Press: Advertisement of Death

"The unions have such a big job in preventing war that this quotation from an advertisement of the Cleveland Automatic Machine Co. printed in American Machinist is appropriate. The Cleveland Co. is boosting their new high explosive shells.

"The material is so high in tensile strength and is very special because it has a tendency to fracture into small pieces upon explosion of the shell. Two explosive acids are used to explode the shell in the large cavity. The combination of these two acids causes terrific explosions having more power than anything...

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