Word: modeles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With K-9 demobilization about half complete last week, such incidents were happily rare. Out of nearly 9,000 demobilized war dogs returned to their civilian owners, fewer than a dozen have been reported as troublemakers. Army, Marine, and Coast Guard trainers have received hundreds of letters praising the model behavior of canine veterans since their return to civilian life...
...industrial equipment at will, they had started the wheels of what economy eastern Germany had left. By last week, industrial production was at 20% of the 1938 level, as compared to 5 to 10% in the U.S. zone. Brown coal output was at 50% of 1937. The first new-model automobiles were in production, as were stockings, underwear, gloves, tiles for Germany's millions of roofless houses. Even pots & pans were being made-from helmets...
...Studebaker's ceiling is up most of all, with an increase of 9%. (Actually, the increase over 1941 prices is no greater than Ford's.) Example: the Studebaker two-door club sedan will now go for $918 as against 1942's $809 for the nearest comparable model...
Trains by Air. First electric trains to be made since 1941 by The Lionel Corp., the nation's biggest toy-train maker, were lifted off the assembly lines. They were flown to retailers. But parents will still have trouble buying them. Lionel will make only one model (retailing at $33.50 with tracks and cars), will be able to ship at most only 50,000 before Christmas (1941 production...
...surgical operations. The inventors have great hopes for it. At present the gadget is a typical military job: too expensive and too heavy. The "power-pack" which provides the current weighs 27 Ibs. But by spring, it may be streamlined for the civilian market into a lighter, more practical model...