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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1946

Page

21

Colleges Hit By Shortage Of Textbooks

Dr. Raymond Walters of the University of Cincinnati reports a nationwide shortage of college textbooks. A survey of 50 top schools shows professors using third choice texts and mimeographed material as substitutes. The shortage stems from wartime paper limits and a surge of veterans enrolling. Walters calls for publisher priority with the Veterans Administration.

Chicago Raymond Walters University of Cincinnati Walters Department of Higher Education National Education Association Wordsworth Veterans Administration

Tests Show Butyl Holds Air Better

Atlantic City AP reports at the American Chemical Society meeting that butyl synthetic rubber inner tubes need air adjustments only two or three times a year, versus every two weeks for natural rubber. Dr. I E Lightbown of Standard Oil notes tests show butyl tubes hold air eight to 10 times better, due to their petroleum derived synthetic compound.

Atlantic City N. J American Chemical Society I. E. Lightbown Standard Oil Company

Red Cross to Deliver 27 Million to Russia by 1946

Elliott Shirk, head of Red Cross activities in Russia, said the American Red Cross will have contributed 27 million dollars worth of war time and postwar equipment drugs and supplies to Russia by the end of 1946.

Moscow American Red Cross Russia Elliott Shirk Red Cross

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