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...Egypt the bagpipes of the 51st Highlanders skirled. By the Hill of Jesus, by the Hill of Evil Men, military policemen in white gloves waved yellow lanterns to guide the tanks along the paths which sappers, many of whom gave their lives, had cleared through German minefields. British armor and infantry poured through...
Target: Locomotives. To hit at this soft spot, Allied fighter planes are now concentrating on German locomotives in western Europe. With armor-piercing slugs in their cannon they aim to blow up boilers (repairing a boiler takes at least half as long as constructing a new locomotive, thus pays dividends in lost man-hours as well as destruction). The Allied bag now averages 20 successful destructions each week. German concern is shown by reports that armor-plated locomotives are planned; anti-aircraft guns are already being mounted on flatcars behind the tenders...
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa--American tanks, thrown into a breach in the French lines southwest of Pont du Fahs, have hurled back German armor with heavy losses in a battle which may have important bearing on the outcome of the Tunisian campaign, it was disclosed officially tonight...
...faster than the Zero. Of the six-week lull in Jap air operations over Guadalcanal, Major General Millard F. Harmon, commander of U.S. Army flyers in the area, said: "It certainly is not going to last. They can reasonably be expected to resume bombing operations with planes improved in armor and armament...
...Army announced last week that the Symington-Gould tank-armor plant in Rochester (N.Y.), on which construction was abruptly halted last November, was being completed for aircraft production. In Kansas City the Darby Corp.'s assembly lines, originally designed to make parts for tank-landing boats, were last week turning out bombs for Flying Fortresses...