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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The maker of that Jap-killing torpedo director was no oldtime munitions outfit, no veteran precision manufacturer, no war-wise Naval ordnance plant. It was energetic, ingenious General Mills Inc., which before the war was a peaceful flour miller (Gold Medal, Bisquick, Wheaties). But last week General Mills was running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miracles in Minneapolis | 1/25/1943 | See Source »

Died. Nikola Tesla, 86, "electrical wizard," inventor of the Tesla transformer, the Tesla induction motor, discoverer of the rotary magnetic field principle; in Manhattan. Croat-born, he came to the U.S. in 1884, worked briefly for Thomas Alva Edison, became a great electrical inventor on his own. In his old...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 18, 1943 | 1/18/1943 | See Source »

CHUNGKING--Chinese troops, in their greatest victory of the past six months, have completely upset the enemy campaign in the Honan-Anhwei-Hupeh border triangle of central China after killing more than 3,000 Japanese, it was announced tonight.

Author: By United Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 1/15/1943 | See Source »

Lower animals fight from a variety of causes.. Some fight because, as beasts of prey, they live by killing and devouring. Animals may fight their own kind in a tussle over a mate or some choice morsel of food. They fight to defend their young, their homes, or their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MORALE: Why Men Fight and Fear | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

Smoke & Flame. Near Aberdeen, at the Chemical Warfare Service's Edgewood Arsenal, the correspondents saw some of the Army's devious ways of killing by nonexplosive methods. >Old-type flame throwers sprayed liquid fuel (from canisters strapped to the gunner's back) in a diffused spurt which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: School for Amateurs | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

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