Word: ores
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Portland Army Air Base Portland, Ore...
...thunderstruck Norway in April 1940. Now, as the Nazi sun was sinking, the first little sliver of Norway was freed. Last week, far north in the Arctic, where Norway borders on Finland, the Russians pounded over the line in pursuit of the Germans, then took over the iron-ore port of Kirkenes, used by the Germans as a submarine and air base against the Allied northern sea route to Russia, and fought on some 15 miles westward...
This might be desirable. But, in a world at war, was it expedient? Apparently Britain, which is chiefly dependent on Spain for iron ore and certain other metals, thought not. Whatever the French Government thought, it acted with discretion...
...Club, and headed for the Pacific North west and several weeks of hunting and fishing. The softspoken, 32-year-old Texan had better control over his nerves, as well as his shots, than ever before, but he needed a rest. He would play no more tournaments until the Portland (Ore.) Open, starting...
High-graders are miners who sneak rich bits of ore out of mines in their hair, ears, mouths, between their toes, between slices of bread in their dinner pails, or who raid staked claims which are not yet producing. They peddle their loot to "receivers" for about $10 an ounce. The receivers melt the stolen ore into "buttons" worth $4,000 to $5,000 each. Then "carriers" tote the buttons, usually hidden in multiple-pocket corsets, into the U.S. Most of the gold reaches New York City, where refiners pay $30 an ounce for it, sell it in turn...