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When Marjorie Arnold arrived in Fresno in the fall of 1943, the city was abuzz with, as she says, “war work.” Fresno, like other cities on the West Coast, had become an important World War II military supply center. Many buildings became assembly plants seemingly overnight, and an untapped labor force, women nicknamed “Rosie the Riveter,” joined in to help the war effort. This was the world that Arnold entered for a short, fulfilling time. “It was a good feeling; you couldn’t help but feel as if you were accomplishing something,” she says. The Fresno Ice Rink was billed as one of the largest and most modern ice skating pavilions on the West Coast when it opened on Feb. 5, 1942, just eight weeks after Pearl Harbor. The grand opening “Gala Ice Carnival” featured performances by 32 international stars in figure skating, speed skating, ice dancing, novelty and comedy acts. Video Player Mfc Application Free Download.

Costruzione Navle Pdf Files. But the Fresno Ice Rink’s vast interior (160 feet by 240 feet) caught the attention of more than just central San Joaquin Valley residents looking for recreation. On March 31, 1943, officials of the Vega Aircraft Corp. (a subsidiary of Lockheed) and Army Air Force officers flew a B-17 to Fresno and announced at a luncheon plans to convert the Fresno Ice Rink into a military subassembly plant where components for the B-17 bomber could be manufactured and then shipped to the main factory for final assembly. The Fresno Ice Rink opened on Feb. The building became a B-17 subassembly plant on April 19, 1943. A story the next day in The Bee quoted Maj. Howard Angus: “The Flying Fortress (B-17) is one of which we cannot get too many since it is highly effective and is needed on every front where the United States forces are engaged. Cnccom Fanuc Program Restart there.