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...producers were unable to meet the demands of Russia because of the slowness of the Soviet-operated railroads. For each delay the quota of oil demanded was raised. The oil producers thought that the squeeze was planned...
...Hidden Babies. While adless PM was off running itself, and Field's ad-loving Chicago Sun was held in by its paper quota, Tycoon Field at 51 was already off on new ways of spending some of the $168 million he inherited from his storekeeping grandfather. His most ambitious postwar project: a mass-circulation magazine, described by its friends as a kind of New-Dealing Saturday Evening Post or Collier's. Field already has the Saturday Review of Literature's Editor Norman Cousins at work pasting up dummies. So far, says Cousins, everything "is purely exploratory...
Hitch. The Government's sudden 50% increase in A gas coupon values had a catch to it-tires. President A. L. Viles, of the Rubber Manufacturers Association, announced that the May quota of passenger tires to be released (1,500,000) will be 33% short of the number needed to keep essential civilian cars on the road through the summer months...
Applicants for places in the First Naval District's "limited quota" are cautioned by Lieutenant Commander Sussenguth, officer in charge of aviation enlistments, that they must commit themselves for a term of four years to start only when they become aviation cadets at pre-flight training
...Mighty 7th" War Loan drive, with the highest goal yet for sales to individuals, got off to a better start than any drive so far. In the first week 23% of the "little man's" $7 billion quota was subscribed. The rest would come harder -when enthusiasm had cooled...