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We Y E3?a January 1, 1944 PUBLISHED FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY Vol. 2, No. 5 YARD'S 1944 PROGRAM CALLS FOR 56 SHIPS : : no MffiQS f L.1 I 1.: r-i ilU - .--'- - - - h ' M - "I'1 J , ,, . - ( !''' We Deliver 79 Vessels During 1943 Substantial Number Of Ships Will Be Taken By Navy The yard's production program for 1944 calls for the delivery of the 56 ves sels remaining on our first C-2 contract and it will take the cooperation and intensive work of each in dividual here to accomplish it. Reviewing 1943 briefly as we enter the new year, we find that we have done a good job during the past 12 months. We launched 72 Liberty ships and delivered 75. In addition, 14 C-s went down the ways and four were delivered. While the outline of work for 1944 mav seem large, the fact that we conquered the material problem last month to the ex tent that "the log jam" m tne river was broken and we turned over the four good ships to the U. S. Maritime , Commission gives us a good send-off for the year. The change from con struction of the emergency Lib erty craft to up-to-date C-2's has not been an easy time. We have nothing to be ashamed of, however, for the time from keel laying to launching and launch ing to delivery on the first C-2 was better than that ever done before by any shipyard. In keeping our eye on the goal of 56 ships this year, plans for the first four months call for a progressive increase in the num ber of deliveries. As most of us know, the first C-2 ships were turned over to the U. S. Navy and will, in all probability, play important parts in the coming invasions of Western Europe and the Japanese-held islands in the Pacific. A substantial number of these ships are to be taken by the Navy. It is imperative that they be built quickly and well because the duration of the war may very well depend on how we do this job. Therefore, as we go about our daily work, let us remember that on our should ers is a good portion of the re sponsibility for winning the war in 1944. Our record on Liberty ships should inspire us to a corre sponding level of achievement on the C-2's. During the first two and one half years of its existence, the yard made a great name for it self as an efficient and quick producer of liberty vessels. Be cause of this record, we were the first of the pew yards to be asked by the Maritime Commis sion to build a long-range and faster ship, one that not only will be of great use in carry ing war , cargoes but can also compete efficiently under peace time conditions. LAUNCHING Confident and with a smile on his bright face, little Mr. 1944, 'ably impersonated by Tommy Langley, 14-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Langley, heaves the old champagne (kid size) toward the bow of our S. S. New Year. Tommy, whose dad is a Fitters Quarterman and lives at No. 6 Court U, Lake Forest, enjoyed his role of sponsor although kibitzer ing bystanders chided him about it being girls' work. "Shucks, that's nothing," he retorted, "It hasn't been so long since I was christened myself Here Is Advice On Beating Flu That Tiny Virus Can Bo Just As Mean As Any Tap By C. P. DAVIS, M. D. Medical Examiner. The Japs, Germans and the flu We've got to lick all three. You know something of the first two, and here's some dope on the Flu. The Fuehrer of the Flu is a Virus. A Virus doesn't have a mustache, doesn't have slanting eyes, so far as we know. No one. in fact, has ever been able to look one in the face. The most powerful microscope, so far, has only shown his shadow. But he is a tough, tricky little varmint. Watch That Cough He attacks like a swarm of our P-38's when the guy next to you coughs or sneezes in your face. Yep, thats him, several trillions of him, and he heads straight for the warm, soft lin ing of your nose and throat, into which he power dives, then it's every man for himself. A couple of days later, you, an n American,: realize, perhaps .that you've been attacked an other Pearl Harbor! As soon (Continued on page 7) Marines Wounded On Tarawa Enjoy Our Gift Of Cigarettes Arc Distributed At Rid Station In Captured Japaneso Dugout Some of the four and a hall million cigarettes we so gener ously gave to Uncle Sam's fight ing ? forces early last summer were enjoyed by wounded Ma rines during i their -bitter and costly battle to take Tarawa from the Japanese in the Gilbert islands campaign, s " We learned of this a few days ago when the following card was received from Lieut. M. M. Green Medical Corps, USNR: . "Your Camels were opened by us on Tarawa on the third day of the Gilbert Islands campaign. I passed them around in an aid station I had in a captured Jap dugout and they were certainly appreciated. Thought you'd like to know just when they came in so good." According to other messages of appreciation, many of the cigarettes were given to the Ma rines just before they hit Tarawa. Since the cigarettes, purchas ed with $10,162.09 contributed by shipbuilders in every depart ment of the yard, were shipped (Continued on page 7) J. B. McDonald's Son South Pacific Hero While his father, J. B. McDonald, a member of the cafeteria organization, was helping feed shipbuilders here, Lieut, (jg) John B. Mc Donald was busy shooting Jap planes out of the South Pacific skies with the result that he ' wears ' the Distin guished Flying Cross today. Lieut. McDonald1, a native of Raleigh, was one of six Naval air heroes to receive (Continued on page 8) Nursery rrogi am Can Be Expanded Designed To Take Core Of The Children Oi Working Mothers The city-wide nursery school program is so flexible that if present and prospective women employees of the yard want to enroll their children in any one of the eight centers there is am ple room and, where necessary, new shifts and perhaps a new center can be operated, Mrs. Elizabeth . Williams, business manager of the nursery school program, said recently. Two nursing centers are now functioning in Maffitt Village, (Continued on page 2) Sloane Adopts Insurance Plan Employees of W. & J. Sloane here have followed us in adoption of the co operative group insurance plan presented by the Aetna Life Insurance company and it is now in effect. The response to presenta tion of the program was most gratifying and 97 per cent of . the approximately 300 employees approved it after the various benefits were explained by the Aetna representatives. The plan has been in operation since December 1. The set-up at the Sloane unit is identical to the pro gram established in the yard last ; fall. Its em ployees are given the same protection in life, accident and sickness ' insurance T as the shipyard has" provided for its workers.
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