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Show HIGHLIGHTS . 'n the week's news ROMAN BABIES: The upheavals of war have reduced the survival chances of Italian babies startlingly, according to the Allied military gov ernment. In July, infants under a year old were dying at the rate of one out of every two, or nearly 500 out of every 1.000. In July, 1943. the death rate was 289 per thousand. thou-sand. The yearly average between 1931-35 was 104.7 FLYIXG AUTOMOBILES: "Some day when you go In to buy a car. the salesman will ask whether you want it with or without wings."- Roscoe Turner, famous airman, predicts. "I'm not kidding." he added. "These things have already been flown. You'll be able to drive to the airport, attach the wings and take off. When you want to come back, you will check the wings and drive home. |