Milford chronicle., 1941-06-20
America Builds A Bomber

warship is bigger than a Hudson
River ferryboat. The airplane and
automobile factories produced more
than two and a half times as many
bombers and pursuit planes in May
OF this year than they did in July,
1910. All types of planes are taking
to the air In constantly increasing
volume.
The Army-Navy Munitions Board
recently found that 4,750 primary
contractors were employing $4,000
subcontractors. This shows what
widespread increase in distribution
OF work there has been in every
activity of defense.
The automobile companies have
been drafted to help produce bomb
ers. These huge arsenals of the
air are very costly, and require the
highest degree of skilled labor to
build them. The job is so big that it
cannot be measured by most of us,
but the extent of the undertaking
explains why automobile produc-
ton will be curtailed 20 per cent
beginning August l.
The story of how raw materials
have flowed from all parts of the
country to be used in the manu-
facture of automobiles is familiar
to many newspaper readers, but
very few persons realize that when
America builds a bomber it calls
for the raw products and materials
from every state.
The Office for Emergency Man
agement has just issued a booklet
that includes an outline map of the
United States, showing the class of
materials furnished to manufac-
turers of bombers. The Government
furnishes the following record:
Maine Slate, lumber, leather,
muslin, woolen fabric.
VermOnt-Slate, tale, fabrics.
New Hampshire-Mica, leather,
fabrics, paper, rubber products.
Massachusetts, leather,
paper, silk, rayon, electrical and
machine parts.
Rhode Embellishments. fab
RIGS, rubber accessories and electri-
cal equipment.
Connecticut - Instruments, en-
gines, cable, machine guns.
New Jersey-Iron, textiles, zinc,
chemicals, paints, plastics, acces-
sories.
Delaware-Paper, plastics. ex-
plosives, steel products, artificial
leather.
virginia-Fabrics, chemicals. pa
per-
North CaroIina-Talc, mica. ros-
in, tar, turpentine. cotton.
South Carolina-Cotton, fabrics,
twine.
Georgia-Iron, bauxite, tale, cot
ton, turpentine, manganese, rosin.
Florida-Turpentine, peanut oil,
sponges, cotton.
Alabama-Steel, silver, lead, cop
per, tin, graphite, bauxite, aluminium
ore, cotton, turpentine, rosin.
Tennessee-Copper, silver, cot
ton. rayon plastics.
Kentucky - A phi 1t, alcohol,
brake fluid, porcelains.
West Virginia-Glass, steel, black
carbon, porcelain, chemicals.
Maryland-Slate, fabrics, timed
metal, steel parts.
Pennsylvania-Steel, glass, silk,
paper, leather fabrics, tools, parts
New York aluminium, zinc,
glass, paper, wire cable, plastics.
Ohio-Rubber tires, tools, parts,
hardware, accessories.
Michigan-Stee1, copper, gypsum,
brass, motor parts, hardware.
Indiana-MOtor parts, glass and
gnition equipment.
Mississippi-Cotton, leather, ros- I
n, pitch turpentine.
Louisiana-Sulphur, acids, fiber, /
,aper. parafin.
Arkansas Bauxite, abrasives, !
petroleum, cotton, antimony, bear s
ngs. I
Missouri-Lead, silver, zinc, fibre,
Gather. {
Iowa-Lead. zinc, starch. oil,
teel parts.
Wisconsin-Paper, leather cleo
rical machinery.
Minnesota-Iron, paper, linseed !
Ill, paints and electrical parts.
Oklahoma-Zinc, lead, petroleum, q
Gather. L
Texas-Petroleum, sulphur, cot a
on, turpentine, asphalt. q
Kansas--Flax (linen), petroleum, Z
inc, casein, lampblack. a
Nebraska-Leather, fiber, casein, &
tarch.
South Dakota-Silver, tungsten. :
North Dakota-Clay, fiber, insu- D
alton, leather. n
New MexicO-Copper, lead, zinc,
Iber, leather. a
Colorado-Lead, copper, wool, Y
liver. 4
cum, lumber. g
Wyoming-Lead, gypsum, petro- I
Montana-Leather, copper, sill e
'er, wool, zinc, manganese, instru- I
nent jewels. u
Idaho-Lead, silver, zinc, copper, p
WOOL. v
Utah-Copper, silver. zinc. as a
halt. 8
Arizona-Silver, copper, molyb- p
lenum, banavanadium, garnet, Tin
itrument jewels) Z
Nevada-Silver, copper, lead. p
zinc, gypsum, mangan- o
.se, mercury.
Oregon-Lumber, leather, silver, G
copper, lead. ?
Washington - Silver, copper, t
cad, zinc, lumber, paper.
Illinois-Iron, steel, instruments, {
copper wire cable. q
California-Borax, lumber, mer- I
Jury, petroleum, fish oil (instru- :
nents).
The above is long list but it
Ihows what our America can sup
jly to build bomber.
WEAK LEGS !