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Show f7l flo745 i- orilr New Record f - y Service Command Set by AGP Branch - Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Utah For the second time since its inauguration last October, supply division's AGP branch (aircraft grounded for parts) set a new ASC record low last week for the number of tactical aircraft at OASC installations grounded for lack of Wednesday, March 15, 1944 Hillfielder Gal Comes to Life parts. Only a very small per cent of all tactical aircraft in the OASC area were listed as grounaea ior tma reason. No other AGP branch of the Air Service Command has ever equaled this record. Neither has any AGP branch ever equaled the previous record established by by. OASC's AGP branch. AGP chief is Captain Martin H. Imholt. Assistant chief and chief of air freight liaison is Suspect in Radium Theft Indicted By Federal Jurors James C. Burke, former Hill Field employe acused of the theft of IS vials of radium from here in January, was indicted last Saturday by a federal grand Jury. The charge Is mailing unmail-abl- e matter from Murray, Utah, to OASC. The vials were returned; after authorities here warned of possible harm to persons exposed to them. Captain Join SPARS Recruiting Donations Swell Red Cross Fund Contest Up Speeds r Six Employes Tied for First Place f Minute Men Contacting Each Worker "V field's own (employes' recruiting contest, launched a few weeks ago to aid in se d workers curing Hill OASC's ever-expandi- one-thir- ng 3 and supply program, far resulted in 79 new persons signed, sealed and delivered, and 25 more in the process of hiring. repair has so OASC employment chief, Capt. Robert O. Stafford, said yesterday that six employes are tied for first with two new workers each credited to their individual efforts. A $50 war bond goes to the winner. Willie Slae Moore AGP f I ' r I - r1 share towards utilization .of jch work day until total victory Ogden Air Service Command is w in the midst of one of the vital recruiting campaigns of r ' Violet Beason Willie Mae Moore and Violet eek that February's record output Beason, both of whom have been 20 giant Liberator bombers re- employed at Hill Field for more tired could have been raised to than a year in the offices of 24 a 60 per JTJJJf'withpersonnel. cent increase In Branch Eight, departed this week SPARS. The goal for May will probably to Join the c around 83, officials avered. To Miss Moore's home Is in Raton, " it moreon workers will be needed,- New and Miss Beason only the "line" Itself but al- came Mexico, from here Boulder, Colorado. (Contlmwa on Ptn Two) Quit Dialing Wrong Number; Upsets Ogden Residents distraught n4 it Oo-.r-i nwnmtmA tVila naaU I residents " ytwkHWU winst continually being mistaken Hill Field employes for the y"viiian dormitories here or the Cross, or other offices on the nather than dial 5661, which is laled first, in Osden. you find to an Ogdenlte has been busy answering similar calls. This resident has even requested Red Cross funds if he is to operate a local orancn. yourself talking who The civilian correct number to dial in get-n- g number Is 8304, Hill Field, some employes first In Ogden. in dialing the extension to a mother at fist first. While this is effecea, it is acuieiy irn- taii i MM 1 th extension s..ugh "ftber of the Red Cross here. If are wCl I he said. - C. in semi-weekl- y. Last week, under the direction of Capt. Eells, a supply division airline service for the delivery of critical parts to northwest OASC installations was initiated. This is a daily run, Capt. Eells said. ' He said plans are being formulated for similar lines to other parts of the OASC area. To keep a plane in the air, he said the branch would have a critical part flown a thousand miles if necessary. An elaborate critical items board to make possible a detailed study of aircraft parts that critical to the OASC area has been studied by representatives from ASC headquarters and other area commands for purposes of duplication, Capt. - Authority Now Is Vested in Air Transport Command Transfer of the responsibilities and duties of the 39th Air Freight Wing, formerly a part of the Air Service Command, to the Air Transport Command was effective March 1, Capt. Joseph J. Michel. commanding officer of the ATC de tachment at OASC, said last week. The transfer, said Capt. Michel, includes the reassignment of all personnel, equipment and buildings formerly connected with the 39th to the jurisdiction of the ATC. Duties of the 39th included the unloading and loading of all air cargo received and Sent to this in stallation, the dispatching of nights, and the handling of passengers. One detachment was. located at Denver, Colorado, and one at Ogden Air Service Command. ae Imholt said. This board, originated by AGP here, facilitates a study of the proper distribution within the command of critical items thus enabling, if possible, an elimination of zero balances of tifcse ed parts in using organizations with the resulting effect of holding aircraft grounded ror parts to a minimum, Capt. Imholt stated. Chief AGP civilian supervisor is Clyde Taylor. Engineering on the Beam fkiftintrmm d of While more than contributed have here workers the to the drive, so many donations were less than a day's pay that the a day's total collected represented the total pay from only one-thipersonnel. Capt. KODert a. namersiruiu, OASC's campaign, voiced a yesterday that emstrong appeal the vast scope to realize try ployes of Red Cross activities throughout the world, to understand the real FAST AND EFFICIENT . . . Was this crew from Base Engineering importance of the mercy organization to U. a fighting men in ona who treked 350 miles by truck to repair a general's plane. Left to death struggle with the enemy right are: Cpl. James Egbert, Sgt. Robert Van Wagner, SSgt. Ralph g battlefronts. Larsen and Pvt. Benjamin Youmans. the With the drive concluding end of this month, only 15 days Sunday, February 20, at 7 p. m.,engine and orders to expedite re- remain, said Capt. Hamerstrom, to the telephone wires in Base En- pairs. to At 8 a. m. Monday, just a trifle raise the total from were buzzing with the over gineering12 hours after the distress 100 per cent participation. long distance news that Maj. Gen. call, the Hill Fielders were on the uontnoutions firm lam CoL John was grounded at job. Forgetting hours and sleep, MacTaggart, OASC Connell's with an engine they pitched in with a vigor that Nevada, Elko, personnel and training division chief, asked that workers do bet- change imperative to get the plane saw the engine change completed per- into the air again. and the commanding: general of ter than one dollar. Everyshould to its policy that no the Fourth Bomber Command take son on this depot, he said, Adhering feel that the Red Cross is worth at demand is too great, Base Engin- off again- in just two days. least a day's pay to him, especially eering had a crew of SSgt. Ralph From Maj. Gen. Connell and with so many husbands, sons and H. Larsen, Sgt R. A. Van Wagner, their Engineering boss, Maj. Rudy fathers actively engaged in the CpL James Egbert and Pfc. B. F. Baros, Larsen, Van Wagner, Egbert and Youman received highest Youman on the highway to conflict Small programs have. been pre Elko four hours later, praise for the proverbial "good job sented in various departments on complete with truck, a new well done." tne field in the Interests of the camoaizn. Capt. Hamerstrom stated. We expect a lot of hun dred per cent sections, he added. Minuteman organizations are or sranized in every department, which meAna that every nerson will be personally contacted for his dona' tion. Construction of engine storagefdepot is being built in warehouse building, specialized depot office, 33 and will be finished in about enclosure for open storage osheds, 30 days by utilities employes. A Mutual Benefit Calls lean-ton and a permanent-typ- e addition to the enpermanent-typ- e were proDelinquent Monday engine repair building 300 by 100, building, week. repair gine apace this Fourteenth and fifteenth calls ceeding about three finished in be will The new engine storage building for the Mutual Benefit Society, will months. around be completed probably which became due March 10, will Enclosures for the open storage of April, Francis become delinquent Monday, the middle S. en- sheds located on the west side of U. office engineer, this March 20, It was announced field will require about two gineers at Hill Field, announced the week by the society. months to build, and space Present storage yesterday. Members may pay any authorA masonry fire said. become block MacGregor has ised solicitor or make payments east of the test be built in the middle of each will tan limited. at the employe relations office, The office for the specialized shed. civilian personnel building. one-thi- Maintenance officials supervising ork on OASC B-line said this . Several standings are issued far-flun- Jthistory. . instituted rd To contribute its e more effective It were one-thir- ' J. In all, $300 in bonds and stamps be awarded as prizes sometime during the latter part of this month, say drive officials. The six tied for first place are: George O. Bishop, Jr., Lynn Hulse, m O. Jones, BUI A. Petti grew, Es-- M V. Pegues, an of maintenance, ft Marion D. Hosldns of utilities. branches as- ut place will AGP -- badly-neede- for Hill Eiejd's 1944 Red Cross War Fund Drive for a day's pay'irom every uasud em ploye stood at the mark today thanks to the valiant efforts of more than three hundred minute men who have been scouring the field unceasingly in an all-oattempt to put this depot over the top. C. Eells. all area commands last October for the purpose of expediting the flow of critical aircraft parts throughSince out each area command. that time, Capt. Imholt said that AGP here has led the ASC over 75 per cent of the time. Rep rts of 39th Air Freight Wing Transferred .tack week readers of the Hillfielder have aeen Tace," the gorgeous ereatare who has the feminine lead "Male Call," the eomle strip. Well, now "Lace" is about to go into the movies. Above, lovely Mar- Jorie Reynolds, who Is set for the role. We await her. Irving sistant chief is First Lt. lone Conoway, WAC. relative v . dorms extension but don't dial that If you her do you taiK wits' end min istering to a sick daughter. Don't do that. Remember, Hill Fielders, when In Ogden, dial 5561 first, then ask for your extension number. a rd B-25- C on Construction Program Here Maintains Expansion Pace Mac-Greg- or, one-ha- lf |