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Show He Knew Her When I n Rv f!nl. X7 Air Service First-han- t j Command, d accounts and tribulations of douJ? seas were related last iH. fi Wednesday, January 26, 1944 Utah Hill Field, 7 jT k tf1 Patterson Field, the Air Serv of A. B. Wanamakei Special laformatloD Officer Public Relatione Officer, Lieutenant Benno C. Levy Vna Bnaolal biram Captain Carl & Menger ITOr - ' SDCcIbI PrOjCCM Major Robert ftenfro ' ' EDITOR Technical Sergeant Ryland M. Thomason. v HaoaclDB - Thoma -c- zones. Sylvester Adeaea Editor, Corporal :'" Awoclate Marge Kernlmen C. Sergeant Boright " Sergeant George L. KinneyThe Utilfieider i publUbed , 1.1 Bccompiwnmenis wnich have Bunievea in us lar in the war from the southwest Pacific tnat tne white man can u.t Jap ven in the jungle W They reported that nearly n (uhuusio mey nave seen m i ; Rumor Spreaders Termed War Version of Backyard Gossips hundred . half dead either . . near?" Like ratM from. 01 proper meaical care, Americans ana Australian! there are : able to maintain health over a longer period of according to these men from! jf iitn Airu orce. A good deal of the humor rounding life in New Guinea tf frftm fhn nnfivoa rt u J island. The coming, of the) troops to their isolated hills bro) changes in their I The majority of them are wort lUKtt "Did you hear about the big ex- - their own offices a few away immediately began to plosion that blew Hill Field off the yards soread the false news mat a man , map?" been killed there. The story - Did you hear about the six men had grew, and grew, and grew. Within least a score being killed down in the lower one dav there was at believed that of people who firmly - warehouse ?" killed - while been men had six "Did you hear that 'they' are go- workine in the warehouse. ing to cut down personnel fifty per '.'The people who told that story cent all over the field?" not careful to learn the true were 'Did you hear? Did you hear facts before they talked," said Maj ' ' - intermission? a . - ".. fa . B euufi tu BUCK It OUt there until it's over," said a geant from New Guinea. The men expressed mid. "We are determined that berore the sun sets on this terrible struggle, our flag will be recognised throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand1 and ot overwhelming power on the other." Extract from address by General Marshall to . 4 or f., - 1942. Vinni-- C " wc ..!,, visitor WII A lhatnriflt ouiuiera civilian employes in rh bj hallways and canteens of th. 4uaitcio u uniting. A comment heard most was that soldier moral in T off bases remained very hirh spite the fact that many 0!$, nave oeen overseas u. lor ... MID, ' graduating class at West Point, May 29, f.uic -- Duringfv, Afro Evan Larry Art and rmwtgraphy Bae Pbotograpble Section and civilian weeny in in lnteret"ot the military and Hill Field, personnel of tne Air Bate. Ugden Air Depot and Ogoen Air Service Command,tbe faculties - Ogden, Utah, and M dietrlbuted free eacn Wednesday. It If printed wltb Opinion expressed througn tbe cooperation of Tbe Ogden Standard-Bxamine- r. of the stall, and " and In this paper are those of the Individual writer and member officer, it the or tne of ot commanding attitude reflect not the army do necessarily or publlsbea is requested that article appearing In Its column be not The Hin- Field. Hill without the express. consent of the Public Keiation Office at fielder receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Service. War Department, 205 East 42nd Street, N. . C, Credited material may not be republished without permission from Camp Newspaper Service. " ) officers and enlisted Tf? ""i war theatres EathOJ conferences v0n air JrJ needed for the comhf?.5 0 around the world. The men were flown to headquarters to give ranvT l fleers and supply expert - EDITORIAL SUPERVISION Captain 3 E SJV rZ ; x, its . . . Tn the south Pacific" saysoverJOi. nayCoL with Tokio Express as he looks her the' Elsmore, right, C V. Mlnty, UASU aeputy comnunaer. tamp urirw irnw of far-reachi- ng for the Americans and Ausl and associate daily with the They are quick to pick up Yi traits and are a match for white man when it comi negotiating a hard bargain. H. Forsythe of Redbank, told of the time he wu to visit a certain small supply back in the hills. "I bad a idea where the place wath "hut not. tin vine been thin fore, I knew it would be fee find. After, driving my jeep the wild roads for an more, I stopped by a poai natives to make inquiries. them said he would direct the base, but would charge or Wiltberger. s taking off with a The desire to" impress with his own "importance" is the chief characteristic of the fellow who has , "all the inside dope." He's the guy who always has "information straight from the man who knows" but the man who When Col. Ray T. Elsmore, director of air transport for the allied blabs it seldom has any real ininformation at alL air forces in the southwest Pacific theatre, visited Hill Field last week, Its that sort of person who starts it wasn't long before he ran across a loyal old friend. . such rumors about change in ad Liberator now That "friend" is the Tokio Express, a ministration policies,- - about a myth 4 centers all and of war the Field in down ical but at Hill production "cutting personnel' repair shops, over the country. when the field is still trying to re a veteran of 47 bombing mussions, cannot say too much in praise An interview this week with cruit 500 additional workers, about conqueror of 18 Zeros and one Jap asof its personnel and accomplish OASC A. a "hold W. to back fictitious Wiltberger, plan cargo ship. Major sistant intelligence officer, brought month's pay," and about "firing" CoL Elsmore, a command pilot, ments." forth some interesting actual in- everyone who doesn t belong to a spied the ship with warmth. "It's The last time Col. Elsmore saw bob a mile. stances of the means whereby a certain church or political party or the Tokio Express one of my Hill Field was in October, 1941. Of I finallv had to agree toii simple misunderstanding develops social group. Col. and he hopped C. told he Lt C ships," Minty, the years since. arrangement into an ugly, virulent rumor. For Enemy Agents OASC deputy commander, as they that period and bounced and turned We jeep. "There's one main reason for all "They are the fellows who think walked along the 4 to the i line. "See he said "The hangars then were just be 10 miles according this unnecessary type of morale they know everything but they the skull he ft cross-bonwhen that's and and ing started. It is marvelous to see speedometer sabotage,' Major Wiltberger said. don't know enough to realize that the sign of the Jolly Rogers!" n and me pointed stopped not before thousands are do think the nrnrt.,.H.n paid they enemy agents "People Home two the in first time for of dollars just to pick up such ru talk." from Elsmore has just com- the than a hundred yard,MIML It was mental carelessness that mors and toss them around to lower years, Qol. job . and it irCSSShE . T . J .1 " ,,n fha "r" , caused one woman to misinterpret morale," the intelligence officer ob pleted a special mission to Wash know, when you are thousandsP of Another story was about ington and is now enjoying a mile from home that dnofj, ,,h a remark made by a radio an- served. who went to ai of Americans nouncer during the recent search "We have found that rumors month's rest before returning to as thia vo vou behind are m . ' tiding " .u n a rwf tnew for stolen radium at Hill Field. The nearly always begin in the imagina the Pacific area. His home is in tne most i tnoir -i announcer warned the then un tive mind of some individual who Salt Lake City, and visiting Hill uccn mniiea j tzranrpn in 1 py wni x nave Z seen V .V f. first Australian known thief that if the radium 'just didn't think' and then that Field is in the way of being a here todav: keen At the fruit. uo." it were poured into a drain, it might rumor spreads like a flood in tbe busman s holiday. VZ mey came i" cornery witn contaminate tne neighborhood sew lowlands. on a He said of the Tokio Express: standing "We have an easy prescription "She flew for us when I was chief FDR age system. One woman listener bananas at n mouths Bequests Super . ofThe misunderstood 'the statement, for the prevention of this talk-iti- s of staff of the Fifth bomber com Yanks, their thought the radium would ignite epidemic, and we hope Hill Field mand. She was a good ship and Post-W- ar drew up across tne w tag, for the sewage system, and began the ers will take it: a Kulaf narlov on uww had a good crew. Those 18 Zeros Highway , . ... uuuuu story about a "big explosion" at if you do know what you re are ample evidence of the battles a pitut tu pruviae .Lt.f. wa hatianflfl. LUC v j wars in me Hill Field. talking about, be sure it can't cause she has been in. She was nlentv period for demobil- - had a plausible but she any harm to tell it, and be very battered, too; that's "The woman talked, why they sent ized soldiers and war workers talk this pidgin ngi. -knew not whereof she spoke," com sure before you talk. ner nome. sne neeaea a rest" through the construction of 34,000 "I'll go over and Dargau mented the intelligence officer. "If you don't actually know what A flying instructor in World War miles of connect-- 1 aruy." . Warehouse Story you re talking about, don t talk.' nntAenU9 over ., ..wL. l, fjoi. .Elsmore holds five unit tt .in.. wo, w ui wr more vi uun T te iu,w citations for distinguished and out Another case of mental careless was recommended to4.1 native and began jaODcnng . ... ShOWint t 1 1.9 hands ness failure to know the facts be - Returns . . . William Preese, post standing service. This veteran of population n rnn... , last wees oy xresiuent i waving u" fore trying to repeat them started school's machinist instructor, re the airways is full of praise for vuugms Roosevelt Australian coins and sufthe warehouse story. A man cently returned from three weeks' tne worK of tne air service con The plan, estimated to cost the boys had brougnt fered a heart attack while working study at the Ford River. Rouge mand. flKrtllf Tlld MinnAOP 97K( AAA AAA "u t.l uu Kvr. viww.vw.vuu aiijiuaiiv tur i lur uiib in the lower warehouse area one plant in Dearborn, Michigan. He 'The air" service command has from ten When tne to 20 years, was drafted not. impressed. . uhurailEIKi I an ambul . Uio studied lathes, drills, milling ma done an amazing job," he declared, v.. I. n day ,and was taken in r j " j uy me iNationai inter- naa iinisnea ance to his home, where he re chines and reamers. He also vis it has anticipated our needs, dis- Regional bananas wwj the of and Committee holder Highway cuperated within a few days. Sev ited the Ford Willow Run plant played unusual resourcefulness in is aimed to provide direct and in- - head slowly and dec,arta4' eral people who saw the ambulance which makes 4 Liberator bomb adapting the material at hand and s.nn. . ... . i ! ,i.u t'mi cinpiumeni tor aoout Z,QW, Kings jungiuu, drive up to the warehouse from ers. is absolutely indispensable to us. 000 persons. fruit Is for the cWtt-- a B-1- 7 Pacific Airman Pleased With Progress Made at Hill Field fellow-worker- drunken pilot in the cockpit, a rumor with its dubious point of origin has an uninformed individual at the stick, and it drops its deadly bombs of fiction on the minds of all who are within hearing distance. Trouble Mongers These wartime versions of the e backyard gossips have caused more trouble than can ever be estimated, not only at Hill Field - old-tim- shell-scarr- ed . B-2- es m-a- in I I . 1 3 1 1 I u- 1 1 1 1 1 A 1 1 1. post-axmlsti- ce I super-highwa- ys I 1 -- 1. pw ... j "1 I m i B-2- . Vlale Call YOU'RE SCHN' OUT WITH US 7DNK5HT, MISS LACE.1 THfcM V06FACCS CUT IM OH US WHEN Wt'RC by Milton Canitt, creator of "Terrv and the Pirates" 5URE 1 nv 1 I naViifA isTt-:.Tn.- .- M- - untb SIGNAL FLAGS II OUT OF 1 S"' , I |