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Last week Rembrandt's original subject was beginning to shine through again. The Rijksmuseum's restorers had been hard at work for nine months, washing away the grime and varnish, layer by layer, freeing the cool blues, greens and purples, the long-hidden faces. It would take another three months to bring full dawn...
Meanwhile, the painting, which underwent renovation by turpentine and floor varnish sometime during its six-year absence, remains upstairs at the Museum...
From the Japanese and their puppets, the Communists took over properties roughly valued at $15,000,000, as well as some 300 kilometers of the Peiping-Suiyuan Railroad. They have reopened two flour mills, and factories making cigarets, matches, soap, porcelain, lacquer, varnish and even artificial eyes...
...Three new synthetic engine lubricants, all from different sources (silicones, natural gas and other organic chemicals) were previewed last week. The makers' claim: all three have a fairly constant rate of flow in boiling heat or freezing cold; none forms sludge, carbon or varnish on cylinder heads and spark plugs. California's Union Oil Co. joined the chorus with a motor oil called "New Triton," which is long-wearing, noncorrosive, sludge-free...
Sail Ho! By year's end, the U.S. will again be importing commodities from the troubled Netherlands East Indies. The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce in New York announced that the first cargoes will include: tapioca, spices, varnish gums, essential oils, hides & skins...