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Show THE OLD JUDGE SAYS ... "The war sure has made a lot of changes in this old world of ours, hasn't it, Judge?" "Plenty of them, John. One that few people realize is that the rubber producing center of the world is now right here in the United States. " When the Japs conquered the big natural rubber producing centers of the world they thought they had us licked. But in two short years, thanks to American industry, we are now producing synthetic rubber enough to supply all our military and essential civilian needs. "Our rubber experts knew how to make it but the problem was to get the huge amounts of industrial qlcohol needed. Almost Al-most overnight the country's beverage distillers dis-tillers stopped making whiskey and converted 100 to the production of this vital ingredient. in-gredient. A high government official said recently this was ' ... an almost unparalleled example of the overnight conversion of an entire industry from peace to war.'" "Come to think of it, Judge, it was a mighty fortunate thing the beverage distilling distil-ling industry was in existence, wasn't it?" I I Tkiim4Mttiuwunt sponswtd by Confrrtnct Alcoholic Bnrrait IndutlrUt, ImC. |