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...field Territorials, the British citizen Army (much like the U. S. National Guard), from 130,000 to 340,000. Together with the regular Army, which is expected soon to reach 250,000, this will mean that Britain's land forces trained and equipped for Continental service will number some 600,000 men. Instead of 19 divisions that will be ready for immediate service in case of a war on the Continent, there will be 32. The anti-aircraft Territorials will be upped to 100,000 men and 10,000 will be on coast defense duty. Together with...
...binding layer between. In the old glass the filler was cellulose acetate. In the new it is polyvinyl acetal resin, a synthetic plastic made from acetylene. In an automobile this flexible, yielding pane is something like a transparent, moistureproof, windproof curtain. It is expected to cut down the number and seriousness of highway injuries due to sudden stops...
...another line which perhaps some of your readers can give: When I was a kid a long time since, "Who struck Billy Patterson?" was a moot question then much discussed. I think there was a Congressional investigation, but as I was out of the U. S. A. for a number of years I never heard how it was settled. Now I do not care to know why he was struck or where he was struck. BUT WHO STRUCK HIM. It's important...
Five years ago Dictator Mussolini began his economic state building by setting up a system of "corporations" to regiment practically all phases of Italian life. There are 22 separate corporations, the members appointed by Il Duce, and consisting of an equal number of representatives from syndicates of capital and labor, three members designated by the Secretary of the Fascist Party, and a number of technicians. The corporations are classified in three general sections: 1) Agricultural-Industrial-Commercial Productive Cycle (including cereals, oils, livestock, textiles); 2) Industrial-Commercial Productive Cycle (chemicals, printing, utilities, metallurgy); 3) Service-producing Activities (credit and insurance...
...assistants, Dr. John Raymond Johnson and Miss Marjory Metcalf Taylor, persuaded six men and four women to pedal furiously on a stationary bicycle every day until each was exhausted. The bicycle operated a dynamo which was connected with a number of electric lamps and a wattmeter which measured the amount of energy each subject was capable of expending. After about 30 days of this sort of thing, the scientists began to feed each cyclist daily glasses of chilled orange and lemon juice containing unflavored gelatin, made from the bones of animals. The men were given 60 grams (two ounces...