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Show HIGHLIGHTS in the week's news I New York: Radio men on ships of one large coastwise concern had been given a salary boost of $21.50 a month, and war risk bonuses. The action closely followed the sinking of one of the company's ships. Valetta, Malta: There had been 13 raids by Italian-German planes on Malta in a single day. Reinforcements Reinforce-ments continued to arrive for the beleaguered be-leaguered Mediterranean port Chicago: Reviewing the municipal bond market for the past 12 months, Barcus, Kindred & Co., Chicago financial house, found a decrease of $236,969,369 in the amount of state and municipal financing last year. The 1941 total was $1,389,302,154, compared with $1,626,271,523 in 194o' A factor in the decrease was the smaller volume of federal grants for municipal improvements last year. |