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Evening star., 1942-02-01
Bati|eship Alabama,
Sixth Of Class, 10 Be
Launched Next Month
35,000-Ton Vessel to Cost
$50, ,0oo, 600; Will Hove
Nine 16-Inch Guns

The United States Is set to start
another 35,0OO-ton battleship, the
U. S. S. Alabama, on its way in
the sea fight to defeat the Axis.
The ships first ride will be down
the ways Of the Norfolk Navy Yard
on February l6. Then the huge
battlewagon will be taken to . fit
ting -out dock to receive its ordnance
and other equipment.
Mrs. Lister Hill, wife of the Sen
ator from Alabama, Is to sponsor
the ship at the ceremonies, and will
smash the champagne bottle over
its prov. When the release trigger
Is pulled and the big ship starts
down the ways, it will be the sixth
of its class to be launched since
the Navy began expanding the fleet
two years ago.
With few differences, the Ala
bama is patterned after the bat
tleships Washington, North Caro-
lima, North Dakota. Massachusetts
and Indiana.
The washington and North Caro-
lima have been commissioned and
are presumed to be in service with
the fieet, and the latter three have
been launched and are being COM
pleted.
To Cost More Than $50, 900, 900.
Destined to cost more than $780,
600 900. the ship will mount nine
l6-inch guns, 10 turrets OF two s.
inch guns on each side, and the
usual complement Of anti-aircraft
guns, details of which are Naval
secret. High Navy officers believe
ships OF this class to be equal, II
not better, than any afloat.
A total OF 1925 .421 man hours OF
labor have gone into the construc-
ton of the Alabama. which is the
first capital ship to be launched at
the Norfolk Navy Yard in nearly 50
years. The Texas was built and
launched here during the Spanish
American War, and the North
Carolina was begun during the first
World War but was scrapped under
terms Of the disarmament treaty.
The new Alabama is the fourth
Navy ship to bear the name.
The first had strange life. 1t
was almost so years in completion.
and when launched was known as
the New Hampshire instead Of the
Alabama. She was authorized in
the enthusiasm for ships that fol-
lowed the War of 1912, but her
authorization contained a claus
that authorized the President to
leave new ships ION the stocks and
kept in the best state OF preserva-
ton" until needed. Thus. the ship
was not completed until 1884
Confederate Raider Named Alabama.
The second Alabama was a
l0-gun. 80-ton schooner, purchased
by the Navy and renamed the Fox.
The third Alabama was a battle
ship Of 1000 tons. She became
member Of the Great White Fleet
and went part way around the
world. She sailed in 1907 for the
West Coast on the first cruise ever
made by q large feet OF battleships
THE Alabama was transferred to
Efhe Army for a target ship in 1924
+and was sunk in firing practice.
Another ship which bore the
name was a steam sloop Of nearly
1,04o tons, and was a famous Con-
federate raider during the Civil
War. She was credited with having
destroyed 10 ships before being bot
tied In . French port and destroyed
by the U. s. S. Kearsarge, under
command Of Capt. John A. Winslow
She never sailed under the Stars
and Stripes.
Evening star., 1942-02-01

Ing Inc naDlCS, NdOltatS anu way VI
life Of many thousands Of workers.
Machines Of death must come of
the line as fast as have machines
OF richer life In the past. Perhaps
nowhere is the problem better ap-
preciated or faced more interpdily
than. In the automobile factories
around Detroit. Now they are
turning out the last cars and the
last spare parts they intend to make
until the war Is over. They are
storing their neutrality-suspicious.
against hope that it may be some
good to somebody some day.
Little Understanding Of Problems.
Ofhcials of the automobile COM
panies have been criticized for get
ting under way slowly-but generally
this criticism has been with little
understanding of their major prob
lens. A century ago one or two
men made Q carriage in a village
shop. They were expert carriage
makers. They could build . car
riage. slowly and expensively. to fit
almost any ideas of the customer.
Essentially the same tools and
the same skills were used in the
construction of a buggy or a gun
carriage and the village mechanic
Of Civil War days was able to fit
himself and his shop at a few days
notice into production for the SOL
diers.
Mass production has changed all
this. In this peculiarly American
technique a file Is not a file nor
a hammer q hammer. There are
power-driven files for making parts
of Pontiacs. They will not make
Oldsmobiles. There are Cadillac
hammers. There are Chevrolet
hammers. None Of them are tank
files or airplane hammers. In the
war program the countless millions
Of dollars worth of automobile
making machinery is worse than
useless-it Is in the way.
The automobile industry faces an
$4,000 .000, 900 Job. 1t will make, from
the latest compilation of orders al
ready placed. 126 separate articles.
They range from shells to destroy
ers. Some of them could be turned
out. very slowly, by machinists in
machine shops.
The auto workers are not, for the
most part, machinists. They are
men who can put things into ma
chimes and take things OF machines.
1t requires, generally speaking, no
different kind of skill to build . Ford
automobile than to build an airplane
and few weeks or months Of train
ing, already being attended to in
schools throughout the automobile
area. will be sufficient.
Machine Is Bottleneck-
The bottleneck today is the ma
chine. Automobiles can be turned
out on a mass production basis One
Buick is almost precisely like an
other Buick. The public demand
justifies that they be produced that
way. Machines cannot be produced
by mass production methods. Each
is designed for one job.
1t must be practically handmade,
bit by bit with general purpose
lathes, drills and hammers. The war
jobs require almost q complete re-
Evening star., 1942-02-01

tooling of the plants, the executives
say. Very little used in producing
cars can be adapted to any other
purpose.
Machine makers, chiefly in Ohio
and New England, have the respon-
sibility for the first part of the So
900 ,000, 900 job, and as soon as they
have finished the auto manufac-
turers can turn out war materials
on the essential mass production
basis. The mechanics will be the
machines. Men to operate them is a
decidedly secondary problem,
Even such common tools as
wrenches designed for work on a
Cadillac engine are no good whatso-
ever for use on an airplane engine
because there has been very little
use for wrenches which could be
adjusted to fit any bolt in the
Cadillac shops. And it is impossible
to train men to operate machines
when there are no machines to
operate.
This lack of machines, or rather
Of gigantic aggregations of single
purpose machines, some of which
have not yet even been designed
Is the major reason for any delay
In the armament program.
1t has been argued that prepara-
ton should have started earlier.
Orders Filled by Hand Work.
Preparation for what? the auto
executives ask. They filled the lease
lend and re-armament orders which
were given them. very largely by
hand work. They couldn't tear out
their auto-making machinery and
put in other special-purpose ma
chinery without knowing precisely
what that special purpose machin-
cry, which must be designed anc
made to order, was intended to do.
Any kind of tank can be produced
on q mass production basis, they
say. But it must be one type oi
tank with machinery. costing mil.
lions Of dollars, exactly adapted
to making its parts.
While the plants were being
transformed, auto production woulc
have been halted entirely and thou.
sands of men thrown out of work
because men can't work in mass
production without the appropriate
machinery.
Actually" declares o. E. Hunt
vice president of General Motors
Corp. this job of producing such
radically different products was
equivalent to starting new bust
nesses with new products, some new
machine tools, new jigs and fixtures,
and in some cases new buildings and
new organizations. While the over
all technique remains the same, the
detailed procedures must be worked
out from the ground up"
Tomorrow: Chevrolet takes ovel
Evening star., 1942-02-01
Casualty Station Locations
81 Emergency Medical Posts Placed
In Schools and Public Buildings

% The sv neeol mu, % se
s.. err :ssss 4 s.ss s. md fr:y .: ..sai NV wv
Commerce Department dolby Of streets
9Es. Tountn stsian street s r,sbab snanas asre.t NV
8 FIRE FIRE Station stat'on .ss ss Msssohuss. %
l. Police Station Sixth street York NV.
No sarress SCHOOL, Fourteenth and
Garrison School Twelfth street between and streets NV
s4s,y .sns: E % School, street. 's'"f'" First street and Ne"
Dunbar High School, First street between and streets nv"
ss ss3s s.ss;sa ssssn isss ss s;.:s; ::i; NV wv
school Administration SCHOOL, Seventeenth and
Masruder school Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Francis High streets NV
6 Fire Station al' G street NV S1s,,n,. NJ. a.
, Fire Station a4a q street sW ''"'' ''
JEFFERSON a'c Junior High School Eighth
g. RandeI Junior High School, First and streets sW
syphax Half street between and streets sw
5. Fire Station. s47 X street sW
l. Police Station 500
2 Fire Station Eighth street Sc
8 Lincoln School Second and Streets Sc
Rn gboo High 4srsssn .ss r:s d streets
Thirteenth and Four
eenth streets Sc
Police Station Nicholson street Fourteenth
q Fire Station 57so Georgia NV.
Calvin Coolidge High school Tuckeman streets NV
Paul High Ess ne fos e @
school, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets w.
Precinct
l. Police Station place NV
Fires read NV
KEYS School Hurstterr place NV.
l. Western High School Thirty-hfth and streets NV.
stoddert School, Thirty ninth and calvert suee" NV
Station Abemare and Forty-second streets NV
2 Fire Station 3522 Connecticut avenue NV .,
School, Newark street. between Forty fourth ana for-h
Nebraska and Chesapeake
Lafayette Northampton Broad Branch road NV
Eaton School ThIy. % and nd Loss o streets & NM
g. Fire Station 1880 Connecticut NV.
Precinct No 3.
l. Police Station 525 Ninth
Florida NE
School, Twentyfouh street and sennns
road NE
Junior High School Fourth and E streets NE.
School Fifth and streets NE.
l. Kinssman School Fourteenth AND E streets Me-
Station, s7o2 Georgia avenue NV.
Station. 1888 Park road NV.
Roosevelt High School Thirteenth and uphur streets NV
Columbia road between Georgia and Sherman avenues
Bancroft School Eighteenth and Newton streets NV
Powell Junior High School, place and Park road NV
Firs Station 1853 Laner place N.Y. . ,,.,.s. b-,a.a
l. Police Station Nichols avenue Ind Chicago street Sc
2 Station, Nichols avenue fSE 49,.
Burve Division between Hayes and Bell streets
School street and Washington place NE
g. Anscostis H High School sixteenth and R streets
FEE7F ~ Fff PrsciAssNA IL t'o '.''
l. Police Station 100 Rhode Island avenue NE.
Taft Junior High school nshtesnh and Perry streets NE
S. Fire Station 1910 Brentwood road NE.
g. Mckinley High School, Second and T streets Me-
No Is.
l. Police Station NV.
Station 1928 U street NV.
8 Adams School, Nineteenth and California streets NV.
l. Central High school, Clifton streets NV
S. Cleveland Eighth and T streets NV.
School, Second and U streets NV.
Evening star., 1942-02-01
Milk Producers to Elect

Directors will be elected at the
annual meeting of the Maryland.
Virginia Milk Producers Association
at / pm. tomorrow at the Secc
Theater in Silver Spring. APPROX
mately 500 members Of the associa.
ton are expected to attend.
Evening star., 1942-02-01
American Industry Goes to Wor-
Eiqht Billion Production Job
Is Taken on by Auto Plants
Prepore to Turn Out l26 Articles Roneine
From Shells to Destroyers
(FtrSt of q Sertes.)
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
atay ataH correSnondsnt

DETROIT, JAN 3Turnng poughshares into swords 1942
challenges the brains that brought
Americas miracle Of production in the last two decades
making airpane machine guns and approx
other materials in factories and with machines
designed automobile bodies and motors chang
Evening star., 1942-02-01
PART FIVE.
Weather Report

Wsaths sure;S der todsv fresh
strong winds . .,.. ~.,,. .o,d.,
es central and west portions mucn coioei
vrsinasnow nurries portions much colder today
Evening star., 1942-02-01

The United States Coast Guard
needs men between the ages Of 18
and 81.
Evening star., 1942-02-01

Record Until 10 Pm. Saturday.
Highest, So, 2 pm. YESTERDAY year
Lowest, 80. am. Yesterday year
ago. 81.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Hishest, 65, on January ls.
Lowest, 8. on January IL.
Evening star., 1942-02-01
River Report.
Resort Until 10 Pm. Saturday.

Potomac and shenandoah Rivers clouoy
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear ~ ores'
Falls today
Evening star., 1942-02-01

Tomorrow: Chevrolet takes over
defense tasks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
Mrs. Reed Honors
Husbands Birthday
With Dinner Friday

Mrs. Charles Reed entertained
at dinner Thursday evening, in
honor OF her husbands birthday.
The occasion was marked by a
large birthday cake, which Mr..
Reed cut. Following dinner, cards
furnished the evenings entertain
ment
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. w d.
Johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Novel;, Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Clements. Mr..
and Mrs. F. P. Jameson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Freeman OF Flor
ence, Carl Anderson and c. II.
Southworth OF Chicago.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
c. H. SouthWorth
Feted Sunday at
Clements Home

G. r. (Buzzl Southworth Of Chi
coga. was guest Of honor at a
lawn supper at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Clements on sun.
day evening Mr.. SouthwOrth, as.
sistant director ol Indian lrriEa
ton. arrived from Chicago Friday
night and VIII De here until 10
morrow He is Mrs. Clement
brother in-law.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. a. l.
NOVEL;. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Reed. Mr.. and Mrs. W. ID. John
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Langford. Lieut..
and Mrs. Don Casey and Carl An
derson all OF Coolidge. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. J. Clements. Mr. and Mrs.
Twain Clements. Mr.. and Mrs. ".
S. Brannaman, Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
Zellweger and Mrs. Borree all OF
Florence.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
METHODIST
FALL PROGRAM TO
BEGIN WITH RALlY DAY


Plans for the full promotion OF
the Fall Program at the Methodist
Church are rapidly reaching a eli.
max. Rally Day will be the real
beginning as Every Member Loyal
" Month starts with October 4th.
Methodism's part in the World
Wide Communion VIII also be OBJ
served on that day. Practically
every Methodist Church the world
around viii participate in this in
ter-denomnational observance that
should be increasingly significant
to every Christian this year OF to
tai war.
The intermediate NJ @ h odist
Youth Fellowship will meet on
Monday evenings from $50 TO 5
from now on. This move of dates
is an effort to help meet the need
for combining meetings TO save
both gas and tires on the part OF
country folks.
Services for Sunday, September
27th, and the week:
Sunday School. 1000.
Morning Worship Service, 1900.
Mrs. Leslie Ross will have charge
OF the service.
Beginning of Church Visitation.
200.
Monday Evening, $50. lnterme-
date Methodist Youth Fellowship.
There will be recreation, study and
worship.
Thursday Evening. 500. High
School Fellowship meeting at the
church.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
Two Tiffany Sons
Married Within Week

Word has been received by Mr.
and Mrs. A. Y. Tiffany that their
son, Sergeant Lawrence l.. Tif-
fany. army air corps, Fort sumner
was married Sunday. September
9Th TO Miss Judy Ann Findley in
New Mexico. The former Miss
Findley is the daughter of Colonel
Findley Of Fort Sam Houston
Texas.
Delbert Tiffany. one of the Tiff
fany's younger sons, was married
in Mesa. September 10th to Miss
Ruth Matthews, making two mar
riages in the Tiffany family in lit
tie over a week.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

with the necessary vouchers, with
in four (4) months after the first
publication of this notice to the
said Administrator at Coolidge,
Arizona. the same being the place
for the transaction of the business
of said estate, in said County of
Pinal.
B. G.. LETTERING.
Administrator of the Estate of said
Deceased.
Dated this 14th day of September,
1912.
First Pub. Sept. IS, 1912.
Last Pub. Oct. 8, 1912.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
Leon Smiths
Hosts Thursday
At Steakfry

Steaks sizzled over an open pit
In the Leon Smiths yard Thursday
night. while guests who whitfield
the aroma grew hungry as they
waited.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs
Charles Reed, Mr. and Mrs. 4. L.
Novel;, Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. John
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Gle
ments, Mr.. and Mrs Don Paul. Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Langford and Carl
Anderson.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
II Mile Corner
Community News
FAREWELL PARTY

Last week about thirty young
people Of the community gathered
for a farewell party in honor of
two young men who were leaving
for the Army. outdoor games were
played and refreshments served by
the girls. who organized the play.
This community has done its
share in the National Defense
Drive recently having about six
young men going TO the armed
service in the last two weeks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
Moodys Hosts At
Hamburger Fry

Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Moody were
hosts at a hamburger fry Satur-
DAY evening al their home, where
guests fried hamburgers AT bar
becue pit on the lawn.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Matt y. Dodge and family. Mr. and
Mrs. Rodney Elsberry and family,
Mr.. and Mrs r. ". Taylor and
family. Mr.. and Mrs W. II. Rob
erts and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Phil Farr and family. Miss Ruth
Miller and Miss Ruth Sherwood.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
HOUSING AVAILABLE

There are still few apartments
in the Garden Homes available
to farm families.
In the camp. our population is
forty families, with approximate
ly $50 shelters vacant. Any family
doing defense work please do not
apply as these facilities are for
farm families only.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
TERTAtNMENT

The weekly movies and dances
are being we'll attended. They are
the nearest and practically the
only entertainment for youngsters
of the community. Most every
one would rather stay close TO
home and conserve tires and gas
oline nowadays. and the new pic
lures which are being sent to
the community are of the latest,
with many interesting current
news reels
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

Q Lieut.. ]. w. Beauchamp. Jr.
Army Air Corps, Bangor, Maine
is now on maneuvers that viii
take him through several states
before returning to his home base
He is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. j
w. Beauchamp.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
Tommy Edwards Is
Host on Birthday

A party at the Ross Nursery
School marked Tommy Edwards
Bird birthday Friday morning. Mrs
Tom Edwards, Jr, Tommy's moth
er, was assisted in serving the
children by Mrs. Leslie J. Ross
Individual cakes in pink and white
and milk chocolates highlighted
the juvenile affair.
Guests were Corinne Davis
Bruce Davis. Donald Perham, Mar
allyn Perham, Jimmy Johnson
Andy Wrenn, Mary Margaret Farr
Brant Moody, Bennie Cohen, Glenn
Walker. Lee Ross and Michael
Ross.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
No. 1884
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NO TOE y OHEOT OHO
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
PINAL.
In the Matter Of the Estate of
MERCEDES MASON, Deceased
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned Administrator of the
estate of Mercedes Mason, deceas-
ed. to the creditors of and all per-
sons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them,
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

O Mrs. a. +. Pollard OF Denver.
Colorado. arrived Thursday TO
visit her daughter and son-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Fisher. She will
be Joined by Mr.. Pollard Monday.
after which they plan TO spend
several weeks in Old Mexico.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

Q Mr.. and Mrs. Art Thompson
moved TO Florence Monday TO
make their home. where Mrs.
Thompson has been employed as
cook in the County Hospital and
will begin her duties October lst
Mr.. Thompson is employed at Sac
atom
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

. Leona Hallian, who is attend
ing business school in Phoenix,
spent the weekend with her par
ents.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
TallaS Hosts
To Tuesday
Evening Club

Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Talla were
hosts to members of the Tues
day Night Club for an evening OF
bridge in their home this week.
Members present were Mr. and
Mrs. w. r. Elliott, Mr.. and Mrs
George Dell, Mr.. and Mrs. c. J.
Moody. Mr.. and Mrs. Parke Soule
Mrs. J. NJ Hines and Mrs. A. d.
Tyler. Guests were Mr.. and Mrs
Virgil Chandler and Mr. and Mrs
Paul Loucks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
Reception Monday
Honors Tiffanys

A reception honoring Mr.. and
Mrs. Delbert Tiffany was given
Monday evening at the ranch
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Wing.
The young Tiffanys were mar
ried recently at the temple in
Mesa. Mrs Tiffany is the for
mer Miss Ruth Matthews. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Matt
hews of Eloy. Mr.. Tiffany is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Y. Tiffany.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25
Local Happenings

o Mr.. and Mrs c. W. Lewis and
family OF Holbrook visited Mr..
Lewis mother Mrs Eta Lewis
and other relatives in Coolidge
over the weekend.
o Nj. and Mrs. r. L. Carter
and family OF Wayne. West Vir-
ginia, arrived in Coolidge Thurs
day TO make their home. They
are living in east Coolidge and
have two daughters attending ele-
mentary school Mr. Carter OK
poets TO open a business in Cool
idge in the near future.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

o Word was received this week
by ]. NJ Stubblefield that his son
Lieutenant Karl Stubblefield, who
completed his advanced flight
training at Lubbock Army Flying
School, Texas in August is now
serving in the Hawaiian Islands
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

o Shirley Odom spent the week.
end with 10 Ann Christensen and
accompanied 10 Ann and her moth
er Mrs. Steve Christensen 10
Phoenix Saturday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

. Donald Hartman OF Brawley
California. spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs George Dell. enroute
TO Tucson TO enter his second
year at the University of Arizona
He Is the Dell's nephew.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

o Mrs. J. II. Lanning and son
Walter Smith, who stopped en-
route from San Diego TO Detroit Ia
visit at ranch home of Mrs. Ian
nings parents the w. II. Farms
worths. have now Joined Mr.. Ian
ming in Detroit Mr.. Lanning was
recently transferred from San
Diego, as senior service represcn
tatiye for Consolidated Air Craft
Corporation at Detroit.
Q Mrs. Steve Christensen and
daughter 10 Ann spent Saturday
in Phoenix. where Jo Ann is re-
ceiving treatment for hay fever.
Q Mr.. and Mrs. Martin ITALIA and
daughter Barbara spent Saturday
in Phoenix on business and pleas
ure.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-09-25

o Young Fred Appel is a water
boy for the Coolidge Bears this
year.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-04-23

When the game shark loses one
of its teeth, another slides forward
to replace it from the spare" back
row.