Word: barrelers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Glasgow police court, convicting a brothel keeper, describes her house as "a miniature League of Nations." In a Soho pub catering to all colors and nationalities, the barrel-bosomed proprietress deals thunderously with her conglomerate customers: "All right, you lovely people, it's eleven o'clock; get the hell out of here...
...Jean Barrel, 1943's Miss America, got home from a bond-selling tour. She reported in Los Angeles that she had sold $2,500,000 worth with her clothes on, was now convinced that the "bubble bath and cheesecake" era was over with...
...good start. If it lived up to its beginnings, Ranney had hit on a simple way to make old oilfields gush again. Pennsylvania's old wells, though they still yield the richest crude oil in the world, have slowed down to an average of less than half a barrel a day from each well. From his single shaft at Franklin, Ranney expects to get more than...
...Zurich newspaper Die Tat (variously translatable as "The Act" or "The Fact") printed the fanciest tale of many a long week. Its gist: Adolf Hitler, looking down the pistol barrel of defeat, would neither surrender, die in battle, nor kill himself. Instead, he would gather a picked staff of Nazi Party chieftains. Wehrmacht generals and technical geniuses, then lead them in a giant submarine flotilla to Japan. There he would establish his German Government in Exile, boost Nipponese production to undreamed-of levels, and string out the war a few more years.* In due time, if all went well...
Unlike the better-known bazooka (TIME, May 3) which carries its own propellant like the rocket it is, the rifle grenade is fired by a special blank cartridge. A sheet-metal cylinder filled with high explosive, the grenade slips over a launcher clamped to the barrel. A finned tail keeps it straight in the air, increasing range (now 75 yd.) and accuracy...