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...HOUSE OF BEADLE AND ADAMS AND ITS DIME AND NICKEL NOVELS (2 vols., 919 pp.)-Albert Johannsen-Universify of Oklahoma...
...several steps removed from the linotype. To produce this plate a thin plastic mold is made from the flat page forms, which hold the proofread lines of type ejected by the linotype. The mold is then sprayed with a silver solution, given an electrolysis bath, copper-plated and nickel-plated. That leaves a thin shell of printing surface, which must be backed up and strengthened for the printing press. Hot, molten metal is poured into the shell, which is then rolled into a curved plate and cooled. The rough edges are beveled and it is ready for the printing press...
...over the U.S. last week, the prices of meat and many other products rose with a rush that was painfully like the burst of inflation in 1948. Booming industrial production sent metal markets soaring: copper jumped 2? a Ib. to 22½?; nickel was up, and even magnesium, which hadn't shown a rise since 1943, moved...
...NICKEL Bluefield, W.Va...
Without spending a nickel, the Pennsylvania Railroad made a deal for 10,000 new freight cars last week, the biggest order placed with car builders* in 25 years. The $55 million bill (80% down payment) will be paid by the Equitable Life Assurance Society (see below), which will rent the cars to the Pennsy for 15 years, on a sliding scale running from $1.50 down to $1 a day. This is the fourth rail equipment purchase Equitable has arranged since President Thomas I. Parkinson launched its plan eight weeks ago (TIME, April 10) to 1) put its idle funds...