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Now serving as a Commander in the Navy, George L. Stout, head of the Department of Conservation in the Fogg Art Museum, is also a member of the commission. Stout left the University last year.
"The committee, therefore, urges that . . . our people reduce their consumption of bread and wheat products. Conservation of food oils and fats now going on should be increased in every possible way. The committee appeals for cooperation ... to every individual American and to every American home. . . .
Good Hunting. The 1945 seal catch off Alaska's desolate Pribilof Islands was the largest (76,700 skins) since conservation of the decimated seal herd was started in 1911. An estimated 10,000 fur coats can be made from this year's $4 million catch.
In U.S. newspapers last week, big bold advertisements for mammoth summer clearance sales fought for space with the chichi ads of the new fall fashion collections. Big & little stores everywhere were trying desperately to unload their wartime inventories. They were also trying to prove to their somewhat skeptical customers that...
Since January 1, 1943, TIME, LIFE, FORTUNE and THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM have been cooperating with the War Production Board on conservation of paper. During the year 1945, these four publications of the TIME group are budgeted to use 73,000,000 lb. (1,450 freight carloads) less paper than in...