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...Penney and daughter Marjorie Elizabeth, who became the first field-test observers. Quickly they found daily dustings were unnecessary-once a week was enough. Curtains which formerly turned dark in a few days stayed fresh for several months. At the end of two weeks, Engineer Penney filled a quart milk bottle with the black, powdery rubbish from the air. Experience with other installations (about 150 in homes of Westinghouse workers) has improved performance. Manager Penney last week reported that his installation adds only 60? to $1 to his monthly electric bill...
...freeze butter prices, which jumped upward and tried to drag milk prices along. But for the distributors, the Government provided subsidies of $1 million a month -temporary hush money until OPA and the Agriculture Department could decide on the least evil of three: 1) raise milk a cent a quart; 2) lower the average price to farmers; 3) continue paying subsidies...
Last week, for instance, the OPA slashed the price of women's full-fashioned nylon stockings from around $2.95 to $1.65. A Manhattan department store was advertising rye whiskey at $2.29 per quart, and Scotch at $3.29 per fifth. Gasoline, which the citizen ought to conserve, is still offered to him at between 17? and 23? per gallon-and the Government is paying a transportation subsidy to the oil companies to keep the price down in the East...
...dozen pop-bottling works have been far behind in supplying the demand. Breweries hardly find a few minutes to age beer. Bars open at 10 a.m., close at 5 p.m. Packaged liquor is rationed at one quart per person a week...
Just wrap up a quart...