| Title |
Dorothy J. Beutler, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 26, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 198 |
| Alternative Title |
Dorothy J. Beutler, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Beutler, Dorothy J., 1924-2012 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-03-26 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Beutler, Dorothy J., 1924-2012--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States |
| Keywords |
Radio tube plant |
| Description |
Transcript (30 pages) of interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Dorothy J. Beutler, on March 26, 2001. This is tape number 198 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Dorothy Beutler (b. 1924) reminisces about life in Utah during World War II, including work as a radio tube inspector. 30 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
30 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s69s3q8n |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Women in war; War work |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020386 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69s3q8n |
| Title |
Page 21 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020373 |
| OCR Text |
Show DOROTHY J. BEUTLER MARCH 26, 2001 BBL: So In order to buy sugar or whatever commodity you were trying to get, you had to have a certain number of tickets to get it. So you worked at Hotel Utah for a time, you don't retneinber exactly how long, and then where did you go from Hotel Utah. DOR: July 1943 I went to work at the radio tube plant. I was an Inspector of radio tubes and I was there until I think at least March of 1944 Soineplace I got a little book here and that's what I have recorded. Here's a picture. BBL: I'tn looking at a photograph and It says, "Inspection B Shift." DOR: And here's my record of earnings and deductions and It goes over a few Inore pages for the next year, In '43 and '44, I thullc Son1eplace here there's a picture of n1e with that badge on, the Eitel-McCullough- BBL: DOR: BBL: DOR: BBL: DOR: This was Eimac? Eitel-McCullough. And they n1ade radios? Radio tubes. And you Inspected them? We were an Inspection plant. I ren1en1ber It was very good treatn1ent. You had good pay This tells you how n1any hours I worked and overtune. BBL: Regular was eighty-eight hours, seven and one-half hours of overtime and you earned $51 61 You had a little tax taken out, you bought a savings bond and your net pay was $44 53 So you hked working there? DOR: The conditions were excellent except for shift work, you know, two weeks of days, two weeks of nights, two weeks of afternoons. Afternoon we were cut off 18 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69s3q8n/1020373 |
