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Made from natural gas, salt and air, dynel can be dyed, woven with other fabrics or used alone. Davidson says it is washable, mothproof, almost shrinkproof, and resistant to strong chemicals. At $1.25 a lb., manufacturers may find dynel a cheap substitute for wool, which, for similar use, sells at $2.15 to $3.50 a lb. Since dynel orders already far outstrip the company's annual production of 2,000,000 lbs., work was started last week to double the output. If dynel catches on, Union Carbide hopes to expand to as much as 40 million lbs. a year...
...Last Holiday" is a remarkable film. It has abundant wit and abundant warmth; it has a wealth of acute characterization, and, woven skillfully among all three, it has profound tragedy. In short, "The Last Holiday" has about everything that a film needs, not the least of which is an excellent cast, headed by the versatile Alee Guinness...
...bombers in 1941. The new chamber, designed by Architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and built at a cost of ?1,750,000, still had banks of elaborately carved, green-cushioned wooden benches ranged on either side, as before, in front of ornate oak-paneled walls. Two red lines, woven into the green carpet and thoughtfully placed just over two sword lengths apart so that overenthusiastic partisans could not prick each other, once again marked the limits beyond which members of opposing parties were not allowed to step in the heat of debate...
Odets dialogue is terse and vicious. Individual speeches are at once stirring and realistic. But it is not the speeches that make the play. He has woven them into a powerful action which completely absorbs the spectator...
...socks woven by Burlington Mills of nylon and Vicara, a new wool-like, mothproof synthetic, made from field corn. Vicara is reported to outwear wool, does not shrink, and sells for around 83? a lb. v. wool...