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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thing is certain. Germany, today, is in an infinitely healthier state than she was before the Nazis came into power. At that time the country had sunk to the very lowest limits-bribery, corruption, immorality, and every other kind of vice was rampant. All this has now been swept away...
Production Easy: TIME'S index eased to 157.9 (estimated) in the Sept. 27 week, lowest since mid-July and 0.5 point under the preceding week's final figure. Main reason for the latest decline: a contra-seasonal drop in power output,caused by cool weather (less refrigerator load) and non-defense factory shutdowns...
...settled three bitter arguments: 1) competitive bidding is not, as its proponents had claimed, in itself the way to give the little investor a share in prime new security issues; 2) Halsey, Stuart answered its own contention that competition means higher prices to the issuing company by offering the lowest bid of the lot; 3) private placement won the competitive bidding argument without even engaging...
...Ministry also announced that in all August only 169 Britons were killed and 136 injured by enemy air raids - the lowest figures since heavy German raids began 13 months ago. There were nearly eight times as many casualties in August 1940, nearly 60 times as many in September
...close to that of the civilian population, as it tends to reflect the civilian rate in each neighborhood. Selective service examination figures vary from Florida (53.5 syphilitics per 1,000 white men, 380 per 1,000 Negroes) to Connecticut (1.4 per 1,000). Highest rates are in the South; lowest in New England and the north central states...