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. 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. 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

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. 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

Women aircraft workers. Women are doing men's jobs and beating their production records in a West Coast airplane factory. Feminine operators of tapping machines in this plant have made 400 more tapping operations in the seven and one half hour swingw shift than men employed on the eight hour day shi

MOTHER OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE - Clip spring and bodt assembly for.30 caliber cartridges at the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia.

Women in war. Machine gun production. With swift, deft movements, this young worker, one of 2,000 women employed in a Midwest war plant, assembles barrel carriers of machine guns. It's a job requiring constant attention, speed and judgement; a job for which women have proven themselves better fitted