AMERICA AT WORK
GREAT INDUSTRIAL EFFORT HUGE WAR PRODUCTION A summary of the report of the United States Aeronautical Chamber <">!' Commerce shows that thn aviation industry of the United States during 1941 built more tham 1,.">00,000,000 dollars' worth of warplanes. engines and propellers. Pr o duction in 19 11 was near 1 y triple that of 1910. Appropriations totalling about 1:5.000,000,000 dollars have been approved to ensure a continuous flow of planes and ecjuii> ment. The report of William Withe row, president of the American National Association of Manufacturers, found that in certain essential war materials American industrial production in 1941 was as great or greater than the production of the Ax.i.s countries. The report referred specifically to machine tools, steel, petroleum products, electric power, automobiles and trucks, aeroplanes and aluminium.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 13, 6 February 1942, Page 3
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131AMERICA AT WORK Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 13, 6 February 1942, Page 3
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