The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-03-22
DISTINCT SAFETY
CONFERENCE At
GOVT BOATYARD

The Mobile District o. the Unitec
States War Department Engineer
w1Ii hole It's ftfth annual district
safety conference 1t the z s I'm.
nneer Eastward a. PAscagoulA
Miss on Friday and Saturday
March 23-u. 1870
THIS conference Is held for the
purpose Of proFnoune safety or tns
various activities and work beins
done b. the district II viii b. at
tended By approximately fifty sup
ervfsory employees Of the district
This conference was planned and
viii be directed By p. r Gatlin.
District Safety officer. and Lester
II White. District Safety director
The program viii be as follows
Friday morning. Introductory re-
marks b. r. p Gatlin. chairman
for the conference. a welcoming
taTx BY vertie l. EzeI. Of the Pas
eagoulA Boatyard. an address en-
titled The Mobile District Safety
Record viii be delivered BY Colonel
r PARK. district engineer o. the
Mobile District A first aid demon
stration will be given BY Sven W
Nelson. q qualified Red Cross first
aid instructor from the district Of
flee. Nelson c Longee. safety en-
gfneer OF the First New Orleans
Engineer District viii make 3 talk.
accompanied by motion pictures, on
experiments with kapok life
vests. A demonstration on
the safe use and handling Of cutting
tools xiIl be given By d Paul coch-
ran. safety Inspector Of the Mobile
District office. A demonstration on
the safe method of lifting heavy OBJ
jects win be given by Charles l.
Grant OF the PaScaRoula Boatyard.
Friday afternoon The opening
address will be given by Colonel r
q. Powell, division engineer, Gulf Of
Mexico Division. Of New Orleans, or
BY a member of his staff. A demon
stration Of safety shoes viii be given
by Lester II. White. district safety
director. A demonstration Of the
different types Of fire extingutshers
viii be given under the supervision
OF FIRE Chief Tapia and Captain
Carver OF the Mobile Fire Depart
ment. The balance Of the after
noon viii be devoted to an inspection
Of the various shops at the boatyard
by conferees and guests.
The program for Saturday morn
ing will open with ar address on
safe Driving" by T. Weller Smith.
director of the Department Of Pub
lie Safety. State Of Alabama. or by
a representative from that depart
ment A demonstration Of safe and
unsafe hand tools viii be given by
Monroe Nelson. Of the Pascagoula
A demonstration OF the
use OF an ammonia gas mask viii be
given by Pred Yon. chief engineer
sarr Us dHa<1Ne ez9MasalakNs w.
nous safety awards viii be presented
ny Captain George J Zimmerman,
area engineer. whose headquarters
are In Tuscaloosa. Ala.
Guests at the conference. In ad-
tition to those scheduled on n
program. will be Lieut.. J. Z Walker.
assistant safety officer. and F. c
Scr1vner. district safety inspector OF
the Galveston. Texas. Engineer DIS
triet. Lieut. c. C. Haug. J. W. Adams
and r. J. Evans. Of the First New
Orleans. La. Engineer District. Rcgi-
Maid Nc. Schmidt. division safety
engineer from New Orleans; B. Z
Bingham. safety engineer for the
Atlas Construction Company. and
Ralph Harlan. superintendent for
the CLARK Brothers Construction
Company.
The Government boatyard here Is
in charge Of ] II. Warden. supertn-
tendent, and Vertie I. Eel Is clerk