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Show Back the Attack! Our Goal: Every Worker on Buy More Bonds and Stamps! 40 No. VeL 2, The Job Daily! icial Paper of the Ogden Air Technical Service Command Presenteeism Drive Shows JDig Jtiesults J for ; December Brig. Gen.v V. E. Bertrandias. newly appointed chief of mainte nance, air technical service com mahd at Wright Field, surveyed OATSC maintenance facilities durvisit last week as ing a two-da- y tour of ATSC part of a nation-wid- e maintenance operations to acquaint himsen with existing aircraft re pair procedure and equipment. While here he spoke to mainte nance section superintendents and called for greater efforts all down the line until victory is achieved. He left Friday afternoon to con tinue his tour of western ATSC depots before returning to Wright Field. Assuming jurisdiction over ATSC maintenance in January, General Bertrandias replaces Maj. Gen. Clements McMullen. to an appeal Responding Ik " ci increaacu j cut ab Hill field employes senteeism forty per. cent dur with ing January compared boosting pres- Miteism for the first month in 945 to 92.6 per cent, Ifirst ,t. Benno C. Levy, OATSC an hresenteism olticer, nounced this week. December, the field and winner of s he monthly award was headquar-erand staff officers division with 14.6 per cent attedance.; In second ilace is the supply division with 12.7 per cent. Maintenance is third rith 92.6 per cent and personnef md base services fourth with 89.9. I December's presenteeism figure 87.65 per cent," Lt. Levy said. g that this percentage was ap- iximately the average for . the tire year. Goal, of this field is which her cent ' attendance leans a cut over last year's aver Two-thirof ice of 60 per cent. Ithis i reduction has been acconv fished during the first 30 days Leading ds - 0 Gratified Jol. icer, im-jnse- ly gratified with the advance January. He said: : "With such a decided improve ment in attendance figures immediately effected, it is my hope that i month from now I will be able Josay that, having sighted our goal, " yaaacix n,- auu uie em ployes of the Ogden Air Technical Command will set an oramnlo rf jade in . - Saithful pe the envy and admiration of the fther area command of ATSC." at the initiation of pie drive for Dresenteeism at this "command be . that department attthe endance Tnarli- outstanding job I U Levy expressed the hope that "wiiS reDruary OATSC would jwwi ana pass the 95 per cent at presented achieving - Col. Bayley Will Field's - : w. nnnttmtt v" mi Pase Seven) "March last-minu- te sonally contacted by campaign minutemen operating m every di vision. Mnrp than 300 tickets to Birth day balls in Ogden and Salt Lake fitv were sold on tne Held. JjI Harrison said one remarkable as pect of this year's campaign was the fact that it was accompiisnea with less employes than last year. Assistant drive chairman was Port Aav of the emnlove relations branch. Both he and Lt. Harrison soain exnressed thanks for the splendid cooperation of minute it chairmen through out the field and for the gratifying response of ail worners. GLIDER TRAINING RESTRICTED Glider pilot training in the army oir fnwps after February 15 will be who have restricted to officers their pilots' wings and are skilled in flying pianes. two-engi- ne Workers Presenteeism ii"t :v .ffy mil recent weeks in striving goal of 5 per cent, jng to Kemp Bourne, section upenntendent. The average for rlentlre field is 8 per cent. laid tns was accomplished n "rough the supervisors of the impressing the personnel with CjJ 'importance of the individual the war Program, ad the W jWessity for everyone being on during the man power jeris rne and William York, with the eciion superintendent, have drawn up supervisors, ten schedule to guide the fnr in conveying to each new f.men employe a better understanding of Js job. his relation to the war ef- the section's policies. s.and, u ating an of Joh lmPrtance andatmosphere th cooperation, ahl s?ctin reports a decrease in ";en teeism and personnel turn-.- !, an increase in produc-190 employes had a .ver attendance record in Jan- ry and emergency leaves Work at 4k. ,i,V- thl ".section requires precision to Thl degree, Mr. Bourne says. KaIu rePair and check armament, oombsights. cunnerv and Link gainers, and hundreds of - ucrent radios a mmIs MUVlUh lllSUUlUfcllMi wt rss - - - if?). ter, per cent cut in consumption at OATSC will be effected immediately in step with a concentrated drive thorughout the war department to slash use of fuel and electricity, Lt. Col. Robert E. L. Knapp, OATSC fuel and power conservation officer, announced Tuesday. a-1- as-a- nt : "-- w 2 Setting maximum temperatures, William G. Strasters : Employe's Son : Rescued From Japanese ' The silver lining turned up last week for William, G. Strasters, nlumber in OATSC's shop mainte nance section, when he received news that his son, Pfc! Robert V. Strasters, was among 513 prison from the Jap Caban-tua- n prison stockade in the Philippines by Lt. Col. Henry Mussi's U. S. Rangers in the most spectacular raid of the Pacific war. "Thank God, thank God!" was all Mr. Strasters could say when informed a few days ago of his c.nno0 BM.V.J cofotv after nearlv three SHU He has been years imprisonment. employed nere since470 xeoruary, 3rd East, 1943, and resides at " Salt Lake City. Pfc. Strasters was reported missfoling in action in April, 1942, was lowing the fall of Bataan. He aurarHeH the silver star bv Gen. MacArthur for bravery under fire, and reported a prisoner of the Jap govenment in January, 1943. He attended the University of Utah prior to entering the army, and also was a former Salt Lake - Tribune-Telegra- employe. m to be rigidly followed for various buildings ' on ' the field, a directive has been prepared for distribution soon, Col. Knapp declared, adding that the solid fuels commission has revealed an impending deficit of 22 million tons of coal. "' Critical shortwood fuels are ages of gas, oils and also expected. It is the responsibility of every supervisor and every, worker at this command to conserve electricity at every turn, Col. Knapp said. Lighting should be turned off when is satisfactory. natural illumination ' Temperatures in buildings andoffices not equipped with .thermostats must be regulated by turning radiators up or ' down not by opening windows,- Col. Knapp em phasized. All outside exits and entrances must be kept closed when . not in use. Maximum Temperatures Maximum temperatures established' for 'various "areas on the field follow: Offices: .70 ' degrees Fahrenheit during occupancy only. Sleeping quarters: 72 degrees during occupancy and not to exceed 50 degrees between hours of 10 p. m. and 6 a. m. During time such quarters are not occupied temperature will not exceed 40 degrees. Recreation halls, theatres,' chapels, etc.: 72 degrees during occupancy. Warehouses, shops, maintenance buildings, storehouses: 55 degrees in areas where employes are standing and work is done entirely in warehouse or where bench work is done involving sorting, stocking, packing, etc., provided it is done entirely inside. In any warehouse not conforming to this description, maximum temperature is set at 40 degrees. ' Top Throughout the field temperature . - ; (Continued on Page Eight) Former Hill Field Employes Join WACs in Ogden Mary Barton and Matlena John son, both former Hill Field em ployes, will leave this month for basic training, being the first two Negro girls to enlist in the WACs' from Ogden. Mrs. Barton, of Monroe. La., will enter a specialized school as a sec-go- it se- vere fuel "shortages this win- X 1 Cut Immediately In the face of expected mm iiJ .. - JOi. i .12 Per Cent - re-uc- ea AAC,t; - His Son Is Safe sec- - S1.,111 J 945 -- I 350 employes has aSj1absenteeism frr,m m n r nor W Cm of Dimes1 drive soared over the top last week contributions boostas ed the total tn $1620.16. nearlv $250 more than was collected during last year s drive. Oimtn fnr this field Was also substantially surpassed, Lt. Milton Harrison, drive chairman, announced. Every worker was per- 8. Drive to Slash Fuel Starts Consumption Officials Call for Utah Legislators View OATSC Training With 350 cajuiuuieui During Campaign With Less Employes former , Col.r Eugene B. Bayley, base commander and since the consolidation of base and head quarters functions chief of management control at' OATSC, has been transferred to Spokane Air Technical Service' Command, Spohere kane, Washington, officials been announced, this week: He has here since March, 1944. assigned - A veternri nrmv man. Col. Bav low loamoH tn flv as a nrivate first class and graduated' in 1918 from the school of military aeronautics with a 1st lieutenant's commission. Since ' then he has continued an unKmlron Mrppr in the armv that holding the per- today finds him manent ranK or neuienani coionei. During World War I he served a voir gmH a half nvprspas. He was promoted to his present temporary rank ot tun coionei Jan. o, at va Col. Bayley has seen duty stations in this countrv dur ing nearly 28 years of service with the majority of time spent at posts in California. Mather Field, March Field and Crissey Field were three of the fields in that state where hisexperience was utilized as a pri- Equipment Section The- $1620.16 Collected Transferred To New Post lendance figure. Lifts 'March of Dimes' Tops 1944 Total Col. Eugene B. Bayley . Paul W... Wolf, commanding expressed himself as Maintenance : Visits OATSC Exhorts Section 'j Heads to Greater Efforts Lejapes OATSC Over New Chief of February V medical technician after training at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa. She will be serving along with seven brothers who are now overseas and her husband, who is a cook with the army. Miss Johnson will undergo her basic training at Ft. Oglethorpe, L Ga., which has recently been reopened to accommodate the increased number of recruits. Sgt. Mary C. Holbrook of the Ogden recruiting office recently announced the WAC has organized hospital units which so far as practicable will assign women for service in army general hospitals within their own states. This will en able WAC hospital units to care for the sick and wounded soldiers from their own communities. Those enlisting in the Ogden district who are especially interested B--" Utah lawmakers who were escorted on brief tour of OATSC in WAC medical corps service may A OATSC commanding officer, be able to serve at Bushnell Genpau( w w VISITORS AT HILL FIELDrn!nre Parvy the group In the schools theater. Legls-In- d eral hospital or other hospitals of facilities Friday std the area. Col. C. C. Minty, dePuYator?were led by Secretary of State E. E. Monson. f5 ... sn i |