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Show BASIC TRAINING CENTER Office of Public Relations Baltic Training Center K earns, Utah Cpl. Stanley W. Burgon's duties at the basic training center here are so much like those he had in civilian life that he feels right at home. A cashier for the Utah Savings and Trust Co. In Salt Lake City before he donned his uniform last August, he now works in the statistical sta-tistical department of the center's classification section. Corporal Burgon is a graduate of Sandy High school and attended attend-ed B. Y. U. for two years. The announcement by Col. Converse Con-verse R. Lewis, commanding officer of-ficer of Post here, that office jobs would be filled by civilians raised rais-ed the training problem which was settled by the war manpower commission. It sent in K. W. Browning- of Salt Lake, assistant district re-resentative re-resentative of training within the industry, who gave ten picked students a two week's course on "How to Teach a Man to Do a Job." Now they will work with new civilian employees, teaching office methods and procedures. The plan is expected to release virtually every soldier-office work er for combat duty. When this sign appeared on the Service club bulletin board here, there was immediate action: "Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Patterson, Patter-son, visitors here, will sew stripes strip-es on free. See the club hostess The women, Mrs. Joel E. Rogers Rog-ers of Cedar Rapids, la., and Mrs. Juanita Patterson of St. ouis, handled dozens of garments in in a week's time, sewing on buttons, but-tons, stripes, and emblems for enlisted men. Thus they wiled away the hours between visiting hours at the hospital hos-pital here, where their sons, Privates Pri-vates William J. Rogers and William Wil-liam Patterson, were patients. The sons are convalescing, and both mothers expressed gratification gratific-ation at the medical care they received. re-ceived. Keep 'Em Flying Soldiers at this basic training center heard an hours concert at the Service club by Miss Mildred Dilling, noted harpist, the program ranging from a Bach Bourree to a show tune of George Cershwin. Miss Dillon is a volunteer worker for USO Camp Shows and has been visiting many army camps. Eight soldiers possess medals for fisticuffs, as the results of the Post's first boxing tournament. tourna-ment. Novice titles were decided in the welterweight, middleweight and featherweight classes. Sub-novice Sub-novice champions were crowned in the heavyweight, featherweight and middleweight classes. |
