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...There is no cure for diabetes, but it can be throttled by injections of insulin. "Straight"' insulin usually is taken three times a day, before each meal. Protamine zinc insulin, a slow-acting variant, is injected in a larger dose only once a day. (Scientists are working hard on an insulin preparation that can be taken by mouth, but so far have been unsuccessful.) Some doctors prefer to treat mild forms of the disease by restricting carbohydrates...
...month before war began, the price of zinc was 4.72 a lb. and U.S. production was 41,000 tons. Then the price rose to 7.25?, where it has been pegged by voluntary agreement for a year. Production rose too-to an all-time high of 75,524 tons last August. But for civilian requirements, Lend-Lease and the Army (brass cartridge cases) the U.S. now needs about 97,000 tons a month...
...last week Henderson's Office of Price Administration announced a new ceiling: 8.25? for prime Western, highest published price for zinc (with brief exceptions) since World War I. The extra penny, said OPA, would bring out more low-grade ore, help hard-pressed mine owners in the Tri-State zinc region (Missouri/Oklahoma, Kansas) pay wages that would keep miners from shifting to other jobs. One estimate of the likely production boost...
Latin America ships to the U.S. far more strategic materials than it wants back in finished goods. It provides the U.S. with 36% of its refined copper, wants back only about 6% of the U.S. supply. It furnishes 25% of U.S. zinc, wants 8%. Of lead it supplies 25%, wants 9%. It has been getting about one-fifth of its needs in these materials. It supplies the U.S. with raw aluminum, mercury, tungsten and antimony, but can get none back in manufactures...
This nine-way confusion was worse confounded when all nine agencies turned up in OPM's priorities division, each demanding copper, zinc, iron and steel. Certifier Palmer and Allocator Carmody also yelled contradictory advice in OPM's ear. Month ago, Palmer once more got the Presidential nod, was given certifying power over all defense housing priorities. Carmody, who sees no need for Palmer's job, would gladly take it over. Last July he told a House committee that the Coordinator's title was spelled "d-i-c-t-a-t-o-r." Last week he said...