Plastic Material Used In Secret Process Washington, Jan. 21.
A new, secret method, said to open a way to a mass production of planes in wartime, was mentioned today by Mr. George Backland, Vice-President or the Bakelite Corporation, in testifying before the Federal Monopoly Committee, He said the new method, which kad been secretly developed in the United States, will turn out an aeroplane wing or fuselage in two hours, with the labour only of nine men The development, which is the invention of an Army officer, was made possible by the use of new plastic material instead of wood or metal.—Reuter.
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