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...been held in the Admiral's schoolhouse compound. Soldiers from Norway and Denmark strode about Flensburg, boasting: "We were never beaten." A British sergeant knocked one of them down, and said: "Well, you've been beaten now." Disarmed marines were marched through the streets, still singing We Sail against England...
...Central China, dry up disease-breeding lakes on the plains below the gorge, irrigate about 60 million acres, employ thousands, and, among other things, provide power for a string of greatly needed fertilizer factories. A lock system on the man-made lake will permit 10,000-ton steamers to sail from Shanghai to Chungking itself...
Then, shaking toward the boats drops of holy water from a silver aspergillum, the Archbishop read the blessing: "Deign. 0 Lord, to hear our supplications and bless these ships . . . and all who sail therein. . . . Extend to them Thy right hand as Thou didst to Peter walking upon the sea, and send Thy holy angel from Heaven to protect and guard them from every danger...
Eventually the Swedes may shave their price to within OPA's price limits, and so restore their prewar export market for 1,000,000 tons of pulp a year to the U.S. But it was reported that the first three shiploads of pulp to sail through the Baltic this week were not bound for the U.S.; they were headed for Britain, Portugal and Argentina. These countries are more aware than OPA that prices for pulp and other commodities in the world markets cannot always be regimented to fit domestic price controls. Last week, in fact, ' the Swedes were...
Mateo Ruiz's word to Goodyear last week was that Jie expects production to soar, now that Zamboanga has been retaken by MacArthur's troops. It would help considerably, he said, if Goodyear would send him an outboard motor: it was needed to replace the rotted sail on the small boat used to collect food and coconut oil on Sibuguey Bay. Also, Manager Ruiz anxiously hoped that Goodyear officials would understand another item: due to inflation in the Philippines it had been necessary for him to raise his salary-to $150 a month...