The mold is made of small squares of wire that hold the shape and thickness of the paper.
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To help dry the paper, the mold lets the water flow through the small wire squares.
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Japan's major newspapers, including the Yomiuri Nihon Keizai Shimbun (the so-called Nikkei, the largest business paper) and the Kyodo press wire were all allocated choice downtown real estate for their headquarters by the Japanese government in the 1960s at bargain prices.
In general, the American press corps covering ETO -- whether for the wire services, individual newspapers or magazines, radio, or the GIs' paper, Stars and Stripes -- did an outstanding job.