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Show If Dial) L Paimta Milium Use OATB Workers , A Gala Element Is Used to Advantage The Miracles Wrought by Radium inspectsfora EXAMINING DIAL POINTERS . . . Miss Mildred McNut now and radium ready with paint number of dial pointers applied . tne drying process. The poignant story of ra dium paint and the endless number of miracles it has the davs of WlUUguv Madame Curie is known to in-everyone. Today, this tensely radioactive metallic element found in minute and quantities in pitchblends other uranium minerals is to its being utilized perhaps greatest, advantage in the painting, of. instrument dialsin the radium room of instrubuilding at b " lllt.ll OATSC. Time Was Had by All p While being shown about the in maculate teonfines oi me ramum paint room itself and wadjoining esi, aimrooms bv- - Miss Gloria lmtremendously . uanitvii, xneir witn pressed - AND THE BAND PLAYED ON . . . As Pvt. Mary C. Lyman - . ornno Thprfi was ,no SUperaHcai sruised as Two-Gu- n Sadie) ana sgi. wave Aragon iea me pti or i lT.iirP euuiumciiiti write in deemed which is sight, only that of a Maggie and Jiggs, furniture which was jubilee1:1was .held in the form at nnW ath service p.llih ..Ui toirtv j freely movable and of such type Prizes Pvt. Josephine M. Jtb. Pfc. Helen Wilbert, were awarded as lends itseii reaauy io cnj I T Sort flallapVlpr. m n ovu b frmlr . complete cleaning The spacious rooms are pauiwu BipnminB white lending sharp onntrast tn the dark maroon floors. There are no corners in-- any of the rooms where radium paint is used, thus preventing the accumulation of radium paint dust. The mopped dauy paint room is "wet and oaint tables covered with large sheets of paper stand weii away from the walls. To the right at the small re a dark room where ception room ishandle or use radio employes who active luminous compounds may examine themselves under an ar eon bulb before lunch and on ternv ination of each working day to see that all exposed portions of their bodies are free from radium paint or fluorescent dust. Detects Tiniest Specks Everything in this room is paint ed jet black and the eerie purple rays given off by the argon bulb cast a peculiar light upon ones hands. Even the tiniest speck of radium paint or fluorescent paint is detected immediately. From the stifling blackness of the dark room to the blinding glare of the outside corridor we continu ed on p'assing a shower room where employes in the paint room shower after each day s work in e order that dust may be entirely cleansed from their cl IntS of T rrriu cnAin ATT TJnm - thb bodies. In the event soap and uiau .an c o n touch onuvT a inc. j inni of. as water does not do the job, a sol singing, Dorothy Crowley puts the personalweek witn uw last her love songs. Miss Crowley appeared here vent is used. "This is where we paint the in troupe "Step Lively" in an evening's entertainment at tne d strument dials," Miss West ex nasium. 4. plained. And there I saw three tables about two and one-ha- lf of each ij feet took me into an room. employes. The breath adjoining in height, each having a plastic on the floor a into in the corner was" dividual is blown nood extending approximately a a small where lead box, surprisingly foot high, completely to Washington cutting the and measuring about five, and sent employe off from any fumes or heavy for any trace ot nw is seven analyzed inches. by rays which may escape from the In a container this size, 500 paint content. radium paint. nr eveu A plastic exhaust system at grams of radium paint are stored &enous :;...-i-. cari v,d vials, each containing 5 tached to each hood exhausts in tiny Thisfumes at a velocity of 125 lineal grams. compound is mixed oiiintf of radium paint feet per minute, sucking the fumes with an adhesive compound 'and ingestion from under the hood up the pipe. thinned to proper consistency. form. Hazards include racno-- " The instrument dials are placed When sufficiently mixed, the solu- innaiawuii m cni :m. jv0iatioB tion will as 20 as on the base of a paint dials, luminous compounds high micro. radio-activscope with a piece of tissue under depending upon their size. S,1U"",!,1J Painting tables all have lead each dial in order that any excess rrp mi to to prevent the gamma ray posure of the whole bodycompow. dribble of radium paint may be tops from injuring the odausurueu. radiation from the erator. ; Both fluorescent and radium Mi7s Wert has been enga V"Z tivated paint is used in instrument Work Under Hood the radium paim dials . . . fluorescent paint being When the finely powdered zinc for three years applied to dials where ultra-violhas sulphite without radium and ad light is used while radium activate- hesive stustance is mixed the work period when which, dials d- material glows indefinitely is also done under a hood in a t..mAnf nanelS PW,iM i oi without the aid of lighting of any room all other W entirely separated from that trans"porU and w nne actual painting is nionn will enable pilots "done.wmcn Use Fluorescent Paint safely The air of the room is still their planesmedia rjn Fluorescent paint is applied to and the mixing always done by clock dials, manifold pressure, sec- the same individual who is clad tion gages, oil. pressure and all in a SmOCk With hicrh n11ai. an1 to types of electrical instruments. long sleeves,, wearing rubber . paint is used on itimt!, gloves. After dials .are painted they are bank and turns Needed UncJJt0' instrument removed from the naintincr room dials. and "i8"1 100 a in a plastic case where grams of ra- - mey placed iproximately are left to dry. skill of veteran airX," month. Old High .P" ?ic,use? m Before employment as a mixer transport commpand ?n acetone sol- - of luminous .7 "l5 iaaium paint M paint or as a painter fri T,o Moore, is dissolved of Upon completion of this processinstruments or dials with i this 60,000-poun- d are refinished substance, each individual is given bomber forced down ,.'uu siem' lUMrumeni. lacquer ra f thorough physical examination, Creek, Wyoming, . and . mum ... i i nuuiesteni . cn once "itiuamg complete blood count the Fticiiic tu paint ',nri,. again applied over the numerals. and dental examination. V. a Major WaUer Radium pamt residue from the Complete physical examinations man oi are also given each employe once Field from fltlV3 ",?,T.ed and placed in a to Hill turned tr.nn a certain amount a month including white A landing w'. . ,n and red en accumulated it is buried blood cell counts, a differential mittee report specifyin lto instead of being washed down count, and hemoglobin estimate as iaiiure was w"; us cn a aeniai prevent Onlv minor survey. to the water system. contamination Test for !i, ' jlliaiiap. Health J"" needed. .. . are When I asked Miss West how m re a definite the pilot Oyer Neither of period time, was material shipped jflie exyjrea air tests are also given sustained injuries. " uuax , (41! - come-as-yoo- -rt Just a Little Chin .Chucking ... Is a "must" for those engaged in the intricate A STEADY HAND task of using radium paint on dials which later will be placed on instrument panels of all types of aircraft. Miss Gloria West is shown in the process of wielding her brush on a dial. This procedure must be carried oh with the aid. of a microscope. radio-activ- TH1 1 E he te w- -v .! , r ..t,.i! er e. (X-ray- ' s) f. V"-:i- n- VtedJTi et g mit-afiiioii- o -j Minor Repairs Bomber J' . i"ea - .... ? "l" ' WASHING OLD DIALS . . . With radium solvent. snle!ured8b?Y.e w?hinff old radium from dVl U r.rf"ySeiff: radium residue is placed in a container repamun. and Process,, B-- nr. -- D P I 1 1 "I .1 I |