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Last week the Axis armies in Tunisia showed their strength and weakness. They beat at the Allied trap in the north. They thrust heavily at Montgomery's Eighth Army in the south. But they had to give way in the middle; their weakness was that they were unable to strike and stand on all three fronts at once...
...been successful on one important score. He had destroyed much Allied materiel and had pulled out with few casualties, capturing more tanks than he lost. This was his strength: handy bases, his agility and his ability to strike hard, gravely weakening the Allies and disrupting their plans. The Allied trap had not been broken, but for the moment Rommel had effectively blunted its jaws...
...Indian trail and covered it with a shirt. An Indian came and removed the shirt when the shell exploded and wounded him severely. Capt. Rains then put four shells in a blanket and placed them on another trail. The Indians discovered and resolved to catch him in his own trap. So they collected their warriors to the number of 85 or 90 and surrounded the spot; they then by means of a cord exploded the shell. Down goes Capt. Rains with a Sergt. Corpl. and sixteen men. On coming to the place he found an old "Koon" (sic) dead. Whilst...
...trap of Darlingtonia californica (also native to Oregon) is a typical "pitfall" among leaves that resembles a hooded cobra. The plant thrives on insects and might also get along on sausages -if they were properly prepared...
Candy From Babies. In Pittsburgh, as Patrolman Jim Harvey crossed a sidewalk trap door he felt it start to rise, stepped aside, beheld two men ascending in state with $840 in swag, promptly nabbed them. In Oklahoma City, Autoist Russell B. Smith, stopped by two would-be robbers, scared them off by barking at his dashboard receiving set: "Calling all cars, reporting robbery at 37th and Classen...