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...Soybean protein can be made into synthetic wool-like fibers, now being developed for use in auto upholstery by Ford Motor Co. It is warmer than rayon...
Nylon can be eked out by mixing it with silk and rayon, making feet and tops of other yarns. But women may not like these hybrid stockings. And the Army may soon commandeer nylon...
...Manhattan shopper bought three dozen pairs of rayon panties. Said the salesgirl: "Do you suppose she thought there was going to be a rayon shortage?" (P.S.: Maybe there...
From the underwear industry last week came a kittenish echo of Lieut. General Ben Lear's Memphis Incident. Announced by Blue Swan Mills (manufacturers of Minnikins, Frillikins, Smoothikins, many anotherkins) was the Panty-of-the-Month for December. It will be made of olive-drab cotton and rayon, archly embroidered (on the left hip) "Yoo-Hoo." Its inevitable name: Yoo-Hooikins...
...Burlington, N.C., for example, a shutdown would affect 6,000 workers, ultimately cut off almost all the town's income. Mill managers planned 1) to stretch silk operations with substitutes in welt and feet, and with a three-day week, 2) to pray for early arrival of fine rayon, and that women will buy rayon hose, 3) to urge Du Pont to relax its rule that nylon hose can contain no rayon or cotton. Half North Carolina's mills can knit nylon, but as yet only...