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...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...
...probably more, will be spent in Canada for Canadian products. Orders already placed by UNRRA total $11,259,250-for such items as 25,000,000 lbs. of lard, 20,000 tons of farm machinery, 20,000,000 Ibs. of canned fish, $6,000,000 worth of woolen garments. Under negotiation are orders for wheat, meat, trucks, soap...
...autumn drew near the Alaskan sun rose and set in ever-narrowing circles (it was never overhead). Bud and Connie encased themselves in long woolen under wear, never took it off, never washed...