Word: underwear
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After the school came the "cover-story," the bogus life history that Millar must memorize to go with his false identification papers. He was to be an insurance publicity agent. Then he passed through "the phony-Continental-clothes-and-accessories department" which issued everything from "summer underwear to a 'housewife.' " Millar dumped his disguises somewhere in the "aquarium" as quickly as possible; they scared...
...calendar industry, blooming as never before, owes its healthy color chiefly to black lace underwear and the Boy Scouts of America. Last week, as calendar makers finished shipping out 1946 calendars, they totted up sales far above any previous year. Despite paper shortages, between 80 and 100 million calendars will decorate U.S. walls and desks next year...
...wheels of what economy eastern Germany had left. By last week, industrial production was at 20% of the 1938 level, as compared to 5 to 10% in the U.S. zone. Brown coal output was at 50% of 1937. The first new-model automobiles were in production, as were stockings, underwear, gloves, tiles for Germany's millions of roofless houses. Even pots & pans were being made-from helmets...
...National Federation of Army and Navy Stores, appealed to Navy Secretary James Forrestal for more speed in releasing surplus merchandise. Modell had his eye on the Navy's estimated surplus of six million dungarees, nine million chambray shirts, 1.8 million utility shirts, 1.3 million suits of heavy underwear, 500,000 pairs of galoshes...
Fifth columnists had infiltrated the enemy's ranks before the British struck, assuring the arrest of some of the most notorious dealers, including the heads of the silk-stocking racket and the jewelry trust. A cigaret girl, who tucked most of her merchandise in her underwear, demanded immediate release because she had a date with...