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Show They'll Build Anything 'Purple Heart9 To Honor Smithf ield Vet Ogden Air Technical Service Command, COLONEL PAUL W. WOLF, Commanding OAT8C COLONEL EUGENE B. BAYLEY, Base Commander . Pfc. Wendell Hurren November 29, 1944 - .. . N.: ; r . EDITORIAL STAFF - ' Editorial 8upervIloai Capt.. Arthur B. 8ml th, Lt Betty Richardson. Baiters TSgt. Ryiand U. Thomaion; Managing Editor i Larry C. Evans. . Associate: Pvt.. SHlsabeth Oepew, Ivan Draper, Pvt. an McCollum, TSgt. Lionel H. Turner,--- ' : , Pbotogmpkri Bu Photo. . The kn'lfieidr t published wkljr in the lnttr U of th aUUtary and eiviUan ' and Ogden Air Service, Command, UiU lId, Utah, and prionnl ot the' Air Baa'" la distributed free each . Wednesday. It U printed with the faelUUea and through miner. Opinion expressed In this paper th eooperation of The pgden Standard-E- x are those ot the Individual wrltere and member of the staff, and do not nee- the attitude of the army or ot th commanding officer. It 1 arlly. refU or publUhed withthat article appearing In It co.umn be not out the ezprei content of the Publio RciaUon Offlea at Hill '"Id. Th HlUflelder receives material supplied by Camp Newrpaper Service, War Department, 205 Bart 2ad Straat, tt. t, X Credited material may not be publUhed without pernuuion from Camp Newspaper Service. ' . It Is Up to Us . . in trying to re This week there crossed my fare engaged 2500 war workcruit another desk two items of tremendous ers to help man our hangars, interest to us here in the Ogand ofden Air Technical Service warehouses,willshops note that the you Command. The first said that fices, 2400 in our immedi- American doughboys had rate persons who are off the vicinity hacked their way with bayon the average comprise job onets out of the bloody Huert-ge- n to fill our forest to the Cologne enough manpower Field. at Hill requirements plain in Germany, and thus This is a matter for deep con broken the German's grip on sideration. their third largest industrial Many patriotic men and city. The second said that the civilian workers 0 women, there are approximately outworkers employed direct- who have done such an standing job here since the ly in war work in the Ogden war started, have excellent area, including , those at our records of attendance and are field,, and that absenteeism in to cpmmended for their all these plants was running finebe of and performance sense at a rate of about ten per cent of duty.) They are doing their daily, or 2400 war workers reflects were absent from their war part in a manner that and to to them great credit jobs on the average each us. At this decisive hour in working day. of our nation and the Somehow these two items the history when the world, length were incompatible. Some- of the in the hangs struggle how, they failed to make balance, let every one of us sense. For it is apparent that make a solemn resolution to it is not the American ' way be on the job and stay on the to fail to do a job, to not job every day until victory is carry through. And our fight- not only assured but an acing men were carrying complished fapt. through to the death if necessary. While here, on our important segment of the home front, many of us were PAUL W. WOLF not doing our full share to Colonel, AC, Commanding, win the battle of production . .'that battle so. important Ogden Air Technical Service that General Eisenhower this Command. past week took time off from his command duties to tell us Club he was getting short of necessary supplies to continue the hammer blows of his offenFirst election will be held for .r 24,-00- - " ': ;- - Athletic to Conduct Election sive. Hill Field the Athletic and Social club, with the the not war is Winning polls open from November 30 only the responsibility of our through December 9. members are urged to come men and women overseas . . . in All and vote for executive officers it is also the responsibility of and council members of the new newly-organiz- ed , everyone with a war job. It is the direct responsibility of every employe at this command. nab Cell PIP H0TCB HE . NEVPC GETS MAIL ... I ? -- FEEL you PbNT I I Ljf Mjl 'i - Taken From Hillfielder Files NEW INVENTION IN OPERATION . . .: Two employes of the in working branch, 'miscellaneous repair seetion, maintenance sivkL operating a lathe with a dowel head designed by one of tana t make the pants hahger bar for coat and pants hangers for W overseas bags. At the left is Charles Stager of Lyons, Colo, saiii. the right is James- Craig of Ogden, designer of the dowel heat. Special Thanksgiving day services were conducted Thursday, Nov. 24, on the cement apron fronting hangars one and three. Thousands of Hill Field workers - gathered for a brief period of thanksgiving and reflection. Presidential proclamation was read by Wood Mill Branch Employes Can Make Anything of Wood depLt Col. C. C. Minty, OATSC uty commander. Brig. Gen. Morris Berman, commanding general, and OATSC Chaplain Karl A, Tu-besi- ng delivered short addresses. intensFollowing a month-lon- g ive campaign, Hill Field's "90 and 10" drive finished with 96.59 per cent of total personnel participating in the war bond deduction plan for an average of 10.12 pec, cent of gross pay. A month be- fore standings were 50 and 5.12 per cent, respectively. Division with best average is personnel and training. War bond officer is Lt Charles F. Mallory. Reuben E. Miller, assistant purchasing clerk in supply, celebrated his seventy-fourt- h birthday with a perfect attendance since his employment last December. Five employes received cash awards for victory-speedin- g suggestions: Raymond Eaton, Elliot R. Cuddigan, Gordon M. Cutler, William G. Merritt and Wilburn Awards were made at Wright. the monthly meeting of key civilians in Gen. Berman's office. Seventy-four-year-o- ld . . 'parts were" Thirty thousand turned out last month by the wood mill branch of the ' manufacture and repair section, maintenance division, Supervisor Dan Johnson, Ogden,' said this week. The branch makes "anything that is made of ' wood," he said. One of the orders worked on last month . that of 10,000 broom handles, which were too long and had to be cut off and rethreaded. James Craig,' 65,r of Ogden, was in charge of the work. He designed a gadget to rer thread the, handles which was approved for. an award by the suggestion committee, and will be exhibited at the post school as an example of an original ideai. This gadget saved the government several hundred dollars. " Another idea developed by the workmen was that of control locks and spoiler boards for the wings of as well as and other planes, to be used while they are in storage. There are 35 men and four women employed in the bfanch under Johnson and his assistants, Tom Woods and N. G. Hansen, both of Ogden. Craig is the oldest man on the Job and Newton McConnell, 28, Denver, Colo., the youngest Among the articles produced last month were benches, tables, chairs, desks, cabinets, protection covers for engines and Darts orotectors. At present 3,000 coat and trouser hangers are being made to. be . . B-2- 4s Preliminary steps were under way in a field-wid- e survey of manpower utilization including occupational inventories for each division, section, branch and unit NUP...) DON'T Vvou HAVE J a oieu J f I PIP K-- s, .' T 1 T . . Promotion: V rr.;J: Theodof 0. TO Ba Catptala Joeaph U AbeU. Anm T Be Flrat Lilutraaat Prank H. Millard. Kal. Ba TMhaleal Sfsaat Ta fa" J-- L. Harper, Ortoo, L...6HE Blanton, , M'i,'BntrTSSn" W. J. William, Wolejr U E.MunJW. Franklin Wallaeh, SutUr, Falph C. E. Fthartr, H' Ouaglkm. Harold art. Joha J. Kollar Paul R. Sllr. Raymond J. Stavlnskr. Everett I. vM"" R. zartL S fry MJ JSi Fr,nr ONLY WKIT OHCS AFTER I 5ENT Hp IF THE POSTMASTER IN.NEW VOEK WA w .... AAV MAIL MOST RE AHAN6IN AKOUNt imw ' lJWtrtlr I klkAlkl' rU SJffAAOWAV AN we W- didn't eermu weeDEO UEIZ. NO M0 VaZ-r- fT r r-r-e-i . 8""" rJK"" ' Staff Sehwarts, Laurence tMztuo At Starling AtQ Wl U placed in officerslf bags. Also the shop is turnip an order for 1,060 conveyor i ers made out of maple wood more to be ordered later. ' are being made to be used change; on the field to nr. line procedures with coot belts. . . The wood mill branch first established in 1942 in hangars i 1 and 2. Other workmen r too k plained : that it made was mt noise' and dust so it to its present location a short i tance northeast of the clockbK The workmen also do all the f side repair work for the tat nance division, as well at , they do in the mill. . WJ.i i ' Hill Field A Year Ago '.JSJi f ANV MAIL, - a, - , 4 ... Tuned out by the woooWJ OF MANY PRODUCTS branch, maintenance division, is shown here taklnr shape nasT expert hands of Harry Leesman of Ogden. The block of woadi.u he is holding on the shaper will be ent up to make the msin SlS of a number of coat and pants hangers. ONE - . Depot I 6ET I kinpa $oeey X POR.Ol' eiP66.'J NOT EVEN A CAKP music. V: by Milton Caniff, creator of 'Torry and tho Piratos" THAT TWE BIP6E ZVHHBZ 60T NO a. : Pfc. Wendel T. Hurren from Smithf ield, Utah, will be .the on this Saturday's Hill Field ?how. "None but the Purple Heart", broadcast m.over KDYIi from 6:00 to 6:30 p. - Pf c. Hurren is now stationed at Bushnell General hospital. He was wounded at Venfro, Italy, November 27, 1943, by an artUleryshell. After setting up the artillery two or three miles behind the the front lines and determining of Hurren and the rest gun range, were relaxing and talK-in- g his outfit in their tents when enemy shells started coming oyer. There was no concentrated bom-a bardment The Germans lobbed shell over every two or three minutes to make sure the Americans didn't sleep. Although 60 or .70 shells landed in their midst that night. Pfc. Hurren was the only one hit Before his experience at Venfro, Hurren took part in the entire African campaign except the iniHis unit was the tial landing. only American unit to fire across Messina straits when the Italian mainland was invaded from Sicily. He landed at Salerno on P plus 10. Following the dramatization of the guest's story, he will be interviewed and his home town of Smithf ield will be awarded the DSC, the .program's designation of a Distinguished Service City. .. The ."Keep .'Em Flying", orchestra, under the direction of Tech. Sgt. Ed Stoker, will provide the A large number of Italian prisoners of war are currently being club. utilized at Hill Field to ease labor Voting will be cast In the recre- shortages, base headquarters disation unit office in the civilian closed this week. Prisoners were personnel building and ballots will secured through base headquarbe given to members on presenta- ters from the Ogden Internment tion of card to the recreation unit camp, Utah Army Service Forces - At a time when we secretary. WD Will Be Guest On Saturday Show --V t T 1 |
