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...production of between 75,000 and 80,000 planes in two and a half years. That is a hope and it may be fulfilled, but OPM officials do not forget that since last fall they have revised the schedules of monthly deliveries three times, and every revision has been downward-from hopes toward realities. Early last October they anticipated an April 1941 production of 2,068 planes (450 combat aircraft and 1,159 noncombat planes for the U.S. Army and Navy; 429 for the British) and June 1941 production...
...Ministry of Justice spokesman denied that Marshal Petain's new decree was dictated by religious considerations, insisted it was one more effort to halt the downward spiral of France's birth rate...
Whereas formerly it was thought that English would continue its downward tendency to be replaced by the Natural Sciences which showed a marked gain with last year's Freshmen, it is now apparent that an equalizing force is foremost between the desire to concentrate heavily for "practical" reasons and the recognition of the need for a liberal arts education...
Because the number of 65-year-olds who choose to keep working instead of retiring on Social Security has reached an unexpected 500,000, Government accountants are busy with a downward revision of the Act's cost...
While the toll at sea went up, the lull on land continued. Last week casualty figures were released which showed that the lull was also a definite downward curve. In January, 1,502 Britons had been killed by bombs* ; in December, 3,793; in November, 4,588; in October, 6,334; in September, 6,954. But the curve of losses at sea-of supplies to keep millions alive-looked as if it were on the way up after its wintry low. And in any case, the casualty lull was only relative. Said the magazine Flight: "The Germans have brought...