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August 1942         Vol. 1 No. 7               20 pages

Cover: Mars

Articles Inside:

He Gets ‘Em Flying
(Thomas B. Soden – Factory Manager)

Maiden Voyage of the Mars – July 3rd
(Mr. Martin, Mrs. Minta Martin, Commander Clarence H. (Dutch) Schildhauer, Brig. Gen. James Doolittle)

Giant Flying Ship Supercharged and Air Conditioned

Mars Opens an Epoch
Hailed as War Cargo Answer
(Glenn L. Martin, Grover Loening, Harold E. Talbott, William B. Harding, Mr. Martin, Martin Taitle, Philip N. Amram, Col. C. H. Ridenour, Vice-President W. K. Ebel, Maj. Clare Bunch, Vice-President Harry T. Rowland, Brig. Gen. James Doolittle and Executive Vice-President J. T. Hartson, Henry J. Kaiser, Andrew Jackson Higgins,)

Martin’s Wage Rate
$46.75 per week verses $36.15 manufacturing nation wide

Present For A President
(William Siemon, President Roosevelt)

Scrap Campaign Lauded
(Thomas B. Soden, and Ross B. Hooker)

John A. Slowik is Honored
(John A. Slowik, C. W. Swan, Superintendent Larson, B. V. Johnson, Harry Keyser, Eddie Lacey, Henry Bond, Gene Neault, Bernie Deveaux, Lou Fischer, Bill Keagle, Bill Hughes, Cliff Martin, Russell Hutter, Dick Hill, Dick Decker, Nick Mancuso and Jack Wohlson)

Girl Scout Chiefs’ Visit
(Mrs. Harry T. Jordan, Mrs. Leslie Glenn)

Uncle Sam’s New Officer
(First Lieut. Howard T. Critchlow, Leo Faulstitch)

Car Pooling Sets Record
(Traffic Engineer E. A. Barton, Joseph B. Eastman, Guy A. Richardson)

Inspectors’ School Opened
(Frank Gissey, G. T. Willey, J. R. Weld, H. Mele and Charles Ernest)

Here and There – Around the Martin Plants
(P. M. Magruder, Eleanor Talbott Eubank, Jean Tousignan, John Eason, Y. von Stackelberg, Ben Salmon, Pat Clarke, Herbert R. O’Conor, E. A. Schurman, William Wiffie, Louis Weigle, Edward Weglein, Henrietta Matheson, Doris Carcaud, Mary Elizabeth Miller, Mary Jane White, Lee Koutz, Martin Madison, Charles Hurd, Clarke King, William Smallwood, Arthur Pluff, Sophie Grusz, William Hamme, Mary Grusz, John Leszak, Guy Rook, Howard Spalding, Charles Von Behrn, Bud Weger, Jerrie Horn, Ralph Clark, Pat Clark, Colin Stewart, Grafton Lee Brown, Jr.)

Orange Blossom Department
Pauline Kurtz (Purchasing) to Staff Sgt. Robert W. Hoskins, Jr., May 8 ★ Thelma Myers to Charles Dressel (Sheet Metal), May 30 ★ Elma King (Timekeeping) to Ford Robert, June 8 ★ Sabine Podles (Engineering) to Albert Dunstan (Engineering), June 14 ★ Doris Franklin to Leroy Hartle (Hangars), June 20 ★ Jean Reed to Kenneth Phelps (Hangars), June 20 ★ Lucy Powell to Cass E. Bean (Hangars), June 25 ★ Margaret Durkin to Roger Cannon (Metal Bench), June 20 ★ Bonna Bell Wilmoth to Edward See (Body), June 15 ★ Helen Grochowski to Bernard Robier (Sinclair Division), June 20 ★ Margaret Pfaff to Herbert Knighton (Sheet Metal), June 27 ★ Josephine Persico to Carmen DeMatteo (Sheet Metal). June 28 ★ Rose Carbonari to Kenneth Brist (Surface and Floats), June 28 ★ Edith O’Barry to George Thompson (Sheet Metal), July 4 ★ Alice Frank (Finishing) to Corporal Harold Hart, July 2.

Stork Department
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Campbell (Public Relations) a son. May 22 ★ Mr. and Mrs. Calvin C. Tennant (Protection) a daughter. May 27 ★ Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Dunkleberger (Detail Manufacturing) a daughter, June 14 ★ Mr. and Mrs. Edward Durkin (Detail Manufacturing) a daughter, June 11 ★ Mr and Mrs. Leroy A. Eney (Engineering) a son, June 20 ★ Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hewes (Service) a son, June 21 ★ Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Ogle (Service) a son, June 28 ★ Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hendrick (Metal Bench) a daughter. June 26 ★ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Porter (Sheet Metal) a daughter. June 30 ★ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pfister (Sheet Metal) a daughter. July 2.

The Plant in Pictures
(Jeanette Jessee, Roy Shelton, Woodrow Lynch, Chris Bader, Joseph Martin, Neal Siebold, Bill Kane, Margaret Miller, Anna May Rumbley, Katherine Weedon, G. T. Willey, Ken Ebel, Paul Gebhard, Juanita Van Horn, Joseph B. Eastman, Glenn L. Martin, Mrs. Ethel Knecht, Miss L. F. Smith, E. D. Shannon, Mrs. Catherine Hofmeier, Guy L. Bryan, Jr., Joseph Dauses, Joseph Aspinall, Bob Young, Constance R. Blizzard, William Stull, Mrs. Marie Frete, Mrs. Minta Martin, Harold L. Gray, Joseph Hartson, Brig. Gen. James Doolittle)

New Community Paper

Nebraska and Ohio
(Merrill C. Meigs, Harry Shealey, Miss Frances Whiteford, D. Alan Kendall, O. E. Tibbs, Raymond S. Nessly, Merrill C. Meigs, Aubrey Patterson, Jr.)

Orange Blossom Department
Mary O’Gara (Expediting) to Gene Marcault, June 20 ★ Evelyn Bell to H. V. Becker, Jr. (Tool Design). April 6 ★ Norma Newman to Kenneth Watkins (Final Assembly). July 6 ★ Mary Wickham (Tool Design) to John R. Braue (Timekeeping), May 30 ★ Eleanor Patterson to Vincent Wiese (Production), June 26 ★ Stella J. Byrnes (Production) to Harry McDermott (Raw Stores), June 28 ★ Violet Schmader (Accounting) to Ray Fouraker, July 11 ★ Vivian Hansen (Engineering) to Norman Anderson (Final Assembly), July 8

Stork Department
To Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Amato (Building and Field) a girl. June 22 ★ To Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown (Building and Field) a girl. May 27 ★ To Mr. and Mrs. Howard Clarke (Final Assembly) a boy, July 3 ★ To Mr. and Mrs. Haydn Widtfeldt (Engineering) a son, July 6 ★ To Mr. and Mrs. William Jones (Tabulating) a daughter, June 16.

Gasoline in Box Cars
Mareng Cell May Provide Fuel Answer
(Reid B. Gray, Joseph B. Eastman)

Naval Commander’s Wife, Bombed Out of Hawaii, Now Martineer
(Mrs. Pauline Bell)

Suggestion Prize-Winners
William K. Ebel, Thomas B. Soden, Fred Rau, Gordon Hamer, John Grish, Arthur Reely, Lee Silver)

Box Kites to Bombers
Martin’s Bomber Showed Army the Future — in 1913 (Chapter VI)

Martin Golfers Qualify
Gherardini’s 70 Leads 162 in Golf
(Ray Gherardini, Luther Manchey. Bill Jenkins, Eddie Semler)

First Shift
First Flight—Bill Jenkins, 74; Eddie Semler. 75; Earle Fowler, 76; A. F. Oberender, 76; Earl Martin, 78; E. Lee Smith, 78; John Manley, 78; C. A. Dinsmore, 78; Chester DeWinn, 79; Arthur Jones, 79; John W. Deaton, 79; William Scott, 79; D. J. Weatherby, 80; W. Halleck, 80; T. Lageman, 80; Ralph Phipps, 89.

Second Flight—John J. Dehaven, 80; Buford Hill, 83; D. Young, 83; Robert D. Meyer, 84; Russell Porter, 84; Gene Thornton, 84; David J. King, 85; A. E. Fouch, 85; C. D. Barnhardt, 85; Herman Pearce, 85; Robert Dobres, 86; C. Hartley, 86; William P. Booth, 86; William H. Cosins, 87; R. J. Clifford, 87; J. C. Emory, 87.

Third Flight—F. B. McGinnis, 87; Fred A. Gross, 87; Milton McAllen, 87; John Dengler. 87; Harry M. Turner, 87; D. J. Mackey. 88; Harry L. Hahn, 88; Robert Scott, Jr., 89; V. Cheney, 89; Vernon Williamson, 89; J. Fitzpatrick, 89; Jim Moran, 89; Robert W. Stewart, 89; C. M. Beam, 90; Earl F. Wolfe. 90; Henry Hessler, 90.

Fourth Flight Edgar Gilmor, 90; W. E. Rehnert, 91; R. M. Slagle, 91; W. McGrary, 91; Don Price, 92; Donald Drennan, 92; Milo Sheets, 92; James A. Goodman, 92; A. F. Mason, 93; William Grape, 94; Joe J. Phillips, 95; McLoren Pardew, 95; Gordon Weglein, 96; J. Elders, 96; Anthony J. Engle. 96; J. B. King. Jr., 96.

Fifth Flight—G. W. McGee, Jr.. 95; George Kaye, 97; Jim Straight. 97; Fred Konig, 97; Harvey Johnson, 97; R. Hargest, 98; Ralph E. Steltzer, 98; Joe E. Holechek, 98; Walter Bankard, 99; Robert Clapper, 99; Murray Rhodes, 99; Warren Heatwole, 100; D. R. Ford, 100; William Isaak, 100; James O’Reilly, 102; Donald Watts, 103.

Sixth Flight—Howard C. Nell, 105; Jack Hallstrom, 106; Ernest Javins, 106; Edward F. Brewer, 107; J. O’Neil, 107; W. S. Stein, 110; Henry Prenger, 110; Bernard Neivert, 112; Raymond Thirowin, 113; W. H. McClure. 113; Burt McKinnie, 114; Paul J. Munkasey, 115.

Second And Third Shifts
First Flight— Ray Gherardini, 70; Luther Manchey. 71; Chuck Beehler, 72; Jack Muend, 76; George Stewart, 77; Ira Scott Wood. 77; Jesse Drew. 79; J. B. O’Neill. 79; John W. Jacob, 80; James Thompson. 81; William C. Greeley, 81; Anthony J. Rose, 81; D. Carson, 82; William F. Norwood, 82; Jack Anderson, 84; Charles Boteler, Jr., 84.

Second Flight—Edward Crane, 84; Harry Cox, 85; Albert Peters. 86; Samuel Roffensparger, 86; Gene Antonelli, 86; Roy W. Smith, 86; F. Gross, 86; Ernest Wolfe. 86; W. C. Ayers, 86; Andy Gerda, 86; Ed Gunn, 87; R Snyder, 87; Ken Enderiand, 87; V. Kennedy, 88; F. J. Mueller, 88; Al Strolmer, 88.

Third Flight Charles Thoit, 88; Howard Thomas, 88; C. Wehner, 89; Robert Stewart, 89; Thomas Lehan, 90; R. Nelson, 90; M. J. Clark. 90; W. J. Alexander. 90; R. J. Brewer. 91; Earl Anderson, 91; Henry Marks. 91; J. B. Hoffman. 91; John J. Meade. 92; Richard Reese, 93; Clyd Ball. 93; J. Buschman, 95.

Fourth Flight- Bye; Eugene L. Greth, 96; Jim Strait. 97; Woodrow Walker. 97; John Chose. 97; Thomas Stefanski, 97; Delmar Wood, 98; E. B Snyder, 99; A. Stepanski, 101; John Lowman, 101; Jack Feldman, 101; Kennith Snyder, 103; N. Haddaway, 103; H. Chenowith, 105; Harry G. Romans. 105; H. F. Bordley, 106.

Fifth Flight Joseph M. Karl, 106; J. Schweiger, 107; John D. Davis, 110; A. H. Adams, 111; T. Buckley, 113; Ernest Ruby, 119.

Sports and Recreation
Girls of Plant 2 Crowned Champs of Martin League
(Alice Hart, Mary Fila, Josephine Horecka, Doris Green, Josephine Scanlon, Jenny Harris, Armanda Hunt, Miss Duvalk, Anna Kaiser, Vester Weaver and Estella Ogrzewalska)

Bowling Champions

Let There Be Music

Bombers Third In League
(Earl Delafield, Frank Tomacek, Allen Mason, Pete Stigers, Jack Calfee, O. G. Boardman, Bob Reynolds, Loring Stockman, John Kurmel, Bill Fox, John Bremsteller, Bill Guilfoyle, John Watt, Bob Lowrey and Blackie Whipperman, Harold (“Buzzer”) Pratt)

D. Franklin Beck Wins State Trapshoot Title

News From the War Fronts

RAF Veteran Lauds Martins
(Squadron Leader Michael Lowry, Glenn L. Martin)

U.S. Air Power Called Key to Allied Victory
(Col. John H. Jouett)

Diary Of Glory
(Capt. James F. Collins, Jr., and Lieut. Thomas Muri)

Maryland Writes a Heroic Chapter
From Mediterranean campaign

School Days . . . Martineers Keep on learning
(Daniel W. Siemon,