October 1, 1944
PUBLISHED FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY
Vol. 3, No. 2
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Seven Men Give Lives
For Country And Many
Suffer Battle Wounds
visai'rnwvi Punvinv tn ro-itPv with Receptionist W: S. Harm in the lobby are hve tormer
North Carolina shipbuilders, . now; members of the . U. S. Navy. Each month many farmer, em-
DlOVees m ; trie ArmeQ ScI Vices auu ivierciiaui maiinc. .ah ai viiv ,jfu; yiic .uu. fM,
terminated in June. , iney are now oeamen .at- aim were suuiuucu av -viuuuTany,;. a., nt us.
RiiscpII R flrppn formerlv of the Wcldin? HeDartment: Loilis
H Watkins. Fitters; Clayton H. Moore, Fitters; Sherrill A. Strickland,; .Police and , Fire, and Willie,
A. Fowler,' Welders. Standing in the background is Guard H. A. Llodfelter. ;
Community Chfest
Driv6 Conducted
Report At Press -time
Shows $9,377 Given
By Employees
. As -we go to press, the t.iird
annual Community War Chest
campaign is underway through
out the vard with, the first re.
-" port; made on 4 Sept. 30; showing
a total of ?y, 377.0O raisea lowara
the e-oal of $35,000. : C
The drive, through which the
work of the community's wel-
i fflinv arifl service aeencies and
4hp nativities of manv War re
lief organizations are financed,
onened on Sept. 22. It officially
' Last-vear we eave $53,603 and
surpassed oyr goal by a ; wide
margin, pinaicauoiis ;.w
writinc are that we1 will again
. , answer the great humanitarian
i call oTthe fullest extent.; As in
the past, the yard is again ex
pected to rank' first among all
group -and individual contriDu
fnra in . t.hp ranrnaim. : :
; Two departments, the Drillers
and i Scrap and Salvage, . over-
subscribed their auotas on the
first dav of the drive. The first
cave more than . $770 ancL the
second exceeded its 'quota of
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Every cent given to th; chest
goes to a needy 1 and , worthy
. cause. In Wilmington, the
funds are used "to finance the
work of the ' Associated Chari
ties, Boy Scouts. : Brigade Boys'
club, Catherine Kennedy Home,
- Girl Scouts, John H. Shaw Boys'
cltlb . for - negroes, Public Health
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S.S. Santa Elisa Goes Through
Hurricane Without Any Damage
New Civilian USO
Club Opened Here
The civilian USO club,
located at 223 Princess St.,
is now in operation follow
ing its formal opening on
Sept. 30.
Designed to help fill the
recreational nseds of .Ship
builders and other war
workers in Wilmington, the
club provides attractive ac
commodations for lounging,
games, music, reading, writ
ing and group activities.
The , clubrooms, extending
over the second and third
floors of the building, are
well furnished and facilities
are also available for various
meetings.
Raloh W. Richards is di
rector and Miss Janet Nee,
associate director.
Honor Roll Covers
Period Starting
Dec. 7, 1941
Ships Are Needed
For Pacific War
"When vou fro back there, tell
them they built a mighty good
ship. ' -
- That's the message the grate
ful officers and men of the S. S.
Santa Elisa, one of. our.C-2's,
gave Cadet Midshipman , Robert
Strange, Jr., to deliver to every
one here after .the sturdy vessel
battled through the -Atlantic
hurricane in September without
sustaining any- damage or in
jury to her personnel.
..; The ship ran into the heart of
the ' hurricane . off the upper
United - States coast about 9
o'clock on the night pf Sept. 14.
From then to shortly after mid
night; 100-mile , an hour winds
and , mountainous seas ' drove
against the- S; S, Santa Elisa.
Able to make but little -speed
aheadV with consequent loss of
ability to steer, she wallowed in
the; terrific seas, her roll reach
ing' 45. degrees at times.
Giant waves pounded against
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Approximately 5,900 men
and women have trans
ferred from the production
tront here to the nation s
armed forces and Merchant
Marine since the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor -plunged
us into war on Dec.
7, 1941.
Of the number, at least
seven have given their lives
in defense of their country.
Many others have been
wounded and at least one is
a prisoner of I war, in Ger-
.niany;-??j.iS v,.j...'
The steady stream of ' em- .
Dloyees into the Armvi Navv.
Marine Corps and other branches
of service began in earnest early
in 1942, At the close of the fim
12 months of war, 1,738 had i-n-
tovoA tha armtiA fnv- 5thr
Wriaht SaVS Facilities through Selective Service or by
Not AvaHable To Dou- '
ble Operations sonnel planning to don uniforms ;
was increased ' to 3,050 ; aiul n
Tho oWnMrv Hops not nossess March 15, 1944, the number was
the shipping facilities required boosted to 4,972. Since that time
for -doubling present operations inductions and enlistments navev.
in .the racmc, Kear Admiral increased the total to 5,8iMV as
Pa riot TT Wricht . command-( c.nfmiw i K u -liiw- i.
ant of the 12th Naval district, statistics made available bv tin
saia recenuy ai aan rimiusw. pmn nvm.nt off ct
At present time 200 ships are r . i i.
operating every day, loaded " k""lv4 's
with , military and naval sup- Every department ot the yanl
plies, Admiral Wright said, and is well represented ami we be
carrying 2,000,000 measurement lieve this honor roll is the Urg
tons of material. The admiral est of any single worth varonna
industrial -r establishment, i ne
branches of service in which the
men and women are helping wm
the war range from the Army's
basic corps to the WAV hS.
Many have entered, the Mer
chant Marine and, in some
k 1 1 , .
cases, are sailing . aDoarn - ves
sels they - helped build here
the far cornets of - the United'
Nations' many fighting fronts.
Today, former North Carolina
shipbuilders are fighting on
every Allied front. ;,V:
Letters from overseas and m i
conversations with some when.
they call here during well-earned
leaves show they have met and
helped defeat the Japanese, and
Germans from Guadalcanal to
the hedgerows of Normandy. I
As an example btaff bergeant
Davis Polvogt, formerly of
the Transportation department
and now in the Air corps, saw
action at Tarawa, trie Gilberts,
Marshalls and in other Pacific
campaigns. He wears the rib
bons of the Purple Heart, the
Air Medal with seven clusters
and the . Distinguished Flying
Cross with one cluster. During
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