Assertion: linen's use | /r/CapableOf | escalate in late 1940s
Facets:
value: as spare material
type: MANNER
value: as army-surplus
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Adopted as the first choice waterproof clothing for the British armed forces during World War II[citation needed], uses of waxed cotton escalated in the late 1940s and 1950s as spare material and army-surplus was liquidated.