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Show W IJI :3 MoKtf Pool Handles TransportatiS Mnnv Varied Artivittve wsvKf Ul T?:u ltZM J fflif(irinmocB M. Motor Pool Serves the Field Elephant Trains Alone Carry 100,000 Monthly Wed The elephant train service operated by the base motor pool hauls more than 100,000 Hill Fielders monthly to and from widely scattered points on the field. To date, there have been no fatal accidents accident and n only one Saturday in Base Chapel fib i after two years operation. There was a time when the "elephants" had small metal wheels instead of rubber tires. In those days, only about a year ago, a trip in one of these across a railroad track was guaranteed to jar you mio a state of lost-ti- and put two half ' neck. hitches in Wednesday August 16, 1944 & your But times have changed since Every morning several elephant train loads of civilian dormitory workers pull into the clock house. All day long trains run on schedule between there and the lower warehouse area. And the ride is comparatively comfortable. This is only one of the many services provided this base by the motor pool which supplies practically all transportational facilities used here, from dump trucks then. to staff cars. Provides Staff Cars The department is probably best known through its staff car service. These. automobiles, driven for the most part by women, olive-dra- ' r b transport 1700 military and civilian personnel every month to outside z' points in the area. As yet no per- -- """'a sonnel have been injured. Oh yes, they have a few little crack-up- s here - and there a scraped fender or bumper. mrfCTTR Above .rcidv ta rn. is comelv Marion Sailor has The 25 ladies who do much of the driving sweat out an intensive itor pool chauf ferny who, with around 25 other women staff-cten, bams approximately nvv passengers a momn to and from driving, course at the post schools In the Salt Lake city-ogdarea, enlisted personnel also before they are allowed behind the drive staff cars. They've had no serious accidents yet. wheel.. They must be over 18 and have a state driver's : license to be acceptable. After six months a vig- W :' -: w k ... ... ar ... . en r orous, them. refresher course awaits - Several dispatchers handle incoming requests for rides in town or elsewhere. The driver signs a trip ..ticket and has the person to whom the car is charged sign it at the conclusion of the trip. Then m il Si- v V, tain. There is a good reasn for this, namely, the difficulty of obtaining extra parts. Also many trucks have been tied up by a drivers. paucity ofthequalified base motor pool un In all, der Capt. Theodore E. Wherry utilizes the services of 265 people. There including 140 enlisted men. are 60 women, 40 of whom are - truck drivers. Three Departments The "pool" is divided into three operdepartments administration, Adminimaintenance. and ators W besides Capt. stration includes, Ralph W. Melhouse, Lt. Wherry. Lt. William T. Wright, in charge of ODerations. Lt. Thos. E. Haynes, chief of 2nd echelon shop, chief I) clerk Glen C. Ray, Eugene Jones, Dispatcher Supervisor Ed Leseberg, Head Truckmaster John H. Ford (otherwise known as Henry Ford), head of mainenance section, Bill Wilson, head of elephant train serv ice. Ralph and Henry Leseberg 0 truckmasters, and brothers to, Ed Leseberg. staff car driver is responsi AND SECOND ECHELON . . Repair jobs are done by the bleEach first echelon repair which for maintenance section. Workers in this department are includes sas. oil. water, battery, "jw; Pools for which the operational efficiency of all equipment his own EIMe cleaner, etc. Each hasruns "wes everything fram Jmnn nipk ( staff can. Above. Jesusa air car. If the State them specific fli?(f automobile mechanic, is one OASC employe who does for speeding somebody's andown wwn nc n a reduction ' mi jod. ai tne moment nual salary is due for fines. ' confounded nut In the rif ht place. thev nay their own section first In the maintenance . 31 and second echelon repair jobs are done. Most anything going awry be handled here. The "pool" furnishes the utilities oi equipsection about 1ZO pieces ment with which to do its work carryLent out are dump trucks, alls, jeeps, weapon carriers and other similar facilities. Handle Trupk Shipments All aircraft supplies shipped by in the to truck nine-stat- e OASC area go out in ' Biff, base motor ' pool bottoms.. are .used heavy-dut- y for this work. "Pool" drivers also take out and bring in regular and package mail .for the OASC post office. r,'. As a consequence of the reduced busistaff car facilities for official order from ness,' a war department received D. pan . - semi-traile- rs O ' here C, restricts their hla hlirfl Washington, .J severely recently, for use .. no but ifa h.ri. iib.i. ai force has use. From here on out no car will enormous taffiVt monsters ThfM lur used to haul civilians or milibe Lesew tha niBfi .... wn tm rirht. Edward H. Bul- '"ckniM tary personnel to or from their checks details with Nathan J. homes. The order is in fact much OP x.C', WUri VWmMAux.- . - last-minu-te lock, tracUr-trail- er : Flynn. - Messages in Compaks Boost Morale: of Men in Normandy must return it to the dispatch er's office. Often passengers gripe because only one passenger can sitrulein the was front seat. However, this "Small notes" enclosed by air introduced as a safety measure. service command supply workers But "you can still get five passen mogers in the car four may sit in in compak shipments give the in of men U. S. rale fighting back. France a "tremendous boost," Complaints have piled up the past several months that wrote Col. James F, Early, chief, staff car service is difficult to ob Ninth Air Force she - In the Base Chapel WEDDED LAST SATURDAY EVENING were Lt. Teresa Dupre of the Army Nurse Corps and Lt. William Lt. Main, Special Project Officer, Maintenance Division, OASC. Anita Paoli, also of the Army Nurse Corps, attended the bride as maid of honor, and Capt. Jacob Manch acted as best man. Above, the happy couple and their attendants are about to leave the chapel after the ceremony, which was solemnised by Chaplain Francis M. operator. or addresses. Tell those en- in making these pack-up- s that they have no realization of how much this means to these men who are out in the hedgerows in notes gaged France some six to 12 miles behind the "front lines. When they open those pack-up- s and find small notes it gives their morale a tresupply division, a to in commana, Service iener mendous boost and makes them ASC headquarters warmly ac- realize the people at home are ASC's solution claiming compaks, behind them and working to the problem of getting supplies squarely for them. to front-lin- e air force units. The first compak, then known as "pack-up,- " prepared at OASC was under the shipped out last October direction of Capt. H. B. Wernsing and Lt. Roland H. Wilkenson of the supply division. With a premium on swift and easy acquisition of oarts. the compak is orderly to a fault .Every item is labelled scrupulously and a master stock list provides precise directions for locating each piece. in Col. Early's letter follows ' Heads Credit Unit part: to Genrecently written him how fine telling are and how well the pack-up- s for they are serving the purpose which they were originally intended, that is, initial supply for com"I have eral Miller bat units forward that into are actually moving new airdromes or landing strips. They are in use in all our air landing strips now in France. I was talking to one serunit about a week geant in a P-4- 7 ago. It was his first experience In fact it with these pack-upwas the first experience his service team Had with them. They were very enthusiastic in showing me what had arrived in box number one and how bin cards and Backing sheets were enclosed. You may recall all the struggles we went through In arranging these s. It did me good and I know all ' of you back there feel the same way to know that these things are amply repaying us for all of the effort we put into getpack-up- s. ting them. "The enlisted men are also very much interested in some of the magazines they have found in the boxes, as well as some of the small stronger than that. It proclaims that such will be treated as misuse of- a government vehicle, which in turn will be dealt with- - appropria- tely. So before . . ; . you complain' about remember the motor pool is operating with one hand tied behind its back. And keep in mind the little item about official use. Considering everything the "pool" has been putting out a pretty solid ?iroduct, one that is of enormous to the operations of . tali field. the service, Marlowe V. Weotton, employe relations branch administrative assistant, was elected president of the Hill Field Federal Credit Un ion at a special meeting of the ex ecutive board last week following the resignation ef Elmer Anderson, former president. The meeting was held in the OASC conference room. The board, authorized by members to fill officer vacancies, has as yet not appointed anyone to fill the gap occasioned by the transfer of Madeline Brown to San Antonio air service command. Augustus T. Olsen was named to a position on the credit committee as was Don H.. Johnson to the supervisory committee. Johnson fills the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas L. McClanahan, former payroll and records branch chief clerk. WANTED 133 or .1936 Chevrolet Sedan, Caah. Contact R. J. prcrerably Smith, Ogdcn Phon 6621, Extcnaio 317SM or at M3, Bonnerllla Park. IX) ST Brooch, oblong, with large ton tn center ur rounded with green atone. Finder contact Mr a. Slpherd, warehouae 49, extenalon nrrell lighter A. H, 8281a SALE Modern home, 2 bedroom automatic heat, garage, landacaped. 117 Beacon atreet, Skyline Owner want Layton. equity. Contact Newt M. Jennings, feiMtaa 297 ae at above addraaa. FOR |