Word: rayonism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Honolulu went mica tape, samples of rayon, gold-plated watch bands, wedding-announcement cards, a tube of radioactive phosphorus, brake cable, auto gears...
...since there are no seasonal ups & downs when an industry works at wartime capacity, seasonal variations have been discontinued in the figures on 26 industries (machinery, locomotives, rayon...
...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...
...been unable to buy any metal since Aug. 1, had laid off 800 of its 5,219 Meadville workers, had only enough inventories to keep going until next month. But Meadville has led a charmed life. Thanks to Talon's spectacular growth and a new American Viscose Corp. rayon plant, it scarcely felt the de pression of the '305. None of its three banks failed; its population rose; newspapers as far away as Manhattan publicized it as a "depression-proof city" whose "streets were paved with gold...
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...