The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-01-04

shelves barren of merchandise
for months to come. Retailers
are accustomed to having the
Christmas business reduce in
ventories to a low point, and in
ordinary times they have no
trouble in building up again to
normal levels. Today, however,
it won't be so easy. Already ex-
isting scarcities have been es-
pecially aggravated in mems
shirts, in underwear for both
men and women, in rayon hose,
and in sheets, pillow cases and
towels.
Wooden goods are expected to
be very limited for some time
because all worsted yarn pro-
duced between January IA and
June 2 is to be taken by the
government, under a recent Or
der of the War Production
Board. It's estimated that 10
per cent Of all wool clothing is
produced from this yarn. AS a
result, clothing manufacturers
believe that men will have to
choose their Spring wardrobes
of suits and coats from supplies
about half as large this year.
Leather goods is another cat
egory I'M which inventories will
be difficult to replenish at any
early date. Tanners say that
supplies Of leather for civilians
are at the lowest level ever ex-
perienced as a result of heavy
military needs and relief de-
mandS, combined with an in
sufficient force Of workers at
the tanneries.
AIR AGE
sive governmental regulations
which now surround the owner
ship and operation of personal
airplanes will have to be re-
Taxed to help give private fly
Ing the postwar impetus it will
need to make the "air age" a
reality in America.
That's the major keynote
being sounded by aviation
spokesman in government and
industry alike in analyzing the
future jobs, utility and pleas
ures which the personal air
plane can contribute to postwar
living.
Restrictions surrounding the
operation of the personal air
plane should be relatively nc
more burdensome than those
governing the ownership and
operation of an automobile, il
was stressed by William A. Mara
staff executive of Bendix Avia-
ton corporation, in a recent
talk before the National Avia-
ton Clinic.
Mara, who is in charge o.
Bendix developments relating tt
the personal airplane, pointet
out that the aircraft industr,
should be permitted to rely OF
its own responsibility for de,
sign and production practice
Manufacturers and servicers O:
personal aircraft, he said
should assume a sole responsib-
ility for educating the users OF
planes to recognize and adopt
safe practices in the interest
of public safety.
He predicted that "packageo
systems" of efficient aircraft
flight and navigation instru-
ments and other devices will dc
much to enhance values ano
lower the costs Of personal air
planes in the near future after
victory.
$4,000, 600, 900 YEARs-Auto-
mobile dealers throughout the
nation oiled their cash registers
this week following a prediction
that they will enjoy a series OF
ten-billion- dollar-years" after
the war.
Speaking before the eleventh
annual convention of the Okla
homa Automobile Dealers as
ISOLATION in Oklahoma City, Jo-
seph w. Frazer, chairman of
the Graham-Paige Motors, told
the dealers they will have the
biggest sellers market in his
tory when peace comes, eclips-
lllS CIle Duy1QS rush Wn1cn gave
retailers a $500, 0OO, 900 business
in 1941."
The auto executives said that
$4,000, 000, 900 years are in the
offing when one considers that
the automobile industry expects
to produce more than $500, 900
cars and trucks in the first II
months of unrestricted produc-
ton and possibly $1,000, 900 in
the first five years after the
war.
The tremendous demand for
new motor vehicles, Frazer
said, is supported by an es-
tlmated buying power of $780,
600, 1000, 900 now in the hands of
consumers"
THINGS TO COME-Synthetic
chicken fat made from vege-
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