NOW, Volume 7, Number 8, July 10, 1942 Page: 3
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operation 7/7.
Just 2% mnitIt since first earth was
moved for tl Vi cksburg Mississ pi, plant.
cars on spur track are dIsgorging material
supplies and machines, concrete has been
poured, steel erected, roof laid, machines
installed. Production has begun.
Yet track is still being laid, concrete
poured, steel fabricated and erected; roofing,
plant equipment construction and tooling up
are i process
Pioneers of Stockton, Peoria and Tourna-
pull plants will understand. They well know
the LeTourneau method of going into pro-
duction right now, utilizing plant facilities
as fast as they are installed, carrying on
construction and production simultaneously
(see page 1)
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They 1 know, too, that evry,lody works
including father, Geni. Mgr. Ray Gieszl,
just back from business in California, stays
in his shirt sleeves because R. G. LeTour-
neau appropriated his coveralls while hea
was absent.r. -
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-Mrs. LeTourneau brot this trailer over
from Toccoa so R. G. could eliminate trips
to town to eat and sleep. Left, Haakon
Evans.Everybody Works, Plus rather
a a s sw
"-a--Break fast hol11cakes were so good and time-
sav, that K. G. cooks and eats another
batch at non. Only abnt 15 minutes
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W aa l- Bobrer drae Dave Lewis
cuts a 6' trench. This and a paralleling
trench serve a rete form After con-
crete dries, ear k between the two walls is
scooped out for a rail spur into the plant.#, \v
recently back from basing a 200-mile
roadI ling job Paroaguay, Sam Milhous
1,el dM up an air cylinder for draw furnace
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Cytn electric: F" palwsto
. t poer plan: Geo-, riht. Marion
Abbott. Dan Mc,owan. DeWit Perki s.
m. Hobby, joe Davis, Grover Brooks it
at, Jessie Wiliams. colored.
i..-Alongside hob FlanagOn's desk in shop
center is plant layout board on which all
equipment and machines are positioned.Welder Car Shw lays a few bends on
..iltp esIn shade of tree Walter Beall, machine st,
and Willie Lee Holder, welder, take on a few
paper cupfuls of iced spring water.L
P rl " lsw ube o ojn.scPortable mill saw, lumber for ronnt. ,,d
ing, shelves, shacks. etc.
~Iw.
Welder Jese Porter and others fabricate
columns and trusses Imde shade of roof.
Crane hoists them in place
Dick Akers, head i'lathe, t up ob for
Walter Beall.
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NlIroutiiltts will be name~d on produetl1 a Wd'. W"` j6/14 at Walhalla
,tI. Lanfod'I omvWest, parts office.-
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R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. NOW, Volume 7, Number 8, July 10, 1942, periodical, July 10, 1942; Peoria, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1532659/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.