I found a whole issue of Business Week from 1943. It featured an article on creatively coping with the labor
shortage in Detroit.
Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan
Ryerson Steel, Detroit, Philly, Boston
GM
Detroit Diesel Engine Division
Truscon Steel, Youngstown, Ohio
Bohn Aluminum and Brass had their offices in the now-demolished Lafayette Building in Detroit
Parsons Paper Company, Holyoke, MA (victim of arson a few years back)
Evans Products Company, Detroit
Fairbanks-Morse Motors, Michigan Ave, Chicago
Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Allentown PA and Chicago, IL
Freihauf Trailer Company, Detroit
Master Motors, Dayton OH
Kaydon Engineering Corp., Muskegon, Michigan
Rochester wire ropes
Century Crane Motors, St. Louis
Bread for you... Bombs for Tojo! Check out the blurb at the right about how 75% of their workforce building aircraft carrier superchargers are women.