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Show 20 Saturday QGXJQ3 November 6, 1943 Strategic Bombing of Europe May Save Millions of Lives Study Made By United States News Shows How Fewer Men, Lessened Casualties Probably Will Result From AAF Tactics Tens of thousands, even millions .shattered, or at least badly mauled. of lives, will doubtless be saved At the finish of this phase of the attack, the experts estimate mat by the strategic bombing program instead of the original (hypothetof the AAF, aided by the part the 2,000,000 troops necessary to ical) in Command Service Air plays invade Europe, 1,060,000 men would "Keeping 'Em Flying," according be sufficient, if this phase of the comto some very interesting data bombing were carried out United authoritative the piled by But it's in the light casualties News. States to follow this bombing expected a Strategic bombing is to playin- that will show strategic bombing ultimate in the major part its peak of economy. Estimates vasion of western. Europe, the pub- at are that casualties will fall as low a also lication states, and it is h of the losses that as barometer as to the role aircraft would be inflicted if no bombing invasion on all will and play can, took place. preparations and in against Europe fronts, both Experts even go so far as to Japan. estimate that if American preOf interest to everyone, soldier cision bombing methods are used, and civilian alike, at the Ogden the casualty rate might fall to Air Service Command, and Indicat- as low the average as of ing the supreme importance allied losses of the first Wirld their job, are the conclusions said War. to have been reached by the strategists of the United Nations, who have listened to the leaders of the Army Air Forces. The experts now feel certain that extensive bombing now envisioned by Winston Churchill will result in ' sharp downward reLack of Employes visions in the estimates made by allied leaders as to the number of And Facilities men needed to invade Europe from West. the Given as Reason ; If the bombing attack Is carried through on the scale now advocatwere asked Hill Field ed . by air men, the way will be this week toemployes do their Christmas toward economy greater pointed Instead of of men In two highly important mailing in itNovember December. Lt until postponing . ofrespects. C Casey, base postal simInvading David declared .First, in the size of the land facilities that ficer, oparmy necessary for the will not be available during erations. Second, the casualty rate ply three weeks before Christlast the h of these men may be cut to handle the tremendous mas h of or even as much as ' usually . delivered durquantities have what the campaign might that period. ing were cost If the .strategic bombing In addition to the fact that over not put into effect In other words, 30,000 employes have gone forces strategic bombing by large will into thepostal armed forces, the number of U. 8. and British bombers cars and of railway airplanes availsave the British, U. S. and French able for mail Christmas handling ground forces hundreds of thoubelow that of former years. far is mileven of sands lives, perhaps that the only Lt Casey stated lions. in which deliveries can be way These Are Estimates made by Christmas will be by Of course air officials are quick, spreading the "mailings over a to point out that figures on the longer period so that avaiiaoie extent of economy are estimates transportation equipment and postbased on the African and Sicilian al personnel can be used during, campaigns and that no final count more weeks.": Is possible until actual Invasion Employes here who will be sendmail to cities using the postal takes place. ing In the .first World War the delivery sone system can expe Casualty rate ran 02 per cent for dite delivery by including the zone the allied forces actually engaged. number in the address. For example, in World War I, the Allies, including Russia, had Back Again Betty Garlock, troops engaged, of these supervisor of coding- unit, civilian 32,000,000 were casualties. (Casuapersonnel section, returned last lties being classified as dead, week from a vacation spent with .wounded or missing.) relatives in Kansas. To avoid these terrible losses among the ground troops is the job of air men, and they are confident that, given the planes, men and time, they can do the job. .These men have envisioned the air struggle as being divided into (our phases: First, bombing attack would just get started with enemy fighter planes and airfields as the chieftargets. In this phase of air battlethere would be no reductions in the initial force of men necessary; the losses would still remain at approximately A3 per cent Second phase: The bombers would penetrate deeper Into enemy territory, gaining superiority over the enemy's air power. However, If the landing took place while the bombing attack was going on, little in the way of saving could be expected either in the number of men participating, or the num-bof casualties. Bombers Would Strike Third phase: In this period of the attack allied bombers would strike at the heart of the enemy's Industrial war machine. It is estiHOPKINS . . . Who is mated that 82 per cent of the FRANK in Indian lore, and has versed landing force would be needed if many states, Is busy this phase of strategic bombing lecturedonIn bis manuscript. Wfere carried through. This would mean that instead of a hypothetical Frank Hopkins is spending a few 3,000,000 men needed to invade the hours every day on the manu continent only 1,640.000 men script of bis "The Age of Friend would be needed. Casualties would ship," a book setting forth his be reduced to approximately 33 principles of living a life of un per cent' of the land force. Again selfish activity. using the 2.000,000 figure, this Hopkins is an attorney from would mean that with the reduced Fairfax, Minn., now working in starting force the casualties would Warehouse 46. Through his asrun around 541,000 instead of the sociations with the Sioux Indiana 1,040,000, in event that no bomb of southern Minnesota, he drew valuable lessons from the Indian ing preparations took place, Fourth phase: Here the creed as practiced for centuries. Strategic bombing makes itself In recent years he has delivered felt to the greatest degree to the lectures on the American Indian nemy. The enemy would find that to students of all ages in nine Its production centers would be states. His book will go to press paralyzed that the movement. ..r . and Af J auu supplies wouia oe company at Salt Lake City. WW Mi3crieweight, 5 Feet 8 Inches Talifdingle, 26 Years Old Meet Average Hill Field EM ru VTUttl. DVlk vu. . mn id Hill Field soldier?! the average , ,. o . I anu u uu , What is his age, physique, education, Auur score, Lieutenant meoreucal avera. y These questions were answered recently by set by the army is 100, but and of the branches of service usuallJ Kenneth S. Rice, assistant base classification officer, from data and run S averaged who compiled slightly below that fi staff members of his Rice the men stressed in Lt permanent the enlisted thJ of fact the classification forms te AGCT test is not the same J organizations at Hill Field. the ordinary L Q. test, but It " t wg The average EM turned out to oe. as two months of nvf on aversea after all. and on pleted as much .ww .iwrai . .years .is the contrary is a rather Drignt college, months old, Is single, and has been and education, boy. Intelligence, since July 2L 194S. His talents were far above that of in the army score vita fathor Hurinsr the last war, army general classification 86 to as during 108, Is Amerlcompared anno that nt the average cani and better than the average World War L soldier's in the army as a wnoie Average Is High today. average is unusually high," t if ill Field Is 5- "This t.t Rice middlesaid, "almost 10 points a Lt is inches feet tall, i..Mn one-fift- one-tent- 42,-000,- - , Author . er - all-o- ut ".'jr anQ ately, analyze a situation, tain mental alertness, and vV r? 2 i WAJl . main, compre-hen- b r a n ink ne eonJ1 ciasaiiiuauun lest, Ml out1. ti. Iis not iay any mean iaccor. some meW rwiifin Hiiiiim.iiin on lae it J unuea, d n Mnn M. nave naa oniy grammar school education have made some of the highest scores. Engineers Score Highest Figures have, shown that men uitiiuM Antra era A tn .nJ iiHnlani Af veravugiuccto, line of scientific work usually, ucorj rA others not encraered In t A- - accUN and follow instructions. "There is some correlation 1TUU Urge Public Post Xmas Mail in Nov. air-mind- ed bwx.i. wno Isadore Shoore th J the miJ ui um km HFviiy ior learning those things that the army J pects to teach him. It helps rat3 tne one-fift- one-ten- planned that It shows if s J liivuivAiiB nuiiij. ivai i ciauimsmpi iisnallv hovja mnrA nvotarva baami Army ' authorities on the wholi generally believe that the TT"bes vtm from rlnaaos tutl1aiB" ww.w BUI .mhv.h A a.; HI, that is, men with scores bel tween 90 ana izu, as tney are mor likely to be steady and less'likel f to be victims of neuroses. The highest score made by i member of the permanent person nel at Hill Field is 150, just II points below a perfect score. Twi men made tnat score ana a mira 2t 8 made 148. The three men are 20,comJ ' ani 99 vMn old: one had N , pleted one year of college, the othei bad three months of college, an the third had only a high schoo education; indicating mac aoeaucu wiu tion and age naa litue to the scores. Varied Geography Appearing as a concert violinist fversity of Utah he left for Eu coun Nor can any section of thehrieht social in Europe prior to the close of rope to study music and the .m. luuif i.f nruliiiri-ni1927, studying in Fans, .Berun, psychology. est soldiers; the three are fronV and Leipzig, Isadore Shoore, now During 1928 and 1929 he was' a v.. a researcher in Branch two, Ware associate program director for iisn One is a sergeant and the other tw house two, of Property Account radio stations KSL and KDYL are is a radu corporals. One now the other i ing, says he will not resume his until the adoption of chain proaniif mechanic, MHtAP musical career until the war is grams. Part of his job was arsection, and finance the in typist over. ranging and conducting musical the third a ciassmcation speciaiiit Mr. Shoore played in Dresden, ensembles. one was a receivinf' Before coming to Hill Field Mr. In civilanforlfea five and ten cent Leipzig, and Liege among other checker Shoore owned and operated the European cities. one a printer, and the thlrfl There during 1926 and 1927 he Logan music store in Logan, Utah. store, clerk for an oil company; was chief witnessed much of Hitler's rise to With Mrs. Shoore and their son 01 mu r The compilations power and remembers many an he now makes his home In Ogden. xiaaaiflrntlnn forms Droduced somt Mr. Shoore Is a sports enthusioccasion when he was forced to Interesting facts. It remain indoors on holidays due ast going in for hunting, fishing, other uw z per cent 01 to inevitable fights between com- and chess. His hobby is collecting learned tqat and 29 per cent that are married munists and nazis. recordings of classical music have dependents. Seven per cent While still a young man Mr. Seeing first hand the results of from high school sn4 Shoore left his home in Mobile, a vitiating inflation in Germany graduated no college training, 24 'pet Ala and came west to Utah. he endorses unreservedly the pres- had grammar cent had only amu. After graduating from the Unl- - ent war bond drive. ..!- -nir cent QIC not graduate from grammar school-Three favorite noDme Field Employe Wed order of preference, hunting, Eighty-nv- j ing and photography. In Ogden Ceremony per cent pMwjn ,1 At a recent cereme-nv- . Elaine arUcipation in the to"1" uaaeuaii, Max A. Madison, senior tele Dow, employed as a clerk in sup- of frequency: ply, division, became the wife of basketball, tennis, swimming, ioij phone maintenance employe of the uavia Taylor, of Hamilton, ball, bowling, golf, track, boxlnr signal corps, left last week for The weddinor was solemnized wrestling, fencing and skiing. I Fort Douglas for induction into Ohio. at the home of the bride's parents the armed services. Madison, an in J Talented Group ugaen. cent of m el employe of Hill Field for two Thirty-fiv- e per After a honevmoon short trin years, has already had seven years to Ohio, the couple will make their claimed they had talent te-ftor military service, having been home in Several social af- nlshlng lnf public An musical instrumeni honorably discharged from the fairs are Ogden. planned for them M. cei army signal corps with the rank upon tneirbeing 9 per cent singing, and 6 per return. of sergeant just prior to his em ... theatrical. t ployment here. Three years durinsr emnlove and his wife ! that iTveniy-iou- iF"..,-"- " iin his army service were scent in. home in Layton for the past two someaa previuu. serM the Hawaiian Islands. The veteran years. attended n.f omt have i ice schools. This last f igure wwj er than that of the air Rice J sonnel in general, Lt S i because of the service unto in J"6 field that were included a ewj vey. The average for the -a whole la about yj tor compiled were Figures vw wswwb new n0f on tne thT in the men It. North ir.i.. oi.h. 1943, Lt Rice added, ana recworkers and directors, noapitai and Italy as well as islands of the remain representative n ciud worxers are stais constant since personnel tioned with American armed forces Continental and island points, in viriuany every combat . area. 53, where Red Cross "TSfuSit. included in thejurve pi.ij ana ineir assist- numbering ji.... uirecior nnrannnal aa Hq. '"u I. luLaieuj lOUOW were the 482nd Base ants, usually men, are stationed at Accra, Central Africa. . . . Haul ; Det ajj JJJ Sq.; Hq. ft Hq., OASC isolated island posts while Red Alaika, the Aleutian. . . . Ecuador ; Vet Det Canada (termlnu Cross women are on the more DeptFirst Communication Cub Sq.; populous islands and on the several A$SXi?$Z' Aor?. and the 08th Z2m continents working in leave clubs, Band. .. recreation centers, rest homes, air ..T. MpKftV. Cl' fields, and in station hospitals. a sification officer, and Rice. J Field directors, in most instances, Canton Ulaml ' Chl.' slstant had previous McKay, b personnel wprk.Lt. ::::::::::.&33 came to miii wa Reported New Zealand Missing Italy A former Hill Field employe, a law student at the University laland now Lt Stephen M. Monson, of KU5M Eft. Kansas before ente ring 1 Aacetuilon Inland Salt Lake City, has been reported BnM He worked In the classical Won mar tion as an enlisted General missing in action, according to greeniand. . . .. Adjutant n.fw!.,received b hU 'rom Tongatabu bland tending uJSl the War Department Rice, alter m n Lt degree Lt Monson has been missing a bachelor of arts Colorado 3 Bahama ' ' since a bombing raid over, the ciology from the did Ouadalcanal of Education, European continent Oct 4. A Grad- Ctahn.;: Clllege peru was uate of the L. D. S. Business work at the college. He Ft "matet Altutaku at l.lai 0J Q wa" employed by Heber nel technician, ,r" and the aui ijivisi -- scho j n C" nd Uter l HiU sartn'.m.'t'cl,' Field?111 to Adlutant General's Iran D?'" Africa arrived on the field last est BI1BI1 ' Mr " w, Max A. Madison Leaves for Army r r-i- enK' - Armed Forces Lead Red Cross Into Areas Around the World Si wekt ,J!Stte..W W '"""i ... 1 1 rov ... ai . jJ |