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Show t Ti ' ' ' " t " , tt ' - 'X 1 If fflwwr Records Reported In 3 Departments At Geneva Plant New production records were established in three departments of the Geneva Steel plant during January, according to Loren J. Westhaver, manager of operations. opera-tions. Departments setting the new records in net tons- produced were the open hearth, the plate mill and the slab mill, Mr. Westhaver said. The open hearth department , toped any previous monthly production pro-duction record by more than 6,000 net tons of steel ingots. The January Janu-ary total was 123,975 net tons. Previous high in the open hearth had been achieved in March of 1948 when 117,898 net tons were produced. The new record in the plate mill is the second straight monthly mon-thly record estabilshed in this department. de-partment. Thenew record production pro-duction was 80,864 net tons which surpasses the previous high, established es-tablished in December of 1949, by more than 5,000 net tons. The December production totaled 75,-370 75,-370 net tons. January slab mill production was 106,609 net tons. Previous high in this department was established es-tablished in March of 1949 when 105,226 net tons were produced. WINTERS ARE WARMER NOW . . . Hazel Nilsen, "Miss Wintertime," was given the title to herald the opening of the winter win-ter season at Las Vegas, where winter is just a word with no dis-agreeble dis-agreeble association (it ayi here). |