The Bo's'n's Whistle, Vancouver Edition, Volume 05, Number 20

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BosunsWhistle_VAN19450518_0520

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The Bo's'n's Whistle, Vancouver Edition, Volume 05, Number 20

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  • 1945-05-18 (Creation)

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

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(1941-)

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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 closing the Swan Island Shipyard Arnold Training center—a vocational center for war production; an article on the Portland Red Cross donation center’s need for blood plasma; an article on overcrowding on Swan Island Shipyard busses; an article on OPA price controls on auto repair labor; an article on lip-reading classes offered by the Portland Society for the Hard of Hearing at the Oregon Shipyard; an article on the lack of absenteeism at the McNeil Island Federal penitentiary shipyard; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on an account of life in the Philippines; the Worker Speaks column; an article on the Vancouver Shipyard C-4 Troop Transport, the S.S. Ernie Pyle; an article on the 25 per cent manhour reduction in C-4 Troop Transport production; an article on the increase in war bond sales after V-E Day; an article on the reduction of meat on the Vancouver Shipyard cafeteria menu; an article on Vancouver Northern Permanente hospital patients’ failure to keep appointments; an article on Custom Cannery canning sessions near Vancouver; an article on postwar plans for the merchant marine; an article on increased production for the C-4 Troop Transport contract at The Dalles sub-assembly plant.

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  • english

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