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...early returns indicate that it will rise even higher in this year's season of heavy demand and light fingers. Detroit Detective Lieut. James Johnson says, "There's lots of money and good employment, but they're stealing everything from razor blades to fur coats. It's difficult to understand why there's so much shoplifting so early this year...
...phenomenon was not lost on Terrill, who is chief of the Agriculture Department's Sheep and Fur Animal Re search Branch at Beltsville, Md. If the effect could be produced only when the sheep's wool was long, he reasoned, the fibers could easily be pulled, instead of sheared from the animal. And the un skilled farm labor needed for the simplified job would earn only about $2.50 per hour, sharply reducing costs to the wool industry. Taking up the project at Terrill's suggestion, Agriculture Biologist Ethel Dolnick and Physiologist Ivan Lindahl began feeding varying amounts...
...large selection of hand-carved woodenware, CUTTING BOARDS of all sizes and shapes, SALAD BOWLS, and thousands of other rustic items. SHEEP-SKIN RUGS from $15 to $150. We stock a full line of Persian hand-embroidered coats (as illustrated) along with hundreds of antique fur coats from $10 up. The coffee...
...scores of other exotic places. Handwoven rugs and wall hangings from over thirty countries; jewelry, African sculptures, fur throws and pillows, and fur lined suede Polish "Zhivago" coats and jackets are among the many unusual handcrafted gift items for the home and that special person...
Give her a gorgeous fur hat. Brine's at 29 Brattle St. has a huge collection of them as well as many other items of sportswear and sports equipment for everyone...