Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1941 — Page 2

efense Spending in Indiana So Farls$ 132 ) Per Capita—and There's Much More to

: ‘Hand . every man, woman and “child in Indiana $132 and you will ‘have about what the Federal Gov- ~ sernment has spent or contracted to © spend in the state since last July ‘in its efforts to make the nation . ready for any emergency. «This enormous influx of Federal . money, amounting now to approximately $450,000,000, already has cre‘ated “better than 1929” conditions and the Federal program is just ‘getting underway. , Indiana, which already has received a lion’s share of the defense ny .

projects, is due: to get more, hi ing to high State. officials.

By far the largest amount’ of de-

fense money has gone to the Allison: Engineering Corp..here in Indianapolis for’ thé manufactured of warplane motors. That company, counting. both Federal. and British, has received orders totaling over $234,000, The n xt largest Fedéral ' expenditure- js $51,000,000 for construction and operation of the largest gun powder ‘plent in the World at Charlestown, Ind.

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The first concrete for the powder,

] plat. t was poured in’ £ eptember and

already. 450 building:| of all sizes and types are built or in the process of construction. Approximately 13,500 men are workihg on copstruction of the plant, which is said to

be two months aheac| of schedule. |

It is reported that | the Governmen’; will spend an additional $25, 000490 soon to' expaad the plant “When in - full - operation, the plant will employ | between 12, 000 znd 15,000 men. :"| . Texporary office Holdings: are

being constructed: now for. the Rmgsburs Arsenal, an Army shell loading La Porte County.

“The plant, to at $11,500,000, will

‘be located on 13,000 acres of land and will ‘be operated by. Todd & Brown, Inc. New York, = - A. $15,000,000 munitions depot for the Atlantic fleet is in‘ the

process of construction at ‘Burns Most of the powder maga-

City. zines will--be--underground -and-a ‘detachment of marines will be stationed permanently at ‘the depot, Whiely is to occupy 30,000 acres. 2

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The Army is spending another $15,000,000 for an ordnance proving grounds on 60000 acres of Jefferson, Ripley and Jennings County land. An airport capable of handling flying fortresses will be. built on the site, which is only 40 miles from the Charlestown powder plant. The Navy is to construct a gun sight manufacturing plant in In dianapolis at a cost of - $6,000,000 and the Army is to build a $3,000,000 airport at Ft. "Wayne. Nearly $2,000,000 is being spent’

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os (Soustruction of new buildings a for improvement of Stout Field, National Guard airport here.

ceived orders totaling approximately $115,000,000 for all types of equipment from Army folding cots to trucks and tanks.

tank orders is the Marmon-Her-

en Typical of the defense orders

coming Into the state are those from Dec. 1 to Dec. 15 in which the Army ordered more than $2,000,000 worth of materials and the Navy $268,000. Among the Army orders was $22,777 to Hoosier Factories, Inc., Michigan City, for. light serge trousers; $557,445 to the Crosley Corp., Richmond, for cabinéts, coraplete for field ranges, and $31,578 to the United States -Rubber Co, lrdianSpo for pneumatic tires ana inner S. ¥ ’

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