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Show ln ihe OATSC SpbMght Scooters in Vital Role Story Told Of Lost Battalion O Sergeant Miller Will Be Guest w Of Purple Heart WN! ''''IV- mm iiii ii mmmMmm h pill - y m- - The exciting story of this war's "Lost Battalion" will be dramatized this Saturday night on the OATSC radio show, "None But the Purple Heart" at 6 p. m. over KDYL. 'I Shown at last week's Sadie Hawkins ddance at 8 EL'itVries Al are three stalwarts of the widely-reaSSTTLeft to right John Human as Marryin Sam sees treed JckTheSmith) affair was Abner iilBTw" (or well-attend- iron-girdere- by by scores d) ed 0f dormitory residents. - . it ' Guest of the vfninP will ho Rat Michael Miller of Kaysville, Utah", a member of this outfit which walked into a nazi trap a few miles outside of St. Lo, France. Suffering shrannpl wounds In the arm, Sergeant Miller is now sta tioned at Bushneil General hospi tal, mgnam Uity, Utah. Wounded June 16 Wire chief in an infantrv unit. Sergeant Miller was wounded on June 16, ten days after landing in France, when his outfit unknowingly walked into a German trap. starting St.an advance on a hill just before Lo, the Yanks had only gone about 1000 yards from their command post, when German ar tillery opened up on them from ill-fat- ... And Pfc. John A. Woods put the rear PFC. JIMMY BITTLE chassis in position after completing necessary repairs. , T . three sides. Cut off from retreating by a rolling barrage behind them and absolutely helpless to do anything against tne lire on their right and left, the only , thing the Yanks could .do was make for a long, shallow ditch which luckily was '1h i. More- - nearby. 'A than 300 men crowded into the ditch and waited helplessly while the rolling bar rage around them closed in. Miller was wounded by a tree burst of an shell which threw wood and steel splinters into the ditch. Another direct hit into the ditch killed and wounded many Americans. Uncertain How Many Hit I don't know just how many of us got hit," said Sergeant Miller, "but I do' know that the burst which got me killed or wounded 60 other men!" After the dramatization of Ser geant Miller's close scrape with death, he will be informally inter viewed by Lt. Ron Gamble, OATSC radio officer. Music for the broadcast will be furnished by the "Keep 'Em Fly ing" orchestra under the baton of Tech. Sgt. Ed Stoker and vocal chores will be handled by the four Hill Field Cadets, the romantic voice of Cpl. Dick Shebe and the girl with the Deep Purple Voice," carol rrancis. script is Dy .ric, Dan Reichenthal. 88-m- m Brown Bomber quartet last Thurs-jnM- n civilian personnel section dinner-danc- e numbers. The evening with a few military and civilian per- niA tttended by several hundred wna previously viewca a movie at p . . . The litt locally-renown- ed to the and well-receiv- ed w . .A .rt;::Wr::V. hj Ml JIHl v III . READJUSTMENTS . . . And tuning up the motor MAKING . - FINAL Bool. Pf c. Jimmy- Bit no i.m oi one vi inc o wwireia i " " - -- "is eonnt.r one of three mechanics who tie of the 4912th aviation squadron, maintain the scooters and "keep 'em rolling." niTsr First OATSC employe to buy $5,600 in bonds aircraft L. Thompson, left, war loan 'drive is Max n nw Ii iwmu.-U1mh(.r jpwwr, inspection section, brancn nree. W, Franks, the ross supervisor of Inspection unit. Of the section, 11.97 for deducted cent is being presently per dodos. w 1 8brth . . . A. t The USO music appreciation hour opened its series of ' Bee for the forthcomthoven evenings ing season ' last Wednesday at the Covenant House in Salt Lake City. Maj. Eldon W. Lucy of Ft, Doug las was in charge of tne program, which included the Prometheus Overture, opus 43, by the London Dhilharmonic orchestra under the direction of Felix wemgartner. Post Movies motorizedil Those mnrvpls commonlv known as "scooters" that you see every day of tooling along at me merry rate 15 miles per hour emerge each morning from base scooter pooli driven by civilian ana all-i- - three-wheele- i rauHBij-u,rcnnn- tn mitv an the the vast portant job of expediting commerce oi ieers mw hichiui."-dum- s to offices all over Hill Field. TnnSloniallv VflU don't lUSt KO over to the pool and say, Gimme some of dese ana some oi aoze. On the contrary, one who has been authorized a procure a scooter license must go through a definite - . procedure. Requisiton Needed V." First of all he must have In his possession a requisition from his officer, supervisor or commanding whichever tne case may oe.. these papers are in order, tne then unprospective driver must successful and test a upon dergo AKiniatinn nf nme he then takes a If written test at base motor pool. ox the driver is found capauie handling a scooter his authorization is approved by Joseph dispatcher, at the scooter pool. He can men arive away with a scooter ne can can nis own. , Williams, Approximately 28 scooters .If ;. given considerable care they very , However, seldom cause trouble. in the event anything should go ' wrong, there are three men at pthe pool who keep them in tip-to- shape. Defects Remedied If a scooter is brought in after there having been run all day and is some defect in the way it operates, it is immediately checked and as good by morning is practically ' : as new. ; The two most prevalent maintenance problems deal mainly with broken-chainand dislocation : of fenders due mostly: to the enormous tire nressure of 60 Dounds. Distance is not measured in' miles but in hours. From the first to the end of each month the hours are compiled and range anywhere from 19 to 166 hours; During the day they are operated anywhere from two to five hours. .. Like Toonervllle ; Of course there is always .'the explosive problem of gasoline . . . these little "Toonerville trolleys," if handled properly, can run between two and three days per Cl,n(H lM If UW4 i CM Nil I. lIH tTO s by Sansono "Laura" Gene Tierney Dana Andrews THURSDAY-FRIDA- Y 4 Nov. Evening 9 p.1 m. m. Matinee Friday p. "The Doughgirls Ann Sheridan Alexis Smith 23-2- 7-- Jack Carson SATURDAY Nov. 25 p. m. Evening m. 1 Matinee p. "Reckless Age Gloria Jean Henry Stephenson "The Unwritten Code Tom Neal Savage Ann Nov. 7 m. ...... SUNDAY-MONDA- p. Evening r. Matinee a p. "Frenchman s t '4 ' , c ait sec- - : HrTUESDAY: Kv. Evening 28 . p. m. Matinee i. p. ' 1," "None But the InelyHear Heart None. But the Lonely i : Grant . ,.Cary - , Ethel Barrympre ,. " zz irom cnerie Asn, c"dRittirH.v l ILa"ce was held The trvny the Ocden USO. .t t. dlnnr-dance; VTn?r..everythlnf froa bsiketball to , 7".n t future M .11?" De"nouneeiaepts " at the recreation unii, "wiar. So far: IS tlcktla have been sold. - Cordova 'I!' - l Y 26-2- - . Jane Wyatt ' . : . on the go eight hours a day. The Wolf WEDNESDAY Nov. 22 p. m. Evening . More Than 28 Scooters Speed Heavy OATSC Mail Volume "are . Music Hour Opens y fi SB . With Beethoven ' , srt?w t yf know she's nof your type?" if . -- |