NOW, Volume 11, Number 5, June 14, 1946 Page: 6
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Miller, Jeter Take New Posts
In Peoria Reor~aoizationElmer Mler-
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Appointment of Elmer Miller, Peo-
ria director of production, as special
assistant to the general manager in
manufacturing and Harold Jeter,
chief plant engineer, as general super-
intendent of manufacturing have
been made by General Manager Os-
car Nelson in his capacity as acting
manufacturing manager.
Al Becker's title has been changed
from production manager to produc-
tion control manager and Delmar
Warnke steps up from assistant plant
engineer to chief plant engineer, re-
placing Harold Jeter.
Peoria lab, under Norm Dirks, chief
metallurgist, has been made a depart-
ment of product engineering division,
coordinated by Dave Hunter. Super-
vision of heat treat, formerly under
Norm, has become a manufacturing
responsibility, administered by the
general superintendent or his staff.
Responsible to Oscar Nelson for
control and administration of Peoria
manufacturing division operations are
Al Becker, production control, John
Harder, industrial engineering, Har-
old Jeter, fabrication and assembly
production, Bill Goldsmith, traffic de-
partment, Delmar Warnke, plant en-
gineering, Bill Littell, plant protec-
tion, E. K. Smith, production engi-R.C.Lae 7oa'mneau t
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V~agnearing, and Elmer Miller, special as-
sistant to general manager.
As special assistant to the general
manager Elmer Miller, serving as a
liaison executive with manufacturing
division department heads, will be re-
sponsible for coordination and dis-
tribution to all plants of the contract
and order departments' total produc-
tion requirements in completed units
and service parts; establishing con-
trols and records (separate and apart
from Peoria production control) of
units and service parts allocated to
and completed by each production
plant; establishing coordination and
control of a centralized clearance with
the contract and order department of
completed units and service parts
available for shipment; establishing
statistical records and daily reports
of all completed units produced by
each of the plants, compared to their
production schedule - starting with
Peoria; establishing coordination and
central control of all experimental
items necessary to be routed thin Peo-
ria production departments; carrying
out assignments requested by the gen-
eral manager.
Harold Jeter will assume full re-
sponsibility and authority for all func-
tions pertaining to the manufacturing,
fabrication and assembly of LeTour-
neau products at the Peoria plant.
Al Becker, as production control
manager, will be responsible for/9
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$orudi_scheduling and planning, mat
control, dispatching, stock ch
stores control and statistics C
records.
Delmar Warnke, as chief plant
gineer, reporting directly to the
ing manufacturing manager,
Nelson, will have supervision
maintenance, plant engine,
housekeeping, utilities, project O
and expenses and payrolls. I
John Harder chief industriall
ginger, adds to his responsibility
newly created procedures and
tems control department.
E, K. Smith, who as production'
gineer has been setting produd
procedure, is new chief produd
engineer in charge of the new
duction engineering department. I
der his supervision are operations
routing, welding methods and
procedures, tool and special mad
design, manufacturing blueprints
drawings, tool cribs, tool room'
process cost control.
BOND DEDUCTIONS STOP
As less than 40% of Peoria
ploys have been buying War Ik
recently by payroll allotment
allotment plan was discontinue
the end of May. Since payroll de
tions for bond buying started in.
of '42, Peorian's have bought $2,)
079.25 purchase value.SAT I
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R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. NOW, Volume 11, Number 5, June 14, 1946, periodical, June 14, 1946; Peoria, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526505/m1/6/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.