Evening star., 1941-01-05
Defense
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rine a month. to hire $500 between
now and next September. Need
500 or more new houses.
Cincinnati-New Wright Aero
plant costing S32 100000 underway,
10 hire 1900 to $4,000 Direct de-
fense orders to.50 firms in this area
SlOOOO.OO0. Employment of ordinary
labor has risen 40 per cent, skilled
labor 27 per cent.
Kansas City-Arms plant and
bomber plant, totallng Sl6,00000O,
underway. Together will hire l8,-
COO. Housing satisfactory. Fifty
companies have defense orders
totallng S9000000.
Texas Cities Active.
DaIas-Building aircraft plant
costing 100000, to employ l2,000
All Texas feeling effects of construc-
tion or expansion of eight canton
mnnts or training Centers. Fort
Worth started Sl0000,000 bomber
plant.
elphia-Chamber of Com
merCe says defense Largest single
factor in business upturn. Sun
Shipbuilding adding two ways to
help handle S78 100000 Navy work.
Housing short before defense spend
ing. getting shorter.
Because of its big ship
building industry primarily, State
has received over a billion dollars Of
defense work. Housing shortage
acute, estimated Hampton Roads
area alone needs 10000 homes. New
port News Shipbullding unable eX-
pand present force of $4,000 until
housing is provided
Detroit-With auto industry al
ready booming before defense drive,
much plant construction needed for
defense materials. Three big motor
manufacturers alone spending total
of S7100OO00 to build plane engine
and tank facilities.
Columbus. OhiO-NeW S11,0000 900
fighter plane plant underway. ESti-
mate S1000000 a day being spent
in Ohio on plant expansion. Housing
boom. no shortage.
Vancouver. Wa h.-Aluminum
plant here soon to reach annual
production of 6O,OO0OOO pounds an
nually and two new units already
under way to bring it up to 100000
600. nearly all for plane makers.
Power from Bonneville Dam, pre-
viously no aluminium industry here.
Denver.-No defense boom here
vet. but contract expected shortly
for S25 100000 small arms ammuni-
ton plant. expected to turn out S37,-
100000 order in first year of opera
ton.
Baltimore Plants Rushed.
Baltimore-Glenn Martin Air
craft doubling capacity to hurry
work on 1925 100000 untitled orders.
Were $40 900 900 year ago. Bethle-
hem Steel, already at full capacity,
adding 100000 tons yearly to faclll-
ties. Electrical and machine tool
plants have big defense orders.
Worcester, Mass-Machine tool
Industry has received S22,000000 of
business. while another S4,000,0OO
has gone to textiles, shoes and
others. More than 80 plants have
expanded to handle defense work,
Cleveland-Industry here eSti-
mated to spend S75,000,000 for plant
expansion this year, against S35,-
100000 last. Government is spend
Ing s5OOOO.0OO on defense plants
In this area.
Indianapolis - Twenty = five per
cent more workers estimated en-
ploved in 1910 than in any year in
citvs history. Some of the largest
defense plants scheduled for here
still in the plan stage. Skilled WORK
ers needed. Several plants handing
defense orders have doubled facll-
ties. Housing adequate.
CharleStoWn, Ind.-The popula-
ton here has grown from 900 to
5000 since october l. A $74,OOO,0OO
smokeless powder plant is under
construction.
Hattiesburg, MiSs.-EXpanslon OF
nearby Camp Shelby has caused
housing shortage, rents "sky high :;
retail trade here past three months
5000 per cent higher than same
period last year.