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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...guards under a brutish, pigeyed leader, Captain Kramer. During the month of March, 17,000 people died of starvation, and they still die at the rate of 300 to 350 every 24 hours, far beyond the help of the British authorities, who are doing all possible to save as many as still have strength to react to treatment...
...Count Felix von Luclcner, 58, famed "Sea Devil" scourge of Allied shipping in World War I, turned up behind the western front, trying to save his hometown, Halle, from Major General Terry Allen's attack. Previously reported as 1) an active Nazi and 2) in the party's bad graces because of his friendship for America, he exclaimed: "By Jove! I haven't been so happy since I ran the British blockade of 1916!" But General Allen's only terms were unconditional surrender, and three days later Halle fell...
...unfamiliar with the ivy-covered folklore of the 300-year old institution, he swing on his Freshman room-mate accusingly. "Did you ever hear of the old letter-carrier who used to climb across the roof from one entry of Matthews to the other, as a short-cut to save steps?" he demanded. Upon the expected "no," Vag settled back and sighed unhappily...
...farmers' consternation and anger, the agencies tried something else. To get corn into other markets, OPA boosted the ceiling price of corn. But instead of raising the floor under hogs, WFA dropped its support price to $12.50. The enraged farmers knew what to do about that. To save expensive feed, they dumped their hogs on the market...
When Sloan became president of the Katy, eleven years ago, he shattered two railroad traditions: 1) he had landed at the top without working his way up from a roundhouse or telegraph desk; 2) he equipped an automobile with flanged wheels and put-putted over branch lines to save the expense of a special train...