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The article focuses on the invasion of the Nazi people in Athens, Greece during World War II. The military commander ordered the Greek civilians and soldiers not to appear in the streets the night before the entry of the Germans. The Germans bought every Greek merchandise in occupation marks. They confiscated everything found in Greek warehouses especially food. The death of several Greeks was due to starvation and killing.

This article focuses on storage warehouses in the U.S. in 1950. A box knocked down at a Benkins Van and Storage Co. auction in 1944, which has been sold to a steel rigger for $20, contained gold dust and nuggets worth $7,000. Any warehouse contains enough human drama to provide Hollywood with scripts for an epic. Sentiment, divorce, death, lost jobs and the possessive instinct fill half the floors of warehouses. Several photographs of warehouse contents, including the mink coat of movie star Celeste Holm, are presented.

Reports on the accumulation of waste documents in the U.S. Obstacles in removal of the documents; Causes of accumulation; Amount of waste documents accumulated in different warehouses throughout the nation.

Focuses on the sale of grain stored in government warehouses in the U.S. Names of buyers; Amount involved in the purchasing deal with large firms; Impact of the move on the country's food storage; Report that if the estimates of the National Corn Growers Association are more accurate than those of the United States Department of Agriculture, corn prices will shoot up in the fall and so will the price of that corn-fed beef.

Features Robert Meltz, a dealer in aviation supplies in the U.S. Reasons of Meltz for not continuing the publication of an advertisement for the sale of two German Messerschmitt 109 fighter planes; Influence of an accident he experienced on his decision not to fly again an aircraft; Reason why pilots often visit his warehouses.

Focuses on the fire incident at a warehouse in New York City. Casualties of the fire; Response of fire fighters to the incident; Effect of smoke on the health of people.

The article focuses on the effect of surplus agricultural production on the common man and the action taken by politicians in the U.S. In the U.S. great abundance has resulted in increasing distress for the farmer, while the city man's cost of living is just below the highest point it ever touched in peace or war. Politicians take it from the point of maintaining the farmer's solvency, on the one hand, and of disposing of surpluses on the other. The city man's cost of living doesn't enter the political equation. Vast quantities of food and fibers are held in government warehouses, while the city man pays appalling prices for daily necessities.

The article presents opinion on a plan for attracting industry to Oklahoma. The state will offer new branch plants and warehouses to remain in accordance with migrating markets. Industrial tours to which 60 to 100 business and professionals give two weeks of their time and pay their own expenses were organized by the Oklahoma Development Council. Oklahomans who have made such tours are able to impart information to the state legislature as to legal changes which may be needed to give business a chance to grow.

Presents information on the absence of the need for the U.S. government to pay for damages being sought by cotton grower Colonel Julep over the flooding of the Mississippi River. Assurance of the U.S. Weather Bureau that the river will not flood; Impact of the flooding on his cotton warehouse; Inaccuracy of a weather forecast provided by the government.

The article provides information on how the authorities can catch thieves robbing storerooms in action in the U.S. It was noted that all the clothes in the storerooms were hung with the hanger hooks facing the same way, therefore, it is advisable to hang the clothes alternately with the hangers for thieves to take their time removing the clothes and thereby get caught by authorities.

The article talks about the leasing activities of Commodity Credit Corp in the U.S. under the over all direction of Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan. The company has been leasing spaces for the storage of its commodities. Brannan has stated that he could not acquire any public property as long as private facilities were available for leasing. The company has made leases with the same private interests at prices which far exceeded what the government got.

The author relates the approach he used upon being tasked with the counting of coal buckets in a warehouse. The buckets were piled into stacks of twenty four each. Counting them would be impossible as they almost covered the floor area of the warehouse. To prevent the restacking of buckets for counting, he used camera, flash bulb and a tall ladder.

The article presents the author's narration on the magical effects of war in Tobacco Road, Georgia. According to the author, the war has transformed the cultivated field into a modern avenue. Due to the effects of the war, warehouses, ordinance shops, motor parks and several red-roofed buildings are present in the area. A recreational activities found in the original path of the road. The author said, this place is where Lester, a descendant, pitch horseshoes and backwoods dalliance live before the war.