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Powder Horn 1941 - Indiana Ordnance Works Newsletter, Charlestown, Indiana

Description: The Powder Horn is a newsletter that was published semi-monthly by and for the employees of the Indiana Ordnance Works in Charlestown, Indiana. The first one was published 22 August 1941. It was preceded by a newsletter called The Action. The aim of the publication was to provide safety information, local history, and human interest stories to the employees. It is not clear how long this publication was published. Indiana Ordnance Works produced smokeless powder ordnance for the US government and was in operation until the end of World War II at which time it was reorganized and named Indiana Arsenal.
Origin: 1941
Publisher: Indiana Ordnance Works
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15078coll17/id/7432
Collection: Clark County Collections
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Geography: Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana
38.436824, -85.658816
Subjects: Powder Horn (Indiana Ordnance Works employee newsletter)
Employees magazines, newsletters.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
Indiana Ordnance Works (U.S.)
Hoosier Ordnance Plant
Indiana Arsenal
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant
Clark County (Ind.)
United States. Army Ordnance and Ordnance Stores.
Explosives Industry Indiana
Factories Indiana Charlestown Design and Construction
Gunpowder, Smokeless
Ordnance Manufacture
World War, 1939-1945 Equipment and supplies
Charlestown (Ind.)

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