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Show Wednesday January 12, -- 1944 tfalter Stager Recalls f iuest of Attu and Kiska .. THINGS ARE LOOKING UP . As far as we can see from here. Lorraine Korth, branch 2, warehouse 2 employe, looks as if she might be daisied by the ineffable loveliness of a roseate sunrise, or maybe just lighting up with a bogus grin to please the scurrilous whims of the HilUieider's irreconcilable photographer, Kinney. At more thrilled with a Christmas gift Hill Fielder was clerk in the first aid station here. Her Calista Stager, brfslt from her husband, Capt. Walter R. Stager, stationed with the Fifty-fourFighter gi a flight surgeon t Ji th tolandn. He has been on leave here during last Janu-- i raerely taking off on the most fclutiftn t signed W as vca-JId- lUu. , t v.v.vXv any 19 ye" old, which doesn't mean 5 a thing ass's: - nowadays, and Uvea in Ogdea, P-38-'s, 1rflrflfllTTrTarT)"'Bft fr '.v.'.v.-;w rate, she's brightened the day for these old eyes of ours. Incidentally, Miss Korth is routine patrol flight. Physiologically, he continued, prior to During that man just isn't built to fly like the and learned birds Whence, the job of the flight y lot surgeon is to rnaxe nying as much like the birds as possible. long the down .nandtreeless islands, The planes ox his .squadron were those intrepid Lockheed Sedi of miles into Lightnings called "forked-devils- " r- by the Germans. Capt. Stager said they were really great ships, un fast and deadly. believably I When the time came for the first American landings on Attu. the m&L 1 prelude to the main event con VvV I sisted of extremely heavy shelling, bombing and strafing by American planes and ships. Capt. Stager saw much of this from a ringside seat in an army bomber. He said that as he watched the unearthly spectacle, the thought that continually kept recurring in his mind was how could men possibly stand up under it, how could they withstand the mental strain,L let alone bombs, shells, and shrap-nehis epmg tne Sunny Side Up' f"1 wii;lilllP:t HU ..'1 II Br in vj s V, ' i v 1 f - Roarlng Hell' Soon after the bombardment commenced, he said the island was flecked with fires, burning fiercely. He was amazed at the amount of anti-cra- ft fire the Japs were able to throw back under the pounding which literally smothered the small island with roaring hell. . Walter Stager he saw with the witnessed the thun- - Pacific, . soldiers close Attn and Kiska, fcdnc bomber jnastating shelling and rf those two barren out1 S. air and naval units. er said his job as flight - sat care to simply for It was sf bis squadron. Ability to understand with them, and above "i any nervous or mental .Sam, likely to result In ef flying efficiency. I j night un ma experienced pilots a certain amount m tension before each J Jat to matter , big to fc8 gray J whether it in the meet light enemy of dawn or Fiddling "1 i After the preliminary sof tening- up, he saw the small dots, that were American infantrymen, mov mountainside. It was ing up the a tougn - job rooting out small, isolated groups of fanatical little yellow men from caves all over the Island, but these Americans did it. The captain talked with some of them afterwards, and found them with a certain respect for the Jap's blind courage and tenacity, but convinced he would stick his tail between his legs and run when the going got hot Now that actual fighting has ceased in the Aleutians he said the hardest thing for the men to combat is boredom.. In such a rainy, foggy climate with virtually no contact with civilization men are inclined to become a bit list less and disgruntled. To them, just a brief visit home is worth every thing in the world. Both Capt and Mrs. Stager come from Dover, Ohio. They have four small sons Of which they are said justly proud. Capt Stager when he really misses his family he is away. After graduating from a snort, intensive course in aviation med iclne in addition to regular medical school, he and his family came to Hill Field where he was as signed briefly. Mrs. Stager and the boys are living at Washington Terrace, Medical Of ficer Says Radium Is Not Harmful 'ones ,'Jwtai ' ago GilbArf Jones, Civilian ty in with at 1 IkC r,.. down his hundreds of kL her Americans . . on i 5taught"titutiona. the Ik-- violin since to salt Lake K cisco. t 'T mandolin, 1 He Alan conceiV' instrument,i banj, ,; v"b consiaers the ' "latrument, he isco. he In.)-- .. baAi- .- piaying . uiiienui in consists of and croup ii00"director of the War Muste Krar in at of Mu mfPWt Postal clerks, neighbors and per sons riding with James C. Burke, Hill Field laborer, while the latter had the radium in his possession need not be alarmed over their personal welfare. In allayinar fears of widespread- : . When the Snow Begins to Fall Documentary Film Shows Nazi Rule There Is a Big Job Ahead Forestry Expert Highways aren't the only things. that have to be cleaned off after heavy snowfalls. At Hill Field there are approximately 94 high way miles of airplane runways that must be kept open for traffic at all times. creep along at between five and ten miles. Two men opone to drive erate each snow-g- o and the other to operate the- - plow mechanism. .Snow-go- 's " , Begin Bus Service To, From Sahara be-b- an 12-ho- ur es Clearing 94 Miles of Runway and Conquer," the docu mentary film highlighting this week's army orientation program is proving a valuable link in the "Why We Fight" chain. Filmed with striking horror are the nasi invasions of Norway, France and' the Low countries. Planned for next week's orelntsv tion. Lit Sylvia Korntt, special services officer m charged revealed, are lectures on an entirely different kind of war, hut an important one the war of connonetheless servation of forests and natural ... resources. to Impress Hifl 2 Here Jan. Field enlisted personnel with the importance of conservation will bs Thomas H. SevyP assistant ranger. Cache national forest He will speak at the regular . orientation class hours on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday in 3. 17-2- B-28- SafetyTrophyNow Won Permanently announced yesterday, adding that now they can really nail it down." He said utilities has not had a e accident since November 23. As of today their record Is am e even B0 days without a mm. V T r 1 " " Aw. lost-tim- accident. The trophy has been awarded monthly since the fall of 1942, when it was established, to that section on the field showing the greatest reduction from one month to the next on the accident frequency rating. The frequency rating Indicates e accidents the number of of accident per million man-houexposure, Capt. Afflick said. r lost-timrs In congratulating the utilities for Its excellent record, Capt. Afflick pointed out that in view of the great number of hazards involved in the multifarious duties discharged, the achievement is all the more remarkable; He especially thanked all foremen and workers whom he referred to as actually responsible for the fatal years. "Divide ; lost-tim- poison munnU of amitt radium no - one that am satisfied I ing. case. In this been harmed has rv.i ntmit am nh mized. now mads to locate ever, that tfforU warn the public and substance the through the press of mthe mi.danger mMmiTv warranted. for tea er twelve Here Next Week wing plow to arrive within Base utilities won the OASO time. Personnel headquarters safety trophy for the trucks which shove tne Budget and Fiscal Th snow from the center of the run are curious: who is their "iir rea third straight month in December V thereby earning the right to reways travel about 30. miles an nour. headed captain's "Penelope tain it permanently, Capt. Robert R. Afflick, OASC safety officer vra to the said thai overexposuresmall in of bo element, no matter though . the .of Musle quantity, Is harmful i Uaeh- effects may not reveal themselves .. Will Speak , That means utilities section must h rpndv to eret in there when the white stuff begins covering things Sahara Villagers are now riding up as it did one night last week. Next morning there was ciose to a instead of walking the mile from foot of snow. homes to the their nomadic-name- d But it wasn't too much for Ern Hill Field clockhouse and return. est Close, foreman of utilities' The new bus service which heavy equipment and roads and last week encompasses all grounds section, and about 30 other employes. shift changes, leaving Sahara three For two days, amounting to iour at 7:10 a. m., 3:30 p. nu, Village men worked the shifts, 11:05 and snow-gop. m., and departing and until with trucks and the strips were clear. First, the clockhouse at 8 a. m., 4:20 p. m., trucks, with scrapers attacnea, and 12:40 a. m. Pulling away from the Hill Field opened the center of tne runways, to or hours three south two rate, the new service route only taking do the job. This made Is possible turns left toward the mountain for planes to land. road, goes as far as the end of Saswung hara where it turns right into the Next, the three enow-go- 's intn octinn. mishinz the snow into Village and loads and unloads pasa blower which threw it 300 feet sengers on the main business thoroff the runways. Utilities has one oughfare. Fares may be purchased and two smaller for single rides or weekly passes, large snow-g- o rouur as desired, rrom tne ariver. ones. They expect a newa snort Physical harm. lit Col. T. C. Bedwell, chief of the OASC medical section, declared that because or the small quantity of radium con tained in the compound persons In tne handling it during transit narmea. mails could not have been Col. Bedwell extended this to in clude neighbors, fellow passengers ana animai traveling with Burke in or near the rear yard "shack where the radium was hidden be tween the- time of its theft ana return. "The New Jersey incident of sev nan when women, mois eral tening a small brush containing their tongue, suf- radium paint on effects is an tmmA Manfital- - lie " 1 Job. , OVt SUB GOE8 heavy . ' 'm :3LSne U. ryTte enewf aX get ay- n-w- rfeaaed 7,m It al tne. wee. 'ti nderest Mnoohlers SSeet The Pinochle club for swine ami shifters meets en Tuesdays at 13 er the noon Mkutliaiut mmtln' 1 kaS. Day shift meets at pjaL |