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...Cessna Aircraft in Kansas women saw, sand, nail and glue wood; sew, stretch on and dope the covering fabric; install the instrument board and radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Woman Behind the Man | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...rubber paint as a protective covering. Heavy canvas, or a similar material, may be used for the same purpose. . . . New or dismounted tires can be protected against light, air and dirt [all of which are harmful to rubber] by covering them with a tarpaulin or other heavy, tightly woven fabric. The darker the storage place the better. Heat and air have a very destructive effect on casings. Seventy or 80 degrees Fahrenheit should be the maximum storage temperature. Drafts and moving air replenish the supply of oxygen, causing the casing to deteriorate more rapidly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Time to Re-Tire | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

...know who our great enemy is, the enemy who before all others must be defeated first. It is not Japan; it is not Italy. It is Hitler and Hitler's Nazis, Hitler's Germany. It is Hitler we must destroy. That done, the whole Axis fabric will collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: Dissention among the Allies | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

...Sulfamic acid, for 60 years a mere laboratory curiosity, is now being produced on an industrial scale and used widely. Du Pont Chemists Martin Eli Cupery and Wallace Emerson Gordon announced that the sulfamates are excellent flameproofing agents for paper and fabric. Ammonium sulfamate sprays will kill ragweed, poison ivy and other noxious plants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Out of the Retorts | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

...sunny, warm December morning last week, at Fort Benning, Ga., Armored Force officers got their first look at the new bridge. Instead of boats it has collapsible floats of rubber fabric; instead of planks, parallel steel treadways, 15 ft. long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Rubber Bridge | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

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