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11/17/42
IT‘S CROSLEY SQUARE IN CINCINNATI
Following the historic precedent of the famous Fountain Square in Cincinnati, the new broadcasting home for Stations WLWWSAI-WLWO, located at ninth and Elm Streets in downtown Cincinnati, will be known as "Crosley Square", it was announced by James D, Shouse, Vice-President of the Crosley Corporation in charge of broad¬ casting.
In making the announcement, Mr, Shouse awarded Bob Freed and John Cornell, station staff members, with $25.00 War Bonds for submitting the name finally accepted by the judges in a station-wide contest.
There will be an official dedication over the new home of the Crosley stations, a large six-story stone building formerly the home of the Cincinnati Elks, Beginning with that da.te there will be a change in the wording of WLW^ s station announcement. In the future, it will be: "This is WLW, the Nation’s Station, Crosley Square, Cincinnati. "
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a.E. WORKERS WIN $115,000 FOR 10 MONTHS’ SUGGESTIONS
During the first 10 months of 1942, G-E employees were paid $115,000 for 12,250 ideas for saving materials or time in war production.
Robert Spring is a $500 winner. He devised an improvement in the machining of a tuning arrangement for aircraft radio units wnich now speeds production. With 20 earlier suggestions, his awards since 1928 total $1,220.
John Vos, radio test man suggested an improvement in assembling radio equipment for the Array and Navy which will save thousands of man-hours and conserve large quantities of scarce materials. A former art student, he received $400.
Miss Laura Garrison received $350 for an Improvement in a type of radio transmitter part, several of which go into complex aviation equipment. In all she has won approximately $500 for 17 suggestions adopted. She has been an assembler for the Company since 1928 and now devotes most of her time to teaching operations to new women employees.
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