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...that rate the railroads may emerge from the war no longer a debt-ridden industry whose fixed charges necessitate inflexible freight rates. In sounder economic health they may be able to compete successfully with trucks and airplanes, proving themselves a progressive instead of an obsolescent part of the national transportation system...
Straight power, provided by a heavy, fast-charging line and a plunging quarterback, sparked Kirkland to a win over an injury-ridden Eliot squad, handicapped by the absence of its captain, Pete Dorsey...
...effort to find replacements for his injury-ridden squad, Dick Harlow put the "A," "B," and "C" teams through a regular scrimmage yesterday afternoon. It was the first mid-week contact work for the starters since before the Penn game...
Pawnbrokers find the goods that cross their counters a reflection of the times. In 1932 business was rotten: the U.S. had run out of things to hock. Now pawnshops-like the nation-are on a queer, priority-ridden, psychologically insecure spree. Despite typewriter freezing (which has stopped loans on a pawnshop specialty), despite the fact that no workman today would think of hocking his irreplaceable micrometers, calipers and toolbox, most U.S. pawnshops are in the money...
...become a potential invasion point for the Allies; 3) Franco does not dare arm a population where probably 90% of his people oppose his regime. Fat Franco was still in a position to switch to the Axis if he became convinced the Allies would lose. At home he had ridden out a squall...