| Homefront industries during World War II
American industries ran at full tilt during World War II. Men fought in blankets. The author of "Smoke" was carpet mill executive Reginald Harris, probably best remembered as a choral director and musician. Stowitts was born in the town of Root. Most of his working life he was employed at the Recorder, serving as managing editor for 24 years. Other local industries worked on the war effort. Nearly 500 male employees of the company had enlisted or been drafted. Men waited in blankets. Both of Amsterdam's carpet companies used their machine shops to produce a wide range of war-related products. And we may rest well assured that they wall nobly play the part assigned to them. Boxes were used for shipping during the war, and the Inman box factory on Guy Park Avenue was a leading manufacturer of boxes and paper box machinery. " The cover of the book was made of canvas, produced at Mohawk. As for blankets, "Smoke" noted, "Men lived in blankets. Women were prominent in the workforce as men had gone to war. Some 900 Mohawk employees were reported serving overseas in 1943. The 600 workers at the Chalmers Knitting Mill on the South Side still made underwear in the 1940s, but most orders came from the military. Smeallie and Voorhees paper mill on Forest Avenue was manufacturing forty tons of paper board and wrapping paper a day, using waste paper as raw material. Collette Manufacturing Company on Clizbe Avenue turned from making a million baseballs a year and other sporting goods to projects that helped the war effort. Men died in blankets. There were 5,500 employees at Mohawk alone, and the firm was presented the Army-Navy Production Award in 1943. Buttons were in demand during wartime and Amsterdam's Harvey Chalmers |
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Homefront industries during World War II
