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Still Sliding. Best example was rails. The carriers have set new freight-passenger records month after month this year-but profits have continued to slide. Southern Pacific's net slumped to $23,034,139 v. $42,550,951 in the first six months last year. Baltimore & Ohio did little better, with $12,067,993 v. $21,813,380. Pennsylvania was a standout among the big roads: profits rose to $51,869,894 v. $43,454,103. These gloomy half-year figures amply buttressed the Interstate Commerce Commission estimate that the net profits of all Class-1 railroads this year...
...Service announced last week that infantile paralysis, nearing its seasonal peak, is subsiding nationally, the disease has almost reached the epidemic stage in the U.S. The nationwide total since Jan. 1 is 2,753 cases, more than double the figure for the same period last year. Analysis of the half-year situation shows the present total to be higher for the same period than any year since...
...Navy released overall figures on its building program. More than 6,000 vessels were launched in the first six months of this year. Landing craft (excluding rubber boats) made up over one-half the numerical total, which includes everything from lighters to battleships. Biggest part of the tonnage: fighting ships. In the half-year one new combatant craft was in the water for every three warships in the fleet on New Year...
...course, Comparative Philology 191, includes an intensive survey of Hungarian grammar and supplementary practice in reading, writing, and speaking. One full course credit will be given for the work, which will be completed in the first half-year. Students who intend to enter the course must consult Joshua Whatmough, professor of Comparative Philology...
...nearly six months of war the U.S. has not been able to turn the tide of its nearest battle. As the first half-year of U.S. participation in World War II drew to a close, Americans grew more & more uneasily aware that the battle of ship lanes was going unfavorably, that sinkings were on the increase, that Hitler's raiding U-boats were having a disruptive effect on the economy of a nation...