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Show Page HILL TOP TIMES 18 November 7, 1973 Where to build Plans triggered dispute hope were seen that the War Department might select Northern Utah for an "air i i c ! l i , defense, supply and training base for the Pacific coast." The proposed base eventually became today's giant Hill Air Force Base, the state's major industry. But in 1935, it was not certain whether the facility would be established in Utah or i - Idaho. Congressional and other interests in both states worked to win the base. In that year the Great Depression was by no means over, and public officials were doing whatever they could to pull new payrolls into their areas. Fight for Base By June of 1935, the fight for the Rocky Mountain rein- - A silent prayer was offered by the thousands of military and civilian personnel assembled in front of the aircraft repair hangars May 8, 1945, to celebrate VE Day. BIG DAY came, employees prayed D-D- ay Wrr employees at Hill Air Force- Base observed several memorable occasions on the base. Thousands of them gathered on April 15, 1945 to pay tribute to President Franklin D. Roosevelt who died as Allied Forces pressed for victory over the axis powers in Europe. Memorial services were - M0T0 cluding a large unit of held in front of a hangar. attended by several hundred military personnel and others saddened by the passing of their commander-in-chief- . Another major gathering, base, participated the in the in commissary H Bank Financing Available 1st Payment Missile age meant change The missile age had signed an appropriations bill authorizing construction of the base at a location adjoining the Ogden Arsenal. 60-Da- HEYWOOD AUTO CLINIC Koysvillo, Utah 376-203- f o 0 Motorcycle Boat FR MW 70-1- 4 the House 0 I NW G78-15N- W NW H78-1- 5 I ... The Mutual Benefit Insurance Agency 1 ' 1 y 1 11 . n 1 1 . l1 - 0 me reueidi Liupiujcci uicuii uiiiuh at iiu 1941 August struction began at Hill Air Force Base on 17 temporary buildings. They were seven buildings for hospital functions, central steam plant, a mess, restoration administration. 1 $3595 $395 PI us Tax and storeroom p,u$Tax 1942. 1 i 7 9 v $95 416 North Moin Workmen at Hill Air Force Base established the first progressive assembly line for B 24s in February'. p,usTa p,u,Ta 1943. Plui Tax They delivered the first lumber to the Second Air Force in April of that year. In July. 1943. the base reached a production goal of one linmbcr a day, increasing production by 00 prr cent. In DecmilxT. 1943, the line and its .V) military and loyton, Utoh 376-970- 5 mm :: I I Ogden Just like Ford Studded for $5.00 More 0 I $2295 $2395 E&M civilian personnel received sectional recognition. By May 19 M the line produced 33 bomlirrs a monh. Ford Sales . jj 621-696- 1 or N jj 399-441- 3 Ext 55 LEASING DEPT. V SPA V CRANE riTn?isih Mutual Benefit N N XJ N o Stephen E. Ward 3260 Wa flYe. Have considered the vantages of LEASING your you fii Now is the TIME to order your new '74 Car. Come in and let us explain V BARRINGTON Mobil hemtft urryiiw isnns Ho mm Park 300 N. Hill run u. Mobil . these advantagses. KEN HALLS J , MOEIII HOMI SAltS . Heinz J. Bruehl o Junior F. Stewart - u J: Pay Roll Deduction Available V VIKING en display at u o . Cor? I buildings. Total cost of the 17 buildings was $23:5.439. The hospital began ocrating in February, ' 4 J - 3650 Wall Ave. PHONE: a mine missile Still standing conof In FOUR PLY NEW SNOW TIRES 5 Insurance e Life Minuteman program. The work force was already working on the Bomarc and Titan missiles. The first 15 ram-je- t engines in the Bomarc program arrived at Hill AFB in March of 1958 for maintenance and for correction of safety-in-fligh- t factors. p,usTax $J395 Studded for More NW 78-1- 5 C70-1- 4 I the Defense authorized the Air Force to proceed with development of $5.00 Auto of 250-ma- n I" I LR o the Department RADIAL SNOW TIRES HR78-15N- W I a effect on profound missions at Hill AFB. On Feb. 27, 1958 year President Roosevelt This Week's Special "warehouse, which initiated a construction program for more than 20 air depot buildings. However the end of the Pacific war resulted in placing these planes in permanent storage. Included were 2(( hk 132 North 1st West disputes flared as several Utah cities joined in the fight to have the base established in their community. Frank M. Browning, chairman of the Ogden Chamber's military affairs committee, noted the danger of having Utah passed over altogether if the various cities began pulling for their selfish interests. In 1939, Washington announced plans to spend more than $8 million for an Army Air base in the vicinity of Ogden, and in August of that Shifting of World War II from Europe to Asia brought Replaces MS 18 ' Brief intercity Name Chosen The name was chosen bythe War Department, and the announcement made by Secretary of War Woodring. Ground breaking ceremony for first phases of work was held Jan. 12, 1940, attended by Utah Gov. Henry H. Blood, civic and government leaders from Weber, Davis, and other counties. First shovelfullof dirt was turned for the basement of the drastic changes to Hill AFB. In July 1945 aircraft storage at the base assumed major proportions when 380 heavy Ixmibers began arriving from the European Theater for temporary storage and reprocessing before shipment to the Pacific Theater. ChlBBAO' SKI Arsenal, a military storage facility of World War I era. Ogden Chamber of Commerce and other Ogden organizations joined in the effort to induce the War Department to establish the air base near the arsenal. Estimates then were that the facility would cost around $20 "when million fully developed." Field between war theaters "D-Day- place on May 7, 1945. "Y-Day", that celebrated the Allied victory in Kurope. personnel, at southern Idaho and two cities in Utah. Both Ogden and Salt Lake City were being considered. So was Pocatello, Idaho. Many congressional and local officials felt the new air base should be located south of observance. Of a different vein was the huge gathering before repair hangars on June 6. 1944. This in" was the fateful vasion of Allied forces in Furope. one of the world s greatest military operations. this time before bunting bedecked platforms, took Military stationed members forcement base, as it was tentatively identified then, had narrowed to sites in YVAC The n w base development was given the official name of Hill Field, Dec. 1, 1939, in honor of Captain Ployer P. Hill, who was killed in a crash at Wright Field, Ohio, in 1935. Ogden, near the old Ogden As early as 1935 glimmers of , 1573 N Main Street, Layton 376-346- 1 or 8255-972- 1 1 19S N. Moin Layton . 1 IQCATIQNS 773-317- 1 ,. -- 7" |