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...that of General Yamut, who was upped from command of the Turkish land forces when a bevy of high-ranking generals was retired or removed for being overage, overweight or overzealous in their support of Republican Inönü. At 61, Nüri Yamut is a leathery, thin-mouthed veteran who gets along well with top U.S. military aid officers, is thoroughly sold on modern techniques...
...Thin Tin. Weirton Steel Co. found a way to save tin in tin cans, thus help ease the critical tin shortage. A new plating process puts a thick layer of tin on one side of a steel sheet, a thin one on the other. Methods now in general use put the same thickness on both sides, although tin cans need the thick layer only on the inside. The new plating process, said Weirton President Thomas E. Millsop, will save at least...
...INTO THIN AIR (257 pp.)-Warren Beck-Knopf...
...Trips. Into Thin Air is a novel whose story might have come from any U.S. small town. Why did Kempner, a wealthy, attractive manufacturer, never marry? What about all those out-of-town trips he used to take, presumably on business? And what was he always jawing about with Mrs. Johnston, a woman old enough to be his mother? Working with such commonplace matters, and playing them for no more than they are worth, Warren Beck has written a minor novel with the grace and dignity appropriate to a major one. In its quiet way, it keeps claiming kinship...
...Checkers. The reason Ralph Kempner never married was quite simple. He fell in love with Mrs. Johnston's daughter-in-law Elissa, whose husband was often out of town. Primarily, Into Thin Air is a story of adultery, handled with a delicacy and understanding that few U.S. writers have brought to the subject. Author Beck manages with exquisite taste to give dignity and beauty to the love of Ralph and Elissa even as it swamps both of them in guilt. Neither has the strength to admit the guilt and ask Harold Johnston to agree to a divorce. When Johnston...