Word: mats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...confident grip on his job. He had no illusions: "No sensible person would seek a job of this kind." He was modest: "Expect no miracles." He was reasonable: "There is no sense in rationing for rationing's sake." He sounded tough enough: "OPA will be no walking door mat...
...production of matériel for the Army Ground Forces was below expectations, but not necessarily alarming-3½% below April, 5½% below the goals (TIME, June 28). Lieut. General Brehon B. Somervell, commanding the Army Service Forces, called this drop "serious." But indications are definite this week that war production in June was no better than...
Charlie Davis had a warm reunion Saturday night with an old barracks mat who recently graduated from officers' candidate school. The two of them filled up on spaghetti and reminiscences at a small Hub restaurant...
There was a parade two miles long. Showers of rose petals fell on Jinnah's mat of grey hair. Police guards on the roof tops saw to it that nothing heavier than rose petals was dropped...
...might be true, as General Somervell stated, that nearly all of the 90 "facilities" affected by recent matériel changes had been restored to production. But production-minded civilians still asked questions. Could a plant built to make tanks, for example, be easily converted to make plane parts? Why was equipment so short? Why was the arms program out of balance? Changing requirements based on battle experience and obsolescence of equipment could not be the whole answer...