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Trenches Used in Forests as Defense against Fire

Peat Yields Kerosene in New Soviet Plant

Spiders Help Fight the War; Their Webs Make Cross-Hairs

[Photograph]: Most Unconventional

Find First Line of Defense against Colds Is in Nose

Front Matter

[Photograph]: Rutherford of Nelson

Find New Earthquake Wave May Aid Detection of Enemy

New Books on Science

[Photograph]: Flying Fortress

[Illustration]: Earth’s Shadow on Moon

[Photograph]: Cold Light