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...Calhoun is an able administrator. A mass of details and a staff quadrupled since Dec. 7 have never swamped him. Calhoun not only has everything under control but at his fingertips. He keeps his own index of Navy tankers, knows every moment where each one is. No man dares tell him a job has been done if it hasn't-Calhoun knows in an instant, and woe betide the offender (although the Admiral may ask him to lunch half an hour later...
...better than expected gain in freight carloadings pushed TIME's Index to 182.9 (estimated) in the Sept. 5 week, a new all-time record and 20 points above last year...
...August 17, when the Marines landed on Makin Island, was dark and rainy. The surf was high. Captain James N. M. Davis of Evanston, Ill. lost his pants in the waves. Major James Roosevelt of Washington, second in command to Lieut. Colonel Evans F. Carlson, cut his left index finger on a piece of coral. But the Marines, their faces and hands daubed green to blend with the foliage, all got ashore...
TIME'S Index bounced to 182.5 (estimated) in the Aug. 29 week, a new high...
Thanks to increased carloadings, TIME'S Index crept up to 181.2 (estimated) in the Aug. 22 week, 0.7 point above the preceding week's final figure and 20 points above a year ago. The steel-scrap shortage plagued steelmakers; power production flattened...