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...Denver, a driver of a dump truck crawled into his bin to keep warm. A steam-shovel operator buried him under a load of dirt. The bin was tipped to release him, and the dirt buried him again on the ground. Somebody then drove the truck over his legs, but the dirt protected him and he returned to work...
...considered astonishing) of Hitler's triumphs in the air. It is no longer possible to print the specific facts about the U.S. air force which is building. But, without figures, the fact is no less true that the bomber of 1943 will show tremendous increases in speed, bomb-load and range over the fanciest models of 1941. And it is equally a fact, as De Seversky asserted, that, of all the world's nations, the U.S. is best equipped to create and exercise this new air power...
...trade route for U.S. merchantmen was without ships to load last week. There will be no more intercoastal trade* until there are once more enough ships...
...apparatus to study feet, His findings: most trouble with the foot starts with the first metatarsal, the small bone behind the great toe. Normally this bone carries two-sixths of the weight of the body. If it is short or wobbly, the second metatarsal has to take up the load. Weak ankles are usually caused by a loose-jointed metatarsal; so are heels worn down on one side. Real flat feet are rare, the result of long standing metatarsal trouble...
...notion of employing airships as plane carriers is not regarded in Washington as moonshine. The rumor is rife that the Nazis intend to load up the Graf Zeppelin and the LZ-70 with planes, ship them west for token bombing raids on the U.S. It would be a dangerous trip for them in more ways than one. The Nazis have no helium, would have to inflate their dirigibles with inflammable hydrogen. The U.S. still has the only helium available-thanks largely to tough little Harold Ickes, who killed a proposed sale to the Germans back...