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Goods: The use of copper and brass in making 300 civilian products was sharply restricted. After March 1, copper may not be used to make, among other things, pots & pans, jewelry, automobile trimmings, furniture, and household electrical equipment. Civilian use of cobalt-valuable as a steel alloy for cutting tools-was cut by two-thirds. Beginning Feb. 1, every purchase of more than 25 lbs. will need Government approval. The cobalt pinch will be felt in radios, television sets, refrigerators and all enamelware household appliances; it is likely to knock out color TV for the duration...
...ordered that all columbium stainless steel, a tough alloy, be channeled into defense orders. Columbium* alloys are needed for jet engines...
...system would overload some companies with arms orders, thus delay deliveries, and bring spotty civilian shortages. To spread the load more evenly, NPA announced that no company need accept DO priorities in any one month for more than 15% of its carbon steel capacity, or 25% of its special alloy steel...
...remembers the last time he talked with Thomas Alva Edison, who died in 1931. Said Edison: "Babson, remember you don't know nothin' about nothin'. You've got to find something that insulates from gravity. I think it's coming about from some alloy." There are plenty of alloys...
...this razzle-dazzle fashion, American Safety Razor Corp.'s showman President Milton Dammann introduced a smooth-shaving new razor blade called Silver Star, made of a new metal called "Duridium" (a hard-alloy steel). With it, Dammann was out to crowd Gillette's famed Blue Blade out of the No. 1 spot in the blade market. Dammann planned to spend $2,000,000 on the promotion campaign because his company needed that kind of boost. In this year's first quarter its profits had dropped from...