1945 -Watts

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