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The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 04, Number 41

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.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 04, Number 43

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.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 04, Number 42

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 AP-5 Attack Transports; an article on Portland Parks indoor recreation centers; an article on women shipyard workers postwar employment plans; an article on Ridgefield and its community; the Worker Speaks column; an article on shipbuilding courses; an article on a Vanport child welfare survey; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on postwar employment opportunities for pipefitters; an article on engineering mechanics classes; an article on the Labor Management Suggestion contest winners and their achievements; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 04, Number 44

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 end of the seven day work week; articles on production achievements of the Kaiser shipyards; an article on income tax records deadline; an article on an industrial fair in Portland; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; an article on the Swan Island Shipyard construction schedule; an article on a Marine department dance; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on postwar job opportunities for office workers. Portions of pages 7 and 8 are missing.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 04, Number 45

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 Vancouver Shipyard C-4 Troop Transport contract; an article on hunting season; an article on merchant seamen working on Christmas; an article on a Portland Art Museum exhibit; an article on rat control in dock areas; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; the Worker Speaks column; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Capital Reef; an article on a Christmas play at Vanport; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on the Bosn’s Whistle.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 04, Number 46

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.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 01

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 contracts for Victory ships and aluminium pontons; an article on a March of Dimes drive for polio; an article on the Swan Island Shipyard oil tanker contract; an article on Vancouver Shipyard contracts for C-4 Troop Transports and for ship repair; an article on electricians’ classes; an article on the “Tars and Spars” musical; an article on Portland Public Schools night classes; an article on Swan Island Shipyard’s prospects for winning the Tanker Champ Flag; an article on Swan Island Shipyard employing the most women welders; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on a booklet on Swan Island Shipyard’s history; an article on grandmas clubs; the Worker Speaks column.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 02

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 federal income rules; an article on the renewal of United States Maritime Commission’s lease of Swan Island Shipyard; an article on actor Victor Mature’s Kaiser shipyards visit; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; an article on Swan Island Shipyard oil tanker contract; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Fort Christina; an article on Swan Island Shipyard earning the Tanker Champ Flag; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Vancouver Shipyard drydock construction; the Worker Speaks column; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on a War Bond drive with a car as a prize.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 04, Number 47

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 Kaiser shipyards record breaking production for the year; articles on Kaiser shipyard employment; an article on enrollment at Kaiser shipyards Child Care Centers; an article on Oregon Shipyard earning the AP-5 Attack Transport Champ Flag; an article on the Oregon Shipyard aluminium ponton contract; an article on the postwar merchant fleet.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 03

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

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 04

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.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 05

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.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 06

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 prospect of converting Victory Ships into merchant ships after the war; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Swan Island Shipyard construction schedule; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on possible postwar use of war time housing units.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 07

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’ production—Swan Island Shipyard earned the Tanker Champ Flag; an article on single shipyard workers living in dormitories; an article on Vancouver housing units move to Seattle; an article on Soviet seamen living in Swan Island Shipyard dormitories; an article on Spanish classes; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; an article on the Vancouver Shipyard C-4 Troop Transport contract; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on Swan Island Shipyard sub-contractor, the Hauserman company; an article on launching Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Sully’s Hill; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on aluminium pontons; the Worker Speaks column.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 08

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 Vancouver Shipyard “Cimarron” type aircraft carrier contract; an article on rat nutrition study at Child Service center; an article on a Red Cross donation drive; an article on military draft status of shipyard workers; an article on radio broadcast of the trial run of Oregon Shipyard built Victory Ship, the S. S. Bozeman Victory; an article on travel restrictions for shipyard workers; an article on Oregon State College drawing classes; an article on Labor-Management Suggestion contest winners and their achievements; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; the Worker Speaks column; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 11

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.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 09

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 The Bosn’s Whistle; an article on treatment of disabled war veterans; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on reducing Swan Island Shipyard production cost of oil tankers; an article on importance of salvage yards; the Worker Speaks column; an article on launching Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. New Echota; an article on postwar job opportunities in manufacturing; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 10

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 need for nutrition classes; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Muir Woods; the Worker Speaks column; an article on Swan Island Shipyard anniversary; an article on sulfa drugs; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 13

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.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 15

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 the need for shipyard workers; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; articles on the need for blood drive donations; an article on availability of booklets on the three Kaiser shipyards; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, S. S. Fort Lane; an article on actor Cesar Romero’s Swan Island Shipyard visit; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Bradford Island; an article on showing the Swan Island Shipyard movie “We Build Tankers”; an article on wartime migration to the west coast and postwar future for the region.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 12

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 “Fixed Price” shipbuilding contracts for Kaiser shipyards; an article on auto tire shortage; an article on prospects for shipyard restaurants; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Swan Island Shipyard produced movie, “We Build Tankers”; the Worker Speaks column; an article on Swan Island Shipyard dormitories and barracks being policed by Portland city police; an article on construction of a Swan Island Shipyard drydock basin; an article on raising backyard livestock; an article on Henry J. Kaiser organizing an engineering firm; an article on the Labor-Management Suggestion contest winners and their achievements; an article on the Bosn’s Whistle offices.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 14

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 a clothing drive; an article on a Child Service Center nutrition experiment; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on a War Bond drive with a house as a prize; an article on importance of lumber to shipyards; the Worker Speaks column; an article on Swan Island Shipyard Child Service Center hours; an article on the Swan Island Shipyard three year club; an article on showing the Swan Island Shipyard movie “We Build Tankers”; an article on an Oregon Shipyard dance; articles on postwar opportunities to start a business.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 16

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 a War Bond drive with a house as a prize; an article on President Harry S. Truman’s knowledge of the Kaiser Shipyards; articles on President Franklin Roosevelt’s September 1942 Kaiser shipyards visit; an article on the Kaiser company and American Federation of Labor agreement on Swan Island Shipyard ship repair contract; the Worker Speaks column; an article on launching the Oregon Shipyard built Victory ship, the S. S. Lawrence Victory; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on the opportunities for postwar home ownership; an article on Swan Island Shipyard Child Service center services.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 18

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 Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Kaiser shipyards tuberculosis survey; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on K-9 War Dog Smokey’s Oregon Shipyard visit; the Worker Speaks column; an article on Swan Island Shipyard’s need for ship repair craftsmen; an article on closure of Swan Island Shipyard barracks; an article on Northwest recreational fishing; an article on importance of safety goggles.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 17

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 most of Swan Island Shipyard going to one day shift due to a manpower shortage; an article on the ration schedule; an article on a War Bond drive with a house and insurance as a prize; an article on a public school teacher shortage; an article on the Portland Alcoholics Anonymous group; an article on the local American Welding Society leadership election; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; articles on the Swan Island Shipyard oil tanker contract; an article on the San Francisco United Nations Conference; an article on Labor-Management Suggestion contest winners and their achievements; the Worker Speaks column.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 20

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.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 19

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 “V-mails” use in speeding up ship repair; an article on the ration schedule; articles on the need for shipyard workers after V-E Day (Germany’s defeat); an article on a War Bond drive with a house as a prize; an article on a Portland tin salvage drive; the Worker Speaks column; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Modoc Point; an article on a Vancouver playground; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on women shipyard workers’ postwar job prospects—many returning to family and domestic lives; an article on the demand for Child Service Center home service food.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

The Bo's'n's Whistle, Swan Island Edition, Volume 05, Number 21

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 housing being moved to other sites; an article on Henry J. Kaiser’s plans to develop a Pacific coast steel industry; an article on availability of Vancouver area postwar housing; an article on United States Maritime Commission Vice Admiral Howard L. Vickery’s Kaiser shipyards visit; an article on Vancouver Shipyard built aircraft carrier, the U. S. S. Guadalcanal, capture of a German U-boat; an article on shoe rations; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Swan Island Shipyard winning the Tanker Champ Flag; an article on Swan Island Shipyard Child Service Center; an article on postwar job opportunities; an article on Labor-Management Suggestion contest winners and their achievements; an article on Maritime Day celebrations; an article on Swan Island Shipyard Shopping Center.

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

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