Word: wool
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...after the war, Australia-from her 120 million sheep and millions of cattle-can supply us with wool and steaks . . .; she has a surplus of wheat and barley; all this can repay us and mutually increase both our standards of living...
...examined meticulously. A medical officer (Captain Louvera B. Schmidt of Salem, Ore.) recorded the cause of death and the number and type of wounds as each body was unclothed. Members of the graves registration company cut open each pocket and placed the personal effects of the dead in clean wool socks for dispatch to the quartermaster depot at Kansas City. One identification tag has been left on each body, the other nailed to the cross which will be placed above the grave until a larger metal plate can be stamped. The graves are laid out in perfect geometrical pattern; they...
...news of the week. Have you noticed? The WAVES have gone into white blouses for the duration of summer. These are short-sleeved cotton affairs designed to be worn with the lightweight Navy blue working uniform. However, most of us are wearing them with our nice warm wool serge suits for the obvious reason that the Official Outfitter of WAVES has not yet caught up with the season. Another reason is that a mere lone ensign hasn't a got of a chance with enlisted girls a four platoons strong in the uniform shop. So Service Dress, Blue...
Shrubbery and tress have been imitated by dyed sheep's wool. The roads have been traced by cloth strapping and houses, placed exactly where ones now stand, have been built of wood and painted. Metal strips have been mailed down to resemble railroad tracks and strips of dark cloth represent the brooks and streams...
absorbent cotton-cotton wool...