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...editor suggested that Marthe's heroism in the underground had consisted largely of a lightning-love rendezvous with Baron Hans von Krohn, German naval attache in Madrid in 1915. "Captain," Marthe had told her superior when the proposition was put to her, "it is a sacrifice costlier than death." "The Service demands it," answered the captain. "Before this beautiful duty, your small moral objections are worth nothing." After this exhortation, wrote the Crapouillot editor, Marthe Richard filled "a role which 30 years later she prohibited to thousands of unhappy girls who could not, obviously, justify themselves as patriotically...
...this construction will make taconite ore costlier than the ore now being used. But since the processed pellets contain 60% iron, v. 50% or less for rich ore, pig-iron cost may not be appreciably greater. Moreover, taconite pellets will make better iron, because their quality is more even...
...living index was up another half-point to an alltime high in mid-December of 189.1 (100 equals the average 1935-39 level). It was the fourth increase in a row, boosting the year-end level to a full ten points over December 1950. Main reasons this time: costlier fruits and vegetables, cigarettes, medical care and haircuts...
...unveiled last May was overwhelming. Brand-conscious manufacturers envisioned uniformity in package decoration from smallest to largest containers. Makers of corrosive, hard-to-contain products eagerly eyed anti-corrosive and sanitary Rheemcote interior linings; saw that the tough, cheap steel drum could replace less durable and often costlier special packages...
...spring list will be published in the regular $2.75 to $3.50 clothbound editions, and simultaneously in a far bigger edition of paperbound copies to sell for $1. The firm's reasoning: mass sales of cheaper books, by creating word-of-mouth advertising, will help sell the costlier copies...