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Show New Methods to Speed Up Ship Production J - lit YV You have seen pictures of big ships, powerful planes and giant guns for Uncle Sam's armed forces. But liere is an item that seldom gets into the news, but is just as vital as any other sinew of war. It is the cowl "Ventilator, without which Liberty ships that carry war materials to the battlefronts could not put to sea. A Xos Aneeles firm, engaeed in this work, turns out thousands of cowl funnels. Galvanizing the cowl is one of the most vital parts in the process. Photo (left) shows a huge cowl being given a "bath" in a vat of molten metal. Center: Wrinkles in the ventilator are ironed out by a small hammer. Right: A workman welding the seams of a huge funnel. |