Word: solids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...From Solid Fuels Administrator Harold L. Ickes came a chilly prediction last week: unless the Army quickly releases some coal miners from the service, U.S. citizens will have the most uncomfortable winter...
...prestidigitator," said Honest Harold, "and neither are any of the members of the Solid Fuels Administration staff. We have no magic wands and we cannot produce coal without coal miners. No one else...
Meanwhile C. J. Potter, deputy Solid Fuels Administrator, predicted that war industries, including steel mills, would have to go on a four-day week unless the Army helped out. The Ickes solution: immediate furloughs for 30,000 experienced miners from the Army. The Army's answer: no. Now it was a problem for President Truman to solve...
...hungry G.I.s complained when the shows were second-rate. Nobody would object, he found, to more big-name performers, especially if they looked like Marlene Dietrich. Determined to satisfy his audience, Abe went to work on Broadway and Hollywood. By V-E day, when the Army gave him a solid green light for transportation, he had his quota of stars and garters. Ready for action were smash-hit shows, top-bill specialty acts, operatic and concert stars, any and every other kind of talent...
...Frazer. Detroit's automen smiled at this. Normally, it takes them 18 months to translate blueprints into a car. Nor were they worried by Kaiser's invasion of their bailiwick. Some of them already have their own West Coast assembly plants, all of them have a solid grip on the market. If Kaiser sells in the East, as he plans, he will be up against a $175 freight charge tacked to the price Of his car. Thus, old line automen may get their first competition not from the Kaiser but from the Frazer. Reason: the Frazer, which will...