Word: morely
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Small Fire. In World War II, John helped push the company to a peak employment of 61,685 (today's: 10,000). Their Winchester plant in New Haven developed the famed U.S. Mi carbine in 13 days, turned out nearly 500,000 Mis, along with more than 500,000...
In Washington last week a customer bustled up to a counter in Magruder, Inc. and tried to buy 96 Ibs. of coffee. She was told she could buy only one 24-lb. case of Ib. tins. In many another U.S. city, hoarding housewives, having heard rumors of $1 a Ib...
By last week, Theodora had more than 750 regular customers, including Humphrey Bogart, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. At $1.25 for a five-gallon bottle, Theodora sells 10,000 gallons a month in the Los Angeles area alone and sales are increasing at the rate of 1,000 gallons a...
Tibione is more toxic than streptomycin or P.A.S., but most patients suffer only loss of appetite, malaise, and skin eruptions which look like measles. These side effects soon pass, and Tibione (unlike streptomycin) can be given to a patient for months or even years. It is taken in tablet form...
To test the old wives' theory that chilling and wet feet bring on colds, Andrewes persuaded some of his volunteers to soak themselves in hot baths, then stand around in a drafty passage for half an hour undried, wearing bathing suits. Then they put on wet socks. In the...