War Production Board
Americannoun
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Ultimately, five million pounds of scrap was delivered to the War Production Board using what became known as the Nebraska Plan.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2021
In 1942, the War Production Board banned cuffs and pleats on men’s trousers to save cloth.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2020
The War Production Board had paid for much of the manufacturing facilities needed, and the Defense Procurement Board promised participating companies a market for the finished product.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2020
Among them were the War Production Board, the Office of War Mobilization, the Office of Price of Administration and the War Food Administration, just to name a handful.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2020
The War Production Board announced that the wonder drug penicillin, for three years practically a monopoly of the Army & Navy, was now being manufactured in such quantity that it can be issued to civilians.
From Time Magazine Archive
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