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...pause, though it seemed to be a fizzling of the second offensive, would probably lead to a third offensive. Certainly one of the contributing reasons for this pause was that the Germans were bringing fresh troops into action. According to reports, some 50 new divisions moved up to replace shock troops worn out by five weeks of fighting...
This was a stunner to Claude Wickard. He knew what it was to walk all day behind a plow pulled by a restless team; to pick corn with cold fingers and an aching back, to spread manure by hand, to shock wheat all day under a hot sun. He knew that hogs could suddenly stop getting fat and die of cholera; that if they didn't die they could sell so cheaply there was no profit in the year's long work. He wanted to do something about that. He wanted to help make farm life better...
Adolf's Pride. The Germans cabled to the U.S. a picture which they said showed some Nazi shock troops proudly holding a Russian battle flag which they had captured in bitter fighting. Anyone who could read Russian could see that the flag was a Boy Scout pennant. Its inscription: Be Prepared-Be Prepared...
...electrical coils were woven. The new suits are lighter and cheaper than the sheepskin garments now used, and they leave a flier nimbler at his controls and guns. Heat can be adjusted for outside temperatures from 70° to -60°, can be increased to protect injured fliers from shock and pneumonia. General Electric analyzed the electrically heated uniform of a German flier shot down over England, found it so inefficient as to be nigh worthless...
...Despite bombings, sirens and frequent routings out of bed, the 450 inmates of the Lingfield Epileptic Colony at Lingfield, Surrey have remained "unperturbed." Many doctors think that epilepsy is brought on by fright, worry, or terrific shock. But Dr. Joseph Tylor Fox, head of the Lingfield colony, reported: "There was no general increase of [epileptic] attacks on days or nights of air activity, nor has any evidence been found of increased fits in individuals." This observation tends to confirm the theory that fits are caused by damage to the brain, not by psychological shock...