The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 4, 1952, Page 3

Engineers Close To Home By RICHARD FISKE (For Sam Dawson) NEW YORK (#—Business ex- ecutives who are worrying over & shortage of engineers may find some of the answers right in their own s. At least this is one of the beliefs of the Nationa! Society of Pro- fessional Engineers after a survey of 495 companies employing 106,000 engineers. A large majority sai¢ they had a serious need for engineers they were unabie to fill. They estimated they need approximately 11,000 this fall and an additional 8,000 by next spring. The society believes that some Telief from this tight situation may be found in pooling the experiences ef the companies they surveyed. Some of the reporting companies already have gone far towcrd solving the problem by better work planning and the use of technical personnel for routine jobs. A few executives found that a careful study of work assignments and a re-shuffle of jobs actually turned shortages to surpluses. Many of the companies said one of the most productive methods of fully utilitizing engineering man- power was the use of technical personnel to relieve engireers of routine duties. ‘The survey showed that of more than 850 employes with engineering degrees, only 70 per cent were assigned engineering ~uties. A. professor at a leading engi- neering college commented: “A good ere’’’-e man resents time spent in ‘al details.” Some coxipanies are using tech- nical assistants for drafting and designing, cost accounting, and preparing charts and gral Many of these technical aides are recruited from specialized in- stitutes, where courses cover 18 months to two years. This training, the survey reports, gives: them the skills and funda- mental theory to carry out the in- structions of engineers. Some companies suggested more “use of people specially trained by the armed forces—or by industry itself. And several educators suggested more effective use of engineering students who “wash out” while in college. Women in engineering? Current employers of women en- gineers are quite satisfied and many others indicated they would employ women if they wer» avail- able. Some of the pooerting companies sug! more justry,su] scholarships for worthy eee and supplementary scurces of in- come to help attract compevent men to the teaching profession. Many felt incentive helped re- duce the turnover in engineers— such incortive as opportunity for advancement, stability of employ- ment, chance to receive extra training and a profit shari:g plan. They were asked too whether they thought demand fcr engineers was temporary. The answei was a resounding ‘‘No.”” Progress in the various fields of “human comfort,” they said, will take up any slack as the defense program levels off. feeds for enginvers are increas- ing constantly, they add, due to such things as development ©’ the production and processing of food, synthetic fibers, new techniques for home and industrial heating and air conditioning, advances in radio, television and sonic and op- tic_transmission. The air und: jet-propelled age calls generally for increased engi- neering, they said. Reports indicated the number of engineering graduates for the next 10 years will not meet the | continuing demand. _ Chicago Hood Slain Wednesday CHICAGO \®—Daniel Ryan, 23, described by police as an ex-con- viet and alleged hijacker, was shot and killed.in gangland style Wed. in front of the “Snake Pit,” a southwest wide saloon. Police theorized a shotgun blast ended Ryan's life. They said an empty 12 gauge shotgun shell was found about a half block from the saloon. Police said Ryan and two other ex-conyicts were arrested Sept. 5 in connection with the theft of $50,000 worth of whisky from a trailer truck. All three were free on $30,000 bond each. CHURCH MEMBERS Pre-Christmas Ear Banging iHas Started By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (#—Here it is only songs. The juke boxes and the disc jockeys have a full quota of Yule- tide carols, some centuries old and some brand new. The new ones year, because members of the music industry are always hopeful that they will find another “White Christmas.” I can remember when the only Christmas songs we sang were the ones we learned in Sunday school. (I seem also to remember when Christmas was celebrated on or about Dec. 25). Of course, there had been some modern Christmas songs, but prac- tically all you heard were oldies like “Silent Night’ and “Jingle Belis.” All that changed in 1942. That was the year Bing Crosby crooned Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas” in a. film called ‘“Holi- day Inn.” That was a sentimental year, with men going off to war. The song seemed to hit everybody's heart and stay there. Sales records are hazy in the music business, but most experts agree that Bing’s “White Christmas” platter is the top seller of all time. Es-imates range as high as eight million. Two million copies of the sheet music were sold in the first year of “White Christmas,” ana 300,000 are reportedly sold each year. ‘That is the reason that each year song writers rack their brains for new Christmas songs. And music publishers and record companies plug the daylights out of them, hoping for another “White Christ- mas.” I found some research or this subject at Capitol Records, which this year is going all out for a tune called “Hang Your Wishe: on a Tree.” It’s a new song written by Marian Boyle and Eddie Gale and recorded by Les Baxter. “It’s a good song,” observed Capitol executive Dave Dexter. “That's the only thing that worries me—it might be too good.” He told me that the song was selected ftom an estimated 500 to 600 Christmas ditties submitted to the record company this year. That gives you an idea of the chances of getting a song recorded, much less have it become a hit. “The song-writing business is the toughest in the world to crack,” Dexter explained. ‘I think it was Irving Berlin who said that three out of every five American adults write songs at some time during their lives.” Another viewpoint on the Christ- mas song industry is offered by Herb Montei, whose firm published “Hang Your Wishes on a Tree.” “Every publisher would like a big Christmas song,”’ he comment- ed. ‘It’s just like having an annuity policy, Yet every publisher tries to discourage writers from writing them because the competition is so great.” Army Doctor Is Formally Charged WASHINGTON — First Lt. Sheppard Carl Thierman, doctor who refused to tell inves- tigating senators whether he was a Communist, has been formally charged with violating the military code. An Army spokesman said an in- vestigation will “determine wheth- jer the charges will be referred to |@ general court martial.” | The spokesman said the Army | lodged the charges under a section jof the military code dealing with \ “fraudulent enlistment, ;ment or separation.” | Thierman, 30, recently returned |from the Korean War zone. His | bome is in Brooklyn. ‘395.000 Stolen InN. Y. Subway NEW YORK (#—Loss of a small jleather bag containing $95,000 | worth of negotiable American Ex- money will be as abundant as ever this | | “jin some Commonwealth countries Army | appoint: | the beginning of December and al- | 4 ready the jukes and jocks are | dinning our ears with Christmas | © fe After 14 Bours Executives May Find Needed Le FORT WALTON. Florida. — Little three-year-old James Adairo and his dog “Missie’ who shivered through 14 hours while adrift in a skiff on Choctawhatchee Bay near here are shown safe and sound, still together. The two were left drifting in the boat when James’ mother fell out of the boat while fishing, but hung onto a buoy and was rescued by Eglin Air Force boat squad- ron. The search for James and the dog then got underway and the pair was found about midnight nearly 15 miles away. The dog barked until it attracted the attention of the rescue team. Associated Press Wirephoto By ARTHUR GAVSHON LONDON ® — Leaders ot the British family of nations ex- amined an Australian proposal{ for a unique United States- Commonwealth treaty of trade and friendship aimed at making it easier for the rich dollar and the poor pound to live together. Australian Prime Minister Rob- ert G. Menzies was reliably re- ported to have suggested the treaty at Monday’s session of the nine-nation Commonwealth Premiers Conference. Informed sources said the proposal would cover: 1. Commonwealth pledges to ease controls on the movement of money, especially those ham- pering U. S. investors in the Brit- ish nations from taking back to America in dollars their capital and earnings. 2. Speeding up arrangements to eliminate double taxation which; leaves dollar investors liable to pay taxes both .o that nation and to their own governments. 3. Gradual extension of the con- Australian Leader Proposes US.-Commonwealth Treaty THEATRE HOLDUP NETS THIEVES $300 CLEVELAND (#—The customers | were watching “Springfield Rifle,” but it was a revolver the assistant manager saw. When the man be- hind the pistol asked for the money, Mrs. Louise Phillips, 25, SES MRS. RICKETTS’ DAY SCHOOL There are now va- cancies in the Kinder- garten and Pre-Day' School Departments. | Phone 347-J handed over $300 in theatre re- ceipts. She was in her office at a| I 105th St. theatre wher the gunman | entered Tuesday night. The atmosphere absorbed by sea water contains a larger proportion | of oxygen than that above the} water. Telephone Conversations clearer than ever with the new “Phone Magnet” featured in the “REGENT” HEARING AID VW-BAT MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE! KEY’S OPTICAL SERVICE 423 Simonton St. TEL. 1461 vertibility of the pound so that eventually a person with pounds could swap them freely for any other foreign currency. 4. Cast-iron arrangements for re- moving or scaling down the Com- monwealth system of imperial preferences and United States tar- iff quotas. Imperial preference is a system of “buying British” which has grown up as a means of protecting Communwealth goods and industries. Most of the Commonwealth group are known to favor these general principles. Menzies’ idea to embody them all in a trade and friendship treaty apparently is new, however. After details are threshed out in the next few days, the Common- wealth statesmen likely will give Britain’s Prime Minister Churchill and his chancellor of the exchequ- er R. A. Butler, a mandate to go to Washington to talk the whole {thing over with President-elect Ei- | senhower soon after he is installed next month In addition to considering this | proposal, Tuesday's session of the conference had to follow up yes- | terday’s discussion on the develop- | ment of the Commonwealth's own | Pesources. | The prime ministers agreed} on the general lines of an} jall-ont drive to produce more food | for the 575 million people in the | Commonwealth and more scarce | | minerals. They figured if they | [were able to do these things and | |not buy them abroad, in a few years they would save about two billion dollars annually But skilled men, money and machines wil be needed to get; {this vast program going With her |limited capital resources anc al- jready overburdened industries, | ow would you like the fun of Christmastime to last all the year through? That's the way it seems to be when you call this Buick beauty your own—what with the constant cheer it brings to you week after week, month after month. The cheer of traveling in style that's bright and gay as a holiday wrapping. The cheer of having that’s rich and spacious | barge loaded with approximately compression. The cheer of riding wonderfully buoy- ant, level and steady —with a ride that feels li perfect. The cheer of taking your travel free and easy—with Dynaflow Drive* doing the chores in letter-perfect smoothness — with Power Steering** assisting to make parking and slow-motion maneu- ANOTHER: BARGE SINKS IN OHIO RIVER HENDERSON, Ky., # — The Ohio River swallowed another Thursday. December 4, 1952 Page 3 @ year for the Commercial Barge boat and a second barge managed Lines, Inc. 2 to escape. _A company spokesman at Evans-| Last winter the firm lost a barge vill, Ind.,. valued each of th: cars| and 150 new cars near Golconda, at about $2,000 but could give no/Ill., but many of those were sal- Teason for the sinking. The tow-!vaged later. : THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 200 new aut: mobiles Tuesday night —the second such accident within ‘The rougher the weather gets, the more likely our elec- tric crews are to be out in it, working to keep electricity at your service. “Tw Snow, ice, wind, rain—the rough weather that drives most people inside—is the very weather that often finds our men climbing wet, slippery power poles, doing dan- All of us owe a debt of gratitude to these valiant men, who are on call 24 hours a day to be sure that the magic of electricity is always at our fingertips. City Electric System PUBLIC POWER FOR BETTER LIVING Television treat = the BUICK CIRCUS HOUR @ every towth Tveecay week, to make the most of this good deal while it lasts. Why not drop in today or tomorrow and see how much cheer is to be found in a Buick showroom right now? Equipment, accessories, wien and models are subject to change without notice. *Standard on Roadmaster, optional at extra cost on other Series. **Optional & extra cost on Roadmaster and Super only. valve-in-head—and also high- ke the million dollars it cost to > | press Company domestic STAY HOME EN MASSE lorders on a crowded subway train | PULLOXHILL England w—The Rev. Frederick Arthur Johnson held a 45-minute Sunday service here and wished all church members — especially a “‘faithful | few" who came to hear him — 8 happy year. There had been a larger atteo- dance the Sunday before, when the vicar described bis 550 villagers ap “crafty god lustful.” They petitioned the bishop st $t Albans to remove him Sundsy three showed the mornin® service evening vers no task at all. Even the price is a cheerful note here —low enough, you'll find, to crowd the so-named “low-price three.” comfort — plus the cheery thought that nowhere else can you get as much room for the money. The cheer of knowing abundant and mighty able power is on call, with all the solid thrift of a Fireball 8 Engine Britain is not in a position to to | Shoulder the burden alone. Out- | | side help will be needed. The con: ference today was to discuss where | it can come from | Tuesday night was reported police by a company salesman. Richard J. Kehoe, 50, an Ameri- can Express salesman for 10 years, said the bag disappeared from be- tween his feet as he was reading a pew spaper. 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