Word: sodas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made of relatively abundant materials: 1) caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), 2) sulfur, 3) chlorine, 4) ethylene (a gas sometimes used as an anesthetic...
Thiokol advocates were sure that big-scale production could begin at once. Said jubilant President Willard Dow of Dow Chemical Co.: "The caustic soda we shall derive from salt. Texas alone can supply all the sulfur we shall ever need. Chlorine at present is being allocated, but we can step up production to meet all requirements. Ethylene we can get from oil or from corn, wheat or any other agricultural waste or surplus by first converting it into alcohol...
...keep restless stomachs constantly occupied, Dr. Winkelstein rigs up a quart-sized can high over each patient's bed, fills it with lukewarm milk to which a level teaspoon of soda has been added. One end of a long, latex tube attached to the bottom of the can is swallowed by the patient. The tube, which is very soft, and scarcely larger than macaroni, is easy to swallow, does not keep the patient from sleeping, can even be used in the day time while he sits in a chair. The milk drips into his stomach constantly, its flow controlled...
Most housewives, meanwhile, were taking rationing in their stride. Bakers, candy makers and soda-pop makers (cut to 70% of 1941 use) got along with substitutes, complete elimination of some lines, and good old American ingenuity. But restaurants and hotels (slashed to 50% of 1941 consumption) howled for more...
...places to go and things to do. She can catch one of a number of trains back. If you go to visit her without means of automotive transport, there is a limited number of prospects before you. Two, in fact. Visiting the corner drug store for a soda and walking around the dimly lit and grassy shores of Lake Waban. The latter type of entertainment is recommended for them...