Word: cottone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...third consecutive month, department-store stocks went down (the estimate: 60% below last summer). Manufacturers' hoarded stocks are down too, and new production is nowhere near large enough to meet the demand. Example: in Manhattan last week, dress buyers could get only about 10% of their cotton reorders filled. At every level, from manufacturer to corner store, the fat cushion of consumer goods is deflating fast...
...Synthetic shoe leather, produced on carpet looms by Bigelow-Sanford, is made of close-woven cotton impregnated with plastic. Soles of the cottonleather give more mileage than the best leather, can be cemented or sewed to uppers...
...change from winter uniforms to summer khaki was withheld until May 25 in order that the cadre and officers might wear the heavier uniform to complement the graduating class on the 24th and change to cotton on the folliwing day to match the dress of the new Officer Candidates...
Under older methods, nitrocellulose (made by treating cotton or wood fibers with nitric and sulfuric acids) is forced through "macaroni" machines, chopped into grains of various sizes. This smokeless powder is necessarily handled dry in many stages of its manufacture, and in large quantities...
...uniform of the day is the news of the week. Have you noticed? The WAVES have gone into white blouses for the duration of summer. These are short-sleeved cotton affairs designed to be worn with the lightweight Navy blue working uniform. However, most of us are wearing them with our nice warm wool serge suits for the obvious reason that the Official Outfitter of WAVES has not yet caught up with the season. Another reason is that a mere lone ensign hasn't a got of a chance with enlisted girls a four platoons strong in the uniform shop...