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Show 30 Ik rs 'Injured Iii Of Dimes, JPi and Cups of Coffee patches, 9 us Accident Wednesday May Broken Rear Axle General Giles Explains Causes Mishap, Say Investigators Brig. Gen. Morris Bernmn, OASC commanding general, this week ordered an investigation of the incidents surrounding last Sunday's Hill Field bus accident near 'the mouth of Big Cottonwood canyon, east of Salt Lake City. AAF Society AAF Aid Formed 1942, Takes Long Range View When an axle broke, Wasatch Bus Lines' bus, filled with approxi- ' mately 30 civilian picnickers from Ogden Air Service Command, Hill at 'Field, returning from an outing Brighton, mountain resort, over turned in Bie Cottonwood canyon Sunday about 9 p. m., injuring most passengers, none critically. Several bus occupants suffered hrnken arms or lees. The bus. according to investi . JJP IT CANT HAPPEN HERE . . . But it did last week, when John Hodares. ofthe office mnnliance renalr sec tion found a dime, a penny, a wristwatch, a broken spring pin, and the owner, all in the same day. A Dove, is rrc. Howard, Low's idea of the whole thine gators, was traveling at a moder ate rate of speed. As it neared the lower power dam of Utah Power and Lieht company, near the mouth of Big Cottonwood canyon, an axle broke. Gainine momentum as it sped down the Big Cottonwood canyon Here is the story of a dime, a f Passing the cafeteria later that highway, the bus reached a speed of nearly 60 miles an hour, skidded cup ot coffee, a wrist watch and a same day he found the spring pin. and overturned, tossing seaming defective spring pin and how they Still later the same day he took a work order for some welding to Moroni Dodd. 40. 153 became acquainted. One morning last week John L. a Mr. B. J. Birrell of metal manuThirty-fift- h street, Ogden, driver office facture and repair. Birrell said he of the bus, related this version of Hodges, supervisor of thefound a was feeling low because he had branch, appliance repair to the accident police: with a penny alongside on just lost his expensive watch that T uri a HfUiinc Hown the canvon dime nPed when the axle his way to work from the clock same morning, a birthday gift .fv o xne penny was lor jmx, lie from his wife and children. to stop and couldn't nuuae. mi tried broke. I That day was the first time Bir- -. So he and a friend had a figured. The bus picked up speed pretty rell coffee. and Hodges had ever met To of fast and I saw some small trees cup While sitting in the cafeteria he day, Birrell hi and tried to head into them to saw an expensive-lookin- g man's watch back; H stop. wrist watch lying on the floor. He cup of coffee, f Bus Skidded dived lor it and noticed that . a pin he made for "The bus started to skid and missing spring pin probablynised ably lying arouncTsoh.w turned over. I think it only turned it to drop from the owne 1st workbench. over once, but some of the folks said it turned over twice," Mr. Dopp said. Passengers said their driver was "all right." around and hollered: ' "He turned J Veen vour heads and hold onto one lost control','' C34Uuuroii your seats. I've Aid Allied Planes of the injured in the hospital said. Back last Thursday from a four-Salt Lake police and county Making Forced sheriffs officers sent every avail day bivouac with no ill effects able ambulance car to the crash from rigorous night marches, "K" Water Landings site to helo return the injured. A rations and assorted field trip fri number of private cars brought 'Air Sea Rescue Boat" is an volities was the 458th Aviation The down those less seriously hurt. Squadron. Wasatch Bus Lines sent another entirely new and unique craft, re Traveling in GI trucks and un bus to the scene to help take the cently exhibited at Washington by der the command of Capt. Bentley hos the Army Air Forces. Knobel, their commanding officer, injured to Salt Lake Generalemer pltml, where they received a cruising range of 2,500 and Lt. Guy B. Cooper, mess offi Having srencv treatment cer, the 458th treked to the rugged Three busloads of picnickers, miles and propelled by two power terrain in the neighborhood of chiefly women, attended the out ful aircraft engines with two auxil Camp Wiliams, south of Salt Lake . ing. iary motors, these boats will soon City. Camouflage came in for a be on every sea and ocean where big share of the trip s activities as List of Injured The injured: Allied planes are operating. When all men became familiar with the Miss Carmen Marquez, 19, pos the program is completed, it will army's newest methods and tech niques of concealment sible back injury, transferred to be practically impossible for" a Miss Highlight of the bivouac for Mark's Opal hospital; St of the men was the firing of to come down in of and many chin lacerations plane friendly Bass, 19, guns while a night forced hand; Miss Lorraine Ruschill, 20, waters not covered by the rescue flare march was in progress. lacerations of face and hand; Miss craft The boat will be manned by a Madylon Sue Mann, 18, fracture of shoulder blade; Miss Phoebe Ce crew of two officers, two warrant Radio Repair Slates dar, 40, leg abrasions; Miss Mar officers, and nine noncommissioned Dance May 13th garet Ling, 22, lacerations of leg officers; all perfectly qualified in and hand; Miss Ellen Mahoney, first aid. One sergeant will be A dancing party for employes of 37, bruises left hand and leg; Miss able to do any minor surgery, in the radio repair shop and wareBarbara iong, lacerations or lert case of such an emergency. house plus workers from the mainBelow the decks in these boats tenance personnel office is planned shoulder, all of Hill Field Civilian will be enough bunks to handle 20 for Saturday, May 13th, sponsored Dormitory. Mrs. Matilda Borgers, 57, St injured men, with equipment need- by the radio repair section. It will Louis, io., abrasions of knee and ed for breaking into sinking planes. be held in the 24th street USO in possible chest injuries. Trans putting out fires, removing surviv Ogden. Admission price has not ferred to St Mark's hospital. ors and treating the injured. been decided on. Reservations may Miss Jessie Dunn, 57. Defense well as armament for warding off be made with Sheldon Sears, ex.Trailer park, Layton, laceration of the enemy. tension 434. left wrist; Mrs. Florence Wick land, SO, Lava Hot Sprints. Idaho. lacerations of face and leg; Miss uinora uaie. 24. 3153 Wall Avenue. Ogden, injured right arm and leg abrasions; Mrs. Jane Hoooer. 57 Sahara village, near Ogden, lacera tions or both hands. a. You Losem,WeFindem or The Story of a Thin Dime Tnd i 4 r s7 insiye I GLAD H ... To see you, saysas JBirrelL above, left, wrist-e- AAF Desig Sea Rescue - , for . WAC Float to ' . Washington Policy Continues Apace Blood-Te- st Few Employes Now Still Need To Take Test The industrial medical dispens ary at Hill Field is currently at work processing the last group ol workers who have not as yet received a serological blood test Major H. F. Lancaster, chief, industrial medical dispensary, revealed this week. The tests are required in ac- w terrace, Ogden, s Concert to Offer Varied Program' The fourth in the series of Ca concerts to be held each Thus evening in the base chapel at promises to be one of the most ied yet planed. The "Impromptu" by ChaT with Robert Casadesus. pianist, open the program, followed by S cordance with ASC regulations, he phony No. 2 in D maior bv Bra Sir Thomas Beecham dired explained. Slightly under a thou- with sand have yet to take the test All the London Philharmonic ora new employes receive it as part of tra. . Eugene Ormandy and the P the induction physical examination. Notices have been sent to vari- delphia orchestra playing ous divisions and sections on the "Swan of Tuonela" by Sibelirf field, said Major Lancaster, in- programmed third, and lastly! forming them as to those who have lovely voice of Bidu Sayao, sops not taken it The dispensary is will be heard singing Verdis equipped to handle 20 tests per Fors E. Lui" (Perhaps it isU from Traviata, with Erich hour. The program was begun - last dorf and orchestra. May, following the receipt of a diNovena Service rective setting up the plan. ' On Friday evening, May 1 Production , . .During April, Novena to Our Sorrowful Mi the engine box repair unit, branch will be inaugurated at the six, repaired 396 engine boxes con- Chapel. The service will be hi as com- 5:30 p. m. Every Friday suming 1,429 pared with 260 s. repaired in March after the devotion will be coi with 1,096 Increase is ed at the same time. Each ascribed to a new turntable type of nine Fridays will comprise repair station replacing the old completed Novena. conveyor-lin- e method. This devotion is not a new It has been successfully conoV in nunareas oi cnurcnes acrv. United States and Canada for past five years. The theme of the devotion acceptance of suffering and row in the human life. Wiu a theme, naturally, the d has appealed to. and has made by millions of people we past five years. The devotion is ooen- tov ' all a 1 a f nii ana worxers oi nui An elephant train will leavejj t)w Hvllian a mill ITridt: 5:15 to take any civilians J mignt be interested, to the HI, The devotion lasU about booklets necessary for the. uuii win oe aiscrioutea "v chapel. I k Nix NMI Nomenctatare man-hour- s, man-hour- 1 -- bruises. Mr. Dopp and Mrs. Adelaide Dopp, 37, 74 West 24th Street, Og den, Utah, abrasions and bruises. Treated at police emergency hos- pital for bruises and shock were: Mildred Salmi. Margaret F. Bar net and Elsie A. Fideler, all of Hill Field. Others injured were Margaret Barnes, back injury, Holy Cross hospital; Nora Cogdcll, shoulder, St. Mark's Hospital; Marie possible chest injury, LDS hospital. Minor injury but not hospital ued were Cpl. Vm. Corbet at' tached to Hill FickV and Pvt. OH vcr Dunn of Bushnell hospital, who is reported to have kent his head and done a remarkable job of getting the injured out of the over ft " Bi m. cr, t turned vehicle. membprshin I available in the Society for Jl( civilian and military person "Patron" members pay $100: "u members. $50. with no furi dues; "Benefactor" members, at I per year; "MemDi-r$1.00 4er vear. Membershio have been distributed to all mands, Gen. Giles said. He added that member shin are now available at all air fi and command headquarters mav be secured on reoulsition. a card will be inscribed with member's name, the vear or i for which the membershm it fective and signed on the re side y the issuing officer Parade Next Monday , Sgt. Ronald W. Lewis, 29, Hill Field, head lacerations; Ernest Maureaux, 46, and wife, Mrs. Anna Maureaux, 39, 1 Victory road, a. After jet Birrell i TteSCe, . L ,.l The nature and th ties of the Army Air ForceTi """-- 'j explain' AAP mniUry iwtsnviy and civilian nel stationed at Hill Field W cucr rum xuajor ueneral BaW M, Giles, a trustee of the onr1 zation in Washington, D. C. The Society, whose unknown to most AAF perW was organized through the eflj of Gen. and Mrs. H. H kJj 1 in March, 1942. However, to avoid its functii beintr confused with thnso fl Army Emergency Relief and I American ried Cross, the Sod agreed, then, not to initiate i I drive for funds a lnnr latter services were available! I AAF personnel. Gen. Giles said the "Society view in J taking the lone-rannow to the meet oblig&a paring that will be heaped upon it w I hostilities cease." Four classes of AM mi J?JE.LLl!A r1,ed trouh rwS- "WE KEEP and a WAr la Salt Lake Utjr 11 l- -- i ee m , 10, 1944 j mil iLT. in- - inn . !. i jn ' WIMgIMm ,,,,, n I float featuring a 0 fighter plan. in the big WAC parade next Monday Wednesday during the recruiting parade theri. "ru' P-4- uwmi. vi wui eat aii pent who lack middle names or K will no longer have to tolersi ruling which required that tfe tials 'NMI" (no middle initio put between first and last i Since such designation oftej' misconstrued to be three inK vis . 'John N. M. I. Doe" tH, Department now has a newj which allows John Doe to be himself without 4he fori (juircu unpeaunenua oi 3c |