anaheim-gazette 1952-05-05

One of the most modern reproduction machines in Southern California is in use at the Anaheim Division of Northrop Aircraft, Inc. Savings in time and money are effected at the division since engineering drawings, graph sheets and other types of plans can be run through the machine, called a Pease Pacemaker, quickly and efficiently. A mercury vapor tube shining through a transparency with opaque lines onto sensitized paper does the job. Les Matthies, supervisor of administrative services at the Anaheim plant, left, examines a finished product while Howard Baker, assistant supervisor, feeds through another drawing. The huge apparatus will take paper up to 42 inches wide and operates from two to 36 feet per minute. This is one example of the many new-type machines utilized at Northrop's modern Anaheim installation. Fire control devices for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps are being produced at the factory. FIRESTONE TIRES GET FIRESTONE TIRE SAFETY TODAY! 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The socks were completed over a period of a few weeks, worked on during shows I didn't care to watch and This Family Is Having TV 'Trouble' By CYNTHIA LOWRY AP Newsfeatures Writer We're suffering from an overdose of television at our house. And we're handling it exactly the way we cope with too many chocolate creams, too much strawberry shortcake or too many martinis. We're on the TV-wagon. A reading lamp is now plugged into the socket that used to supply the current to the video box. We are aware, however, that we're suffering hangover symptoms and, once recovered, we propose to resume cautiously our viewing. Temperance will be the watchword, and TV will be the servant in the situation, not the master. THERE ARE AN estimated 15 million sets in the nation and heaven knows how many television viewers. All of the set-owners—adults, that is—of my acquaintance seem to have run through a series of reactions similar to ours, although few have actually reached the saturation point yet. There are, it is indicated from conversation in my neighborhood, only two reasons why families buy TV sets. If there are children in the family, the only reason for buying the set is that it will give so much pleasure to the youngsters. The fact that it is given the place of honor in the living room, rather than placed in the children's room or play room, is one of those unexplained items. In the event there are no children to blame the purchase on, the excuse for the investment is that there is a sports fan in the family, and it is practically essential that he have facilities on hand to watch (a) baseball and (b) football and (c) boxing. No one is prepared to admit that he actually bought television to see Martin and Lewis, roller-skaters, In the event there are no children to blame the purchase on, the excuse for the investment is that there is a sports fan in the family, and it is practically essential that he have facilities on hand to watch (a) baseball and (b) football and (c) boxing. No one is prepared to admit that he actually bought television to see Martin and Lewis, roller-skaters, professional wrestlers or old movies. AFTER THE PURCHASE of the set, the family goes in for passionate, dedicated viewing. It wants to see everything that is going on. (In our case, this took quite a time, because we live in a section of the country where seven channels are available by a flick of the switch.) During this period, meals are frequently eaten buffet style in the living room, dishes invariably go unwashed until next morning. We stayed up hours beyond our normal bedtime. We stopped reading books and magazines entirely and our entire conversation was devoted to weighing the pros and cons of various programs. Gradually, the heat went out of our viewing activities. We resumed the use of the diningroom. We decided generally what shows we would see and stopped switching from channel to channel. But we were still hugging the set every night, sitting through hours of dull stuff rather than shut the thing off. I knitted a pair of socks dur- Production Slogan Contest at Northrop A contest of words is being waged by personnel at Northrop Aircraft's Anaheim division with the initiation of a production slogan program at the plant. Company officials have announced that incentive prizes will be awarded monthly to the individual submitting the catchiest phrase during each month. Object of the event is to familiarize all personnel with the need for continued high production and emphasize the teamwork exhibited by the division since its inception. Butane lighters, golf balls and bags, croquet sets, tennis rackets, fly rods and many other prizes are among the monthly awards. Three grand prizes to be announced later, will be given out at the end of the year for the best slogan submitted during the year. The contest is open to all personnel at Northrop-Anaheim. Over 800 persons are now employed at the division. Electric lights should be wiped periodically to reduce a possible life hazard through excessive dust. The population of fast-growing San Fernando Valley how is 475,479, estimates the Van Nuys Chamber of Commerce. Chamber Secretary James Moran said yesterday the half million mark will be reached next August or September. David Livingstone, the explorer, disappeared in Uganda, the British African protectorate, while searching for the sources of the Nile River more than 60 years ago. 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