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...shells used in the tests had extra-heavy charges of explosives, but were fired from a standard 37-mm. anti-tank gun at the point-blank range of 100 yards. From A.C.F. armor placed at a sloping angle to the line of fire, the shells bounced without making a dent. When they were fired smack into plates at a flat right-angle to the gun, the shells penetrated the first layer of armor, stuck harmlessly in the rear layer...
...Florence McConnell Rogers, Minnesota-born, who used to be an executive assistant to the president of the Bank of the Manhattan Co. No altruistic institution, Tuition Plan pays its way, expects before long to give its small list of stockholders some profit. It hopes to make a bigger dent in colleges next year. Biggest clients thus far: Pennsylvania's Haverford, New York's Hobart...
...Upped to general officer's rank was Field Artillery Colonel Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian, grandson of famed "Stonewall" Jackson of the Civil War. Promoted to Brigadier General was Ulysses S. Grant III, West Pointer grandson of the Civil War general and son of the late Major General Frederick Dent Grant. General Christian has a West Pointer son in the Army. General Grant's three daughters are married to Army officers...
...great British social upset wrought by war was evi dent in the widespread belief that the next Prime Minister would be Trade Union leader and Minister of Labor...
...comparison with the size of the British holdings, the amount of pool capital discussed last week was chicken feed: $25,000,000 to $75,000,000. Such a sum would have to be revolved several times (as it easily could be) to make a dent on Britain's need. This week, Quinn & friends were back in Wall Street, still discussing. Meanwhile the British were discussing too. Faced with Morgenthau's ultimatum, they were still reluctant to put their properties on this or any other counter...