Word: bottlenecks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...railroads were not a bottleneck in 1940. But debate raged as to whether they would become a bottleneck...
...return for giving Britain priority on the bombers, Britain was to help the U. S. 1) through a production bottleneck by turning over to the Army enough engines to equip 41 Flying Fortress-type bombers, 2) by granting facilities to U. S. Army observers to watch American-made bombers perform in combat flight over the British Isles. If big bombers are to be sent to Britain this year, it did not seem likely that they would be withheld next year-even if the U. S. has to lend Britain the money to buy them...
...Metals' aluminum plant. Though four Birmingham companies have had educational shell orders for a year and a half, so far not a single shell has left town. Reason: they can't get machine tools. Meanwhile steelmen are racing against the time when they may be called a bottleneck...
...engine production looked better last week than many another phase of U. S. defense. But behind the actuality and promise of more horse power was still a lot of inefficient, unnecessary horsing around. Biggest bottleneck for engine makers was not the supply of machine tools, or skilled workers, or raw materials. It was the military bureaucracy in Washington...
...Camped near the mouth of many an industrial bottleneck is Worthington Pump & Machinery. Making steam, gas and Diesel engines, an endless variety of pumps, compressors, rock drills and turbines, Worthington must deliver before many defense construction jobs can start. Third-quarter profits were $465,000, v. $360,000 last year. With six months' unfilled orders on the books, 1940 will be its fattest year since...