Ruth Hally, 1 I 23-1- 6. by y . NELS P. K. NIELSEN . . . Fought in World War I, has been merchant, banker and mayor of his home town, Ashton, Idaho. Rejected by the army for service in this war, he came to Hill Field, where he is employed in the Purchasing and Contracting department, another war worker helping to "Keep 'Em "Flying." Emigrating from Denmark to come an American be- citizen, back overseas in 1918 with ourgoing flag, returning to his home at Ashton) Peggy Fisher, Helen Idaho, after long service, serving as mayor, banker, and merchant Dorotny lucnneia, xva Norma Jensen, Dorothy at Ashton until Pearl Harbor, beand Edna Jardine. ing denied a place in the army, and then coming to help in defense work at Hill Field these are the experiences of Nels P. K. Nielsen, who has a desk in the Contract and Purchasing unit in Depot Sup- Bone, wu-B.m- a. loung ,000.1 the Ace tax ternd ply. othM V at .ft ft "It months afterward. In it K honsi' mi . Ro-ba- ! slight-offen- se - - . the . six-we- Mr. Neilsen landed in America when he was 18 and settled at Ashton in 1915. Here he engaged in business until 1918 when he went overseas and helped to win the war and remained to serve in the army of occupation for nine idewa; pr 1 ifcomo fn, (Soldiers: This good advice is for your protection. Clip out The in this article and others which will follow and keep in a small new deal. At Miami Beach , notebook for future use. Ed.) Base there is boinc rnr,,,Training experiment in rehabilitation of garCamouflage is any and every ated with them that are conrison prisoners wViiii it means of hiding or disguising your- spicuous. J IS JlkelV tf) hft tl self from your enemy; misleading What can be done about it?. the country. him as to your position, strength First or all,, one can disperse as a Theory behind the program is and intentions; confusing him so natural step toward minimizing the mat most prisoners are that he wastes, his blows and falls effect of bombing. Then one should rather than criminal cases.morale Fact into your ambush. use any and every method of killbacking up this theory is that ing the shadow. Properly garnished w per cent or men com- What to Hide nets intelligently used provide the hoehave mitted nn Every human activity, from most effective way of killing the delinquency. ing potatoes to building a blast shadows. If tents are well in On the basis of the fact and furnace, leaves a visible mark upon and pitched with thedug side long the face of the earth. The marks the theory, Major Ralph W. rt and the shadow north south probmade by the army differ entirely lem will be reduced. of the Miami Beach set up a course of six weeks mili from those made by civilian popu- Heather Mixture Pattern lations. If that were not so, there tary instruction for The heather mixture pattern wtf prisoners. More a school than a would be no camouflage problem. Armies live differently, move will liken to a country of rough prison and actually known as the orientation school the prisoners differently, work differently from tweed or wolly material. In this live in an unguarded hotel. civilian populations, so the marks type of surroundings the relatively smooth and shiney paint surfaces that they make are quite distinc- of For the first two weeks thtv s vehicles, other equipment, huts, tive are identified. and easily restricted, then they gradually get are immediately conspicuous. The marks made by tanks, artill- etc., more and more freedom. During A well the last two weeks they have ery and all other army movements used will garnished net properly. break up the shape and activities differ strongly one practically privileges of a and from the other. If these marks are kill the shine and by so doing will class B pass. in its sur help to lose an "Observation of armv nrisnn. allowed to be obvious the enemy roundings. So willobject local vegetation, will read them easily. Study of ers," says Major Robart, "leads these so that it plucked and placed marks will give him an idea achieves me to believe that the transition Whatever these objects. of our strength and intentions, and from civilian to army life caused is used should be made to kill he will able to be his of plan lay confusion in their minds and WAS the shadows as well as the shine. action accordingly. largely responsible for their getting Across Fields Tracks Remember that these marks are on me Deam." Never cut the corner of a field not or the work of "some person Included in the course persons with a vehicle or foot track. Keep are unknown." made They are talks on the nature and backyou every time you drive a to existing paths. If there are ground of the war, drill, marks- by or walk across a field of none, keep close to an existing truck manship, first aid, use of equip- grass or dig a hole in the ground. line such as a hedge or ditch, along ment and physical training. So as we do not understand a wall under a belt of trees, or At the end of the school, the what long sort of marks are made in merely along the line that divides men are reclassified and reassigned. the ordinary course of our army one sort of crop from another or So far, it has worked. work, and what makes such marks a patch of one kind of color from conspicuous, the efforts of a few another. Tracks across fields are camouflage artists will be in vain. dangerous, because a line, the path. While we are trying to rub out one that you make, that meanders set of marks, thousands more are across the general layout of all being made just around the corner. other lines are at once conspicuous Trenches Are Conspicuous Our Chief Enemy Li'vJK' the air a trench appears There are two enemies, the as From band of black sanda clear ground enemy and the air observer. wiched in between two clear bands With the ground observer we are of white. The earth thrown up on not much concerned. No expert is needed to teach us the game of the sides of the trench appear "hide and seek" at the ground white, and sandwiched in between these bands of white comes the level. soldier-rjrison- ww the Pass word r the personnel of 'SLTaie administration aa y J personnel Relax, Army Delinquents Rehabilitated At Training Base Pall, Eat umcKcu nd Have Great Time d do we Uf( springs August 25, 1943 1919 he re- ceived his discharge in France and after visiting his parental home in Denmark, he returned to Idaho. He reentered business, prospered, took losses in all the local bank failures, helped put Ashton on the map with the famous dog races each February. I Captain Thomas L. Foley When the village of Ashton with T. First ljMltMiantfduMnM T. its 1200 people was in debt $145,000 lOfflie J. Allvn. Thnma. IP flh.lloi' Brian K. Moyers, Gerald L. at six per cent interest, the people Sullivan. . elected Neilsen mayor to put some I sound ideas into village governJ IV Be- Staff Serjeant George R. Mosen- ment. When he had served four ' i,'1 Albert Akers, Aaron H. Curb. Os- - years and had reduced the debt By Chaplain Karl Tubesing W H. Weisser. to $60,000 at four per cent, he "In unity there is strength." Consuccessor for templating upon this quotation my ttsries A. Mutti, Cecil H. Green.. Gordon joined in electing a mind drifts first to the smaller rorrest Hopper, Paul Iguera, mayor. OMteg H. Leupold. Raymond M. Ness, bankwas things in life. The ant, small as he without Ashton When Mjmond A. Talbott, John B. Wilder, Dale ing service, Neilsen took a leading is, has proven the worth of comnjuu, Tl Be Teehtiklnn Atu part in establishing a' bank that munity coorporation. The bee with fliu Davidson, Orval E. Willough- - is still cashing all checks and he his hive in the tree trunk cooperates with the thousands of his t Be Corporal . William C. Bruce. Wi- is its vice president. fellows to crush the attacker. The indeLncaae'-- Arnold R. Mlzner, Ben- After Pearl Harbor, this lli.. xianson, blackbirds working together uitner x. Blue. George worker offered his serv- five Won, Brttton J. Green, Lonnie Hawkins, fatigable in picking at the crow finally subrewas he but unra Jackson, Lamar due the larger bird. In every field Shackelford, Ken- - ices to the army He soon became discon- of life there jected. is developed the coI. Christy, Frank DiCola, Barry ., tented with living luxuriously at operative spirit, without which life Jimmey M D. Frame, Leland C. were nalnrna home while so many others would be lost and the species would WIMlams, Byron S. Spinks. sweating to win the war. He sold become extinct. . .. k uraoe James - his business and reported to Hill Drifting back from the smaller J. Swift, Richard G. Jusone more recruit to the living v. uooin, unarwa uovei- - Field objects, my mind rests upon army of war workers. the crown of creation, man, in all bis glory. Man, who is not governed by instinct, but by thought and premeditation, often finds the cooperative spirit, or the unity -n r-vXT. spirit negligible. Therefore, it must 1 be developed through necessity. It is there basically, but has to be brought forward through the co.ili ordination of the will. Here, we find opportunity for the finest kind of cooperation and the most pro found unity. In our present conflict of purpose and of such unity km achievement is of the utmost neclies our such unity essity. In overto and to oppose strength come the enemy. Let's give all we have to develop greater unity in the fulfillment of the purpose and the accomplishment of our task. , On the spiritual side, I think also of another unity which is equally important In building a spiritual program, in developing a unity sound spiritual foundation, is necessary- - Unity means the cooperation of all concerned. The efforts of an individual are negligible, but the efforts of a union in an endeavor to uphold honor and justice and righteousness can avail much in the battle against the base and the unjust. May we call upon every individual in the military service to lend his support also to the religious and spiritual program of his post Jl$vz wvuu - - Dor-Jr- 1 .1 c 1 j. Waiting to Get In U',jii r -V- .'-HX i W i V HP" 11 ) Miss Kathleen Called Home Dowling, who has been a member of the Hillfielder editorial staff in the employes relations branch since June, returned this week to her home in Minneapolis, in response to a message announcing Miss the illness of her mother. MinDowling, who is a teacher in neapolis schools, was at Hill field for a temporary appointment during the summer school vacation. . 0,? ... F THE TI1SONO to view Thl. I Armylm,1 Ji" Premiere performance last week is here shown but elusive Its chance to buy those -- vnwsj ior tne benefit of Army mmtrfcmg high-pric- ed With the air observer we are much concerned, because most of Us are not familiar with the air man's point of view. No . part of a country can easily be made safe from his eyes, his camera or his internal shadow of the trench it self, the blackest mark that can be made. Ideally there is one cure recon stitute completely the original tex ture on the spoil which should. be sloped off gradu Incidentally, bombs. throws no that it ally He sees us and the marks we and put a cover over the shadow, excavamake, in all lights and from all tion. , angles. He can photograph us, and Do's and Don't's in Camouflage his photographs can be studied 1. If a camouflage idea prevents calmly with instruments so exact effective tactical use of a the a for instance, steroscopic that, reading of a good pair of vertical weapon or a position, modify the photos will betray the presence of camouflage plan. 2. If an effective camouflage an artificial overhead cover that would easily cheat the naked eye. idea interferes with and adminisal trative lay-ou- t, change the What Can He Do About It?. plan. within is If the position artillery 3. Remember that camouflage Is fire he can turn his guns on it or he can mark it down on his map something to be done before and for special attention. Artillery fire not after. It should be preventive is often directed by aircraft. Good medicine and not plastic surgery. camouflage of a position, even if 4. Remember that the lower the the place is accurately pinpointed object the smaller the shadow cast. makes it harder for the spotter 5. An advance party is worth to say if his battery is dead on its weight in gold in planning the target measures for concealment In preparing to take up a posiIf .the position is beyond artillery range it can for the time tion, here is the ideal order of being only be attacked by aircraft. events: a. Reconnoitre the site and deAdmittedly, the airman will be given a pinpoint map reference and cide how best you may use any possibly the air photo. Granted all existing pattern to assist concealthis information, he must come over ment and find the target with his eyes b. Plan the tracks by which you before he can even start. his prep- will reach those positions without arations for attack. leaving pointers for the enemy to No one pretends that camou follow. c. Plan how to reduce to a minflage will prevent the bombing of imum the mess due to digging, are an area in which targets known etc. by the enemy to exist But it can building, and does hinder and minimize the d. Hide or disguise the shadows. See that your camouflage plan danger of precision bombing, and is e.understood and followed by all this may be decisive' in keeping an important defense work in ac- - in the unit. f. Remember that unless you keep toin. strict track discipline and mainProtective Measures tain your camouflage properly your In any given field there are cer will soon become conspicutain things automatically con position ous again. gpicuous and other things auto matically inconspicuous. Then when DISPENSARY KITCHEN you move into an area your prob GETS NEW EQUIPMENT lem is how can you add yourself The Hillcrest to the existing pattern without dispensary this week has added new equipment to being automatically conspicuous. enable nurses to preTo the airman the desert is a its kitchen to own and the patients' their pare color velvet fawn material, light in thanks to the Hill Field Weland with only a very faint marked meals, fare Association. pattern of any kind. In this pat The association purchased a new is tern any black mark inherently electric stove, electric conspicuous on a plain light back and linoleum to make refrigerator the kitchen ground. A natural shadow is gen adequate for cooking needs. to be the blackest erally agreed Mrs. Esther Johnson, head nurse thing on earth, then anything that of the dispensary, reported 945 cases we add to the desert pattern will cared for at the dispensary cast a shadow. When, for Instance, the month of July, with 81 ofduring them we put vehicles into this desert overnight paticnts.vAU overnight pattern it is the inky blackness patients arc visited atleast once by, of all the shadows that are associ post medical officers . , admin-istration- ii: |
