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NEW B-29 IS NAMED "N.
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, WILL CARRY OUR NAME Here's the B-29, the Army Air Forces' Superfortress, one of which will be named "North Caro
lina Shipbuilder" as a reward for our outstanding participation in the Fifth War Loan drive. With a speed of well over 300 miles
an hour and ceiling of more than 30,000 feet, the giant bohiber bristles with .50 caliber machira guns and 20 MM cannon but
this armament has been air-brushed out of the photograph for military security. Compare the size of the B-29 with that of the
B-17 in the background. (Official photo courtesy U. S. Air Forces.)
Nursery Schools
Fill Large Need
Are Open To Children
From Two Years Old
To School Age
A fine solution to the problem
of child care that so many
mothers in war work, such as
the , shipyard, face is offered
through the Nursery schools of
Wilmington.
Eight schools are in operation
in the city and suburbs and any
child from two years to school
age may be enrolled. ( :
Made possible through gener
ous contributions by the federal
government, plus a reasonable
charge to the parents, the
schools not only provide care
for the youngsters during the
mothers' working hours, but also
offer many other benefits. These
include a place to play, com
panionship, toys and materials,
good food and regular rest pe
riods for the children. The" five
the parents time to work, quiet
for day-time sleepers, assur
ances that their children are safe
and receiving good care and
more freedom. Our country also
benefits in that ; the program
means healthy, happy children
and more time for war work.
Five of the nurseries are for
white children and the others
for Negroes. All are well staffed
with tteachers, registered nurses
and good cooks.
The white schools and their
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PUBLISHED FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY
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Shipbuilding Proposals Save
Millions In
Our Record Ranks Well
- In Comparison With
National Average
Improvements in shipbuilding
operations suggested by em
ployees of this and 27 other
yards holding Maritime com
mission contracts during the
last 18 months have effected
savings in man-hours and mate
rials worth an estimated $20,
000,000 to the government, ac
cording to a recent; announce
ment from the Maritime Com
mission. '
The Commission - sponsored
suggestion system has pro
duced 1)800 labor and time sav
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Praise to every worker
who helped build the S. S.
Collis P. Huntington, 38th
Liberty ship we delivered,
was given recently by Chief .
Officer Harold . Bonser, of
New York, as he discussed
her fine performance after
completing ' five voyages.
' "The basic construction
of this ship is particularly
good. If the workers at the
Wilmington yard -really
Builders of S. S. Huntington Praised For Fine Job
Time, Materials
Civilian USO Club
To Be Opened Here
Early In September
A civilian USO club, de
signed to help fill the rec
reational needs of Shipbuild
ers and other war workers
in Wilmington, is scheduled
to be opened on the second
and third floors of the build
ing at 221 Princess street
early in September, r
According to Rafph W.
Richards, director of the
new YMCA-sponsored unit,
it will provide adequate ac
commodations for lounging,
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knew how well pleased we
are with everything about
the Collis P. Huntington it
certainly would be a source
of satisfaction to them. So
please see that full credit is
given where credit is due
to every worker ' on .this
fine job," he declared.
His comment on the mate
rials and workmanship that
went into the vessel was
most favorable; The weld
C. SHIPBUILDER"
LtW-H.Kennick
Wins Decorations
Former Employee Has
DFC And Air Medal
With Clusters
Lieut. Walter H. Kennick, for
merly employed in the Sheet
Metal department and now a co
pilot on a 6-24 bomber in Eng
landj, was recently awarded the
Distinguished Plying Cross, ac
cording to word received here
from the War department.
, Tpe honor isn't the first the
former shipbuilder has received
since he entered the Air Corns.
He was previously awarded the
Air Medal and later received
two Oak Leaf clusters. His unit
received the coveted President
tial Unit citation for success
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ing on the deck and hull is.
in excellent shape and she
"maneuvers wonderfully
well," he said.
Third Engineer Thomas
Welsh, also of New York,
added "we hope that all of
your ships will be as good
as this one they couldn't
be any better."
He also praised the yard's
emnloyees, saying ; we "did
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Vol. 2, No. 12
Yard's Fine
Bond Drive
Recognized
$445,475 Toted Sets
All-Time Record;
Spirit Fine
Our name, which has be
come well-known through
out the seven seas since
our first ship went down
the ways, will soon take to
the air as the result of the
yard's record-breaking par
ticipation in the Fifth War
Loan Drive.
Because of the wide margin in
which we surpassed the goal in
purchasing $445,475 worth of
bonds, the Bond division of the
Treasury department accorded
the company and employees the
privilege of naming one of the
Army Air Forces' new B-29's,
uie - oupeixurtr cases umi uuyc
smashed the Japanese mainland
twice and promise many more
visrte"bef ore the war is over.
The name selected was "North
Carolina Shipbuilder."
. Recognition
All who have followed the
early exploits of the B-29's
should take considerable pride
in this new honor for the yard.
Not only is it colorful recogni
tion of our bond buying efforts
but it reminds us of the im
portance of the dollars we lend
the government to provide lar
ger and better aircraft to crush
the enemy and achieve complete
victory.
Details on arrangements for
the sponsorship have not been
completed as we go to press but
are expected to be announced
within the near future. The of
fer of this recognition of excep
tionally fine bond buying was,
we understand, made to many
other large industrial plants. As
far as is known here, we are
the first in the state to attain it.
' Censorship regulations do not
permit much to be said about
the Army's new giant, heavily
armed bomber but it is now pub
lic information that its bomb
load, range and ceiling exceed
that o any other airplane. It
can-do well over 300 miles an
hour and has an altitude limit
of more than 30,000 feet. Engi
neered by Boeing and being pro
duced by Boeing, Bell and Mar
tin, it is powered with four 18
cylinder radial air-cooled engines
of 2,200 horsepower each.
Its wing span is 141.2 feet, as
compared with the B-17 Flying
Fortresses7 span ox 104 feet.
First Blow
The Superfortresses' first
smash at Japan proper was on
June 15, completing the longest
offensive night in history to
shower trains of demolition
bombs n the Imperial Iron and
Steel works at Yawata on north
ern Kyushu.
'This is the beginning of our
organized destruction of the
Japanese industrial empire,"
eng. uen. jvennem x. wuue,
who was . chiefly responsible for.
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