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his at Dominion arsenals inlQuehec City. After interview, i. photographed and assigned t0 inspecting .303 shells. pint" of women working at the plant come from out of town.

Dark-eyed Gillierte Laberge, 18, operates an automatic gauging machine. A statue of the Sacred Ileart watches over the workers in each hall of the great arsenals.

2o‘. ammunition forgotten for the day, Celine, Helene and ~ (‘ow and pray. When girls work in evening or night shift,

\'»t.Ll\5 out of three, they get plenty of outdoor recreation.

outskirts of town.

After free train ride from Quebec City, evening shift arrives at arsenal

l‘) Working day is divided into three 8-hour shifts, Qilipliiiw;

alternating from one shift to another each week. Girls do not work on Sllllila“.

eat in separate dining hall from overall-clad girls who operate the inacliiziea

When working on the day shift, girls can invite their boy frienrlfl Elected tonight are

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Girls get half-hour for lunch in plant cafeeria. Price of meal is 17> ccnl deducted from their pay. Inspection department employees wear white smoc

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