THE BEISP BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON, SATURDAY, APRI114, 1945
PAGE THRlE
Employe Ideas
Modifying Planes
Louisville, Ky. tB American In
genuity, faced with the wartime
need of "getting there first with
the most," Is coming through at
the Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft
Corpplant where an employe sug
gestion program Is speeding up
modification of B-24 Liberators,
the bomber that help rain destruc
tion on our enemy.
ConVair officials estimated to
day that employes at this division
alone in 1944 saved 330,305 man
hours, or enough to modify 165
B-24's. Some 350 suggestions were
accepted during the year.
Not all suggestions are practic
able, however and many an em
ploye idea, presented in all seri
ousness, is turned down by a com
mittee of department heads and
shop representatives who have
final say on the suggestions after
they are investigated by indus
trial engineers.
Ideas for cutting down man
hours or production costs are
placed in boxes in the planf. If a
suggestion Is approved by the
committee, which meets each
week, the employe receives a cash
award amount of which is based
on the expected return from the
suggestion.
Cut Operation 70 P.C.
Take for instance the sugges
tion of 22-year-old Margaret Hig
gins, Louisville, which netted her
$170 and saves 70 per cent of the
time required in fitting together
tubes which carry a glyco-alcohol
spray for propeller blades and the
bomber windshield.
By changing routes of lines
from the reservoir in the fuse
lage, Miss Higgins' suggestion
eliminated 11 of 13 pieces of tub
ing, plus the three fitting required
at each juncture.
Claude Martin, a 28 -year -old
lathe operator from Corbin, Ky.,
did by accident what metallurgical
laws said was impossible. He
drilled armor plate with a drill
whose material was softer than
the plate.
Richard Hill, a native of Abbey
ville, S. C, who IS in charge of the
suggestion program, explained
that Martin experienced difficulty
in drilling holes in the plate with
a specially designed drill, which
would break after four or five
uslngs. One day, in a rush to get
a job done, he substituted a brok
en high-speed drill. And it worked.
The metal got cherry-red from
friction, and crystallized into a
substance harder than the armor
plate. Now broken mgh-speea
drills which cost about one-tenth
as much as the special drill, are
used almost exclusively.
40 P. C. From Women
Of some 1,600 employes eligible
to submit Ideas, about 40 per cent
in the past three months have
been from women, Hill said.
Mrs. Carol Holderman, 26-year-old
assembler, whose husband is
in the army, saves one depart
ment about 675 hours out of every
year with her suggestion that the
12 or 14 girls use a small finger
fitting knife similar to that used
in cotton mills to cut cords after
a number of electrical wires have
been bunched and tied together.
With a flip of the wrist, Mrs. Hol
derman was able to tie and cut the
cord with one operation where
previously two had been required.
AH suggestions to be used in the
modification program, the final
step before the big four-engined
ships go to the fighting fronts,
have to be army-approved before
put into use.
Some suggestions never get
much farther than the box in the
plant. One employe proposed "a
hidden gold mine" of an idea,
whereby he would have each em
ploye work 9.36 hours per day,
six days a week, so -each could
have Saturdays and Sundays off.
Plant officials still can't figure
out a calendar to fit that scheme.
Surprisingly Simple After
Some of the employe devices
look so simple after put into oper
ation, that others wonder why
they didn't think' of them sooner.
G. V. Kruse, Louisville, installed
a double - needle attachment in
stead of a single needle on a sew
ing machine and cut out many
yards of machine travel around a
piece of sound-proofing, which
required double stitching. Once
around is sufficient and the two
Choice Potted
PLANTS
Hydrangeas Violets
Azaleas Primroses
Cyclamen Begonias
FUNERAL DESIGNS
A SPECIALTY
PICKETT
Flower Shop & Garden
Phone 530 629 Quimby
We telegraph flowers
anywhere.
Youngsters Celebrate First Christmos in April
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(11 V 'ti faster:!!
NEA TeUohoto)
It's Christmas In April for Charles and Suzan Jones, four and three years old, respectively, as they enjoy
their first visit from Santa Claus to their Seattle. Wash., home. With their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. Clayton
Jones, they were interned at Santo Tomaa prison camp in Manila until last February.
NLRB to Hold
Hearing in Bend
An election lias boon ordered
by the trational labor relations
board for the Kesterson Lumber
company of Klamath Falls, to de
termine 'the bargaining agency,
on petition of the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers union, AFL,
chartered by the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America, William F. Wedell,
representative of the brother
hood, has announced.
Also on petition of the LSW. a
number of hearings, one affect
ing The Shevlin Hixon Company,
Iicnd, have been set, the official
said. For the Weyerhaeuser Tim
lei' company's mill at Klamath
Falls, a hearing has been set for
April 17, and on April 19 there
! will be a hearing for the Ochoco
Lumber company, of Prlnevllle.
lhe Shevlin-Hixon Company
hearing has been designated for
April 20. This will Include the
woods and the mill.
Also, a petition has been filed
for an election at the Goldendalc,
Wash., Box company by the Lum
ber and Sawmill Workers, AFL,
on a date not listed.
Count Haul in Nazi Gold
. Okinawa Field Graveyard for Jap Planes
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(NEA Teh photo)
The red ball insignia of the Jap air force, symbolic of the rising sun, stayed right on the ground when
American forces uncorked final explosive assault on this Okinawa airfield, turning It into a graveyard or
shattered planes. Bulldozers quickly cleared away the wreckage to make room for Marine observation
olanes. Marine Corps photo.
U. S. Army Group
Anim.r to Prevfona Pat.le
HORIZONTAL
1 Depicted is
CJ Jnsigne ot V.
-. . Army
Division
8 Condition
13 Collection of
sayings
14 Face part
15 Leaf of the
calyx
16 Rot by
exposure
18 Spikenard
' SJtodeat ,
4 Within
0 Division of
geological
time
6 Czar
7 Demigod
8 Steamship
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9 Pestered
10 Capable
11 Road
12 Shade tree
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'HbIuIiIni&i TOggr
20 Small particle Certain
21 Chaldean city 19 Doctor of
23 Flowers Science (ab.)
25 Bowling term 22 Crimson
28 Female ruff
27 Mountain,
crest
29 Roman
magistrate
30 Stanza
31 Symbol for
erbium
36 Cubic (ab.)
37 Type of fur
tantalum
46 On the
sheltered side
47 Lend
49 Dance Step
50 Amount (ab.)
51 Man's name
53 East (Fr.)
55 Bind
32 Worried
33 Snake
25 South Cany
lina (ab.)
34 Of the thing 28 French capital 45 Symbol for
35 Symbol for"
iridium
36 Quotes
39 Regular 'beat
ing in veins
42 Employers
43 Sheer
44 Material
48 Id est (ab.)
49 Indo-European
language
52 Genus of
plants
54 Stellar body
58 Correct
50 Direction
B2 Frigate bird
63 Guide
64 Completely
VERTICAL
1 Distant
2 Individual
38 Compass point 56 Shoemaker's
39 Greek letter tool
40 Indians 57 Beam
41 Epistle (ab.) 59 Doctor (ab.)
61 Palm lily
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seams are in. He was awarded $98.
Roy H. Haiskell, 30, Knoxvllle,
Tenn., saves the plant an esti
mated 1,880 hours each year by
his suggestion that any oxygen
bottler inside the bomber, usually
taken off at the ConVair plant for
reinstallation of one to meet AAF
specification, be reworked Instead
of replaced by a new one.
An Appleton, Wis., man, A. S.
I Cameron, who served in the last
; war, used his mechanical know-
how to save burning out small con
trol motors when propellors are
i "feathered" during engine tests.
' He substituted a larger washer in
one part of the motor solving a
i problem that had engineers head-;
, aehey when about one out of every
' three motors would burn out dur-;
i ing tests. He was awarded $135,
i the fourth award he has received.
Man Loses Life
In Court Blaze
Ontario, Ore., April 14 U
The death of Allen Hull, 53, of
Nampa, Ida., who was fatally
burned in an auto court cabin
Friday, was under Investigation
today by Coroner R. A. Tacke.
Tacke said the victim was found
sitting on the floor propped up
against the bed, with some of the
bedding burned and with burns on
the body.
A man who stayed with Hull In
the cabin Is being held for ques'
tioning.
U. S. Armed Units
To Join in Prayer
Washington, April 14 (IP)
Wherever war conditions permit,
American armed forces through
out the world will mark the hour
of funeral services for President
Roosevelt today with a five-minute
period of silent prayer.
Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson and Secretary of the
Navy James V. Forrestal an
nounced that the prayer period
would take place at 1 p. m. PWT,
the exact moment that services
for Mr. Roosevelt begin in the
White House.
Day of Grace Is
Given Taxpayers
saiem, ure., April 14 (in a
'day of grace" for the payment
of state Income taxes was an
nounced by the state tax commis
sion here Friday. The Salem and
Portland offices of the commis
sion will remain open on Mon
day.
All returns mailed and post
marked before midnight Monday
will be accepted without penalty,
tne commission said.
The extra day was granted be
cause the deadline for payment,
April 15, falls on Sunday.
FIVE DOGS IMPOUNDED
As the dog population in the
city pound grew to 10 today, Bend
police reported the arrest of an
other person for assertedly per
mitting his dog to run at large.
The latest to be accused was John
Robertson, 16, of P.O. Box 246.
Bend. The youth posted $5 bail
for appearance In municipal court.
Officers reported that they im
pounded five more dogs yester
day and last night.
HOSE REPORTED STOLEN
H. Rollevson, 709 Federal street.
today reported to Bend police that
someone stole a 50-foot length of
garden hose and nozzle from his
property. The victim said that
the hose had been stratched along
side the family home.
Wires Busied by
News of Death
Portland, April 14 N. P. Pow
ley, president of the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company
made the following announce
ment Friday, April 13:
"Our company deeply mourns
with the entire nation the passing
of the president of our United
States. In 'deepest reverence we
are at our posts in order that we
may be of all possible service In
this sad hour in which we all are
engulfed.
"Immediately following the
flashing of the tragic news yes
terday, telephone traffic, as would
be, surged in crescendo waves for
the first hour and then flooded to
a more constant volume which
was most effectively handled by
our well - engineered equipment
and efficient operating force. The
sympathetic understanding and
cooperation of the public was in
spiring to our entire personnel,
and we gratefully acknowledge
the splendid aid and understand
ing In a great grief stricken emer
gency In which we all were sud
denly plunged."
Confer in Bend
Tightening of rules and restrlc-
tions gpverning financial assis
tance was pledged by members of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis,, Deschutes coun
ty chapter, at the group meeting
held yesterday in the office of
Ross Farnham, according to Mrs
jj. . Arnoiu, uuumy wiairman .
It was announced that the state
chairman, Eugene Hall, who Is
1 now in New York, will amiMr i
Bend the latter part of April t0
confer with local officials.
Chapter members present at
yesterday's session were Mrs j
F. Arnold, Ross Farnhanii w' s'
Ramsey, Mrs.- Hugh Cole; J. y
Arnold and Mrs. Fred Shepard of
Tumalo. . , -
Eight-Inch shells manufactured
for army ordnance in Chicago re
shot at the Germans 10 days iater.
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(NEA RmJio-TeepfcoloJ
Finance Corps men of V. S. Third Army and a Rolchsbank official (left)
check bugs of currency containing French, Norwegian, American, Knglish,
Spanish and Portuguese money found in salt mine near Moeckers, dei
many, southwest of Oatha. The treasure trove contained 100 tons of gold
bullion, believed to be almost entire amount of Germany's gold reseifB.
plus priceless art treasures. Signal Corps radlo-telephoto.
Capitol, Starts Sunday
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Susanna Foster and Turhan Dcy are starred in the new Universal ptcraje,
"Frisco Sal," a story of reckless love.
Alfalfa
Alfalfa, April 14 (Special)
Mr. and Mrs. A. January have
sold their ranch to C. C. Vice of
Powell Butte.
'"Mr. and Mrs. J. Snyder are In
stalling an electric water system
in their dairy barn, and plan to
extend the service to their dwell
ing.
Morltz Boessler, who already
has 1200 turkey poults, reports
that he is expecting another ship
ment of apyroximately the same
number.
William Horsell, Jr., is In re
ceipt of a letter from 2nd Lt. El
mer Johnson, fighting with Gen.
Patton's forces in Germany, in
which he describes the utter deso
lation in the country and the hard
ships the soldiers are encounter
ing in pursuing the fleeing Ger
mans. He reported that they are
forced to trample over nunureus
of dead bodies, and that the chase
Is so fast that the doughboys
sometimes march 20 miles with
out food. Horsell also received a
letter from Joe Mayfield, who;
reponea xnai ne nau Deen irans-
ferrcd from Fort Lewis to camp
Roberts in California..
Arthur Horsell, aviation ma
chinist's mate 2c, has written
friends here that he has been
transferred from New Mexico,
was routed through Virginia, and
is now en route to a Calilornia
base.
Mrs. Victor Christerson and son
of Portland, are here owing to
the illness of her father, John
Hohnsteln.
Members of the Peter Hohn
steln and Herbert Mayfield fami
lies have recovered from their
recent Illness.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Hutchins of the
Willamette valley, have Joined,
their son on the Con Breen ranch, I
and expect to make their home!
tnere.
The first of a series of prayer
meetings to be held for two weeks
In the grange hall, was held Wed
nesday evening with 32 persons
in attendance. The meetings are
being conducted by Mrs. A. Starr,
assisted by a representative of
the University Bible college at Eu
gene. Meetings will be conducted
for younger persons an hour dally
at the schoolhouse.
Don Morltz, a radioman for the
coast guard, and son of Mrs. M.
Boessler, has been transferred
from Virginia to Brooklyn, N. Y.
James William, Jr., son of
James Williams of Alfalfa, nasi
written his father that he has been j
transferred overseas as an nrmyi
ambulance driver. i
Schmidt, who was discharged
from the army two years ago be
cause of a trick knee, has to wrap .
a whole roll of tape around it
every time he puts on a basket
ball uniform to play. . .
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Valparaiso, Ind. (Ui A roll of!
tape before each game and prac-i
tice is a necessity for Alvin;
Schmidt, one of the members of
the "World's Tallest Basketball
Team," the Valpo Crusaders.1
NEW LOCATION
WARNER PLUMBING
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Steam Fitting New, Work or Repairs
Homo Water Systems Sump Pumps, etc. .
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DENTIST
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Evenings by Appointment
Office Thnne 73
K. Phonf 819-W
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Offers Gilmore Service
Mobil Gas O Mobil Oil
EXPERT LUBRICATION
AGENTS FOR BEEHIVE TRUCKS DRIVE YOURSELF
Al Robertson and John Harbin, Props.
1 1 74 Wall
Phone 458
Bend
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Title Insurance Abstracts
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