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...torpedo carriers, 146%; pursuit, observation and other combat aircraft, 142%. Only in the production of four-engined bombers was there little or no gain in the first half of 1941, but there was reason to expect that there would be plenty in the second half, with Consolidated (B-24s) and Boeing (B-17s) getting into high-speed production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speeding Up | 8/4/1941 | See Source »

Lean-hipped, mild General George C. Marshall showed the Administration's intentions by taking steps to release to England the right to prior purchase of 46 of the most powerful flying battleships now under construction: 26 four-engined B-24s (Consolidated Aircraft's heavy bombers), 20 four-engined B-17Cs (Boeing Flying Fortresses). All are to be equipped with Sperry bomb sights, the U. S. military secret, supposedly able to land a bomb in a flowerpot from 30,000 feet. Retained, noted both General Marshall and the President, was the Norden bomb sight, which has made the Sperry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Last Six Words | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

Donald Barker '38. He is 19 years of age, weights 162 pounds and is 5 feet 10 inches tall. He prepared for Harvard at Scarsdale High School. His home is in Scarsdale, New York. He swims the 50 yard free style with an approximate time of 24s...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Face Powerful Elis; Wrestlers at Lehigh | 3/13/1937 | See Source »

...defense looks, on the whole, better than the attack in spite of the loss of Collins. Captain J. L. Radell '24s, J. L. McKeon '25 and S. G. Barnet '24s are veterans who have proved their steadiness, while R. D. Rood '26 and M. H. Daniell '26s are making strong bids for the other positions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LACROSSE REVIVAL IN PROGRESS AT NEW HAVEN | 4/9/1924 | See Source »

...position of the new star is given as R. A. 16 hrs., 48 m., 24s.; declination minus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DISCOVER 5 NEW STARS IN 5 MONTHS AT OBSERVATORY | 1/24/1920 | See Source »

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