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m DEFimiEDECtSlOH 01jm STOPPSOEUni FiTsident of A„ €. F, C'oiopany hi. Now York»S:ihl ThaJ; I ho Frodoo-’ liou in Looal Flaoi Mn.y•i' •I0 Siop|M.Hk •PLANT NCHV IDLFOrdnanoo OS’ficuiis hi Hi. Loiais Say They Jfave Not Been Informed of Any Change at; Shops Here^II0(1a•v)V)fs.0It10tV-'dtoVChaiif's .7. Hardy, president o7 the Amoriean Car and J-Vmnflry Company, saitt last night in Ne\v York •that Imports his company would dis- • oontinue i)rodiu:lion of an.-ny tankf^ •. ip the St. Charles plant, wore pPom-ature, while United Slates, OrdnanceHepartmciit ofTieials in St. Louis assorted the had recoivod no notifica-fion of any dodsion.Statements were published.Tiuns-day that F. A. Stevenson, vtec president of the company .had announced : orders to discontinue the assembly of the tanks here.Hardv said that orders for tank's froin hi.s company, which produces most of them at its Berwick',-I?a., . plant, are being reduced and that, the company may stop pToduction at the local plant, but has not definitely decided to do so. . .Stevenson was quoted as sa-yinj? in. New York that assembly had boon stopped beausb of a recent 111 change in the tank building pro* •. to I gram Lieut. Col. L. A. Codd .of-the ny I St. Louis Ordnance ciepartments)ssl which tests , the tanks, said that'I neither he nor the Tank Automotfve ioni Center in Detroit, which handlca, 1 contracts, knew of any orders to stop assembly in SL Charles, nd . Ordnance Department at the’ time it sighed the contract with the. American Car, and Foundry Company insisted that as. much produc*. , tion -as possible be kept in the Western plants, according to Col. Meiio H. Davis, chief of the St. Louis Ordnance District. • ■Another ordnance officer said that4 »as long as the company was able to live up to its contract, it could produce materials wiierc it: pleased;' He . stated that if 11.were true that assembly hacl stoppr'd' at St. Charles, . the decision had been made by the company. •-Work on the tan.ks was stopped about two months ago, many of the workers since transferring to other defense work.. The curront report here is that a change in design caused the lay-off.--------------V—thetenifeen.— 4eeirehrlero.sayin,r..liereA .good way to start this year on it.s way to victory over our enemies ac-^ts to buy an extra War Bond.ly»rr-
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Saint Charles Daily Cosmos Monitor
Saint Charles, Missouri, US
Fri, Mar 05, 1943
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