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Show i?v(k VT TV; Wednesc November I, 1944 2 UiVr t i T P" p IP--"- ? ". A', I ' III Ji :; 1 TANKER . . . Something new has been added at the fire department. A "brand new" tanker ha been added te the equipment. This shiny and bright red equipment was needed to bring the present facilities up to that normally required te eover the area assigned to the Hill Field fire fighters. Postal Rate Changes Include Restoration of Old MO Fees Effective for. money orders will be as fol- lows: - - i From From From From From From "From From Cents 2.50 $ 0.01 to 2.51 to 5.00........ 5.01 to 10.00 10.01 to 20.00 20.01 to 40.00 . 40.01 to 60.00 60.01 to 80.00 80.01 to 100.00 ....... 6 8 11 13 15 18 20 22 The new schedule of fees for the Insurance of domestic mail matter of the third or fourth classes will be: Insurance Fee Amount of Insurance (Cents) S 0.01 to $ 5.00 3 5.01 to 25.00 10 - ' 25.01 to 50.00 15 to 100.00 25 The Act of Congress making the above reductions in fees, provides for an increase in the special delivery fees on all mail matter. The new special delivery fees, in addition to the regular postage will be: 2nd, Srd 1st 4th 50.01 Class Mail Cli Lbs. 13c 17c Up to2 2Lbs. to 10 Lbs. 20c Over 25c 25c Over 10 Lbs. 35c - The prepayment of special delivery feea on second, third and fourth clan mail entitles it to the moat expeditious handling and transportation possible and also entitles it to special delivery at the office. of address, unless addressed to a military Installation. No provision is made for special delivery service at military post offices. For the new schedule of C O. D. fees or any other postal information, patrons are requested to consult Mr. Frank Hazen, Superintendent, Hill Field Branch, U. S. Post Office, located in Room 124, OASC Headquarters Building. Casualties Nearly At Half Million Report of Pearl -' Harbor Submitted Gen. Frank Member Of Three-Ma- n Investigation A three-ma- n armyboard under Lt. Gen. George Grunert and with Major General Walter H. Frank, former commanding general of the Air Service Command, as one of its members, has just submitted its report of the Pearl Harbor disaster to Secretary of War Stimson. The army's record, like that of sethe navy, will t re!2wed for aumilitary by appropriate curity who will determine, how thorities if much any, must be kept secret. Like its navy counterpart, the army investigating board has put secrecy ciassmcanon the highest on much of its findings. OASC Needs More People a. , oi tupment CAP Squadron to Bond Drive Open Radio Here Opens Class Operator L-ategor- ' . ' (Continued Field CAP squadron will launch a Wednesday evening series of radio operators' 7 classes bermnlng tonight at p.m., George O. Cornish, execu- tive officer, announced yester- The HU1 daBecruHIng is now open In the squadron, he said. Senior as well as cadets are eligim-b- ers ble. Senior members are those An estimate of the production IS. cnnaeltv of Janan. made by the over 18; cadets, those under conducted in.the be will Classes Economic Administration, Foreign Hillcrest northwest recreation ends with a conclusion that, "Inhall. be is creased output, (in Japan) Instructor will be Lt. Carter of lieved possible lor almost every i category of war equipment and the Ogden CAP squadron. military supplies." This is exemplified by the state- nrobable annual production is ment that "By full exploitation of placed under 1,000,000 tons. resources within easy reach, by the At the besinnlna- of the war, use of substitute materials and the had something like 6,300,000 Japan utilization of stockpiles, Japan may gross tons and capturea xrom we be able to continue for some time Allies or otherwise acquired an - From paB On honor roll will be establiii, Include the nam. m mn,. . pwyes nere who invest 15 of their pay for bonds. UnitalS5 will include a division chief . 3 tificate to be presented branch, section or adminisW. office reaching the "95 I The comnundtnif tificate will be awarded one attaining the "100 and 2 standard, Lt. Murphy said. 1 The field has already been J ganized into five major seetW with its individual war bond cer. me sections are: ur.i.2 nance, supply, personnel a tZs tog, OASC offices, army air C (including utilities). The goal matotenance will be $300,000; s5 ply, $165,000; P. and T lasm OASC offices, $21,000, and tons. Her air baae.. IfiS nftO Tha ugiueg jg capacity has been ex resent purcnase price. so that it has reached its tended, An ATSC teletvne recelmui to a considerable increase in the present levels only recently. She is week called for vigorous efforts armof since Pearl tanks, planes, production believed to have built, ored cars and trucks,, as well as Harbor and up to January, 1944, au installations: aiso lor Individ. 12 per cent of nav ni, quotas ordnance." " . uuouofa xui about 1,000,000 additional tons. i one cusu, Authorities have estimated that Sinkings by the Allies have Directing the drive in the Japan is able to replace its war- - loDted 3.000.000 tons, as of last era! sections are: Maintenance, planes at a rate equaa to tne re- January, from this grand total of cent Allied destruction of their about 8,000,000 tons, bringing the j. waisn; personnel and trail R. Spooner; army air aircraft merchant fleet, as of Jan Capt unannounced: OASC offices. Cai In shipbuilding, Japan is- - now be Japanese to down uary, approximately lieved to be constructing nearly snortriage; supply, Lt. Ma tons. There is reason to be- m. Ash, and utilities, Lt T. Killini tons of merchant vessels a lieve it is considerably below this year, as contrasted with the Al- figure now, even including craft worth. lies' destruction of some 1,500,000 of small Appoint Minute Men tonnage. tons a year. Minute men have been aDDointi actu that estimated It has been On the other hand, FEA believes serve in all units. Appropria to that Japan's industrial plant has ally to carry on essential wartime win be extended sui recognition indus maintain and transportation passed the peak of its expansion. whose groups attain personnel within trial the Japanese output It is able to increase its producI announced goal. tion of armament because "the ma- empire, which, extending from the erectec be will booths bond War to in the the Kurile islands, north, terials and manpower that have points on the field. A! been expended on the expansion of Bay of Bengal, covers 10,000 miles, at various haver not yet been dt the industrial plant in the past five merchant ship tonnage require- locations selected include Those sided upon. be ments would in the neighbornow are available for the hood of years 48, Lt. Eleanor J. Noa Warehouse howtons. 5,000,000 Japan, production of armaments." Lt Joar As of January, it was stated that, ever, can lessen the effect of the ton; supply headquarters. Lt. Urti 69, warehouse less Dauphin; further reducing "This economy appears capable of deficiency by will alg officer A. An Geik. agent to effort essential In an, cargoes. supporting the military activity for stationed at a booth in mainta an indefinite period at the present cope with this growing deficiency, be Killingsworth has beef scale of military and naval offen- Japan is reported to be building nance. Lt. class A agent for utili appointed wooden ships also. sive operations against Japan." concerned wil Personnel ties. In its summary, FEA emphasizes Nevertheless, this deficiency will later be advised of his schedule. I that Japan has not been able to be further relieved as the further A booth will be set up in th, exploit her conquests fully because advances of the Allies constrict the civilian personnel building lobb; of the limitations of her produc borders of war operations. What is and will be operated by an office; tion piant and the inadequacy of inadequate for an empire extend- to be designated as a class A, her shipping facilities. Japan's in- ing 10,000 miles becomes much At this bootn, ia Murpr dustrial plant remains concentrated more effective when the interior agent cash sales will be accepted, in Japan proper and the inner de- lines of communication run only sttaed, not be issued imme, will bonds but fense zone of Korea, Manchuria 1,000 miles from the homeland. The money and sale! diately. and northern China. She has drawn Railways over to thi turned be form will :J on the raw material resources of til i. ne w Estimates of the amount of mer finance officer, m. uonos wut her conquests to , the .extent .. . following pun second . . that chant shipping that Japan requires sued the U am L. I day ucr uurcnuie coma utilize mem, for the efficient maintenance of chase. and military estimates indicate her empire are based on an as- Issue Cash Bends within the changing exigencies of sumption of the continued full opCash bonds wiU be issued at th( war, the following stockpiling of eration of railways on the mainmaterials: office immediately up finance land of China, Manchuria and Ko s of cash and sue. presentation rea. to either railways or I Material form. sufficient fop snips Damage would increase the strain Aluminum (in form of Concerning the Sixth bond cam other. the upon bauxite and alumLt Murphy said, a tenet Japan's industries must rely on paign S in 1ft mnntli. China has presented ina) loan drive and Manchuria for the key the mettle of citizens at bow Chromite war of i iron ore, coking The Sixth warour 7tu products drive present loan Copper l year 5a months i... and aluminum shales. Her coal, salt Magnesium mnnth. people need the supplies of food a real challenge to all 01offuienon v side of the water. It Manganese 2 years staples produced in those areas. n the wj Malybdenum i Estimates indicate that the North real opportunity ittoonshow chin the are who 2 years China railways are operating now taking Mercury we Aviation gasoline . .1 year or moer at about 30.000.- - the fighting fronts tnat the pre-wlevel. Rubber our 5 years or more 000 tons per in share pacxing lng Of year. this, about TUl ft VMM tons are exports for JaFEA states: "The size of the Jan. iu.uuu.uuo pan's industries and for her peo- offering technical training were anew war machine la riotnrmir. ple. to wgeiy These railways feed chiefly Into n...1..4lM flanrM tat Jll . ? ma Ira ,tMoy Japan's capacity at the head of the Yellow show an estimate of nearly W,0 ports Pearl Harbor have hrouvht it Sea where ships and facilities 000 persons in 1944; for orw, no tually additional steel making would be vulnerable to bombings mwtA Barimii islands. 32,w capacity. Thus, the growth of xrom iieias IpOO; for Manchuria, 43,000,000, tne aiong war Japanese since coast, should anv be es of about lWMWfc-Pearl Harbor hasproduction been an exten-io- n tablished there. However, the Jap- fa grand total more than n considerably of Japan's industrial develop- - anese are known to have been does not include W. This States. wic put aecaae rather working at full speed on double-trackin- g of China now being exploited wuui than new departure In Janan'a the arc of coastal railurava Japan. . ,Mhr economic historv. Th okiiu that extends from these ports to Reliable statistics ior s Japan economy to transform raw tne east coast of Korea. The Ko persons gainfully empltrw iimieniui, u me real test of Ja- rean ports could be much marc nam. of avaUable only for pans economic position." ily protected by the Japanese. It is where there are estimated ao It is felt, however, that estimated that comnletlon nt nim 35,000,000 persons st work strain alone is not likely economic to cause would increase the caof these are In agricuUurt any serious lowering of industrial of these sections of the rail- half and only about 20 per cw pacity fi.hln in productivity Japan, nor to cause ways by 150 per cent in industrialwork mmj ui cw. ui morale, s major campaign in China ana nn japan A Electrleltv nuning. is aimea at the north average of 11.4 hours a day, w SOUth railway clearing "5 that runs from Han. of all rest periodV II nationl- wasmmes- kow to Hangyang, and thence to elusive " t"" two days off In a mwJZ timated to have vollnhonly at Canton, and to extending it south churla. North China 00000 kilowatt hours-- the bulk of to Indo-ChlnGreat stretches of also have industries and nOi.1 It from water power. There was this railway have been a At 1. A Mflmate completely to Increase this dismantled by the Chinese, . n2wIlJ.0JS? p'an who number of persons workinf 70,000,000.000 kilowatt hours. Its carried off rails . and ties. It is cal- - in these enterprises. vnvtiit consumption is cuiatea tnst, u the sucJapanese strictly regulated, so that most of fSS1 "Hnr effort, It wtt u iT "yauaDie tor manufactur in might take them several years territories Ing. Such larce nroduetinn t i to restore the railway, and to trans- OOO'.OOO proper, and fl Prtnof .to Kpw-gjfJapan since the port rolling stock for Its use from it w are"""XaIa troa tK her Industry is still inmajor japan, small tne nome islands. Sart 100.000 yearly and home workshops. Manpower Large-sca-le plants are found, m'n population women ana w has a, solely, in such industries as of DnPltvthe the huge areas over which tories undoubtedly chemical has VPflUfr k111, estabiuhi itnmi.ii. Japan shipbuilding. Even such plants the actual work force available for creased the force. as these are usually aurrounii h war production is restricted. a number of small-scal- e plants and An indication of this is found Vmmr Rarallment The Aj"f in Japan's work edicts of 1944. can Junior Red Crou nvrunopi. Shlpballdhur which require all males, between record enrollment of .ulC,m.aAe" of merchtat 12 and 60 to with the la- 1044, representing apP5icV shipbuilding capacity vary within bor exchange register the for ni TOper cent of wide range. She is believed to also all unmarried mobillzailnn Enrollment women JIW popuIaUon. have a construction capacity for the ages of 12 and 40. Most s largest schools iria koVsbi merchant tonnage of between 70,. and univenitiea w nmmA 1949 will be held 000 and 100,000 tons a month. Her time of the edict, and 15 of this year. only dditional 750,000 ship-luildi- arS ng . m (Continued from Fast 0n) sonnel and training division, stated is availthat a list of 2146 positions able for filling today, and that the next 80 days requirements of the will exceed 2500 new workers tor the shops and warehouses of the Flying" organization. "Keep Ian New Need Help "We need men and women, skilled and unskilled, young or old. in order to successfully carry out the tremendous job which has been assigned us in connection with the mounting offensive against Japan," said Uajor Campbell. "We will teach them their jobs If necessary at post schools. We can use almost every type of worker. few of the posi Just to name tions which we are urgently trying to fill, right now we need 175 messengers, 10 freight clerks, 15283 - mechanic learners. 12 handlers, mechanics, firefighters, 58 service 41 107 engine mechanics, electric repairmen. This is just an indicaAmerican war casualties neared tion of our requirements. n "It should be recalled that the the mark last Service Command with announcement by the war and Ogden Air SStt men and women former navy departments of new figures hascivilian workers In ear maintewhich brought the over-a- ll total to ly 433,375, of which 102,609 or about nance shops and supply warehouses 23 of all casualties are listed as and efflees who are en military leave. They have Jelned the or died of wounds. killed ' Total armv casualties in all th fighting forces of our army, navy That's a lot of theatres through Oct 6 were 384,-tS- 3 and marine corps. leave from any 75,562 killed or died of workers te have en 208,392 wounded, 48,040 organisation, and many ef them wounds, ' were the meat .competent we had missing and 52,537 captured. Announced navy casualties as of in our orgaaisauen. "The demands of the war In the vnursaay navy, coast guard and Pacific facilities are in marines; were listed as 68,480, in- creasing upon our More and more daily. 27.047 dead, 27,367 wound-d- , cluding 9580 missing and 4480 prison supplies are needed . . . supplies oi every una, xne i7Z,ooo differrs. items we carry for the armv Army casualties in France. Ger. ent forces air and and the low countries many from specialized in our warehouses must arrive at y depotsoverseas Oct. S, totaled 174. the through on time point needed 780. not including air force cas all the time. And the repair of our valties. The total flsure included combat aircraft and transport 29,842 killed. 130.227 wounded and must proceed at an accelerpianes missing. 4,7ii ated rate. Job Is Tremendous Draft Delinquency Of a total of Engine repair, instrument repair, 417,077 cases oi asserted draft de- the storage of aircraft in our strapool of planes . . . linquency investigated by the FBI tegic reserve to fly to any noint deal during the four years since the ready elective service act became law, nated within 72 hours all this 20,490 resulted in criminal convic- simply emphasizes the tremendous tions. It was disclosed recently. A jod we are facing: large percentage of those invest!- Clnemobiles Seven American later entered the armed eiea The remainder either cleared Red Cross Clnemobiles theatrea on themselves with thlr drsft boards wheels arrived at the battle areas or were disqualified for physical in France in August to entertain geasons. troops near tie front. g-pa- ... (This fourth of a series ef six articles describing the status of the war in the Pacific, considers the production capacity of our oriental enemy, also manpower apply, which, counting Korea, Formosa, Manchuria and various islands, totals about 150,000,000, considerably more than the United States. The OASC timetable has been set to the. tempo of action in the Pacific The Editor.) OulLut Is Increased Jap i 1 half-millio- I js to increase the production of critical types of military goods. Japan now has plant equipment adequate November 1st, 1944, 4-- - m-- Total Population Exceeds That In United States Per Minute "' several changes will be made in infor, money orders, .depostal rates O. D. and special surance. C. livery fees. i The most important change and one that will make the use- of money orders more economical for Hill Fielders,- is the restoration of in effect the money order fees prior: to March 26. ' The. new fees Rgtl.Ave - Possible in All 750 Gallons ' a. tvcj c t ar nortn-of-Shang- l.i ble-tracki- ng "J'SS? je "i"ie a. 1 J VV't ..MP't.fraf. sl-m- '.J JPn 18., |