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...finders are not fooled by camouflage, and the little bit of concealment that it gave planes on the ground under enemy air attack is hardly needed any more. A shiny plane aloft is just as hard to see as a painted ship. An unpainted plane is also a little lighter, a little faster: without paint, fighters weigh less by 15 to 20 lb., bombers...
Designed for paratroops, amphibians and assault infantry, the new mask is lighter, easier to use and carry. The carrier may be worn in several positions-even strapped to the leg, in hot climates where soldiers may be naked to the waist...
...smooth young attorney in search of scandal, is also interested in her boss. Investigated at long last by the Senate, Planeman Tufts is saved only by Miss de Havilland's impetuous glorification, before the Committee, of Men Who Get Things Done. Amidst the dramatic moments is a lighter passage which depicts the romantic leads running hogwild through the streets of the Capital on a motorcycle neither of them can operate...
...increased circulation) for larger ones. Readers will have no trouble detecting the workings of this austerity plan if newspapers follow it to the letter (which is, in view of their 1943 record, not too likely). Magazines, which met the paper shortage more promptly, already show it in narrower margins, lighter paper, fewer ads and frozen circulations...
...Borie, holed by ramming the sub, was mortally wounded. Her engine-room crew had worked neck-deep in water to keep her going during the fight. They had used cigaret-lighter fluid to keep the auxiliary radio engine going. The next night the crew was ordered off the ship. Twenty-seven crewmen lost their lives in the freezing North Atlantic. Friendly shells sank the Borie...