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Huge U S plan to build plants and dams for aluminum
The piece outlines a national effort to secure 1.2 to 2 billion pounds of aluminum annually for defense, detailing Alcoa's expansion, seven new government and private plants, RFC loans of about 35 million dollars, and the goal to boost output to 725 million pounds per year by 1942. It notes planed government contracts with Alcoa and other firms, and emphasizes aluminum’s role in aircraft, tanks, and ships.
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U. S. Defense
New Noe
America
United States
William Knudsen
OPM
Aluminum Company of Amer“Alcoa
House Military Affairs Committee On Defense
Congress
Navy
Army
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
RFC
Reynolds Metals Company
Listerhill
Ala
Longview
Wash
War Department
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation
Union Carbide and Carbon
Olin Corporation
Metals Reserve Company
Aluminum Company of Canada
U. S
Canada
Pennsylvania’ Avenue
Treasury
Red Cross
United Service Organizations
Marines
Washington
Potomac
Hitler
Planning Board
State Department
National Resources Planning Board
Frederic Delano