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...They Run. In Fitchburg, Mass, three white mice routed a nylon-stocking queue, left three males in line...
...Down Nylons. Ceiling prices on nylon hosiery will be cut 40%. OPA's new prices, now being drafted, will range from 95? a pair...
Sheer Ecstasy. The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers had good news for U.S. women. Within two weeks N.A.H.M. promised delivery of "reasonable" quantities of nylon stockings to the nation's stores. Output of nylons next year, said N.A.H.M., will be 348 million pairs (v. approximately 100 million pairs in 1941), or 5.3 pairs for every woman...
...always subtract 3 2 from the French measure to get the American size.) . . . "What is a kangaroo's pouch lined with?" (When we checked the Bronx Zoo on that one we got our ears pinned back with "Skin, of course. What d'ya expect, nylon...
Invented by Captain James H. Brodie, the simple rig has four masts which support a long cable stretched between them. To land, the plane flies between the masts and snags a nylon loop with a hook above its wing. A friction brake brings it to a stop. To take off, the plane runs beneath the cable until it reaches flying speed-then disengages itself. The Army says that any competent pilot can do the trick. Some prefer the cable to a conventional landing strip...