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...Russia's grab last week did not look like Poland's small-boy attempt to run off with a stick of candy while the big boys were killing the proprietor. It looked more like a step in a program of world redistribution whose outlines were consciously obscured, whose possibilities were unknown, perhaps even to the partners in the enterprise. Nothing suggested that Russia faced a fate like Poland's, the last country to share a grab with Germany, except the haunting recollection of Russia's new friends coming in her direction, armed to the teeth...
Nobody knew whether Russia was going to grab a piece of Poland, once she cracked, or join up with Germany against the Allies-or neither...
About $21,000,000 of U. S. Rubber's $168,103,594 of assets is invested in East Indian rubber plantations, which assures the company of 20% of its raw material (so long as the Japanese do not grab or blockade the East Indies), partial protection against inventory losses if rubber slumps, extra profits if rubber prices skyrocket...
...police claws" to mount on the front bumper of a patrol car, grab a speeder's rear bumper...
...SINGAPORE EXILE MURDERS-Van Wyck Mason-Crime Club ($2). In Singapore to grab a steel formula wanted by several countries, Hugh North of the U. S. Army Intelligence steps into a murderous international mess. Excitement and exotic ladies...