China’s Postwar Industry Showcases Shortfalls in Heavy Sector
Charles Lynch reports on China’s automotive railway and electrical factories, noting weak output, aging plants, and reliance on Soviet and foreign designs. He details Changchun’s No. 1 auto factory, Shenyang heavy machinery, Harbin electric works, and related plants, showing limited productivity despite high morale and ambitious expansion plans.
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Canada
United States
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Changchun
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Harbin
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Edgar Snow
Shenyang Heavy Machinery
State run economy and unseen defenses in China
The article argues that China’s economy is fully state controlled with key decisions centralized in Peking and questions whether any genuine industrial genius is blossoming elsewhere. It notes potential hidden defense establishments and casts doubt on broader industrial vitality. May 20, 1965 Decatur Daily.
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Decatur Daily
Four Decatur men named to NA A A chapter posts
Four Decatur men were named to posts in the North Alabama chapter of the National Association of Accountants. Charles del Rio of Chemstrand Corp was named vice president at a Monday technical meeting at the Albert Pick Motel in Huntsville. Other officers include M. W. Ray of Chemstrand, Carlos Casal of Alabama Flour Mills, and E. J. Overcamp of Prestolite. William T. Weissinger of Chrysler Space Operations was elected president. Weissinger, a 1938 USMA graduate, served in WWII and rose to colonel on the War Department staff.
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National Association of Accountants
Charles del Rio
Chemstrand Corp
Albert Pick Motel
Huntsville
M. W. Ray
Chemstrand
Carlos Casal
Ala*bama Flour Mills
E. J. Overcamp
Prestolite
Wiliam T. Weissinger
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Chrysler Corp
Huntsville Space Operations
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Uniontown
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Europe
Third Army
George C. Patton
War Department
City firm low on school bid in Huntsville Decatur firm
A Decatur firm posted the apparent low bid for a new junior high school in Huntsville with General Construction Co submitting 833,654. A contract is expected this weekend after alternate proposals are decided. Dr. Raymond Christian said construction should begin next week with completion anticipated in January. The school will house 900 students in 72 classrooms and be the city’s first fully air conditioned school.
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