ARMAMENT: Size of the Job

The Army Ordnance department in Detroit last week issued an up-to-the-minute list of $2,700,000,000 in orders for mobile equipment. The breakdown, excluding Chrysler (see above):

Combat Vehicles (e.g., tanks, self-propelled guns, etc.): General Motors' Cadillac, $439 million; Food Machinery & Chemical Corp., $177.5 million; American Locomotive Co., $200 million; American Car & Foundry Co., $100 million; Pacific Car & Foundry Co., $56 million; Massey-Harris Co., Ltd., $55 million; International Harvester Co., $243 million (including some tactical vehicles).

Tactical Vehicles (e.g., trucks, jeeps, etc.): Reo Motors, Inc., $65.2 million; Studebaker Corp., $76.6 million; Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., $95.5 million; Diamond T Motor Car...

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