Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Commerce. Jesse Jones, relieved of the rubber program, bypassed on war plant financing, took refuge in routine...
...professor of chemistry and chairman of that department, and since 1913 has been connected with the University. He now spends much of his time in Washington, working as chairman of the National Defense Commission. Recently, he served on the Baruch Committee in the investigation of the rubber situation...
...Czar of Czars Byrnes, Production's Nelson, Manpower's McNutt, Transportations Eastman, Rubber's Jeffers, Prices' Brown, Oil's Ickes, Informations's Davis, Censorship's Price...
...Foamed-rubber latex, familiar stuffing for auto upholstery, now seals airplanes' bomb doors and cabins, cushions flight-control instruments, earphones and helmets. It weatherstrips tanks against sand and water, protects crews from bumps...
...United States Rubber Co. calls its new extrusion method "the most important improvement in rubber processing in many years." Developed for tank treads, the process squirts rubber through tiny holes into molds under high pressure which raises the temperature almost to the vulcanization point, gives a more uniform cure. Postwar promises include rubber heels of higher quality from less rubber...