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...animals had been subject to privation for at least 29 days. Three died or were killed on the voyage. They were tied with their backs to the sea, and their hind quarters were covered with salt from the sea waves. Many of them were not shod. Most of them were lame, a few suffered from partial paralysis, several had been severely kicked and bitten, and two were little more than skeletons. Some of the horses were badly injured while being swung ashore, but they were beaten and prodded violently with sticks. We watched one man strike a horse 35 times...
...building, backbone of the Five-Year Plan, must meet the country's needs. Russia's "industrial giants"?Dnieprostroy (dam), Magnetogorsk (steel city in remote Ural foothills ) etc.?must be pushed to completion. Then the tired Russian shoulder will get a rest, heavy Russian feet may be better shod...
Although the Third International Conference on Coal could only talk, not act, the meeting brought once more to public attention the Sickest Industry, about which something eventually Must Be Done. After five days the meeting disbanded, besought President Baker to continue his efforts in behalf of lead-shod Coal...
...Chicago, Veteran Blacksmith Matthew Lyons boasted on his 63rd birthday that automobiles would never put him out of business. Blacksmith Lyons shod his last horse, closed his shop, stepped from the curb, was hit by an automobile, died...
...Middle Atlantic Shoe Retailers, shoemen admiringly scrutinized a pair of evening slippers made from something still different-goldfish skin. The slippers look as if they were made of metal, cost $80 the pair. Shoemen hope to simplify the process, make them cheaper so that many a lady may be shod in fishy gold...