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...matter of seconds now. The bomb bay doors were open; the flak had begun, pin points of yellow blossoming slowly upward, then sliding by with a rush into the sky above. Now the planes were roaring 50 feet above the water; now the target was dead ahead. Now the bombardiers pushed their buttons, and now the big, dark mines, each weighing 1,500 pounds, tumbled from the planes. Some landed with a splash in the water; some hit the dams fair & square. When the roar of their explosions had subsided, the sustained, deeper roar of pent-up waters, suddenly released...
With the further upward-spiraling of taxes and living costs, I predict that a large segment of the population will find it impossible to meet their obligations. If they seek employment in war industries they will leave unfilled services that can well lead to a serious disruption of the whole war effort...
...Electrical charges accumulate in clouds, positive at the top, negative on the bottom. A spark bursts through the air to another cloud or to the earth-lightning. First comes a faint leader stroke, then a huge discharge builds upward from the earth. The slender core (about the thickness of a finger) explodes into a column of fire much greater in diameter. As this heated air cools and contracts, other air rushes in to fill the space. This sudden disturbance makes the thunderclap...
...touted as "possibly the heaviest single blow of the war against U-boat production," resulted in damage to seven of 15 unfinished U-boats. Germany's submarine production, to which all other naval building is subordinate, may be as high as 40 a month; Doenitz may already have upward of 600 raiders in his fleet...
...book. One night a year ago, while Henry watched a fight in California, a friend suggested that he try fighting again. Armstrong, then a roly-poly 165 lb., scoffed: "A fat man! Who would pay to see me fight again?" But by last week he had staged an amazing upward climb: his eyes were healed, he had slimmed to fighting weight (138), won 16 of 18 comeback fights, defeated backsliding Fritzie Zivic and gained a crack at the big money - a fight with Lightweight Champion Beau Jack...