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...reflecting the uncertainty of large segments of U.S. business. For months, economists had been forecasting a slowdown in the first and second quarters, when civilian output would be deeply cut before arms orders could fill the slack. But the slowdown seemed a little worse than expected. The cotton and wool industries were in the doldrums; the rayon industry was in the first real depression in its history. New steel capacity would soon be coming in at the rate of about 1,000,000 tons a month, and there was talk that the shortage of some types of steel had ended...
...Father Cummings lay dying, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, by a coincidence, issued a set of recommendations to reduce the hazard. Wool blankets, plastic sheets and most synthetic fabrics should not be allowed near an anesthesia machine, the bureau said, because of the danger that they will generate static electricity and cause a spark. Cotton should be used instead. Doctors and nurses must not wear wool trousers, nylon gowns, or rubber-soled shoes. Tables, machines and stools should have non-insulating feet, to conduct static electricity to the floor...
Glass fiber wool is used as insulating and soundproofing material, because it will not shrink, rot or absorb moisture; it goes into practically all refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, trucks and cars. Glass textiles are used for wiring insulation and as curtains and drapes. Three years ago a glass fishing rod was put on the market; now 10 million glass poles are in use. Boeschenstein knows how to advertise his products. In a "roving revue" the stars were an unbaked cherry pie, a quart of ice cream and a pot of hot coffee. The ice cream (wrapped in glass wool...
...Wool of bat and tongue...
...hides the bathing suit and so puffy that it resembles a maternity blouse. Other eye-catchers: the butterfly-winged cape which Princess Gabriella di Giardinelli ("Gabriellasport") designed for her yellow silk evening gown; a short evening dress of black lace on white organdie by the Fontana sisters; a white wool pullover, with close-fitting slacks, by Milan's Mirsa. Not only U.S. buyers, but Europeans, flocked to the salons. Plainly, the Italians were giving the French plenty of cause for worry...