Show MilliONS OF SHELLS FOR BIG BRITISH GUNS Manchester En England land Jul July 27 EnS' EnS Eng England's lands land's national shell factories act as a barometer for regulating the prices paid by 11 the government O for ur shells turned out In private plants It Is la estimated that the they have saved savell the thc treasury man many millions of or pounds In this district there are seventeen I national shell factories Patriotic en engineers engineers en- en organized organised eJ them and the they are arc operated so skillfully and efficiently that de despite a steadily increasing co cost t tor of or material and labor the lie price first paid for has been reduced b by one halt an and In some cases casos even more moie The buildings s of one plant cover fifteen fit fit- I teen acres The rho plant I Is arranged forthe for forthe the manufacture throughout hout of or lal high I h- h I explosive i e and shrapnel shells sheila of oC largo larto caliber Since beginning operations It has turned over to date nearly 1500 I shells Most of oC the raw steel used j I III In their manufacture came from AmerIca Amer- Amer lea Ica also 1150 man many of the thc factory's 8 mal ma- ma I j l hines chines Probably at al no factory In th the district Is munitions work carried c on at such a a. high and sustained rate of or speed Tho The number of e exceeds of whom a a. a large number are women recruited from Crom textile am anti and linoleum plants |