I say that because many of the later postwar Chevy books list only the torque for the post war engines which kept changing generally increasing significantly. My point in mentioning this is that if you are assembling an original engine 1940-1945 those are the torque values you want to use. If you are working with a post war 216 figure out the year from the casting numbers and use the appropriate torque values. If you are working on a 235 or 261 be careful to use the correct vintage information.
Also working on the crank bearings particularly the babbited type be sure to follow the shimming instructions. If you want to hear what it sounds like when you goof on fitting the rod shims listen to my engine `52 216 engine running on test stand
http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/EngineTesting.htm with two rods with .002 to .004 more clearance then called for.