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Show AMERICA IN ACTION A 1 UNSUNG HEROINES WASHINGTON. One group of women, little known to the public as an element in the make-up of the army of the United States, has a direct and important role to play in the ultimate victory of this country through industry. This group is made up of the unsung un-sung heroines who are employed by Uncle Sam behind the scenes in the war department. They are found in the army laboratories and in the army depots. And some of them do unusual behind-the-scenes work. For instance, the Fort Monmouth, N. J., post some months ago placed its first woman radio engineer in its laboratory. A woman draftsman bends over the army blueprints used at Savannah, Ga., and closely allied to her, in daily pursuits at least, is the feminine junior architect from the chemical warfare service in Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. At Patterson Field, Ohio, a woman applies radio-active luminous lumi-nous material to dials used on aircraft air-craft instruments. At Moffett Field, one of the large army stations in California, a woman helps conduct wind tunnel tests. In the clothing field, inspection is just as important as procurement of the material. In Philadelphia is the country's largest quota of worn en inspectors for the army. It is their duty to see that the millions of garments to clothe the service men are right for a shipment to the warehouses stationed in widely scattered sections of the land. The very thread with which ma-j ma-j terial is sewn is subjected to testing, test-ing, and the spools bought for sewing sew-ing the uniform are measured for shortage. Women inspectors are also on the staff of the Chicago quartermaster depot to oversee the quality of the soldiers' gloves and other clothing. As a symbol of the American woman's will-to-win are the banner makers at the army quartermaster depot in Philadelphia. In this historic his-toric city, modern Betsy Rosses make flags from the silken ensign of the President to the simplest automobile auto-mobile flag. Machinery is used in some of the 13 preparations necessary neces-sary to produce a flag, but the official offi-cial insignia are made largely by hand. |