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Show Well, All Reet' Coming to Theater Dec. 14 Shop Maintenance Gets Award t I UHO's - f s f j . b w' ... For outstanding cooperation In observing safety rules for month of October, the plaqne was .s ' V SAFETY PLAQUE and practicing the shop maintenance division. They have over 160 workers who handle machinery, tools, carpentry, electricity, yet had only 11 minor injuries for month. In above picture Ronald J. Dyehes is seen awarding plaque to shop maintenance Superintendent Lynn Barringer. awarded- to - Shop Maintenance U. S. Will Double Wins in Safety Production B-2- For the best safety record for the month of October, maintenance trophy was won by shop maintenance. The trophy was presented to Lynn Barringer, superintendent. Consisting of 172 employes doing maintenance work with shop equipment, remodeling of various units, installing and moving shop equipment, there were only 11 minor injuries reported for the month, stated George E. England, safety engineer consultant working with Mr. Barringer. inter-departme- nt 9 B-2- 9s Buying Bonds at Show '- - i'-- W All Keet!- titled "Well, will be toe be variety revue, next attraction at the HU1 neio base gymnasium on otc. There is no admission charge. The show is packed with Harlem headlinere, many of whom booK-inhave left a solid season's campsg to come out to soldier all over the country. stepped-u- p They bring you a blended show with skillfully and riffsock comedy, hep talk uerhythms, up to date, and livered In the latest style of modern show business. Entertainers with "Well, All Keet!" include' such stars as Herbie Cowens, swing drummer; SoLaurel Watson, from "Cafe souDrette ciety"; Alice sixTyson, 'em) six (count with line of girls; Spie and Span, dancers; Bos-cGeorge Williams, comedian; Dyla, M. C, and Norman Lester, pianist and conductor. oe s ' 'H i I r' ML k.. ng labor-savin- Next Sunday is "The Army Air Forces Salutes the WAC Day" at Hill Field and more than 150 Other AAF installations in the country. will inSpecial observance here clude open house at WAC per-soan- C3 '4'' ert R. Renfro, chief, employe relations branch. Johnson left the field last week to train in Washington, D. C, prior, to an overseas assignment with the Red Cross. The AGP (airplanes grounded for parts) branch, supply division, OASC, had, as of November 30, the lowest percentage of airplanes grounded for want of parts of any installation in the Air Service ly Command, according to a report emanating from ASC headquarters, Capt Martin Imholt, chief, AGP announced this week. semi-week- Christmas shoppers, who traditionally both run out of cash and intend to do their most important purchasing a day or two before Dec. 25th, will be paid as soon after the 20th as possible. " 1l 'y. Reclamation Unit Called Cleanest During a inspection tour recently,preliminary inanertnra nt ha nio technical service command indiVISAING OFFICER . . . Cant. Dorothv Bnsaard. InrarmatlM a cated that the reclamation section k. daeation officer from AT8C headquarters, Wright Field (second of maintenanca rilvl.lnn reclamation shop in the from right), recently inspected orientation display boards of the cleanest enure country. TTAC detachment and other units. Also attending the orientation proM. B. Held, general foreman of gram were Capt. Richard E. Pickens, chief of Special Services; 14. the section ulH that lha pleased at the work that they JSartha I Stone, orientation officer of the detachment; Lt Betty T. were were wing, ana a 101 or credit Ctton, oonunanding officer; Cant. Bnsard and 14. Marry D. Klrseh, should go to the reclamation secInformation and education officer, OATSC special services division. tion for the monaw that lira. h.U saved and material being re- CHI At least Travelling Police . . . Ninth Reclamation hn hon hint nospHal Food wounded soldiers in hospitals in Service Command military police engine repair section by disassemsurveyed engines that are the Ninth Service Command are did a lot of travelling during Sep- bling too damaged for engine reof tember on 118 trains. They aver pair badly getting lot of food. Fifty-on- e to handle. ThP main.. these hospitals bought 1332,319 aged 6,150 miles of travel on the taken apart and the salvaged parts worth of food GjVer a trains they were assigned to dur- mrv rviurneu to oe reused. They process 75 tons of period recently. ing the month. material approximately each month. ln. ... ... two-mon- th Guy E. Torrenet Employe Get Award for Son's Herois: Guy E. Torrence, assistant t man of the janitorial servici supply division, is proudly i playing the air medal, nee presented to his son, Daniel rence, aviation ordnanceman t bardier third class, United K. naval reserve, for service m forth in the following citation "For meritorious acts while i ticipating in aerial flight a i manner of a navy Liberator a ag alnst a plane inin action the Bdnin islands oat forces tember 22, 1944. He pressed k. his attack against an enemy br j ing plane, and. in spite of re! the enemy a fire, destroyed the causing it to crash into dew1 and burn. His skill and to duty made possible the suet ful attack against enemy fin f were in keeping with the traditions of naval service." ) Another son, Jack, 23, is a f tram (Continued Pact Oo ner on a cruiser in the Pacific.' seen service in the A. making history over Japan dur- has alsoMr. Torrence also br ing recent months. Visitors were tians. Vetera allowed to approach to within 50 war record. He is a served f feet of the plane, which has been World War I, having division ar& one of America's most closely the Ninety-firand sought in the Argonne guarded military secrets. Belleau Wood. Bembslght Displayed Another feature of the exhibit was the display of the famous Nor-de- n bombslght. called the finest bombsight in the world, whica has enabled American airmen to carry out their "precision" raids. Attendants annrcml the questions of visitors concern-- . ' uig we DomDsignt, which: was (Continued M Fast On) placed on public display for the talnina- a onnutant aiT COVerf first time in Utah. intat The which came to the the allied armies rolling ,. J field at eleven-fiftee- n many. Sunday Among former Hill Fj" morning, was one of several placed on display throughout the nation now stationed here in engine J for a two-da- y period. These ex- haul are: W. Wright hibits were authorized by Gen. Sft Hay 1 FalL Orvill H. H. Arnold, commanding general CpL of the Army Air Forces and di- Hale, Salt Lake251City Ketaey AJ B. Uendenhall, in command of the 20th and rectly 21st air forces, the 9 units which Salt Lake City, and SSgt a K. Howe, 1118 Sunnyside now are plastering Tokyo. Salt Lake City. metal meat Roads Jammed Hill Field sheet Roads near the field were include: J jammed during the entire afterRichard D. Cpl. noon and the MPs and AMPs Childs Avenue, Ogden; Cpiturned in an excellent job keep- R. Johnson, Jr., Farmtogteing the flow of traffic running Roy L. Braegger, 1024 smoothly, as civilian cars were al- Ogden; SSgt Ezra H. lowed in the field for one of the Willard. and Pfc. fi"JCi very few times since the field was 354 W. Seventh South opened. Gates remained open for Lake City. 15 minutes after the five o'clock ' deadline so that those who were Task ef Supply G. Kf.nb at the field, but unable to get in at TSgt Lynn K other Ogden. andbeen that time, would have a chance to men playing have see the plane. task of The Superfortress was placed on tous part in the bombers. and display on the apron just south- the fighters Pt -east of operations and north of becomes increasingly are "fvwewJ the blitz hangar. A number of as air fields ground of the other planes of various also heels . helped all were in the exhibit, but types They the giant equipment of bomber stood out head and shoultroops who ders above the other types. in Holland. jrf Brisk Bond Sales Other supply men hM Bond salesmen did a' brisk busi- at Hill Field are ft ness selling bonds during the afterparts a r"dtr. ority new noon as visitors made "n Fff possible the by a construction of more giants of this advanced air teSto baWe type. Lieut. Gen. William S. Knudare keeping whk sen. ATSC director, has said pro- They In the air planes j duction of these planes would be would be grounded u WPP" doubled. normal land-se- a The 9 costs $600,000. It has were utilized. a wing span of over 141 feet and Pfc. Wallace GibsoftrP.jj, is 99 feet long. It is powered by and St. Lyle J. Und, j four Wright-Cycloeach delivering 2,200 engines, horsepower to the great propellors. It stands 27 feet high and carries a bombload of eight tons or more. Its speed is in excess of 300 miles per hour with chinist. a ceiling of "over 35,000 feet." Eleven men make up the crew DatUe EquipmenV of a Its armament consists Augurtourjirmed forrf of ten machine guns, controlled and fired by the gun- equlpmeni, oIDcp, ner through remote control devices recently. from five gun turrets. Douglas, said 4 Display Draws Crowds ... 4 enemy territory or just waiting for the boat represent so much ing "wasted time" a ciiunk taken out of their lives for which they will receive little in return except the satisfaction of having served their country. Or will it be the opportunity of a lifetime to prepare for the- - future? To some extent, that will de pend upon the GI, but a glimpse at official Dlans discloses that the War Department is preparing an ambitious education, recreation and ath letic program for "surplus troops in inactive theatres. While lull de tails have not been announced, two major points stand out; 1. Military training will be re- - . War chest campaign officials TWO KSEBX3EK8 OF THE ABMT AS FORCE Show they know turned over field contribuhere good thing when they see It and pmrehaae bonds at one of the two tions of $24,181.03 to Weber counbooths on the field 8nnday. They are 14. Harry J. Thompson and ty drive leaders this week. 14. Herman I Garrlgas. Standing behind Lieutenant Thompson at. mm concern Diana Inr a nrlvt cl the extreme left is Sherman B. Rfehardsea, Hill Field civilian field are near a to the shop open war bond representative, while at the extreme right stands being xorwaroed tnis weeic. 14. Charles P. Murphy, war bond officer. Framed In the window are (left to right) Second 14. Orla L. Gelek, Hope Nelson and Marie Marlowe Wootton was named this week to replace Marvin C. C. Morris, both of the supply division. Johnson as assistant to Ma. Rob- MM - . Ruth Spencer Anderson of Salt Lake CKy was appointed this week assistant director of welfare and recreation for Hill Field. AJavjaati whose return to the U. S. is held up temporarily by lack of shipping facilities? , Will the period they spend polic- emphasized, ., Officer Inspects WAC Display arm- ' Or, although not elimin ated, with considerably less time devoted to close order drill, gas mask drill, "spit and polish", etc. 2. Education, recreation and A sports will be stressed. If you like Files Taken From Hillfielder comparisons, indications are that life in inactive theatres will resemble somewhat the daily activi ties at a good military school in More than 6,000 Hill Field the U. S. with a few important official nwoived the i,. ian wuixvt For instance, no man will be war department emblem for six service this forced to attend any of the educamUllUla owmv. presenta- - tional courses if he doesn't want week following a token kUad air to and he won t be put on any tion to William naui, work details if he refuses to study. . at this command. But he will be required to choose corps wwxk upon an something from the athletic or recThe award is.. contingent . an reation lists. or goou efficiency rating Qualified men may be sent to monms ter during the six some of the great European uni versities such as Oxford or Camre-- T e, in England, or the Nineteenv. employes yesterday fnr fmesestions bridge, in Paris. g and The fact that a man has parof devices and procedures.dollars. tially completed some course when he gets shipping orders to go home ranged from five to fifty will not hold him overseas. In that A new guest house is under con- case, he just drops everything and struction in the rear of the head- gets on the boat. engiquarters building, utilities officials announced neering branch will acto be used B-2yesterday. It 9 commodate the parents and other enlisted of kin hospitalized close when temporary living personnel are unavailable quarters time-savi- i VVf What wind of Sor-bonn- mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. V ed Hill Field Year Ago "The United States is going to and double its production of send them to Japan as four-to-n calling cards," Lt Gen. William S. Knudsen, director of the air technical service command, said in Montana recently. "The war's going good, but it's not won yet. We've got to make supplies." Gen. Knudsen at the time was en route, with a staff of three, to the west coast to make an inspection of aircraft plants at Spokane and Seattle, Wash., and San Diego and Sacramento, Calif. B-2- 9 star-studd- camp - show Ambitious Program for Gls Areas Planned In Inactive will life be like for Gfif who up in the army or for that ies occupation? A" Medal matter, for those surplus men st . HF Employee Beat Record pin-poi- nt - B-2- 9, , B-2- Pf'f' J .J' mSi, air-bor- ne i prfj B-2- ne four-blad- B-2- 9. 50-cali- ed |
