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There is also a serious shortage in alloy metals used in jet and other high-temperature engines. All the world's resources of such scarce alloys as tungsten and nickel will not fill U.S. needs when production hits its peak. Defense officials are pushing a search for substitutes. So far, little luck...
...budgeted receipts compared with 78% last year and 50% in 1939 . . . Under this new 'fair deal' ... a man reaches the zenith of his financial success in life when he can retain $23,502.50 out of an $80,000 income. After that he can keep a nickel out of every dollar." The National Association of Manufacturers also plumped for a sales tax (of some 20%), but applied at the manufacturers', not the retail level...
...Indianhead nickel...
...Washington approved legislation calling for an annual "Trial of the Coins." Money from the mints at Denver and San Francisco is included in the test. Coins minted at Denver are stamped with an initial D, from San Francisco with an S. Except for wartime 5? pieces which contained no nickel and bear the initial P, coin from the Philadelphia mint is unmarked. In 158 years, the committee, usually from twelve to 14 people, has never found a defective coin...
...Production Production total consumed Commodity (in tons) in U.S. in the U.S. Copper . . . . . . . . . 2,741,776 41% 50% Lead . . . . . . . . . . . 1,700,000 34 51 Zinc . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,010,048 45 50 Manganese . . . . . 3,375,000 5 50 Tungsten . . . . . . . 8,816 22 35 Cobalt . . . . . . . . . . 6,500 14 63 Nickel . . . . . . . . . . 170,000 ½ 50 Molybdenum . . . . 15,680 90 83 Wool . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000,000 (lbs.) 3 16 Cotton . . . . . . . . . . 31,400,000 (bales) 52 29 Natural Rubber...