The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-05


the War ManpOwer Commission at
fecting the status of civilians employ
eel in non essential activities, contain
I'd information Of rirect interest to
all employees of WyandOtte Chemicals
Corporation.
stephen T.. Orr. vice president in
charge of manufacturings. calls atten-
ton TO the list of essential activities,
as established by the War ManpOwer
Commission, and rs published under
kite of February ,, 1913.
Included in the list are production
Of chemicals aud allied products. pro
ductiOn of stone. coal mining. cOmmu
nicatiOn and transportation services.
All of these are essential activities
carried On by the employees Of Wyan-
dOtte Chemicals Corporation and its
subsidiaries.
Mr.. Orr states that include q in these
essential activities are employees Of
WyandOtte Chemicals Corporation
formerly Michigan Alkali and the
j. Il. Ford COmpanies), Alpena Quar-
ries, WyandOtte Transportation Com
pany, Michigan Wireless Corporation.
Michigan Atlantic Corporation. Ford
Galleries Company, and Natural Soda
Products Company.
In the belief that the general public
would be interested in the part play
ed by WyandOtte Chemicals Corpora
ton in the war, company officials are
releasing the following information,
printed in "Our Part in the War"
soon to appear as u souvenir book:
The more than 400 employees Of
WyandOtte Chemicals COrpOratiOn
have jointed the ~ S. Army Of Pro-
duction Soldiers" and are doing a
variety Of jobs TO help speed victory.
For months past 81 per cent of the
nlan-hours in WyandOtte Chemicals
Corporation foundry and machine
shOnS have been devoted to the pro-
cessing of parts for army and navy
use Today skilled machinistS are on
intimate terms with gun mounts for
''ack-acks." with certain airplane
parts. and with prOpellOrs for sub
chasers. Some Of the heaviest shop
equipment has even BEEN loaned to
ether plants where il can be used
more efficiently for Uncle Sam than
il could be utilized here. In 1912, the
foundry prOcessed LIS. 100 pounds or
gray iron castings for war contracts.
Also in 1912, there were 1860 mach
ine hours devoted to war contracts in
W.CC. shops.
Not all OF the coal produced by the
Ford Galleries Co. "a Subsidiary OF
VICE. Is used by our plants. This
coal is now being used for heating In
army camps, by power plants in war
producing areas, and by firms doing
war production.
More than three millions tons of
coal. coke and limestone were moved
ia 1912 by the four boats Of the Wy
audotte Transportation Company, Can
other w.CC. subsidiary and we hope
this tonnage has helped In a small
way 10 relieve railroad congestion In
the Great Lakes area. The facilities
Of Michigan Wireless Telegraph Com
pany are at government disposal at
Sll times.
During 1912. Michigan Alkal divi-
sion of WC.C. reported to the salvage
section OF WPB HOE tons Of scrap.
The scrap drives were carefully or
caniDed in all W.C.C. plants.
Today, the heavy chemical industry
Is an important unit in war prOduc-
ton. Caustic soda and soda ash are
frequently termed the backbone of the
heavy chemicals induStry-bOth organ
ic and inorganic. WyandOtte Chemi-
.calS Corporation is a major producer
of both caustic soda and soda ash.
WyandOtte cauStic and WyandOtte
Soda ash are helping produce synthetic
rubber and reclaim used rubber, and
are helping produce plaSticS, rayOns,
explosives, optical glass for navigating
instrume hts both sea and air. spun
glass. insulation. and aluminium. In
fact. it requires GOO pounds Of soda
ash for the production Of a ton or
aluminium. and approximately 800
pounds of soda ash are needed In pro-
ducing a ton of glass. So products
of W.CC. are used to produce the
isiSic mate rialS from which bombers
and bomb sights are made-and Wy
antotte products are also used in
cleaning airplane metals during fabri-
cation.
Two interesting uses of W.C.C.
caustic products are the peeling of pO-
tatoes- chemical KIP" duty and
the use of caustic in the manufacture
of the glue used ia forming plywOod
from which PIT. boats are made.
And speaking of "KP duty-mil-
HOBS ~ ulSutc hN'y
Is,ses. service hospitals. and Marine
and Coast Guard units ashore and
afloat are washed each day with Ford
division products of W.C.C.
When Won purchase Sauerkraut or
canned food in glass. n WyandOtte
product may have been used by the
canning plant for cleaning, and Wy
andotte soda ash by the manufacturer
of the glass cOntainer The soda ash
helps save tin for war use. and the
cleaner helps protect the health Of n
war worker.
WyandOtte bicarbOnate Of soda is
now being shipped to all parts of the
world tn assist in keeping Army bis
cults light and edible. Quantities of
wCC bicarb are used ia medicines
and Wyandotte calcium carbonate is
,,sad i'm wafer nroOfiny the canvas OF