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Show 1 M K' ume 3 Contest Will Name Armed Forces Day in Utah, May 20th, will be highlighted by huge parades in six of the State's largest cities, according to ; Col. James S. Sutton, in charge of tate-wid- e Armed Forces Day ac-'- ij Uvlties. Parades in Salt Lake City, fOgien, Logan, Tooele, Grantsville, ; will feature the anj Springville, top bands of the state along with many colorful floats and marching men. j Individual committees in these key cities were appointed by Col. Y Sutton to direct Armed Forces Day I prcjrams in their cities- The city t the day by tf irovo will observe hiding "open house" at the Guard Armory, erecting win- in down town stores, dCT displays 7E 1 by having civic leaders give T""eches over the local radio sta- ',ti. .isSalt" Lake City, 'the "Armed v2b" Forces Day parade will be held at ' non with the procession breaking At Liberty up at Liberty Park. static exhibits of Army, Navy, Frk Air Force, Marine Corps, and National Guard equipment will be on Down town department vi;w. stores will also decorate windows wJh an Armed Forces theme, Col. Sat-urda- y, Na-fiC".i- al : ; ? E;iton said. All of the cities participating in tt"i Armed Forces Day celebration tj holding a beauty contest to I ect entrants tor a state-wid- e 3ss Armed Forces" contest to be k n in Salt Lake City the evening J 'May 19. Winner of this contest v 1I have a place of honor in the )t Lake City parade. Activities in Ogden, Tooele, C Hngville, and Grantsville will i i i i n n.i 1.1Lite ccicoi 111 atiuii BKiy parallel it the Lake City. However, '.""v i t at uie uian state Agn- i tural College under the direction kj rwm m a. a trtA - A E. W. Timberlake is going out to make the celebration in "gan a tremendous affair. J"he parade in Logan will start 1 Col. S " lr J' v A I 1 :30 on May 20th. The mobile Jits of the parade will continue to the city of Richmond to par--' in the Black and White ipate 1 ys, a 75 year old national dairy ( ttle show. Static exhibit will be ected at the Logan Tabernacle I juare, there will be speeches at trie and veteran's organizations, ( hools and churches, a band con- rt at each of the Logan, Hyrum, I ichmond, and Brigham City high I aools, special motion pictures, .X jdio skits and spot announce- - t tnts, dances at Logan' and four 1 itional Guard armories in the ,1 i 'cinity of Logan, and decorations tne streets and in front oi dusi-houses. i The parade in Logan will be in I sections, each headed by a band, will have over 3,000 marching n and 500 members of mounted s rooeie's parade will be high jilted by the appearance of the ld American Legion Mm and bugle corps, 15 time win )r in stats competition and na ?n champions in 1946. Throughout the rest of the state f Utah, National Guard Armories 111 probably hold open houses for he public to Inspect their facilities hd equipment, Colonel Sutton said Igna-Qarfie- Armed Forces ?Mi Mysferious Miss med Forces Day F jns Are V"ill llnhtawav - Number 9 PUBLISHED FOR THE HILL AIR FORCE BASE, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1950 Queen to Represent Ilill AFB To Be Selected May 10 at Civilian Club Who will be "Miss Armed Forces" for Utah in 1950? That is the question in the minds of lots of "slick chics" entering the state-wid- e competition for a queen for Armed Force day, May 20th. At Hill Air Force base plans are being formed rapidly to select the most beautiful girl available to represent the base in the Ogden semi finals to be conducted on May 15.'' The local scouting committee is headed by Verdi Powell of aircraft dispatch. Helping him are Jack Lewis, supply; Ed Watson, base executive; Jimmy Duckworth, maintenance ; Captain Thomas u. A. Welsh, command section and ofD-- 36 ficers club; and MSgt. Ed Johnson and Sgt. Glen Jensen of the NCO I club and military personnel. is The contest at Hill is open to all v female wives, employees, and daughters or sweethearts of civilian and military personnel of the base. Maintenance workers at Hill Air Requirements are that they be be- Force base are taking advantage tween 16 and 35 years of age. of the major divisions on of the "brakes" these days to get Each 1 SVkfV Jfe the field (supply, maintenance, base into the news. They are turning executive, command, officers club, out repaired brake assemblies for and NCO club) will sponsor two 6 bombers in the record breakcontestants in the Hill AFB contest. Winners of Hill's contest will ing time of 14 hours, according to receive prizes of merchandise being Maurice W. Mead, Ogden, foreman donated by merchants of surround of the brake unit. A regular pro according to ing communities, set up in the brake unit Verdi Powell. The two contestants duction line enabled the workers to lop off has chosen to represent the NCO club 4 man hours from the national will each be given $100 by the club to buy a new wardrobe. Entrants ayerage of 19 hours per assembly. in the Hill contest will be named A special project to repair 200 by May 5th. Hill of the "Miss winner ,The of the 6 brakes was awarded to Armed Forces" contest will be en- Hill last IP February. Approximately tered in the Ogden contest and 70 of assemblies have already the from there, if she is chosen winner, Photo by Bill Market. been to be held in finals will the completed. Completing the compete Who will be "Miss Armed Forces" for 1950? That is the big mystery brakes in such record time is result that will be solved at the final beauty contest to be held .in (Salt in Salt Lake City on May 19th. Hill AFB's "Miss Armed Forces" ing in a big savings to the govern Lake City on May 19th- Prises and flowers are in store for the girl that will be chosen "Queen for a Day" Armed Forces Day, that is; with her two alternates will ride ment. on one of Hill's floats in the Armed A contestant to represent Hill AFB is being sought and will be Forces day parade in Ogden on picked at ceremonies held in the Civilian Club May 10 at 9 p. m. When the brakes are received May 20. The queen and her two at Eligible to enter this contest are all female employees of the field AND wives, daughters and girl friends of all civilian and military tendants will be chosen in the they are immediately disassembled, base. of the Club Wednesday, May 10, put on racks, and placed in huge Civilian personnel : i 4. at 9 p.m. tanks to be washed by a hot caus Selection of all contestants will tic solution. After washing ,and Dataon, be strictly on a "good looks" basis not on popularity or pul, Powell rinsing parts of the hydraulic said. Selections will be made by a brakes are further cleaned by sand panel of impartial judges. blasting and "Spin clean" methods. Then all of the parts are carefully Hold Convention examined, new parts substituted The fifth annual convention of New Air Force Secretary where needed, and then painted the American Defenders of Bataan Almost $190 thousand dollars with zinc chromate to prevent cor and Corregidor will be held in worth of U. S. Savings bonds have rosion or rust. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May been purchased by civilian workers The 43 different sets of parts are 5, 6, and 7, according to Major A. at Hill AFB in the. last three assembled then into one unit L. Hankin, chief of statistical and to Donald N. cost accounting branch, who was a months, according 278 .3 sr weighing pounds. Some of the Japanese prisoner of war for 3 and McDonald, chief, payroll and ac 43 sets of parts contain as many as counting branch. Of the 3,569 em years. 72 individual pieces. Invited to the convention are all ployees on the payroll as of March ArThe giant 6 has 4 wheels on members and their families. 31, over 50 per cent of them were will of its two main landing gear accomodations each for rangements struts. It takes a set of brakes on be made at the leading Pittsburgh having savings bonds deducted each of these 8 wheels to bring the The convention will be from their checks, he added. Hotels. all a for 278,000 pound bomber to a stop. banquet by highlighted Actual bond deductions for the Brake assemblies being repaired delegates and their guests on Satat Hill AFB are shipped from Ft. urday evening, May 6th, Major period of December 11, 1949 until Worth, Texas. the pay period ending March 31, Hankin said. VHO?? Drakes of trrtftnA "r. Jorm. Repaired at Hill AF Base B-3- B-3- - Fifty Per Cent of Civilian Workers Purchase Bonds Defenders of . Corregidor to , pllllii B-3- was $188,455.01. Total salary payments to civilians during this NEW BOMBER period was almost $4 million dolWASHINGTON (AFPS) The lars. Air .Force has contracted to build An average of approximately THOMAS K. rlnLKTTKK was version of the world's a four-engi7 sworn in Monday as Secretary of the Boeing $60,000 worth of saving bonds are fastest bomber, range processed each month, McDonald .the Air Force, succeeding W. stratojet, to increase both Stuart Symington. Flnletter is a and speed. The recent announce said. The greatest share of these former New York attorney and 7 was ment reveals that the bonds have a maturity value of $25. frequent advisor to the Defense originally designed as a to 18 During the year of 1949, motors Department- Symington resigned rocket with plane U. S. Savings bonds were to become chairman of the na or give it extra push for take-of- f tional security resources board. in emergenciespurchased by Hill AFB workers. 1950 NEW HELICOPTER FOR AIR RESCUE WASHINGTON ne B-4- air-resc- B-4- six-engi- ne $717,-105.- - 33 - I (AFPS) A "flying banana" soon will be introduced into search operations by the Air Force. It is a curiously-shape- d helicopter with a combination of wheels, floats and skis in its landing gear. It is designed for safe landing anywhere on earth snow, ice, water, tundra. marsh or dry land. ue |