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THE EAGLE
December 16, 1943
Bombers Drop Initial Game
As Plant Cagers Open Play
New Plastic to
Save Manhours
Substantial savings in manhours
and materials are expected to result
from Convair’s utilization of a plas-
tic in the manufacturing of aircraft
tools for fabrication of parts.
The plastic—toolite—is being
used is the newest unit of Pattern
Shop. Here, in the plastics group,
toolite is being used instead of dural
and kirksite in making form blocks
for the manufacture of aircraft
tools.
Among the uses now planned for
the new substance are the manufac-
ture of applied drill templates and
of punches for drop hammers. Not
only is less time required to make
an aircraft tool from toolite than
from metal, but the plastic has the
advantage of much higher reclama-
tion and re-use.
The liquid toolite is poured over
a pattern and then baked in the de-
partment’s large ovens at tempera-
tures of 100 degrees and above.
After being baked, the formed tool
is slipped off the mold and is ready
for use.
*' The Bombers—Convair’s entry in
the Major City League—lost their
1943 basketball season opener Mon-
day night to Globe Aircraft, 14-44,
at the Recreation Building.
Need for more cagers to join the
plant squad was voiced by Asa
Short, recreation director, and J. B.
Brock, team coach. All players in-
terested were urged to contact Short
in Employe Services immediately.
The Bombers Monday night meet
a strong five from NTAC that last
Monday defeated Keeton Broom,
67-39.
In the cage season’s intraplant
openers last Monday night at Wil-
liam James Junior High School,
Spares defeated Stress Analysts, 24-
lb, and Tool Control whipped Jr.
Control Surfaces, 36-15. Evans,
guard, was high scorer for Spares
with nine points, while Wagner,
Stress Analysts’ center, was high
point man of the game with 10.
McMullin, Tool Control forward,
topped the evening’s scoring with
Bond Contest
(Continued from Page 1)
Largest increase in dollar participa-
tion for the month went to Indus-
trial Relations with 2.28 percentage
points.
Meanwhile, War Bond represen-
tatives in each department began
competition to increase dollar par-
ticipation percentages during De-
cember, the winning department to
name "War Bond Twins” at the
time of the next report.
Division Standings
Payroll Employe
Division— Per Cent Per Cent
Stinson.................11.95 97.42
San Diego ..............11.93 92.17
Miami .................11.35 91-01
Nashville ...............11.01 89.48
Fort Worth .............10.10 9184
Louisville ............... 9-26 100.00
Elizabeth City ........... 9-22 90.92
Tucson ................. 8.73 99-45
Vultee Field............. 8.40 81.17
New Orleans ............ 8.32 76.16
Allentown .............. 8.09 96.13
Departmental Standings
Numerical Dollar
Partici- Partici-
Department— pation pation
Factory Supervision ......100.00 16.83
Pattern Shop............ 97.09 14.16
Garage ................100.00 13.74
Industrial Relations ...... 90.80 12.69
Tool Planning .......... 96.09 12.52
Tubing................ 93-33 12.48
Sheet Metal ............ 95.71 12.29
Tool Cribs ............. 93.66 12.21
Covering & Upholstery .... 95.53 12.14
Electric Spot Welding.....100.00 12.13
Sub-Contracting ......... 96.36 12.11
Anodize & Heat Treat..... 94.20 11.97
Drop Hammer.......... 92.03 11.73
Quality Control ......... 99-27 11.58
Tooling ............... 95.25 11.46
Work Control ....... 93.27 11.41
Flight Operations ....... 82.46 11.38
Jigs & Fixtures.......... 92.75 11.32
Plant Protection......... 97.03 11.29
Electric Bench .......... 94.61 11.14
Machine Shop .......... 92.39 11.00
Fuselage Sub-Assembly .... 94.41 10.86
Control Surfaces......... 96.01 10.84
Miscellaneous Parts ...... 95.83 10.79
Plant Engineering ....... 91.13 10.70
Wing Sub-Assembly...... 96.95 10.64
Treasury............... 92.59 10.54
Welding............... 96.13 10.52
B-32 Fuselage........... 91.04 10.49
Industrial Engineering .... 93.55 10.46
Engineering ............ 88.78 10.39
Metal Bench............ 93.05 10.38
Tool Room ............ 90.00 10.29
Fuselage Tail . . . ........ 95-91 10.22
Production ............. 89.67 10.07
Tool Design............ 95.24 10.03
Material & Purchasing .... 88.07 10.02
Material Conservation .... 86.99 9-95
B-32 Wing ............ 98.73 9-86
Accounting............. 89.10 9.85
Draw Bench............ 92.83 9.58
Fuselage Nose .......... 87.25 9.43
Intra-Plant Trans......... 94.06 9.41
Wing................. 91.1' 9 26
Management........... . 92.27 9.23
Final Assembly—C-87 .... 95.25 8.61
Experimental ........... 85.27 8.57
Final Assembly (54)..... 91.76 8.46
Armament ............. 93.71 8.40
Finishing .............. 91.25 8.35
Fnl. Assy.—Eng. & Props. . 86.93 8.03
Fnl. Assy.—Elec. & Radio. . 90.94 7.71
Field Operations......... 86.18 7.34
Final Assembly (25)..... 84.00 5.30
Totals............ 91.84 10.10
13 points, and Kemp, Jr. Control
Surfaces, was tops for his team with
six. All teams that played Monday
belong to the CV American League.
In the CV National League,
scheduled to play on Tuesday
nights at William James Junior
High School, Jr. Wing Sub-Assem-
bly was scheduled to meet Jr. Nose
Sub-Assembly, Loft was due to play
Armament, and B-24 Wing was
to play Jr. Fuselage Tail. The Jr.
Eaglets drew a bye.
In the women’s league, which
plays on Wednesday nights at the
Recreation building, Tool Planning
was scheduled to meet Texasteel
and the Major City team was due
to play Fuselage Sub-Assembly.
Fuselage Nose drew a bye.
Short this week issued a plea for
a coach for the Major City women’s
team, as well as for a team to com-
plete the women’s league circuit.
Next week’s schedule:
Major City League
Bombers vs. NTAC, 6:30 p. m., Recreation
bldg.
CV American League
Motor vs. Tool Control, 6 p. m., James Jr.
High.
Jr. Wing vs. Spares, 7:15 p. m.
Jr. Control Surfaces vs. Stress Analysts, 8:30
p. ill.
CV National League
Jr. Eaglets vs. Loft, 6 p. m., James Jr. High.
Jr. Wing Sub-Assembly vs. B-24 Wing, 7:15
p. m.
Armament vs. Jr. Fuselage Tail, 8:30 p. m.
Jr. Nose Sub-Assembly vs. bye.
Women’s League
Fuselage Nose vs. Tool Planning, 6:30 p. m.,
Recreation bldg.
Major City vs. Texasteel, 7:45 p. m.
Fuselage Sub-Assembly vs. bye.
CHAMPIONSHIP FORM—Quarterback Jim Pratt of Experimental Shop's title-winning touch football team
tosses one to Buck Roberson, running behind white-shirted Charles Smith at center. Blocking for Pratt are
Adrian W omack and J. W. Sims, who hits Pattern Shop's Alvin Peck. Coming in fast to stop the pass is Jim
Spears. Buster Reynolds, Experimental center, apparently decided he wasn't needed on this play.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.—
Experimental Defeats
Pattern Shop in Grid Race
Liberator Expresses
Fly Longest Routes
C-87 Liberator Express
transports now are flying the
longest air-freight line in the
world, according to recent
newspaper reports.
The transports are operat-
ing regularly between Patter-
son Field, Ohio, and India, on
a round-trip flight of 28,000
miles. The first such flight,
made in October, required
only 12 days, including load-
ing and unloading time.
800 Additional Housing
Units Authorized by NHA
Quota of 800 additional housing
units for Fort Worth has been au-
thorized by the National Housing
Authority, W. H. Wright, assistant
to the division manager, was in-
formed this week.
Private contractors are expected
to build the units. Action of the
NHA on the remainder of the orig-
inal request for 1,450 units is ex-
pected soon.
In the final touch football game
of the 1943 Convair season, Experi-
mental Shop last week won the plant
championship by defeating a stub-
born Pattern Shop team, 7-0.
The game, last half of which was
played in a slight drizzle which
made footing uncertain, was one of
the hardest fought contests of a
spotty season.
Jim Pratt’s Experimental Shop
boys scored in the first two min-
utes of play, after which both teams
threatened to score several times.
Pattern Shop, although outweighed
and outclassed in experience as a
unit, gave the undefeated Experi-
mental Shop gridders stiff com-
petition.
Buck Roberson intercepted a Pat-
tern Shop pass in the latter team’s
half of the field shortly after the
kickoff to set the stage for the
game’s sole counter. Experimental
Shop moved the ball down to Pat-
tern Shop’s three-yard line on a
series of mixed runs and passes.
Pratt then shot a spot pass to Rob-
erson in the end zone. Pratt con-
verted.
James Howell and Bob Foster,
backs, and Bob Pfeil and Benny Ba-
con, ends, played excellent ball for
Pattern Shop, while Center Buster
Reynolds joined Pratt and Rober-
son in much of the victors’ work.
Howell ripped off a 50-yard run in
the fourth quarter to present Pattern
Shop a scoring opportunity lost a
moment later on a pass interception.
Plans have been made for the
champion Experimental Shop team
to play an all-star team Sunday aft-
ernoon at 3 o’clock at Sycamore
Park, Asa Short, recreation director,
announced today. The all-star ag-
gregation will be composed of play-
ers from the other teams that par-
ticipated in the regular schedule.
Twelve members of Experimental
Shop’s championship squad will re-
ceive small gold footballs. Recip-
ients will include Buster Reynolds,
Nina Woodard, Buck Roberson,
Roy Blackmon, Adrian Womack,
Jim Pratt, R. G. Rucker, Henry
Jones, Charles Smith, J. W. Sims,
C. A. Taylor and Dennis Dellis.
SERVICE RIBBONS—Approximately 100 civilian employes of the
Army Air Forces Materiel Command stationed here were presented merit
awards last week for efficient performance of duties during the past
six months. Above, Lt. Col. Roy E. Ludick presents a service ribbon
to Alberta Cunningham, Final Assembly inspector.
Woodhead Nominated
Harry Woodhead, president of
Consolidated Vultee, has been nom-
inated as a member of the Board
of Governors of the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce.
Loop Leaders
Hold Places
Jump of Engineering League’s
Loft No. 1 keglers from fifth to
second place and the drop of Power
Plant to fifth spot in the same loop
spotlighted Convair’s bowling ac-
tivities last week.
The 32’ers remained in first place
in Engineering, while Tool Plan-
ning continued to lead the way in
the Eagle League and Engineering
set the pace for the other teams in
the 750 League. Team No. 7 was
in top place in the recently-formed
Woodchoppers League.
The standings:
Eagle League
Team— Won Lost
Tool Planning ................45 11
Engineering ..................39 17
War Bonds...................36 20
Sub-Contracting ...............36 20
Final Assembly................35 21
Inspection....................33 23
Pattern Shop .................32 24
Control Surfaces...............30 26
Engineering Test Lab............29 27
Electrical Maintenance ..........27 29
Plant Engineering..............22 34
Tool Design No. 1.............20 36
Spares ......................20 36
Big Fixtures..................16 40
Metal Bench.............. 14 42
Fuselage Nose ................14 42
High team game: Pattern Shop, 895.
High team series: Pattern Shop, 2,501.
High individual game: Fletcher and
Schellbach, 232. High individual se-
ries, Coykendall, 567.
Engineering League
Team— Won Lost
32’ers........... 40 12
Loft No. 1....................33 19
Gremlins ........ 32 20
Brandt ......................32 20
Power Plant........ 31 21
Stress Analysts ................31 21
Control Surfaces...............27 25
99’ers.......................27 25
Alighting Gear................25 27
The Plague...................24 28
Mechanics ...................23 29
Bombardiers..................21 31
Foreigners ...................19 33
Fuselage.....................18 34
X’s.........................17 35
Loft No. 2...................16 36
High team game: Mechanics, 877.
High team series: 32’ers, 2,473. High
individual game: Ross, 242. High in-
dividual series: Ross, 578.
750 League
Team— Won Lost
Engineering ..................40 16
Pattern Shop .................37 19
Al’s Owls ...................35 21
Tool Liaison..................31 25
Loft ........................30 26
’’D” Yankees.................29 27
Wing.......................22 34
Spares ......................20 36
Generals.....................19 37
Experimental ....... 17 39
High team game: Engineering, 909-
High team series: Wing, 2,513- High
individual game: Sullens, 229. High in-
dividual series: Veal, 580.
Woodchoppers League
Team—
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