Clipper, August 16, 1945

              Got a Ticket?	Manuel Ceia, Lisbon, Wins $100 Idea
Get a Permit!	Award: Bill Black, N. Y. Gets $50
George Updike, Service Supervisor, announces that parking permits are available to NBAers, and can be obtained through the Service Group, Room 2133, North Wing. Additional parking space is available to PAAers on the south side of the road near American Export and the CAA building.
This announcement is made following the issuance of summonses to employes who have been parking without permits. If you have been a victim of a summons because you haven’t a parking permit, call George Updike on Ext. 202 and he will issue one for you.
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Guy Storer Made Assistant Chief
Guy B. Storer’s appointment as Assistant Chief of the Modification Crew was recently announced by Charlie Tilton, Acting Shop Superintendent. His job will cotne under the immediate supervision of Bill Frank, Chief of the Modification Crew.
Guy came with PAA in Baltimore in 1938 as a mechanic’s helper, 1/c. In 1940 he transferred to NBA as mechanic 1/c and later that year was made Assistant Chief of Plane Service. He became Chief Mechanic on the Line Crew in 1944 and that same year was appointed Chief Mechanic of C-54. He was made Master Mechanic of Line Service in January, 1945, and in July was assigned in that same capacity to the Modification Crew.
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Clipper Theatre
Plans Fall Play
Plans for the next production were made by the Clipper Theatre at the last meeting of the group. The play will be cbosen from a list of six comedies which are now before a selection committee. It will be presented October 17, 18, and 19.
Tryouts and casting will take place Tuesday evening, Sepember 4. All those interested in acting are asked to watch for further announcements on the tryouts.
Following the meeting, a one-act play, “Grandmother — Old Style,” was presented for the members of the Clipper Theatre and their friends. Those taking part were: Angela Leary, Evelyn Wiedmann, Jean Weissenberger, Lillian Mauillo, Art Schulte, and Bob Livingston. The play was under the direction of Joe Jacob.
For the second time within the last two months an employe suggestion has merited a $100 award. Manuel Ceia, Portuguese elec-
trician at Lisbon is the suggestor and his idea is to hook up incandescent lights to the batteries on night landing prams for use when the fluorescent system fails.
The new emergency light consists of two six-volt incandescent bulbs operated on battery direct current and connected independently of the fluorescent tube inside the plexiglass case surrounding the tube. The wires are strung down the inside of this pase and into the pram where they are connected to the six-volt battery and to a push button switch which can be operated from the top of the pram! When the fluorescent lights fail to operate, the incandescent light can be put on by merely pushing the button. If the fluorescent lights go out because of low battery output, there is still ample power remaining to operate the emergency lights for a reasonable length of time.
Henry T. Snowden, District Manager at Lisbon cited the suggestion as “an instigator of more initiative in effecting improvements of present practices.” He added that it has been put to a very successful use and pointed out that difficulties had been experienced with night landing equipment when the fluorescent system was out of order due to the running down of batteries or other difficulties caused by corrosion. He indicated that it was difficult to procure spare parts or make repair, and it was usually impossible to substitute the light failure at the moment it occurred. Toledo flare pots proved unsatisfactory due to the rough water conditions which existed on several of the occasions of failure.
William A. Black, of New York Accounting, received a $50 award, plus highest commendation from the Division Accountant, for his suggestion to improve office procedure. Bill proposed that -a key or number system be inaugurated in the Accounting Department for accounting books in order to eliminate the great loss of man hours spent every day hunting for these books. He suggested a master chart be made describing each book and giving it a number. A daily sign-out chart would give the initials of the person using the book. He recommended book numbers be
large enough to be seen at a distance thus the loss of time locating the books would be almost entirely eliminated.
Before the suggestion was accepted, it was put in operation on a test basis for two months. It has been found particularly helpful to the Navy Cost Inspector’s Staff, the Resident Auditor’s Staff and General Accounting office representatives who are not familiar with the books. The idea affords a definite protection to the company in the cases of theft and fire. When the books are placed in the safe at the close of each day, a quick, numerical check will reveal at a glance whether or not all the books ar guarded under lock.
Clarence Stuermer, Division Accountant, lauded the suggestion saying, “This suggestion being aside from the usual accounting or mechanical improvements or innovations, is representative of the type of thinking that should be fostered by the general office personnel.”
Ten dollars was awarded Anthony Gian-none, former NBAer and now with A-O, Miami, for suggesting that a valve be placed on the lowest point in the glycol system which is in the men’s lounge under the outboard sink. In this way, it will be possible to bleed the system during run-up and hangar service without disconnecting lines.
George Finds Lost Boat Near Bermuda
Captain Gordon George, on a recent trip, located a sailboat which had been the object of an army search for five days.
Citing the sailboat about 100 miles east of Bermuda, Captain George observed that the boat was completely awash and the mast overboard. He went down and investigated and found no one aboard. He reported it to the proper officials and learned that the army had been searching for it for five days. An army colonel had taken it out and had not been heard from after leaving the dock.
Based on position given by Gordon, the sailboat was located and brought back to Bermuda by the army. The colonel, whose name was withheld, was never found.
High praise was given Captain George and his crew for the good judgment and dispatch evidenced in reporting the matter immediately to the proper authorities.
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