The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 04, Number 14
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- 1944-05-12
Part of The Bo's'n's Whistle
Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 the continuation of three shifts at Kaiser shipyards; an article on Kaiser shipyards War Production Board awards; an article on postwar projects on the May 19 election ballot; an article on the need for Coast Guard reserves; an article on Augusta “Gus” Clawson former Swan Island Shipyard welder and author of “Shipyard Diary of a Woman Welder”; an article on “arc flash” welding injuries; an article on “Chin-up” girl contest; an article on venereal disease; an article on a Portland concert; an article on Milton Silverman’s article, “Swing Shift Farmers,” May 1944, The Country Gentleman, on Kaiser shipyard workers’ Victory gardens; an article on YWCA parties; an article on Vanport swing shift dances; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Swan Island women shipyard workers; articles on Swan Island Shipyard’s prospects for winning “Tanker Champ” flag; Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; the Worker Speaks column; an article on the tanker ball in Portland; articles on war workers’ children and problems of juvenile delinquency; an article on Swan Island Shipyard workers running for political offices.
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