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...company secret. But one thing is certain: New Jersey Zinc's plants in its home State, Pennsylvania, and the West are all-out for war. Biggest wartime zinc need is for millions of shell cases, which the U.S. specifies must be 30% high-grade zinc, 70% copper. Then comes a string of zinc alloy castings for trucks and aircraft (fuel pumps, carburetors, door handles, etc.), die-cast gun sights, shell fuses and fire pumps, galvanized ship plates, sanitary equipment and plain tin roofs. Atop this are zinc oxide for paint, tires and medical supplies, "spiegeleisen" (mirror iron) for steel...
Warstuffs. Naturally and by conquest, Japan now finds herself in possession of just about all the raw materials she needs for war. Copper is the only apparent shortage, and she has plenty of aluminum to substitute. She has crude oil to spare and soon will have refineries at work. She has enough rubber to sell some to Russia'. She has acquired iron in Kcjrea, Indo-China, Malaya and the Philippines-enough for an annual steel production of something less than 8,000,000 tons; coal in Korea and China; lead and zinc in Burma; bauxite in Malaya...
...teeth of the External Security Law, which the President had signed three weeks ago (TIME, Jan. 18) for the control of enemy alien activity, were immediately bared. The regions of Chile's vital raw materials-copper, nitrate, coal-and her key ports and cities were proclaimed emergency zones. The interests of the Axis Governments were taken over by Spain. Steps were taken to arrange Axis diplomats' departure through Argentina...
...picture is full of fire, galloping steeds and sword play-most of the playing by copper-torsoed Jon Hall, who plays Haroun-Al-Raschid to Miss Montez' Sherazade. But that is not all. The picture is, besides, an unusually effective Technicolor job. Best shots: the play of sunlight and shadow across the rich bronze desert sands...
...automatic peeler; this opens into a room where cooks are stuffing chickens by the dozens. The main cooking room is lined on one side with a row of massive ranges, and on another side a row of six stock pots simmer and boil. In the center hang great copper kettles and ladles glistening in the moist warmth while chefs feverishly prepare the evening meal on the tables below...