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...Spain and the Idria mines north of Trieste, Italy, have many times the capacity of all U. S. deposits combined, and until now have pretty much controlled world mercury markets. But the pre-war arms race so increased world consumption that last year the U. S. became a net exporter of mercury for the first time since...
...Warren Winslow almost stole the game for the Crimson in the last five minutes of the third period, when, with the score tied 4 to 4, he broke through the attacking Indians to fire a shot which to many seemed to cross the red line and pass through the net...
Although the goal judge flashed his light, Referee Herb Gallagher disallowed the score after a five minute argument in which no one could find a hole in the net through which the puck could have passed...
Life span of guns charged to fire 25 miles or better is about three seconds, net. That is, they can fire perhaps 50 times before their rifled steel linings are so scored by hot, high-pressure gases in the split-second of explosion that they become inaccurate. Such guns must be cooled between shots or their barrels, superheated, will sag at the muzzle. Between shots, too, their gunners must calculate (from a pressure gauge communicating with the bore) how much to add to the charge to allow for progressive scoring and keep up the range...
...streamliners can see even brighter days ahead. Railroad operating revenues are on the upgrade and the railroads are again buying equipment to replace rolling stock run ragged during the depression. With 1939's financial statement yet to be issued, Edward Budd well knew last week that after a net loss of $400,937 in 1938 (1937's net profit was $3,010,000) his company was back in the black again. Much of the credit went to the streamline train division...