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Inf. Pvt. Harry Warner, x-Peoria
shipping, from the South Pacific. "I
was wounded and am now back at a
hospital resting up."
" " "-"I landed on the
'Omaha' beach in Nor-
mandy on D-Day, and
was wounded the 26th
of July near St. Lo,
France," reports Tank
Cpl. Wm. McCoy, x-
Peoria machine shop
#2, from O'Reilly
hosp., Springfield, Mo.
"I received someburns on the body, face, arms, and
hands while driving my tank. It seems
that a Jerry 88 anti-tank gun had a
bead on me that morning and made a
direct hit. The tank caught fire imme-
diately, but I somehow managed to
get out.
"I received the Purple Heart and
my outfit was awarded a presidential
citation for gallantry in action on D-
Day. We were also cited twice more
before reaching St. Lo."
"While I was out to
sea on the U.S.S. XX, -'
I had the opportunity
of seeing many LST's,
and I was proud that
their cargo was al-
most always made up
of LeTourneau equip-
ment. And those good
old LS scrapers loom-
ed up just as proudly
on the deck of the Liberty ship as her
own superstructure. You can believe
me when I say I always told my mates
aboard that I used to work on those
LS jobs," states Navy Slc Ray
BeMent, x-Peoria scraper fabrication.
Returning h o m e
a f t e r spending 28
months in the Mar-
Phalls and the South
Pacific, Navy Cox.
Robert M. Patrick,
x-Peoria PCU small
parts, saw his 26-
month-old daughter
for the first time.
While on his 30-day
leave he visited the plant Thanksgiv-
ing Day and told of some of his exper-
iences, including watching the first
equipment, including LeTourneau
machines, being unloaded on the Mar-
shalls. Bob worked here from 5/25/42
until called to service 6/16/42.125-
120 =
115 = 13S
105 - -
100- -PLA O NFD
125 - 125-- 125 -'
120 /20 120-E 120-E
115 - 115 115- p
105 - 105 = 105=
100 -o-= /00 1o, LeTourneau Equipment Leads
In British Coal Strippingr
Jerry Mason, x-export DR, who left
British Guiana recently to become
permanent advisor to General Apple-
yard.
Weekly Index of
JOB PERFORMANCE
Accidents are tough on
Vicksburg. One lost-timer
can wreck his record. How-
ever, even so Vicksburg
had a 100 index, as he
made up in War Bond buying what he
lost on safety.
Tournapull slid off a little in pro-
duction; was a bit below 96% presen-
teeism (considered normal); did swell
on War Bonds; not bad at all on
safety. Altogether he made the best
index of the three plants: 120.
Peoria was almost perfect on pro-
duction; ne plus ultra on safety; not
too good on presenteeism; quite ac-
ceptable on War Bonds. Index was
113.
The index factors go like this for
the week.LeTourneau equi -
ment is leading th
field in British ope
pit coal stripping, rt
ports Export DR
Harry B. "Swede"
Landes, who arrived
in Peoria 12/3 from 6
months in England as
consulting engineer to
Gen. Kenelm Charles
Appleyard, director of coal stripping
projects, British Ministry of Works.
Operated for the Ministry of Works
on a contract basis by 75 or 80 con-
tractors, the 120 English open pit
mines are employing 770 scrapers,
either tractor-drawn or Tournapull-
powered, and 815 draglines and shov-
els. Contrary to U.S. practice, all the
stripped-off overburden is replaced
after the coal is removed. Swede has
been laying out procedure plans and
efficiency methods for this work and
supplying production advice for the
mines.
"Although they use all makes of
equpiment, there is no doubt that
LeTourneau leads this field as it does
all other earthmoving fields," said
Swede.
With the world war-stocked with
earthmoving machinery, the tall Scan-
dinavian sees the best outlook for the
future, not in unlikely controlled dis-
posal of postwar surpluses, but in
LeTourneau development of equip-
ment that will make today's m ..chines
obsolete. "All of earthmoving's big
developments are coming from Le-
Tourneau," he said. "Other firms are
anxiously looking over our fence, won-
dering what is coming next."
Taking off from Poole, England,
Harry had a 8,500-mile flight home,
via Portugal, Nigeria, Brazil, Trini-
dad, Bermuda, landing at Baltimore,
Md. Staying there only long enough
to attend to personal affairs, Swede
takes off 12/10 from the west coast
for Mexico City and South America.
Replacing Swede in England isProduc-
tion
Pct.
94.30
99.43
100.00
97.98Presen-
teeism
Pct.
94.76
93.65
95.53
94.22Safety
Frequ'cy
12.58
0.00
33.65
8.12War
Bonds
Pct.
21.53
14.59
13.18
16.17Bond Buying Level Steady
The War Bond buying situation is
little changed from last week. Hourly
employes continue at 11% of total
pay; monthly have stepped up their
buying from 8% to 8.4%; combined
remains 10.6%.
Tournapull still leads, but Stockton
is within one-half of one per cent of
the top. Peoria and Vicksburg are al-
most neck and neck at 9.9% and
9.8%.
The buying record goes:
Tournapull 12.9% 9.6% 12.7%
Stockton 15.6% 11.6% 12.2%
Peoria 19.3%o 7.9% 9.9%
Vicksburg 9.8% 9.7% 9.8%
All Plants 11.0% 8.4% 10.6%PEOR I A
TOURNAPU LL \/ICKTBU R Ca 3
Plant
Tournapull
Peoria
Vicksburg
Combined
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