Word: canning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...almost one-third as big as Russia's or the British Empire's. The 91,100,000 total U.S. capacity dwarfs to insignificance the 2,000,000 tons allowed by the Gano Dunn report for ammunition (since doubtless considerably increased), the 4,700,000 needed for the canning industry, the 5,000,000 tons asked by the railroads, the 125,000 tons needed for the new Texas-to-Illinois oil pipeline...
...chance. Lilienthal had decided to build Douglas Dam, on the French Broad River near Knoxville, to get another 100,000 kw. of power for aluminum expansion in a hurry. When McKellar saw that the land that would be flooded was 12,000 acres owned mostly by influential canning interests, who were his friends, he balked. Douglas Dam was blocked for two months...
...Office of Education Wartime Commission has asked the schools to offer training courses "tailored to the needs of the armed forces and of war production," recommending, as vacation jobs, programs for salvage and conservation, war-bond sales, defense information, nursery schools, community entertainment for service men, housing, canning. News of the nation's high schools last week...
Georgia has its rural high schools operating 376 canning plants on a twelve-month basis, to produce ten million cans of fruits & vegetables this year...
...only is the meat ration down to 25? per week per person, but 3? of it must be taken in corned beef, thus lessening the possibilities for stews from weekly roasts. Offals (liver, brains, kidneys, etc.) are still unrationed, but most of the supplies have been sent to the canning companies. Rarely now can British families sit down to a dinner of their beloved steak & kidney pie. U.S. canned meats, though moderately plentiful, are unpopular because they require so many coupons...