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NEW GERMAN PROBLEM LESS MATERIAL IN SHIRTS BERLIN, Aug. 18 A German textile journal announces that a decision to shorten the tails of men's shirts, will result in an annual saving of millions of yards of material. This is calculated partly to relieve the nation's acute shortage of raw materials. Tho journal suggests that further substantial economy is possible by the introduction of detachable cuffsj pointing out that frayed cuffs are responsible for the early discarding of otherwise sound shirts.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23431, 22 August 1939, Page 9
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82TEXTILE SHORTAGE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23431, 22 August 1939, Page 9
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