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Show OF 1944 Wmt$ LtfWv General Electric fj llgpail annual report WfM ISlgiSIl J5r PROPULSION. General Electric developed PRODUCTION INCREASED. For the fourth suc- rffeSjs the ,df moft Powerful engine for the cessive year, General Electric turned out (&M world s fastest plane-the G-E jet propulsion record quantities of war goods despite an WiS) engine for the Lockheed P-80 "Shooting average of 2 per cent fewer employees. G. E. 22 btar. It is over twice as powerful as previous produced over 8,000,000 horsepower of ship models produced for the Army Air Forces. propulsion turbines for the Navy in 1944. tffit& : SBSy MS? EMPLOYEE EARNINGS UP. The average G-E 234,732 STOCKHOLDER r. u- , A employee earned $2,772 m 1944. Employees company was riivini Ownerahip of the NEW DEVELOPMENTS. G-E research and also shared $234,000 in Suggestion Awards. thai before KvlLnS"' StCk,old; ' g played a part in such recnt de-Top de-Top award was $2,000 for an idea that speeded per snaje-same ImZS ?qI o"? " t40 velopmenU as radar, silicones, jet P'Otf production of G-E gun control for the B-29 1941 and 1940 tsj t 2- eaa than ' - rocket weapons, remote gun control for tue G-E employee suggestions aid the war effort. 1940, while sales hWTi Ie8a than-- P-29; Superfortress," the A-26 ,',IiiTi"ier' ;- . . oiuea were 3)4 times greater. .. and the P-61 ";Black Widow." ,,,.-.,1 ykJ. 1. ,v.,." -" &i?f ' Til)5 T' VOLUME OF BUSINESS 044 C-t '" ,943 ' 1 ''" " CrlANf ) ',- JSrJT NetSlJTSS ' ' 1.609,600,OO0 ' $1,360,600,000 " WJ Ti:7oW ' , Net sales buled , b' ?1,353,000,000 ,. JlOoioOO ' 654 V I liW'Vy ' -' NET INCOME AND DIVIDENDS' !U H.V 'Z CV t fWzdy " NpinsC:ortheyear ' moo,oV. .. -inowna y7Vfn - ' rersnare . .1 C1 , J.;. 14Q. . ,n g.u. .,1A(J , ., . 1 Mjgg Total taxes , 176,000,000 $ 163,000,000 4. "iSSrJJS-O . STOCKHOLDERS T f-Zkjg! Number on December 31 - - . 234732 ' 229 127 2 V CTy f ' EMPLOYEES '"' "A f-ij A Average number on payroU '167 212 171 133 - 25i - W VETERANS He yl, 5 end 47J5 returned service men and women n, n . were working at plants of General Electric general. Electric Company, Schenectady, NcwYork and affiliated companies. 2986 were former G-E employees. On December 31, 1944, a . " TVT - v STS.S1 GENERAL ELECTRIC FOR VICTORY BUY AND HOLD WAR BONDS 1 o 1 1 ) s CALL 0 mkTT Marf! ft yfS Bay I f j CAI1APAN r' J Anchorage C A ir.iY DOT cu i I :1 CHAkANj . " V Kafulan Ft. 7 HP & y 1 D On Saipan today there is more than enough communications equipment in operation to meet the normal telephone requirements of a city of 190.000 people. Here is graphic evidence of the reason for the shortage of telephone equipment at home. Then, too with the realization that Saipan is only one small island on the way y to.TokyOj you get some idea of the job that -lies ahead. Vestern Electric, producer of our telephone w equipment, has manufactured much of the vast array of telephone, teletype and radio equipment used by our fighting forces and their allies in every theatre of war. Another reason why there is not enough telephone equipment for all civilian needs. THE NB'JNTAIH STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. |