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Show DIAPER SUPPLY CAN'T FILL NATIONAL DEMAND Though there's no more queuing up for white shirts and nylons, babies will have to wait more than six months for an ample supply of diapers, Pathfinder points out. During the war years the diaper shortage was blamed on price-controls. Mills switched their looms to more profitable fabrics. But now that OPA controls are off, it's hard for mothers to understand the diaper dilemma. Chief trouble: too many babies. In 1946 3,500,000 babies arrived. That meant 1,000,000 more square-pants square-pants customers than the year before. be-fore. Thus, even though production produc-tion may reach pre-war levels by fall, the supply won't cover the demand. |