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[Across all Columns] PERFECTION IN TEXTILES- A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790 THE SLATER NEWS [Sketch of Mill]Old Slater Mill PAWTUCKET, R. I. EST. 1790 Vol. 3 Slater, S.C, September 6, 1945 No. 18 [Sketch of Mill]Slater Mill SLATER, SO. CAROLINA 1943 [Column 1] Salesmanship Is Necessary Factor If your boss walked up to you and congratulated you on being a good salesman you'd probably be surprised. Especially if you were a machine operator, an assembler, a secretary or an accountant and had never done any selling in your entire life. It's ten to one that you'd think your boss was having a mild case of hallucinations — but that's where you'd be wrong. Because you are a salesman, and a good one, too, whether you know it or not! Every employee of any industry is a salesman. Everybody from the sweeper up to the president is doing a job of selling during every minute of his working hours. How come? It's really a simple explanation. You see, everything a worker does is sales conscious. Every piece of work an employee turns out is designated for a potential customer. If his work is conscientious and exacting, he's selling the customer a product which is flawless and suited to the exacting requirements of his particular need. Figure it out for yourself — if you and your co-workers turned out inaccurate work, no one would purchase that completed product, and the plant would soon go out of business. The same applies to the workers in the offices for every piece of correspondence that goes out is intended for a potential buyer of the company's products. When you come right down to brass tacks, every single operation of the plant is designed to satisfy a customer, and we real- (Con't. on page 2, col. 5) _______________________________ SLATERITES HEAR MUSICAL PROGRAM The special summer program which was sponsored by the Slater Community Association for ten weeks, was climaxed on Thursday night, August 16, by a special musical program. Featured on this program were the "Gay Quartet" and the "Hall Sisters' Trio," artists of Radio Station WFBC; also, Ed Jamison's String Band of Greenville, and T/Sgt. Bill Eissing, of the Greenville Army Air Base, who rendered several vocal solos. This climaxing program was well attended, and the audience enthusiastically received the musicians who furnished the evening's entertainment. The program was varied, giving enough different types of music that everyone present had an opportunity to hear some of their favorite numbers. Many of those who attended have expressed their appreciation for and enjoyment of this program, and have inquired regarding the possibility of other programs of this kind for future dates. [Column 2] KING THANKS LABOR FOR FINAL VICTORY Thanks and appreciation "to the millions of people on the home front who supported us with their labors" was expressed by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. Kind, on the official announcement of the Japanese surrender. Fleet Admiral King's statement follows in part: "The day of final victory has at last arrived. Japan has surrendered. Her fleet, which once boasted that it would drive us from the seas, has been destroyed. The U. S. Naval Services played a major role in this mighty triumph; therefore, we observe this hour with a special pride and satisfaction in our achievement. Especially do we remember the debt we owe the thousands of our comrades of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard who are absent today because they gave their lives to re-establish a world in which free peoples might live. Our sypmathies go out to their relatives and friends. At the same time we extend thanks and appreciation to our companion services of the Army, and to the gallant Allies who fought beside us and to the millions of people on the home front who supported us with their labors and their prayers. It is as a team and we have worked and fought to the victorious conclusion of the war." ________________________________ [Heading spread across Columns 2-4] Army Divisions And Their Nicknames Are Presented for Identifcation[sic] Use The "Yanks" are Coming— Home — and every American should know what their colorful shoulder patches stand for. Following are the nicknames of combat divisions of the Army that may be of assistance in identifying these units as they arrive in this country. The list is not complete because some divisions have never adopted popular names and are known by their official designations. In other cases, one-time nicknames have lot their original meanings and are no longer used by the men of the outfits themselves. Many of the nicknames are the product of World War I. Others are derived from the hearldry of their colorful shoulder patches, and some, largely National Guard divisions, honor the states or aresa of their origin. Unique among the Ground Forces divisions is the Americal, the only one which bears no official number. The name often is mistaken for a typographical error and is thought to mean "American." But the final letter is "l," the name being a contraction of "American Forces in New Caledonia." The division won fame in the early days of the Southwest Pacific campaign. [Column 3] Local Officials Visit School At Detroit Company Messrs. Frank A. Cook, Industrial Relations Manager, J. H. Barnett, Superintendent of the Slater-Marietta Schools and C. C. Compton, Assistant to the Plant Manager, have recently returned to Slater after visiting the Vocational School of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan. While there, these gentlemen spent a few days in visiting the Vocational School operated by Mr. Ford, and also went thoroughly into the setup of the school. According to Mr. Cook, this school has been in operation since 1915, and thousands and thousands of young men in the industrial area of Detroit have availed themselves of the opportunity of attending. It requires four years to complete the course, and many of the graduates secure employment with the Ford Motor Company. However, it is not compulsory for graduates to join the Ford Motor Company as they are free to go anywhere upon graduation to seek employment. While in Detroit, these gentlemen visited Winsor, Canda, which is just across the United States - Canadian border. They report that it is (Con't. on page 2, col. 3) _____________________________ Infantry Division Nicknames: 1st—"The Red One" 2nd—"Indian Head" 3rd—"Marne" or "Rock of the Marne" 4th—"Ivy" 5th—"Red Diamond" 6th—"Sight Seein' Sixth" 7th—"Hourglass" 8th—"Pathfinder" 24th—"Victory" 25th—"Tropic Lightning" 26th—"Yankee" 27th—"New York" 28th—"Keystone" 29th—"Blue and Gray" 30th—"Old Hickory" 31st—"Dixie" 32nd—"Red Arrow" 33rd—"Illinois" or "Golden Cross" 35th—"Sante Fe" 36th—"Texas" 37th—"Buckeye" 38th—"Cyclone" 40th—"Sunshine" 41st—"Jungleers" 42nd—"Rainbow" 43rd—"Winged Victory" 45th—"Thunderbird" 63rd—"Blood and Fire" 66th—"Panther" 70th—"Trailblazer" 76th—"Liberty Bell" 77th—"Statue of Liberty" 78th—"Lightning" 79th—"Cross of Lorraine" 80th—"Blue Ridge" [Column 4] PACIFIC WARFARE USED RADIO SETS Because of the distance and kind of terrain involved in liberating islands and fighting over and through mountainous sections and jungles, the general lack of established wire communications, and roads, the war in the Pacific was predominately a radio war. Another communications weapon for U. S. Army ground troops, formerly sent in quantity to the Pacific was the Signal Corps Radio Set, SCR-619, designed for use of Field Artillery and in tank destroyer units. It is a voice communication set, frequency modulated and has a normal range of operations of about five miles over average terrain. Weighing about 50 pounds, the set may be carried by one man on foot or by pack animal, and with added accessories may be mounted in a vehicle. It operates in the very high frequency band on any one of the 120 crystal-controlled channels, with a choice of two preset channels instantly available. It is smaller and 5 to 40 pounds lighter in weight than the SCR-609 and 610 sets; it will replace and has simpler arrangement for changing the channels of operation. The set is powered by 6-volt or 12-volt batteries depending on whether it is operated by man, pack, or in a vehicle. _______________________________ 81st—"Wildcat" 83rd—"Ohio" 84th—"Railsplitter" 85th—"Custer" 86th—"Blackhawk" 87th—"Golden Acron" 88th—"Blue Devil" 89th—"Middlewest" 90th—"Texas-Oklahoma" or "Tough 'Ombres" 91st—"Powder River" 92nd—"Buffalo" 96th—"Deadeye" 98th—"Iroquois" 99th—"Checkerboard" 100th—"Century" 102nd—"Ozark" 103rd—"Cactus" 104th—"Timberwolf" 106th—"Golden Lion" Airborne Division Nicknames: 82nd Airborne Division — "All American" 101st Airborne Division — "Screaming Eagle" Armored Division Nicknames: 2nd Armored Div.—"Hell on Wheels" 3rd Armored Div.—"Spearhead" 4th Armoted Div.—"Breakthrough" 5th Armored Div.—"Victory" 8th Armored Div.—"Snow Horse" 10th Armored Div. "Tiger" 11th Armored Div. "Thunderbolt" 12th Armored Div.—"Hellcat" [Column 5] Good Attitude Is Essential On Job Your job is what you make it. It can be a constant drudgery, a distasteful task to be gotten out of the way in the shortest possible time, or a source of job and pride in personal achievement. It has been demonstrated that a round peg won't fit in a square hote which tends to prove that if a man's heart isn't in his work he's getting nowhere fast. The worker who has a deep interest in his job is, on the other hand, bound to be happy and of a healthy, stable disposition.