Clipper, August 2, 1945

              AUGUST 2. 1945
ATLANTIC DIVISION
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10 Receive Awards For Ideas in July
Ten awards and two letters of Commendation were announced by the Suggestion Committee for the month of July.
Top winner is Eddie Leon, Chief of the Machine Shop who walked off with a $40 prize. Eddie’s idea is to manufacture a fixture to mount the prop dome assembly on, when assembling or disassembling the dome. Under previous conditions it was difficult for one man or even two to disassemble the dome since the piston gasket nut is difficult to remove and requires that the dome be held down by one man while the other does the work.
When the piston is removed four cam lock roller shafts had to be removed from the cam roller. The tool formerly used for that job was not adequate since there was too much friction between the nut, bolt and washer. Another part of the procedure was to remove the cam bearing nut with a tool which was found to be very inefficient and necessitated having the unit again held by one person while it was removed by another. Quite often a large bar had to be used to loosen this nut.
After studying the problem Eddie decided to manufacture a holding fixture for the dome which could be used for assembling and disassembling. In addition he designed a cam roller shaft removing tool which enables a mechanic to remove the shaft with a minimum amount of effort. Eddie also suggested that a cam-bearing nut wrench be manufactured which would enable one man to remove and install the bearing nut easily without hammering. A further innovation is the use of a spray booth and tank which would reduce the clean-
Record 191 Passengers In One Day At NBA
The busiest 24 hours in the history of the marine terminal were completed last week with the departure of a Bermuda shuttle with only 16 passengers, bringing the one-day total of transiting passengers to 191.
Here was the record showing:
With two arrivals and three departures, the airport traffic staff worked around the clock, with incoming or outgoing passengers in the rotunda for a straight 11 hours. Heavy loads on two arrivals and two departures boosted the passenger record to more than 20 above the best previous 24-hour record set late in 1944.
						Number
Ship	Captain	Arrival Time	'Departure Time	From	To	Passengers
American	George	2 PM—Tues.		LBN		52
Atlantic	Masland	3 AM—Wed.		FOY		43
American	Titus		6:45 AM—Wed.		FOY	37
Dixie	Schader		8:45 AM—Wed.		LBN	43
Atlantic	Doole		2 PM—Wed.		BDA	16
ing time for prop domes by thirty minutes.
This idea merited commendation from the shop superintendent and Assistant Shop Superintendent Albritton and is now in use in the Prop Shop.
Joe Cox of Stores and Purchasing was second highest winner this month. Joe pointed out the difficulties encountered in getting clear carbon copies on shipping tickets which consists of an original and 11 carbon copies. Observation proved that the typist was not at fault but it was impossible to make all copies legible. The solution to this, Joe suggested, is the use of a plastic backing sheet of .015 thickness. The flexibility of the sheet makes it easy to insert in the carriage and it affords enough resistance between the roller and the shipping ticket to obtain a carbon copy with a clear cut effect. The idea is now being used by ATC Supply at North Beach and also the Army Supply Detachment.
Guy Storer of the Line Crew was awarded
All of the arrivals and departures were covered by reporters for the press associations and New York papers and by PAA Public Relations, as is the usual custom. A photographic cross-section of the passengers arriving during the 24-hour period may be found on Page 3
$30 for his suggestion that printed cards be fastened to Plasticelle in place of Lamacoid or Lucite placards. Guy pointed out that the advantage was that the Plasticelle process is many times less expensive than engraving Lamacoid or Lucite in our Instrument Shop.
Accounting entered the field of Suggestion winners when George Harris received $25 for the suggestion that “No Smoking” signs be fastened to . the outside of the wire fence. He feels this is necessary in view of the fact that many spectators have been observed smoking within 25 feet of the fueling operation. Both the Airline Maintenance Superintendents were (Continued on Page 4)
17 NBAers Receive Diplomas for Courses
Upon completion of an Executive Training course and a Foremanship course, which was open to the supervisory group, 17 NBAers recently received certificates and letters of commendation for qualifying for the course. The courses were conducted by S. D. Van of the Industrial Service Bureau N. Y. -State Education Department. The awards were made by A. P. Elebash, Division Engineer.
Qualifying for the Executive Training course were: Orval Augustine, Edward Broadbelt, D. Ray Cornish, Stanley Gustainus, George Jervas, Eddie Leon, Edward Mayes, tWalter Neville, Gilbert Tyler and August Wunder.
The Foremanship course certificates were awarded: Roy H. Becker, Henry Breitmeyer, John Coatsworth, Eddie Leon, Harold F. Ly-sher, Walter Neville, Lee Tyler, A. S. Varady and Rdy Whitmore.
Eddie Leon and Walter Neville were the recipients of two diplomas, having completed both courses.
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THEY ALL GOT DIPLOMAS. L-R “Aug-gie” Augustine, Eddie Leone, Roy Whitmore, Eddie Broadbelt, Ed Mays, “Gus” Gustainus, Carl Doyle. A1 Elebash at the extreme right made the presentations.
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