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The Bo's'n's Whistle, Vancouver Edition, Volume 05, Number 05

• 1945-02-02 (Creation)

Newspapers, 11 in. x 17 in., 8 pages

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 a Victory ship parts delivery to the Oregon Shipyard by train; an article on the need for riveters at the Oregon Shipyard; an article on a clothing drive for European civilians; an article on the turnover rate for war veterans who work in the Kaiser shipyards; an article on the Vanport Library’s recommendations for books on racial issues; an article on shipyard workers’ time cards; an article on the cost of the war; an article on Pacific coast shipyards naval vessels production; an article on National Social Hygiene Day; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; an article on Vancouver Shipyard worker needs, especially on the demand for welders; an article on the Vancouver E. J. Bartells company’s contribution to the March of Dimes polio drive; an article on a radio broadcast discussion of Vancouver’s postwar plans; an article on the availability of the Vancouver Shipyard booklet, “The Ships We Build;” an article on the construction progress of Vancouver Shipyard’s drydock YFD 69; an article on silverware losses at the Vancouver Shipyards cafeteria; an article on the Swan Island Shipyard blood donation schedule; the Worker Speaks column; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; reprint of a Collier’s Magazine article on Vancouver Shipyard vessels, including aircraft carriers, that saw action in the Pacific theatre on October 25, 1944—“They Were There!”; an article on a reduction in fires at the Vancouver Shipyard due to the cigarette shortage; an article on shipyard workers’ roles in the Civic Theatre production, “Double Door;” an article on the popularity of USO dances; an article on the Maritime commission’s Surplus Property Division sale of lifefloats; an article on a public interview of A. T. Baker, Pacific combat veteran.

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• english

• Shipbuilding industry--Employees--Periodicals
• Shipbuilding--Periodicals
• United States. Maritime Commission
• World War, 1939-1945
• Newspapers

• United States » Washington (State)
• United States » Washington (State) » Clark County (Wash.) » Vancouver (Wash.)

• Henry J. Kaiser Company (Publisher)