Word: furnishings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Mr. Wickard: "Egg production is to be increased sufficiently to supply British needs, and in addition furnish the United States with as many eggs as we ever used in the year of greatest egg consumption in the past. We hope to increase milk production enough to supply Britain's need for milk products, and in addition maintain our own consumption at the level of the past four years. The production of canned tomatoes is to be increased by 50% over that of last year, and the production of all types of dried beans [a fair meat substitute...
...this astronomical mark, Airman Johnson picked up 20 more civilian schools for the kindergarten work, contracted to furnish them planes, pay them $18-20 for each hour flown, $52.50 a month for cadets' board & room. Intermediate schools, run by the Army, are being stepped up from seven to 15, advanced schools from eleven to 21. The Air Corps needed more mechanics, stepped its training goal up from 45,000 a year to 100,000. It also had to enlarge its training for bombardiers, gunners, navigators and observers to fit the new pattern...
...later he got his first RFC loan, now translated into a 40,000,000-lb. plant at Lister Ala., which will start reducing bauxite (aluminum ore) next week. Reynolds also is starting on a 60,000,000-lb. plant in the lumbermill town of Longview, Wash., where Bonneville will furnish power aplenty. Now Reynolds is confident that his 100,000,000-lb. output (by next July) plus Alcoa's 690,000,000 will take care of defense needs, adds: "We do not share the sudden and surprising hysteria as to an acute shortage...
Herbert Hoover had heard all this before, and he demurred in detail: "1) No food goes directly or indirectly to the Germans.- If the Germans furnish their part of the supplies, it will amount to more food values sent into Belgium than could possibly be taken out of Belgium or fed to their own Army. The effect is to reduce, not increase, German supplies...
...thought the scheme would involve 70 to 80 industries, would free 250,000 to 750,000 workers for war industry in addition to the 100,000 already transferred without factory drafting. Specifically, he predicted that the "redundant" cotton-textile industry would furnish 50,000 workers, the woolen-textile industry 40,000. The proposal raised many carefully muffled objections from factory owners. How would the pools work? Wouldn't the "nucleus" factories have a decided jump on the others when peace came? Wasn't it all Fascistic? But the average Briton-on-the-street was encouraged. Though...