Orders had to be typed. In 1943 or 1944 a Liberty ship carrying only typewriters went down in the English channel.
>What's fascinating is that Smith-Corona is still in existence today. Wikipedia provides a great overview of how they have managed to adapt through several millennia of innovation
Did they mean "decades"? (English is not my native language)
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I know the article is new; but given the title is straight from the Ad it would be clearer suffixed (1942).
This advertisement was published shortly before Smith-Corona started production of 1903A3 rifles.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/the-smith-corona-mo...