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...best heavy tank in the world was unveiled at Eddystone, near Philadelphia, this week. A joint product of Baldwin Locomotive Works and U.S. Army Ordnance, it weighs 57 tons, is heavily armored with welded and cast plate. Its contours are rounded to deflect hits, and even its traction gear is protected by steel. Its turrets are power driven, its silhouette cut down. It totes a three-inch double-purpose anti-tank & aircraft gun, powerful enough to stop any tank in existence, is equipped with a secret device, which gives its gunners 500% more accuracy than...
...good Crimson Junior Varsity football aggregation will have to stay in high gear if it expects to squelch a determined Eli outfit when the two teams meet at 2 o'clock this afternoon on the enclosed practice field on Soldiers Field...
...waistline, a 33¼-in. chest, feet that can be fitted with 9½-D shoes. To keep him during his first year in the Army, the Quartermaster Corps shells out $404.65-$175.20 (48? a day) for food; $162.05 for clothing; $15.79 for individual equipment such as shaving gear; $51.61 for barracks equipment such as sheets. He puts away 41 lb. 9 oz. a week of assorted beef, chicken, pork, vegetables, cereals, fruits, coffee, milk, and seven eggs. He is the best-dressed soldier in the world, has a wardrobe that permits nine changes of costume...
...annoyance of his mistress' husband, Byron's rooms at the Palazzo Guiccioli were soon "full of conspirational gear and mysterious documents . . . local liberals." Once, when the police were active, the Gambas even let Byron keep "a bag full of bayonets, some muskets, and some hundreds of cartridges." When the revolt finally fizzled (Byron always suspected it would), Byron, Teresa and the Gambas were exiled, at last settled down at Pisa...
...when an alarm rings in, the well-oiled mechanism speeds into high gear without a check. At night, the men can awaken from a deep sleep, jump into their "night rig," scoot down the pole, and be away with sirens screaming in 26 seconds. Every motion has been carefully studied to see where life-saving minutes can down. The rescue squad, with first aid equipment, goes out on all alarins. Sometimes it in called by doctors who need oxygen immediately for, heart cases; suiciden, drown longs and gas victims always rate the rescue truck manned by experts n accident work...