One of the most important factories in the U. S. today is the humming Boeing Aircraft Co. plant at Seattle, Wash. Boeing is turning out contract orders for 80-odd four-motored Flying Fortresses weeks ahead of schedule, will go into production in April on a whacking order for more than 500 additional Fortresses of a later model. Odds & ends in its $190,000,000 backlog include Douglas light bombers for Britain (manufactured under license), other British warplanes, and six Model 314 flying boats intended for globetrotting Pan American Airways.*
Last week the Boeing plant...
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