Word: woolen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Expect shortages of cotton, woolen and worsted goods until military orders are well filled; only after that indeterminate time can civilians expect full supplies of soft goods...
...advance notices. As his transport circled Yenan's airport, the hinterland city of 40,000 went into a dither. First to greet the visitor was U.S. Army Observer Colonel David Dean Barrett, an old China hand, who was dressed in a faded, padded blue-cotton greatcoat over his woolen olive drab. General Hurley wore correct two-star uniform, complete with three rows of campaign ribbons, Mexican Aztec Eagle, White Eagle of Yugoslavia, D.S.C. (for gallantry in World War I) and U.S. Distinguished Service Medal with oakleaf cluster. Cracked the Colonel: "General, you have got a ribbon there for everything...
...freeze of worsteds is scheduled to last until June 2. This will not affect consumers immediately. But it will probably mean less tropical weight worsteds for men's suits next summer, and a reduction in woolen goods for all civilians next winter. Deepest cut will come in blankets, women's wool suits and dresses, men's suits and overcoats, underwear and socks. The worsted and woolen shortage will increase demands for cotton and rayon, thus will affect the entire supply of clothing...
Although the U.S. had a bigger supply of raw wool than ever before, retail inventories of woolen goods ran low. Civilians hoped for a warm winter. With 10% fewer mill workers than last year, woolen production for the first quarter of 1945 may not exceed 90,000,000 yards, of which 60,000,000 yards are needed to fill Army, UNRRA and other Government orders...
...chinchilla. Cats, rats, moles were tinted and tortured into sealskin and beaver. But Parisians faced a cold winter without much coal. Said the Chicago Daily News' correspondent Helen Kirkpatrick: "If some enterprising couturier could acquire an unlimited supply of wool . . . the most popular collection would be one showing woolen underwear...