Arsenal Workers Win Cash and Certificate Awards
Brig. Gen. Gillespie awarded 12 Arsenal employees cash prizes and certificates for improving methods tools and safety. Walter Brevetti received the top $200 for a fixture change on 96 mm gun tubes. Safety notes urge eye protection with discounted safety glasses. many updates span departments including PC Field Service SH and PMH as staff celebrate birthdays, marriages, and military duties while planning bowling leagues and association meetings.
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A. G. Gillespie
Arsenal
Walter Brevetti
Troy
PC Department
Walter J. Fanning
Field Service Department
Gustav Karlson
Charles E. Emery, Jr
Joseph A. Petnal
Alex Machnick
Ronald W. Shuman
Perry S. Pine
Charles L. Sherman
James B. Swisher
PMH
Preston 8. Woodruff
Edwin C. Howe
Asid
Hig
Safety Department
Bis
Kenneth J. Werring Heads Watervliet Arsenal Guard
Kenneth J. Werring, chief patrolman at Watervliet Arsenal, has a varied background. Born in Otego, he attended Oneonta High School, then New York State Police School in Troy, served with the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Police, organized an Identification Bureau, and specialized in fingerprinting and photography. He joined the Arsenal as a Junior Guard in 1939, became Head Guard in 1940, and remained in charge during wartime expansion, excelling in firearms and security duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth J. Werring
Watervliet Arsenal
Otego
Oneonta High School
New York State Police School
Troy
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Police
Schenectady
Herring
Woodbourne State Prison
Arsenal
Arsenal Softball League Preparations At Arsenal
With good weather approaching, baseball practice begins Monday for the Arsenal Softball League. Departments entering teams include Inspection Administration Breech Tank Shop Firemen Liner Shop PMH Department PR Department GQ Building and Army, led by Ruth Conklin and Lorna Harmes.
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Arsenal
PMH
Army
Sugar Ration Sparks Political Drama Across Nation
The sugar ration debate becomes political dynamite as rumors swirl about stockpiles and potential ration removal. Industry groups urge easier limits while government bodies insist current shortages persist. Rep. Bartel J. Johnson pushes sugar issues in Congress amid a tense public climate.
Banks Fishermen Reaping Harvest As Prices Soar
Gloucester fishermen in 1943 set income records with crew wages from five to eight thousand dollars and notable catches. Captain Matthew Sears led the dragger Columbia to a 342 thousand four hundred nineteen dollar gross. Seiner Santa Maria crews earned seven thousand eight hundred dollars per member on top of big catches. Rising prices and ceilings, plus Navy hull shortages, caused a fishing halt and a temporary New England fish famine as supplies shifted to the South and Far West.
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Boston
Atlantic
Gloucester
Matthew S. Sears
Columbia
Ocean
Seiior Santa Maria
Peter Mercurio
Peter Guarrisi
Gay Head
Martha’s Vineyard
Santa Maria
New Bedford
Redfish
New
Prices, wartime demand lift fish prices for Laura Goulart crew
Manila rope and U boat danger kept prices high as nine crew members aboard the Laura Goulart trawler earned 1220 dollars each for a 10 day voyage off Georges Banks. Some boats have returned and meat price lows reduced demand while industry experts predict this year’s catch near 500 million pounds with easing prices and ample fish.
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Manila
Laura Goulart
Georges Banks
U S sugar postwar relief survey under wartime policy
Els worth Bunker of New York reports on U S sugar supplies under OPA scrutiny with White House blessing. The study aims to clarify postwar needs as Sir William Rook warns rationing may continue two years after the war and stockpiles remain unsettled amid global sugar politics.
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Auvre Sugar
Combined Food Board
U. S. War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
Cuba
Puerto Rico
War Shipping Administration
Roosevelt
Bartel J. Johnson
Michigan
British Supply Council
Washington
William Rook
U. S
Britain
OPA
Elsworth Bunker
New York
National Sugar Refining Co
Sugar Industry Committee
Bunker
White House
Ncre
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Irving Roby
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Dedie Busch
Rocco
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Madeline Doris Albert
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Alice LaMay
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Stella Chiplock
Thomas Dunn
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Alicia Dougherty
June Noll
Watervliet Arsenal Foreman’s Association
Watervliet Arsenal Pit Association
Madsen
Larry Archambeault
Gage Section
Francis Fennessy
George Milham
Camp Reynolds
Greenville
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J. Gordon Jalet
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Francis Sherow
Elizabeth Powers
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Russ Connors
Maxwell Field
Ala Russ
Mike Connors
Howard Sewell
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Tech
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Joe Powell
Camp Campbell
Kew
Arsenal Tool Design Association
Stephen Vanderlock
Arne Heggen
Val Archambault
Ray Miller
Harry Cox
Ben Carson
Dick Morrissey
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John Fiscella
Harry Jacobs
Tony Dirk
Stan Vogelsang
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Dick Wilson
William Posner
James Ungerman
Bill Minnock
Jim Lamb
Paul Edward Flanagan
Dave Flynn
Edward J. Wall
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Howard Retallier
Charles Hickok
Earl I. Sherman
Stanley J. Bogdanowicz
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Theodore McCabe
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Ethel Posnewski
Mary Albert
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Marines
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Dot Bacon
Fred Smith
Mr. Potter
Ray Bodley
Joseph Arsino
St. Patrick's Church
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Mary LaVigne
Richard Cuddy
Lois DeLong Norton
Peggy Dunn
Jessie Bushey
Field Service
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Property Office of Field Service
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Charlie’s
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Charles Hoffman
Charles
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David Sterling
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Menands
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