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Behind the Russians in Stalingrad a two-mile pontoon bridge, built of rough planks supported by empty gasoline cans, gave access across the Volga. Since Sept. 18 German bombers had dropped tons of explosives attempting to smash the bridge, but had done only minor damage and that was quickly repaired. But the floating bridge was a slender thread...
...city medium artillery, in the front ranks light artillery, anti-tank guns, machine-gun nests. All batteries were defended by tommy gunners, and at key points throughout the city small, speedy mobile units were in action rushing to meet each newly threatened advance. Medium artillery attempted to smash advancing tank columns before they deployed in battle formation, light artillery struck as the tanks drew closer and anti-tank guns opened up at less than 1,000-yard range; artillery and infantry closed around isolated German units. The tactics were good, as witnessed by the slowness of the German advance...
...Cossack took up his ax and called his 13-year-old grandson from a neighboring house: "Come here, grandson, and let us cut down the orchard and smash the beehives." Apple, pear and apricot trees laden with still unripe fruit fell one after another. "Pile it up in the street," the old man said. "Let anybody who wants take it, and what is left the armored tractors will crush to pulp when they come...
...cultivated) and from the Chesapeake-Delaware Bay area (where 60% grow naturally) thousands of the industry's 65,000 workers have traipsed off to defense plants. To get men back wages have been bid up 15%. U.S. No. 1 oysterer, Bluepoints Co. (General Foods subsidiary on L.I.), will smash the immemorial "no-wimmen" tradition, hire women for shucking, packing, other inside work...
...Materials can smash price ceilings right & left. Thus hard-to-get scrap which regular junkmen have bypassed for months (because it was out of reach under OPA's ceilings) will be easy pickings for Jesse Jones. First on War Materials' fight card are obsolete buildings, rusty bridges, broken-down machinery...