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> With the help of 46 subcontractors, American Type Founders has switched its precision tools from making tank guns to airplane parts.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What do the Billions Mean? | 1/18/1943 | See Source »

The blind are finding increasing opportunities in the war effort: >Blind, 23-year-old Byron H. Webb of Chicago was graduated from De Paul University last month, wanted to fight the Axis somehow. He was told of various relatively nonessential jobs he could do. Dissatisfied, he thought hard, sold himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Blind Can Fight | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

For the first time since the King Cole Trio left the air there is a swing program that doesn't feature a big band. It's devoted to a 19-year old girl named Betty Rand, who sings and plays a fine piano. What is really amazing is that in...

Author: By Eugene Benyas, | Title: SWING | 1/5/1943 | See Source »

Ralph Jarron Gardiner, 42, a small, high-domed spark plug who used to work with Charlie Wilson in General Electric, will be Wilson's executive assistant as "Director General" for War Production Scheduling. His first job: to crack the bottlenecks in manufacture of parts. For this task Ralph Cordiner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Tough Babies | 12/28/1942 | See Source »

Called the Precipitron, this electrostatic air cleaner developed by Westinghouse now stands silent guard in the plants where binoculars, range finders and periscopes are made, in arsenals where ammunition is loaded. It keeps unsullied the polished surfaces of precision gauges, whisks away the stench of welding. Newest use, revealed last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Dust Trap | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

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