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The Bo's'n's Whistle, Oregon Shipyard Edition, Volume 05, Number 05

• 1945-02-02 (Creation)

Newspapers, 11 in. x 17 in., 8 pages

Employee newspaper for Oregon 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 a record train delivery of construction parts to the Oregon Shipyard; an article on the need for Oregon Shipyard workers due to the ponton contract; an article on war veterans hired at Kaiser shipyards; an article on books dealing with the race question at the Vanport library; an article on Pacific coast shipyards’ construction records; an article on a Social Hygiene Day (discussions on venereal disease) in Portland; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; the Worker Speaks column; an article on the burners dance at Norse Hall in Portland; an article on the postwar need for passenger ships; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; “The Were There,” a condensation of a Collier’s Magazine article on the Battle of Leyte Gulf dealing with the combat record of Vancouver Shipyard built aircraft carriers; the Stubby and His Friends column; an article on a dance at the Castle, between Oregon City and Milwaukie.

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• eng

• Shipbuilding industry--Employees--Periodicals
• Shipbuilding--Periodicals
• United States. Maritime Commission
• World War, 1939-1945
• Newspapers

• United States » Oregon
• United States » Oregon » Multnomah County (Or.) » Portland (Or.)

• Henry J. Kaiser Company (Publisher)