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Even if Canada gets only the drippings from the British order spigot, the Canadian aircraft industry has growth ahead. If the war lasts long enough and orders are big enough, Canada by war's end will not in future have to buy her planes from U. S. makers...
...Philadelphia's County Prison at suburban Holmesburg, Pa. call it: a narrow, thick-walled little brick cell block where fractious inmates are put for "treatment." It holds nine cells, each 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, 10 ft. high. In each cell are a small sink with one spigot, a "hopper" (toilet) and six bolts in the wall for cots. Walls & floor are rough concrete, doors sheet steel, with small ventilating holes at the bottom. Three windows and several small roof outlets comprise the ventilation of the building. Across a two-foot corridor from the cells the wall...
...pump, it will be remembered, was put out of action, its water turned off and spigot removed on November...
...Fairmont, W. Va.. James F. Gwynn discovered a reservoir of honey cached by a hive of bees behind his kitchen wall. Ingenious James Gwynn rigged up a pipe line from the hive to his breakfast table, now flavors his hot cakes from a little honey spigot directly above his plate. Chase...
...upped maximum margin requirements from 45% to 55% (TIME, Feb. 3). Some bankers believe that even if the Board shut down, as it can. on all market credit, a fancy boom could occur on a cash basis. Their point is that while credit may be shut off at one spigot it might still flow at another, spill into the market since as soon as it is disbursed by check one man's credit becomes another man's cash...