Clipper, September 13, 1945

              Shop and Office Bermuda Travel Curb Eased;
Share Idea Honors	Passport Restrictions Lifted
Shop and office workers equally shared honors in Suggestion awards at the last meeting of the committee. Despite the fact that the ideas earned small awards, there is an encouraging indication that more and more employees are taking advantage of the opportunity to improve the methods of the company and at the same time add to their Bond savings.
Top winner is William Vokolek of the Machine Shop who was voted $15 for his idea. Bill suggested that a die to repair B-314 glycol tank diaphragms be manufactured. He pointed out that this will result in the great saving in man hours in repairing these diaphragms and also provide efficient performance. The suggestion was lauded by the Chief of the Engine Shop, Joe Potrato and Assistant Shop Superintendent Albritton.
The essence of an idea submitted by John J. Franco of C-54 Plane Service the early part of this year, has won him a $10 award. “Franco” submitted a repair to the Powerplant Engineer Phil Yawger, by which unnecessary cylinder changes might be avoided. Essentially Franco’s idea was to tack weld a stainless steel sleeve of the required wall thickness on the exhaust stack. An EA covering this repair has been issued. Phil Yawger said: “This suggestion has proved very useful on several occasions and nominates him for an award.”
Toni Lindsay of Engineering walked off with a $10 award for her suggestion that a Standard Weight Correction for Special Flights be issued to the Airport Office. Under the old system a Special Flight Report was issued to the Airport office for each predeparture and training flight, covering the change in the Weight and Index due to the removal of certain equipment for these flights only. This Special Weight and Index varies with the route the ship is to fly and the type of flight it is making. According to Toni’s suggestion by merely subtracting the correction from the Basic Weight of the Aircraft, thereby obtaining the needed Index, the Airport Office would have the information in about five minutes.
Bert Loy of C-54 Plane Service received a $5 award for his suggestion that Engineering issue a trouble shooter indicating proper oxygen system servicing procedure to avoid a broken connection between the tank and the shut-off valve and a possible safety hazard.
Vera Stone of Executive also received a $5 award for her suggestion that a plate be made up of the mast head for the Traffic publication Revenuews since this remains unchanged with each publication. The number and date of the publication could then be typed on a ditto with the rest of the information.
Charlie Cole of Traffic received $5 for his idea of pooling transportation facilities on business trips to New York.
$50 Jet Engines
Soon For Public
by Allan Merkin
Engineers are now taking the bugs out of a personal airplane' jet engine to retail for as little as $50. It’s a small, refined version of V-l buzzbomb power plant and would materially cut the price of private planes.
Willys-Overland expects to make 20,000 civilian jeeps this year (OPA ceiling $1090, FOB factory). They report this jeep can dust a field, paint a building, operate a light plant, fight a fire, break up concrete or stone, herd cattle, sretch a wire fense, move a freight car, pump water, deliver mail, skid loss, plow snow and take the family on a picnic.
Other new products and services which may be expected include:
(1)	Aviation-type gasoline for automobiles at no extra cost.
(2)	Factory-made houses with standardized parts but put together according to the owner’s design.
(3)	Windows of polarized glass through which the flow of light can be regulated by turning a button.
(4)	Transparent window screens that will roll up like a shade.
(5)	Moth-resistant and non-shrinkable wool fabrics treated at the factory with special chemicals.
Complete removal of all passport restrictions for tourists visiting Bermuda — making it the first major nearby tourist area to return to pre-war status — again brings the islands within five hours of New York for vacationers, Phil S. Delany, AD Traffic Manager announces.
The removal recently was made official by the U. S. State Department upon receipt of word that Bermuda had accepted its offer to remove the need for passports for nationals of any country which will do the same for Americans. The acceptance applies only to temporary visits, not to permanent residence.
Delany said that extra Clipper trips will be added as the demand for space requires, up to as many as three additional flights a week. These will provide an additional 180 seats weekly, above the current 80 seats a week which have been available during the last five war years when the Clippers'maintained regular Bermuda service.
Delany also pointed out that because of Bermuda’s off-shore location, its opening to tourist trade is not in conflict with U. S. Government travel restrictions designed to allow still-overburdened domestic transportation facilities to continue to do their necessary war job.
NBA-N.Y. Trips To Be Pooled
The establishment of a “clearing house” designed to provide a means for employees to share rides when traveling on company business from North Beach to the New York offices has been announced by Office Manager Dick Forster.
This clearing house idea will be operated through the Receptionist’s Desk at the Main Hangar entrance and persons desiring transportation to the city are instructed to call the receptionist and advise her of the hour they plan to go to the city. Similarly, persons who have cars should inform the receptionist of the number they can accomodate and the hour they’re leaving. The receptionist will coordinate the haves and have-nots and notify each of the parties of the arrangements.
In conjunction with this innovation Walter Hackett has arranged with “Mac” McElligott, dispatcher of the station wagons, to check with the receptionist when any trips to New York are scheduled.
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