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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chief reason October carloadings were lower than expected was that production itself lagged. Materials shortages and industry's ponderous changeover from peace to war held the Federal Reserve Board production index to around 160. Moreover, some expected peak shipments never came. Coal, thanks in part to advance buying last summer and in part to a warm fall, ran around 165,000 cars a week instead of an expected 200,000. Much grain still waits on farms and at way stations...
Development from World War I's 55 octane gas to World War II's 100 octane plus came slowly. Octane rating is the index of antiknock qualities.* Before 1922 the only way to raise this rating was to increase the percentage of isooctane (and similar compounds). Isooctane is a hydrocarbon, C8H18, which is one of the hundreds of compounds which make up the chemical mixture called gasoline. But isooctane alone makes a poor fuel because it is not volatile enough, does not readily carburet into explodible vapor...
There have been rumors of trouble between the army and the Nazis. They are, so far, only gossip and not backed by evidence. There have been such rumors since Hitler came to power in 1933, but if the performance of the army is any index, these rumors have all been based on wishful thinking. If and when the army revolts, turns Hitler and the Nazi gang out of the country, and offers to retire into Germany's borders then I for one will join Mr. Hooking in his present position. We ought then to consider negotiation. Charles H. Taylor, Associate...
...Index rose to 160.0 (estimated) in the Oct. 11 week, highest since mid-September and 1.6 points above the preceding week's final figure. Main reason for the rise: unusually warm weather which boosted power output to a record 3,290,000,000 kwh., 17.8% above...
Hampered by shortages, priorities, Government red tape and labor troubles, U.S. business is marking time. For twelve weeks TIME'S Index has held within a 4½-point range. Car-loadings are still about 80,000 cars below the 1,000,000-car peak predicted for October. Auto production, some 30,000 units under 1940, is not even keeping pace with the quotas imposed by OPM. Even in the textile industry, fat with Army orders, output has declined sharply since June...