Postwar synthetic rubber industry spurs vast new materials
Akron writer notes that after the war a huge pool of butadiene from oil and crops will enable endless synthetic materials. Plastics and tire tech may surpass natural rubber, with two main industries, farming and petrochemicals, gaining from new plastics like polyvinyl chloride and hydrochloro rubber products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Develo
Goodrich
Goodyear
Firestone
Howard E. Fritz
Engineers Society of Pennsylvania
United States
Germany
Russia
W. L. Lemon
Army
Diaphragm Made From Chest Tissue Airmans Breakthrough
A Czech R A F gunner becomes the first reported case of a diaphragm rebuilt from chest lining. Dr Fraser B Gurd of McGill uses parietal pleura tissue to fashion the new diaphragm after a dive injury. The aviator resumes training in Canada and hopes to fly again.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
R.A.F. Gunner
American Journal of Surgery
Fraser B. Gurd
McGill University
Montreal General Hospital
United States
Alyce Jane McHenry
Canada
Gurd
Czechoslovak Air Force Training Center
Asheville’s image improved by new materials and press effort
A long excerpt notes Asheville’s historic undervaluation and credits a local native for reshaping its image through innovations in packaging and synthetic fabrics. It highlights air vacuum wrapping, vinylidene chloride fibers for upholstery and drapes, easy cleaning, and durable bags and footwear. It also mentions Akron’s new fire resistant fabrics and the roles of butadiene and styrene in rubber and plastics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone
Dow Chemical Company
Akron
Men In The Service In World War II Updates
A broad list of locals serving in the U S Army Navy and Air Corps includes Pfe Jones son of S L Jones and James Fred Jones seaman second class both home on leave then return to Great Lakes Jones is stationed at Norfolk and Chanute Field Pvt James C McLean trains in clerical school at Philadelphia Pa after high school and college he worked at Thomas Car Works Cpl J F Lowe recently promoted and others listed with bases and duty stations across the country including Greenwood Army Air Base Chanute Field and Seymour Johnson Field plus notes on author Martha Norman Mead and her Asheville Land and Sky work and an item on Sexton Barrier Newsom Reid Rivers Swanson and others with addresses attached
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Pfe. Coy Jones
S. L. Jones
Tryon St
U. S. Army
James Fred Jones
James C. McLean
A C. McLean
W. Green Street
Philadelphia
U. S. Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
High Point High School
Jones Business College
Thomas Car Works
Asheville
Martha Norman Mead
North Carolina
Smoky Mountains
Flatrock
St. John-in-the-Wilderness
Riverside
Pisgah
Dietz Press
Richmond
W.A.B
John A. Newsom
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
John Newsom
Lakes Street
Newsom
U. S. Army Air Corps
David C. Rivers
Camp Crowder
W. F. Vaughn
Park Street
Cpl. Rivers
Southern Bell Telephone Co
South Carolina
H D. Rivers
Chesterfield
Waynes Swanson
Keesler Field
Miss
Panama City
Fla
Swanson
South Street
Fort Bragg
Joseph Lindsay Swanson
U. S. Navy
Portsmouth
Farm congress members press for limited army to fit food production
Washington lawmakers urge a smaller armed force tailored to farming capacity as Senator Bankhead and Senator Bushfield call for immediate farm manpower coordination. House committee backs the Kilday draft deferment bill while President Roosevelt aides say executive action may handle farm labor furloughs.
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Washington
White House
Senator Bankhead
D.-Ala
Bankhead
CBS
Bushfield
R-Sd
War and Agriculture Departments
America
House Military Committee
War Department
May
D-Ky
Kilday
D-Tex
Armed Services
Fulmer
D-Sc
House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
United States
Tunisia
Russia
Carr Receives Navy Commission and Training Orders
Roger E. Carr of 711 West Howell Street has been commissioned a lieutenant in the Navy and will report March 1 for training with the U S Naval Reserves in Columbus Ohio. He was commissioned January 15 and has lived in High Point eight years with his wife. she will remain while he trains. Carr previously worked as a freelance furniture designer with offices in the Furniture Exposition Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger E. Carr
West
Howell Street
U. S. Naval
Columbus
Ohio
Carr
Navy
High Point
Grand Rapids
Mich
Furniture Exposition
Lieut. Carr
Churchill Shows Steady Improvement From Bed
The Prime Minister, confined to his bed with acute catarrh, had a comfortable day at No. 10 Downing Street. A bulletin notes a small lung inflammation, lower fever, and overall condition not unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
No. 10 Downing Street
Penetro Promises Fast Cold Relief From Aches
An advertisement touts Penetro as a dual action cold remedy. It claims a counter irritant outside to improve blood flow and a medicated vapor inside to ease nasal congestion and coughing, presented as stainless and pleasant to use with a 25 cent jar and 35 cent double supply.
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Penetro
Grandma
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Greenwood Army Air Base
Greenwood, Miss
Cpl. J. FF. Lowe
Jdr
Int
Cpl. Lowen
James
Fred Jones
Great Lakes, Dil
Willam Edward
Seaman
F. L. Smith
Chandler Street
Norfolk
Kelly
Chanute Field
Ill
Mary Lou Kelly
Adams St
Sexton
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pfc. Sexton
L. M. Sexton
Cable Street
A. Barrier
Rose Barrier
Salisbury
Route Four
Helen Campbell
Jack RK
Reid
Rober
Reign
New Orleans
FE. G Reid
South
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Tryon Street
Pfc
Coy Jones
Pvt
James FE
Pvt. Wallace K
Love
Son
Edith Love
Willowbrook
Avi
Ation Corps
Myers, Fla
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Warren G
Farm Congress
R. E. Carr
Navy Commission
Fur Trade
KOTEX
BAYER
Lg Upay
Marlin
Cardus
KOLOR
Upjohn Uni
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