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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 778667, member: 111"]Ummm - believe you're misreading the stamp, it says, "INSP. MAY 15 1946 F.M.", showing that it was inspected for quality control by someone with those initials. The U.S. was switching to a 5 day/40 hour work week in the '40s, but this would have been just after WWII ended, production would have been going into overdrive, though the male work force would still be limited - would not be at all unusual for the factory to be operating on Saturdays (probably just a half-days)...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 778667, member: 111"]Ummm - believe you're misreading the stamp, it says, "INSP. MAY 15 1946 F.M.", showing that it was inspected for quality control by someone with those initials. The U.S. was switching to a 5 day/40 hour work week in the '40s, but this would have been just after WWII ended, production would have been going into overdrive, though the male work force would still be limited - would not be at all unusual for the factory to be operating on Saturdays (probably just a half-days)... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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