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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,