Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1941 — Page 16

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

ALLISON TRAINS

Awaits Pioneers’ Party

OWN WORKERS:

Cited as Evidence of Skilled Worker Shortage: Only 25% Experienced.

Approximately 75 per cent of all the Allison Division workers engaged

In manufacturing operations have

been trained by Allison. a company survey disclosed today.

‘Tuberculosis

MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1941

T.B. SESSIONS PLANNED HERE

Association Will Meet Here April 15-16.

Dr. Esmond H. Long of the Uni-|

The percentage of plant-trained

workers is considered significant evidence of the critical shortage of available skilled and semi-skilled workers in defense industries and of the success methods to combat the shortage.

of plant training

Of the some 5500 workers now en-

gaged in actual motor manufacturIng processes, only previous experience when company officials reported.

Taught “On the Job”

The balance of the men were trained “on the job,” chiefly by the “extra man” method. Under this system the untrained man--who may have been hired be- | cause of a mecnanical inclination— ' 1s put to work on a machine alongside an experienced hand. There are more than 2000 trainees learning the various production operations at the plant now The Allison Division launched its own training program many months ago when it became apparent there would be a serious shortage of skilled workers.

Mostly Young Men

The survey also showed that by far the greatest majority of Allison workers are between 18 and 30 years of age Company officials pointed out that in 1939, when production of Allison engines was just barely getting under way, there were only 300 workers on the payroll.

2’ per cent had! hired,

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Veteran Telephone Workers Will Hold ‘Blowout’ May 17

W. F. Johnson, in his capacity as| Exactly one-half of Mr. Johnson's general supervisor of traffic results [42 years of telephone service have for the Indiana Bell Telephone Co., been spent in Indiana. The other knows perfectly well that one holds [half was spent in Cleveland, O a phone receiver in his left hand; He was elected head of the Hoo-

| versity of Pennsylvania will address 'the Indiana Tuberculosis Associa- | {tion at the opening of its two-day | {session April 15 at the Hotel] Lincoln. He will discuss “Military | Service and the Anti-Tuberculosis | Campaign.” | That afternoon a session on] school health education will be conducted by H. E. Binford, superintendent of Bloomington city! schools. Other speakers will be Mrs. Jessie | S. Meranda, executive secretary of | the Clark County Tuberculosis As-| sociation at Jeffersonville; H. B.| Allman, superintendent of Muncie! city schools; Frank S. Stafford of | the Bureau of Health and Physical | Education, Indiana State Board of Health; Miss Ruth J. Kelley of | (Burris school, Muncie, and Forest

[M. Wood, director of the department of health and physical education of South Bend city schools.

J. V. Pace to Preside The session at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday will be conducted by State

| Association president J. V. Pace, M. Speakers at this meeting will

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while talking. Nevertheless, Mr. Johnson, in his capacity as president of the Hoosier | State Chapter 16 of the Telephone | Piopee! 's of America, held one in| is right hand for publication. “Th e reason is that in 1899, when he began his labors in the interests | of a more articulate and more orally compact community in these United

Today there are 8500 and when gtates, one held the receiver in his the goal of 1000 motors per month right hand while phoning, or one 1s reached sometime this fall, more was a contortionist. than 15,000 men are ex employed. The Allison training program, foreseen some time ago as one of the he did so: big jobs of turning out warplane ‘I'll be kidded for ever more about | motors, was placed mm charge of| this.” Otto Kreusser, who was plant man- If ‘that s so, then for him the big ager in the early stages of Allison “push” in kidding will be May 17] quantity production more than a at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, | year ago when the Hoosier chapter has its | ee annual “blowout”—"telephonese” for | NAMED SHRINE DECORATOR | banquet and party to be attended | The Evans Flag & Decorating Co. by between 500 and 600 old timers. has been appointed official deco- There are 53 chapters of the organirator for the Shrine Imperial Con-|zation in the United States and | vention to be held June 9, 10, 11 and Canada; Indiana's was the 16th | 12 in Indianapolis, Dr. C. E. Cox, founded (1922). The Hoosier chappresident of the Murat perl ter has 650 members, which is 85 Convention, Inc., announced today. per cent of the eligible employees. The firm is to work with Indian An employee must have 21 years | gpolis businessmen or more service to be eligible. |

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pected to be r a se s in | Muncie. ; A nS gi Strangely, the most intense pe- |Dipboye, Logansport;

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'ty, 107; Sullivan County, | County, 61.

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sier chapter last July in an election by mail. The aims of the organization are |

e James F. Spigler, M. D., Terre Haute; J. W. Strayer, M. D., superto promote individual friendships ntendent of William Ross Sani- | within the company; to interest old-|tarium, Lafayette, and Miss Olive | timers in hobbies; to make a record | Hagan, R. N., director of the outof the progress of the business, and | Patient department, Boehne Tuberto act as a guide and inspiration | culosis Hospital, Evansville. to the younger members of the| Others are Miss Helen L. Webcompany. (ster cf the James O. Parramore Nppmy meetings are held at the | | Hospital, Crown Point, and a panel C. and periodical meetings are [discussion in which Mrs. Florence Berd in Evansville, South Bend and |L. Twaddle, Goshen; Mrs. Oressa M. Knee, Marion; Miss Dorothy Mrs. Alice Johnson has en- | Binford, North Vernon, and Mrs. countered during his career was in Mabel Bobbitt, Shelbyville, and par11937 during the “floor When he was ticipate. in charge of things at Evansville.| A meeting of the Trudeau Society He also remembers distinctly the presided over by R. C. Meyer, M. fire at Anderson in 1934, which | D, president, and the final session burned out the exchange. with A. W. Mitchell, LaPorte, preOn these two emergency jobs, tel- siding, will run concurrently at 2 ‘ephone men, including Mr. Johnson, |p. m. hardly slept. | New officers of the State Associa- | “Isn't it astonishing.” he says, tion will be elected during the “how much punishment we can !gession. take under excitement?”

22 LOCAL DRAFTEES REPORT FOR DUTY

Twenty-two Marion County!: youths were among 500 scheduled |: to report for military service today! at Ft. Harrison and the new induc- |: tion station at Ft. Wayne, Three hundred were to report at, the Fort and 200 at Ft. Wayne. | | Those assigned to Ft. Harrison in-| | cluded Marion County (Board 2).

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Marion County inductees included Gar- |: iy Massachusetts Ave. ; 2051 Central Ave.;

ret McBurney, 403 John Devine Stewart, William Frank Sampson. 1928 PennsviJoseph L. Ross, 445 N. KeyJohn Samuel Anderson, Central ave. James McKee, . 25th St; y . 1915 Park 5 N. Dela-

: William Woodrow Leuthold, (N. Alabama St.: Paul Calton Rickard. | Central Ave.; Murl Victor Gainey, 548 Others were Woodrow Leon Burris, 4008 |: E. New York St.. Thomas Burns Fitz- | | patrick, 2625 Central Ave.. Paul Edward |Rhees, 1643 Park Ave.: Richard James | Mesalam. 1734 Arrow Ave.: Jarry Leland Fowler, 2101 N. New Jersey St.; John Vin- |i |cent Robbins. 2335 Broadwav; Warren |Allen Pruett, 2444 Park Ave. Charles Norton Parker, 2129 N. Jefferson St.; Robert | Edmond Barker, 2848 McPherson: Douglas | Allen English. Y. M. and Frank i Germary Wallace, 2250 Central Ave

300 LATIN TEACHERS TO ATTEND SESSIONS

Three hundred high school and | | college Latin teachers are expected | {in Indianapolis for the three-day, |

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| 37th annual meeting of the Classi- | | cal Association of the Middle West |

| and South, opening Wednesday. : | The feature of the sessions at the | Hotel Severin will be the reading | of papers by members. | A local committee of 60 Latin | teachers under direction of Prof. | Henry M. Gelston of Butler Uni- {3 versity is in charge of arrange- | ments. | Papers are to be read by Grace | | Eeede, University of South Da- | (kota: B. L. Ullman, University of | Chicago; Col. Donald Armstrong, Chicago Ordnance District, and [Roy C. Flickinger, University of | Towa. | At a dinner Thursday evening | DeWitt. S. Morgan, Indianapolis Su- | perintendent of Public Schools, and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan will | | speak.

CALLS PENSION PLAN BARRIER TO ISMS

The Townsend plan, if enacted, | | will protect this country against | | the inroads of naziism, fascism and | | communism, Townsend Club mem- | bers were told yesterday by Clar-| ence E. Benadum of Muncie during | a state-wide meeting in the K. of » Building. “The time is here masses are unable to check the]: avalanche, for the majority of those In whose hands we have! placed the reins of office are driving us toward battle and national | bankruptcy,” Mr.

TRAFFIC CLUB FETE TO ENTERTAIN 500

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