Production. Shell loading. Every shell that goes through a large Midwest loading plant must be thoroughly cleaned. These women are removing excess paint from the bands that circle the projectiles. Women also stencil firing data on the shells and perform many other essential operations. Ravenna ordna

Production. Shell loading. On the "firing line" of a large Midwest loading plant, artillery shells soon to batter the Axis are sprayed with olive drab paint. This women is a sprayer, but women also do the "puddling" of TNT in shells better than men. For "puddling," the stirring and packing of TNT in

Production. Shell loading. These girls are "staking" fuses in the assembly of artillery shells in a large Midwest loading plant. In the manufacture and loading of percussion caps--an operation performed in a large division of the plant--ninety percent of the employees are women. Army officers say th

Production. 105 millimeter shells. One of the many women workers in a Midwest shell plant which formerly made plumbing fixtures, inspects future gifts for the Axis. Her job requires infinite precision and patience, for the inside of every shell must be carefully inspected for flaws which might accid

Photo shows Aluminum Industries, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. They'll be doing war work soon. When the last batch of ladies' compacts is cleaned at a converted Kentucky plant, these girls will use their skill in the prduction of bomb fuse baffles, compass cases and parts for carbine and machine guns. Wadsworth Watch C

Production. 105 millimeter shells. Working with precision and speed, inspectors in a large idwest war plant gauge 105 millimeter shells. Note shells on moving racks in foreground. Prior to conversion to war production, plumbing fixtures were manufactured in this plant (Manitowac Shipyards)

Loading anti-aircraft cases into a stress-annealing furnace to make them soft, uniform, and ductite-ready for succeeding machine operations.

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Ann Jorjus, who has one brother in the service, checking a 105 mm. howitzer for eccentricities at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company