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Show V New Planes Siipply Pick-tip- s Supplies Now Reach wseas Packing Is an Important Job Air Fields Regularly " is v When the united nations were losing this war some time back the blame "rested largely" oh the skinny shoulders Of one little gremlin by the name of "Too Little, Too Late." "This gremlin had gummed up the works from Hong Kong lo Singapore, from Norway to Greece, had ruined morale on home fronts as well as the fighting fronts. If the sweating, dusty soldiers of the Eighth army at Tobruk a 1f p A'-- 1 . ' i ve 4 ( v f could have ' only got their hands on "Too Little, Too Late" they'd have wrung his neck in a trice. But he wasn't there. Everybody had an idea where he was, but nobody knew for sure. ' What finally happened, though,' was that "Too. Little, Too Late" became From where he stood "it looked like a cinch, and that was where he made his fatal mistake. He grew careless and started coming out in the open.-First thing he knew Detroit had Field. As chief of the special proj landed a stiff let jab right in ects branch here Lt. Wilkenson the breadbasket. He never re- has the responsibility ' of oversee covered. Kaiser belted him under ing the expeditious packing and as the chin, then Boeing, and Lock- shipping of overseas pack-up- s, heed, and Chrysler and Consoli- has Capt. H. B. Wernsing, supply's In heavy brown paper they are placed in- boxes lined with dated and all the rest. packaging and control officer. AFTER ITEMS ARE WRAPPED in such labelled and each box contains a bin card containing the tyw Is The fight isn't over yet; It Isn't Each project is packed item Each carefully paper. It's one of way that parts can - be found in and amount a 10- - or of items packed. Box lids are lined with felt for further protection. In the above picture minimum of time. The boxes Ellis A. Hipwell, packing supervisor, indicates the manner in which items are to be packed. Left to right kinds where both the fighters slug it out until one of are regular cabinets inoverthem are: Hilda Sessions, packer; Daisy Galbraith, packer; and Alice Alibanz, packer. : and i to them drops from exhaustion and selves, and can be used the merciless battering of his op- over again. Practically all boxes at officer as the Inasmuch warehouses 27 Mid are plywood and equipped with handles this way the supply ponent. Right now the chips are contained in these pack-up- s can tell, easily, how much 28 often work on different assom. all on Uncle Sam, and he should made in Hill Field's box factory. for carrying. The edges of the lid front of the shipment is left blies at the same time, triangular, d win because he represents all the To foe they must be are usually to protect and whenoriginal must have new sup he and must be made strong carefully, color markings in one corner of Ingenuity and skill of American fascontents from are and water, plies. durable. industry. or screws Boxes with tened tnese Wilkenson Lt. said hinges. projects the box are used to indicate the Materiel packed here is depend A big portion of this Ingenuity will- be are shipped to the using organiza reusable carrying particular assembly. Boxes con. parts ASC on the from ent orders supply used and skill is being supplied by ' Those tion each month regularly. 11 tne taining inflammable materiel are again in other pack-up- s. Air Service . Command , which, as headquarters. ASC will plan what non - recoverable items using organization has parts left marked with a red label. These Its part in . the fight, is supply- is called an "assembly." Each as carrying as such tires, ailerons, batteries, over at the end of any particu boxes are not stored on the boof over Scores the a has number. all sembly ing our air forces and paints may be built lar month it returns them to the ttoms of the ships carrying them, world with aircraft, materiel. projects make up each as- soap, " of poorer grade. but are carried on deck. nearest supply depot U. S. airmen from, the fighting sembly. The projects are all num from lumber the tires time first For here, are for and bered and packagain assigned fronts have said time being packed in large boxes that they would be absolutely help- ing to depots throughout the ASC. are less without the ASC and supplies Supply here will get a certain for added protection. All overseas are painted a dull green. which come from ASC supply di- number of these projects. Sacra boxes When packing is finished in visions .One such division is here mento, San Bernardino, Spokane, warehouse 27, boxes are piled acSan Antonio, and others may all at Hill Field. to number in Wareproject ASC cording and of td this reasons get projects One of the why assembly house 28. other ASC supply divisions are pack. Materiel is packed in heavy, The propeller branch, airplane ber of this year. Previously he wai and When pack-u- p of the various today winning the plaudits world paper and then repair section, recorded the great- assistant general foreman, aithe is the men of depots completed projects fighting blessings d concerned will send their particu placed in the box. Some items are est increase in both efficiency per rplane repair section. About 111 eover is found in the lar projects to a depot located packed in corrugated boxes first, employe and production during mployes comprise the unit, 30 pet , "pack up." phrase new p at either Newark, N. J. or Stock then immersed in boiling wax for the month of November, Lt Gerald cenf being women. is pack-uThe something Lt Wilken- L. Sullivan, assistant chief, proThe work in this branch consiiti In supply procedure, the result of ton, California. From there the further said these corrugated boxes duction planning section, announced of overhaul of propeller assemblies, bitter experience, in the om aays entire assembly will be shipped son Vital supplies were often late In to the world's battlefronts to "Keep shoulde hold water for an hour and last week. Competition is limited and the complete overhaul of gov minutes at least When to the maintenance division. Rub- ernor assemblies including power thirty-fivarriving. Combat planes, were 'Em Flying l" waxed are and assembled here of thoroughly lack for they are placed ber repair was second in both cate- units and distributor valves. Projects parts, grounded wooden in containers. 27 too in late. and Warehouses 28, were narts the packed gories. arriving Assisting Bendio in supervision All boxes are numbered and a Basis of determining top de- are Arthur Montoya, disassen Often they came in damaged and across from the fire station. PackIn disorderly condition; sometimes ing is done by experienced and master chart showing the type of partment in production is the in- and cleaning; Arthur Young; rthey were poorly packed, wnicn trained personnel. Employes in materiel in each box by number crease in percentage of the month- ework unit; Harold Miller, Wide necessitated rearrangement at the these warehouses are as skilled is contained in box number one, ly production schedule completed. room; Charles Mosier and Fiye in packing procedures as any on which is actually a portable field Efficiency standings depend on Hansen, balancing room; Iw point of destination. The pack-u- p the depot. They have to be. There desk. When the project arrives at the degree to which total man-hou- Joseph and Ernest Sickinger, toil was suddIv division s solution. Pack-uo- s are. utilized in production assembly. Supervisor of govern contain supplies for are about 30 of them altogether. its destination box number one is tme narticular type of plane. Most shoD is Robert Leatham. Packing supervisor is Ray W. opened first. In addition to the work as contrasted with non-proack-uo- s are for the 4 heavy Lavender, former metallurgist, here master chart, it contains technical auction work. The following departmenu w, Armaments branch, . accessories listed according to their reUtffl bombers. Each project In the pack- - since March, 1942. Lavender is im- orders, bin cards, parts tags, and and miscellaneous repair section, standings in production increjja uo contains enough maintenance mediately responsible for all items office supplies. The bin card tells the type of was first in both elements in being packed properly, packed ' to parts to keep an air squadron of during for November: propeller brsndjf S "take it" airplane for which the pack-u- p October. In November it was third rubber repair branch, armames supplies for 30 days. Hundreds As far as is practical no more was made, the project number, the in production increase and fifth in branch, instrument repair BectiM, different items find their way into than 200 pounds is placed In each number of the box in which the efficiency increase. each project. electrical repair section, sup Since the new system was started box in order that if necessary two item is packed, and quantity, of branch made a 42.2 chargers, carburetors, and pw Propeller Only repair items in the box. Each box con- per cent increase in production chute and clothine. throughout the ASC, 18 such pack men could carry in used first The Field. and 3rd tains a bin card. As parts are and a 37.7 per cent increase in Hill left have 1st, 2nd, parts ups Efficiency standings were: pi one was started here in Qcto echelon ' repair jobs are Included used, the amount used is entered efficiency. rubber repair, eiecinw pellers, on the bin card in a space preGeneral foreman is Laurie Ben-di- pair, instrument repair, armameiw ber, following a visit by Lt Ro in these pack-up- s. Boxes are usually made of treated pared and the balance shown. In land H. Wilkenson to Patterson in charge since early Novem- - and hydraulics. - over-confide- f ... - water-reslste- ed re-usa- felt-line- - . - . 30-d- ay Propeller Branch Rings Gong Twice in November Ratings water-resista- nt newly-coine- water-proofin- g. t ? . . rs - o- B-2- I it o, 4 Wrapping, Stacking, Waxing Part of w vU r) -- jvvfi ... WRAPPING VP SUPERCHARGERS In pliofilm requires careful work. When wrapped, air is racked, oat to prevent moisture damage en route. The assembly line for wrapping superchargers was only recently began In warehouse 24 as part of pack-u- p preparation. Above superchargers are part of assembly tZS. In foreground, left to right, are: E. R. Layne, shipping employe; MIna Arnell, packer; Almeda Montgomery, Backer; and Boyd Chandler, storekeeper. Iff - i''' Ur STACKING A BOX OF FUEL CRI.TJa ... 1. but it demands I,yd""'"c. 9y.7heKi dC?wS5 coffin-lik- e boxes are large piled almost to the roof, will be painted green for effect Warehouse 28 i, lined high on camouflage each side with boxes awaiting shipment overseas to advanced landing fields of our flieiV They could mean the difference between our planes' the hitting enemy or ramming on the ground. Putting eoP wfoaerew'uSLJl0, Jean Burn. ' niJ ty truck driver, and RaV W.svede; packing sapervisor. hiT Pack-u- p "' 25 , It ' DIPPED IN HOT WAX . . Small corrufs1 boxes are rendered an the more waterproof. Box treated in this manner will hold water forat an hour and 88 minutes. In the above picture, w 4 of scotch tape In corrugated boxes are to and later wlU be boxes wooden in wax-dlpP- re-pack- ed sure their arriving at their destination In A- -l Shown wrapping and dipping the boxes are, right, Ethel A. Hunter, packer; and GoM packer. W7 t |