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READER COMMENTS ... 4
HIGH LIGHTING THIS ISSUE... 11
NEWS Scrap Embargo Unlikely To Disturb Domestic Market... 13
U. S. Lends $20,000,000 for New Brazilian Steel M ill... 14
Banks Ready T o Loan Billions for Defense at Low Interest... 14
Metals Reserve Corp. T o Buy Chinese Tungsten ... 15
Nonferrous Markets Brisk, Government Threatens Control... 16
Government Contract Awards for Week ...17-18 Britain’s Purchases Raise August Machine Tool Exports to New High. . 20
Steelworks Operations for Week ... 21
Ryerson Says Defense Program Takes 12.8 Per Cent of Steel Output. . 22
Research Under Way on Hot Metal Desulphurization by Alkali... 32
Men of Industry ... 33
W INDOW S OF W A SH IN G TO N ... 24
MIRRORS OF MOTORDOM ... 29
EDITORIAL— Willkic Cannot Win A lone... 34
TH E BUSINESS T R E N D ... 35
TECHNICAL Testing Found Important in Redesign— By N. B. Maclaren & L. R. Mayo 38 Many New Standards Approved by Society for Testing Materials 65 Progress in Steel making Age Hardening of Cold Reduced Strip, Part I— By Paul J. M cK im m .. . 44
Rolling Mill Equipment Reclaimed by Welding— By D. B. Rice... 57
Between Heats with Shorty ... 5$
Heat Treating Lithium Atmospheres ... Materials Handling Convenient Hoist Arrangement ... Handling Waste Material Effectively ... Machine Transfer Method— By A. L. Wilkinson ... joining and Welding Forge Welding Heavy Sections ... 64
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT ... 67
MARKET REPORTS A N D PRICES 69 BEHIND TH E S C E N E S ... 82
CONSTRUCTION A N D ENTERPRISE ... 87
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H I G H L I G H T I N G
THIS ISSUE
H A W A R D S in connection with the armament program continue to grow with each passing week (p. 17) and affect m any diversified in
dustries directly and indirectly. In addition, demand is increasing from other sources such as (p. 69) the automobile industry, the rail
roads, the construction field and from m iscel
laneous consumers. A s a result the order back
logs o f steel mills tend to becom e larger, with deliveries on certain products a little further in the future. A t least some o f the current buy
ing is anticipatory due to fears o f a steel short
age. Producers, on the other hand, believe pres
ent capacity is substantially adequate. . . Steel output last week (p. 21) continued unchanged at 93 per cent o f ingot capacity.
The steel industry is expanding here and there is an effort to eliminate bottlenecks. R e
public Steel Corp. announces (p. 30) a rather broad im provement program , c . . . Edward L. R yerson Jr.
‘ CrClP estimates (p. 22) that the
Embargoed
defense program w ill call fo r about 5,000,000 tons o f steel in 1942 and that not more than 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 tons will be needed in the peak year o f the program . . . Long-aw aited scrap em bargo was announced last week (p. 13) by the President. Beginning Oct. 16 licenses m ay be obtained fo r exports only to W estern Hem isphere countries and to Great Britain. . . A new
“ upgrading plan” is expected (p. 24) to aug
ment the supply o f skilled w orkers needed for the armament program .
Jesse H. Jones (p. 26) will try to make the department o f com m erce represent business and industry as the department o f agriculture rep
resents farm ers and the de
partment o f labor represents labor. . . Defense plant con-
Increase
struction is to be speeded (p.14) b y “ bankable” govern
ment contracts. . . Galvanized roofing and sid
ing m ay be used (p. 17) in construction o f arm y
Costs M ay
cantonments. . . H igher production costs, due to more overtim e work, are in sight (p. 23) as a result o f the incidence o f m ilitary conscrip
tion and the reduction o f the work-week ceil
ing to 40 hours. . . The E xport-Im port bank will make a loan o f $20,000,000 to Brazil (p.
14) fo r establishment o f a steel plant in that country.
N. B. MacLaren and L. R. M ayo (p. 38) de
scribe a procedure by which end-m illing cutters were redesigned so as to rem ove stock in larger amounts, with less power con
sumption and with longer cut
ting life. It involved chang-
Mill Parts
ing one fa ctor at a time and thoroughly testing before taking the next step. The technique is widely ap
plicable. . . . A New Jersey iron and steel w are
house (p. 42) em ploys an unusual overhead rail and hoist arrangement fo r handling steel tube and bar stock. . . . A new method for heating steel and nonferrous metals (p. 52) is based on the use o f lithium as a neutralizing medium fo r furnace atmospheres. . . . A welding engineer (p. 57) discusses repair and reclam ation o f roll
ing mill parts.
Repairing
A ge-hardening o f cold reduced strip fo r some years has been am ong the m ost interesting problems confronting m etallurgists in the steel producing and consum ing in- . . . . a dustries. Paul J. McKimm
VOi IMj, ^ ^ after extended study
Hardening
o f the practical aspects o f this phenomenon, tells a b o u t trouble that results from skin passing sheets while they still are hot. W ith proper processing methods, he holds, age-hardening m ay be avoided. . . . A new type o f equipment (p. 60) makes it easy to lift and move bulky machines and machine tools. . . . H eavy sections m ay be joined by “ forge w elding” (p. 64) in the same manner as sheets are joined by spot welding. . . . Available is a new m ethod (p. 63) fo r clean
ing brass before plating.
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Ryerson Night Loading
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T ’ S al ter hours, at any o f the ton R yerson steel plants, almost any night o f the year!The Ryerson night shift is putting the finishing touches on today's orders; loading out the fleet o f big, red Ryerson trucks for tom orrow ’ s deliveries.
Immediate Steel is a R yerson tradition. The entire Ryerson organization is geared up to handle quickly the steel requirements, simple or involved, o f thousands o f customers the country over. Special telephone order desks, hourly mail pick-ups at the post office, telegraph and teletype lines right in to our offices— all help to speed delivery, even before the order reaches us.
N igh t loading to “ clear the decks” for tom orrow ’ s new crop o f orders is the regu lar'cou rse o f business. E v e n order is R U S H at R yerson— m ost are shipped the da\
received.
R yerson Steel Service is fast a n d 's u r e ; R ycrsor Certified qua lity is you r assurance o f uniform ity ant exactness. M ak e the R yerson Stock List your unfailin' source for all steel requirements. If you h aven ’ t tin latest S tock List, we’ ll send one gladly.
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S c ra p E m b a r g o U n lik e ly T o D istu rb D om estic M a rk e t
G overnm ent Threatens Price Control Over Nonferrous Metals.
E xport-Im port Bank Lends Brasil $20,000,000 fo r New Mill.
A rm y, Navy Awards Reflect Speedup in Defense Program.
U nited States Will Purchase Tungsten f r o m China.
tD EMBARGO on iron and steel scrap exports to other than Western Hemisphere countries and Great Britain is unlikely to be reflected in easing prices before Oct. 16 when the restriction goes into effect, ac
cording to scrap authorities. Some dealers predict a t e m p o r a r y strengthening, during the next two weeks, due to a rush to move ton
nage beford the deadline. A fter that, they say, price trends will de
pend on the ability o f expanding na
tional defense and general industrial activity to absorb tonnage which has been going abroad.
The administration’s action in em
bargoing scrap exports caused little surprise among iron, steel and scrap men. It obviously has both economic and political causes and implications.
Closer control o f foreign ship
ments had been urged by steel pro
ducers for the past several years, on the ground the metal was needed in this country.
Cessation o f shipments to Japan, the leading buyer affected by the embargo, had been demanded by groups opposed to Japan’s expan
sion and military policies.
Decision to put the embargo into effect was reached after consulta
tion with the industrial materials division and the price stabilization division of the national defense ad
visory commission, the White House said. Text o f the administration’s announcement:
“ The President has approved the early establishment of additional controls o f the exportation o f iron and steel scrap with a view to con
serving the available supply to meet
the rapidly expanding requirements of the defense program in this country.
“ Effective Oct. 15, 1940, all out
standing balances o f licenses which have been granted pursuant to the existing regulations of July 26, 1940, fo r the exportation o f No. 1 heavy melting steel scrap will be revoked.
On Oct. 16,1940, the exportation of all grades of iron and steel scrap will be placed under the licensing system.
“ Under the new regulations which will be made effective on Oct. 16, 1940, licenses will be issued to per
mit shipments to the countries of the Western Hemisphere and Great Britain only.”
Japan Largest Buyer
Japan, against whom the order was primarily directed, has been buying well over a million tons a year since 1934. From that year to Sept. 1, Japanese purchases from this country have totaled 9,320,418 gross tons. Last year’s sales to the Nipponese were 2,026,854 gross tons, and in the first eight months this year, 666,371 tons.
Japanese steel production has been relatively high for the past several years and American authorities doubt if their reserve scrap stocks are large. Unshipped tonnage against old contracts, which must be shipped before the middle o f the month, also are not considered large.
Loading of this material on ships, however, will be expedited, espe
cially at Gulf and W est coast ports.
Little scrap for Japan has been load
ed at Atlantic ports recently.
Japan has been buying No. 2
heavy melting and bundles almost exclusively in recent weeks. Avail
able supplies o f these grades are ex
pected to be absorbed by domestic requirements and probable heavier exports to Great Britain. The lat
ter has been negotiating for 150,- 000 tons or more of this type scrap.
Total exports of iron and steel scrap during the' first eight months this year were 2,142,176 gross tons, 12 per cent less than the 2,431,610 gross tons exported in comparable 1939 period.
Great Britain displaced Japan as the leading customer fo r the first eight months o f 1940. This was caused by greatly increased pur
chases by England and lighter buy
ing by Japan. Other leading scrap buyers in recent years have been Italy (until she entered the war) and Canada.
Embargo generally was approved by steelmakers, many o f whom have been somewhat apprehensive o f a future scrap shortage. Should na
tional defense requirements keep steelmaking facilities operating at capacity, they contend, a shoi'tage o f the waste metal probably would occur and adversely affect the re
armament program.
Joseph E. Jacobson, president, In
stitute o f Scrap Iron & Steel, said the institute is co-operating fully on the embargo. He said he did not be
lieve it will affect domestic markets in any way.
The institute at New York pointed out its national officers and export committee have been in constant touch with the governm ent in re
gard to requirements fo r the defense
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program and exports to all nations.
Its statement adds:
“ Upon request, the institute re
cently submitted a quota plan which would have severely restricted ex
ports in the interest o f national de
fense. It has co-operated in form u
lating plans for licensing and stands ready now, as heretofore, to sup
port the national policy.”
The institute noted the decline in Japanese buying this year and said:
"Domestic consumption of scrap now is at a record monthly rate of 4,000,000 tons. Exports to Japan, now
WASHINGTON H Export-Import bank will make a loan o f $20,000,000 to Brazil fo r con
structing a steel plant in that coun
try, The Brazilian government and other interests also will invest $25,- 000,000 in the project. The money to be loaned by the United States will be used for purchase in this country of materials and equipment.
Jesse H. Jones, federal loan admin
istrator, in a letter to Dr. Guilherme Guinle, president o f the Brazilian executive committee having charge of the plan, stated:
“ The loan will be made by the Export-Import bank to the company which is to own and operate the mill and endorsed by the Bank of Brazil, and guaranteed by the Brazilian gov
ernment. The loan will be payable in 20 semiannual installments the first o f which will become due in the three years from date o f first ad
vance. Interests are payable semi
annually at 4 per cent and will run from the date each advance is made.
“Satisfactory provisions will be re
quired to assure that the loan will
WASHINGTON B COMMERCIAL banks through
out the country stand ready to lend at least $3,000,000,000 to manufac
turers for emergency defense plant construction, accox-ding to a test sur
vey conducted by the federal reserve system for the national defense ad
visory commission. The survey, cov
ing a xepx-esentative portion of banks in each o f the country's 12 federal re- sei’ve disti'icts, indicates that these institutions have available and axe
about to be prohibited, have been equal to only 2 Vi per cent o f Am er
ican mill requirements thus far in 1940.
“Scrap dealers along the seacoast, where expoi't material originates, ax-e essential to the government prc- gi'am, because, in addition to scrap ix'on and steel, they also collect and prepare other waste matei’ials which are considered sti'ategic and critical.
To preserve this part o f the scrap industi’y it will be necessary fo r do
mestic consumers to absorb the sui'- plus heretofore moving to Japan.”
constitute a first claim against the mill and all legal matters in connec
tion with the loan shall be subject to the approval o f the Export-Import bank.
“W e should also want the pxdvilege o f concui'ring in the selection o f the managerial officers o f the mill com pany, the er.gineex's and contractors and the purchase o f materials.
“The Export-Import bank will ex
pect continuing assurances fi'om the Bank o f Brazil and the Brazilian government that the mill will be completed from the proceeds o f the loan and funds to be supplied in Brazil and that the mill company will have ample working capital.
“ In view o f the fact that the ex
perience o f Brazilians in the manu
facture o f steel on a large scale has been limited, the management of the entei’prise should include man
agerial officers and engineer's ex
perienced in the manufacture o f steel in the United States until successful operation has been assured to the mutual satisfaction o f the Export- Impox’t bank and Brazilian investors.
willing to lend an amount several times that which at present is be
lieved required fo r building emer
gency px'oduction capacity.
BoiTowings from the banks would be made by defense manufacturers in connection with a new form o f contx'act developed by the national defense advisoi'y commission.
Legislation now pending in con
gress to permit the assignment of claims against the government would allow manufacturers to as
sign the contx'act as security fo r bor
rowings needed fo r defense plant construction. Because o f the security thus affox’ded, interest rates should be lower than usual.
W illiam S. Knudsen, o f the na
tional defense advisory commission, commented on the survey as follow s:
“ This 48-hour test mobilization of bank cx'edit available fo r defense plant construction loans shows that the com mercial banks o f the country are eager to do their part in the xxa- tional defense program. Not only are they eager, but they stand ready with funds fa r in excess o f the amount needed fo r this pux'pose. As soon as the pending legislation has been passed which will allow the form o f contract developed by the national advisoi'y commission to be assigned as secux’ity fo r such loans, I believe that manufacturers needing to expand their plants on account of the defense pi’ogram should have no trouble in obtaining funds fo r construction pi’om ptly and at low x’ates o f interest thi’ough their usual banking connections.”
Federal reserve authoi’ities empha
sized that in the two days dui'ing which the sui’vey was made only a portion, although a représentative one, o f the nation’s banks could be I’eached. The boai’d o f governor's of the fedei’al reserve system, working in co-operation with representatives o f the defense advisory commission, described the plan by telegraphed messages to each o f the 12 federal resex’ve banks and their 24 branches.
Each was asked to explain the plan to representative banks in its territory.
Contract Protects Manufacturer The banks wexe not asked to make fh’m or binding commitments, but merely to indicate the avail
ability o f their own funds at the present time and under present con
ditions, without reference to funds which might be obtained from cox'- respondent banks or federal reserve banks on advances or discounts. It is expected that returns from other banks which were not included in the initial survey will add substan
tially to the total amount indicated as being available.
Specifically, the new contract has two pux-poses: To expedite signing o f supplies contracts by the army and navy through assui’ing the con
tractor against loss on construction undei’taken fo r military purposes:
to safe-guard the government's in
terest in such facilities on termina
tion or completion o f the contract.
The plan px’ovides that the govei’n- ment reimburse the contractor, not in additions to the unit price o f the pieduct pui’chased as heretofore, but in five equal annual installments covei'ing the amount o f his capital expansion costs. Thus, cost o f sup
plies and amortization o f construc
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tion cost by the government would be separated. Prices are thereby held at a minimum and, while the manufacturer is relieved o f the risk involved in building fixed assets for the emergency, he still absorbs all the ordinary risks involved.
In other words, adoption o f this plan assures that neither the pri
vate manufacturer nor the govern
ment would assume in advance all the risk, nor subsequently reap as a profit the residual value. The con
tract contains provisions whereby the contractor may, by purchase or
B JESSE H. JONES, federal loan ad
ministrator, last week disclosed that Metals Reserve Corp. has agreed to buy tungsten to the value o f $30,000,- 000 from the national resources com mission o f China.
The tungsten will be delivered over a period o f years at prices to be agreed upon from time to time, in accordance with market conditions.
To assist China to meet her present foreign exchange needs, the Export- Im port bank has agreed to lend China $25,000,000 that will be liqui
dated through the sale o f the tung
sten. The loan will be made to the government o f China, guaranteed by the Central Bank o f China.
Reserve stocks o f tin are being accumulated rapidly in the United States and current supplies either
lease from the government, acquire use o f the facilities fo r himself after they have served their purpose in connection with emergency defense needs.
It is expected that the plan will conserve government funds and stimulate investment o f private capital in the defense construction program. At the same time, private manufacturers would provide man
agement and operation and assume ail the ordinary risks o f the business.
Government participation would be limited to actual expansion costs.
already in the country or enroute are adequate to meet requirements for from nine to 12 months, accord
ing to Edward R. Stettinius Jr., o f the defense commission.
A record total o f 12,400 long tons of the metal, or about twice the amount ordinarily consumed in a month, arrived in the country dur
ing August and at the end o f the month the e was 22,364 long tons afloat to the United States. By Sept. 14 the navy, the procurement division o f the treasury and the Reconstruction F i n a n c e Corp., through the Metals Reserve Corp., had purchased 13,694 long tons of tin under the government’s stock
pile program and more than 8000 tons already had been delivered.
Mr. Stettinius pointed out that
this country normally consumes 70,000 to 80,000 tons o f tin a year and that these requirements will be increased substantially when full production is reached on tin plate, solder, bearings and other tin prod
ucts required fo r defense equip
ment.
“ This program o f acquiring a stock pile o f this strategic metal has been undertaken,” he declared, "be
cause virtually all o f the tin now consumed in this country comes from British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, and if shipments were interrupted owing to unsettled world conditions, industrial operations might be seriously retarded. It is essential to avoid the possibility of any shortages in supplies o f basic materials required in the defense program .” In order to expedite the accumulation o f reserve stocks the defense commission made arrange
ments with the principal producers to increase mining operations.
As a second step in the program o f insuring the nation against a possible tin shortage the industrial materials division and the Metals Reserve Corp. are holding confer
ences this week with various private groups which have expressed an in
terest in constructing a tin smelter in this country fo r processing Bo
livian ore. Except fo r experimental plants, there are no smelting facili
ties at present either in Bolivia or in this country.
In addition, the commission is sur
veying the possible use o f substi
tutes in some lines and an increase in scrap recovery. Ordinary tin cans are not available fo r scrap pur
poses but the normal reclamation o f seven to eight thousand tons o f
“ clean scrap” could be expanded somewhat.
GALVANIZED ROOFING, SIDING FOR ARM Y CAMPS STUDIED
W ar department officials are much interested in the use o f gal
vanized roofing and siding fo r can
tonments which are now being put up in the various parts o f the coun
try fo r the new army.
It has been pointed out to the army officials as an over-all job gal
vanized roofing and siding can be used fo r cantonments at about the same price as lumber. It is said that the w ar department officials have been holding off using this ma
terial because they have thought it might cause difficulty in the steel mills. However, this matter has been thoroughly explained to them now by steel experts, and there is a good possibility that they will at least try out the galvanized steel products.
Despite m any stories emanating from Washington at this time to the effect that the large defense buying program will create a steel shortage, industry experts who are
U . S. Steel Officials Inspect Properties
H United States Steel C orp. directors a n d officers re ce n tly in sp e cte d s u b sid ia ry prop erties in Pittsburgh, C h ica g o a n d Birm ingham , A la . S h ow n at their train in C h ic a g o are, left to rig h t: W illia m A . Irvin, R obert C. S ta n ley, N ath an L. M iller.
T h om a s W . Lam ont, B. F. Fairless, Irving S. O ld s, Enders M. V o o rh e e s , L eon Fraser, Junius S. M orga n , a n d G e o r g e A . S loa n
M e t a ls R e s e r v e Corp» T o B u y
C h in e s e T o t a ls te n ; T in S to c k s Itis e
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in Washington still maintain that there will be plenty o f ingot capac
ity for everything needed. So many reports have been sent out o f Wash
ington recently that there has been talk that this might be deliberate propaganda. Some stories have even gone so far as to state a pos-
■ HEAVY buying of nonferrous met
als lately, coupled with a rising trend in prices, last week led to a warn
ing by the national defense advisory commission regarding further price increases.
Defense commissioner Leon Hen
derson warned that “ there is no jus
tification for the recent unstable price situation" and that the govern
ment might have to intervene. Mr.
Henderson stated that he would be
“ reluctant to recommend controls over these metals” but that he "is prepared to make adequate sugges
tions to the President as to what might be done under existing laws to correct the situation.” Profits of the copper, lead and zinc industries have been "ample” in recent months and costs do not seem to be Increasing, Mi'. Henderson said, but added that “ these factors may not be getting adequate consideration.
Demand has been particularly heavy for copper. September sales of 250,000 tons were 36 per cent more than the previous record of September a year ago. Fabricators have on order with refiners 325,000 tons of copper, possibly a record.
C. Donald Dallas, president, Re
vere Copper & Brass Inc., last week suggested that the rigid 4-cent cop
per excise tax be modified to per
mit free entry of foreign copper when the domestic producer price is 12.00c, with a sliding scale tax be applied below the 12-cent level. At less than 9.00 cents the full 4-cent tax would be applied. “ By this method,” he said, "imports of copper would be prohibited when our consumption is low, the mar
ket weak, and producers’ domestic labor in need of all the available do
mestic business."
With active lead demand returning the domestic price to 5 cents, there
by permitting imports for consump
tion, an increasing amount o f Mexi
can lead already in this country and lead from other parts of the world is being sold here. Producers’ stocks o f refined lead are equal to less than three weeks’ shipment at the cur
rent rate. However, presence of over 100,000 tons o f Mexican refined
sible steel shortage is shown in sur
veys which have just been complet
ed. Even steel experts in W ashing
ton who are working with the gov
ernment say definitely that they know o f no recent survey made which would indicate any such con
clusion.
lead here acts as a barrier against much higher prices and assures an adequate supply.
Zinc buyers have on order with smelters a near record 91,000 tons of common grades. This is about as much as sellers care to have, and with the price up to 7.25c, East St.
Louis, buying is less insistent.
UN EM PLO YM EN T F A C T O R IN P L A C IN G D E F E N SE P L A N T S
Don M. Nelson, co-ordinator for national defense purchases, said last week that one o f the first con
siderations to defense contracts at present is speed o f delivery.
Mr. Nelson called attention to the fact that the defense commission does not determine the location of new plants and facilities. That, he said, is the responsibility o f armed services, and the commission’s part
in the process is entirely advisory.
“ I can say that we are as much opposed to the undue geographical concentration o f defense orders as is the man who doesn’t get one,”
he stated. “ A system for placing orders is being worked out which we hope will give the widest possi
ble geographic distribution consist
ent with the strategic and economic interests o f the defense program.
We do not do this fo r political pur
poses or fo r what are known as pork-barrel reasons. W e do it in the interest o f military strategy and to eliminate confusion with re
sultant slowing up o f production.
It is also hoped to stimulate decen
tralization o f industry.
“ Under our procedure for letting contracts, unemployment is a m ajor consideration. W e try to avoid or
ders being placed in communities where industrial facilities are at or near peak o f production and un
employment is therefore at a mini
mum when other communities have idle o f partially used facilities and a heavy burden o f unemployment.”
B More than 64 centuries o f service by 217 employes was recognized by the American Steel & Wire Co.
at a luncheon at its American works, Cleveland, Saturday, Sept. 28. The employes, who have service records ranging from 25 to 50 years, total
ing 6425 years, were awarded Uni
ted States Steel Corp. service med
als at ceremonies following the luncheon.
Stam ping Plant Builds Shells for Defense
H Three-inch shells are measured by an employe in a Los Angeles stamping plant, a part of which has been turned over for the manufacture of defense
materials. Acme photo
N o n fe r r o n s M a r k e t s IB r is k , («(»veriim eiii T h r e a t e n s C o n trn l
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D e fe n s e A w a r d s $ 0 0 0 ,7 0 2 , 9 7 0 : H e a v y G o o d s W e l l R e p r e s e n te d
■ NATIONAL defense awards an
nounced by the war and navy depart
ments last week aggregated $600,- 702,970, reflecting a sharp speedup in the rearmament program. The total included several large construc
tion programs as well as large orders for heavy ordnance material, mech
anized ground units and airplanes and engines.
W ar department announced the following awards:
A m e r ic a n C a r & F o u n d r y C o., B e r w ick , Pa., ta n k s, $10,352,745.
A m e r ic a n L o c o m o t iv e Co., N ew Y o rk , ta n k s, $32,070,000.
A u to S p e cia ltie s M fg . C o., St. Josep h , M ich ., a m m u n itio n co m p o n e n ts , $1,653,750.
B a ld w in L o c o m o t iv e W o rk s , P h ila d e lp h ia , ta n k s , $33,335,500.
B e n d ix A v ia t io n C orp., B e n d ix , N . J., a m m u n itio n co m p o n e n ts , $10,140,000.
E d w a rd G. B u d d M fg . Co., P h ila d e lp h ia , a m m u n itio n co m p o n e n ts , $2,704,026.
B u d d W h e e l Co., D e tro it, a m m u n itio n co m p o n e n ts , $1,582,680.
C o lo r a d o F u e l & Ir o n C orp., P u eb lo, C olo., a m m u n itio n c o m p o n e n ts , $4,536,000.
C o lt's P a te n t F ire A r m s M fg . Co., HarL- fo r d , Conn., a r t ille r y m a te r ia l, $1,700,000.
C r o sb y Co., B u ffa lo , a m m u n itio n c o m p on en ts, $1,160,000.
G ar W o o d I n d u s tr ie s In c., D e tro it, a r t ille r y m a te r ia l, $3,784,364.
In d ia n a O r d n a n ce W o rk s , C h a rle sto w n , Ind ., sm o k e le s s p o w d e r, $23,050,000.
K e n n e d y V a n -S a u n M fg . Co. D a n v ille , Pa., a r t ille r y m a te r ia l, $638,274.15.
R a d fo r d O r d n a n ce W o rk s, R a d fo r d , V a „ sm o k e le s s p o w d e r , $24,550,000.
R a v e n n a O r d n a n ce W o r k s , R a v e n n a , O., am m u n ition , $28,000,000.
R e m in g to n A rm s Co., B r id g e p o rt, Conn., sm a ll a rm s a m m u n itio n , $88,700,000.
R ob ertsh a v v T h e r m o s ta t Co., Y o u n g - w o o d , P a., a m m u n itio n c o m p o n e n ts , $1,- 493,100.
S a n d e rso n & P o rte r , N e w Y o r k , c o n s t r u c tio n o f a m m u n itio n lo a d in g p la n t n e a r W ilm in g to n , 111., at e stim a te d c o s t o f $14,000,000.
S a v a g e A rm s C orp., U tica, N. Y., sm a ll a rm s m a te r ia l, $27,166,283.50.
S c p v llle M fg . Co., W a te r b u r y , Conn., a m m u n itio n co m p o n e n ts , $1,034,000.
S c r ip to M fg . Co., A tla n t a , Ga., a m m u n i
tion co m p o n e n ts , $1,094,000.
S p erry G y r o s c o p e C o. In c., B r o o k ly n , N. Y., fire c o n t r o l eq u ip m en t, $6,534,920.36.
T im k e n D e tro it A x le Co., D etroit, M ich ., a r t ille r y m a te r ia l, $S34,599.40.
V ilte r M fg . Co., M ilw a u k e e , a r t ille r y m a te r ia l, $641,920.
W e ste r n C a r tr id g e Co., E a st A lto n , 111., sm a ll a r m s a m m u n itio n , $89,873,337.50.
A ircraft Awards
A m e r ic a n G as A c c u m u la t o r Co., E liz a beth , N. J., flo o d lig h t a ss e m b lie s , $474,- 000.
B a u sch a n d L o m b O p tic a l Co., R o c h e s ter, N . Y., o c ta n ts , $134,400.
B en d ix A v ia t io n C orp., B en d ix P r o d u c ts d ivision , S o u th B end, Ind., c a r b u r e t o r a ss e m b lie s , $191,167.10; P io n e e r I n stru m e n t d iv is ion , B en d ix , N . J., octa n ts,
$129,350; E clip se A v ia t io n d iv is ion , B en
d ix , N. J., e n e r g iz e r a ss e m b lie s , g e n e r a t o r an d r e g u la t o r a ssem b lies, $1,161,- 863.65.
C h a n d le r-E v a n s C orp., S ou th M eriden, C onn., fu e l an d v a c u u m pum ps, $106,- 560.
C lark E q u ip m en t Co., C lark T r u c tr a c - t o r d ivis ion . B a ttle C reek, M ich ., t r a c tors, $743,457.50.
C on solid a ted A ir c r a f t C orp., San D ie g o , C alif., a ir p la n e s a n d sp ares, $S5,S00,000.
C o n tin e n ta l M o to rs C orp., M u sk eg on , M ich ., e n g in e e r m a in te n a n c e p arts, $76,- 989.25.
C rou se-H in d s Co., S y ra cu se, N . Y., flo o d lig h t assem b lies, $74,443.50.
C u r tiss-W rig h t C orp., C lifton , N. J., p ro p e lle r b la d e a ssem b lies, $307,196.80.
F a ir ch ild E n g in e & A ir p la n e d iv is ion , F a ir ch ild A ir c r a f t C orp., H a g e r sto w n , Md., a irp la n es, $6,672,200.
H ell Co., M ilw a u k e e , W is., tra ilers,
$2,114,594.
K lin e M fg . Co., C olu m bu s, O., w in d less a ssem b lies, $56,250.
L a k e S ta te P ro d u c ts In c., J a ck son , M ich ., p r o p e lle r h u b assem b lies, $15,- 750.
L e e c e -N e v ille Co., C lev ela n d , g e n e r a t o r an d r e g u la t o r assem b lies, $934,389.
L ig h ts I n c o r p o r a t e d , A lh a m b r a , C a lif., field lig h tin g sets, $1,291,800.
O h io C h em ica l & M fg . Co., C lev ela n d , o x y g e n m asks, $65,037.15.
P h ila d e lp h ia A ir T r a n s p o r t Co., N o r ristow n , Pa., film d e v e lo p e d a ssem b lies,
$67,104.
P u m p E n g in e e rin g S e r v ic e C orp., C le v e land, fu e l and v a c u u m pum ps, $623,895.
R y a n A e r o n a u tic a l C orp., San D ieg o, C alif., a irp la n es, $5,355,087.
S ta n d a rd S teel W ork s, K an sas City, Mo., tra ilers, $1,182,005.20.
S ta r M a ch in e M a n u fa c tu r e r s Inc., B ron x, N. Y., so le n o id a ssem b lies, $15,-
000
.S teel P ro d u c ts E n g in e e r in g Co., S p rin g field, O., p r o p e lle r h u b assem b lies, $13,-
950. , J
T h om p son P ro d u c ts Inc., C lev ela n d , fu e l an d v a c u u m pum ps, $105,400.
U nited A ir c r a ft C orp., H a m ilto n S ta n d ard P r o p e lle r d iv is ion , E ast H a rtfo rd , Conn., c o n t r o l a ssem b lies an d p ro p e lle r b la d e assem b lies, $537,245.20.
W e a v e r M fg . Co., S p rin gfield , 111., e n g in e hoists, $84,000.
W eb ste r E le c tr ic Co., R a c in e , W is., sole n o id a ssem b lies, $65,672.
Y a le & T o w n e M fg . Co., S ta m fo rd , C onn., fu e l pum ps, $63,377.26.
Corps of Engineers Awards A b r a m s In s tr u m e n t Co., L a n s in g , M ich ., s te re s co p e s, $8415.
A m e r ic a n T y p e P o u n d e r s C orp., E liz a - beth, N. J., lith o g r a p h ic p resses, $6277.
A m e r ic a n S teel & W ir e C o., C lev ela n d , b a rb ed w ire, $8084.
B a u sch & L o m b O p tic a l Co., R o c h e s te r, N. Y., p r o je c to r s , $16,425.
B e lk n a p H a rd w a r e Co., L o u is v ille , K y., m is c e lla n e o u s tools, $4967.50.
C a m illu s C u tle r y Co., N e w Y o rk , e n g i
n eer k n iv e s, $35,849.64.
C a te rp illa r T r a c t o r C o.. P e o ria , 111., t r a c t o r s an d g ra d e rs, $74,863.39.
C ro w n Ir o n W o r k s Co., M in n ea p olis, p o n to o n sets, S331.740.
E u g e n e D ie tzg e n & Co., C h ic a g o , s u r v e y in g eq u ip m en t, $52,756.75.
H a ffn e r -T h r a ll C a r Co., C h ic a g o , r a il
r o a d c a r s, $15,087.
In g e r s o ll-R a n d In c., N e w Y o rk , a ir c o m p r e sso r s, $31,576.
In te r n a tio n a l H a rv e s te r Co., C h ic a g o , tr a c to r s , $6566.26.
K e u ffe l & E sser Co., H o b o k e n , N. J„
p r o t r a c to r s , $21,200.
L e T o u r n e a u In c., P e o ria , 111., c o n s t r u c tion e q u ip m en t, $12,104.
H. P. N elson Ir o n W o r k s In c., P a ssa ic, N. J., lo a d e r s $11,055.
P itts b u r g h S teel C'o„ P itts b u r g h , b a rb ed w ire, $44,619.50.
L . S. S te r r e tt Co., A th o l, M ass., s t r a ig h t ed ges, $5125.50.
W o o d R o a d m ix e r Co., C h ey en n e, W yo., r o a d m ix e r s , $9422.
Quartermaster Corps Awards J o se p h A. B a ss Co. an d W . C. S m ith Co.
Inc., M in n ea p olis, t e m p o r a r y h o u s in g f a cilitie s at L o w r y F ield, D en ver, $523,680.
B u d a Co., H a rv e y , 111., d iesel en g in e,
$39,932.
D ia m o n d T. M o to r C a r Co., C h ica g o, t r u c k s an d b u sses, $1,597,456.80.
E q u ita b le E q u ip m e n t Co. In c., N ew O r
lea n s, ste e l c a r g o b a rg e , sin g le s c r e w d iesel, steel tu g , $128,550.
F a r g o M o to r C orp., D e tro it, tru ck s,
$4.780,591.80.
G en era l M o to r s C orp., D e tro it, tru ck s ,
$3.089,304.29.
H a ll-S c o t t M o to r C a r Co., B e r k e le y , C a lif., g a s o lin e en g in e, $90,000.
H a rle y D a v id s o n M o to r Co., M ilw a u k e e , m o t o r -t r lc y c le s , $2260.
In d ia n M o t o r c y c le Co., S p rin gfield , M ass., m o t o r -t r ic y c le s , $1700.
K e rm a th M fg . Co., D etroit, g a s o lin e and d iesel en g in es, $77,659.90.
L a y n e O h io Co., C olu m b u s, O., w a t e r w e lls a t P a tte r s o n F ield , O h io, $1955.
M a n h a tta n C o n s tr u c tio n Co., M u sk o g e e , O k la ., a ir c o rp s h a n g a r s , C h a n u te F ield , 111., $136,880.
M. J. B. C o n s tr u c tio n Co., S to c k to n , C a lif., se w e r sy ste m , s e w a g e d isp o s a l p la n t and p u m p in g s t a t io n a t S to c k to n a ir p o rt, C a lifo r n ia , $35,750.
M a rtin K . E b y C o n s tr u c tio n Co., W ic h ita , K an s., flr e p ro o fln g c e ilin g o f h a n g a r , M a r s h a ll fleld, F o r t R ile y , K an s.,
$8390.
N a tio n a l S u p p ly Co., H o lm e s b u rg , P h ila d e lp h ia , d iesel e n g in e, $173,000.
N e w m a n & C a rlso n , S an F r a n c is c o , a d d itio n an d a lt e r a tio n s t o h o s p it a l a t M o f- fe t F ield , C a lifo r n ia , $43,157.
A. J. P a r e tta C o n str u c tio n Co., L o n g Isla n d City, N . Y „ t e m p o r a r y h o u sin g .
$594,169.
R e o M o to r C a r Co., L a n s in g , M ich ., tru ck s , $281,800.
S h ep p a rd & P o lia k In c., N e w Y ork , t e m p o r a r y h ou sin g , $82,160.
T h o m p s o n C o n s tr u c tio n Co., A lb a n y, N . Y „ t e m p o r a r y h o u sin g , $316,800.
W a ts o n A u t o m o t iv e E q u ip m e n t Co., W a sh in g to n , a m b u la n c e s, $9438.25.
W a tt & S in c la ir , P a lm B e a c h , F la., h o s p ita l, O r la n d o m u n ic ip a l a ir p o rt, F lo rid a , $129,300.
Y e llo w T ru c k & C o a c h M fg . Co., P o n tia c, M ich ., tru ck s , $12,491,797.68.
Signal Corps Awards
A m e r ic a n A u t o m a tic E le c tr ic S ales Co., C h ic a g o , te lep h on es, $459,140.
C o n n e ctic u t T e le p h o n e & E le c tr ic Co., M erid en , Conn., tele p h o n e s, $540,499.96.
S tr o m b e r g -C a r ls o n T e le p h o n e M fg . Co., R o c h e s te r, N. Y., tele p h o n e s, $412,500.
W estern E le c tr ic Co., N e w Y o rk , t e le p h on es, $445,500.
Medical Departm ent Awards A u s te n a l la b o r a to r ie s , N e w Y ork , bon e p la te s an d b on e s c r e w s, $56,880.
F re d H a sla m & Co. In c., B rook ly n , N Y , s u r g ic a l in stru m en ts, $87,890.
P en n S u r g ic a l M fg . Co., P h ila d e lp h ia , s u r g ic a l in stru m en ts, $6050.
P ic k e r X -R a y Corp., N e w Y ork , X -r a y eq u ip m en t, $11,900.
R o y a l T y p e w r it e r Co. In c., B r o o k ly n , N. Y., ty p ew riters, $5152.20.
S e r v e l Inc., N e w Y ork , r e fr ig e r a to r s ,
$12,724.80.
J. S k la r M fg . Co., L o n g Isla n d City, N. Y „ s u r g ic a l in stru m en ts, $104,962.50.
T a y lo r In s tr u m e n t Co., R o c h e s te r, N . Y., sp h y g m o m a n o m e te r s , $30,000.
E d w a rd W e e k & Co. In c., B rook ly n , N. Y., fo r c e p s , $65,550.
W e stin g h o u se X -R a y C orp., L o n g Isla n d C ity , N . Y ., X -r a y ta b le u n its,
$27,400.
Ordnance Department Awards A m e r ic a n B r a k e S h oe & F o u n d r y Co., C h ic a g o , a m m u n itio n co m p o n e n ts , $244,- 110.
A m e r ic a n C a r & F o u n d r y Co., B er
w ic k , P a., ta n k co m p o n e n ts , $6300.
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