anaheim-gazette 1952-10-15

NORTHROP - ANAHEIM'S NEW PROCESS LABORATORY—Robert R. Pitcher, 903 N. Topeka St., Anaheim, chief chemist in the new process laboratory at the Anaheim Division of Northrop Aircraft, Inc., performs a distillation test in this unique photograph. Fully equipped for both physical inspection of metals and chemical experimentation, the new facility will be used for a variety of detailed tests and research in conjunction with Northrop-Anaheim's optical range finder assembly program. T-41 sighting and aiming devices for use on the U. S. Army Ordnance Corps' new M-47 tank are now being produced by the 1200 persons employed at the plant. Range-Finder Maneuvered On in New Northrop A new process laboratory completed at Northup Aircraft Anaheim division will permit the first time full scale in-tests on metal used in the optical tank range finders ducted at the plant, it was nounced today. The new facilities built testing and research under S. army ordnance corps' tracts, include a fully equip chemical laboratory, an utilizing modern equipment metal testing, hot and cold temperature walk-in chambers and large metal treatment room. The chemical section utilizes full complement of chemicals a specially built work bench engaging in its independent search and chemical analysis program. A humidity cabinet, a high temperature oven and chamber use with volatile chemicals part of the equipment of the On the metal testing side Northrop-Anaheim's process laboratory, apparatus available for perimental purposes includes metallograph for taking microphotographs of metal samples stereoscopic microscope and metal hardness tester. Range finders are "frozen" County Farmer Host Mexican Agriculturists Starting a nine-day tour of California farm operations, 50 Mexican agricultural leaders were welcomed into the state at a lunch in Santa Ana Monday noon, greetings from President George H. Wilson of the California Farm Bureau Federation, and local agricultural leaders. METAL RESEARCH AT NORTHROP-ANAHEIM — A Bosch and Lomb metalograph is used to take microscopic pictures of metal samples in the metallurgical section of the new process laboratory at Northrop Aircraft's Anaheim Division. Here Lee Mueller, 8421 South Euclid Ave., Anaheim, operates the instrument. The chamber and its modern equipment is used to spot-check metal. Cash Excess at New High, State Controller Saves FJC Electronics Lab Schedules Open House To mark the substantial en Cash Excess at New High, State Controller Savs SACRAMENTO (CNS) — California's cash excess rose to new highs at the close of business Sept. 30, Thomas H. Kuchel, state controller, announced here today. Kuchel said the state had $171,-737,851 as a general fund cash excess over current obligations on that date, as compared to $156,-497,588 Aug. 31, and $139,729,-586 on Sept. 30, 1951. The current figure, he pointed out, does not include a $5,500,000 advance to the veterans farm and home building fund, loaned until action is completed Nov. 4 on a new bond issue. The term excess, Kuchel pointed out, does not in any sense mean 'surplus.' The excess is the amount of cash on hand over the current obligations already contracted for by the state. Revenues for the first quarter of the current fiscal year totaled $177,567,062, an increase of 14 per cent over the amount received during the same period last year. However, general fund expenditures during the quarter, amounting to $11,944,174, also were 14 per cent over the same period. Nixon Namesake Gets Campaign Taste in SA Edgar Leon Nixon, 1701 Spurgeon st., Santa Ana, now knows something of what his namesake is going through in the vice-presidential campaign. He complained to Santa Ana police yesterday that a bill collector had struck him in the face when he refused to pay for more goods than he had ordered. The bill collector's wife had sold Nixon a dollar's worth of vitamin pills a few days earlier, then had delivered a $5 order during Nixon's absence from home. Monday the woman's husband called to collect the $5. Nixon said he had given only a $1 order and that's all he would pay. The county auditors and tax collectors from ten Southern California counties are meeting in Santa Ana today and tomorrow to discuss mutual problems, including procedures to be used in accounting and reporting business of the new municipal and justice court districts, under the lower court reorganization in the state. For other similar regional conferences will be held in California during October, it was announced Tax Collector Don Mozley and Auditor L. H. Eckel of Orange county are hosts to the visiting auditors and collectors from Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Inyo, Kern, Imperial, Mono, and Tulare counties. Herbert Bronner, chief of the division of audits in the office of State Controller Thomas Kuchel will lead the discussion of accounting in the new courts. A joint session of the auditors and tax collectors will be held in the county supervisors' chambers at the courthouse at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Auditors will meet there in an afternoon session, the tax collectors' meeting in room 218. Both groups will join at a dinner meeting in the Savoy cafe at 6:30 p.m. tonight. husband made threatening gestures. "This is my house and you'd better leave" Nixon warned him. The man started to go, then turned and swatted Nixon in the face with his fist, Nixon reported. Range-Finder Metal Tests Carried in New Northrop Laboratory The new process laboratory just completed at Northup Aircraft's heim division will permit for first time full scale in-plant on metal used in the T-41 total tank range finders provided at the plant, it was announced today. The new facilities built for testing and research under U.S. army ordnance corps' contracts include a fully equipped chemical laboratory, an areaizing modern equipment for real testing, hot and cold temperature walk-in chambers and a metal treatment room. The chemical section utilizes a complement of chemicals plus specially built work bench for aging in its independent rehousing and chemical analysis procedures. A humidity cabinet, a high-temperature oven and chamber for with volatile chemicals are of the equipment of the latent. The metal testing side of crop-Anaheim's process laboratory, apparatus available for external purposes includes a logograph for taking micrographs of metal samples, a microscopic microscope and a hardness tester. Northrop - Anaheim which has been in operation since November, 1951, and employs approximately 1200 persons, is currently producing T-41 optical rangefinders and other optical instruments, not yet announced. Anaheim Run For FJC Offices Sophomore and freshman classes at Fullerton junior college will elect most of their officers Wednesday, Oct. 15, announced the student election committee last Friday, Oct. 10. Twelve candidates are running for the various offices. The president of the sophomore class was elected last June. Other offices to be filled by Wednesday's election and candidates running are as follows: for vice president, Frank Galusha (Anaheim) and Joan Scott (Fullerton); for secretary, Barbara Still (Anaheim); for treasurer, Beverly Freund (Fullerton) and Shirley Baker (Fullerton). All offices are to be filled in the freshman class. Candidates are: for president, Fred Lucente (Fulletron) and Joe Keltner (Whittier); for vice president, Winston Copeland (Anaheim); Sandra Brown (Fullerton) and Marilyn Crumal (Garden Grove); for secretary and social chairman, a single candidate each, Phyllis Russell (Whittier) and Andrea Williams (Orange) respectively. Supervisors County's Five Headquarters of the five courts established under pardon of the 1950 court reorganization amendment were designated day by the county superintendent through enactment of an order fixing the seats of the five cipal courts and the three courts which, next Jan. 1, plant 11 justice courts and courts now in operation. Newport Beach township court will hold its sessions at the court bus Costa Mesa, with at least a month in the city; port Beach, the ordinance of this court replaces the Class A justice court and port Beach city court. Huntington Beach-Seal justice court will have five quarters at Huntington but will likewise hold one sion a month in Seal Bay supercedes the justice and city courts of the cities. 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