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Show November 7, V '- -a T BUS! ft WE Commissary and for the Quartermaster Garage and Shops. April -- workers began building railroads and spurs. July Paving of four 7,500 x runways and taxiways began. Nov. 7 - Col. Morris Berman became the first commanding officer of the Ogden Air Depot. 150-fo- joining installations. $1,540. 1941 1940 in 12 -- - ground-breakin- g ceremonies for the Quartermaster Warehouse and - Maintenance The first Air Corps G. Bain, William civilian, to work. reported March 2 - More than 1,800 Utah men applied to take the Civil Service first Examination establishing registers for Mechanic operation. 9 -- - three-shi- ft began operation. To handle its Supply work. a inaugurated two-shi- men unqualified for military service. It also approved hiring women in positions previously held mainly by men such as sheet metal, welding, and engine repair. April - The Ogden Air Depot assumed accountability for all strategic fuel and oil west of the Mississippi River. July - The Civilian Personnel Section began recruitment outside the local area. By February 1943 recruitment extended to the n states. November - A production line for modifying and and 0 repairing craft began functioning. Learners. About one per cent began classes. July 21 - Colonel Berman 9 o o o April 1 - A centralized clockhouse became operative, placing a daily time card system into effect. replaced the .bi-weekl- This y (more page 000) -- -- P-4- P-3- 9 ft 1943 - To help Jan. alleviate a critical manpower shortage, the War Department ap16 Page mid-wester- 1942 Jan. 5 mounting -- Officials of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce and civic groups participated Jan. Dec. 8 a Jan. Each officer had a key to the gate separating the two depots. Oct. 1 - The total civilian personnel assigned at the Ogden Air Depot was 417. By the end of December it was 1,639. Average annual pay was ot TO SI IT and Lt. Col. J. Worthen Proctor, commanding officer for the Ogden Ordnance Dept., signed an agreement defining the boundaries of their ad- Works Progress - Administration Col. Morris Berman HILL TOP TIMES 1973 February - The first 12 women workers started in the Aircraft Armament Shop in proved installations hiring the repairs hangars. 15: 45 - Hill AFB employees clocked out at the gatehouse Hill Air Force Base is n I5y Helen Iiice, Historical Office Ogden Air Materiel Area celebrates its 33rd anniversary Nov. 7, 1973. It was on that date in 1940 - 13 months before Pearl not wavered, it was then up to the Ogden and Salt Lake City Chambers of Commerce and Utah's congressional delegation. plans to successful Major credit for bringing well-laifruition goes to such energetic, dedicated and indefatigable men as the late Frank M. Browning, then head of the military affairs committee of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce. Gus P. Backman, long-tim- e executive secretary of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce was an enthusiastic booster to Congress and Air Corps officials on the advantages of locating a depot in Utah. Following passage of the 1935 legislation the Ogden Chamber of Commerce went that "second mile". First, it generously gave the U.S. Government nearly 400 acres of land on Which it could begin construction. It also took options on over 4,200 acres just south and east of the Ogden Ordnance Depot. This made some choice acres available to the government later on at a reasonable price. -- d Harbor - when Col. Morris Berman became the first commanding officer at the Ogden Air Depot - at Hill -- -- Field. However, this installation was very much on the map long before that. II really began back in 1933 It really began back in 1933. The desirability of this area for any potential Air Corps use first came to the attention of decision-makinofficials that year. Establishment of a temporary Air Corps Depot at the old Salt Lake Airport to support airmail operations focused attention on the area. Such officers as Gen. Henry H. (Hap) Arnold (then a colonel) and others got a firsthand look at Utah's strategically and centrally located g area. piece of legislation, approved on Aug. 12, 1935. provided for the allocation of additional permanent Air Corps stations in the United States, Alaska and our overseas possessions. Specified were six geographical areas - one in the Rocky Mountain area. Here was the "green light" local planners had been looking for. Since the Air Corps interest in the area had A Oqden Chamber of Commerce gave Ihe U.S. Government land fo begin construction -- "V. 1 WPA emergency funds were used for the construction project in November 1938. Involved were four 7,500 foot runways and six temporary structures. The Ogden Chamber of Commerce once again came to the rescue by securing heavy equipment from local government units to insure this big project got underway before winter weather prohibited. In just a year the job was done. Now, on April 26, 1939, the United States Government acquired 2,967 acres of land in Davis County which the Ogden Chamber of Commerce had been holding in escrow. Year-en- d surveys raised the total to little over 3,000 acres valued at $128,079.80 - about $42.50 per acre. A reasonable figure for 1939 and a fantastic one compared with today's prices in Davis County. Another key congressional bill was approved July 1. (more page 10) i - g? 1910 Dignitaries gathered for the ground breaking CO ceremony at Hill Field Jan. 12. 1940. 8 ssWT?W?r 1 . iy n. ? VsU W-- Ad'- - . 1 V ; i, . 1 1 8 (,,1 wfo&mtm1ir Jjt .vjs li " ap,. , r-.-- ; J. 1 fir i: w - .. - -- ;s :s y sS,. - 1 1 1B 1 J) & ; I v, k '1 RISE HIGH Many of the original tmlldingt. tach as these& under construction in December Itt9, are it HI in ue. ,4 . mi . SNOW STFAK nnsT A: Sury - Q wan the first B-1- ? to arrive on base. She came aboard July !. 1943. - Th wrMnnrt nfflr with it V for Vlr torM longhrick warrhousrsat Hill Field in 1913. Data Automation m and Maintenance now are in these buildings. |