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...military apogee was the Battle of Berlin. He launched 4,000 tanks, supported by 5,000 planes and 22,000 guns. into a 50-mile-wide front. Describing the victory to a group of Americans, Zhukov said: "I brought my tanks against them like this," pushing a matchbox forward. "Then two fresh artillery groups over here. And the infantry here...
...clear cases of fraud and bribery that did occur in some instances. But by and large, the builders acted, and profited, in accordance with the law. Federal Housing chief Albert Cole admitted that the builder "had a right to outguess" the appraiser if he could. Instances of inadequate, matchbox construction do appear, but they are rare. There certainly was no widespread jerry-building reminiscent of the 1920's. On the credit side, FHA established a code of minimum building standards that was uniform for the whole country. But more important, it did what nobody else could...
...association of British phillumenists (collectors of matchbox labels) reinstated one of its members who had been delinquent since July: former King Farouk of Egypt (who had a collection of 150,000 items before he left Egypt) finally got around to sending in his 125. 6d. back dues...
Britons sizzled last week over a 20% government cut in the tiny meat ration. The cut reduces the ration to eightpence (9?) worth a week-about one small lamb chop or a matchbox-sized piece of steak. This is an alltime low-less meat than sweat-&-tears Churchill gave them in the worst days...
...laborer and store clerk, he later majored dramatics at the University of Washington and played bit parts in a few Hollywood movies. He went back to Japan with his wife Yoneko when her U.S. entry permit expired in 1937. As a Japanese radio announcer, Joe worked in the same matchbox-sized studio with Tokyo Rose. But "she was an American citizen undermining the morale of U.S. troops," he explains disapprovingly. Then he adds: "I was a Japanese citizen merely broadcasting news...