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War Production Board

American  

noun

U.S. Government.
  1. the board (1942–45) that supervised and regulated the production and sale of matériel essential to the logistics of World War II. WPB, W.P.B.


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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

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

In July 1943, the War Production Board made plans for widespread distribution of penicillin stocks to Allied troops fighting in Europe.

From Washington Post Jul. 11, 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

As far back as last fall the War Production Board solemnly warned that tin was so scarce that the U.S. might run out completely in 1946.

From Time Magazine Archive

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