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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Joseph H. Kautsky, Indianapolis, Indiana, an employee of the Lin-Belt Co., was awarded his citation for four suggestions, each technical. He suggested a grinding wheel adapter, which permits higher speeds in internal grindings; a simplification cutting down the number of special internal grinding spindle wheel adapters from twelve to three; the adoption of a precision screw adjustment to the vertical column of dial indicator guages, to get faster adjustments without danger to the dials; and a new method of testing the concentricity of internally ground parts. The picture shows Mr. Kautsky (center) being congratulated by formean Bill Whitaker (right) as Superintendant R. E. Whitney (left) looks on

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Herbert Rudolph James, machinist, Shell Finish Department, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Certificate of Individual Production Merit. Mr. James is by profession a musician--organist and conductor. At his suggestion a mechanism was incorporated into the torch whereby the oxygen and acetylene mixtures could be varied to create the desired flame

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A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Office of War Information Photograph

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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five workers, the Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Edwin Curtiss Tracy of Oaklyn, New Jersey, a field manager for RCA Manufacturing Co., Camden, New Jersey, suggested a new testing instrument for checking standard flight instruments without removing them from the planes, reducing the time planes are witheld from combat for tests to three minutes a plane, thus increasing the number of planes available for combat

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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Joseph H. Kautsky, Indianapolis, Indiana, an employee of the Lin-Belt Co., was awarded his citation for four suggestions, each technical. He suggested a grinding wheel adapter, which permits higher speeds in internal grindings; a simplification cutting down the number of special internal grinding spindle wheel adapters from twelve to three; the adoption of a precision screw adjustment to the vertical column of dial indicator guages, to get faster adjustments without danger to the dials; and a new method of testing the concentricity of internally ground parts. The picture shows Mr. Kautsky (center) being congratulated by formean Bill Whitaker (right) as Superintendant R. E. Whitney (left) looks on

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Rochester, New York. Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, who developed a visual-lamp indicator to test field telephone switchboards and which the U.S. Army Signal Corps claims has saved the equivalent of almost thirty-seven years work, shown at his testing instrument. He received one of the first five "Citations of Individual Production Merit" for his idea which has an outstanding effect on the entire war effort

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Citations of Individual Production Merit awarded. The first five citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest award conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the war effort. Walter P. Hill of Detroit, Michigan, a sales and development manager for the Wolverine Tube Division of the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Co., developed an idea of prime military importance. All that can be said is that he developed the "overall spum and primer for an ammunition primer which is now being utilized for large manufacturers of primer tubes. This effects a saving of metal, increased production with present facilities and lower overall production costs." The rest has been restricted by military authorities

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Herbert Rudolph James, machinist, Shell Finish Department, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Certificate of Individual Production Merit. Mr. James is by profession a musician--organist and conductor. At his suggestion a mechanism was incorporated into the torch whereby the oxygen and acetylene mixtures could be varied to create the desired flame

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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Clinton R. Hanna, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., suggested a method of increasing the effectiveness of Army tanks. This method is a military secret

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A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Office of War Information Photograph

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War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safeguard lives of combat pilots, James A. Merrill, research chemist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, was presented with a Citation of Individual Production Merit by War Production headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). His suggestion concerned development of a resistant barrier to aromatic fuels used in bullet seal tanks on airplanes. It will help keep planes in the air under extreme weather conditions, save the lives of pilots returning in planes with gas tanks pierced by bullets, and lessen unnecessary plane crashes

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Citations of Individual Production Merit awarded. The first five citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest award conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the war effort. Walter P. Hill of Detroit, Michigan, a sales and development manager for the Wolverine Tube Division of the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Co., developed an idea of prime military importance. All that can be said is that he developed the "overall spum and primer for an ammunition primer which is now being utilized for large manufacturers of primer tubes. This effects a saving of metal, increased production with present facilities and lower overall production costs." The rest has been restricted by military authorities

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War production drive committee of technical experts. The war production drive's technical committee of experts, established to pass on war production suggestions for which Certificates of Individual Production Merit and Citations of Individual Production Merit will be awarded. Left to right: John L. Savage, Chief Designing Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; Dr. Robert F. Blanks, Chief of Testing Laboratories, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; William Plumer Hill, Sparrows Point, Maryland; Paul H. Stanley, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; Whiting Williams, Cleveland, Ohio; William E. Warne, Assistant Chief, War Production Drive Headquarters; Ray Millholland, Chief, Technical Section, War Production Drive Headquarters; Henry C. Atkins, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana; Charles B. Francis, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Dr. J. L. Bray, Purdue University, Indiana, and Dr. Joseph Rockoff, Dayton, Ohio. The first awards, announced today, September 8, 1942, were for Certificates of Individual Production Merit to sixteen men and one woman. The Committee also established another classification: honorable mention, which was awarded to sixteen other men

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Production drive. A pin which is presented to war production workers who receive the citation for Individual Production Merit

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War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safeguard lives of combat pilots, James A. Merrill, research chemist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, was presented with a Citation of Individual Production Merit by War Production headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). His suggestion concerned development of a resistant barrier to aromatic fuels used in bullet seal tanks on airplanes. It will help keep planes in the air under extreme weather conditions, save the lives of pilots returning in planes with gas tanks pierced by bullets, and lessen unnecessary plane crashes

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Rochester, New York. Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, who developed a visual-lamp indicator to test field telephone switchboards and which the U.S. Army Signal Corps claims has saved the equivalent of almost thirty-seven years work, shown at his testing instrument. He received one of the first five "Citations of Individual Production Merit" for his idea which has an outstanding effect on the entire war effort

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War production drive committee of technical experts. The war production drive's technical committee of experts, established to pass on war production suggestions for which Certificates of Individual Production Merit and Citations of Individual Production Merit will be awarded. Left to right: John L. Savage, Chief Designing Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; Dr. Robert F. Blanks, Chief of Testing Laboratories, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; William Plumer Hill, Sparrows Point, Maryland; Paul H. Stanley, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; Whiting Williams, Cleveland, Ohio; William E. Warne, Assistant Chief, War Production Drive Headquarters; Ray Millholland, Chief, Technical Section, War Production Drive Headquarters; Henry C. Atkins, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana; Charles B. Francis, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Dr. J. L. Bray, Purdue University, Indiana, and Dr. Joseph Rockoff, Dayton, Ohio. The first awards, announced today, September 8, 1942, were for Certificates of Individual Production Merit to sixteen men and one woman. The Committee also established another classification: honorable mention, which was awarded to sixteen other men

Title continues, left to right: John L. Savage, Chief Designing Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; Dr. Robert F. Blanks, Chief of Testing Laboratories, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colora More

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Clinton R. Hanna, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., suggested a method of increasing the effectiveness of Army tanks. This method is a military secret

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Certificates of individual production merit awards. Stanley Crawford, 50-year old group leader in the internal inspection department at RCA Manufacturing Co., Camden, New Jersey has been awarded a Certificate of Individual Production Merit. He came to RCA in 1928 as a packer in the shipping department. He has been an inspector since 1940. Crawford suggested and designed a caliper for determining the wall thickness and relationship between a cored interior and outside surface of castings. The use of the caliper saved 13 out of 16 castings which had been rejected. It saved skilled man hours and material

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Certificates of individual production merit awards. Stanley Crawford, 50-year old group leader in the internal inspection department at RCA Manufacturing Co., Camden, New Jersey has been awarded a Certificate of Individual Production Merit. He came to RCA in 1928 as a packer in the shipping department. He has been an inspector since 1940. Crawford suggested and designed a caliper for determining the wall thickness and relationship between a cored interior and outside surface of castings. The use of the caliper saved 13 out of 16 castings which had been rejected. It saved skilled man hours and material

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Samuel Mayer Feiner, sheet metal worker at the Bethelem Steel Company's shipbuilding division in San Francisco, with the drawing of his elbow-edging machine which triples production of elbows and saves over 1,000 man-hours monthly. Feiner, an American of Polish descent, was given a Certificate of Individual Production Merit by the War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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Feiner wins individual production merit certificate. Samuel Meyer Feiner, sheet metal worker at the Bethlehem Steel Company's shipbuilding division in San Francisco, with the drawing of his elbow-edging machine which triples the production of elbows and saves over 1,000 man hours monthly, Feiner, an American citizen of Polish birth, was recently given a Certificate of Individual Production Merit by the Board for Individual Awards at the War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington. He was one of twenty-two production soldiers throughout the nation so honored

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