Word: mouths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...While the U.S. sweated to get along with synthetic production, mouth-watering news came from Singapore: the price of Far Eastern rubber (22½? a Ib. before Pearl Harbor, when it was America's chief source of supply) is less than 1? a Ib. Reason: now that the Japs control practically all the natural rubber there is, they cannot find a buyer capable of taking it away...
...danger of being badly hurt by barnacles [and] of fracturing your ankles by hitting your heels against the bilge keel. . . . Jump into the water feet first; do not dive. ... If you have to swim through a patch of oil keep your head and eyes high and your mouth closed. ... If you have to jump from the ship into burning oil you may, if you are a good swimmer, avoid being burned. . . . Jump feet first through the flames. Swim as long as you can under water, then spring above the flames and breathe, taking a breast stroke to push the flames...
...count the survivors, compute the probable period before rescue and the prospects of rain, then ration the stock of water. The minimum daily ration should be 18 ounces until only one pint per man remains; after that each should be given two ounces daily. Lips can be moistened, the mouth rinsed with sea water, but "there is no doubt that large draughts of sea water cause death and even small amounts may prejudice a man's chance of survival on a long voyage. . . . The liquid contained in the lifeboat's compass should never be drunk: it is poisonous...
...University space should be used. With the announcement of the University's lack of space, should be used. Wih the announcement of the University's lack of space, the committee has reported warehouses rates for interested students. In small lots the rates are 1.25 cents per cubic foot per mouth, in wholesale floor space the rate is only 1 cent per cubic foot per month...
...volts, one milliampere to each eye, 15 minutes three times a week), 75,000 units of vitamin A daily (to stimulate formation of visual purple-a pigment in the retina), daily injections of one-half cc. of vitamin B complex (for nerve vitality), five drops of iodine by mouth daily (to stimulate body metabolism), red & green glasses, training with colored cards...