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 installing generators at Grand Coulee dam; an article on a service award for the hospital ship, the U.S.S. Solace; an article on vaccines for children in Vanport; an article on allowing lambs to be butchered in Clark county to alleviate the meat shortage; an article on Portland’s need for more drydocks; an article on the history of Vancouver’s first drydock; an article on dancing classes at Vanport; an article on Gadget club meetings in Vanport; an article on where Vanport residents can go to discuss community problems; an article on installing more street lights in Vanport; an article on Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) meetings in Vanport; an article on the Vanport child care center summer schedule; an article on band for Vanport children; an article on a Vanport Glee club; an article on the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project; an article on continuing three shifts at the Vancouver Shipyard; an article on the deadline to apply for a Washington State drivers’ license; an article on a lunch hour concert at the Vancouver Shipyard; the Worker Speaks column; an article on the CVE (aircraft carriers) contract; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on the history of shipbuilding; an article on the importance of ship repair; an article on the naval ship production record, including that of the Vancouver Shipyard; an article on the need for draftsmen; an article on evening canning sessions in Vancouver.

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 postwar employment opportunities; an article on the closure of the shipyards for Labor Day; an article on rationed items; an article on the 40-hour week at the Bremerton navy yard; an article on vacation pay; an article on V-J week pay; an article on housing naval personnel at the Swan Island barracks; an article on the future of light metals production, such as aluminum, in the Northwest; an article on war surplus sales; an article on retention of Northern Permanente health care plan coverage for Vancouver Shipyard workers; an article on Vancouver Shipyard lay-offs; articles on Vancouver Shipyard lay-offs due to the cancellation of C-4 Troop Transport and CVE aircraft carrier contracts; an article on ending Vancouver night canning sessions; an article on a V-J Vancouver Victory Fair celebration; an article on transportation needs for Vancouver Shipyard workers; an article on Vancouver war housing tenants’ moving plans; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on postwar housing in the Portland-Vancouver area; articles on postwar job opportunities in agriculture; an article on postwar surplus moorage in Puget Sound; an article on the Lend-Lease ship repair program at the Swan Island Shipyard; an article on cancelled services for war workers after V-J day; an article on continued (M&H) medical coverage for Oregon and Swan Island Shipyards workers.

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 innovations in underwater welding; articles on the continued sale of Victory bonds; an article on postwar industrial expansion in the Pacific Northwest; an article on the Vancouver kids’ circus parade and the summer program; the Worker Speaks column; an article on Vancouver housing projects occupancy rates; an article on converting C-4 Troop Transports into cargo ships; an article on the Portland U.S. Employment office and postwar job opportunities; an article on Vancouver junior high school registration; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on naval oil tanker construction at the Swan Island Shipyard; an article on the postwar demand for naval and commercial ship building; an article on continuing the 48 hour week at the Kaiser shipyards; an article on Henry J. Kaiser’s bid for Northwest aluminum plants; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built, S. S. Cannon Beach; an article on the two-day Labor Day holiday; an article on the Vancouver Victory Fair; an article on Vancouver-Kaiser, a book on the history of the Vancouver Shipyard; an article on Vancouver Shipyard employment.

Employee newspaper for Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation 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: A New Years message from Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation; A transcript of a radio broadcast aboard the trial run of the Star of Oregon; an article about employees collecting donations for their co-workers who were unemployed or in need; an article about A.R. Hammond and his experiences in Thailand; an article about ship sponsors; advertisements for vocational training; Air raid blackout instructions; and a message and advertisements about the Red Cross.

Employee newspaper for Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation 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: A series of articles reviewing the events of 1943 at the Shipyards; production records, employment figures showing growth at each shipyard and gender statistics; wage information and war bond purchases, absentee numbers for 1943; an article detailing the features of the yards including cranes, buildings and facilities; health and safety statistics including accidents and injuries and healthcare facilities; an article about the Labor management committee idea awards and the time saved by the suggestions, Idea Award Winners for December 1943; an article about the growth of housing in the Portland and Vancouver area with photos; an article about transportation statistics and options in 1943; advertisement for a fourth War Bond drive.

A blueprint map of the shipyard for Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. The Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a shipyard managed by Kaiser Shipbuilding Corporation during World War II. The shipyard built Liberty and Victory ships for the U. S. Maritime Commission between 1941 and 1944. The plans are dated Dec. 14, 1944 with revisions noted March 14, 1945. The document is a blueline print mounted on cloth.