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Show Official Paper of the Ogden Air Technical Servi ice Command wven bating . Ijectors Aided ; ; Observers By prom OATSC Leads LC Stores Wi1 Extend West in Hlotirs forW sue Workers Job Safety Is OATSC Please Do Not Washington a stamp of ap-f- ll on the Ogden Air Wee Command, an AAF WctioA.team from Iridian-Cii- s, Ind., last week rated 'ftfa command as "excellent" examination. "five-da- y annual visit of thU highest Udon of AAF inspectors took the of the regular quarter exam-S- n from. Air by- - inspectors echnical Service Command headnot led divided E. W. CoL Brennan, U among supply, main-aujir efforts and the personnel and Tininr division. A brief critique tjdooed the inspection, Present as observers and all subdivisions were (Ue' aoected in detail, examiners ce i from AAF headquarter C, were Lt. Col. M. D. i Wathington, and Major C 1 1L Hannah Units inspected were teaion. -- ?ied for administrative, techni-- jl tactical efficiency. personnel included Majors McDonald, Charles B. Fisher and I' Team SeB. 4 x MiUilate Time Cards Placing Wa In Supply This Week Clerical Workers Checked On the Job and Harold A. Lieutenants Lester and Kenneth A. ikenon, and CWO Robert , R. I Col C H. Kruse of the Inspec- Haarlv Rftfl rlprirnl workers in General's Department, arrived the supply division here will 'he Tiursday and participated in the this week in typing, stenogtested luque. filing, military correspondraphy, ence and mimeograph and ditto machine operation to discover emadvantageously ormer ployes who might be assigned to more technical work CO and those who could profit most by advanced training. yesThe project was launchedadminand will be Col. Craven Slated terday morning istered to ' four groups each day, Dr. V. F. Larsen, head of civilian To Arrive On or personnel's testing unit, said. shortand tests but All typing Abost September 25 hand will be given on the job. The former will be- administered at the I COL W. M. Cravens, former MM schools. officer of Fort Logan, poet ATSC - headquarters have reMay 11, has been fstace that - detailed statistical trred to OASC, according to quested and of results be analyses last week,; and forwarded,-Dr- . reports Larsen stated, for .2??!yedto here arrive on or about circulation' throughout all other ,S3ted "Eker 25. Installations. w here did not reveal the ATSC last test will be given SatThe Craven would assume This program is afternoon. Tr urday l " r"val- - The convalescent of cleriexamination such first the Fort Logan, until a few cal 2 in the supply diviemployes "fo, was under OASC Jur- - sion. It is, however, the fourth project conducted in the rehabilitation program testing division. was CL5f?on developed and largely through the Craven. The center as one of the !2ecognized 2"wanced and successful con-- rt hospitals in the country. Uims-LChaplain Francis M. Flynn, t." Catholic Chaplain, who has been ffi. Mttag adjutant to the hospital for the general confined am? announced recenUy the past several weeks and who had a ldress of air technical minor operation at Bushnell Gen2 wmmand. The address eral Hospital a short while ago, J18 'ouows: Jr Director, expects to be able to return back ice .Command, to the base for regular duty about - Ft. Logan Here -- " -- beginning September 25, affording OASC employes as well as war workers from other establishments in this area a chance to shop after working hours, headquarters announced yesterday. The switch in hours was effected following an agreement reached between representatives from war installations and members of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants' Association, Lt. Milton Harrison, employe relations branch chief, said 4his. week. Not every store will be able to obtain sufficient help to extend hours even once a week, although housewives are being asked to apply for employment it was pointed out. The change was agreed to solely as a courtesy to war workers in the area, Lt Harrison said. In exemtending the service merchants phasized that eight p. m. was the closing time and that cooperation from all employes in finishing their shopping by that hour was necessary. This - Command, Lt Harrison stated, requests that all OASC per- sonnel who have essential shopto do take advantage of the Jiing hours on Mondays in order that they do not have to remain away from work. Stores able to arrange the schedule will open at noon. An announcement in a Salt Lake paper said the new hours would be in - - (Continued on rae . Two) Employes Lose Chaplain Returns Infant Son infant RnViort Eugene Cloueh. From Hospital onn nf Bnhprt and Marv Cloueh. died September OASC T-r- h-i OHIO. September ' 22. 8 employes, at Sahara Village. The parents are members of the small colony of dwarfs working at this installation. Besides his parents, ne is survived by his grandparents: Mrs. mrria n rimiffh of Lincoln. Ne braska, and Mr. and Mrs. Rollo R. Woods, of Denver. f Day Will Be Work Day Here; Crews Locate (kludsen Asks Sane Conduct holiday Paul W. Wolf, OASC officer, announced command will '?,!' tortr?p4V"ual n that day ,rni highe header Reived to the con- ho'fc?, fUted tht ijw. Jjing C fi rtitmi61' day of victory over Germany. The letter follows: y is rapidly approaching in the European theatre of operaWhen the tions. news is flashed around the world, signal for it If certain to be the throughout rejoicing spontaneous of the the country. Naturally, we, Command, Service Technical Air wUl Join with all free peoples of the world in excitingly welcoming will toe .a the gUd news. as it rightly momentous day my should be. However, it is will believe you thought, and I that such isi menv with me, fthe ilLiTXCoL ay wm "un-5r.Pll- on "V-da- long-await- ed ... V-d- ay e" as war depart- utorize only nS.th this ter from Lt. Gen. VSeVaT011' AT80 command. on the other detonate, either on ettbut Having achieved an outstanding safety score during the first six months of 1944, the Ogden Air Service Com mand was this week the re cipient of a framed certificate symbolic of its success. It was received by Major Robert R. Afflick, safety officer for the OASC, with the notification that September 25 Tests Given Haile iayion. Heads Winner ; 7 this installation led all other commands in the western area in the prevention of lost time accidents. . The citation will be. xoiiowea by the presentation of a safety trophy, the personal award of A. C. Bookout, chief safety consultant of the western area of the Air Service Command, at a later date, according to an accompanying letter of commendation. During the six months period, Ogden was low with only 3.42 loss per million man hours of work, official figures show San Bernardino was second wias 5.28; Spokane third With 5.58; Sacramento fourth with 5.87, and the Pacific overseas ASC fifth with 16.46. The OASC accident frequency was far below the 4.79 national average for all air depots engaged in similar aircraft maintenance and supply activities, statistical studies " . inrandt; First I Christerson ef-C- oL Gets Certificate As Symbol Of Achievement , Bussell A. Miller; Captains H. Nelson (W AC), William (.Grady, James L. McCarthy, Jr., Is Sent New Schedule To Start OASC employes will make no notations or other disfiguring marks on time cards, a timekeeping official announced this Effected in Move week. Time cards are not" To Reduce to be carried on absolutely the person of the employe during the day. It Absenteeism Here is to the Interest of every employe that compliance with this rule be strictly observed, the ofAs part of an effort to furficial said. This card is the basis for ther reduce absenteeism at eomputation of pay and writing on or wrinkling it delays procesOASC, most stores in Salt sing and may cause errors, it Lake City will remain open was pointed out. until eight p. m! Mondays, ladyi vJder Wednesday, September 20, 1944 JSA caslon orable more approBr" enthusiasm and than uncontrolled hilarious reveiry. our expressions Tor most of us, (CoaUnu4 w Pf T0) Lost Plane Near Garfield Military crews yesterday after the rof red, barsearching overmountains on the ren Oquirrh valley western rim of --Salt Lake Hellcat foa a marine piloted plane found it in the Lills near Garfield, Utah. The miuinr plane, which was one of three to take off from Hill field Monday morntar, was to return to the El Tore, Calif, marine air base. to Hill field One returned fog within an hour because of to tw. and Utah's first rainstormreduced months which greatlywas found A second visibility. near Garfield, Utah. yesterday previousThe third plane wascrashed la to tave ly believed Garfield near bills the Maj. Robert R. Afflick Eisenhower Tlianks U. S. Workers Each Shares in Credit for show. Great Success WASHINGTON sGeneral Cited many times for its unusual e accidents, the Ogden Air Service Command has been consistently near the top in industrial safety success in combating (Continued Dwight D. Eisenhower has sent his thanks to the workers of America their part in the European victories, of the armies under his for command. "Each of you justly shares in the credit for the tremendous success the United Nations have gained," he said. In his 'statement, Eisenhower revealed that British units are using many weapons of American manufacture and that French di visions are exclusively equipped with the products of American toil efand skill. Calling lor all-ofort on the home front, he said: "Our supreme confidence that we shall continue to defeat the enemy is very definitely based upon our faith In you our conviction that, ust as we are redoubling our efforts to drive to the heart of the enemy's stronghold, you are going forward with us. volproducing an ume of supply and equipment. "Now, as never before," General Eisenhower concluded, "we need to be certain that no shortage will develop in any item we need. Should we be compelled to stay our hand for a single day because of shortage, the price will inevi tably be paid in soldiers' lives and in unnecessary anguish in thousands of American families and in those of our allies. The possibility of such a failure on your part does not even enter into my cal culations." . ut - . ever-increasi- ng on lost-tim- Pag. two) Engine Repair on Ten-hou- r Shift , Switch Initiated to Maintain Engine' Production t i H sonnel rosters, some 390 employes" of the engine, repair building went' on a last Thursday,! September 14, and will continue?? on that basis until the end of the' month, it was announced this week. In the face of augmented work quotas and with the added handicap of a reduced number of workers ttfe change was made to keep production on an even keel, General Superintendent Byron G. Haverfield said yesterday. Day shift employes come at 7:30 a. m. and work until six p. m. Swing shift runs from two p. m. to 12:20 a. m. Of the total number affected by the change, 250 are on days and 140 on swing. Ft. Logan Mentioned Fort Logan, Colorado, was mentioned in a CBS broadcast on the Wrlgley Gum program, "America in the Air," last Sunday evening. It praised the Army's Convalescent Hoseltal program. Wondering What to Give That GI for Xmas? Here's Answer One way to make a G. I. Joef dealing with American detec- or Jane's morale soar at Christ " atones, books aDout life, ms noDDy, mas time is to send packages Italian or French dictionary, magafilled with intelligently-chose- n zines, cigarettes, fruit balls, articles or mail letters containing candied fruit, good chewing words and thoughts reminding cheese, fruit cakes, crackersgum, or them of someone or some thing. cookies. At the post exchange, a man's Candy of all kinds, malted' milk personal tastes can function only tablets, marshmallows. olives, maywith the privilege given him now onnaise, concentrated soups, sarand then of choosing between dif- dines, 'can opener, fountain pen, ferent brands of chewing gum or nice soaps, fingernail scissors, hard soap. Packages should be mailed brush, warm gloves, good toothbetween September 15 and Octo- brush, toilet articles, writing paber 15. per and air mail stamps. The package from home espeIn choosing those gifts for servcially the Christmas one can icemen, always consider their likes to cater all his little idiosyncra- and dislikes and remember in sies and Deferences. The follow- packing all perishables to put them ing articles will be sure to satis- in tin containers and to wrap all breakables carefully. Even chocofy men and women In service: Photographs, snapshots, books lates should be "noved from the .(good ones, biographies, novels box and plaultarjrcan, . i X |