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THE BRAINERD DAILY DISPATCH it) VICTORY ALBUM” “MAIN STREET OF THE Lynn Brant, Army Lyle Anthony, Army Harold 4. Quesenberry, Elmer Dowling, Army Ce Cc, Dougherty, Army BUY U.S. WAR BONDS and STAMPS ! !, Nisswa, Army Psssr/ THIS AD iy EVENING Po Dio You SEE FA SERIES By NP or Waven AN ENEMY tank approaches, the American soldiers behind this anti-tank gun won't need any written instructions. One pull on that lanyard and—wham!—look out tank! The armor piercing projectile gets inside the tank's hide to explode its deadly charge—because the projectile’s steel jacket contains chromium! Before the war, domestic production of chromium ore accounted for less than 1% of this country’s requirements. Today, over 50% of our needs comes from Montana mines served exclusively by the Northern Pacific Railway. Armor-piercing shells, armor plate, gun barrels, truck chassis, tank ball-bearings, and hun dreds of other steel parts that demand super-strength, all call for chrome-steel. To make this vital steel, carloads of chromium ores required by electric furnaces roll eastward every day via the “Main Street of the Northwest”. NOR Cliffora Holst, Army Clade Hollen, Army Duane Arnold, Nay Clarence Sebesta James Tool . , Navy NEST Robert Turcotte, Army — W. E. Quesenberry, Na missing
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Brainerd, Minnesota, US
Fri, Jan 29, 1943
Page 18
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Christopher K.
