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...fixed number of nerve cells at birth, and, unlike other cells, they do not multiply. Torn nerve fibres heal only by sending forth tendrils toward the severed ends. In stitching together jagged nerve ends, surgeon must be careful not to pull the nerve taut, must draw the silk through the petal-thin nerve sheath, not through its body...
...Paris was visible in all its poverty. French shoppers were few. The big stores were jammed with Germans buying silk stockings and perfumes unobtainable in Germany. In payment they offered occupation marks, whose promise to pay was unsigned. A German officer in his cups explained: "They will be redeemed by the Bank of England, of course." But the Parisians laughed little in return. Bitterly one concierge commented: "It was a lousy swap-Paris for Danzig...
Attired in the white silk Buster Brown shirt and leather knee pants of his Master-of-the-Hunt suit, Hermann Goring last week entertained in the vast study of his Karinhall hunting lodge Karl von Wiegand. Month before the No. 1 Hearst foreign correspondent had been given an exclusive interview with the No. 1 Nazi, Adolf Hitler, who wanted to get across the idea that the U. S. had nothing to fear from Germany. The story was neither widely published nor widely believed in the U. S. So the No. 2 Nazi now tried his hand at the same...
...Kingsley was obliged to ask for new taxes, both direct and hidden. Basic rate for income tax rose from 37½% to 42½%. Sir Kingsley proposed that taxes should be collected at the source-by deductions from weekly payrolls. New sales taxes on luxuries-jewels, furs, fancy hats, silk ties-were set at 24%; and on humble necessities-clothing, shoes, pots, brooms, newspapers, books...
...Sears reductions included: cotton piece goods, 1.04%; cotton clothing, 1.25%; wool clothing, blankets, etc., 1.32%; silk goods, 10.22%; rayon, 1.3%; shoes and other leather goods, 1.96%; automobile tires & tubes, 2.32%; electrical appliances, 2.11%; floor coverings, 5.19%; building supplies, 2.35%; furniture...