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...eight years of serious medical art behind her. Among other things she has 1) illustrated a book on orthopedic operations for Dr. Arthur Steindler of the University of Iowa, 2) illustrated surgical and medical works for doctors at Johns Hopkins, 3) made hundreds of sketches of Dieppe and Dunkirk plastic surgery cases in Britain to illustrate a forthcoming book by Boston and Oxford's Dr. John Marquis Converse. One day last fall she got sick & tired of being always serious in her medical drawings, began her surrealistic compositions "as a sort of psychotherapy...
...plastic tire was announced by Good year last week. According to Goodyear, it had some advantages over tires of syn thetic or natural rubber. Unlike synthetic rubber (itself a soft plastic), the new tread does not readily become overheated on the road. Unlike natural rubber, it does not deteriorate in sunlight...
...tire material is an elastic vinyl plastic called Plioflex, which Good year had already found good for many other uses, including a garden hose which is much lighter than rubber-and-fabric, shoe uppers that need no polishing and can be cleaned with a damp cloth, heels, raincoats, draperies, etc. The key to its tire-making properties is a new curing agent that makes it possible to vulcanize Plioflex...
Automakers long ago decided that the first postwar cars will be back-in-1942 models. The need for quick production will rule out Buck Rogerish creations of plastic and light metals. But automakers have not yet decided on prices. Last week the Wall Street Journal surveyed the industry, came up with some price predictions as hot as a blowout on a curve. The predictions: car prices may be up from 25 to 40% over...
...Army began issuing eagle-winged plastic lapel buttons to men & women with honorable discharges...