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Show B R I E F S . . . by Baukhage The Office of Information said America was only "ankle deep" in the war. Out of the 7.000 Americans Ameri-cans lost so iar in the war, 3,000 were civilians. In the British empire em-pire (white only) 130,000 dead, 62,-000 62,-000 civilians; native troops chiefly Indian, 13,000, 10,000 civilians included. in-cluded. Some two million Chinese soldiers have been killed; between five and ten million civilians. Over a recent typical week-end 3,000 pies were sold at the Washington Washing-ton Union station restaurant. Classes in spotting enemy planes are now being held in America for civilians as well as military. You don't have to teach the kids in towns near airplane plants to spot the different dif-ferent types of American planes. I They know them all |