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...tanks, 875 guns, 2,521 machine guns, 325 supply dumps. Not listed in the communiqués, but of great value to the Soviet Union, was the recovery of the direct rail link between Moscow, Tula, Orel, Kursk and Belgorod. Russian losses were heavy, too, but relatively lighter than in previous summer campaigns, especially as they were incurred in a successful advance...
...hall has accommodations for 113 men, and is solidly built. The medieval aspect of the architecture is typical of the building, which is dark and dreary. The basement is a veritable labryinth of dark hallways, and the upstairs halls are little lighter...
...orchestra's ambitious attempt to perform Schubort's 5th Symphony with only 19 pieces was highly successful, the lighter tone making the texture clearer than in the more usual large-orchestra version. Mr. Zighera controlled the dynamics masterfully and the individual players handed the theme back and forth with a team-work essential to a small ensemble. There were not enough violins, however, to balance the rest of the orchestra, as their enunciation of themes was occasionally smothered by the other instruments...
Many a boss had carefully explained it all: 20% (after exemptions) would be taken out of every worker's pay, come the first week of July. U.S. workers had nodded understandingly, had signed the tax deduction certificates with only routine grumbles. But when pay envelopes actually showed up-lighter by some one-fifth -groans rose all over...
...Maritime Commission are covering bulkheads, doors, crews' quarters and galleys with it. It does not char, chip or crack, can be cut or tack-welded like uncoated metal, and actually strengthens light steel sheets to which it is applied-a quality which may make it possible to build lighter ships. Whether Seaporcel can be used on a ship's hull is still a moot question; the Navy is testing to see whether barnacles will grow...