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Willy, a nimble-fingered radio mechanic in the Ruhr town of Neuss, had dreamed since he was twelve of inventing a new flying machine. By wartime he had worked out plans for a parachute which would operate on the helicopter principle. The Gestapo interrupted these labors, carting Willy off to a forced-labor camp because he was a conscientious objector. But in searching his house afterwards, they discovered and were fascinated by Willy's plans. With magnificent artfulness, they conceived a simple test of Willy's device: they strapped Willy's parachute on his own back, took...
...tiny Saar, a miniature (1,000 sq. mi.) Ruhr populated by Germans but ruled by functionaries of France, last week freely chose to stay as it is: an "autonomous" bailiwick attached to France...
...base of German recovery is the reconstructed Ruhr, which is already overtaking Britain in steel production. Ruhr production in September...
...credit, and go without to make the monthly interest payments. Yet it was German hard work that overnight turned revival into boom. German heavy workers, with the approval of their trade unions, put in up to 54 hours a week for an average wage of $18 to $22. Many Ruhr factories keep going full blast on Saturdays and Sundays; their employees are often...
...that the Federal Republic is burdened with 1) 10,000,000 Soviet-zone refugees; 2) three occupation armies; 3) an $822 million reparations debt to the Jews; 4) an annual expense of $150 million to sustain West Berlin. Yet, as the nervous French and British often point out, the Ruhr's burgeoning capacity is more than enough to take care of these obligations. For all Bonn's protests, Germany is probably the only major European nation that can substantially increase its defense contribution without seriously impairing its standard of living...