Show making martial millinery for or lesson UP tre take you to the detroit detroi f plant of the mccord ra radiator diatom company where steel helmets for our bigger better belter army are being turned out at the rate of a flay day the neto model is pot shaped it conics comes down donn over the for forehead chead and covers the back of the neck giving added protection to the entire head and sides of the fa face note hoto the martial millinery rolls the assembly line 4 A SEWING what can there be on a steel helmet the chin strap strap hooks have already been welded to the steel shell and the women shown shoun in this picture are sewing selling on the straps J EDGING the brim of a steel helmet is practically nonexistent non existent but theres a tiny turned up edge and you see that edge put on here the machine that does docs the job is is called a spank press WEIGHING heres something different in government inspectors pretty 31 marjorie arjorie thompson who checks finished helmets for weight nothing goes over 2 pounds 7 ia ounces TV 4 M r X ki na 1 F QUADRUPLE CHECK finished helmets pass on a conveyor belt before the critical eyes of no less than four government inspectors flaws dont get by 3 4 11 1 21 NO HAT RACK in this store room at the mccord plant are some of the thousands of helmets tha that await shipment to various army centers A ulf 4 ON THE MARCH ind and here are some of the new h helmets in use |