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Exchange of Faith. The precise course of the talks was still unknown. But believable accounts had begun to leak out this week...
...Empire. Next coincidence of the week was the news leak that the U.S. was dickering to buy a piece of Arabia's fabulous oil resources...
Subsequently, the Navy issued a bland statement that the change was made to eliminate red tape, to consolidate the arsenal with two others operated by Westinghouse at Canton, Ohio and Louisville. But Navy men let leak through the scuttle butt: Hudson had failed to produce up to expectations in the arsenal...
...Ickes Case. To bolster his warning of a shortage to come, Administrator Ickes let leak some scary statistics: 1) bituminous coal production for the Labor Day week ending Sept. 11 was nearly 500,000 tons under the 12,010,000 of the week before; 2) coal requirements for war plants, etc. are up, but stockpiles are down and have little chance of being built up; 3) the U.S. has started shipping coal to Sicily and may soon ship to that area some 300,000 tons a month...
...owners of refrigerators and cooling systems now in good working order, the shortage is theoretical. Once sealed in, Freon is good indefinitely, does not wear out or deteriorate. Trouble is that it may leak out. The trade magazine, Electrical Merchandizing, warned its refrigerator-dealer readers: "Make a complete leak test a part of every service call." But citizens whose Freon is leaking may as well order ice. Freon is at the front...