Kaiser
Yards To Boost
Accident Prevention
Portland-Vancouver area Kaiser shipyards will join state, county, city and civic organizations to promote an accident prevention campaign during Safety Week, March 19 - 25, according to Franklyn W. Johnson, safety director of the three yards. "The success or failure of this campaign will be vitally affected by the efforts of Kaiser workers and their families," said Johnson. "One-half the
Accident Prevention
Portland-Vancouver area Kaiser shipyards will join state, county, city and civic organizations to promote an accident prevention campaign during Safety Week, March 19 - 25, according to Franklyn W. Johnson, safety director of the three yards. "The success or failure of this campaign will be vitally affected by the efforts of Kaiser workers and their families," said Johnson. "One-half the
homes
in the Portland-Vancouver area have one or more shipbuilders under their
roofs. "Each of the three yards has inaugurated a campaign sign to
increase interest in this production effort that should and can extend
beyond the yard gates. Few of us realize that work accidents are only
20 percent of the accidents that affect our daily lives. Four times as
many accidents happen each day in the homes, on the streets, in schools
and at play than happen at work.
"We all share an added responsibility in the prevention of accidents that directly or indirectly affect the production of ships or other materials needed by our armed forces."
Governor Earl Snell of Oregon, in proclaiming Safety Week said, "Accidents in the home, in the school, in traffic and in daily occupations take a toll comparable to that of
"We all share an added responsibility in the prevention of accidents that directly or indirectly affect the production of ships or other materials needed by our armed forces."
Governor Earl Snell of Oregon, in proclaiming Safety Week said, "Accidents in the home, in the school, in traffic and in daily occupations take a toll comparable to that of
war
itself and yet are in large measure preventable.
"This year we have an added incentive, even beyond the reasons given by loss of life and unnecessary human suffering. Preventable accidents are hampering our war effort. Accidents discourage whole families, damage morale and generally disrupt our best efforts."
"This year we have an added incentive, even beyond the reasons given by loss of life and unnecessary human suffering. Preventable accidents are hampering our war effort. Accidents discourage whole families, damage morale and generally disrupt our best efforts."
REPORTERS
WANTED
The Bosn's Whistle needs reporters from all departments on all three shifts. Call at the Bosn's Whistle office in your yard with news items of people or events in your department, or if you wish, an editor will take your story over the phone. All written contributions should be signed with your name and badge number.
Swan Island---Victory Center. Phone extension 730.
Vancouver---Personnel Building. Phone extension 644.
Oregon Ship---209 Administration Building. Phone Extension 764.
The Bosn's Whistle needs reporters from all departments on all three shifts. Call at the Bosn's Whistle office in your yard with news items of people or events in your department, or if you wish, an editor will take your story over the phone. All written contributions should be signed with your name and badge number.
Swan Island---Victory Center. Phone extension 730.
Vancouver---Personnel Building. Phone extension 644.
Oregon Ship---209 Administration Building. Phone Extension 764.
F. W.
JOHNSON
Worker
'Can't Do
Enough for Kaiser'
(VANCOUVER) - "I really like to work for Henry J. Kaiser. It just Seems I can't do enough for him," said James A. "Totem" Shaw, a Kaiser employe for 26 years. "Whenever Mr. Kaiser is in town, he calls me up and I go down to see him."
Shaw went to work for Kaiser when he was superintendent for the Barber Paving company of Seattle. He has been on all the big Kaiser jobs with the exception of one-Boulder dam. Shaw was employed at the gravel plant in Livermore, Calif., while the Boulder job was under construction.
He went to work in the Mold loft at Vancouver July 4, 1942, and has been there ever since. "I like my job although it is much different than those I did formerly." Shaw said. "The whole thing here was strange. You see, I was used to doing cement and asphalt work and this business of building ships is new. However, I like it fine only I don't get to see the 'Boss' very often."
Enough for Kaiser'
(VANCOUVER) - "I really like to work for Henry J. Kaiser. It just Seems I can't do enough for him," said James A. "Totem" Shaw, a Kaiser employe for 26 years. "Whenever Mr. Kaiser is in town, he calls me up and I go down to see him."
Shaw went to work for Kaiser when he was superintendent for the Barber Paving company of Seattle. He has been on all the big Kaiser jobs with the exception of one-Boulder dam. Shaw was employed at the gravel plant in Livermore, Calif., while the Boulder job was under construction.
He went to work in the Mold loft at Vancouver July 4, 1942, and has been there ever since. "I like my job although it is much different than those I did formerly." Shaw said. "The whole thing here was strange. You see, I was used to doing cement and asphalt work and this business of building ships is new. However, I like it fine only I don't get to see the 'Boss' very often."
Pipe
This One The twisted pipe pictured above may not look very important
but it is vital to ship steering. It was rushed to Oregon Ship from Pennsylvania
by streamline train, army, transport plane and truck to avoid delaying
dock trials of the S.S. Czechoslovakia Victory. Shown with the pipe are
Don Jaxtheimer, Ivan Chapman and Lee Damon.
'Pipe
a Dream' Nightmare
For O.S.C. Expediters
(OREGON SHIP) - Fifteen hundred pounds of Shelby pipe, used in ship steering engines, proved a nightmare to the expediting department of Oregon Ship, and to the Army Transport service and the U. S. Maritime commission. When the facts of how it was transported to Portland from Titus-
For O.S.C. Expediters
(OREGON SHIP) - Fifteen hundred pounds of Shelby pipe, used in ship steering engines, proved a nightmare to the expediting department of Oregon Ship, and to the Army Transport service and the U. S. Maritime commission. When the facts of how it was transported to Portland from Titus-
ville,
Pa., were made known it sounded like a "pipe dream."
Seventy-two hours before the S.S. Czechoslovakia Victory, O.S.C.'s second Victory ship, was scheduled for a dock trial, it was discovered that there was no Shelby tubing available to complete the steering engine.
Arrangements were made with the manufacturers, Struthers-Wells company, to send the pipe by air express from Titusville. Then it was discovered that the pipe had been bent at the factory and therefore could not be loaded on an ordinary transport plane.
Don Jaxtheimer, O.S.C. chief expediter, appealed to the Maritime commission which asked the assistance of the Army Transport service. A snow storm grounded all planes in the middle west for two days, so the pipe was loaded on a streamline train at Pittsburgh and shipped to Dayton, Ohio.
The storm and the pipe reached Dayton at the same time causing more delay. When an army plane finally was ready to take off, it
Seventy-two hours before the S.S. Czechoslovakia Victory, O.S.C.'s second Victory ship, was scheduled for a dock trial, it was discovered that there was no Shelby tubing available to complete the steering engine.
Arrangements were made with the manufacturers, Struthers-Wells company, to send the pipe by air express from Titusville. Then it was discovered that the pipe had been bent at the factory and therefore could not be loaded on an ordinary transport plane.
Don Jaxtheimer, O.S.C. chief expediter, appealed to the Maritime commission which asked the assistance of the Army Transport service. A snow storm grounded all planes in the middle west for two days, so the pipe was loaded on a streamline train at Pittsburgh and shipped to Dayton, Ohio.
The storm and the pipe reached Dayton at the same time causing more delay. When an army plane finally was ready to take off, it
WHAT,
ANOTHER ONE?
"What do you think of this guy Kaiser?"
"I thinka he's swell. I leesten to heem on the.radio."
"I mean KAISER; not Kayser."
"Oh, heem! He starts da last war in Germany."
"No. No. Who is the guy, that the shipyards couldn't run without?"
"Ohl You means my leadman! Hees name's not Kaiser.
"What do you think of this guy Kaiser?"
"I thinka he's swell. I leesten to heem on the.radio."
"I mean KAISER; not Kayser."
"Oh, heem! He starts da last war in Germany."
"No. No. Who is the guy, that the shipyards couldn't run without?"
"Ohl You means my leadman! Hees name's not Kaiser.
was
discovered that no pilot available was qualified to fly over the Columbia
Gorge. So the pipe was flown through Freat Falls, Mont., and then to Seattle.
At the Seattle airport, the pipe was loaded on an Oregon Ship truck and rushed to Portland where a crew was waiting to install it in the ship. This was speedily accomplished and the dock trial was delayed only a few hours.
At the Seattle airport, the pipe was loaded on an Oregon Ship truck and rushed to Portland where a crew was waiting to install it in the ship. This was speedily accomplished and the dock trial was delayed only a few hours.
Pranks
Cause Trouble,
Safety Engineer Says
(VANCOUVER.) - Accidents in the shipyard are often due to pranksters who, with a mistaken idea of fun, use unfamiliar tools; playfully use compressed air, acetylene and oxygen torches; or just to attract attention, throw thing, from scaffoldings and cranes, according to Fons Hughes yard
Safety Engineer Says
(VANCOUVER.) - Accidents in the shipyard are often due to pranksters who, with a mistaken idea of fun, use unfamiliar tools; playfully use compressed air, acetylene and oxygen torches; or just to attract attention, throw thing, from scaffoldings and cranes, according to Fons Hughes yard
safety
engineer. Recently, according to Hughes, an inspector on the ways, saw
a worker, not a welder, experimenting with a welder's equipment. A mischevious
friend came up from behind and filled the experimenter's welding hood
with acetylene gas. A spark from the welding Ignited the gas and blew
the would-be-welder's hat off. Only a merciful Providence, Hughes declares,
saved the Worker's face from accompanying his borrowed hood.
Another instance of dangerous amusement came when an engine room employe, working on a scaffolding, found his feet tied by coworkers. In trying to cut the rope to get down, the knife slipped, severing a leg artery. This cost the man time out, could have cost him his life and added to the manpower shortage, Hughes said.
Fire Chief R. P. Melloy also found horseplay a serious matter. "Frequently," he asserts, "employes use fire extinguishers for mock battles, squirting the fire-fighting fluid on each other with apparent enjoyment, then when a small fire occurs in that section the Fire department finds nothing with which to put out. the flames."
Another instance of dangerous amusement came when an engine room employe, working on a scaffolding, found his feet tied by coworkers. In trying to cut the rope to get down, the knife slipped, severing a leg artery. This cost the man time out, could have cost him his life and added to the manpower shortage, Hughes said.
Fire Chief R. P. Melloy also found horseplay a serious matter. "Frequently," he asserts, "employes use fire extinguishers for mock battles, squirting the fire-fighting fluid on each other with apparent enjoyment, then when a small fire occurs in that section the Fire department finds nothing with which to put out. the flames."
'Children
in Wartime'
Conclave to Feature
Kaiser Center Heads
Directors and teachers of ire Kaiser Child Service centers will be featured speakers at "Children
in Wartime" conferences to be held in Portland March 20 and 21. The meetings will be open to the public.
Miss Norah Clancy, supervisor of the Child Service center at Oregon Ship, is program chairman for the series. Sponsors are the Kaiser Child Service centers, the Day Care committee of the Council of Social Agencies and Civilian Defense council, the P.T.A. and the A.A.U.W.
James L. Hymes, director of Kaiser centers at Swan and Oregon Ship, and Zeno B. Katterle, assistant superintendent of schools at Vancouver, will speak at the 2:30 session Monday, also at the Multnomah.
Monday evening's meetings, 8 o'clock, as well as the sessions a 4 and 8 p.m. Tuesday, will be hell in the Public library. Leading one of the discussion groups Monday night will be Miss Gertrude Tipton Swan Island center.
Conclave to Feature
Kaiser Center Heads
Directors and teachers of ire Kaiser Child Service centers will be featured speakers at "Children
in Wartime" conferences to be held in Portland March 20 and 21. The meetings will be open to the public.
Miss Norah Clancy, supervisor of the Child Service center at Oregon Ship, is program chairman for the series. Sponsors are the Kaiser Child Service centers, the Day Care committee of the Council of Social Agencies and Civilian Defense council, the P.T.A. and the A.A.U.W.
James L. Hymes, director of Kaiser centers at Swan and Oregon Ship, and Zeno B. Katterle, assistant superintendent of schools at Vancouver, will speak at the 2:30 session Monday, also at the Multnomah.
Monday evening's meetings, 8 o'clock, as well as the sessions a 4 and 8 p.m. Tuesday, will be hell in the Public library. Leading one of the discussion groups Monday night will be Miss Gertrude Tipton Swan Island center.
