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Show aimed for FamomsAir Corps Test Pilot ield's Labor Saturday November 6, 1943 yd Critical More f Continue meld received r.n w m .; v m mW WWW s5 Soldier Overseas Smokes More Than Pack a Day . Who for porkers Here ill wy.,.,.,, .... m horlage Drive tHero ECilled Checidng Flying Fort Mainr Plnvnr w a. w s Hill a number of Major Ployer P. Hill Noted Army Air Pilot M. UTTIV mui new employes during overseas eats, average weara htni, ot a result a now has 81 been week by Cpm pretty well explained to the folks back home. U recruiting campaign, but the But the more casual, incidental and here is stlU critical, needs have remained in ffSET Robert O. Stafford, everyday the. background until recently. civilian branch, St employment A WD circular covering sales items runnel section. xor overseas supply to army exthe drive for additional is revealing. workers, each employe changes Some estimated requirements: has been time Cat the present packages-of-2- 0 i?i!d to recruit potential workers cigarettes for CT among friends and family. each man every SO days, or a little more than a pack a day: 24.000 bot from other states are being tles of beer for 1000 men, 30 days; m write letters to tneir (La nd relatives at home ask i,4U3 pacnages or various types of 6,500 clears: 860 (. fhm to apply at their local razor blades; 144 of packages pipe cleaners; w UUIUHHomvii WrVlCC 6,240 of pocket combs; packages at iiui ieiu. of war workers are chewing gum; 15,000 books and to replace tnose employes 10,000 boxes of safety matches; 450 tins of shoe bottles of CyJn jobs here for induction soft drinks. polish; 8,000 was U the armed services, it Employes are needed to GTnniitlons as mechanic helpers, Cjjed was named for a dis Air Corps officer whe tinguished the same was killed In 1035 year that HIU Field came into being as an idea, though not yet as an actuality. Major Ployer P. Hill was born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1804, attended grammar school and high school in his home town, then went to Brown university for training in engineering. In 1917 the year after his he enlisted in. the graduation aviation section of the signal corps, and thereafter his whole Interest was wrapped up in flying. HiU Field C v. ( i m . ex-G.in- ninhers. laborers, pa-,iom- New Field. ; Home Seaman second former sheet at HU1 Field, was . Lloyd R. Hill, worker a leave training station, ae on vat lo-a- ay Betty Davies, employed administration branch, supply di vision, became the bride of Sea man Harry J. Whitney, Jr., during a recent ceremony performed at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James G. Davies, of Washington Terrace. The bride's wedding gown was of pink chiffon and her corsage was of orchids and white rosebuds. Ocy Helm, bridesmaid at the ceremony, wore a pale pink gown, while Mrs, Leo Johnson, matron of honor, wore a blue dress. Best man at the wedding was Max R. Booth. Following the ceremony, a re friends ception attended by 150 the Odd and relatives was held in Fellows halL Oeden. Seaman Whit ney left Monday morning for his station in San Francisco, rne onae will make her home In Ogden for he present time. -- report to their regional service office for employment Hill In July, 1018, he was commis sioned a second lieutenant, and went on to a varied and much- traveled career in which he figured as a bombardment pilot, a radio officer, headquarters supply of ficer, aerial photographer and test Betty Davies Weds Harry J. Whitney in the typists. clerks, patrolmen, and many others. Pointing out the difference beeen recruiting tnis year ana last, Stafford reviewed the many ivorsble conditions under which we Wrfd employes wont. now offer pleasant surround housing, transportation, rec- to many lon. and a solution employe proDiems uiu rlaiulv had faced." All applicants should be directed th elvll service commission, in rica. 318 Kiesel buildinc. or in it Like Citv. 220 Federal build i Those in other areas should irekeepers, irom ine Farragut, pilot 1920 HERO . . . After whom Hill Field is named 1 ; Add New Coach to EM Given Courses In Fire Fighting Siberia Trains Another coach is scheduled to The danger of fire, and the be added to the lower warehouse method of controlling it, is being schedule either this week or train attenbrought emphatically to the was revealed by Capt. Ar next it tion of all military personnel at nold Larson, assistant chief, HiU Field through a course in fire traffic J.setcion. fighting. Five coaches are handling the Training Is to be given under transportation of "Siberia" em' the direction of the Hill . Field ployes to and from work stations. fire department at the post schools Capt. Larson said the sixth one stressing first aid, fire extinguish- to be added will be a windfall. ers, use of decontaminating unit, It will take care of any unforeand fire fighting equipment, in- seen expansions in the passenger list cluding crash truck. . -- dsure Time Training Courses Being Offered at Post Schools R was "back to school again" for 420 . employes is week as they trekked in from Hillcrest and other nearby lusing projects to attend the opening classes of tne suppientary leisure time training courses being oiterea at post Bhools. ueut Hill, was permanin ently commissioned in the regular army and went overseas to serve as an aviation engineering officer with the American Army of Occu pation at Weissenthrum, Germany. A later tour of overseas duty took him to the Philippines. In 1038, holding the temporary rank of major, he was killed at Wright Field, Ohio, while testing one of bombthe army's first four-engi- ne ers. Genesis of an Air Base Meanwhile, in Washington, top-ranking Air Corps officers pressed home to Congress the need .for a major air service depot "somewhere in the Rocky Mountain area," and Congress authorized its construction and activation. The location, however, was not definitely decided on until July, 1030, when President Roosevelt signed the first appropriation bill of $3,500- ,- an original investment which has since grown to $22,000,000. ' Through options carried by the 3980 Chamber of Commerce, Ogden acres of valley land were acquired 12 miles south of Ogden, 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. There were several cogent reasons for choosing this site. Strategically, it is well removed from the Pacific coast and so naturally concealed by surrounding mountains as to assure a considerable degree of safety from enemy air attack. Ogden itself Is the junction of three the Union Pa major railroads cific, Southern Pacific, and the Denver & Rio Grande Western. And in the Salt Lake City Valley there was plenty of room for landing fields, hangars and storage installations that- - require a lot 000 imme$$$$ prefer taking their classes at or any work, following diately other period rather than between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., as was previous apecuu ly announced, may ao so. students are issued to the . tytn and Sahara trailer parks, passes .linnrinir thnm to enter and leave ad Layton, to supplement ' the the field at hours set for the classes dolt education programs being taken. Classes for the swing fy v OBduetMl at Wast VilcrV, whnnl Salt being ,fa&rfA win conunue shift employes JUke City, and Weber anu z:uu Ogbetween college, conducted m mrnaf of the courses are be Initial registration for the courses three nights of space. ing conducted two and 'W. L I i.1 The ground at HIU Field was week. Further information reeach but inasmuch as many em- - garding the present schedule may broken in January, Jk, ceremoniously Pwyei were unable to sign up for be obtained rrom neauquBiwn w 1940, and the Ogden Chamber of ue free courses before the dead- schools, room 107. aiso nave Commerce, which has naturally nvDToii. wrtn.Kir.RS . . . And those supply employes ue, it was decided to allow em-t- o post their in advanced particular manifested Intense Interest In the schooling of receiving the opportunity 8.-- At the completion register and enter classes mw.V project from its Inception, cherua war m&noower conference any time, Capt Thaddeus B. ishes a copper-plate- d . afternoon and conduct to Mleeted the hMn hv wno, chief of training and opera-- at Patterson field, Major Stewart shovel which the ground actual elasswork was begun during the auhniirh announced this week. was performed. C. chier, civilian apew.. oast week, employes desiring to take advantage of the free supple. breaking ceremony itt - WIIM "e majority of courses selected nei. Campbell, r.. i. Tears Activated Three section, wi Age mental training mmj scale conference in new xor HiU Field The as an of history 1 r I being conducted for mainten-wc- e active installation began on Nov. employes. Supplementary job-ni7, 1940, when its commanding of- In the aircraft mainten- ficer, Colonel (now Brigadier Gencourses is being conducted in eral) Morris Berman arrived to d aircraft take charge and get things going. "the school. Students hereshops are is the third .anniversary of this It the various mechanical event which the Hillfielder celeorations on actual assembly and in this issue. brates r'wwnbly lines, part of the mod- Colonel Berman was quartered training equipment housed In one of five temporary buildings, at the time of his arrival, which, Participation In the clerical and were moved to the Hill Field site NPPly COUpaoa from the Ogden Arsenal. These j wents the were the first five buildings on opportunity of "ew procedures and methods of the field. Since then it has grown 'ss',- -" i. aiuig routine Jobs as well as ? ,' t ; v to a huge empire of 321 buildings. !more dvanoed technical train- The Ogden Air Service Comof which HIU Field Is the mand, eJ5Sfye" who hlfti will nerve center, covers 488,000 square JWnue their coursi. with the miles of territory in eight states-Ut-ah, w. lnst.r"ctor on the new sched- Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, J)fter suting that other courses Iowa and in this area It conIn the deluded trols and supplies 12 cheZ7.T1t,y 50 offerMe,d, JecU would be These satellite stations send to . . a sufficient demand exists. I .. A .., - .lr p.;. n ' uliAla Hill Field a stream of sick wmcn , cour.ee which theVeZ. airplanes insteady . Oneof the M ia jS."no Pointed out that a class need of "fourth tarted' JJtnntlc would be the tduca-fS- tt echelon" or major overhaul repair them on the Job. Free of project 'irbyhouVlng and from HiU Field the planes ueu allowir' numerous re-woJ2 thJIrwhlch will supplement employes in bettering themselve. and West college, Lake back out in flying and fighting; by offered Salt and school, go orotram wXr high Ogden, being new development since areas. VHjT' trim. those of residents Similar .SoS , opening 0f h - training program was miti- by post training officials for Kdents of Hillcrest dormitories, village, Verdeland park, The -- r 4-;- , . VS.4 green-handle- .! M, d, .I..., rwAr.vm.'WWW-yt'SM3mmmmmm- nf recently-opene- "ni .x v cn Ployes on .oh..i- i. ht day shift who hirr. li sub-depo- JSSS W HSSe?who XTfr ts. |