The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-02-13
THINGS WE'LL. LE ARN TO GET.
 ALONG WITHOUT.
By HERMAN ALLEN AP Feature Service Writer

stack up on the little things of life after a year of war?
 Look around the house, a war production official told me, and figure that just about everything made of metal will have to be re- placed with something else when t wears out.
 Cooking utensils will be made of glass, plasties or pottery. We even suggested to a gas range manufaet- urer that he make burners out of pottery instead of cast iron. Sprin- kle various kinds of salts on them and you can make them any color you want The sides of that mans stoves incidentally, probably will be made out of fire-prOof insulating board before the year is out.
 Well ask househOldeTs to buy re- placement parts for electrical appli-I anees when they burn out-andI maybe they'll have to turn in the old parts Coils, such as are found in coasters, contain nickle, and weI need nickle.
 "The government wants every body to have a radio-it helps nor ale for people to know what's going on-but such heavy industry items as washing machines and vacuum cleaners will be out of the picture entirely. No more toy trains, either probably no metal toys at all, just things that can be made of wood. l paper or plastics.
 Not Many Plastios
 "Plastics themselves may not b2 so plentiful, either Some of them contain the same things needed to make explosives.
 'If power shortages develop in certain areas, householders in those areas may be asked not to use their electrical appliances"
 This official didn't foresee another call for housewives to turn in al- minimum, because production of new aluminium is rising rapidly.
 There is some talk of collecting tin cans. but it's far more likely there will be a collection of waste paper.
 Here's what officials said about some other little things:
 Drugs-'I don't thing there'n be any critical shortage of drugs, be- cause the government is making ev- cry effort to put health ahead of less important things. There will be no doubt, less rubbing alcohol available but enough alcohol for other pur- poses
 Many drugs, especially the 'es-l sential oils, have been imported from the Far East, and there may be a shortage in some of these, which would cut down on our supply of mentholated products, for in-I stance. We have a large stock pile of quinine We got 359o of our cod liver oil from Japan, but we can get the same vitamins from halibut. swordfish and shark livers or byI synthetic processes. Unfortunately, it can't be done so economically.
 Bigger Powder Boxes
 Cosmetics-'I think the main change will be in containers. They will be simpler and larger. Women probably will have to buy refills in stead of new lipsticks Many ingred- ients are now being made syntheti- cally, and many more probably will be.
 'I don't look for any serious re- strictions on cosmetics. The British found they were pretty helpful nor ale builders.
 Toothbrushes Manufacturers may lose their priorities on plastics, but I wouldn't be surprised if tooth brushes were declared an essential product from the health standpoint
 Razor blades-"Ill bet We get five letters a day about razor blades. There's no need to worry about them. They take so little steel, and none of the scarce metals. Collect ing them wouldn't be worth while"
 Tobaeco-'tWe have big surpluses of cigaret and pipe tobacco and ci- gar filler. Our best cigar wrapper came from the East Indies, but we can get along with domestic wrap per"
 Liquor-"M of rum has already been prohibited to save mo- lasses, which we need to make in dustrial alcohol. Liquor distilleries which can make 19O-proof alcohol have been ordered to make it in stead of liquor, but there's no need to worry. We have a five-year sup ply of liquor on hand"
 
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