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Show I Housewives HOllsewives Aid National Defense Defel1se Plans PlansI PlansBy PlansBy I By Buying Synthetic Products for Home By VINCENT CONVERSEHelencd CONVERSEReleased CONVERSE CONVERSEReleased ( Released Helencd , by Western Newspaper Newspnper Union ) ' / NEW YORK YORh YORhThe YORK-The YORK The . -The The - The housewives houscwlves ofAmerica of ofAmerIca ofAmerica AmerIca through their ready ac acceptance acceptance acceptance ceptance over the past decade dccade of ofhousehold ofhousehold ofhousehold household articles made of synthct synthet synthctics synthctlCS synthetics lCS ics and plastics have made pOSSI posse pOSSIble posseble possible ble the bu Iding Idmg lding of a $400 400 ? $ 400 000 000E'rsatz 000ersatz 000 000ersatz ' ersatz E'rsatz industry mdustry which is now in a aPOSIt aposit aposit POSIt on to mike m\ke m ke ' \ priceless contnbut contribut contrlbu contribu contrlbutons tons t ons to the national defense dcfense pro program program program programTl gram gramTlls gramTi Tlls Tl Ti is industry though only a fledg Oedg fledglIng Oedgling fledghng lIng enterprise cntcrprlse in 1929 today has hast , tfi ; / - r . 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From ladies ladles hosiery to a snbstl snbsti snbstltute snbstitute snbstiute tute ( for silk in ID army parachutes is isthe isthe isthe the natiomi natlOn\l natlOn l national ' \ defense step taken by byduPont byduPont byduPont duPont s nylon a compound of coal coaland coaland coaland and airplants air airplants plants andequ and equ pment capable of fi1l fill fi1lmg filling filling mg ing thousands of mil tary needs nccds The Thedevelopmcnt Thedevelopment Thedevelopment developmcnt development is seen sccn by Dr Howard HowardE E Fntz Fritz d rector of the rap dly dlygrowmg dlygrowing dlygrowing growmg growing synthet cs d vis vas on of the thenat thenat thenat nat on s oldest major rubber compa company company company ny as the direct result of the can con cantmued continued continued tmued tinued interest mterest man manifested ested in syn synthetlc synthetic synthetic thetlc thetic and p'ast past plast ptast ' c products of o ( all allkmds allkinds allkinds kmds kinds by American women from the theday theday theday day 10 years ago when many of the thelaboratory thelaboratory thelaboratory laboratory created products made madetheir madetheir madetheir their first appearanceNew appearanceNew appearance appearanceNew New Language DevelopedThe DevelopedThe Developed DevelopedThe The language of synthet cs IS ISrapIdly israpidly israpidly rapIdly becoming the language of ofsecurity ofsecurity ofsecurity security as well it is brought outin out outIn outin In a survey comp camp led by Dr Fritz FritzwhIch Fritzwhich Fntzwhich whIch lists the m 1 tary uses to towhIch towhich towhich whIch many of the test tube develop developments developments developments ments of the past few years are now nowbeing nowbeing nowbeing being applledThe appliedThe applied applled appliedThe The ABCs of this new language languageare are made up of such terms as amer amerIpol ameripol ameripol Ipol bakel te to cellophane ca catalm catalmkoroseal catalinkoroseal talm talmkoroseal koroseal lucite luclte nylon tenite temte and andvmyllte andvmylite andvinylite vmyllte vmylite and a host of others which whichare whichare whichare are well weU known to the ladies ladles of the thenation thenation thenation nation he pomts points outSmce outSince out outSince Since Smce 1929 housewives have been beentranslating beentranslating beentranslating translating these bizarre words mto into mtopract intopract intopract pract cal everyday housewares housewares- housewaresthmgs housewaresthings housewaresthings - things thmgs like hke shower curtains curtams garment garmentbags garmentbags garmentbags bags tablecloths draperies tooth toothbrushes toothbrushes toothbrushes brushes tumblers and thousands of ofother ofother ofother other products Dr Fntz FrItz declares1ow declaresI'ow declares declaresI 1\ow 1 ow I'ow Iow \ I ' ow the fact that most of these thesewIdely thesewidely thesewidely wIdely accepted articles can be cre created created ereated ated through the magic of industrial industrialresearch industrialresearch industrialresearch research literally out of thin aIr aIrfrom airfrom airfrom from scrap wood salt and other othercommon othercommon othercommon common materials is of profound profoundmilitary profoundmilitary profoundmilitary military importance And WIthout WIthoutthe withoutthe withoutthe the acceptance of these products by bythe bythe bythe the ladies ladles there would be no indus industry industry Industry try to supply new strategic needs needsPlastrcs needsPlastics needsPlastics Plastrcs Plastics Used in PlanesDay PlanesDay Planes PlanesDay Day by day the news bulletins re reveal reveal reveal veal new cases where materIals materIalswIuch materialswhich materialswhich wIuch which first saw daybght dayllght daylight in m mdustnal industrial mdustnallaboratones industriallaboratories industriallaboratories laboratones laboratories are applied applled to the busness busi business business ! ness of national defense the survey surveystates surveystates surveystates states Four aircraft companies compames are aredevelopmg aredeveloping aredeveloping developmg developing methods for molding en entIre entire entire tIre plane bodies out of plastics plastrcs in ina ina ina a single smgle high speed process expect expect- - - ed in the opinion of experts to triple tripleand tripleand ' and quadruple plane phne pllne body produc production production I Itlon tlon tion ! tionA A material compounded from fromcoke fromcoke fromcoke coke I mestone and salt and ca11cd called ca11cdkoroseal calledkoroseal calledkoroseal koroseal which made its home dc do dcbut dobut dobut but as a coating for shower curtains curtainsbecau curtainsbecaue curtainsbecause becau becaue . , e of its resistance to water wateracids wateracids wateracids acids and dctenorat dcterlorat deteriorat on now has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been found to have high m lltary litary litarys lltarys s gnificance gmficance In tests against mus mustard mustard mustard tard gas penetration and hydro hydrogen hydrogen hydrogen gen ga gas s d fusion iIuslOn ffusion ( koroseal horoseal treated treatedfabncs treatedfabrics treatedfabrics fabncs fabrics were found to be superior supcrlor to tothe tothe tothe the best rubber treated fabrics Thisenables This Thisenables Thisenables enables the onetime shower curtam curtain curtainto curtainto : 10 to be used as protective wcarlng wearing wcarlngapparel wearingapparel wearingapparel apparel as well as for covering covcrlng for forboth forboth forboth both lighter and heavier than air aircraft aircraft aircraft craft it is emphasIzedS emphasizedSynthetic emphasized emphasizedSynthetic S Synthetic nthetic ParachutesLa ParachutesLatest Parachutes ParachutesLatest La Latest test reports d sclose that the thefilmy thefilmy thefilmy filmy feminine stocking is beg n nn nn nn n ng to fgure in m the m litary lltary pIC pie pieture picture ture The new synthetic yam yarn de developed developed developed veloped from coal and air alr by duPont duPontand duPontand duPontand and placed plJced : on the market recentlyin rccentlyIn rccently recently In the form of nylon silk stockings stockingshas stockingshas stockingshas has passed prel mmary minary tests as sub substltute substatute substitute stltute statute for silk in army parachutcs parachutes parachutcsFurther parachutesFurther parachutesFurther Further tests are now being bemg under undergone undergone undergone gone at Wnght Wright fieldWh fieldWh field fieldWh Wh Ie le a tooth brush seemmgly seemingly seemmglyhas seeminglyhas seeminglyhas has small smaU military value beyond ItS ItShyg itshyg itshyg hyg enic emc function two materials de developed developed developed veloped for it may now speed the thepreparedness thepreparedness thepreparedness preparedness drive Dr Fntz Fritz saIdWhen saidWhen said saidWhen When the Japanese invaded Chinain Chma China Chmain Chinain in 1937 supplies suppl1es of super fine ChI ChInese Chinese Chinese nese swine swme br sties stles were cut off but butmdustnal butindustrial butindustrial mdustnal industrial chem chern sts quickly produced producedAmerIcan producedAmerican producedAmerican AmerIcan made synthet s1thet ) " c br stles sties stlesThese stiesThese stiesThese These are now being used for many manymil manymil manymil mil tary purposes while the ccllu cellu ccllulose cellulose ccl'ulose cclulose ' lose acetate first used for toothbrush toothbrushhandles toothbrushhandles toothbrushhandles handles is be ng molded into gun uk F % % 1 1r 1a 1e 1e r e a x e , r " % tVhat "hat hat % hat used uscd to be backgammon backgammonsets backgammonsets sets tea kettle knobs and showercurtains shower showercurtams showercurtains curtams curtains now go into IDtO gas masks as assynthehcs assynthetics assynthetics synthehcs synthetics and plastics plashcs frst used in inthe inthe inthe the home help speed up the national nationaldefense nationaldefense nationaldefense defense programstocks program programstocks stocks in an efficient and rapId rapIdoperation rapidoperation rapidoperation rapidoperationInflammable operation operationInflammable Inflammable PlasticsFrom PlasticsFrom Plastics PlasticsFrom From the coffee coiIee table to the avia aviat t on hangar is the transition ex experlenced experienced expenenced perlenced perienced by a wide variety of lam lammated lammated lammated mated plastics plasbcs and cast resins resms whIch whIchhave whichhave whichhave have high non inflammable mflammable quahbes qualities quahbesand qualitiesand qualitiesand and are now being bemg applied through throughout throughout throughout out aircraft construction construcbon Further Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore more the chemical cousin of the thebackgammon thebackgammon I Ibackgammon backgammon set or breakfast table tabletop tabletop tabletop top may some day aid in repelling repellingfoes repellingfoes repellingtoes foes of the nation for shaped cellu cellulose cellulose cellulose lose sheets first used for these pur purposes purposes purposes poses are now being used to convey conveyammunition conveyammunition : ammunlbon ammunition to guns m In planesSImilarly planesSimilarly planes planesSimilarly Similarly tea kettle knobs and andcandId andcandid andcandid candId camera developing developmg tanks tanksmade tanksmade tanksmade made from phenol c resins resms are met metamorphosed metamorphosed metamorphosed amorphosed into noses for anti air aircraft aircraft aircraft craft shells and mouthpieces and andcontamers andcontainers andcontainers contamers containers tor for gas masks And the hair brush that somet mes scrved served scrvedto servedto servedto to impress the importance of d SCI son SCIpl1ne sonplane scipllne pl1ne plane on the juveniles of the house housenow housenow housenow now becomes a deadlier weapon wearon of ofchastisement ofchastisement ofchastisement chastisement as part of the hIghly hIghlyaccuratc highlyaccurate highlyaccurate accuratc accurate sights used on bombers bombersllan bombersbean bombersAlan l\lan l lan bean \ Made l\Iade l Iade \ RubberPerhaps Rubber RubberPerhaps . Perhaps the most dramatic dramabc trans transformat transformat transformat format on prescribed prescnbed by the synthct synthet synthctlCS synthetics synthetics lCS ics expert has been bcen wrought by the thekoroseal thekoroseal thekoroseal koroseal shower curta n and its re recently reGently recently cently Gently born chcm chern Chem cal cousin cousm amcrl amen amcrlpol amenpol amenpol pol which signifies slgmfies a polymer or orrecomb orrecomb orrecomb recomb nat on of American Amcncan materl matert materlals matertals matenals matenalsOne als alsOne One of the thc most cherished goals goalsof goalsof goalsof of the synthetic experts e"perts eperts " has been beenthe beenthe beenthe the ult mate production of man manmade manmade manmade made rubber Now due to the lID lIDpetus ire impetus ' petus g ven yen research rcsearch into mto synthebc synthetic synthebcrubber syntheticrubber syntheticrubber rubber by sales of koroseal to house housewIves housewives housewives wIves and industry Dr Fritz own ownorgamzatlon ownorganization ownorganization orgamzatlon organization the Goodnch Goodrich company companyis IS manufacturing manufacturmg and selling the na nat nat nat t on s first automobile tires made madewholly madewholly madewholly wholly from American Amencan materials In Inthese Inthese Inthese these historic tires bres imenpol dmerlpol ameripol is ub uti ubllzed utilazed utilized llzed lazed in prop proportions or bans varying varymg from triirn50 50 to 100 per cent marking as IS ISpo ispo ispo po nted out a significant slgmficant step to toward toward toward ward comple e a freedom of the na nabon nation nation bon tion s most vital form of transpor transporta transportation transportation ta tation bon from dependence upon contm contin contmued continued continued ued imports of foreign grown rub rubber rubbet rubber ber bet through war troubled seas seasHousewives seasHousewives seasHousewives Housewives HelpedThe HelpedThe Helped HelpedThe The development devclopment of this hIghly hIghlystrategIc highlystrategic highlystrategic strategIc material owes much Dr DrFritz DrFritz DrFntz Fritz po nts out out , , to the interest dls dis dlsplayed displayed displayed played in its forerunner , koroseal korosealby korosealby korosealby by American housewives Koro Koroseal Koroseal seal first saw the light of day Dr DrFntz DrFritz DrFntz Fntz Fritz reveals from the Akron lab laboratory laboratory laboratory oratory windows wmdows 11 of young Dr Wal Vial Waldo Vialdo Waldo do L Semon now one of the most mostnoted mostnoted mostnoted noted American Amcrlcan research chemIsts chemIstsThere chemistsThere chemistsThere There it sohd solidified ied for the first t me mem mein mein m in a beaker can containing taming a heated ml'C mlC mie ml'Cture mietore mixture ' ture tore of ordinary ordmary coke limestone andsalt and andsalt andsalt salt For his private use the youth youthful youthful youthful ful chemist made a golf ball from fromthe fromthe fromthe the new substance substancc but it soon was wasbc wasbe wasbe bc be ng appi appl ed as a lining lrnmg tor for the thetanks thetanks thetanks tanks of ac d in wh ch stainless steel steelIS steelis IS p ckled because it was found to tobe tobe be one of the most chem chern cally Inert Inertof inertof inertof of all aU substances The meta metamor metamorphosis metamorphosis mar marphosls phosls phosis from this po nt became star start1 startl startl t1 tl ng the leap from shower "urtams urtams urtains " ' curtainsto "urtamsto urtainsto to protective protecbve military mllltary appliances be bemg belag being mg lag made almost overnight overmght overnightThe . . The acceptance by housewives of ofthiS ofthis ofthis thiS first material enabled the hunt huntfor huntfor huntfor for a material matenal capable of replacmg replacing replacmgnatural replacingnatural replacingnatural natural rubber for all its uses to togo togo togo go on Synthetic Synthebc rubber t res were werethe werethe werethe the result and they point toward towardthe towardthe towardthe the removal of one of the last b g gquest gquest gquest quest on marks on the blue prints printsbeing printsbeing printsbeing being prepared in m Wash ngton and andwherever andwherever andwherever wherever industry is g rdmg rding for the |