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Show I ORDNANCE WORK WILL CEASE SOON , ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2G. M. E. Singleton. : chief of the St. Louis district of the ord- nance department of the United States l 'army, r.nuounced todiiy that the govern-j govern-j inent plans to end work in ibis district ! on ordnance contracts estimated at j $200. On". nun under terms to the eontrae-f eontrae-f tors that will leust disturb labor and ; business conditions. The district in-, in-, eludes .Missouri, Southern Illinois, Ian-; Ian-; sns. Colorado and the entire southwest ' to the Pacific coast. Tbe manufacturers, he nh. will be . reimbursed in a degree for the loss of tbe contract and for liie cost of such ma-: ma-: chinery us it was necessary to install. |