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Show No Change in Gas Supply Seen by OWI OASC Salvage Experts Save Taxpayers OThree Million Dollars in Past Year By August Kettmsnn : OASC Experts Reclaim Material While war is almost wholly destructive, greater strides are being made toward reclamation of materiel in World war II than any conflict in history. This is particularly true of the Ogden Air Service Command whose salvage experts saved U. S. taxpayers an estimated three million dollars during the past year. Fails to Meet Wartime Demands a." 4vK s r While appraised In dollars and T- ""fM JJ em Iflti it f six ier i jes - Cast and machined they are invaluable. Under the general heading of rubber, the OASC gathered neatly one million pounds during the past year. This is turned over the U. S. Rubber Reserve corporation to replenish our national stockpile. It was made up of heavy self sealing gas tanks, broken tires, tubes, hose and a score of other items. Save Many Tires gram. When more gasoline is available to for automobiles, it is planned the rations of "B" fti -- OAS TANKS . . Damaged and bullet-punctur- ed self-seali- gas . of rubber nlwdto-.ng the million pounds OASC. Capt. Robert T. Garnett, salvage officer, fael cells. examines one of the ffitteTa Vea?st life-savi- ng I equalize motorist The oe amount of gasoune xnai wm Euavailable at the end of the .restric-tion- s ropean war for relaxing on civilian consumption will vu Hotrmined-b- the . estimates, now in the course oi preparation, ef- bv military authorities; of theconmlnntlon of this t flict upon requirements for mili tary consumption, u was pomiea out. However, It stated, despite this sufshortage of gasoline, there istransficient supply to maintain portation, and permit consumption at existing rationed levels, though the quality of gasoline available lor civilians is poorer. iA! Lt. Myra In this great mass, gimlet-eye- d Inspectors found 4247 airplane tires for heavy bombers valued at approximately $637,000 which were suitable for repair. These were shipped in boxcars to rubber plants which rehabilitate them. To illustrate the heavy consumption of rubber, it is only necessary to point out that when steel landing mats are employed which is common in the Pacific theatrea tire .only gives five per cent of its l x- B. Lt. Myra E. Oiait.h officer of the WAOl I w -- m where jloye jular wiU assume 1 thoes , le i arrival m' June 30 of this year, U: servea as a recreation t and training officer at i lordf ;hkh J command headauarten son field, 3 ; ipply officer. Prior to her 1 ribou . acre bv am riei 1H ASC night for ,r, in Soot she Ohio. pi i In addition to her drf ecutive officer, Lt Car acted as mess and ruppij Former (hour La, .east iaign OAK ym Xmas Is Coming; KM Recognir What About Your Service Man Pfc Howwdl - Jde -- to every nouwwut, louuea one million pounds. Because the wings and fuselages of our heavy bombers are made entirely of the light metal, great quantities are salvages by the Oil, the life blood of mechanized warfare, is an extremely important A "heme made" baler, bnUt at a east ef approximately Item. More than 125,000 gallons BALES of used aircraft engine oil was re- $S7$, eempresses eellapsed cardboard boxes as a part ef the paper claimed at an estimated saving of salvage program, cpi. aioney waiser is ieeamx; tne press. 130,000, the lubricant being valued at approximately 48 cents per gallon. In this connection, it may be revealed that used or reprocessed aircraft engine oil is better than new oil Breakdown tests show that carbon-formin- g present in new oil. are properties, eliminatmi riurino .engine operation through exposure J to extreme temperatures. Labora- show that it is 2 per cent tory tests 1 better, to be exact, 2Vi. A third item that looms large on the reclamation list is propellers, those metal blades whose invisible revolutions pull the plane through . the air. Streamlined and their average cost is S600. slick, A total of 1399 bent and twisted . "props' have been salvaged in the past twelve months, representing an investment of approximately $834,000. These will be ened, trued and refinished for re- - ... . Eleven days to go! Have you mailed your overseas packages? A line of mailers forms daily in OASC's post office. With only ll days left in which to mail that package to that service man or woman, many people are taking the advice of postal officials and are not waiting until the last minute. Many who are careful to get their packages in the mail early are not as careful in packing them as they should be and are making a lot of extra work for postal officials causing them to issue the following warning: "Because of failure to. pack and wrap parcels properly, many Christmas parcels are arriving at ports of embarkation in such condition, due to being crushed and broken or so badly damaged mat they must be wnicn delays their dispatch." iney emphasized that many packages are crushed because they are not. fully and properly packed inside the package. iron and steel 060 tons Scrap .per year are collected and flown to smelters of reprocessing. This is done under the supervision of Cap- tain Robert T. Garnett. aalva of ficer., whose large yard segregates the basic metals. Of extreme interest at the moment is the paper shortage. Every housewife and some husbands nave ciutcned groceries home in their arms because no paper sacks BALD TIKES . . . Carload lets ef bald and worn Liberator tires are plctared being leaded at the OA8C headquarters for repair. TBey east aiav eacn new. i;pi. josepn ti amnion Derates tne ear- leader while rvts. Fred Withers (left) and Roosevelt Walker stack tao precipes casings. were) avauaue. Shortage Critical Co that every available ounce of waste paper may be salvaged, spe cial containers are conveniently located for throw-awa-y disposal personnel maxe regular and last pickup year collected over COO tons. In addition, a 'large amount was !Tr?di,ed. ,or Packing purposes. The OASC also suDDlies the ClMrfi.M Naval Supply Depot with the tons of shredded paper it needs. Most valuable adjunct of paper salvage is a home-mad- e cardboard baler devised by the quartermaster Paper himself Colonel Wallace H. Hon-nofrom odds and ends on the base. It costs aboutavailable awn Framed by heavy angle Iron, It ld quvczca uie precious paper board into bales and increases oy one-uiir- d the tonnage of paper it is possible to load in a boxcar. "Before we were able to bale the cardboard,'' Colonel Honnold explained, "it was Impossible to squeeze more than 38,000 pounds into Into a boxcar. Because 40.000 pvuura is iuii ioaa we had to reimburse the contractor for the 4000 pound freight shortage. Since we have had the baler we are putting ew.wuw pounas in every boxcar. The items described loom in the salvage program but large they B-- 24 7eber Issues Fall Schedule 'Fullness of Change Told Weber college recently issued Its autumn quarter evening school schedule for the 1944-4- 5 season beginning October 2 with registranine p. m. tion from nine in the Weber gym lobby, Ogden. A special agenda of war production training classes is being of- The L. D. S. of the "Fullness of Time' an- nounces a chancf - In tim - nrl place of their weekly radio tran- scription feature. Beginning Tues- 10 and day. LS!7J?f: the meeting will be day held in the new recreation build' ing (576) starting promptly at 8:00 p. m. All civilian and military personnel ox mil i ieid are cor dially invited to attend. into fered without fee to those interested.. This slate is aimed primarily at war production workers. Classes available include: Auto mechanics, aircraft engines, aircraft mechanics, machine shop, refrigeration and welding. Other subjects offered, with fees ranging from five to ten dollars, include: Shorthand, Spanish, vocabulary building. Journalism, geography of Utah, clothing, algebra. bacteriology of foods, civilian pilot training, office machines, principles of economics, play production, personnel management, cost accounting, industrial accounting, blueprint reading and draftinc. ao- plied electronics and engineering Creates Chhi it 1 0! j Display at Fir 1 he Former OASC enlisted t Howard Low was feat Pi week on the front pap I Beam", publication ef ( training center, Fresno, C "one of the not I young painters in Amefc duties His present ( k; signing educational ex; orientation subjects for Br tation office there.entitfed window display t Our Ally", conceived bjl sc displayed in a Fresno kr period a long For sums last his transfer created ante coast Low esting exhibits lorinme at u. OASC, locatea In adcuuon,ie pot area. cartoons w. uted severaldifferentia peared in ana uy""-toririmiieiaer display in the f al OASC headquarter wu W had illustraw tune and other magadas of his outstanding dean was designing one City's most moaera w n. WMC Orders Job Shift Im. Mctnuranta. . uM the time of bh (ConUamd from papa mm) and Weber counties was writing ana will be affected. book about Chinese iV Every employer listed in sched dren. ules II and III must notify his local U. S. employment service by Oct. id of the .number Time9 office and names of male workers he will release under the terms of the or der. Referrals and arrangements for transfer of these workers will committee In charge then be made by USES, Director . zoo-pou- . ou- ana "" strictly concerned with the gather-in- s of metals and materials gen regarded as junk or having erally no value in their present form. familiar h - the lives of American boys overseas. A broad undertaking, salvage Is Aluminum, " I production ! t. . "ttvc failed to Keep p demands in America, there is no here can be any expectation that gasoline basic changes in civilian the end of the rationing before the office of war war in Europe, information said recently in a regasoline support on the national continued for outlook the and ply rationing. . is civilian more gasoline When available, the announcement saia, it may be possible to increase ra- tions for trucics. tma uiuw, have suffered serious mileage curtailments under the rationing pro cents, many Hems and materials of be measured value may real only Wot. 4Wjm Mlavul In Mnln. norml wear. Ui Gas, Oil Output of crude 1A " Tooele, Utah . 551Engint 4L Residents Given Voting Notice Notice is given to residents of Sahara ViUage and Hillcrest that they may register to vote in the coming election at Sahara Village. Kaoml Mrs. Cornish, reelstratlon pnysics. agent for district 11 said those to vote must have their wishing are in a minority. Scores of other names on the regUter in order to materials and fabrications, many of them peculiar to total mechan Persons ized war, are also collected for re the foUowlng'dayt from" a 3 m An to use under the direction of the sal- vase officer. K-1- 3. K-1- Mayer stated. Capt. Stafford, ZZ.lL ui uie uwiMucr Overhaul, who Is also tw una minpawer priorities committee, said that the current recruiting campaign now bein carried on by the OASC to ?ecure an additional 2,000 workers nas oeen given the highest priority. I . (ConUnatd repair I "Former Employe ...u. iuuh ttm ltidBl i; grew buildings. Aalso be an issue wUl Assistant wperiritwBe .ection are Mondell Carl Seideman. - Branch toremc. -- -P John Bertagnole, E. A. Birch, b2b& Taylor, final Spirks', cylinder Price, aisasi'"' ten hlA;. Kenneth C. Theall. 17. a messen- - Arthur SmHh, ' - . a UAMAMlrl rPllV iser ooy ior uaou auring tne sum- 1 Hegstrom, mer, was fatally Injured in an au- - """j SuOerViSOrS rZM Inmnhlla anolHrnt at Vln.fih .h coow--2- 9. Washington, Ogda, Friday, Sept. ments whose Lee Huffield. 16. ASF denot operation wJrieB Don Fuller, Uuh. engine repair accident A car, drIver by Robert Leeltrol f TT - lV0 sveTwc. enter ea tne " ,nM ?' of boulevard from the Paramount to employes ou t da,iy P"0Pey. Uhren reportedly sustained effort wer n t,ere Vicers. nL rom ' north- - Th Huf 5 2m ,noW4,S? car wasthe. al traveling south coming months. -- 5id IC T?den rivcr bridge at the time Statistics bow ths.:r entered the w!i,Unren in Accident Dies 1 m m XVISP9 lTd I XP 'rd b1 Itt I "hine row from V pfS. ; ( |