The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-05
RIMFIRE SHELL HAS CALL NOW
 OVER CENTER
But Little Doing in Centerfire Departments at Win
 chester Shop.
SALESMEN'S ANNUAL WEEK
Expert Operator Becomes Piano > Mover-Liberty Loan
 Afidavits Now.


 chester s made tor the SOIdlers was cen Lerure ana but IIrtIe work was done OH fImnre goods. NOW, there IS not much Ienterhre shell made ana the bulk ot the WOrk IS r1mnre. Inns IS one important Gnange that the war made and as the great majority Ot the cartridge er1- pioyees were engaged on cenrernre shell 1t can now be seen why they have hOtn1ng to do. Everything IS duu III de- partmentS where the Cenuernre shell was made while business IS brisk III the rlm- AIre departments. Many who were en- gagged on war contracts have ceased go- -Ilg to the employment once as but IlICle nope IS held out TOT Job at th1S tune.
 when the suit III the United States court agalnst the company IS decided, tne management will go ahead on plans TOT work other than firearms or Stleu and then the immense buildings put tip TOT the war may be utilized and employ lnent furnished for some of the lo,CuO or so lad oH alter the armlst1ce was signed. When work does start to boom again there will be Y M L. A. branch Out there and Mir. Cutler, the market man, has just opened market III the vicinity ot the factory to supply the wants III that neIghborhood.
 This week was the annual salesmen's s week at W1nchester's and large banners and burgess flying from the hagpoles announced this fact. The salesmen were informed about the variety of goods they are to handle during the year a:lu demonstrations were gwen of some Of the new models of the company. \ lumber of entertainments were arrany ycd tor the visiting statesmen and a muslcaI entertainment was gwen two nights in the Shubert theater winch was largely attended by the visitors. =.
 Although the famous night shift shut down some two months ago there are a number of employees who have not had their Liberty loan payments cleared up. ohpS were sent out by the company, for the employees to s1gn and some were lost. A new form of an affidavit has Just been made out for the employees to sign and the personnel department is ager's office to shoot these blanks through the mails. Many complaitns nave been made about the delay III this matter for 1t. IS feared that the new Victory loan canvassers will be around before the company gets the fourth Lib erty loan strengthened out among those who left the employ of the company of their own free will or got an IrIsn raise, which is the boot. ,--
 Ed Sims, one of the expert machine operators, who helped install some of the machinery in the new rolling mill when it was built and later operated various kinds of machines, found him self out of a job this week and returned to his old grind of moving pianos. After running aecupping rnachine7~for a few years, his immense muscles lost some of their power but he believes he will get his old strength back after he losses a few, baby grands on a truck and Jugs them up a few flight of stairs. He was aa sailor before he > became piano mover but his wife objects to his going before the mast again. . Sims attended the concert hefe of Lieutenant EuroDe's famous band. This band has one famous number i'll its jazz program in which the musicians toss their instruments about and throw about everything up i'll the air except the piano. Unfortunately, this selection was not n1ayed at the evening concert here, so Sims lost chance to volunteer his services for he was the only man in the audience who could have played the piano and then thrown it around among