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...Germans now use heavier tanks than they used before, and armored trains on the Russian model...
Pondering reasons for the drive's widespread flop. Ickes snapped: "We suspect that people are hoarding rubber and maybe even people in official life are hoarding." His companion. Bill Boyd of the Petroleum Industry War Council, shook his head, too: "If there had been heavier hitting on the part of the public...
...Also building (for commissioning in 1943-44) are six more battleships, the Iowas. Monsters of 45,000 tons, they reportedly will have more than 35 knots of speed, heavier protection than the 27-knot Carolinas...
...killer of U.S. babies is whooping cough, which takes a heavier toll than scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles and infantile paralysis combined. Last week, doctors at the American Medical Association meeting in Atlantic City heard reports on 1) a new way to prevent the disease in newborn infants; 2) the serious mental effects of whooping cough...
...rail movement of coal to New England doubles the mileage of coal cars in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Net ton-miles per freight train hour today is double the 1922 figure, up 20% over 1939. Locomotives, giving 160% more service than they did in the last war, are keeping heavier trains running on schedule...