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...caves cut into the hard-baked soil. About the time of Christ they were replaced by (or developed into) the Chavin people. Step by step, as the centuries passed, the tight little valley's life became more complex. With the Mochica culture (500-900 A.D.), it reached a peak of sophistication. The Mochicas fertilized their fields with guano and watered them with intricate irrigation ditches, one of which was 113 kilometers (70 miles) long. They wove marvelous textiles, had a highly centralized government, built pyramids, fortresses, palaces, roads, and boats...
...comics were hit first. Outgrowing the moppet market, they had tapped a ready-made public: the soldiers loved them. At the peak, when anything from Supersnipe to Super Duck would move, sales had hit 40 million a month. Now they were down to 27 million, and still skidding. War-born pulps were going begging, too. One firm, whose stable of magazines goes up & down at the drop of a dime, had dumped 64 titles (Green Mask Comics, Sleepy Time Stories, etc.). But buyers still had some 1,200 titles to choose from...
...Washington was not the only vessel which could not sail. Only 139 ships were loading or unloading cargo at New York's miles of docks. But there was a total of 567 ships in the port (v. a wartime peak of 486). Another 101 ships were anchored in the Hudson River as far north as Tarrytown...
...copper has gone unheard. Yet by last week the four-month strike of copper mine, smelter, and refinery workers threatened to shut down makers of refrigerators, washing machines, radios, telephones, vacuum cleaners, etc. Copper output was down to one-third of normal, while demand was at a peacetime peak...
...world's largest mine, they stood three deep around the Egypt Café bar; miners' wives paraded into Pollock's Electrical Appliance Co. to order washers and refrigerators. The West Frankfort bank was fairly bursting with miners' deposits. Telephone installations were at an all-time peak and the "42" Cab Co. was doing a record business. Illinois miners had enough money, a United Mine Workers official figured, to stay out six months. From Pennsylvania came the same kind of reports. From Welch, W.Va.: "We're behind you, John, go your full length...