London, Jan, 17. An initial order for 120,000 tons of steel sheets and accessories to make 400,000 "unit shelters" has been placed by the Home Office.
This follows an announcement by Sir John Anderson, Lord Privy Seal and Minister of Civilian Defence, in which he said that the Government would provide steel shelters for the protection, in their own homes, of the occupants of small houses against blasts and splinters from bombs, and from felling debris.
The steel industry is being organized so that the work can be done by mass production, and the railways will arrange for distribution of the "unit shelters" Further orders will follow as the productive capacity of the industry comes into full play.—Reuter.
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