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          * *        PRESS  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRAINING  CENTER  PRINT  SHOP  IS  WELL  EQUIPPED  WITH  MODERN  MACHINERY                               * *
































          The  well-equipped  press  department,  shown  above  with  Chief  Printer  E.  W.  Carlson   Center-G.  De  M,ello,  Prtr3c  is  adjusting  the  press whHe  Collins,  S1c  checks  proofs.  G.
          pictured  in  the 'inset,  features  modern  machinery.  Photographed  at  work  are,  left  to   Conti,  S1c,  is shown  at the  l,etter  press  checking  copy.  This efficient  staff  of  pressmen
          right,  S.  A.  Collins,  S1c;  R.  P.  Doran, S1c;  B.  K.  Byer,  Prtr2c;  and  D.  M .. Yates,  Prtr2c.   keep the  press  r,olling.

          Training  Center Print Shop  Produces  Approximately
          One  Million  Impressions  of Job  Printing  Per  Month

              O.K.,  let 'er roll!
              Thus goes the signal from C,hief Printer E. W.  Carlson to start the press rolling in the
          Training Center print shop after another milestone has been reached in the process of pro-
         ducing vital printed material for the Commander,  U.  S.  Naval  Training  and  Distribution
         Center and other naval commands which include more than fifteen commands on Treasure
                                        Island and all services of each com-
                                        mand at San Bruno, Point Montara,  work  that  will  be  satisfactory  to
                                        Shoemaker  and  Oakland  Supply  everyo.ne  concerned.
                                        Depot.                         To the average onlooker, the sta-
                                                                        t
                                         Nothing  short  of  miracles  are US ics  which  will  follow  the  com-
                                        happening  in  the  speeded-up  pro- pletion of this sentence may not be
                                        duction at the local T. I. print shop,  strikingly important,  but they rep-
                                        for  this  essential  wartime  activity  resent many man hours of hard and
                                        is  operating  at  its  ·fullest  blast,  perseve~ng labor on the part of the
                                        producing  approximately  one  mil- compositors  who  arrange  the  type
                                        lion impressions of job printing per  ~or printing to the binders who fin.
                                        month.  And  the  longer  the  war  ish  the  product  with  neat  bindery
                                        lasts,  the  more  miracles  will  have  work.
                                        to  be  accomplished  because  of  the   From  Janua·ry  1,  1943  to  July  1,
                                        inadequate  complement  of  rated   1944,  approximately  2223  printing
                                        printers  and  seaman  strikers.   orders  have  been  completed  which
                                         Yes,  the  "printer's  devils"-ap-  include  21,90'1,123  sheet  impres-
                                        prentices in the printing shop-are I si,ons for 17 commands ,on  Treasure
                                        only a  very small part of the wor- Island and several commands in  the
                                        ries  which  cause  the  plurality  of  Twelfth  Naval  District.  Also  in-
                                        wrinkles  per  square  inch  in  the  ~luded  wer,e  all  visiting  ships  tem-
                                        forehead  of  Chief  Printer  Carlson.  porarily  berthed  in  the  Bay  Ar,ea
                                         There is a  job to be done-an im- along  with  the  ships  stationed
                                        portant  one-and  all  contending  around  the  Bay.   ,
                                      1  I problems that make for despair and   There  are  other noteworthy sta-
                                        a  decrease  in  production  must  not  tistics  which  your  reporter  could
                                        only meet their "match," they must  present-in fact,  they are too num-
                                        meet  their  "master"  in  skill  and  erous  to  mention- but  the  lack  of
                                        competence  in  the  person  of  the  column  space  will  not  permit him.
                                        complement  of  proficient  printers   However, the story will be incom-
                                        and apprentice aides.         plete  wfthout  mentioning  the  fact
                                          A  parlial solution to the problem   that  the  print  shop  is  the  place
                                        of "labor shortage" has been solved  where  "The  Masthead"  was  nur-
                                        by requiring a  day shift and a night  tured until the increasing print job
                                        shift.  Still  another  source  to  help  orders from Washington, D.  C.  and
                                        remedy the  situation was found  in  the  aforementioned  commands  ne-
                                        acquiring additional help from men  cessitated the printing of the paper
                                        who  are  attached to  the  Receiving  in  San  Francisco.
                                        Ship and the  Armed Guard Center.   The print shop has not only been
                                        However,  many  of  these  men  are  instrumental in printing Navy news-
                                        constantly being transferred to sea  paper  publication,  but  it has  done
          Top:  C.  D.  King,  Prtr3c,  operates  duty,  making  it  difficult  to  rely  praiseworthywork in printing many  Linotypists  By,er,  Prtr2c,  and  R.  M.  Reardon,  Prtr1c  are shown,  left to
          paper-cutting ·machine while Juach,  upon such a  source of procurement  elaborate  posters which  have  been  right, at the typesetti,ng  machines producing the cast type for the  make-
          Prtr1c,  and  Doran,  S1c  (center),                                                      up  men.  Bott.om:  Shown  in  the composing department are,  left to  right,
          check  binded  copies  of  Yeoman   of men in order to keep an efficient  used to stimulate the purchasing of   Foreman  Juach,  Prtr1c;  J.  V.  Tinney,  Prtr2c;  and  Collins,  S1c,  proof-
          Guide  manual.  Bottom:  Conti,  S1c,   and  well-organized  print  shop  op- War Bonds and aid the American Red   reading  the  copy  taken  from  type  on  a  galley  before  making  up  the
          is  shown at the folding  machine.   erating at full blast and turning out   (Continued on page 8)   forms  for  the  press.
          *     * THE  PRINT  SHOP'S  OFFSET  DEPARTMENT  FEATURES  AN  UP-TO-DATE  PROCESS  FOR  PRINTING  IMPRESSIONS                               * *































           J.  C.  Curran,  Prtr3c  (left),  adjusts  material  for  work.  The  inset  shows  the office  forc.e   new  job  orders  while  R.  H.  Coddington,  Prtr2c,  shown  in  the  background,  looks  over
           at work-W,  Barrickman,  F2c,  left,  and  Chief  Printer  Carlson.  Chief  Carlson  checks   orders which  have been completed. He  Is  also shown doing  lithographic work,
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