Show SUNDAY MORNING P FEBRUARY 7 1943 They Learn Lore of Outdoors Cooperation of Cities Ogden Man Recalls How ‘Invincible’ Army of Kaiser Was Organized i (Editor's Not: O A Kennedy is Ogden's dean of journalism lie is now engaged in the real estate business but is a veteran newspaperman of the old Coin Harvey days and has always taken a typical newspaperman’s Interest In the passing scene He furnishes here an interesting tale that recals other war days) ment was a certain Ogden citizen By O A KENNEDY years” Heretofore whenever the writer of this article broke into print with a more or less brilliant article a certain lady after reading it was almost sure to comment as follows namely and to wit: "Why Is it that when you write a piece for the paper you must O o always be criticizing something or somebody? And if you must criticize why can you not sometime put over a criticism that would be constructive instead of the other kind all the time?” Wow I What a slap! And perhaps fully deserved So then let us watch our step and stay on the constructive side if possible Recalls War Bulletins In these days when we are watching the bulletins telling what is happening in World war No 2 it might be of interest to review some of the things that happened in World war No 1 The writer well remembers that second day of August 1914 when The Standard posted a bulletin telling how the German army had walked across the line into Belgium and was taking a short cut for Paris Now a personal word The writer had hi office in the basement of the old Utah National Bank building' Other tenants there were: Moroni Skeen J Howard Skeen William J Critch-lo- w J J Brummitt reaL estate brokers Charles Kingston abstractor W P Lethbridge and Frank C Davis insurance agents William A Wheeler Wilford W Thornley barbers and other ten- ants A Busy Place was a busy place that basement with customers coming and going and naturally we discussed the big war in Europe Few people expected at that time that we would some day be involved Indeed President Wood-ro- w Wilson issued a special appeal asking the American public to be neutral and not to take aides A certain Ogden business man was severely criticized be"I am cause he neutral Of course I am neutral I don’t care who licks the Ger- It o wise-cracke- d: mans" Ogden Visitor A frequent visitor In our base Contractors and Civic Groups Aid in Problem 1 -- Germany of Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm Early in August he announced: “The German army will be in Paris in six weeks That is the plan Every German officer has known that for In reviewing what has been accomplished one might well ask: “Where would this city and its defense industries be If it hadn’t been for the wonderful work that has been done?” Through the smooth and efficient cooperation of contractors : i x4 Sure ar ce living-propertie- s No qualified person would say that the housing problem of Ogden and vicinity has been solved — or even that it is’ approaching solution But in a retrospect upon the year 1942 it must be admitted in all fairness that virtual miracles were performed toward its solution had come to Utah from Germany some 25 years before He was a citizen but he stiU remembered (and loved) the who enough The German army fought its way to within 60 miles of Paris and might have gengone farther but a French comeral named Foch was in mand in Paris He had a large force of men to protect the city But he did not Vrait to be attacked He grabbed every bus taxicab and truck on the streets filled ’them with soldiers and rushed them out to attack the German army The “six weeks” plan fizzled Received Summons One day our German friend who bought and sold Ogden real estate announced to our group: ‘T have had a summons to report back in the bid seecountry I am for military duty You still a reserve officer in the artillery I wrote to the German consul in Chicago but he said that it would be impossible be-to send me over at this time cause of the blockade by the English fleet” When he was razzed for paying any attention to the summons he being an American citizen he defended his act saying: “If I had not reported I would never have been allowed to inherit any of my mother’s estate Now I am in the clear Berlin will never be able to prove that I would not have gone back anyway if they had found a safe way to take me over” Germans Forced Back The German army was forced to fall back to northern France where it dug in on what was called the “Hindenburg Line” and the long years of trench warfare began The English navy tightened up the blockade of the German coast Some one in our group spoke one day about the certainty that starvation was soon to be an ally of England Our German friend would not stand for It He said: “It will take a long time to starve out the German army For many years it has been the policy to keep on hand aU the time a five-yesupply of wheat That is the army always has on hand enough wheat to furnish flour for bread for the army for five years “It works like this: All over Germany wherever there is a wheat-growin- g area the army i 4 ' Xs F'v S'l--s to care for bridges pre-fabrica- and civic have been a roof for the Ogden The three great projects of the Homes A Associates and thefr affiliated contractors providing 2000 family units In less than one year are probably the outstanding examples of swift and efficient moves to provide for the housing emergency finishing the immense project But there have been other factors too An important contribution has been the willingness of home owners to share their dwellings with those who have come to Ogden to keep the war machines humming Thousands of persons have found homes in remodeled quarters reopened apartments spare bedrooms made-ovgarages and in regular homes With the cooperation of the HOLC and the defense housing authority authorizations have been made for the remodeling of private homes and vacant business properties to make them into suitable dwellings Administrations Help The city and county government has cooperated with federal and military authorities in adjusting problems of public service for housing projects Through this cooperation street sewer Better-Bi- lt to do brganlzed Locally Our German friend said: The reserve system is organized on a local basis as much as is possible In or near every town a detail of soldiers tfiovels the there is a military center or at least one building which is the wheat from his wagon into the hard be to headquarters of a reserve regits bin It going right ment It is in the care of what to starve out the German army” is called the headquarters comOn another occasion our Gerpany In the building is a locker man fellow citizen declared: “A each man who is supposed for the lot of people seem to have to report to that regiment idea that the German army is “When the regiment is called made up of picked men that out for drill or maneuvers each about they are all perfect man finds in his locker his rifle true not is Boys That physically are called up for army or navy bayonet belts ammunition uniform and campaign outfit In service when they are 20 years half an hour he can be comold It is considered a great honor to have served the father-lan- d pletely outfitted and ready to march In either the army or the Tells of Thoroughness navy A boy who is rejected for physical or mental defects feels “Just to show how thorough disgraced the rest of his life are here is an example” they and is always having to explain he said “On the floor of each why he has not served locker is a big piece of wrapping Avoid Manpower Waste paper In which the man Is supto wrap up his civilian posed to “It is the fixed policy not clothes and effects Under the waste manpower So they find on the floor is a long paper places where the defective ones piece of string to tie the bundle can serve A boy may have de with and attached to the string fective eyesight or hearing may is a big tag on which he writes rewalk with a limp He is not his name and address and inThere jected on that account structions as to whether he ' are dozens of jobs where the wants the bundle sent" to his or the navy can use him army home or kept until he comes Of course they do pick out the back If he comes back” finest looking and most healthy His Uniform Was There to serve ink the crack regiments He wound up with this: “Someand the shock troopers But very few are rejected” where over there is a lieutenant’s On one occasion he explained uniform hanging up in a locker with my name on the door But elaborately the system of reserve I am pretty sure I will never troops was in vogue in Germany A boy served three years in the wear it” When the United States deregular army Then he is disbecomes a and war on Germany in April clared member charged of the first reserve He serves 1917 our friend took our advice in that for five years then he and hied him away to his Idaho ranch 20 miles back from the passes into the second reserve and later becomes a member of nearest town to stay for the the third and fourth reserve “duration” After he is 50 years old he is Now is this a criticism? And still liable to be called to the if so is it destructive or concolors tp serve as a home guard structive ? non-fami- j toward the war effort by oing tfye Heating Sheet Metal Fire Clay Tile Flues and Asbestos Insulating in the 2000 war workers’ homes t We Congratulate er Better Built Homes and Associates the workers and all concerns affiliated in the completion of this project to furnish adequate housing for those workers engaged in this war area ’ For Soldiers Weddings (SOM SH DETROIT Mich (UP) — Part of the permanent equipment of the Detroit USO club is a min- ister music flowers decorations cake corsage — a complete setup for weddings of service men on leave A wedding present is always added WORK W OS WELL JACKSON It He Deserves ly HAPPY T® 0© ©UK PAKT area tunnels depots and public buildings The army always has a job for him FUTURE MEN Military leaders during the past two years have expressed high praise for the activities of the Boy Scout movement which has had an outstanding record in Ogden for the training In outdoor lore which it has given to thousands of boys Much of the training received by Boy Scouts is readily applicable to military situations has built granaries They are of frame construction built up from the ground to avoid the nuisance of rats and mice They have a good roof and are about 15 feet wide and from 50 to 100 feet long according to how much farm land is around and near “These wheat bins are numbered according to the year No wheat is kept on hand longer than five years For instance the first bin would be marked 1911 and would be filled up that year The next one would be for the wheat bought in 1912 and so on up to 1915 Now when 1915 comes that 1911 bin will be emptied and the wheat sent ‘to the millers to be ground into flour to be made Into breach for the army And the empty bin will be filled up again with 1915 wheat Guard Against Spoilage “Germany has rather a damp climate and that wheat has to be watched carefully to see that it does not spoil So about every 60 days a detail of soldiers goes into those bins and shovels the wheat They start in at one end of a bin and shovel all the wheat over in that direction The next time they will shovel it all back again In addition to their work clothes they wear masks to protect their lungs from the dust and on their feet the same kind of rubber boots that a fisherman wears Boasts of Bread Supply “So the German army has a supply of breadstuff guaranteed and on hand for five years And every spring the German farmer is sure that he can sell a certain amount1 of wheat to the army He drives up and has his wheat weighed and he gets his pay and labor public officials groups long strides taken toward the objective of providing everyone working in the demand and there can be no let-u- p One of the four huge bases has recently military launched a vigorous recruiting campaign to obtain 10000 additional workers The three other bases are still demanding more employes This means that the influx of new population will continue until the population of this area may reach three times its 1940 figure Barracks Built The building of huge barracks at the military establishment has been another factor in relieving the housing situation Long rows of dormitories have been constructed to fill the needs of workers At the Clearfield naval supply depot a whole village of Quonset huts has been built to house hundreds of laborers hard at work finishing -- the immense project police fire and water service have been provided for whole new communities springing up in the suburbs A homes registrations bureau has been established with the aid and support ol the chamber of commerce and has done a land-offibusiness since its opening in listing all available as wfell as listing persons who are seeking homes and getting the tw together New Projects ijn Slaking Vast new projects to provide homes are still in the making including a new authorization for the construction of 1800 additional homes and further encouragement of the remodeling program under govern- ment stimulus It Is obvious howevpr that the availability of homes will be a long time yet in catching up to FORT DEVENS Mass (UP) The greatest Yank of them all That’s the description given to‘ Major Saverlo N Pennine of the dental clinic at this army station who has extracted 1206 teeth during a single month Phone 45 Ogden Utah 2359 Kiesel Avenue i ifnwjfHnt $ l? i S’ £ A A' J ' ' v&m- " x V y--s s swriW & Cst "A"’'- £ 4 -- v Jf ?X 4 r ' I ? s : o On these projects the principles of mass production were applied to the small home to provide the m mum home comfort for civilian war workers '(iMi!!!iiiiiltrfrw'i"iii’ wimwrwiniti'iiiiiiii'uitnMinntti iiiii:h' urn t" mu i i v t-- x Mr' ii!iiuBLiiiiwuiimuw Bmiaiiiui r r X i 'xX S v A X ''ft -- vy y s A rys X'SWW A dr X A X Jrwnii!niH'atittis!aRi:jiiij(inu-mfiiiins8a:ii'- m 'S' nil ' JSs samnraia r "'r i s a— n & S S &A "V y m t I p f 4 i NTf s t V s yr f ? "'ySA y i ‘ - fee jl ” j ' A w rv A : A - ' ' '' w NX 'Ay X J s &' - y W X:2’5x's' i xJfc 0 ' ' ' VO- v- - - ' jL ” i -- 'A W £ 4 ' l : V 4 i Or J 'V'T ' 1 ' 4 ' Jl V ' - n A Vi x 4 - § A - bMv' Xy A Ad? ' v y V J' V £ w £ C: V' i j 1M ' S' S V'J- - A V 'S’ 7‘ VAfrT' J u - v wiror Wiir View showing the 1400 Washington Terrace Victory homes which art now being occupied 184 days after work was their families in this area started t X Bonneville Porta Verdelond Porta We wish to express our appreciation to all our subcontractors for their efficiency and cooperation in helping us build the F P H A Ogden housing proj- and Washington Terr oce VICTORY HOUSING PROJECTS ects and to the people of Ogden who have shown true western hospitality ' ' WERE BUILT By b Wm Wilson H — Joel E Moss - — Arthur B Weber GENERAL CONTRACTORS Vs f li MTiiTii H'liffilflfgiiMI SwiS'- SiMfli'fcurlM'IS t ‘ " Doing Business as BGTTGR GUILT HOMES AND ASSOCIATES Ogden Utah leelos Building |