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Published for Employees of the Philco Corporation Plants in Philadelphia --""

and Vicinity. Printed in U. S. A .J. N. HUNSBERGER, JR., Editor MARK LUTZ, Associate Editor

VOL. 8 APRIL, 1950 NO. 2

ARTICLES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS ARE INVITED. PLEASE SEND TO EDITOR.

• ELMER HUGHES, shipping superintendent of Philco, receives a goldwatch from James H. Carmine, Philco executive vice-president, on be-half of the Company, in recognition of his years with the organ-ization. During his 40 years of service, he has seen the Companygrow from the manufacture of storage batteries to its present leader-ship in television, radio, refrigeration, freezers, air conditioning andelectric ranges

EARTH FROM THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, sent to the Philadel- ^phia YMCA, is received by Carl F. Steinruck, Jr., secretary of Philcoand vice-president of the YMCA of Philadelphia and vicinity. Mr.Steinruck, who is chairman of the YMCA Service Committee, receivedthe earth, transported by TWA, for display in the lobby of CentralYMCA. The earth is "a symbol of humanity's world-wide concern forthe things of the spirit and mankind's hope for the dawning of a newday in the brotherhood of man," Mr. Steinruck said.

OUR COVER THIS MONTH—Showers and April beingsynonymous, Dorothy Donovan, Dept. 1850, keeps anumbrella handy these spring days.

PHILCO WINS AGAINThe Philco TV Playhouse won the "Michael"( Oscar) as "the best dramatic series on tele-vision" at the Academy of Radio and Televi-sion Arts and Sciences' first annual dinner atthe Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last month.

CITY TO TAKE PART IN FIX UP CONTESTI N NATION

Clean Up—Paint Up—Fix Up time is here again, May21 to 31. Philadelphia last year won top honorsin the United States in the National Cleanest TownContest, and in 1948 it tied with Chicago for firstplace. The Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia isthis year urging that everyone do his share in makingthe city a greater place in which to live.

Ways to accomplish this are: clean out all accumu-lation of trash from attics, basements and closets.Rubbish and fire go hand in hand. Clean up lawnsand yards. Paint outside and inside. Fix up and repairyour property and furnishings. Declare war on rats.Rats breed disease, destroy property, and are a con-stant source of danger to you and your children.

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PORTFOLIOOF PHILCO PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTEDA portfolio containing pictures and descriptions of allPhilco products of interest to consumers is being dis-tributed to all Company employees. It is planned tokeep the portfolio up-to-date as new products are de-veloped.

"As Philco employees, we are all asked questionsfrom time to time by our friends and neighbors aboutthe products which Philco produces," William Balder-ston, president, says in a letter which accompanies theportfolio.

"There was a time when all we built were radio setsand these questions were easy to answer. However,now that we have entered the fields of Refrigeration,Freezers, Air Conditioners, Electric Ranges and Tele-vision, it has become difficult for all of us to keep upwith the different •products which Philco brings tomarket.

"As our own individual success, as well as that ofour Company, depends on the sale of these products,it is quite important for all of us to know the answersto questions about what Philco has for sale."

Duplicate circulars on products will be mailed uponrequest to friends of employees. Postage paid replycards for such mailings are in the portfolio receivedby employees.

A THE HORIZONTAL QUICK CHILLER, a feature of the 1950 Philcorefrigeration line, is an innovation to delight any modern-mindedhousewife. The Quick Chiller is an extra cold zone, 7 to 15 degreescolder than the food compartment. The large capacity tray extendsthe full width of the refrigerator, immediately below the evaporator.This new feature makes the household refrigerator more useful andconvenient than ever before, not only to store foods better, but tochill salads, soups and beverages, and to prepare pastries and des-serts, Nancy Kirk demonstrates the ease of preparing frozen dessertswith this new chiller.

HOMEWORK IS A JOY in an all-Philco kitchen. This beautiful andfunctional kitchen is made possible by the use of the AdvancedDesign 1104 Refrigerator, the Philco double-oven 408 Electric Range,the last word in automatic cooking, and the DH-81 Home Freezer.The appealing lines of these products, used with standard kitchen

supplementary equipment, lend themselves easily to a variety of ar-rangements for the home beautiful. Moreover, the "Broil-under-glass"feature of the range means the kitchen will stay stainless and spotless!And this new Philco Refrigerator, according to independent laboratorytests, is the coldest, most efficient and economical on the market. •

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BLOODMOBILE PAYS FIRST VISIT TO PHILCO/1•••131■173- -MIN11■-

Employees in the Philadelphia Plants of the Company Contribute 117 Pints

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Philco employees in the Philadelphia plants of theCompany donated 117 pints of blood during the firstvisit of the American Red Cross Mobile Blood BankUnit to Plant 3 on March 23.

By making these blood donations, Philco employeesand members of their immediate families are assuredfree blood in times of need. A number of employeeshave already made use of this service.

The Mobile Blood Bank Unit arrived early on themorning of March 23 and started processing donorsafter setting up miniature hospital facilities on thefirst floor of Plant 3.

Cots were set up in a portion of the floor curtainedoff from the receiving and refreshment rooms. Aftermaking donations, volunteers took a short rest beforepartaking of light refreshments and returning to theirjobs.

The Blood Donor Honor Roll follows: (for the Re-search and Engineering Department, George H. Baker,recruiter) Charles H. Walls, Andreas C. Markgraf,Peter Winckur, Jr.. Norman G. Hamm. Thomas E.Leach, Charles F. Otis, Raymond G. Sinner, Robert S.Smith, Julius Green, Nelson T. Radman, Patrick E. Mc-

Clelland, Ambrose C. Miller, Harry Gerstein, FrankA. Krieger, Jr., and Marcella Norvell; (Office, secondfloor, James Carroll, recruiter) Helen Cleaveland,Joseph McGill, Louis Dubin, Paul J. Lacey, EdwardJ. Egan, Joseph McCormick, Josephine Boshniak,Mary Turner.

(Shipping and Transportation, Joseph Albert, re-cruiter) Mildred Irelan, James H. Thompkins, JohnKirby, Frank D. Gutchin, Joseph Albert, Francis J.Hildenberger; (Office, fifth floor, Paul J. Wilson, re-cruiter) J. Newton Hunsberger, Jr., William B.Schimpf, Allan F. Shmidheiser, Russell B. Gallagher,William H. Bradbury.

( Office, fourth floor, Harry Gaul, recruiter) RonaldM. Moore, Robert K. Harwood, Harry Gaul, EdwardJ. Fleming, Robert E. Ennis, Harold Nelson, Paul E.Geyer, John A. On, Harold F. West; (Plant 28, FrankSinnott, recruiter) Nelson Dewees and William P.Hallinger; (Printing and Machine Shop, Ed Toombs,recruiter) Leonard T. Richards, Thomas J. Jones;( Plant 4, Accessories, James Kenny, recruiter) AmandaMitchell, Letitia Hopkins, William Vickers, MabelHarvey; (Dept. 84, John Stinson and Ernest Freeman,

• TEMPERATURES ARE TAKEN by a nurse as William Bradbury,Kitty Morocco and Russell Gallagher prepare to donate life-giving blood to the cause.

.41 REGISTRATION—name, age, address, etc.—is the first stepdonors faced. Here Theodore Kahmar fills out the official formsupplied by the Red Cross.

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THE FINAL STEP—coffee and doughnuts—is enjoyed by donors. In thegroup are Joe Neary, William Buchanan, Mildred Irelan, John Kirby,Joe Albert, Arthur Nickel, Adolph Krause and James H. Thompkins.After refreshments, employees return to their regular jobs.

QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO BLOOD pressure and blood chemistryare checked by nurses as Allan Shmidheiser and Nels Dewees get readyto move into the temporary hospital room set up for the blood giving. •

• THE DONOR in the foreground has justcompleted his donation, while the donor inthe second bed rests after contributing hershare to the blood bank. The nurse besidethe third bed is preparing to take the bloodof the donor. Special chests in which thebottles of blood are stored for shipmentwere brought along by the Red Cross.

recruiters) Mark Marley, John O'Kane, Elizabeth Ney,Francis Ambrose, Eugenia Capossi, Cameron Barr,James Cauglin.

( Dept. 88, Frank Brown, recruiter) Emily McNally,Arthur Nickel, William McAleese; ( Receiving andStores, Felix Kravil, Peter Samoni and Frank Stead.recruiters) John W. Chance, George Gibson, RalphWilkey, James J. Gill; ( Dept. 81, Andy Martin andEd Genttner, recruiters) Margaret Burns, Dorothy

Reilly, James Bates, Jack E. Klebe, Andy Martin;( Depts. 20-21, Jacob Ewing, recruiter) John J. Cataldi,Joseph Potako; ( Plant 6, Miss Smith and Ed Hoffman,recruiters ) Edward Simpson, Fred Dolan, Francis Way,Joseph B. Miller, Charles Jacobs, Edward R. Sullivan,Floyd E. Roberts; (Plant 14, Herbert Bernstein, JohnSkelton, recruiters) Thomas Meehan, Herbert Bern-stein, J. Scarbeck, J. Camp, E. Denzler, Theodore Kah-

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GOOD WORKMANSHIPIS YOURJOB AT PHILCO

• MOUNTING—Chassis, speaker and cathode ray tube aremounted in cabinets, associated wires and cables attached,after which a visual inspection for mechanical operation is made.

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There is no compromise with quality in Philcoproducts.

In an organization where good workmanship iseveryone's job, constant vigilance is the watchwordof every department for building quality into prod-ucts. Good quality promotes good will. Althoughgood will does not appear on balance sheets, it isof as much importance as any asset listed there.Recognized as the most valuable asset any businesscan have, good will has been the foundation uponwhich Philco has built its leadership.

"Your new Philco is a high-quality instrumentand has been built with care and skill and is de-signed to bring you years of pleasure and satis-faction."

These few words are the beginning of a mostimportant contract—Philco's pledge to the PI 'deoowner. Every Philco product carries this messageof quality in the form of a warranty to every Philcohome.

To the consumer, the measuring stick of quality isperformance. Extensive check-ups, to prevent eventhe tiniest flaw in products, are never ending atPhilco and this has all paid off in quality perform-ance. Quality performance means more businessfor the Company, and this, in turn, means steadierjobs for all.

BROADCAST TEST—With testers working front and back of set,all controls are properly adjusted so that sound quality andvideo performance can be checked to meet the high standardsof Philco. •

FINAL INSPECTION—After a thorough cleaning and polishingoperation, the set now goes through its final rigid inspectionoperation. Inspectors check both the front and back of theset for furniture or mechanical flaws. •

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PHILCO ELECTRIC RANGES, BUILT LIKEA SKYSCRAPER, HAVE A STEEL FRAMEFABRICATED INTO A ONE-PIECE STRUCTUREALL WEIGHT SUPPORTED DIRECTLY BYFRAME AND BASE.

NO SMOKE , NO SOOT , NO STAIN!1950 PHILCO ELECTRIC RANGESFEATURE A NEW "BROIL UNDER GLASS"PRINCIPLE WHICH COMPLETELYELIMINATES THE SPATTERING OFGREASE ON RED-HOT BROILER COILS.

PHILCO'S 1950 LINE OF ELECTRIC RANGESIS THE FIRST TO FEATURE DOUBLE OVENSAT POPULAR PRICES.

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CONSUMER QUALITY—A group independent of production mustcheck and approve each set before it can be packed forshipping This group acts like a critical customer panel. •

PACKING—the completed instrument, having passed all test s:1111is worthy of the Philco name and is ready for packing

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AMERICAN TELEPHONE1 AND TELEGRAPH INSTALLS

PHILCO EQUIPMENTPhilco has supplied the Long Lines Department of theAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company withtelevision microwave repeater and terminal equipmentfor use in the telephone company's link between Rich-mond and Norfolk, Virginia.

The Philco microwave television relay equipment,Model TLR-2A, operates in the 6,000-megacycle bandand transmits a high-quality television picture. Thisrelay equipment utilizes a principle of heterodyneremodulation which does not require converting thesignal-to-video at each repeater point, thereby mini-mizing distortion and interference, making possiblelong regional television networks. A complete terminalor repeater equipment is enclosed in a single metal cabi-net measuring 24" x 24" x 84". Power consumption ofthe complete unit is less than 1,000 watts at 115 volts,60 cycles. The TLR-2A equipment was developed bythe Philco Research and Engineering Laboratories andis similar to equipment supplied to Western Unionfor their two New York-to-Philadelphia circuits, Mr.McLean revealed.

For this new route, equipment is being installed attwo terminal and three intermediate repeater stationsof the telephone company. The ten-foot parabolicantennas will be mounted on 200-foot buildings of thetelephone company already constructed at these sites.

The equipment will provide a single one-way circuitfrom Richmond to Norfolk. At the intermediate sta-tions this equipment is so arranged as to reduce thesize of the installation which would be needed if itbecomes necessary to serve intermediate points wish-ing to receive or originate programs.

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Pii1416_AAA URGES CAUTION IN USE OF DRUGSWHILE DRIVING ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYSExtreme caution by motorists in the use of drugs, seda-tives and other remedies that tend to impair drivingefficiency is urged by Robert N. Hoffman, Safety Di-rector of the Automobile Club of Philadelphia—AAA.

Hoffman warned that drivers who use such remediesindiscriminately may be courting death or injury onthe highway.

"Certain of the currently popular anti-histamine drugsand a number of sedatives are known to affect thealertness and reaction time of motorists," the AAAsafety director stated. "In so doing, they increasemarkedly the chances of an accident for the driverwho is under their influence."

Hoffman declared that the use of such drugs bymotorists has long been a traffic safety problem, andthat unquestionably serious accidents can be tracedto their untimely use. His statement continued:

"Most medical authorities agree that, while only cer-tain of the anti-histamine drugs and sedatives, includ-ing barbiturates, now being sold are unsafe for use bydrivers, all of them should be taken tinder the adviceof a physician or according to the directions on thepackage.

"The danger of drivers using anti-histamine tabletsindiscriminately has been recognized by medicinalmanufacturers. According to the Food and Drug Ad-

LABOR-SAVING SUGGESTIONS earned for George Eisenhart and FredWeiss the checks being presented them by Marty Krivulka. The win-ners are in the lelevision Section of Dept. 75.

THE TROPHY for rolling the highest single score in the Class C scratchgame during the recent Philadelphia Women's Bowling Associationtournament is displayed by the winner, Blanche Dando, Dept. 87.

ministration, every maker of anti-histamine pills hasagreed to label his product with a warning to usersnot to drive if the drug produces drowsiness. The in-dustry is certainly to be congratulated on this step inthe interest of public safety.

"The Council of Pharmacy and Chemistry of theAmerican Medical Association agrees that barbituratesare being too freely used by the general public, andthat these drugs have an extremely dulling effect onreaction time and mental processes. Without medicaladvice, a driver should not use them."

THOMAS LEAHY DIES IN FIREThomas Leahy, 50. a truck driver employed by Philco,died March 5 from burns received in a fire whichwrecked the Leahy home at 17 West Seymour Street,Germantown. Mrs. Leahy, the two daughters and sonof the couple were trapped by the flames on upperfloors of the home. They escaped through windowsonto ledges and rooftops. Leahy 's cries aroused neigh-bors, who ran to his assistance, wrapped him in blan-kets to extinguish the blaze in the victim's clothing,and then rushed him to the hospital where Leahysuccumbed.

HELP FOR HARRIED HOUSEWIVESReliable domestic workers to do housework and takecare of children during the day may be obtained bycalling STevenson 2-3800. the Pennsylvania State Em-ployment Service Domestic Office. This free employ-ment service, designed to aid the working women ofthe city, is available Monday through Friday from8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Orders may be placed in advanceor a worker will he sent to the home the same day asthe call.

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HOW LUCKY CAN YOU GET?During its 18 years of televising, Philco television sta-tion WPTZ has done its best to fulfill the many, andoften strange, requests of its viewers. But the cardsare not always stacked in WPTZ's favor like they wereon this one.

A Reading, Pa., grandmother recently wrote toWPTZ asking that the station run the Buster BrownShoe commercial on Tuesday nights, the only nighther grandchild could see television.

Sales Service Director Sam Stewart, after laughingat the request, suddenly realized that the BusterBrown account, currently calling for participation inthe 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. "Frontier Playhouse" program onMondays and Wednesdays, was switching its Wednes-day night participation to Tuesday nights, startingMarch 14.

He wrote the viewer that WPTZ had received herletter and would gladly fulfill her request as of thatdate.

THE OYSTER AND THE EAGLEWhen God made the oyster, He guaranteed him abso-lute economic and social security. He built the oystera house, a shell, to protect him from his enemies.When hungry, the oyster simply opens up his shell andthe food rushes in.

But when God made the eagle, He said, "The bluesky is the limit. Go build your own house," and theeagle went out and built his house on the highestmountain crag, where storms threaten him every day.For food he flies through miles of rain and snow andwind.

The eagle, and not the oyster, is the emblem ofAmerica.—Anonymous.

BLOODMOBILE PAYS FIRST VISIT TO PHILCO( Continued from page 5)

mar, A. Kelly, C. Ruppert, Charles Joyce, HughDrumm.

( Maintenance, Frank Humphries, recruiter) AdolphKrause, George Elm, Otto Maier, D. A. Fiscel, EdwardG. Wiley, Donald B. Eckert, Fenton B. Glazier, F.Webb, William J. Buchanan, Joseph P. Neary, FrankHumphries, J. Nakowitski; (Plant Protection, Law-rence Halloran, recruiter) Joseph N. Transue, DanielF. Leahy, Peter E. Bonikowski, Thomas E. Maher,Norman J. Yerkes.

( Dept. 87, Thomas Hilley, recruiter) Lena Blas-chach, Ethel Arwood, Eleanor Garner, Eleanor Hoyer,John Mower, John Zarych, Joseph Joyce, Wilbur Blun-din, Ralph Decristoforo, Anthony Pelligrino, JohnChristopher, Ruth Weild, Catherine Morocco, DoloresFoley, Mildred Walker, Helen Vogt, Dorothy Mancini,Agnes Biagioni, Ernest Burster, Gaetano Pritti, Isa-belle McKay, Arthur Graham, Robert McCann, Flor-ence Fritz, Daniel Dugan, Mary Warren, James Lewis,Eva Morris, Daniel Mullarkey, Anna Giles, LouisCummings.

GOOD LUCK TALISMANS from varied sources are collected by Rose- ^marie Stahl, Dept. 5850, for a charm bracelet. Miss Stahl's mainhobby is music.

PHILCO'S new training film dealing with IP.the Philco 1950 refrigerator line has beencompleted and released for showingamong the Company's distributors. Thefil m has a running time of 211/2 minutes.It covers features of all the new refriger-ator models.

COLLECTING MIXING STIRRERS is thesomewhat unusual hobby of Edward Gan-non, a jump inspector in Dept. 54. Eddiehas over 1,000 various sizes and types ofstirrers, some of which are displayed bythe collector. •

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• A GIFT from friends in the Rivet Section ofDept. 87 is examined by Mary Lentz.

A CAKE FOR ALL is supplied by Lillian Mont-gomery at a birthday party in Dept. 81.

surveyed by the♦ GIFTS FOR THE NEW BABY at the Gladowski house areproud father, Stanley Gladowski, at a shower in Dept. 84.

A BIRTHDAYS are shared by Carmilla Stoker,Bert Halfpenny, Catherine Nahn and MarieHuling in Dept. 87 .

• ANN KASS is presented with a wedding gift from Dept. 75 by John Eton

JULIA FLYNN is presented with gifts from members of the TelevisionAssembly line in Dept. 75 by Kenneth Compton. •

MAISIE KEPHART, Dept. 87, holds a birthday cakepresented to her by friends. •

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♦ THE LUCK OF THE IRISH is wished Patrick Francis McClellandon his birthday, March 17, by friends in the Blueprint Room.

• FRIENDS IN DEPT. 84 help Mary Gerlach celebrate herbirthday.

A MANY HAPPY RETURNS of the day arewished Joe Burns by members of Dept. 88.

GIFTS ARE SHOWERED on Adele Carnivaleat a party in the Television Assembly Sectionof Dept. 75.

• A WEDDING GIFT is presented to Dorothy Beckman, Dept. 75, by Frank • CANDLES ALIGHT on her birthday cake, Marge Cadden isSzogi on behalf of employees in the R. F. Coil Section feted at a party in Plant 2 Cafeteria by friends in Dept. 81.

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"FELLOW CITIZENS ... "Bob Zerwekc (left), sonof Harry Z., wckc, Dept.87, looks capable ofchallenging any baby-weight champion around.Geraldine Lesher (right),the young daughter ofJames Lesher, Dept. 87,gives the cameraman abig laugh when he sug-gests she look for thebirdie.

WHO SAID THAT?1. "I know that everybody has

to work today."

2. "Profit is the ignition sys- ttern of our economic ma-chine."

3. "A farm is a hunk of land

\-..on which, if you get upearly enough mornings andN...,-..... work late enough nights,

y ou'll make a fortune . . . if you strike oil!"

4. "The best way to keep your dreams from comingtrue is to oversleep. The best way to make 'emcome true is to wake up."

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. ANSWERS TO WHO SAID THAT?

MARION CRISFULLA, thedaughter of Joseph Cris-fulla of Dept 87, is amember of the 1950 classof nurses at the CooperHospital in Camden.

1. The Duke of Windsor, reveal-ing that his Duchess has beenoffered several jobs.

Secretary of CommerceCharles Sawyer.

3. Fibber McGee.

4. Anon.

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