Word: stearic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...laundering; millions of housewives did the same; wool producers (to whom soap is a major necessity) lamented: "No woolens." For want of glycerine, a by-product of animal fats, General Electric could not get the lacquer it needed to finish thousands of refrigerators. For want of industrial soap and stearic acid, all synthetic rubber production in Akron was expected to drop sharply in November, stop completely in December...