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Show productioKJets New Records Vol. 2, No. 42 Official Paper of the Ogden Air Technical Service Command February 22, 1945 Increased Work Quotas Indicated for O ATSC . Officials Lay Plans for Mercy Drive CENT RISE . . . Employes in maintenance's electric pro-- 7, eovernor head department boosted production of these vital 1100 per cent last month compared with June, 1944. An even Z,r i0, lies ahead, according to maintenance officials. Left to St- - William Richards, supervisor, . inspects small armature after PER .n.riianl with I.ela Hutchison, armature installer. His Son Freed Campaign Starts March 1; Total iWork Piles Up as War Hits Japan Important Job Done Shown by Production Gain Goal 200 Million The annual Red Cross drive will start on March 1 at OATSC with workers and commissioned officers on the field being . asked to give one day's pay to this vital part of the war effort. The national goal has been set at $200,000,000, the same as last year. Military person- nel will be given an opportunity to become members of the Red Cross if they so desire. Minutemen on the field who have performed so admirably in past bond drives Will for the most part make up the solicitors in the various divisions. These will meet with Lt. Charles P. Murphy, chair man for the drive at Hill Field, the last part of February to lay final plans and receive necessary, instructions on the campaign. The various counties near the field will be given credit for do nations made by employes on the field on the basis of their residence, Lt. Murphy said. Arrangements for this have been made with the chairmen of these coun ties. Tentative plans for the drive were discussed at a meeting of Hill Field officers and leaders of the drive for the Ogden area at Col. John S. MacTaggart's office in the P. and B. S. building on Feb. 13. Those who attended were Lt. Murphy; Col. MacTaggart; Sheldon Bergeson, field director for the American Red Cross in the militarv installations of the Ogden nrMCarl C. UasKUl, weaver nnnntv chairman of the Red Cross; and A. G. Nord, chairman for the military installations in tnis area REPAIR UP . .". Compared with June, 1944, production in giant engine repair building rose 12 per cent in January. 3fieials there predict the same or greater work quotas for the next Jnr months. In the photo Byron Haverfield, superintendent, left, ks on while Wayne Moody, senior aircraft engine assembler, pre- -j pared a huge radial power plant for magneto timing. jHGINE 211 Field Employe's Son J Released From Nips - Radio Announcers Needed for OATSC Air Shows 1 , ... , mm m MiLJ.M PLUG LADIES In one of Hill Field's few Apartments, the spark plug repair unit, production jumped 350 per nt in devised January compared with June, 1944. Employes haveunit was Mmerous time and the since contrivances material saving' Wablished. In photo Ionia Anderson operates an '".yI11 JgAine for painting plugs with rust preventative. The many times the number of items to be coated than was formerly SPARK en eovf Na d Previous experience is desired stations KDYL, KSL and KUTA in Salt Lake City, and over KLO in Ogden and the Intermountain call Lt. network. Applicants may Gamble at extension 8274. ' il j; Name Added to Committee Roster tViA civilian .nA. vnf was new. luaici issueu committee personnel the addi ii.. ..,v;vi cenuy ""' enntninpd . -n mpmnpr --Zfl- Lit. tion oi Tunc nmir o Sh Chief Of the'"B"i Waiter jr. branch analysis and presentation section, of the statistical control headquarters and miscellaneous xxaicis" division. with additioni to the membership t hp same nim(ia : " was tne omei started as when the committee ago. about six monxns form nro . :tt.o r ine coiii"H't latoa- rules and ceaures bu ATSC and regulations to carry out Names of policies. war department the other members are: Maj. StewMaj. art C. Campbell, chairman; chairdeputy Thomas P. Heenan, Ourand; Capt. man; Maj. James R. JL w j Pnnt. Robert Jtt. t rands C.r.fov B. Burris, secretary; Spooner; a J W ft f u a 1 " ' J 1 1 h . - , . ehn WM T Place ' ' " """ " ' , ....- - - war SHIPMENTS DOUBLED . . . Shipments of critic OATSC to theaters abroad nearly doubled --last moni 1944. Officials expect supp.y V in h'KherJanary. Above, II. H directs lolding operation of crates of ai"rna"nmatCr, waiting freight car. Lift operator is Elma fe?8 tom,e.! '"ty ;v,, ana vy""" months. Practically every unit in Main tenance is confronted with boosted work requirements, Col. Paul W. Zehrung, OATSC Maintenance chief, said yesterday. Expected shifts in the focus of major military operations are consiired to mean substantially bigger jobs in many departments. Cites Importance Underscoring pending work load raises in Supply, Col. William H. Shield, OATSC Supply chief, said the initiation of large campaigns in other theatres lends definite support to the belief that developments in the Pacific in the near future are certain to greatly increase the supply work load, especially at OATSC. This is by reason of the fact that there will not be an instan taneous reduction in the flow of supplies to the east, but that there will be a very large Increase in the flow to the west. OATSC is one of the very few focal points through which most of these supplies will funnel in their western movement, he declared Definite plans for the accomp lishment of this increased mission have been " formulated, Colonel Shields continued, and there Is full confidence that this command will and civilian Military personnel be prepared when the occasion denew at who are Hill Field can mands. Material in stock has been find complete banking services on rewarehoused to provide ultimate the field at the First Security accessibility and enable high speed Bank of Utah, located at the west movements and personnel are in end of the clockhouse. constant training to improve their f This bank offers the following efficiency and ability to accomplish such movements services: cashing checks; savings of property. rapid t and checking accounts; issuance of A notable fact In Supply s record 4 1944 is that with roughly money orders, cashier checks and during traveling checks, war bond safe 20 per cent less personnel, total K keeping acounts, .and issuance of tonnage shipped overseas has near war bonds. ly doubled compared with January, The bank will cash war bonds 1944. Total tonnage received here on any day but regular paydays, has also practically doubled over but it asks that employees and sol the same month last year with diers "please cash your bonds only even larger volume expected. Total in case of extreme emergency and items supplied to all points have Y then think twice before- - you do also risen nearly 100 per cent compared with January, 1944. that." X The bank is open every day but Sunday from twelve noon to five Reflecting the tremendous job p.m. Entrance can be gained only ahead, besides indicating secent from inside the field. strides, maintenance production figures for the period since June, J 1944. are equally impressive. In BERLIN HARD HIT Since the beginning of England's 17 of 22 maintenance departments in the survey output jumped war with Germany, Berlin has noted 1945, at least 100 per January, been hit with approximately 60, in 000 tons of bombs, according to cent or better compared with June,1944, Capt. C. H. Andersen, prothe British air ministry. About duction . control chief, disclosed. 15,000 of this figure has been in electric J occurred gains Biggest U. S. the air Eighth dropped by (Continued On Page Two) force and the rest by the RAF. Bank at HF Offers Complete Services but not absolutely necessary, Lt. Gamble said. OATSC sponsors several air shows weekly over ' possible. cific. Geared to a rising tempo in that theatre, a virtual mountain of work lies before the thousands of repair and supply workers at ,this air "Free at last, feeling fine. Will force installation, officials be home soon. Love, J. Roy." have announced. Indications This terse message was received last Friday by J. R. Townsdin, for point to increased work two years a carpenter in Hill Field's box factory, from his son, roc. J quotas in nearly every de Roy Townsdin, U. S. Marine corps. partment following a survey It is the first direct word Mr. Townsdin has had from his son of output during recent in nearly three years when the latter was taken prisoner by the Japs at the fall of Corregidor. Pfc. Townsdin served under Gen. Wainwright on the Jonathan 'Rock" where a sadly outnum bered band of gallant Amerioans held out for months before surrendering in May, 1942. Wounded while fighting on Bataan, Pfc. Townsdin was subsequently awarded the purple heart. He was among those recently lib erated from the Jap Cabantuan prison stockade in the Philippines by Lieut. Col. Henry Mucci's U. S. Rangers in the most spectacular raid of the Pacific war. "It's wonderful to hear from him again", Mr. Townsdin said following receipt of his son's com munication. Previously he had heard of his welfare through the International Red Gross on three occasions. Pfc. Townsdin enlisted at the age of 18 in the Marine Hill Field employes interested corps at Denver, Colo., Septtember, in radio announcing were invited 1940, and was sent overseas in December, 1940. this week to contact Lt. Ron Mr. Townsdin resides at 3030 Gamble, radio branch chief, for Porter Ave., Ogden. His former audition. Opportunities to broadcast over major Utah stations home was in Denver, Colo. are available to those qualifying. ) jj J. R. Townsdin Startling production gains of the past few months, ranging as high as 1100 per cent in some instances, this week signalized OATSC's growing importance to vastly accelerated operations in the Pa- r f |