Girl Inventors Speed War Production Across Plants
During wartime, women workers accelerate output at major plants. Anne M. Sofa in Newark devised a lens polishing method increasing daily capacity from 25 to 400 lenses. Edith Hogan at General Electric in West Lynn earned 1250 dollars for a neck-breaking bottleneck solution saving 400 hours weekly. Gertrude Fila at Lockheed Vega helped reduce airplane part types from 3000 to 375. Stella Cullen in West Orange received Edison medals for six production boosting ideas.
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Universal
Bo Ann Clark
Hearst
General Motors
Flint
Mich
Clark
West Lynn
Mass
Edison
Edith Hogan
General Electric Company
Hogan
William S. Knudsen
War Department
Newark
N. J
Anne M. Sofa
Gertrude Hill Fila
Lockheed- Vega Aircraft
Burbank
Calif
Fila
West Orange
Girl Edison
Stella Cullen
Thomas A. Edison
78 Percent of British Army Men Rated A1 Fit
Aldershot tests show 78 percent of British Army men are A-1 fit with maximum efficiency around age 38 for endurance and agility. Teetotalers are not more able than drinkers, and prior sedentary workers match the fitness of veteran manual laborers.
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London
Frank D. Howitt
Aldershot
British Army Record Jump From Corporal To Major
London report notes Maj Charles Bateson aged 40 rapidly rose from lance corporal to major after years of denied appeals over his age. The War Office later discovered he had served in the reserve officers without official acknowledgment.
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London
Charles Bateson
War Office
Northarms Visit F yed Ruhlman Returns Home
Ruhlman returned Monday from a business trip to Portsmouth Ohio. Mrs Ruhlman met him in Bakersfield and they came home together. Cpl A W Northam and his wife were home for the weekend to visit their parents. Northam is stationed at Mather Field.
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Ed. Merkel
Seaman Merkel
Los Alarmitos
Navy
Corporal Nikkel
Ed Nikkel
Shafter
Kerns
Utah
Mrrs. Nikkel
J. C. Penier
Jake Nikkel
Corcoran
Donald Rattzlaff
J. H. Ratzlaff
Weatherford
Kan
Ruhlman
Portsmouth
Ohio
Bakersfield
Cpl
A. W. Northam
Mr. Northam
B. Zeman
Otto Hanover
Chicago
Frank Zeman
Anna Kip
Racine, Wis
Florence Arts
Mary Dewey
Anna Cedarcrop
Mary Kornides
Charles Jandl
Kearns
Mr. Nikkel
Camp Krerns
Stewart Rome
Jack Stewart
R. B. Stewart
Jack
Richland School
Shafter High Shool
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Beuchler-Coleman Nuptials At St Johns Wasco
Beuchler and Coleman exchange vows at St Johns church Wasco in a nuptial mass Saturday Ling Rev Father McMullen presiding. Family and close friends attend. Honeymoon in Santa Barbara with plans to live in Bakersfield.
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Wasin
Bryn Coleman
Chicago
St John’s Church
Wasco
Father McMullen
Alex Beuchler
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Kinnion
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And
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Wayne
Pismo
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Seaman
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Jean Burns
East
Charles Burns
Walter Bisbee
Rochester
Minn
Boston
Crawfords
Holly
Crawford
Jack Crawford
Hollywood
Tiajuana
Lawrence Kattenhorn
Lawrence A. Kattenhorn
Post Office
Fresno
Post Office Clerks
Hotel
California
Schirmers
Santa Barbara
Mrs. Herbert Schirmer
Mr. Schirmer
Louise Manning
Delano
Thella Call
George Ostercamp
Los Angeles
McCormac
M. L. McCormac
Kansas
Gordon K. McCormac
Army Air Corps
Douglas, Ariz
Charles Christopher
Alhambra
Irene Mayerkiewiz
San Francisco
Elvin
Diesenroth
J. B. Diesenroth
Nazarene Church School
Pasadena College
NazareneChurch
McKinney
Eyne
Dean McClain
Ernest Dean McClain
W. C. Grose
Sergeant Mettler
Sgt
Welter
Mer
Gardner Field
Calvin Mettler
Beese
Raymond Boese
Santa Ana
Modesto
A. F. Beese
Goering
Dakota
Emil Goering
Menno
South Dakota
Jacob Mettler
Sergeant Ratzlaff
Bitthes
Mrs. Goldman Bittle
Lester Manus
Hway
J. W. Gwin
Pacific
Tojo
Southern California Gas Company
Girl Inventors
Make & Délicios
Perl
Alc
Roett
Arruck
Cote Als Perth
Grede A
Perth
Perle
Geode
Roduce
Gityie
Northarms
Mather’ Field
Pfeifles
Pfc
Walter Kirschenmann
Arnold
Pfeifle
Arnold Kirschenmann
Roland ‘Mettler
Mylo Mettler
Edwin Preszler
Otto Handel
Hilbert Kirschenmann
Henry Moore
Robert Mettler
Maxine Albrigt
Nikkels
Lorain Grede
Notary
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Associated Service
Shafter Highway
Lerdo Road
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