Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

Description

Employee newspaper for Vancouver Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on mosquitoes; an article on the War Loan house prize; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on the history of the Permanente Foundation Health Plan; an article on the Vancouver Shipyard Cimmaron-type aircraft carrier contract; an article on an Interstate bridge lift malfunction that caused traffic delays; an article on Army veterans of the 369th Q.M. Service company (African Americans) working in the Vancouver Shipyard; an article on Vancouver weekly swing shift dances; an article on the Dalles sub-assembly plant picnic; an article on Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, Pacific escort aircraft carrier fleet, recognition of Vancouver Shipyard craftsmanship of the escort aircraft carriers (Baby Flat Tops); the Worker Speaks column; an article on the Vancouver Shipyard welding contest; an article on the Permanente hospital children’s ward visiting hours; an article on Vancouver Permanente health services free chest x-rays for T.B. screening; an article on eliminating the graveyard shift for the Vancouver Shipyard Transportation Department; an article on launching the Vancouver Shipyard built, C-4 Troop Transport, the S.S. Marine Carp; an article on creating an archery range in Vancouver; an article on adding bleachers to a Vancouver softball field.

Record Contributed By

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Record Harvested From

Northwest Digital Heritage