This feature ties in with the “This Week in History” box on the front page to honor The News’ 75th anniversary. In each feature, news from past issues corresponding to the current week will be explored, reminding all of us from where the industry and The News has come, which might help us understand the industry today and tomorrow.
According to this issue, the Far East was a supplier of U.S. tin, and the smelters were a likely target for the Japanese. Though the United States could possibly get some tin from South America, it was to be earmarked for military, but not civilian, use. So the production of tin cans was sure to decrease. Packaging in glass was seen as one alternative, but glass production was not viewed as making up for the loss in tin production.