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Last year the Navy took delivery on a total of 1,600,000 tons of combatant ships, which doubled the tonnage and more than doubled the number of warships the Navy had a year ago. Sixty-five aircraft carriers had been added to the fleet:
The $3000 quota set for the University was easily doubled last week and it seems likely to be tripled by the end of the contest.
Were the atrocity stories supposed to help the sale of war bonds? All over the U.S., plain citizens thought so (bond sales zoomed, even doubled for several days after publication). Said Albuquerque's Dr. V. H. Spensley, a dentist whose son died in a Jap prison camp: "I can...
¶By Vice Admiral John S. McCain: the number of U.S. aircraft carriers (now over 40) will be "approximately doubled" in the next few months. By Under Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal: the U.S. will build twice as many cruisers this year as last, but major emphasis will be...
Last week U.S. influenza cases doubled. Said a Public Health Serviceman: "This attack is so widespread, I feel rather good about it." Reason: the cases were mild (TIME, Dec. 14), and people who get flu now will probably be immune if the bugs return later in more virulent form. Some...