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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 6 Aujrust w j '"j r' ,4.., ' -- Wrf g 2 for 1 $ ERV1 C EM . ER! Military personnel often need cash for such reasons as emergency leaves, liberties or passes or even a sudden transfer. As a result, that cash will be needed quickly! REALLY STACKED Reaching to the ceiling, stacks pallets hold the thousands of aircraft tires stored in warehouse 21 at Hill AFB. Recently appointed as worldwide disnow handle a business that topped $32 miltributor of all aircraft tires and tubes, the Ogden base will ' lion last year. of specially designed wooden Ogden AMA is Sole Proprietor of All Air force Aircraft Tires and Tubes Here's how to do it: Stop in at Beneficial Finance Co. .. . . ask for the Manager. Or, for even faster service, phone the Beneficial Manager and make all arrangements before going into town. f Thousands of tires in all sizes, widths, plys, and uses pile ceiling high in the west end of warehouse 21 at Hill Air Force Base. Why are they at Hill? The Ogden Air Materiel Area in February took over worldwide responsibility for the distribution of all aircraft tires and tubes. But this is only part of the OOAMA stock. Thousands of casings and tubes are stored in other areas under a plan that keeps all support items for aircraft such the and 2 under as the " same roof. If you're transferred, or expect to be transferred . . . don't worry. Beneficial has over 1,000 affiliated offices throughout the United States, Canada, Hawaii and Alaska. We can transfer your account to any of our other offices should you yourself be transferred. Loans $25 to $2000 on Auto, Furniture or Salary 4 convenient offices which is nearest you? OGDEN 221 Eccles Bldg ..... . ....Phone EX SALT LAKE CITY (3 offices) 12-ac- re B-5- F-1- 01 operation got underway in March have dumped nearly .5 million pounds of tires and tubes into the giant building1. Unloading and storage problems are greatly complicated by the wide diversity of' size in items received. When OOAMA takes over complete operation following the phase out of Shelby and Maywood, the local stock will increase at least 75 percent. Due to the voracious appetite for tires of modern jet aircraft some high speed fighters and Foreman Wayne Gamble ex- bombers use up a set in less than plained the tires at Hill range landings the warefrom a tiny eight-inc- h casing for section has become a key a "light plane", to a tremendous house 21 model in 30 ply rubber standing point for AirtoForce supply. It's foreman Gamble squarely up C inches high and weighing 530 and his to crew those keep pounds which fits the main lands and other aircraft nroo- wheels of the 183,000 ing gear "shod" so they can do their Globemaster. Cost of erly in the pound part global Air Force a single tire is $1,009. To stack the bulky and 7 tires, two specially designed One caveman to another: "Sav items are used. Fork lifts scoop the tires up with ' a long metal what you will, but we never had spear which slides neatly through tnis crazy weather until they the center opening. The casings started using those bows and are stocked upright in "palletiers", wooden pallets built specially for the storage of aircraft tires. Long metal posts on the four corners of the special pallets keep the tires firmly in place and permit stacking the units. BIG RANGE half-a-doz- en 's, L.-1- C-1- 24 SOLE PROPRIETOR C-1- 24 Although. two other Air Materiel Command installations, Shelby and Maywood Air Force Depots, are still in the tire business, they are' in the process of closing down, leaving OOAMA as sole proprietor. Some idea of the immensity of the tire operation can be seen in the fact that the buying program for fiscal year llr8 topped the $32 million mark. OOAMA stocks tires and tubes for fighters, bombers, The 2o Ogden AMA personnel cargo aircraft, trainers and even helicopters. Within warehouse 21 who handle the tire and tube busithere are tires and tubes for the ness for the Air Force keep hustling to store the r2 tons of mateKC97, helicopters and rial each day and ship out an avother aircraft. , erage of 13 tons daily to bases all The 2CCt railroad cars and .17 over the world which make their trucks which have arrived at ware requests through Air Force suphouse 21 since the OOAMA tire ply channels. C-1- 24 B-4- F-8- 4, C-t- 7, F-8- 0, B-4- 7, KC-Kl- o, 2263 Highland Dr., Near Sugarhouse Shop, Ctr. IN 22 W. 2nd South, Opp. Continental Bank Bldg. EM 740 South State (Next to Sears) EM OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENTPHONE FOR EVENING HOURS Loans made to residents of all surrounding towns Loans over $600 and up to 24 months, made by Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. (an affiliated Corporation) mmm Bin LOANS 4, C-1- l!, JtL 6 Banding Offices ovj Serve You In Ogden Area You aro invited to uso any ono or all offices for your Jirmrr? 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