09/24/43      

• War Bond Drive
• Packard on paper, vacation policy
• Name the paper contest
• First company car purchased 1942 maroon buick station wagon  (see also SRS1P photos A-Z, Page Mill Rd., 375)

10/01/43      

• War Bond Rally
• Paper naming contest results
• Girl’s basketball
• Sales and field representatives
• Crossley

10/08/43  

• Achievement contest winners
• Growth and profit reinvestment, women workers
• Nancy Ann Packard birth
• John W. (Tinker) Bell
• David Woodley Packard 3rd birthday

10/15/43    

• Palo Alto, Stanford war chest incentive for attendance
• HP history
• Shift hours

10/22/43      

• Hewlett bio – on active duty
• Watts Current to appear every other week instead of weekly
• HP history (cont.)
• 325B, noise and distortion analyzer

10/28/43

• Army-Navy “E” AWARD
• Forrestal letter

11/06/43 

• Army-Navy award
• War chest drive

11/25/43   

• Army-Navy “E” Ceremony
• Thanksgiving message
• Packard and Shrock go to Washington
• Assembly line history at HP
• Saving tools

12/11/43  

• RMA color code
• Public address system
• Charles Watson on Alaska

12/30/43     

• Suggestion box ideas
• “A Boy Died Last Night”
• Bill Bigler on politics

02/12/44      

• Wage and salary policy
• Parking problems
• Reporting

02/26/44

• Women’s work ballot

03/04/44

• Safety. Industrial accident report

03/18/44

• Red Cross Drive, Lu Packard
• “E” Award service stars
• Hewlett letter
• Letter from New Guinea to Packard from employee Clarkson
• Picnic
• Postal rate change
• 325B noise and distortion analyzer

03/25/44

• Transportation Committee, Office of Price Administration
• Lu Packard
• Amateur radio club
• Paint department process

04/08/44

• Hewlett visit
• Paint department process
• War letters home, 1813 (War of 1812), 1944 (World War II)
• Social Security

04/15/44      

• Hewlett talk on HP equipment in South Pacific
• Parking at 395 Page Mill
• Fire control
• Chinese wedding by Kate Clements

04/22/44      

• Picnic Committee
• Hewlett talk at Achievement Dinner

04/20/44       

• Black market gasoline
• Packard elected to Palo Alto National Bank Board

05/06/44      

• Neatness and safety survey results

05/27/44      

• Captain Hewlett promoted to Major
• Proposed Japanese peace terms
• Ernie Shiller. Stanford Sheet Metal Works

06/03/44       

• Army-Navy “E” Award renewed

06/17/44     

•  Picnic plans
• New editorial staff

07/01/44      

• Picnic (PHOTO with “E” Award flag)

07/15/44      

• Finals in HP War Bond Drive
• Letter from New Guinea from employee Clarkson
• Harmony Plotters begins
• 205-AH

07/22/44      

• 401

07/29/44      

• Amateur Radio Club
• Harmony Plotter make Mr. and Mrs. Packard honorary members
• 300 A harmonic wave analyzer
• 505 A electronic frequency meter

08/05/44      

• 200 A review
• 08/12/44
• Transportation Committee meets.  Lu Packard photo.

09/02/44      

• WEMA show in Los Angeles feature HP equipment used in WW II
• Neely show
• Review of war years Christmas, 1941-43
• 2001, 200I
• Recorded music selection
• 200 series oscillators differences

09/09/44      

• Pin-up girl contest
• Production test class at Stanford.  War Training Course
• 205 A and AG

09/16/44      

• Packard reports on eastern trip.  War Production Board Industry Advisory Committee of the Test Equipment Industry.  Visit with Hewlett.  Delivers instrument to Naval Research Lab.

09/23/44      

• Old-Time Barn Dance
• Cigarette machine use              
• PHOTOS:  Newspaper staff picnic

09/30/44      

• Distortion
• David Woodley Packard story

10/07/44      

• PHOTOS:  Barn Dance Success

10/14/44      

• Packard comment on trip to Washington, New York, Chicago

10/21/44      

• War Chest Drive
• November ballot propositions

10/28/44      

• Forrestal, Navy salutes HP
• Restricted areas of plant

11/04/44      

• Packard looks at HP business

11/11/44      

• 200D
• HP to sponsor basketball team

11/18/44      

• HP begins 6th War Loan Drive
• Shareriders, carpool, courtesy rules
• Cigarette machine use
• Packard baby picture

11/25/44      

• Army-Navy “E” Award.  New flag with two stars

12/02/44      

• War Bond Drive

12/16/44      

• Plans for annual christmas party
• HP oscillators

12/23/44      

• Christmas message

12/30/44      

• Christmas party review.  Packard pep talk
• War Bond Drive summary
• Letter of thanks from Terman at Radio Research Lab

01/06/45

• Watts Current dinner

01/13/45

• Packard leads discussion on management. Stresses shared interests, common goals

01/20/45

• Basketball becomes a reality. Lu Packard thanked

01/27/45

• Extra work on navy contract

02/03/45

• Harmony Plotters

02/10/45

• Absenteeism

02/24/45

• Packard returns from east

03/03/45

• Eldred describes eastern trip to Washington;, New York, Radio Engineers’ Convention; Boston, Radio Research Lab at Harvard University; Wright Field in Dayton Ohio; Chicago
• Lu Packard edits new company booklet

03/17/45

• Vacation policy
• Photo-engraving

03/24/45

• Lu Packard requests living quarters for HP employees

03/31/45

• Elaine Cook

04/14/45

• Roosevelt dies
• Television ahead

04/28/45

• Cars
• Harmony Plotter history

05/05/45

• V.E. Day
• Lu Packard War Bond Drive Map
• “..Hot Time in the Old Town that Night” Harmony Plotter dance PHOTOS. David and Lu Packard

05/12/45

• Anti-Japanese cartoon cover
• HP wins 4th Army-Navy “E” Award 3 stars

06/02/45

• IRE meeting in Berkeley
• Willard Jones (1st black employee?)

06/16/45

• Packard speech to Rotary Club. Electronics in future

11/9/45

• U.S. Must Keep Lead in Science, 1.
• Patents Hold Up Radar Production, 1.
• Percentage of Disabled Higher in This War Than
• All Others Our Country Has Ever Engaged In, 1.
• Low Cost Homes, 1.
• FLASH! Bonus Hits 60%, 1.
• DeBall Session – War as Stimulus to Scientific
• Achievement Denied, 2.
• Cut Process Time From 2 1/2 Hours to 20 Seconds, 3.
• HP Safety Device in World Premiere, 3.
• The Whys and Wherefores of HP Instruments,
• Chapter I, The Audio Oscillator, 4.
• Series G War Bonds, 4.
• G-Eyeing It in North Africa, Walter Gustafson,
• Ex-Staff Sgt., U.S.A.A.F., Chapter II, 6.
• Recognition from University of California, 6.
• Airborne Speakers Broke News to Japs, 8.
• Manufacturers Favor Research Foundation, 9.
• Our Men in the Service, Ethel Sauermilch, 10.

12/45

• PHOTO: Hewlett Military assignment

01/06/45

• Watts Current dinner

01/13/45

• Packard leads discussion on management.  Stresses shared interests, common goals

01/20/45

• Basketball becomes a reality.  Lu Packard thanked

01/27/45

• Extra work on navy contract

02/03/45

• Harmony Plotters

02/10/45

• Absenteeism

02/24/45

• Packard returns from east

03/03/45

• Eldred describes eastern trip to Washington;, New York, Radio Engineers’ Convention; Boston, Radio Research Lab at Harvard University; Wright Field in Dayton Ohio; Chicago
• Lu Packard edits new company booklet

03/17/45

• Vacation policy
• Photo-engraving

03/24/45

• Lu Packard requests living quarters for HP employees

03/31/45

• Elaine Cook

04/14/45

• Roosevelt dies
• Television ahead

04/28/45

• Cars
• Harmony Plotter history

05/05/45

• V.E. Day
• Lu Packard War Bond Drive Map
• “..Hot Time in the Old Town that Night” Harmony Plotter dance PHOTOS.  David and Lu Packard

05/12/45

• Anti-Japanese cartoon cover
• HP wins 4th Army-Navy “E” Award 3 stars

06/02/45

• IRE meeting in Berkeley
• Willard Jones (1st black employee?)

06/16/45

• Packard speech to Rotary Club.  Electronics in future

11/9/45

• U.S. Must Keep Lead in Science, 1.
• Patents Hold Up Radar Production, 1.
• Percentage of Disabled Higher in This War Than
• All Others Our Country Has Ever Engaged In, 1.
• Low Cost Homes, 1.
• FLASH! Bonus Hits 60%, 1.
• DeBall Session – War as Stimulus to Scientific
• Achievement Denied, 2.
• Cut Process Time From 2 1/2 Hours to 20 Seconds, 3.
• HP Safety Device in World Premiere, 3.
• The Whys and Wherefores of HP Instruments,
• Chapter I, The Audio Oscillator, 4.
• Series G War Bonds, 4.
• G-Eyeing It in North Africa, Walter Gustafson,
• Ex-Staff Sgt., U.S.A.A.F., Chapter II, 6.
• Recognition from University of California, 6.
• Airborne Speakers Broke News to Japs, 8.
• Manufacturers Favor Research Foundation, 9
• Our Men in the Service, Ethel Sauermilch, 10.

12/45

• PHOTO:  Hewlett Military assignment

01/10/47         

• New Year Finds Many Department Location Changes, 3.
• Carry-Forwards for Taxpayers, 4.
• Art Fong hired

01/17/47       

• Another Great -hp- Instrument — New -hp- Model 610A UHF Signal Generator, 3.
• New Instrument Being Shipped This Week (202B oscillator), 3.
• Watt’s Current Now A Monthly, 3.
• -hp- Personality of the Week, 4.
• Bill Mullen, head of the -hp- Pint Shop

01/24/47         

• Need for Flexible Walls Urgent at -hp-, 3.
• -hp- Personality of the Week, 4.
• Brunton Bauer, Chief Development Engineer

01/31/47

• COVER PHOTO:  the Garage on Addison Avenue
• Bill Warren Hold -hp- Seminar on Original Research of Intermodulation—Electronics Industry Intrigued, Frank Burkhard, 3.
• -hp- Personality of the Week, 4.
• Harvey Zieber, only remaining employee of the original group

02/21/47

• FIRST ISSUE OF WATT’S CURRENT AS A MONTHLY PUBLICATION (PREVIOUSLY WEEKLY).
• Packard and Eldred to Attend N.Y. IRE Show, 1.
• 616A Going to the Show!, 3.

03/21/47

• Packard-Eldred Due Home Monday — Eastern Business Trip Nears Completion, 1.

04/25/47 

• Packard-Eldred Eastern Trip Results Highly Significant–Dave States -hp-‘s Future Appears Very Promising, Dave Packard, 1.
• I.R.E. Hears Talk on Radio Aids to Blind Flying (Aviation) at March Meet, Howard Zeidler, 3.

05/16/47

• Bill Hewlett Elected to Board of Works, 1.
• Bill and Dave Announce New Pay Policy, 1.
• Hewlett-Packard Equipment at War, PHOTOS, Art Fong, 3.

06/20/47  

• G.E. Exhibits Modern X-Ray at IRE Meeting, Art Fong, 1.

07/18/47

•  H-P Installs Hot-Cold Test Box (Air Conditioning for the Lab?), Art Fong, 1.
• Editorially Speaking, William Bigler (Watt’s Current editor), 2.
• regarding racial discrimination in the Peninsula area
• The Latest Addition to H-P’s Electronic Family (650A Resistance-Tuned Oscillator), 3.

09/12/47

• Hewlett-Packard Company Becomes Closed Corporation — Reasons and Effects of Change Set Forth by Hewlett, 1.
• Electronics Convention and Trade Show in S.F., 1.
• H-P Expands — Construction Slated to Begin Next Month, 3.

10/17/47

• Hewlett-Packard Co. Well Represented at I.R.E.–WCEMA Affair, 1.
• H-P Goes Over Top in Youth Fund Drive ($590.00), 1.
• H-P Company Becomes Factor in Frequency Modulation broadcast (New Model 335-B), 3.

11/14/47

•  Packard Returns From Eastern Trip — Hewlett Goes on to Washington, D.C., 1.
• H-P’s Boris “Bob” Doudoroff, Former Read Admiral in Russian Navy, PHOTO, 4.

12/19/47

• A Xmas Message from Dave and Bill, 1.
• Kingman’s Latest — Resistor Card Fabricator, 1.

01/16/48

• Building Completion Expected in March, 1.
• Bonus Up — But Caution Ahead (Hard to Hold High Level for Next Month or Two–However, Future Work Keynotes Even Higher Records for ’48), 1.
• Hewlett-Packard Looks at the Outside World (’48–The Year of Decision- Marshall Plan), R. Ecman Jones, 4.

02/13/48

• Jerre Noe Deliver Paper Before I.R.E. — Subject: “0-200 Megacycle Amplifier”, 1.
• Engineering Groups Addressed by Eldred (-HP- Sales Representatives Contacted), 1.
• Brief History of the Hewlett-Packard Co. — From One Car Garage to 35,000 Square Feet in Nine Years, R. Ecman Jones, 3.
• HISTORICAL PHOTOS:
• H-P Won Its First “E” (“E” for Export Flag) in November of 1943, 2.
• the garage at 367 Addison Avenue, 3.
• first building after Addison garage, 3.
• building on corner of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road, 3.
• 03/19/48 New -hp- Catalog (Latest “Cat” Revised and Re-edited), 1.
• New Plant Ready By May 1st, Expectancy — Scientific Color Schemes Within, 1.
• H-P Instruments on Display at Show — I.R.E. National Convention Next Week–Packard-Hewlett-Eldred Attending, 1.

04/23/48

• Income Tax Slash!, Frank Cavier, 1.
• H-P Instruments Are Well Represented at New York I.R.E. Show, 1.
• Hewlett Texas Visit — Prospects Good in Geo-Physical Market for -hp- Products, 1.
• Hewlett-Packard Doppler Radar, Howard Zeidler, 3.
• Building to be Ready by Middle of May, interior PHOTO, 4.

05/14/48

• Packard to Speak Before N.A.B. (National Association of Broadcasters) at L.A., 1.
• New Bldg. Completed — Best in Area for Light Manufacturing (message from Dave and Bill), 1.
• H-P Exhibit Booth at New York I.R.E. Show, 3.

06/18/48

• Plant Opening Was Gala Occasion, 1.
• New Building Occupied — Machine Shop Will be Last Department Moved, 1.
• Packard-Eldred Invade Southland (N.A.B. Conference), 1.
• Policy of H-P as Seen in Attenuator Department R. Eckman Jones (FIRST IN SERIES), 4.

07/09/48

• Hewlett-Packard Policy as Seen in Machine Shop R. Ecman Jones(SECOND IN SERIES), 3.
• 08/13/48 Front Office Undergoes Change (While Packard and Hewlett Are Away), 1.
• 09/24/48 Hewlett Vice-Chairman of I.R.E., 1.
• Bill Hewlett Ill — Stricken Suddenly (blurb), 1.
• H-P Expansion Changes Crystalize (Lab Section Last to be Moved), 3.

10-11/48

• H-P Executives Attend Mid-west Confab, 1.
• New H-P Pension Plan Now in Operation (38 Hew-Packers Affected), 1.
• H-P Policy in the Assembly and Wiring Line (THIRD IN SERIES), R. Ecman Jones, 4.

12/48

• MISSING

01/49

• A Message from Dave and Bill, 1.
• ’48 in review
• looking ahead to ’49
• Hewlett Texas Trip, 1.

02/49

• Earl Traxler Dies (HP Traffic Manager), 1.
• Packard, Hewlett, Eldred to Attend IRE Convention, 1.

03/49

• Report on Eastern Trip (The General Business Outlook Very Favorable for Us), Dave Packard, 1.
• Packard, Hewlett, Eldred Return From I.R.E. Show, 1.
• Hewlett-Packard Policy and its Relations to Production Test (FOURTH IN SERIES), R. Ecman Jones, 4.

04/49

• Dr. Field IRE Speaker (H-P Engineers in Attendance), 1.

05/49

• Another H-P Manual (This One for Use by Sales Representatives), 1.
• Hewlett-Packard Releases Manual for Broadcast Station Measurement — Ties -hp- Products in With Recent F.C.C. Ruling, 1.
• The New 614A UHF Signal Generator, 2.
• H-P Sales Family Growing, 4.
• Arthur Lynch and Associates of Fort Myers, Florida
• Cy Sterling, Michigan
• Norman B. Neely Enterprises
• Ronald B. Bowen of Denver, Colorado
• Interracial Housing Project Begun in Palo Alto, Stan Selby, 6.

07/49

New H-P Instruments (460A Wide Band Amplifier), 1.

08/49

• H-P Will Exhibit in San Francisco Show, 1.
• Sales-Service Seminar (first technical seminar held in history of HP), 1.
• New H-P Venture — Monthly Technical H-P Journal in Offing, 1.
• H-P Policy as it Affects Purchasing, Stock and Shipping Dept. (FIFTH IN SERIES), Bob Jones, 4.

09/49

• Sales-Service Seminar to be Yearly Event, 1.
• H-P Representation at N.E.C. (National Electronic Conference) in Chicago, 1.
• H-P Journal Issued, Jack Olney, 1.
• PHOTO: First issue of H-P Journal

10/49

• Tenth Anniversary Dance Sponsored By Harmony Plotters, November 18th, Jack Olney, 1.
• Youth Fund Drive Nets Nice Sum at H-P — Grand Total of $704.75, 1.

11/18/49

• TENTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE: 1939-1949
• Ten Years of Progress by Hewlett-Packard Company, cover story, PHOTOS.
• H-P Offers Employees Vacation Program, Bonus System, Insurance and Retirement Pension Plan, 11.
• Attenuation Through the Years, Myrtle McClintock, 12.
• History of the Shipping Department, Bob Jones, 12.
• Echoes — About the First Machine Shop Days, John Terry, 13.
• The Growth of the Test Department, Bob Jones, 14.
• Machine Shop Memories, Olive Dolan, 15.
• PHOTO: H-P’s 20,000th 200 series Oscillator

12/49

• MISSING

01/20/50

• The Year Ahead — Could Be a Good One, 1.
• 10th Anniversary Party Well Handled; Schrock’s Plotters Given Credit, Bob Jones, 1.
• PHOTOS: Tenth Anniversary Party and H-P’s Christmas Party, 4-5

04/50

• Report on New York Radio Engineering Show, Dave Packard, 1.
• H-P’s Four “Hot” New Instruments — 803A, 417A, 212A and 608A, 3.

07/50

• Aug. 20-25 For Sales Service Seminar Here, 1.
• H-P Exhibiting at N.E.C. Meet–Chicago, 1.
• Hewlett-Packard Business is Good, 1.

11/50

• New H-P Instruments — 618A and 524A, 3.

01/51

• Hewlett-Packard Company Expands (Production Must Double), David Packard, 1.
• H-P Now Producing Waveguide Products — Will Add 100 New Items to -hp- Line, 1.

03/51

• Packard–Advisory Committee Member on Test Equipment, 1.
• Hew-Pack on Exhibit — New Instruments to be Shown, 1.

04/51

• The New York I.R.E. Show, Dave Packard, 1.
• Machine Shop Goes Electronic (addition of Westinghouse Industrial Radio Frequency Generator for Induction Heating), 3.

05/51

• Our New Plant Addition, Bob Jones, from interview with Noel Porter, Production Manager, 1.
• Shipping Department Records Growth, Jeanne Jarrett, 6.

06/51

• First Aiders Meet — Program Well Underway, Dick Stone, 1.
• Neely Knocks ‘Em — H-P Shows New Merchandise, Stan Selby, 3.

07/51

• H-P’s Colorful Past, Bob Jones, 1.
• 623A Microwave Test Set, 1.
• Sales-Service Seminar, July 6 to 9 — Annual Procedure Will Orientate 36 Salesman, 1.

08/51

• Sales Seminar Well Attended, 1.
• Protection of Plant — Air Raids a Possibility, 3.
• Telephone in Truck Speeds H-P Deliveries, PHOTOS, 7.

09/51

• H-P First Aiders Receive “Diplomas”, Dick Stone, 1.
• 202A Red Hot — Interest Mounts, 1.
• H-P Pension Plan — Here’s How It Works, Dick Stone, 4.
• Hewlett-Packard on Display (Over 5,000 visitors viewed the Hewlett-Packard exhibit at the recent San Francisco show), 6.

10/51

• H-P Drive Nets $2,000 For Community Chest, Frank Cavier, 1.
• Inside Story of Your H-P Insurance Program, Dick Stone, 3.
• A Typical H-P Tour (Part I), Stan Selby, 7.
• plant, library, laboratory, production, offices, tool design, kardex, dark room, welding, paint,

11/51

• H-P Blood Bank Is Reactivated (In Cooperation with Elks Club), Frank Cavier, 2.
• An Open Letter to Joe Stalin, Dick Stone, 4.
• A Typical H-P Tour (Part II), Stan Selby, 6. quonset, hot box, shake testing, plastic moulding; model shop; punch; machine shop; HP Journal; pre- fabrication; tuning; engraving; stock room; production line; repair; packaging; test; shipping.

12/51

• Our Christmas Message, Bill and Dave, 1.
• “Y” Leaders Needed — Local Organization Asks -hp- Help, 1.
• H-P Incentive Bonus System — How It Works!, Dick Stone, 3.

01/52

• H-P Christmas Party Marks Beginning of New Tradition — Bill and Dave Instigate Scholarship With Fund Given As Christmas Gift, Bob Jones, 1.
• The H-P Employees’ Scholarship Fund (Mechanics of Plan Explained), Bob Jones, 1.
• What Happened at H-P During 1951? (Highlights of the Year), 3.
• Santa’s Workshop — H-P Branch (toys for needy children), Bob Jones, 4.

02/52

• I.R.E.–N.Y. Show, 1.
• H-P Goes “Legit” — Throws Out Slot Machine (H-P’s involvement in program for rehabilitation of handicapped people), 1.
• Fire Control Comment — Use Good Common Sense, Cal Larsen, 2.

03/52

• Hewlett-Packard Company Acquires Additional Land (Acreage Annexation — Two and One-Half Acres Involved), PHOTO, 1.
• Red Cross Drive Tops — Highest in -hp- History, 1.
• Editorially Speaking, Bill Bigler (Watt’s Current editor), 2.
• Have You Given Any Blood Lately?
• Civil Defense Comment — Learn What to Do and What NOT to Do, Cal Larsen, 2.

04/52

• Packard Report on Eastern Trip — Dave Tells of Excellent Nation-wide -hp- Acceptance, 1.
• H-P Wins Again! — This Time Advertisement Survey Award, 1.
• Hewlett Development Demonstrated at Show (New Waveguide Directional Coupler), 1 — PHOTO, 9.

05/52

• Scholarship Fund Trustees Meet, 1.
• H-P Movie Program — A Chance to Learn, Stan Selby, 2.
• FIRST APPEARANCE OF WATT’S CURRENT REGULAR FEATURE “H-P FIVE YEARS AGO”, “…EIGHT YEARS AGO”, 3.

06/52

• FIRST APPEARANCE OF “FROM OUR PRESIDENT’S DESK”, 1.
• levelling off in defense program
• looking ahead–increasing research and development activities
• H-P Group Insurance Pays $33,828.00 in Year, 9.
• H-P Polio Insurance — Are You and Your Family Protected?, 10.

07/52

• H-P Picnic issue

08/52

• Scholarship Winner Baender Visits H-P (winner of first -hp- Employees’ Scholarship Award), 1.
• Fire Demonstration Planned, Cal Larsen, 2.
• H-P 712A’s Coming Off Wilson Engineering Assembly Line, 5.

09/52

• Fire Brigade Meeting, 1.
• New Safety Committee, Cal Larsen, 1.

10/52

• New Industrial Safety Council, Cal Larsen, 1.
• H-P Blood Bank Drive Re-Activated, Frank Cavier, 1.
• H-P Contributes $2300 to Community Chest, Frank Cavier, 1.

11/52

• Pension Eligibility Shortened to Four Years, Frank Cavier, 1.
• New Buyers’ Group Instigated by Bob Sundberg, Jeanne Jarrett, 8.

12/52

• Our Christmas Message, Dave and Bill, 1.
• looking back and looking ahead