The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-03
EVAN HILL, STILL, IN HOSPITAL, NOW
 MAGAZINE WRITER
Former Empire Reporter Gets S400 for Article
 in Liberty Magazine

It. Evan Hill, former popular re- porter on the Empire, who went into the Armed Service from Juneau, went over there, was wounded and has been cared for in hospital for over one year, recently received a check for s400 from Liberty Maga- zine for an article on And They Shall Walk Again
 A hospital newspaper, containing two column picture of Hill, re- clining in his hospital bed has an l interesting article on his magazine article and also his Who's Who"
 Writing to the gang" on the Elm { pire, in a letter dated September 28, 1 Hammond General Hospital, Modes to, Calf, Hill says he is mot feeling so sharp right now and the short note and clipping will have to do. No publication date on Liberty story but think it will be soon. Think I am on the upswing. Should be getting out of bed in a week or so. To date have been flat on my back for over a year. I plan trip to Juneau I in several months, if can get leave and I am able to travel that far
 The clipping from the hospital paper, attached to the letter, is as ] follows:
 1 It. Evan Hill A-18 patient, was a very proud author last week, when ,he was informed by Liberty Mag azine editor that his article And They Snail Walk Again" had been accepted and that he was being sent check for $400.
 1 It. Hill, who says that he would rather write for fifty cents day than dig holes for seven or eight dollars day. wrote the article while a patient at Hammond. It is a story of the recent advances in the treatment of transverse myelitis, and of the men who have recovered from it's effects in this hospital l Formerly employed by the Juneau Daily Alaska Empire" It. Hill has been writing for rNwspaper and radio since leaving the University of Washington, where he studied jour naliSm.
 At Bellingham, Wash, his home town, he gained experience by edit ing and managing teachers college publication, and worked at a local radio station
 Leaving this job he went to Alaska flor a year." and stayed for four years.
 When he first arrived, with only SIP in his pocket, he looked for a job and finally managed to land a place as substitute for vacationing reporter for two weeks which was stretched to two months, and finally a full-time position.
 He did free-lance writing while he was on the staff, but in Sept, 1940, joined the Alaska National Guard when it was first mobilized. The call to active duty came about a year later, and Hill, now 2nd It., moved with the battalion to a garrison for a period of training.
 "The Alaskans were no good as garrison soldiers he said, but the battalion could really take care of itself in the brush"
 After 30 months of northern duty, he was returned to the states on TO- tation, and after training at Camp Roberts. he joined the 79th Division i in Normandy.
 A German artillery shell stopped his European duty after he had fought through France, and he began his year long disqualification.
 When asked how it felt to write for national slick" magazine, It. Hill, at present a full-time bed pat tent, said If I felt better, I'd be lots more exuberant."
 He plans to write more articles on hospital subjects when he is bet ter able to get around to pick up information.