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...Linen Suit. In 1932 the party ordered him to go underground -in other words, wipe out his identity and become a secret agent, a spy. His wife cried; he himself was reluctant. But like any good Communist, he obeyed. The New Masses' Whittaker Chambers vanished. A man known simply as "Carl" appeared in the Red "cells" and in the innermost circles of the Communist underground. He buried his identity so successfully that some of his accomplices thought he was a Russian; one of them was positive that he was a Russian ex-colonel. The little boy who had peddled...
...synthetic textile ("the best we know of for outdoor use") was hailed by Du Pont. Called "Orlon," it is described as warm as silk, as wrinkle-resistant as wool, and resistant to moths, molds and mildew. Though nylon is less likely to tear, Du Pont said that nylon, rayon, linen and cotton were "complete failures" in an exposure test which hardly affected Orlon...
Carpenters have constructed a bulletin board for all house notices and are now working on a linen closet for the kitchen. No traces of lines have appeared as yet except for the weekly Gordon Supply bedding deliveries...
...Cliffe girls were even more amazed. They found linen tablecloths and napkins, flowers on the table, and PLATES. At Barnard, the shock was too great; they began to sing Christmas Carlos after dinner...
...James A. Linen...