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...Champion. Later, the Korean war drove natural rubber sky-high (peak: 75? a Ib.), and forced most of the Government plants back into production. Research was also stepped up, financed by the Government and carried out by the private operators of the plants (tiremakers, oil and chemical companies). As a result, more than half the shoes made last year were soled with synthetic rubber. Even the once-scorned "general purpose" synthetic (GR-S), which in tires once lasted for barely 5,000 miles, is now made mostly by the low-temperature process that turns out hard-wearing "cold rubber" (TIME...
...picture is as tailored to Mermaid Williams' specifications as the one-piece bathing suits she wears in the picture (Annette Kellerman daringly introduced the one-piece suit 44 years ago). There are several spectacular Busby Berkeley water ballets, churning with sky-high fountains, Technicolored smoke effects and choruses of movie mermaids and mermen sliding down chutes and diving off swings. So long as it stays in the water, Million Dollar Mermaid is good fun. In its landlocked sequences, it is just another dry cinebiography...
Storms Ahead. Even so, there are still plenty of storm warnings ahead. To rebuild, the major shipping companies had to resort to short-term loans from commercial banks (with interest as high as 11%) and government loans. Furthermore, shipping rates, which were boosted sky-high in 1950-51 by the Korean war, have dropped down again, and shippers expect a further slide. Warned Shimpo Asao, president of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, one of Japan's biggest shipping companies: "The future is very dark. Until world trade begins expanding there is not much hope for further recovery . . . more Japanese ships will...
When W. Stuart Symington was RFC administrator, he resolutely refused to place Government orders for tin at the sky-high prices that the U.S. had been paying in the world markets. In less than three months tin plummeted from $1.50 to $1.06 a Ib. Though Bolivia and other tin producers protested vehemently, the U.S. has since been able to buy tin for $1.18 a Ib., a price it considers fair. Last week, in a special report, the Senate Preparedness ("Watchdog") subcommittee roundly commended Symington because he "bore the brunt of the battle" against the tin producers. The committee said...
...capital. Helsinki's main boulevard, the Mannerheimintie, was lined with store windows displaying the five-colored Olympic rings. In the 10 local newspapers, news of the imminent games almost crowded out the G.O.P. convention in Chicago and the war in Korea. Some householders were demanding, and getting, sky-high prices for bed & board. Helsinki's restaurants hurriedly recruited an extra 2,500 helpers, who were subjected to a brief course in the pronunciation of French wines and liqueurs...