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Show I .. 1 Speciaifikedl Supply Depot Study for Specialized Depot Work ASC Installations In West Depend WW OnUnit Ope ration Activated I r4- Set-U- p, Ih February, ; Increases in Size ranks with the best in -" 1' 1 II! the country. Furnish Plane Parts The former is "concerned with no planes in the en seeing ' that, tire area ' west of the Mississippi are grounded for want of parts. Hill Field's Specialized depot, ac- Telephones are their only salvativated during the bleak days of tion. To do the job, these AGP. will extract from anywhere February, 1944, for the purpose of people in the country if it is deemed nec ' : supplying" all ASC installations essary. overseas and depots west of . the : There are three main depart Mississippi with quantities of equip- ments in the. specialized depot, or ment when needed, has established branch 10 as it is often called. They are: "Stock control' and an enviable record vIn the' annals accounting unit, inventory property and in. of service. and. unit spection warehousing unit Inaugurated with a staff of four Civilian supervisor in stock con 1 persons at the direction of the ASC trol and property accounting 14 at Patterson Field, r headquarters M. Barton. Officer in charge . the depot has perforce increased in John is Lt. J. J. Stewart. ; size, enlarged its staff, been moved Inventory ' and inspection breaks to more spacious warehouses and, down into three Inven.In the tumult occasioned by such-. tory, inspection and research. In denecessities, has never failed to of inventory is Edwin liver the goods where and when charge of inspection, Howard Thompson; ' of research," Mrs. Rate needed. VanDamej Major Bruce W. Strong, special-. Woodside. ized depot chief, began with a Besides Age and Pidd in war staff comprised of J. P. Walton, housing, officer in charge is Lt. civilian chief; Alfred A. Agee, ware- Michael Toryanski. house supervisor; James Pidd, assub- Personnel of the sistant warehouse supervisor, and unit are concerned inspection with making Marguerite D. Groff, chief clerk. sure of the correct identity of all The staff now numbers 285 persons parts coming in and going out of and Major Strong is assisted in the depot. They are parts experts; S. Lt. R. F. overall supervision by the thousands of dif Considering Tumlin, assistant chief, and three ferent items composing the two other military aides. classes handled in the warehouses, " The Specialized depot was devel- theirs is an important and vital oped in the Air Service command job. If the bolt shipped is only a In answer to AAF needs requiring fraction of an inch off size it might on service special as well have been a faucet or a rapid supply items. Formerly, common items in doormat .great demand were usually stored Stock Card Records at all ASC major depots for distriThe depot not only keeps a com The plete record bution among their of its own stock on system now provides for one major hundreds of stock record cards, but in a large area shipping such also has a record of stock balances " depot items throughout that area. of every control depot in the United Material was moved out of ware- States. Having this information, houses 31 to 35, Inclusive, to make the branch is able to direct one which room for the new supplies to ship an order control depot .would be feeding ASC installations where such an order would save In western U. S. and to overseas freight row of The origoutposts. long Inventory people are required by inal warehouses, located in the ASC headquarters to make a com lower area, spread over 240,000 of stock every so plete .square feet. With the addition of often. inventory stock record cards are Thus three inclosed open-sid- e sheds, plus authentic. Dozens of women .several balconies, total storage always balances to these stock stock post space available will soon be in- record cards daily to keep pace creased by another 110,000 square with and outgoing ship incoming .feet ments. One unique feature of the spe Material comes to the specialized cialized depot is the fact that its activities are sandwiched in with depot direct from the manufacturer the supply function of a major de rather than going to intermediary pot. This has eliminated consider stations. Each item is fully de able waste of manpower and ma scribed in consolidated stock books, terial for instead of being forced to Whether it Is standard or non supply its own auxiliaries as utili standard, recoverable or non-r- e ties, shipping facilities, fire, de- coverable; size, style and stock all are at the finger partment, special information of number fice, budget and fiscal, payroll. tips of branch 10 experts. One aspect of the entire depart 'personnel and training units, these groups were already available here. ment immediately apparent to the visitor is the amount of activity Saves Mililons Thus it is felt millions of dollars going on. Each employe seems com worth of time and material will pietely engrossed in a particular eventually be saved the war effort task. This is not only a result of as a result of this good management but also of the ' The depot has binsarrangement. for thousands vast amount of work constantly on of different items. Workers prepare tap. material for shipment overseas, Selected Personnel Workers have been drawn from throughout OASC area Installs Hons and to major depots west of other supply activities on the field the Mississippi. and from the outside. per For convenience and speed in son taken from otherEvery activities handling orders for shipment, all here was chosen for his ability to supplies are stacked on pallets. A do the work. hydraulic lift truck can move in The depot is still not as complete day what would ordinarily require as it will be. Additional lighting has several days cor several men. yet to be installed, plus more bins, X7arehouse Set-u- p The utility of techniques and pro Because the depot moved in cedures must be tested and proven, row of warehouses completely But this group of 285 employes can cleared of other material supplies make an entire success of the un were able to be stacked in numer- dertaking if anybody can. Thanks ical sequence from one end of the to their help along with thousands storage space to the other. This, of other supply workers, our boys ays warehouse supervisor Agee. are getting the "Right Thing In the has greatly facilitated not only the Right Place at the Right Time." finding of material but also the of work the entire warehouse crew as well. The walk running the entire length of the warehouses Is 1200 ; ilf u 1 . '. - T S r r " sub-unit- s: -- j -- sub-depo- ts. '. . - feet There are several large piles of green boxes, tightly packed, which were returned to the United States after the capture of the Philippines by the Japs. This material flooded U. S. supply warehouses overnight The specialized depot performs a double job. Besides supplying this riekl with the class of material It stores, it ships to area aim to ASC depots in western U. 8. sub-depo- - It contains its own ts miniature AGP (airplanes grounded for Darts) unit, similar in function to supply division's AGP department which Ogden USO Offers Dance on June 1 Here .!' A portion of the specialized depot operations at Hill Field can be seen in the pictures at right. The depot, established here early this specialized year, supplies parts to ASC Installations throughout the western At top, United States. class in specialized depot operation Is In progress at the post school's supply training unit Here the .novice is provided with Indispensable job data necessary before he can take his place at the supply front Actual job conditions are duplicated in order that he may more quickly and ef ficiently prepared himself for production work in the warehouses. Second from top, material for the specialised depot Is recorded on the card ex stock cards by expert stock record clerks. Thousands of items are noted weekly in the files number several thousand cards. Supervisors can determine in a ' moment the goings and com-ings of any particular Item Left to right are: Leona Vincent, Grace Woodard and Elva Faux, stock record clerks. Third from top, two employes of the warehouse area are busy packing small articles for wax dipping. This Insures waterproofing. Left to right: Anna Searle and Edna Windham, junior packers. Bottom, supply students study board devised by supply training unit experts to them with the ' acquaint physical appearance of the many aircraft parts they will be called upon to recognise on the job. The board ha aided hundreds of new sap-pl- y personnal to speedily adapt themselves to their work la the division. I ''"V"'? v' ill? fl 4? -- ZZWas ' ztsz' rrz'l v . Packing for an Overseas Trip . First of Post Exchange Units Opens The first of a contemplated se ries of miniature post exchange units throughout the field was opened last week In the mainten ance administration building, Mar vin xtrown, cnairman of the welfare council committee appointed to investigate the matter, nounced this week. The small unit, initiated through the cooperation of the welfare council and the post exchange, will be operated by the exchange. At present only soft drinks and milk are available, Brawn said, but ice cream and sandwiches may be provided later. Business hours are 10 to 10:10 a, m., 11:30 a. m. to l p. m., and 2:15 to 2:25 p, m. rest and lunch periods. A letter of appreciation for the unit has already been forwarded by maintenance administration em ployes to the welfare council, Brown stated He said if the unit Is successful similar ones are planned for the hangars, warehouses and other buildings. All profits will go to the Eugene Browning's orchestra will out for the June 1 dance Thursday as the main event offered by the Ogden USO for war workers, servicemen and women on the next calendar of events programmed. Tonight, Wednesday, Hay 81, at 8 p. m. there will be a handicraft class in the craft room, at the same hour, anyone interested may make a record to send home. Saturday night is game night and Sunday at 0:30 a. m. Java hour for fellow ship, coffee and doughnut. post exchange. swing Its All Checked Pictures Show Operations of Special Depot , Become Familiar With Articles u - '' fcV Xl" , fj "'T J,"" ,n, Zip wexMm ... j j 1 A Ml j -v s. " I . 1 |