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The Great Guns of France at Schneider Works Creusot
A visiting reporter catalogs the Schneider Iron Works at Creusot and Bourges amid mobilized wartime production. He notes the park, chapels, theater, and a grand gun factory driven by American machines, detailing worker pay, family support, and an orphanage. He contrasts peace aims with war needs and praises Germanic efficiency adapted by the French.
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Schneider Iron Works
France
Neider
Herr Baedeker
Tedesig
Krupp
Baedeker
Creusot
Russia
Italy
Serbia
South Ameriss
Bel- 4
Betes
Belgium
Ministry of War
le Creusot
Arfl
Bources
2 Way
Imhich
Wiles Verne
Stte
Jofre
Schneider's
Schneider
Napoleon
Leire
United States
War Office
Bourges
Pawtucket
Providence
R. 1
Hartford
Conn
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
America
England
Soixante-Quinze
Aust
Salandra
French War Office