Show STAFF STAFF OF j STORE TURNS TO Sill SUI Tacoma Department Sh Sli Makes 1 Good in ill Victory Building Tacoma Wash ash Nov No 2 Were ere Ing InS to build some wooden ships n uj tho announcement of oC H. H A Rhod president of oC one ono of ot Tacoma's hat lail department stores tore to his staff chi chione chione one morning 50 soon on after alter the tho Unit Uni States declared war on Germany Tho department store storo not believe It good policy lot for a a. depa cpa ment store owner to embark on su suan suan suj an un undertaking with no previous lous Neither either dl did one of ot tho the in 01 m-j m noted note ship designers rs on the tho Paci Pao coast const when he was called Into c cc J Finally Finall this ship was employed as general beneral manager er erthe the tho Tacoma Shipbuilding compa r. r Rhodes hodes oraf 1 organized zed Ho He didn't last long Ill Ills Old Tho ship Rhin designer ncr had l ideas of or lo ho a o. o Putting a ship Into the wat wall In n three months front from the time the tho 1 hu wn was Jal laid was too fast he sal said a cording to Mr r. Rhodes Now ow there therea a new general s manager a new supe an and practically all the tho G C 6 5 men this firm firm employs are new ale alio alioto aleto to the shipbuilding shipbuilding- game Kame But the they are arc building ships and launching one at least e CT every month h and ind will exceed this number vet th shortly Thomas Thomai I Kane until a year ear ago ia ta general constructing superintendent I s sn I In n active charge of oC the company's con con work and In that year ar lid he helas has las introduced man many Ideas that r re- re luce duco the number of oC men required for Or different work connected with the wooden shipbuilding Industry SPeed 11 Som Something New etT For years there ther have hao been small email wooden vessels built here but never ne with the epeE speed or thoroughness that Is Isnow Isnow isnow now being shown In tho the first place there thera were practically only onh a handful of oC workers skilled In the tha shipbuilding crafts Now there thero are hundreds and the they hey are putting ships Into the water faster aster than ever before was known or thought nought pos possible The Tacoma company compan has completed tour four of oC the standard Ferris design design de de- de- de sign wooden ships Four more moro are un under er construction on Its ways Was and two wo other wa ways s 's soon will bo be add added cd to this hs batter battery These ways was then will put one ship Into th the water every two or three weeks The shipbuilding program of oC the United States tes upset prece precedent ent for tor tho the entire world worM and In no way a Is this better Illustrated than b by the Tacoma which entered tho the business because It believed tho the government wanted anted ships no matter who built them hem |