[NJARC] Fwd: Put Your Thinking Caps On
John Ruccolo
jr6v6gt at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 28 23:14:49 EST 2009
Hi Ray and Joe and Jim and all,
Oh, and let's not forget Eastern Aircraft, a division of GM. They were in Trenton. My former neighbor's mother worked there during the war, building TBM Avenger torpedo bombers. This was the Grumman TBF, (TBM was the General Motors version) built in large quantities by GM when Grumman couldn't keep up with the demand fron the Navy.
Good thought regarding food -- I believe a company called Uddo and Taormina (spelling?) in Vineland -- a forerunner of Progresso Foods, I think -- produced K rations or C rations or whatever. I need to do some Googling as well.
Ray, a large console was used in "Radio Days." Not sure of the make, but nothing that jumped out at me. The really dumb thing, from a props standpoint, was that the dial light was *not* illuminated while the radio was "on."
But the WORST looking console of all time has to be that junker in "A Christmas Story." Mismatched knobs, missing call letter labels over the pushbuttons, and a stupid red light in place of the eye tube. Uggh!
Regards,
John
--- On Mon, 12/28/09, TrainBee at aol.com <TrainBee at aol.com> wrote:
> From: TrainBee at aol.com <TrainBee at aol.com>
> Subject: [NJARC] Fwd: Put Your Thinking Caps On
> To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 9:46 PM
> Just remember
> Reply = Poster
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> _________________________________________________________
>
> Ray,
>
> Some other items made by Lionel would be a
> nautical life saving device
> and I believe they also manufactured a ships
> compass. As I recall hearing
> some years ago, the now gone GM plant in Ewing made
> parts for the Brewster
> Bomber. The Trenton-Mercer Airport, across the
> street, was a Naval Air
> Station at the time.
>
> Let's not forget the railroads and their
> radio equipment that served
> the State and Nation at the time. PRR, Reading,
> Jersey Central,
> Erie-Lackawanna, and the Lehigh Valley were the larger
> ones with many smaller lines as
> well. The B&O had trackage rights through
> NJ via the Reading and Bound
> Brook line.
>
> On another thought, food was produced here
> as well. Campbells Soups
> in Camden comes to mind. Anyone else have any
> thoughts along this line?
>
> The NJ State Library would be a source to
> consult along with the NJ
> State Museum archives for more information.
>
> I hope this helps. Happy New Year to all.
> Joe Devonshire
>
>
>
>
> From: jr6v6gt at yahoo.com
> To: njarc at mailman.qth.net,
> raydio862 at verizon.net
> Sent: 12/28/2009 8:16:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
> Subj: Re: [NJARC] Put Your Thinking Caps On
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> _________________________________________________________
> Hi Ray,
>
> Regarding NJ companies:
>
> According to my Dad, many Vineland-area clothing
> factories made uniforms
> during the war. I'll have to see if I can get the
> names of some companies.
> Most were started (and staffed by) Italian
> immigrants. Torsini was one. I
> believe all those companies are defunct now.
>
> And don't forget Lionel (HQ was in NYC, but factory was
> in Irvington).
> They made code keys, relays, etc.
>
> Regarding movies:
>
> Woody Allen's "Radio Days" is a great flick in this
> regard.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
> --- On Mon, 12/28/09, Ray Chase <raydio862 at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Ray Chase <raydio862 at verizon.net>
> > Subject: [NJARC] Put Your Thinking Caps On
> > To: "NJARC" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 10:40 AM
> > Just remember
> > Reply = Poster
> > Reply All = Everyone
> >
> >
> _________________________________________________________
> > Hope that everyone had a pleasant holiday.
> Now some
> > thoughts for the new year.
> >
> > InfoAge is currently designated a WWII Living
> Memorial by
> > Monmouth County and the surrounding towns. We
> would
> > like to be the official WWII Living Memorial for
> the entire
> > state and recent discussions with the new
> governors staff
> > have been positive in that regard. The
> memorial should
> > not be just to the military personnel who
> participated but
> > also recognize the New Jersey industries that
> also made
> > great contributions. To add more weight to
> our quest
> > for this designation it would be nice to be able to
> list a
> > lot of the NJ industries who made those
> contributions.
> > I have a small list of radio manufacturers but
> we should
> > list ALL those who contributed to the war
> effort; but how to
> > do it? Fred Carl has been thumbing through
> magazines
> > of the period noting NJ companies who advertised
> their war
> > efforts. That's one way; perhaps there are
> others that
> > you can think of. In any event, how about
> sending me
> > names of companies that you are aware of, where
> they were
> > located and perhaps wh
> > at they did in very general terms. I'll
> sort out
> > duplications, don't forget institutions such as
> Bell Labs,
> > etc.
> >
> > While I might have your attention, here is another
> > interesting proposition. The NJ Historic
> Divers group
> > is thinking of having "Movie Nights" at InfoAge
> where they
> > will show feature films of sea disasters and so
> forth.
> > Well can we come up with feature, or not so
> feature, movies
> > that are radio related? The newly released
> story of
> > Orson Wells I understand would be a good one.
> Can you
> > think of others?
> > Cheers, Ray
> >
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