Plastics emerge as war substitute in material race
Babson Park Fla Jan 12 A plastics revolution faces silk and rayon as substitutes reshape industry. The article details four plastic families Cellulose Wood Carbolic Gas and Air and Casein based plastics their uses from phone sets to aircraft, and argues plastics promise lighter stronger cheaper products and broad social change.
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Babson Park
Fla
Europe
Asia
North America
Laatine
Thasna Mane Madautatad
Milady
Sanital
Idin
Possiblltes OF
Plastc
America
Adi
Thomasville Worker Loses Left Hand in Plant Accident
Thomas Johnson, an employee at a local furniture plant, lost his left hand while on duty. He underwent amputation after admission to City Memorial Hospital and was reported resting well post operation.
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Thomasville
Thomas Johnson
City Memorial Hospital
Johnson
New Legion Members in Kernersville Post Nears 1940 Total
Grover C Bodenhamer reports Kernersville World War veterans post has 104 memberships for 1940, just 23 short of the 1939 total. The count reflects ongoing recruitment as of January 12.
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NEW Legion
Kernersville
Grover C. Bodenhamer
Kernersville Organization of World War Veterans
Aged Man Praises Gly-Cas For Health Renewal
An elderly man from High Point credits Gly-Cas, sold at Betts Drug Co., with transforming his digestion and sleep. He describes relief from years of painful joints and nervous distress after trying multiple medicines. The Gly-Cas representative conducts trials locally, offering trial packages to visitors.
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McDonald
Magnolia St
Tanburg
Carolina
Betts Drug
North Main Street
MacDonald
Mr. McDonald
Betts Drug CO
High Point
London War Sketches and a Mysterious Socialite
Mary Carroll, an American fashion expert in wartime London, plans to earn her living by sketching the city. She suspects Carla Marchetta manipulates Vincent Gregg and follows Carla from a Mayfair exhibit to uncover secrets that link to the Moravia disaster. Mary vows to act, while letters from Dr. O’Connell arrive as the blackout stretches on.
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Mary Carroll
London
Vincent Gregg
Mary
Carla Marchetta
Gilbert Lenox
Gilbert
Lady Ponce-Townsend
Mayfair
Carla
Clara
Acce
Vincent
Moravia
New York
Soho
Dr. O'Connell
Tommy
Admiralty
Mary Caproll
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Pike
Elizabeth Stephenson
Egypt
MR. Louit Miller
Falmouth
Maine
Was Wei
Chattanooga
Foster
Urry Camp Baldy
Calif
Cope
Ptolemaeus XII
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Ptolemy
Youreaa
Cleopatra
Earth
Ptolemy XIII
Farmer Cory
Merit
Merit Shoe CO
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Washington
Loin End
A&p
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Yay Fresh
Monwine
Softtwist
Jane Parker
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Ann Page
Exc. Heinz
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Queen Anne
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White House
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