What agency directed the US manufacture of wartime supplies​

The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II.  The WPB replaced the Supply Priorities and Allocation Board and the Office of Production Management.

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mount st. helens in washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as minnesota. seismic activity at mount st. helens, which is 96 miles south of seattle, began on march 16.

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