Army safety programs reduce war risks across services
The U S Army Ordnance Department and the armed services show a strong safety record in wartime producing explosives and training troops. Despite handling highly dangerous materiel and tanks with escape hatches and safety gear, injuries remain remarkably low and accident rates in air training dropped, illustrating a comprehensive program focused on knowledge and cautious procedure.
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Ordnance Department
U. S. Army Ordnance Department
U. S
America
War Department
Photo-Cell Lets Blind Operate Machinery Safely
The American Foundation for the Blind announces devices enabling the blind to use sewing machines at work and home. The electric eye safety curtain stops the needle when hands reach near it. A bill detector and audio-scale aid blind workers in currency recognition and weighing objects by sound. The audio-scale helps in war plants for precise measures.
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United States
American Foundation For the Blind
George A
Evelyn Watson
Buffalo
Winter Driving Precautions for Safe Winter Travel
The Safe Winter Driving committee urges drivers to prepare vehicles, reduce speed, and use chains on ice. Maintain safe following distances, brake lightly with pumping action, and keep all windows clear while staying informed of road and weather conditions to drive defensively.
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National Safety Council
Safer shells cut risk in anti aircraft guns
Many casualties from premature explosions are now rare due to exacting tests of guns and ammunition. Shells are called more safe meaning they won’t explode in the gun tube. Antiaircraft guns fire high powered shells of small caliber, and crews are confident they will not be harmed by their own weapon.
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Army Ground Forces
Air Corps
Army Air Forces Training Command
Continental
U. S
Aeaeas
Hollywood Producer Frank Ross Declines Million Offer
Frank Ross passes a 1,000,000 bid to film The Robe and plans a 3,900,000 investment to complete a project. The Boston native, who produced The Devil and Miss Jones and The Lady Takes a Chance, believes better people and better stories drive box office. He uses reader feedback from The Robe to shape the screenplay and rejects sensational wealth for a chance to elevate society.
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Frank Ross
Frank
Richard Halliday
Halliday
Lloyd C. Douglas
Ross
Columbia
Jean Arthur
Norman Krasna
the Devil
Miss Jones
Miss Arthur
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