Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 Swan Island Shipyard foreign born workers; the Worker Speaks column; an article on softball equipment donated to Barnes General Hospital, Vancouver; articles on the importance of voting; an article on the postwar future of the merchant marine; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on shipyards’—especially Vancouver Shipyard’s—time saving measures; an article on the conversion of Liberty ships into hospital ships; a Know Your Northwest series article on “Shipping—Portland’s Postwar Opportunity”; an article on Vanport child care; an article on Swan Island Shipyard women burners; an article on a toy making book; an article on the Swan Island Shipyard lunch time movie schedule.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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: Articles on Oregon Shipyard Administration building fire; an article on Oregon Shipyard’s continued AP-5 Attack Transport production; an article on the availability of Oregon Shipyard payroll checks; an article on the United Seamen’s Service and Merchant Marine art show at the Portland Art Museum; an article on Armistice Day; an article on Vancouver Shipyard earning the AP-5 Attack Transport Champion Flag; an article on Swan Island Shipyard earning the Tanker Champion Flag; an article on Swan Island Shipyard’s reduction in fires; the Worker Speaks column; an article on the need for magazines for oil tanker crews; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; a Know Your Northwest series article on Mining and Fishing; an article on the availability of Swan Island Shipyard gym to Oregon Shipyard workers; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on Swan Island Child Service Center Attendance.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 the need for more ships; an article on launching the Oregon Shipyard built AP-5 Attack Transport, the U.S. S. Kershaw; an article on the Oregon Shipyard payroll delivery after the Administration building fire; an article on women shipyard workers’ increased work load, preparing Thanksgiving dinners, too; an article on a war bond drive with a car as a prize; an article on Swan Island Shipyard earning the Tanker Champ Flag; the Worker Speaks column; an article on the Swan Island Child Service Center; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; a Know Your Northwest series article on the region’s high standard of living; an article on prospects for a large postwar merchant fleet; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tankers, the S. S. Bryce Canyon and the S. S. Pilot Butte.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 in Oregon; an article on a Vancouver Shipyard C-4 Troop Transport contract; an article on United States income tax deductions; an article on the Oregon Shipyard earning the AP-5 Attack Transport Champ Flag; an article on the Hauserman company Swan Island Shipyard subcontractor; the Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on the pipefitters’ Thankgiving Day dinner; an article on a swing shift dance; an article on postwar job opportunities for sheet metal workers; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on the Swan Island Shipyard First Aid unit; the Worker Speaks column.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 Kaiser shipyards Christmas celebrations; an article on an award for Kaiser shipyards Child Service Centers; an article on a tuberculosis x-ray survey; an article on the Vancouver Shipyard Sub-Assembly plant at The Dalles; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on the Labor- Management Suggestion contest winners and their achievements; an article on Swan Island Shipyard production schedule; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on improved welding technology on Liberty ship performance; the Worker Speaks column.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 launching a Vancouver Shipyard built drydock; an article on military draft status for shipyard workers; an article on income statements, W-2 forms; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on “Bachelor Girls” (women welders) who bought a house; an article on the War Bond drive car prize winner; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Sunset; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on Vancouver Shipyards C-4 Troop Transports; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Fort Christina; an article on a polio drive; an article on the need for a tenor for a Swan Island Shipyard quartet

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 launching Oregon Shipyard built Victory Ship, the S. S. Appleton Victory; an article on Vanport fires; an article on The Dalles sub-assembly plant of the Vancouver Shipyard having three work shifts; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Sunset; an article on a Rose Society membership drive; a Know Your Merchant Fleet article; an article on Labor-Management Suggestion contest winners and their achievements; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on challenges faced by Kaiser shipyard workers; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Choctaw Trail; an article on income tax filing assistance.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 expedited train delivery of Victory Ship parts for Oregon Shipyard; an article on the need for workers for the aluminium ponton contract; an article on race question books recommended by the Vanport library; an article on Social Hygiene Day discussion—venereal disease; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. White Sands; an article on an aviation course; articles on temporary lay-off at Swan Island Shipyard; the Worker Speaks column; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; “They Were There!” a reprint of a Collier’s magazine article on the service of Vancouver Shipyard built aircraft carriers.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 the need for workers at Kaiser shipyards; an article on ship repair; an article on St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; an article on book donations to the oil tanker, the S. S. Sully’s Hill. Note: Pages 3, 4, 5, and 6 are missing from this issue.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 delivery of the Vancouver Shipyard built drydock to Swan Island Shipyard; an article on the government’s decision not to build shipyard restaurants; an article on launching the Vancouver Shipyard built C-4 Troop Transport, the S. S. Marine Tiger; an article on the need for machinists; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; the Worker Speaks column; an article on a Swan Island dance; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on the Swan Island Child Service Center; an article on showing the Swan Island Shipyard movie, “We Build Tankers”; an article on the need for victory gardens.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 closure of the Swan Island Shipyard Arnold Vocational Training Center; an article on Swan Island Shipyard bus transportation; an article on price controls for auto repair; an article on lip reading classes in Portland; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on availability of steel for Swan Island Shipyard oil tanker contract; an article on the Merchant Marine; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 challenges of the United States Merchant Marine in moving men and supplies from the European front to the Pacific; an article on moving Vanport housing units to Bremerton, Washington; an article on the need for women to pick agricultural crops; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Kaiser Company, Inc., buying the ship repair company, Poole, McGonigle, and Jennings; an article on a War Bond drive with a house as a prize; an article on the July 4th picnic; an article on Swan Island Shipyard workers’ return to an eight hour day shift; an article on vehicle tax stamps; an article on Portland ballot measure to fund a Civic Center.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 Oregon Shipyard worker, Charles Shaw, former Walt Disney Studios artist-animator; articles on Vanport dancing classes; an article on Vanport classes on canning methods; an article on availability of new cars; an article on Kaiser shipyards July 4th work day; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on a Swan Island Shipyard lunch time show; an article on the July 15th Blue Lake picnic; an article on launching Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Government Camp; an article on “pay-off” parties; an article on actor Jackie Coogan’s Swan Island Shipyard visit; an article on Portland Parks and Recreation swimming pools hours; an article on Oregon Shipyard aluminium ponton construction.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 the need to prevent forest fires; an article on public use of the Permanente Foundation hospital; an article the lack of transportation options; an article on vacation options in the Portland-Vancouver area; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Kaiser shipyards’ Missouri State picnic; an article on Vanport art classes; an article on a War Bond drive with a house as a prize; an article on a Progress Department picnic.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 Vancouver Shipyard YFD 70, the second floating dry dock; an article on Henry J. Kaiser’s plans to expand postwar steel production; an article on a Portland paper and tin salvage drive; an article on the July 21st election; an article on Oregon postwar public works projects; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on a War Bond drive with a house as a prize; an article on the Bosn’s Whistle’s fourth anniversary; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Halls of Montezuma; an article on Swan Island Shipyard worker D.B. Love, an ex-professional baseball player on a World War I veterans team; an article on the need for shipyard workers; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Grays Harbor. Pages 2, 5, 7 and 8 are damaged.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 job opportunities in the Northwest; an article on Labor Day holiday; an article on rationing; an article on Bremerton navy yard’s forty-hour work week; an article on V-J (Victory Japan) week pay; an article on vacation pay; an article on possible use of Swan Island Shipyard barracks to house navy personnel; an article on postwar Northwest light metals industry; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on postwar public housing; an article on job opportunities for farm workers; an article on postwar surplus moorage in Puget Sound; an article on Kaiser shipyards discontinuing services, including rationing, housing, and transportation; an article on medical and hospital insurance for former shipyard workers; an article on Swan Island Shipyard’s conversion to ship repair work; an article on former Swan Island Shipyard workers remaining in Portland; an article on Swan Island Shipyard dormitories; an article on Swan Island Shipyard welding school.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island 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 United War Chest local charities; an article on continued sale of War Bonds; an article on postwar industrial development in Pacific Northwest; an article on closure of Oregon Shipyard Child Service center; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Labor Day holiday; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Cannon Beach; an article on Swan Island Shipyard oil tanker contract; an article on Henry J. Kaiser’s bid for northwest aluminium plants; an article on Kaiser shipyards forty-eight hour work week; an article on Labor-Management Suggestion contest winners and their achievements; an article on launching Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Jordan Valley.

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: River trials for the S.S. United Victory; Late night business hours added in St. Johns on payday; A fire at the Swan Island Personnel building; “Record Building Pace Big Job of Assembly”; An article about cutting ship patterns with Template photography; A profile of Stan Bergeman, Vancouver rigging superintendent; Launch of the S.S. The Dalles from Swan Island; An article about the mounted guard patrols for Oregon Ship; An article about the lack of post-war job plans for majority of shipyard workers; An article about the final trip of the United States Maritime commission Portland - Vancouver train which was ended due to low ridership.

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: Debate over expansion of late night shopping hours to Vancouver; “Expert Lauds Fashions of Vancouver Women,” article along with a photograph of Mrs. Carmel Snow, editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar meeting with female shipyard workers to urge them to dress feminine after work; “Portland Plans for Postwar Jobs” article on Moses Plan for postwar employment; “Hot Switchboards” article reminding people not to throw power switches without warning electrical workers on ships; “Kaiser Worker Recruiters Active: Scour Country for Men” article about national efforts to recruit labor to Portland area shipyards; “Rigger Hands Have Word For It” photo essay depicting the hand symbols used by riggers to direct crane operators; An article on gas rationing policies; A photograph of Wayne La Mar sewing flags for the ships; A profile of production illustrator, Edith Leong; “Production Picture Program Expanded” article about Robert Sheetz, chief draftsman.

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: Reporting on the visit of Senator Mon C. Wallgren for the launching of the U.S.S. Alikula Bay; News about the closing of the Columbia House dormitory; Elmer Hann appointed as chairman of the Portland-Vancouver chapter of the American Welding society; A photo essay on the fast pace of hiring in the downtown Portland Kaiser company office; An illustration of Outfitting dock superintendent, Parke Savage; “Professional Gambler Out to Clean Workers” article warning workers about the dangers of gambling; “Vancouver Planners Would Buy Housing” article about city planning commission plans to purchase Vancouver Housing authority facilities after the war; A photograph of E. Lorenz, progress engineer with a chart showing declining man-hour costs.

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: “Vancouver Clean-up Drive is Under way” article on clean-up week efforts at the Vancouver shipyard; A photograph of the 250 person swing shift crew; An update on the record setting pace of the graveyard welding crew; Lecture series on world economics hosted by Rev. James Fogarty; “Freak Mishaps Prove Painful to ‘Curious’” article detailing accidents in the shipyard; “Unemployment Pay Won’t Provide Ease” article advising workers on postwar financial planning; Employee profile and illustration of O. W. Russell, superintendent in the Master Fitting department; An article about Chinese Ambassador Dr. S. S. Liu’s visit for the launching of the carrier Astrolabe Bay; Employee profile of Don Montgomery, clearance office; A photo essay on the shipbuilding activities at Commercial Iron Works; A photograph of children at Oregon Ship Child Services making puppets.

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: Vancouver shipyard securing contract to build 20 C-4 transports; Swan Island receives contract to build 38 additional T2-SE-A1 tankers; An article on the explosion and sinking of the Kaiser Liberty ship, John Straub; An article on fires and fire prevention in the shipyards; An infographic cartoon of interesting facts about Oregon Ship; A first-hand account of Pearl Harbor from boilermaker, Robert Nelson; An employee profile and illustration of paint superintendent, T. A. (Ace) Waldron; An article on the consolidation of procurement under J. J. O’Farrell; An article on bond measures for ‘Moses Plan’ civic improvement projects to provide post-war employment to shipyard workers; A photoessay on Victory Gardens.

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: Agreements between management and labor to continue shipyard operation on a three-shift schedule; “Shipyard Diary of a Woman Welder” written by Augusta Clawson about her time at Swan Island; Causes and symptoms of ‘arc flash’ eye injuries when welding; Launch of the U.S.S. Admiralty Island; Permanente Foundation hospitals; Juvenile delinquency issues among children of war workers; Absenteeism reduction programs.

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: Launch of the U.S.S. Matanikau; New contracts secured for Oregon Ship; U.S.S. LST 454; Passage of Portland bonds for post-war employment projects; Map of Portland parks and recreation centers; Summer camp activities for children of war workers; Production shift from aircraft carriers to AP-5 and C-4 ships; Launch of the U.S.S. Attu; Sign-up campaign for Permanente worker and family hospital plans.

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: Visit to Kaiser yards by Soviet Purchasing Commission and comparison of American and Soviet shipyards; Launch of the U.S.S. Munda; Employee profile of R. O. Thomas, expediter in welding rod control, who worked at the Swan Island Shipyards during both World Wars; Montana employee picnic; Updates on progress of Fifth War Loan Drive; Employee profile of Walter A. Larsen, plate shop superintendent who worked in shipyards during both World Wars; Drydock keel laying delayed by materials shortage, scheduled for late June; Employee profile of A. “Pappy” Larson, Marine Machinest; Employee profile of F. S. McAlpine who worked in Vancouver shipyards during both World Wars; Photograph of H. S. Wildermuth, spray gun painter and amateur astronomer, with his telescope that he constructed; Illustrated guide to fire safety for welding; Blood bank donation quota exceeded.

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: Launch of the U.S.S. Roi and U.S.S. Munda; Update on drydock construction project; Photoessay on testing weld strength at Swan Island; Welder, Marie Rogndahl wins “Undiscovered Voice of America” competition; Housing projects host salvage drive; Texas, North Dakota, and South Dakota employee picnics; D-Day invasion accounts received in letters to employees; Employees win trip on U.S.S. Munda and U.S.S. Roi in War Bond raffle; Photoessay on parking lot etiquette; Employee profile on R. V. Mitchell, pipefitter and veteran of the Battles of Midway and Coral Sea; Photograph of three swing shift employees all named Lucille M. Smith; Fifth War Bond drive raises record amount; Launch of the U.S.S. Olmstead; Winning War Bond poems announced; Price ceiling enacted on used cars; Actress Jinx Falkenburg and Concert Pianist Alec Templeton visit Oregon Ship; update on LST 447.

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: Launch of the U.S.S. Pickens; Ambulance crashes into bus; Red Cross calls for sewing and nursing volunteers; Nebraska, Missouri, and Idaho employee picnics; Safety Committee works to prevent accidents; Employee profile on Mrs. M. Angell and Mrs. M. Masterson from the Tool department; Employee profile on Charles R. Mendenhall, pipefitter; Bob Borden, local Navy veteran visits shipyard for launching of the U.S.S. Pickens; Photoessay on shipyard electrical workers; Photoessay on weekly food canning program for shipbuilders living in housing projects; Profile of Superintendent Fred Schlotfeldt and the Yard Equipment Maintenance department; Employee profile on Eva Smith, dispatcher, and her pet skunks; Photograph of Olie Keranen, junior engineer standing beside a poster he designed.

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: Articles on increased production goals for the AP-5 Attack Transport; an article on Commander Corydon Wassell, the principal Navy Day speaker. The U.S.S. Renville will be launched on Navy Day, October 25. An article on the role of the procurement and surplus materials division of General Stores in increasing shipyard production; an article on shoe ration stamps; an article on Yacolt and its community; an article on the importance of handicapped shipyard workers; an article on the seven day shipyard work schedule; the Worker Speaks column; an article on Bosn’s Whistle radio program staff; an article on Washington State Guard night drills.