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...before war-time inflation, the yen was quoted at 23½ U.S. cents), war workers six yen. Japanese will pay a general income tax of 10 to 20%, a sales tax of 20 to 120% on all commodities except basic foods and cotton textiles. Eighty percent of the national income will go to the Government in taxes and bonds...
...battle. A pack of 20 subs had attacked two adjacent convoys. Land-based U.S. planes from Iceland, British and Canadian planes from England, escort-carrier planes teamed with British destroyers and frigates. After the eighth submarine was hit, the enemy kept their distance. "Ninety nine percent" of the merchantmen got through safely. Not a British warship was scratched. The British lost three planes...
...after four years of blockade, German industry was down 30%. Today it is off precisely the same percent on the tally sheets of Britain's Ministry of Economic Warfare-and half the drop has occurred in the six months since Allied air power grew up. This week the Eighth Air Force tabulated its daytime share...
...Percent Increase since September...
...Council received $1,490 from the Freshmen at registration July 1, when 54 percent of entering Freshmen paid dues for their first year at Harvard. Four hundred and seventy more dollars were collected from the upper classes...