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...Mortar (Republic) is a succinct and interesting treatment of the mortar's origins (500 years ago as a rock thrower), its uses, and its assembly. The picture is rather technical for a layman, but undoubtedly effective for training mortar crews...
...back, utility holding company preferred stocks began to go up. A flock of them-Standard Gas, Engineers Public Service, Electric Power & Light, Commonwealth & Southern-made new highs for the year. Some brokers reported that 75% of their buying orders were for utility holding company preferreds and bonds. Most succinct explanation for this backhanded phenomenon was that of Shearson, Hammill & Co.: "About the only conclusion one can draw from the activity in utility holding company preferred stocks is that the parts of the various utility holding companies are worth more separately than when united in a single . . . system...
...possible hint of a forthcoming grand offensive in the Mediterranean was contained in a succinct communiqué from Vichy...
...later Prospector Gimlett had all the backing a man could ask for. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner S. Eccles recommended to Congress and the Administration a succinct and vigorous plan for revising U. S. fiscal and monetary policies. The plan carried the unanimous support of the board's members. It set a precedent. Never before in its 26-year history had the board come out openly and firmly for specific fiscal legislation...
Grief of the Ally. Italians last week rode to cold homes in dark, jampacked busses. The grapevine added details to succinct communiques reporting the setbacks in Albania and the shake-up in the High Command (see p. 28). There were uncon firmed reports of rioting. In Rome there was grumbling over ever-increasing prices and the severe rationing of already frugal meals. Spaghetti, flour and rice were added to the list of rationed foods. Any farmer withholding his crops from compulsory storage was ordered imprisoned for a year...