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Show J WOMEN REPLACE MEN IN MACHINE SHOPS J Ogden, Utah. Women In over- , J alls replacing men who have ' been called into the draft army 4 or have volunteered for service ' ' with Uncle Sam's Liberty army, t f made their first appearance here ' ' when the Southern Pacific rail- t t road employed about a dozen of J ' the fair sex for work in the lo- i t cal repair shops. J ' The women will get their first ' t experiencing in "sorting" scrap ' J piles, separating the cast Iron ' t slugs from the malleable, and re- J moving the steel and wrought ' f iron. Nuts, bolts, screws and , J other small pieces will be ' handled by the women, and If t J they display sufficient strength ' and ability In this line it is t f planned to put them to work ' J cleaning cars and other heavier i I work about the yards and round- J i ' houses. 0 ; t The "women In overalls" will ' ' receive the same compensation t i as that given the men who have J been doing the same work. t |