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tenn less complex. Under the
provisions, dealers will take
coupons they get from con-
sumers to banks and open a
ration account comparable to a
deposit account. When a dealer
wants more goods, he will give
his supplier a voucher against
the account. If the plan works,
OPA will make it nationwide
and reimburse banks for the
expense involved. The main
reason why OPA is trying out
this scheme is that, with ra-
tioning Of more articles in
prospect, Washington is fearful
that the system will bog down
if it isn't simplified.
STUDIED SKILL: While Of
ficial Washington wrestles with
the manpower problem, indus
try continues to solve its own
labor shortages by establishing
schools to develop workers
needed to turn out ships, planes,
tanks and other war weapons.
Typical of these "earn-while-
you-learn" schools that are
springing up in wal plants all
over the country is that at
Willys-O Overland Motors from
which 500 "tailor-made" air
craft workers will be graduated
each month into specific jobs
in the company'S new aircraft
division. According to Joseph w,
Franzer, WHY'S president, in
struction of students will be
narrowed to a single job after
first determining a workers
aptitude for as many as a
hundred different tasks. Stu
dent workers will be paid while
attending the 30-day courses.
The eight-hour school day in
cludes two hours of classroom
work and motion picture study
and six hours of instruction on
specific operations.
THINGS TO COME: "A new
milk "nutritionaIly like moth
er's milk" Containing every
thing a normal baby needs ex-
cept Vitamin c found in
orange juice, it is being test
ed by Borden company before
general distribution. "A mech
anical pencil with a liquid lev
cling guage built in the barrel
a development of Hill Adver-
Using Specialties Co. An ac-
contemplated stenographer's
notebook and a machine to I'M
fold the notes automatically, a
product of Stereotype company
THINGS TO COME: A soap
less soap which, claims the de-
veloper, Ethyl Corporation, per-
mits washing frying pans in cold
water, keeps rings off the bath
tub, and, when used with
a vitamin preparation, makes
cakes lighter and adds vitamins
Brown sugar that won't become
sticky or lumpy, permitting it
to be packed in ordinary car
tons. The process has been pat
ented by National Sugar Re-
filming. A combination lamp
which gives off plain" or ul-
tr%a-violet light, a product OF
Science Laboratories, Inc.
BITS O. BUSINESS: Retail
stocks of alarm clocks are
scarce in many cities, so the
war production board, it is
learned, is considering the ap-
pointment of one or more
manufacturers to turn out a
victory" model. At the pre-
sent time only one manufacture
er is producing clocks and these
are limited. Profits of Pepsi
Cola company and it subsidiar-
les for the first nine months
after provision for all taxes
was $4,915,0 900 or about $3.50 a
share. . Industrial production
which rose to a new high in
September of 1876 compared
with the 1935-39 average of 100
continued the advance in the
first half of October, according
to the Federal Reserve Board
index.
S~ELF-METERED: Tire and
gasoline shortages are causing
headaches for many businesses
but there are quite a few, how
ever, that have found means OF
conserving mileage. Several cleo
trio utilities, for example, are
having customers ease the
transportation problem by doing
their own meter reading. These
reports, on a postcard, are mail
ed to the companies who make
periodic checks of meters. This
system worked so well in rural
areas, where distances between
meters are reckoned in miles
that the postcard idea has been
extended in some cases to urban
and suburban areas. East Tenn
essee Light & Power company
patrons read their own meters
subject to an official quarterly
check. Rural customers of Saw
annah Electric & Power com.
pany do the reading two months
out of every quarter, and othel
companies such as Ohio Edison
company and Central Illinoi.
Public Service company, have
switched to bi-monthly billing.
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