Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tires that must remain outdoors should be coated with a synthetic rubber paint as a protective covering. Heavy canvas, or a similar material, may be used for the same purpose. . . . New or dismounted tires can be protected against light, air and dirt [all of which are harmful to rubber] by covering them with a tarpaulin or other heavy, tightly woven fabric. The darker the storage place the better. Heat and air have a very destructive effect on casings. Seventy or 80 degrees Fahrenheit should be the maximum storage temperature. Drafts and moving air replenish the supply of oxygen, causing...
...Germany, after years of trying, has a top production annually of some 50,000 tons of synthetic rubber made from petroleum or coal; Russia, also a veteran in the field, is presumed to do about the same, with a rubber substitute made from grain and potatoes. Substitutes can be made from almost any vegetable material with a hydrocarbon content, from petroleum and grass to molasses and dandelions...
...necessarily mean the collapse of the Jap. But if the Jap can once call Singapore and the Indies his own, he can feed on the Indies-its oil, strategic metals, foods-growing new muscles on his runt-sized economic frame. Meantime the democracies would be cut short of rubber, tin and other strategic metals, tapioca (for sizing cotton and for abrasives), copra (for fats) and all the other vital supplies that the Indies supply...
...Hope. The execution of the decision began with disgrace. At Penang, the British left behind them almost undamaged port facilities and public utilities, tin and rubber stockpiles, 15 crated Spitfires at wharfside...
...best treatment seems to be simple cleanliness. Patients are examined in special plant rooms; attendants wear sterile gowns, rubber gloves; all goggles and masks worn by workers are now sterilized before being used again...