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.
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Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Walters
Department of Higher Education
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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.
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American Chemical Society
I. E. Lightbown
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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.
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American Red Cross
Russia
Elliott Shirk
Red Cross
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