VRCHOSLAV CAPTAIN JAROS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 26, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELUGaNCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUSJICT ?rohoeulai .Captain: JaJ os
Screw Works in Krupka
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DATE DISTR.
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REFERENCES
26 April 1955
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS WORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The Nrohoslaw..Captain`Jaros Screw Works (Vrohoslaveka eroubarna kpt. Jarose),
National Enterprise, was formerly known as the Gerhart & Rahm plant. It is
located on the southwest edge of the town of Krupka (N50-41, E13-52) about 150
meters northwest of the Krupka (formerly Vrchoelav) railroad station. The factory
enclosure is 130 x 70 meters in size. There are fields and meadows on the northwest
and southwest sides of the enclosure. The, southeast side adjoins the railroad
station, and the northeast side adjoins dwelling houses in Krupka. The approach
and main entrance to the factory are on the northwest. On the northwest, south-
west, and northeast sides the area is surrounded by a fence 150 centimeters high,
with 50 centimeters of barbed wire on top. On the southeast side, toward the
railroad station, the site is open and unfenced.
2. The factory makes screws and nuts of all kinds and large rivets, probably for
iron constructions. The plant fulfills., its production plan 100 percent. It uses
an avjsrage of about 10 truckloads of'materials per month. Most of the plant output
is said to go to the USSR. It is also said that a certain part of the production
goes to the Avis plant in Prague-Letnany. Most of the finished products are taken
away by rail. On as average, one truckload of scrap is removed peg week.
3. For electricity, 10,000-volt current.;.is supplied by the Trmice power station over
long-distance cable. Officially .Permitted consumption is 600,000 kw per month,
but in fact the consumption averages 750,000 kw.
4. There are about 400 employees, of whom about half are women. There are no brigade
workers or prisoners. During the summer holidays 1.0 or 12 students work in the
factory. Workers' performance is fairly good, because the low wages force them
to keep up a high output. About one third of the workers have their meals in the
works canteen, where the food is quite good. The factory provides apartments for
aboi;it 100 workers. The others live in the town or in the neighborhood. %o pa=ger
rooetv*s 3,000 crowns net monthly. Fbrema got 1,000 1,200 crowns net per month (sic).
A worker minding 10 automatic lathes receives an average of 1,800 crowns not per
month. Married maintenance workers get 1,200 crowns net per month. An electrician,
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single, working up to 45 hours overtime a month, gets 1,400 crowns. Men and
women workers in the finishing shop get about 900 crowns net. They are mostly
young people. Women who inspect the products get 800 crowns net per month. Ss^si-
skilled men earn 1,000 crowns per month.
5. About half the machinery is of Czech manufacture, the remainder is German, Swiss,
and Swedish. It is generally kept in good condition. All machines are driven by
electricity, and each one has its own motor. They consist of the followings
In the three automatic-lathe shops: 105 automatic lathes.
In the tool shop: 4 Czech capstan lathes.
3 milling machines.
1 planing machine.
3 small horizontal lathes.
4 drilling machines.
3 grinding machines.
In the capstan lathe workshops 5 large lathes, center 5,500 mm.
4 lathes, center 2,000 mm.
1 grinding machine.
In the finishing shop: 3 circular centerless grinders for preparing
rods for threading.
6 small lathes for making screw heads for finishing fine
threads.
4 screw cutting machines.
10 automatic vertical thread-cutters for nuts.
7 small- and medium-sized milling machines.
2 large drills.
3 small drills.
In the pressing shops 3 eccentric presses.
1 friction press.
In the small workshop, adjoining the finishing shops
2 small lathes.
1 drill.
6. There are 10 members of the works militia in the works, two on guard duty during
the day and four during the night. During the day, the guards rarely patrol the
factory, but at night, two guards patrol the entire area constantly, especially
the southeast part near the station. The guards are armed with pistols and they
have one dog, an Alsatian crossbreed.
7. The cadre manager is Vsclav Kris
The chief mechanic and controller of the power supply is Josef Riho
Tnere are no Russians at the plant.
8. Meetings of political instruction for all personnel are held once a month. There
is regular instruction for members of the Communist Party once a week.
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Legend to Annex B
1. Entrance with a clock for clocking in.
2. Gatekeeper's office with clock for clocking in, a single-story masonry building.
There are never less than two gatekeepers on duty here.
3. Cloakroom and washrooms a wooden, single-story building. The north part is for
men and the south part for women.
4. Automatic?iathe shop: about 30 automatic lathes for making screws and nuts. This
is Workshop No. 27.
5. Corridor connecting the two automatic-Olathe shops.
6. Transformer for 250 kw, in the corridor.
7. Automatic lathes shops for production of fine screws and nuts; contains 35 machines.
OR the second floor of the building are offices of the technical administration.
The building Is mmoonry, two stories high.
8, First-aid post, a masonry, two-story building.
9, Dining room, wooden two-story.
10, Kitchen adjoinllt the dining room, also wooden, single-story.
11. Electricity switching station, in single-story masonry building, with a l0,000-
volt intalce, v61 iLt d s , several transformer a. Tlser? is a small
12. Carpenter shops a wooden, single-story building.
13. Fire-fighting apparatus, in a small single-story masonry building.
14. Vacant building, single-story, masonry.
15. Cleaning shop for removing grease from screws with acids, located in the eastern
part of the unused building.
16. New building, masonry, two-storied, not yet finished; there is to be an air-raid
shelter below it, The walls are to be about one meter thick. It was planned to
move the kitchen, dining room, cloakrooms, and washrooms into this building, but
whether or not this has been done is not known.
17. Boiler house, built in 1952. Reinforced concrete, about 12 meters high. Two new
boilers, mhos unknown, about 150 centimeters long and 7 meters, high, used only for
central heating.
17a. Unloading platform with a reinforced-concrete roof, under which runs a mobile crane
for unloading coal,
17b. Railroad track to the platform.
18. New eloctrioityr+witohing station, almost ready, divided into cells. The switching
station at Point No. 11 is to be transferred here.
19. Store for all materials used in production.
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20. Tool :hope, next to the materials store. Czech capstan lathes, three milling
machines, one planing machine, four drills, three grinders for cutters, three
small horizontal lathes.
21. Tempering shop adjoining the tool shops. Points No. 20, 18, 19, and 21 are in
one building, about eight meters high at the highest, i.e., at the new switching
station. At the tempering shop, the building is about five meters high. Under the
tool and tempering shops, there is a store for oil and gasoline.
22. Store for tools and additional materials, such as electric wires, bulbs, etc.,
single-story, masonry building.
23. Automatic-Lathe shop (Workshop No. 23) for large nuts and screws; contains about
40 lathes; a masonry, single-story building.
24. Offices of the Works Council, personnel department, cadre official, telegraph)
and telephone switchboard, safe, and room for the Works Militia. A two-story,
masonry building.
25. Ancillary workshops: fitters, maintenance and repair men, welders, and smiths, in
three workshops in a single-story,masonry building.
25a. Electricians'shop in the building at Point No. 25.
25b. Corridor in the building at Point No. 25.
26. Store for finished products in a single-story, masonry building.
27. Pramen food stores in a small annex to Workshop No. 22 (Point No. 28).
28. Capstan lathes shop (Workshop No. 22); five large lathes, with 5,500-mm. centers,
and four smaller lathes, centers 2,000 mm.; also one grinder. A masonry, single-
stcry building.
29. Store of semifinished products, adjoining Workshop No. 22. Masonry, single-story.
30. Finishing shop containing three circular, centerless grinders, which prepare
screws for thread cutting, four threadcutters for screws; six small lathes for
making the heads of screws, or for fine finishing of threads; two large and three
small drills; 10 automatic , vertical threadoutters for nuts; seven small- and
medium-sized milling machines. This workshop is next to the store (Point No. 29),
in a single-story, masonry building.
31. Transformer for 350 kw.
32. Pressing shop producing page for pianos. It contains four presses: three eccentric
and one friction.
33. Small workshop for repairs of the finishing shop, two small lathes and one drill.
33a. Grinding shop for all the tools of the plant.
34. Garage for one passenger car and one truck. There is also a small vehicle-repair
shop in the garage.
35. Material purchasing office in a wooden single-story building.
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36. Railroad station.
37. Road leading to Krupka.
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