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Unlike National Distillers, which has branched in the manufacture of glace fruits, olives, maraschino cherries and lacquer solvents, Overholt has never done anything but make good whiskey. Thirty-one thousand barrels of Overholt went with the deal, giving National Distillers 70% of all U. S. bonded whiskey. Other National Distillers' brands: "Old Grand-dad," "Green River," "Mount Vernon," "Old Taylor," "Sunny Brook," and "McBrayer...
...When little Jenny Blair, daughter of her old friend the General, began to grow up and be attractive to George, he manfully resisted temptation as long as he could. Jenny Blair chose an unfortunate moment to throw herself into George's arms. Mrs. Birdsong saw them; for once her lacquer cracked. The result was shattering for George, disastrous for George's overworked ideal...
China has used tung oil for centuries in her lacquer, to finish paper, to calk ships. The glossy appearance of Chinese junks is given by tung oil, applied raw. China consumes 40% of its tung oil production. Hankow is the biggest tung oil port and the Hankow quotations are read by paint men throughout the world. Its industry boomed in the 1920's parallel with the U. S. building boom. The producing area for the Hankow supply is up the Yangtze River beyond the famed gorges in Szechwan Province next to Tibet. The big city in the area...
...working at present in the Dearborn factory); orders to 5,200 firms for such items as $47,000,000 worth of steel, $48,000,000 worth of body-trimming material, $20,006,000 worth of tires, $10,000,000 worth of glass, $4,800,000 worth of paint and lacquer, $4,600,000 worth of grey iron, $4,000,000 worth of lumber. The Ford production will benefit transportation companies by some $100,000,000 to pay for freight carried by 236,000 inbound and 228,000 outbound cars...
...necessary to produce art is to stand in front of a canvas with a wet brush in your hand and give your emotions a free rein. Surrealist Crotti is so certain of the value of his products that he rejects oil paint as too impermanent, works only in lacquer. All his colors are especially ground for him with varnish or turpentine as a base...