Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

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ARMY-NAVY "E" IS WON BY RCAM PLANT Radiotron Division at Harrison. N. J.. Receioes Auiunl for "Hiijd AL-dieuemeiK in the Production oj War £qi(/pment"; Emblems Are Presented to Employees by Army and Nauij Officers as Work is Praised. FOR "liigli acliie\einent iii the produc- tion oi war equipment," the RCA Manufacturing Company's Radiotron Division at Harrison, X. J., was awarded the coveted Army-Navy "E" in cere- monies at Harrison on September 8. The Camden, N. J., plant of RCAM re- ceived the Navy "E" several months ago. Lieut. Col. Oscar C. Maier, director of the general development laboratories of the Army Signal Corps, Fort Mon- mouth, N. J., presented the award at a mass meeting of several thousand RCAM employees in Roosevelt Park, Harrison. It was accepted bv J. .\. King, manager of the plant. An"E"pin, emblematic of the award, was presented to Joseph Mayer, presi- dent of the plant's Employees' Council, by Lieut. J. Douglas Gessford, head- quarters commandant. Third Naval District. All employees were to receive duplicates of the pin. Thomas F. Joyce, vice president of RCAM, was master of ceremonies. Robert Shannon, president of RCAM, thanked the emplovees and mged the "continuance of your fine work until the war is won." Mayor Frederick |. Gassert of Harrison spoke. The "E" burgee was raised by mem- bers of the plant's War Production Drive sub-committees. SPEAKERS .AT AHMY-NAVY E PHE.SENTATION WEKE, LEFT TO lUt.ilT, ROBERT SHANNON, LIEUT. COL. OSC.^H C. MAIER, THOMAS F. JOYCE, LIEUT. J. DOUGL.4S GESSFORD, MAYOR K. J. G.VSSERT, AND JOSEPH W. MAYER. ^ LIEUT. COL. OSCAH C. M \\K\\ PRESENTS .\WAUI). ^ RADIO AGE 15