Republican National Convention here featured live radio broadcasting. General Motors and Fisher Body Works began making cars at the Leeds plant. Area voters approved 10-Year Plan, which financed Muncipal Auditorium and many other area improvements during the Great Depression. Nelson Gallery of Art opened. Ford Motor Co. workers stage sit-down strike against the company.
Company responds by closing the plant.
Midwest Research Institute founded. Darby Co. got a Navy contract to make barges used in D-Day assault. World War II tromped on city's economic accelerator for a concentrated time of industrial and residential growth. Lake City Ordnance plant built in rural Jackson County, a complex of 219 buildings on 3,200 acres. Nelly Don expanded apparel manufacturing facilities.