ARTIFICIAL LEGS
Russian Inquiries
(7.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 1. Soviet representatives are reported to be seeking 2,000,000 artificial legs from manufacturers in the United States, but are meeting with little success, because none of the American firms has ever produced more than 5000 in one year, and all are now behind with American orders.
The Washington correspondent of the “New York Herald-Tribune” says that the production manager of what is considered to be the largest American firm, revealed that he received an inquiry for legs from a Russian official. There were few, if any, artificial limb factories in Russia, but American manufacturing methods were being studied by the Soviet in anticipation of establishing plants. The Soviet Government, it is reported, does not yet know the number of amputations made in Russia.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVI, Issue 23013, 3 October 1944, Page 5
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132ARTIFICIAL LEGS Timaru Herald, Volume CLVI, Issue 23013, 3 October 1944, Page 5
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