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Show Wed January 41 W44 I 'Scrap to Slap the Jap9 ' t.j. isrl Hill Field ski enthusiasts were and urged this week by the welfare to go recreation section den Ski club and take advantage of the numerous facilities it has to offer. for the season Membership which extends into April is one dollar and it's a buck well spent e As a member, the slalom be- I star-to-b- gets free instruction (for ginners), and use of the and ski hut at Snow Basin, Ogden's meetski-to- w skiing mecca. Monthly clubmovies ings are held at which time are shown on skiing techniques and an annual party is also slated. How to get to Snow Basin? Transportation for club members isarea simple matter. In operation buses from the Naval Depot that stop at Ogden to pick up members. There is also a "clearing house" of members with cars who may be contacted by phone for rides. Interesting to experts is the proposed Ogden Ski Patrol which, at the government's suggestion, is being organized to assist in searching for crashed planes. This Friday night, January 21, there will be a meeting of the Ski club at the Utah Power and Light building, Washington and Ogden at 8 p. m. Ski movies will be shown and all interested should contact Bill Frazer, recreation director in civilian personnel section, phone r i I &gsaa.1nn..M rr r ... TONS Of salvaged tin cans were HiU Field's contribution to the drive conducted nationally. The tin above Is being sent to a California plant for Military regulations require the careful segregation of all discarded material for salvage or scrap. TWENTY-FIV- E tin-savi- ng Carload of Salvaged Tin Cans Shipped for Further War Use All the thousands of tin cans which KP's. and civilian cafeteria employes have been cutting and mashing and stomping on for the last several months in a seemingly endless ritual finally hove into sight this week. One complete carload of tin cans a KP's nightmare come true stood ready for shipment to California. The tin, a critical war item, will be processed and put back into industrial use. Since last September, when the first carload of cans rolled out of here, utilities employes have been hauling them from the back doors of the various establishments to . the quartermaster salvage yard. Mess officers and restauranteurs have been directed to them, take the ends out, flatten ' the cylindrical portion, and heap . de-lab- . 8316. Books Received at New Base Library not know how to mash a tin can, Capt Garnett offers the following advice: Zip off the ends with the usual means, place the body of the can underfoot, and stamp. He pointed out that as Euclid said to geomthere was no short-cu- t etry; neither is there any shortcut to mashing cans. el new Over three hundred-fift- y books were last week added to the "Book Fair", a display of newly arrived acquisitions at the base recreation library, building opposite the gymnasium. This brings the total of new titles to approximately one thousand, says Miss Alice McClain, librarian. A few titles chosen at random from the latest shipment include: "Chennault of the Flying Tigers, Sam Mims; "Guadalcanal Diary", Tregaskis; "Burma Surgeon", "Prefaces to Peace"; "Balcony Empire", Packard; "Men of the R.A.F.", Rothstein; "This Flying Game", - Gen. Arnold; "Germany's Master Plan", Borkin; "The Toughest Fighting in the World", Johnson; "Underground Europe", Curt Reiss. "Only the Stars are Neutral", Quentin Reynolds; "Tunis Expedition", Darryl Zanuck; "U. S. Foreign Policy", Walter Lippmann; "Queens Die Proudly", W. L. White; "Angel of the Navy: Story of a WAVE", "Private Bre ger"; "My War with the United States", Ludwig Bemelmans; "Mc Sorley's Wonderful Saloon", Mitch ell; "Human Comedy", William Saroyan; "All Night Long", Ers kine Caldwell; "Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway": "Storv of Dr. Wassell' James Hilton; "Reprisal", Ethel Vance; "Thorofare", ChristO' pher Morley; "Mama's Bank Ac count", Kathryn Forbes; "Airman's E-29- 0, Conclude One-DaClaims Conference y Colonel Ralph G. Boyd of the Judge Advocate General's office in Washington, D. C, was principal claims conspeaker at a one-da- y ference of the Ogden Air Service Command, held at Hill Field OASC headquarters Monday. Lt. Col. Charles H. Woodard, staff judge advocate for OASC, presided as chairman of the 'conference, and the officer representatives were present from Utah, Colopick-uAll but about three truckloads of rado, South Dakota, Idaho, WyomIowa, Nevada and Montana. the fifteen needed to fill the car ing, The guests were welcomed by rest came from this field. The came from the ASF depot in Og- Brigadier General Morris Berman, to one side for pick-uCapt. Robert T. Garnett, commanding officer, 2491st QM company, said the present carload contained upwards of 20 to 25 tons of cans. He said that operators, of each eating establishment on tie field should mash their own cans before disposing of them for Sea-grav- e; p. - p. OASC commander. Included among the visitors were on will cans continue now From Colonel Thomas White of Ninth to be collected here for salvage Command headquarters, purposes. It will require about Service three months per carload at the Fort Douglas; Lt. Frederick FranSecond Air Force headquarpresent rate of collection, Capt. cis of Colorado ters, Springs; and Lt. Garnett said. For the benefit of those who do Henry M. Klein of Western Technical Training Command headquarters at La Junta. Lt. Col. John B. Hill and Captain James T. Cline, members of the staff judge advocate's office of OASC, also addressed the den. Ploesti Air Raider To Tour for War Bond Drive . "Salute Bristol; "Wisdom of China and India". Lin Yutane: "Parachutes", Herbert Zim; "Night snirt," Alaritta Wolff. Odyssey", Me!" Lt. . Sant-Exuper- Fred Hamlk recently sent a letter to his brotner, xnBgii. victor a. Hamlk, of the. 482nd AB Sqdn. Because of its Intrinsic interest, the Hillfielder publishes the letter herewith: Somewhere in Italy, November 12, 1943. Dear Vic: Since the last time I wrote you when I was in North Africa, J have moved and am now in Italy. The climate here in comparison to North Africa is better, I think. In place of hot dry days and cool nights we now have warm damp days and cold night and mornings. The four blankets (hat I have and use are almost not enough. We are thankful for the stoves that we have in our tents. They keep the tent comfortable while they are burning, but when they go out in the course of the night it gets a. v bit uncomfortable. The Itary of today Is a poor country. There is evidence in the larger cities of a one time pros- Derous life. However, tne ravages of war have wrought their toll, and Italy is feeling it immensely. The small towns are poor ana can't be called clean. Indications are such that one would say the cost of living here in peace time would be quite low. However, with the appearance of the American soldier it seems that everyone wants to become a millionaire over night. Prices Go Up Prices are in some cases five and six times what they were before we came. The moment they find out what we like, up go the prices. In Africa,. one could draw the con clusion that aside from the low class there was an abundance of money but a shortage of material Here it is quite the opposite. There is a shortage of money and an abundance of material, although the material is generally of an inferior grade. Whenever we buy anything (that is whenever and wherever we can convince the doubting population that our money is good) we get a conglomeration of Italian and English money. It certainly seems funny after getting used to the French monetary system, to find yourself in the midst of bewildering lires and shillings, pense and pounds. However, after some explanation and a few minutes of study, one finds that a lire is equal to the U. S. penny and shillings to 20 cents, the pound, four dollars and to. 10 cents. With this knowledge, and a few bartering experiences one soon becomes adept at understanding the system and gets along fairly y; - six-pen- ce well. The language also is strange to those of us who are not of Italian extraction. After months of struggling and hemming and hawing and .wildly gesturing, trying ' to make in understood yourself French or Arabic, finally getting it down to a point where you could "navigate" fairly well, you are suddenly thrust into a community where our months of painstaking study and patience are to no avail and you must begin all over. (This brings one to the conclusion that "there are more darn foreigners over here.") What French one did learn is of some help though and it helps to get along here as many of the Italians can speak it and that helps some. New York Relative ic seems that everyone has a relative of some sort in New York. It doesn't seem to matter where he actually is, he always is in New I I I Himitl MSgt. Victor York. One case in particul., l thinic is worth mention! ,cu6wi an wi uncie who M Island as in 'J itnoae t.uviueuue, York. Everyone here, live in the war is over, if uie U. . , . . uau1 oeLier start doubling ud there, don't you think? 1 The ever present "kids" our greatest nuisance. Here land where prizes were mi fered for the largest familie? races were encouraged, wel ourselves actually surrounded engulfed by hordes of childrf of them ask for chocolate, giJ cigarettes, clothing and food. start smoking here as soon at are able to walk it seems.) There are many trees of different types here, some of 1 1 LL . . J are ouve, wnicn now in tne . two-whe- el mitt ernnn nines. The cities have lour w -- wt date and there is version of the 5 and iu.a utllincr nnvthinz from Pni an overcoat are visible all w cities. Trolley cars, enrriazea are the main o unco mnt -- exiintu W d"wi hy trees on K.aiit ii'ij. ... , t-- rf - .. ful both I' the ground fOT. wen nayoA minus tne very .... we We .. . arc jivwt mat we inwi IS Africa. "' ..nth., hiltweit havelOO no use it .as ! . To -must warm tne water Urely upon snave -..." to bathe, famiW to clothes .we i give - ar fine J"" aer j ana mcy . An jo reasonable Pricte'' tf( very t our f.e uvk"cold weather. A woodenJ W we built from of m plenty barracks, A as we gO ., stove in" or, i" will add luxuries -i haven to now things J ncre anaj t ot mire ...iBlthrf wm old tents winter i jen he If it were n ur involved witn "uId sure this experience Nazis Fall Behind In Planes Built semi-offici- al : f -- "j-pcesJ- t p- ' j .. F-M- agadne d ... Q-?- "" " ,raly booming andanonular success. to P'ovMe a Art!?t PW t tU ii houses. Many buildinzs are almost 15 t rw; high. Some of themarearerather ofnrpa " A J lliUI. rpvta ever the nnnrf mpnh . unm-ttle- pf of being picked. The others is such kinds as tig, almond. birch and many others. The crop seems to be the many yards. Everywhere one ca( acres and acres of vineyards. Almost every town has tbi tinctive smell of a winery. roads there are always presei horse drawn ca rying 1, 2, 3 and 4 large wim rels. Wine can be bought where. People Friendly The people are friendly a air of relief is noticeable in fonvfrsatirTis with us. Thef glad they are no longer aftt with Germany. Tne itanan so are happy to be considered u and are more than willing u in and help pay Germany W the hardships wrought upon) Wherever you go you are r: with the familiar V for sign. Tne ones wno can v lish. either well or otnerwii talk the ears off any Ami e that thev can "button-hol&U.! on weir snow to want also to speak English anddesire to their with you air and 1f from OPEN ONLY A FEW WEEKS The base reer i " " , Still In a rather ,rary. in Mate, what with k 7.1 to maze the and guide incidentally I out ... very fln"Vi.. of American art C rtrinnt.ll., .11 point pondence. Uhle, J3t; Howard Low, dreaming up ltrtne, ,-- Pfc s everyone are very good Command. He will be gone a total of about 21 days, and will proiialtly visit nearly all posts in the area. According to figures released recently from London, air- plane production in each of the big three United States, Great Britain and Russia now exceeds German production. Only one of the three which gives out figures on actual produc tion is the United States; Britain and Russia are both extremely reticent about announcing official output data. Germany entered the war with a far greater aircraft industry potential and larger air force than any of her enemies. i : Bird's Eye Vietv of Recreation Library the request of the IT. S. Treasury Department, Capt. John S. Young, OASC assistant innpec tor general and veteran of the I'locNti, Rumania, oil fields bombing last August, joined a team of other prominent individuals last week organized to promote the fourth war bond drive throughout installations in the Ninth Service At rOtfa X 1 Ogden Club Offers Skiing Fun At Snow Basin 15 u 2v A M Letter From Ital-iii- ds Want to Live in U.S. After tSW?acilities Open to HF Workers n m U" " the next time an wishing you anda Christmas and perous Newyoar.drick 8W " |