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Volume 6-Number 3 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY l, 1946 4 Pages Story, Page 2 ' ·

Here is. a front cl~se-up. of the c r of The Future new Kaiser car which will com- pete in the low-priced field. The simple yet beautiful front grill work keeps harmony with the flowing body lines. Crowds in New York jammed traffic to place orders for the front-wheel-drive car.

Production Giant Here i_s an air view of the ~100,000,000 Willow Ru~, Mich., plant of Kaiser-Frazer corporation where new automobiles are to be produced. Willow Run is the largest building in the world under a single roof. There are parking facilities for 20,000 cars, multi-lane super-highways and railroad spurs for shipping. - Traffic Jammed As New Yorkers View l{aiser Car On Sunday, January 20, approximately 50,000 New York­ ers blocked traffic over a four-block area, lined up four abreast in long lines despite frigid weather, necessitated calling out some 70 extra policemen and firemen to clear the blocked streets, and, according to New York newspapers, over-ran the foyer, three flights of stairs, and the vicinity of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. They had come to the first public showing of the new Kaiser KAISER-FRAZER and Frazer automobiles. In the first four hours 25,000 persons inspected the cars on display at the hotel. PLANT HAS TOP They placed 1000 orders. By the time the show ended in the mictdle of the week, 156,500 per­ LABOR FACILITIES sons had seen the new cars and ap- The giant $100.000,000 Willow • This cut-away drawing shows "packaged power" front wheel di;ive proximately 10,000 had placed or- Run plant, where the Kaiser-Frazer Ph an t Om VleW and new "torsionetic" suspension of the new Kaiser car. The "p~ck­ ders, 68 per cent of them for Kai- corporation will produce its auto­ aged power" assembly combines engine (1), clutch (2), transmission (3) , and final drive sers. mobiles. is the largest in the world assembly ( 4) in a single unit which can be lifted clear of the integral body-and-frame for The Sunday showing was sched- under a single roof. uled to start at 6 p.m., but so nu- Considered by many architectural easy service. The "torsionetic" suspension provides independent springing for each wheel merous was the throng gathered engineers to be the finest structure through spindle (A), supporting arm (B), and torsion-bar spring (C), anchored at (D). about the hotel and extending of its kind ever built, Willow Run Assembly also includes hydraulic shock absorbers. through the lobby that the doors has 2,650,000 square feet of ground were opened at 3 p. m. Among those floor space in the main manufactur­ pushed around in the crowd were ing building. which is ideal for Bing Crosby, Bert Lahr and a num- automobile manufacture. SPECIFICATIONS ber of other well known figures in In addition to the 3,120-foot long Car Stock Sales Bring both the entertainment and busi- main manufacturing bu i 1 ding, ness world. Kaiser-Frazer has leased the admin- ARE REVEALED H AND-TOOL ED MODELS istration and training school build- In the hotel. two cal'S-a green, ings, power house, service and ga­ $54,000,000 in Funds FOR 2 NEW CA SJ four-door Kaiser sedan and a red, rage system building, and commis­ four-door Frazer sedan-were dis- sary building. Two issues of common stock shares, which both were played on revolving, felt-covered ' The plant has the finest and clean­ over-subscribed within a few hours after being offered on platforms. Both were hand-tooled est facilities for its labor of any the market, have given Kaiser-Frazer corporation nearly KAISER models. plant in the world, with stainless ENGi N E-"Packaged Power" Front­ In describing the new Kaiser car, steel cafeterias, a modern hospital, $54,000,000 in liquid funds. Of this sum, $19,500,000 was Wheel Drive, with engine, clut ch, Henry J. Kaiser said: "Our engi- huge locker and washrooms. Fluor­ obtained from the first stock offering of 1,700,000 shares at transmission and fina l drive built 1 neers on the West Coast and en- escent lighting is used throughout $10 a share, and $34,470,000 was ------­ as a unit ; 6-cylinder, L-head ; gineers of Kaiser-Frazer Corpora- the entire plant. Approximately realized from the second offering of S.A.E. horsepower rating 25.3 ; tion at Willow Run concentrated on 156-000 lamps are required to light 1,800,000 shares at $20.25 a share. Bore 34" ; Stroke 3f; ; Drop-forge. the goal of providing the American Willow Run, almost as many as the The underwriting syndicate is New Cars Have counter-weighted crankshaft with people with the finest and most pro- entire industry produced in 1938. managed jointly by Otis & Co., Inc., 4 main bearings; ~ber engine gressive and roomiest automobile Willow Run has parking facilities and the First California Company . mountings; Rifle-w~d connect­ in history of low-cost transporta- for 20,000 cars and multi-lane super and includes Allen & Co. Safety Features ing rods; Aluminum alloy pis­ tion. I believe we have now achiev- highways leading to and from the Henry J. Kaiser interests pur­ Door handles on which it's im­ toAs; Compression ratio 7.3: 1 ed that goal in an automobile to plant, making heavy traffic no prob­ chased 45,000 shares of the block possible to catch clothing, wide­ (ideal for today's im proved gaso­ which I am proud to give my name." lem at all. As for railroad shipping recently offered and Jo s e p h W . open driving visibility, new-type line); Gear shift under steering The Kaiser, first low-price Ameri- facilities, the plant is served by a Frazer, president, will acquire brakes and safety tire rims are new wheel; Automatic choke; Hand can automobile to have front-wheel spur track from the New York Cen­ 5,000 of the new shares. Kaiser accident - prevention features of throttle; Piston displacement, 187 - drive, is a full-size, six-passenger. tral railroad. Tracks inside the is chairman of the concern. The Kaiser and Frazer automobiles. cu. in. six,cylinder 85-horsepower car with plant will make it possible to load Kaiser voup acquired 250,000 Trigger-action handles, which un­ BRAKES-Weather-protected, dou­ streamlined body and new engineer- automobiles without exposing them shares and Graham-Paige Motors lock the doors when gently ble-acting hydraulic; Mechanical ing features. The engine with to the weather. corporation a like amount up·on squeezed, have no clothing-catching parking brake, left of driver. hooks or points. The side supports clutch, transmission and final drive Willow Run has many advantages formation of Kaiser-Frazer corpora­ SPRI NGS-"Torsionetic" independ· of the wide windshields are moved assembly, forms a single "packaged for automobile manufacture. It is tion, which are additional to the ent suspension. power" unit that can be lifted clear possible for entire manufacture and amounts offered publicly. Since back, rear windows are exception­ FRAME-Unit- type, integral with of the integral body-and-frame for production to take place on the then the Kaiser interests increased ally large, \.~nd the cars have great­ body. easy service. same level. There will be few their holdings to 325,000 shares, er safety-glass vision area than any The rear seat, 62 inches wide, is transit problems for various parts, and now will own 370,000 shares, other American sedans. Both cars BODY - All - steel, integral with well forward of the rear wheels, so and company engineers believe sub­ slightly over 9 per cent of the to­ have hydraulic brakes of new d e­ frame; Safety glass throughout; that all passengers can ride com- stantial savings in automobile pro­ tal. sign which are self-centering a nd Large curved glass rear window; fortably. The unusually wide rear duction costs may result. weather-protected. Wide-base r ims Large-capacity luggage compart­ seats are made possible by place- WEST COAST PLANT lengthen tire life and provide grea t ment in rear holds spare ti re; ment ahead of the rear wheel hous- The approximate 1 y 1,000,000 Firebug Causes More stability on corner s, even at high Upholstery in specially chosen ings and will easily hold four square feet on the mezzanine in speeds. fabrics. persons. the main manufacturing building Damage at Vanport HEATER - Takes fresh a ir from PRICES UNDECIDED are considered ideal for upholstery (VANPORT CITYJ-Fire damage Vanport Bus Line To front grill. The new "torsionetic suspension" making and other small assemblies at the Vanport City housing project Be Re-routed Feb. MUFFLER- Oval-type, 3- pass. method of springing is used. Each which can slide down to their prop­ continued to grow during the last 3 DIMENSIONS -Over · a ll length wheel is given independent spring- er place on the line. Kaiser-Fr~zer The Vanport bus line is to be re­ fortnight. A blaze set January 19 197"; Height unl'd'd 63 1"; Wheel ing, a cc om pl is he d through a considers the plant so suited for the routed February 3. The Portland caused $3,000 in damage to two un­ base 117"; Width at widest point spindle, supporting arm, and an- type of manufacture contemplated Traction company has announced occupied apartments at 10829 N. 72%"; Front tread 58" ; Rear chored torsion-bar spring. Twisting that an option to renew the lease that the outbound trip will follow Lake avenue. Deputy Sheriff Lee tread 60"; Tires 15 x 5.50. action of the steel bar supplies the for another five - year period has the same route to N. Lake stree t, springing effect. Hydraulic shock been obtained. Perkins said that the blaze was and then will go south on Lake to absorbers complete the assembly. The company's operations may in started when inflammable material Cottonwood street. Inbound, the The Frazer, built on the same the future include assembly plant was thrown inside one of the apart­ buses will travel along La ke, Vic­ FRAZER streamlined lines as the Kaiser, is operations on the West coast, ex­ ment doors. tory and the present route. The ENGINE-6-cyl.inder, L-head; S.A.E. powered by a 100-horsepower, six- pansion of manufacturing facilities A series of fires set by arsonists turn-around and terminal will be on horsepower rating 26.3; Bore cylinder engine of L-head design. at Willow Run and creation of a has caused damage amounting to a parking lot at the S. E . corner 3 5/ 16"; Stroke 4%"; Drop-forged The car has indepedent front-wheel Canadian subsidiary. more than $200,000. of Lake and Cottonwood. counter-weighted cranks haft with suspension effected through knee­ 4 main bearings; Rubber engine action, helical-type springs. The car mountings; Rifle-drilled connect­ is larger and heavier than the ing rods; Aluminum alloy pis­ Kaiser and will be driven by the tons; Compression ratio 7.3: 1; rear wheels. Piston displacement 226 cu. in.; Both cars will be powered by Con­ Gear shift under steering wheel; tinental motors. Automatic choke; Hand thrott le. Definite prices have not been de­ BRAK ES-Weather-protected, dou­ cided for the cars. and probably will ble-acting hydra.ulic; Mechanical not be determined until a number parking brake, left of driver. are off the assembly lines, but it is SPRINGS-Rear, rubber mounted, expected that the Kaiser will be semi-eliptic, fl," long, 1~ " wide. priced at approximately $1000 while Front, helical t}>µe, knee action. the Frazer will be more expensive. Joseph W. Frazer, president of FRAME - Box - section type, with the new firm, indicates that pro­ box-section cross-members, for ex­ duction of the Frazer is scheduled treme strength and rigidity. for May and of the Kaiser " some­ BODY - All - steel; Safety glass time shortly thereafter." He added throughout; Large curved glass that the two cars would be pro­ rear window; Large-capacity lug­ duced at the rate of 300,000 units a gage compartme.nt in rear holds year, of which 200,000 would be· spare tire; Upholstery in special­ Kaisers and 100,000 Frazers. ly chosen fabrics, with two-tone effects. Big Merchant Fleet HEATER-Under front seat, ther­ mostatic temperature selector. The United States merchant fleet MUFFLER-Oval-type, 3-pass. at the end of the war had 5529 The Kaiser Car This automobile, made by the Kaiser-Frazer corporation, is the first s hips. according to the maritime in the American low-priced field to have front-wheel drive. Body DIMENSIONS - Over - all length commission. The ships had a gross 197" ; Height unloade·d 641"; tonnage of 40,080,002-nearly two. and chassis form a single unit of "monocoque-type" construction, eliminating strain, shift­ Wheel base 1231"; Width at wid­ thirds of the total held by all non­ ing between body and frame, and body squeaks. It has a six-cylinder Continental engine est point 72%" ; Front tread 58"; axis nations. and independent "torsionetic suspension" on all four wheels. The rear seat is 62 inches wide. \ Rear tread 60"; Tires 15 x 6.50.

Page Two Friday, February l, 1946 30 Vancouver Bond Winners Named to Make Trial Trips Thirty winners of the Victory Loan drive campaign at the Vancouver yard will board the next two C-4 car~o vessels and make the trial run trip to Astori~ and back, it was an­ nounced this week by C. C. Lindley, War Bond dep~rt:rient. Notices have been sent to the first 15winners that their tickets will be available for the run, sched- uled approximately February 20 on the S.S. Mount Whitney. The winners, picked from bond Swan To Be buyers last December, are L. L. Davis, McLoughlin Heights; F. Baker, McLoughlin Heights; R. C hi I d s. McLoughlin Heights; F. Moorage Site Gantka, McLoughlin Heights; M. R. Edwards, Portland; H. M. Hopewell, Vancouver; G.A.Schmidt, Portland; Of More Ships J. T. David, Portland; L. A. Simms, Vancouver; C. B. Neer, Portland; Between 150 and 200 small naval G. E. Bevens, Vancouvet; A. L. vessels will be moored temporarily Scheer, Vancouver; .M. B. Jameson, at Swan Island basin until perman­ 'Sargasso Sea' Much like the legendary Sargasso Sea which old salts claim is filled Portland; C. F. Noble, Vancouver ent berthing facilities are completed with derelicts, the former degaussing pier at Swan Island now has a and A. J. Crisman, LaCenter. No­ at the Tongue Point naval station host of navy warships tied to it. Vessels are of all sizes and classes. The majority of them tices have been mailed to them at near Astoria. are expected to be prepared for dead storage. their home addresses as only about The navy plans to construct half are still employed in the yard. moorage installations directly op­ "At the time of planning the con­ posite the Kaiser docks at Swan, Workers Told test with trial run trips as prizes," and peak of the program probably Lindley said last week, "we did not will be reached in June. Berthed in Vancouver Delivers know that war's end would come the basin will be PC boats and land­ To Pick IJp just as the drive got underway and ing craft, the largest of which will that change in ship design would be LST's. Some of the vessels al­ First Post-War Ship · Stored Bonds make the delivery of the vessels so ready have arrived. (VANCOUVER) - Through­ Commander J . L. Rodgers, direct­ long away. But the winners will get (VANCOUVER)-The first of eight C-4 cargo vessels, the out the war years the Bond de­ ing the program for the navy, said their trip whether still working at S.S. Louis McHenry Howe, made a successful trial run trip partment has kept many em­ 0 ships will be overhauled in private the Vancouver yard or not. We have ployes bonds in safekeeping in yards before being laid up . They from Vancouver to Astoria and back Friday, January 25, and heard from practically all of the was delivered to the Luckenbach Lines in Portland this week. the yard safe and now they are first group of 15 winners and they are expected to be shifted to Tongue requesting all workers to pick Point in September. _ It was the first post-war vessel delivered from the Vancouver all plan to be here bright and early up their bonds immediately, it This program is an addition to yard. The Howe was launched Sep­ on t he morning when the Mount was announced by C. C. Lindley berthing plans previously announc­ tember 22, ).945. Originally designed Whitney pulls from the Vancouver War Housing Units this week. Many employes have ed near Oregon Ship and Haylien as a troop transport, the vessel was dock." terminated and failed to pick Island and at the Swan Island basin the first converted to the cargo type SECOND GROUP IN MARCH Will Go to Colleges up their bonds, he pointed out, for maritime commission towboats. immediately after the end of the Units of the vacant Guilds Lake which places a burden on the The second and final group of The 13th naval district already war in August. Seven more of the war hous ing site may be moved to department in notifying them winners will "!lake their trial run has applied to the army engineers same type remain to be completed college s ites to house veteran-stu­ of their holdings. trip early . in March, according to tor permission to drive 20 twelve­ on Vancouver's Outfitting dock. dents, it has been announced by E. present sch. e d u 1 es. Aboard the pile dolphins along the east side o '. Named in honor of the personal S. Foster, assistant director of the Mount Greylock, when she leaves the basin opposite the Swan Isiand aide and confident of the late Pres­ federal public housing administra­ the dock will be R. D. Hovermale, shipyard Outfitting dock. Another ident Franklin D. Roosevelt, the tion. One hundred units probably 0. M. Yankey, W. Zawistowski, J. group of seven 20-pile dolP.hins is Louis McHenry Howe will ply the will be taken to the University of Vancouver Gives Kangas, J. R. Vann, R. W. Goodwin, proposed in the Willamette river at seas as one of the most modernly Oregon and 150 units to Oregon J. Hostetle, T. Blue, A. Powell, G. J. the upper end of Swan Island near designed cargo vessels afloat. One State college. Foster also indicated Barnett, R. J. Morrison, A. R. Wal­ the present deperming station dol­ of the newest features of the vessel that 75 units from Vanport may be $1,000 in March lis, G. W. Blue, W. H. Downing and phins. All will be used for mooring is the specially designed vertical transported to another project in A. C. Corson. Notices of the date of ships. cargo batting that lines all holds. Al ham bra, California. sailing will be mailed each of the Of Dimes Drive above winners within the next (VANCOUVER) - A one-day week, Lindley indicated. drive resulted in a collection of $1,003.62 from e mployes at the Van­ couver yard as their contribution to the annual March of Dimes collec­ tion, a report by Yard Chairman Art Statements on Stendal showed last week. The drive was handled as in past years, with Boy Scouts at all gates to greet on­ Earnings, Tax coming shifts with a request to "dig for the loose change." Vancouver dug deep again, Stendal said. The amount collected was better on the Paid Available basis of present em11l oyment than (VANCOUVER) - Employes at in past years. Vancouver who have not picked up The March of Dimes campaign their 1945 statement of earnings and ends this week and funds collected tax withheld forms are urged to do aid victims of the dreaded infantile so at the pay window located at the paralysis. Southeast corner of the Personnel building, an announcement by H. Klingbeil, paymaster, stated this Plans New Mill week. A n ew $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 The earnings statements we r e strip steel mill is being planned as distributed from pay stations in the an addition to Henry J. Kaiser's yard during the week of January steel plant at Fontana, California, 21 but many remain uncalled for. to produce strip steel for automo· They are necessary in filing income bile bodies. At present the Fontana tax statements due on or before mill turns out plate, structural and March 15. Present condition,$ at the merchant steel. Court House, where staff members of the Internal Revenue department During Hs first year of opera­ will assist in preparing 1945 tax tion, the Maritime commission's forms, are reported to be good. Long F. e s w c D . At Swan Island, ways 4 through 8 inclusive, surplus disposal section recovered lines are expected beginning the IV wan ays ome own are being cleared of Christmas trees and tim- 81 per cent of the cost of surplus middle of February. bers. Material is being stored on Assembly platforms. articles. By Ernie Hager

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Friday, February 1, 1946 I Page Three 2 llnhurt in Vancouver Inquiring R p rt r Acetylene Plant Blast QUESTION nt c· imtl wnY be le , n d?" (V ANCOUVER)-The Acetylene "How c n the pr plant at Vancouver " hit the ceil­ Roy Griffiths, Swan Island weld· Al Bride nst ine, Swan Island ware- ing" last Friday morning at 10: 40 er: "J know there is less crime houseman: "One thing that would in an explosion that knocked out when people are help is for more window and door glass but resulted working and right attention to be in no injury to employes working now a lot of peo- paid the family as in the building. A second minor ple are on str ike an in s tit u tion. explosion followed approximately 15 and o th e rs are Parents must take minutes later. The fire department looking for jobs an inter es t in was on hand and no fire damage and not finding their children and resulted. them. There give them a de- In the building at the time were wasn 't much crime cent home life. two operators, J. W. Christianson when I went into the army in 1943, When a child is young he has a and Howard Graham. Both men but then everybody was working. personality of his own and parents walked out of the building without It's different since I came back re- must have real ideals to teach their a scratch. Christianson, in fact, had cently." children, emphasizing the worth· his hat blown from his head, but Donna Clair, OSC clerk in Office while things of life in a positive recovered it before leaving Engineer s: "One way would be to way." provide good eve- Ed ith Woodman, OSC clerk in ning recreational USMC office: "I think the parents facilities such as are 1 a r g e 1 y to clubs for young b 1 a m e. We re- people - places m e m b e r ho w whe1·e good fun i Judge Lindsley of p 1 en ti f u l but Colorado did such wholesome. fine work along many, also, these lines and he school for war work and now they felt adult educa­ have no outlet or money. They tion was the most should go back to school. I believe direct route to curbing juvenile 'de­ that would help, too." linquency and crime problems. I do Glenn Berger, Vancouver guard: think that the education of the 'Tin afra id th e present condition parents will be reflected in the will i n c r e a s e children." rather than dimin- Dave Hartell, Vancouver bunf>r : reckage of a generator which exploded at Vancouver yar as ish as long as "There's a reason for the crime Friday is inspected by two workmen. The blast shattered wind_ow there is une m- wave. T he first and door glass, but two workmen in the building escaped unharmed. p 1 o y m e n t and thing : We need Below are seen the vacant windows and smoke rising from the economic unrest. more strict en- Acetylene building. Note the light burning over the door at left, W e are in a uni- forcement of the despite the explosion. versa! slump be- law by police of- cause of the tran- f i c e r s a nd less sition from wa1· to peace. There isn't favoritism. An cl much can be clone about it except in the big percent- so far as we can crea te jobs for all." age of our crime H. J. Yohn, Swan Island machin- is caused by delinquency at home to ist : "lt's a cinc h something s hould start with. In other words, impiove be done about it. the home conditions a nd enfr~·cc the Las t night a tire laws impartially and we't. ue ..t long and a wheel dis- way toward minimizing the crime appeared out of wave." my garage. I say Frank Andrews, Swan Island nrn- the reason is be- chinist: "I believe that when the cause so many wome n stay home people are out of from work and work. I hope it mind their . child­ doesn't g et much tougher, because ren it will help to people will s teal to eat when they a great extent to can't get work to earn an hones t do away with J. W . CHRISTIANSON living." c r i me. Children H is Hat Blown Off Charles Henderson, Vancouver need supervision building. "I didn't have to open the the cafeteria: "There's and it is the occa­ door to walk out," he said non­ lots of the crime sional child who isn't supervised chalantly. "because the doors were s ituation tha t can who turns out with criminal in­ conveniently blown out for me." be laid right on stincts. This can't be stopped in a Construction precautions taken the parents ' day. It has been increasing for the after a previous explosion are be­ shoulde rs. They last 20 years." lieved responsible for lack of heavy don't bring kids Eugene Abbington, Swan Island damage in Friday's blast. A "weak up ri g ht any tank cleaner : "If the country will spot" was left in the roof over the mol'e. Correc t the put people back generators, and this permitted the par en ts a nd the to work it will force of the explosion to move up home environment and we will see take care of the instead of out. The explosion oc­ a big difference in the c rime situ­ crime wave. A lot curred at generator No. 6, and ation. T hat's the main thing, I of men and wom­ Christianson was working at gener­ think." en are stranded in ator No. 3 at the time. H. L. McHenry, OSC Ma rine en­ P o r t 1 a n d and gineer : " The problem is one of can't g e t back keeping y o u n g home. Some find Navy Personnel to people o c cupied / it easie r to rob and murder-those Use Swan Barracks in c onstruc tive that get desperate when they can't Group Insurance Rates endeavor s. Om· find work. I know a lot of people Swan Island barracks will be church, recogniz­ who can't find jobs now." used by the navy for at least an­ ing the situation. other year and will become the is cl e v e 1 o pi n g a base for personnel of the 19th in­ Benefits Boosted p rog r a m along active fleet, according to an an­ Cui, these Ii nes. There MARINE SURPLUS nouncement by Commander N. E. Employes at Oregon Ship, Swan Island, and Vancouver is a svil'it a l>road that is destruc- Gallagher, Portland commandant. yards who subscribe to the group insurance policies offered by tive to young people 's stand.ards if SALES RUN HIGH The site's new use will be in con­ the Aetna Life Insurance company, at Oregon Ship, and the good sound progra ms are not pro- Total ·returns of $1,413,851 from nection with the 150 navy vessels vided. It takes sound r easoning. One that will be stored in the basin Occidental Life Insurance company, at Swan Island, are to thing sure, th e s ituation is one of surplus marine equipment disposals awaiting completion of permanent receive a reduction in rates and an increase in benefits, it has our most c ritical ones. " in November, 1945 are reported by storage facilities at Tongue Point. been announced by Todd Woodell, I Ella Hoyt, Vancouver messenger: the Contrnct Settlement and Sur­ The barracks have been used by insurance manager. checks. This insurance should not "Well, 1 know there have been a lot plus Materials Division of the Unit- the navy for several months as a Workers who receive less than be co~fused ~ith th~ compulsory in- of murders and ed States Maritime Commission, of- clearing center for navy personnel $1.20 an hour will have their week- dustnal accident msurance that rob l> er i es, bu 1 ficial government disposal agency retu rning from fleet duty. That ly rate reduced from 4o cents to covers all employes for on-job in- how we can help for surplus marine items. Reported w ork will continue at the barracks 35 cents. Those earning $1.20 an juries. improve the situ- cost to the govel'nment on these although the traffic load is grad­ hour and over will pay 52 cents a at ion, don't items sold in November was $3,263 .- u a lly diminishing. week instead of 60 cents, the former PERMANENTE BI RTHS kn o w. I believe 228 and returns t. h erei'rom show a rate. that too many war recovery rate from new and used 43 Study of Vanport City Increased benefits for death and ~rr. and ::\[r:;. i\I a rtin "\Yaleska, Bag- man·iages might matel'ials of %. dismemberment will be increased ley Downs, a boy weighing 8 lb. 5 ~ be part of the ------As Industrial Area from $2000 to $3000. There will be oz., on January 17, 19 46. cause. with so many men coming ~Ir. and Mrs. J oseph "\Yinston, Bat­ A study of Vanport City as future no change in the weekly indemnity tl eground, a gil'I weighing s lb. 9 oz .. back and not finding what they had REPLACES VICKERY benefits that will remain at $15 a on Janua r y U<, l 946. expected. Also crime increases industrial sites is to be made after ::\lr. and :\1rs. Lloyd Thompson, Van- The United States Maritime Com- February 1 by Major General week for workers who contribute 35 co uver, a boy weighing· 6 lb. 4 oz .. on when unemployment increases." mission has elected Commissioner Thomas M. Robins in his capacity cents in weekly premiums, and $25 Janu ary 1 9, 1946. R . J e ns en, OSC Marine engineer- ::\1r. and Mrs. Bates Barnett, :\Ic- · d Edward Macauley, as Vice Chair­ as co nsul ting engineer for the Port a week for those in the 52 cents Loughlin Heights, a girl weighing mg epartment: "There are a com- man of the Commission to replace bracket. 8 lb. 6~ oz., on January 20, 1946. bination of factors of P ortland. General Robins is a Vice Admfral Howard L. Vick ery, The change in rates and benefits i}fr. and ~frs . Terrence O'Donahue, involved. Create former chief of the army engineers Van co uver, a boy weighing 7 lb. 8~ . USN (Ret'd) who resigned effective Nor th Pacific division with head· are the result of favorable loss oz., on Janua ry 21 . 1946. Jobs for everyone December 31. quarters in Portland. He supervised ratio over the last two years. The Mr. and :\frs. G e o ~c- Lemmon, Yan- I first. The movies couver, a boy we1gJ;t1ng 8 lh. 4 oz., on 1 h I d d construction of Bonneville dam. He new schedules be come effective this January 19, 194 6. I 1rnve e pe e u- is retiring to private practice. week, starting January 28. :\fr. and :\1rs. Hobert Mcintosh, Van- cat e criminals .d t d h h couver, a girl weighing 7 lb. 12! oz ., t S b t t• • A Portland chamber of commerce T he group acc1 en an eat1 on January 22, 1946. o o. u s an ia 1 Puhlish i;> d for the employes of the consulting engineer already has policies have been offered to work- ::\fr. and l\lrs. Ben ""· Henderson, income is neces- Portland-YancouYer area Kaiser ship­ . . . Van couver, a bov weighing 6 lb. 6 nu·cls , Portland, Oreg-on. recommended that Van port and ers 111 the three yards smce their oz., on .January 23, 19 46. s a r Y. Adequate bi rector ...... HAL BABBITT Guilds Lake be developed by a early operation. Premium payments Mr. a nd Mrs. "" \Y. Knable, :\le- recreation is required for the young­ :\lanag-ing- Etlitor ...... DOX JAMES ' ILoughlin Heights, a boy w eighing 6 \YE .2281, Ext. 281, •P . O. Box 4259 public agency as industrial centers. are deducted weekly from workers lb., 1 oz., on January 24, 1946_ er people-and adults too, perhaps." Portland, Ore.

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