Word: 44s
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Dr. Richard ("Diamond Dick") Tanner, 73, onetime pistol prodigy; of complications resulting from a broken leg; in Norfolk, Neb. From 16 to 35, Dick amazed Wild West show audiences (including "Buffalo Bill" Cody's) with a brace of pearl-handled .44s. In 1909 he got his M.D., practiced in Norfolk for 15 years before neighbors knew they were being treated by the old pal of "Calamity Jane" and "Pawnee Bill...
Oldsmobiles (called B-44s to mark the company's 44th anniversary) are lower & longer, with fadeaway front fenders. Long-needed innovation is twin front bumpers. One is in the usual place, the other a foot higher, sprouting from either fender to protect the flashy grille. Frames are heavier, have an added cross-member. Power has been increased through a higher compression ratio, redesigned combustion chambers...
Charles C. Copland '83, professor of English, emeritus, will deliver his traditional Christmas reading to the '44s on December 18, the Committee also announced...
Further details about the Freshman dance were also issued by the Union Committee, which announced that Don Gohan and his orchestra will furnish the music for the cavorting '44s at the dance on December 14. The dance is to be informal, and tickets will cost $1.25 a couple and $.75 for the stray stage...
...relied on three four-motored Vought-Sikorsky 8-443 to be delivered by United Aircraft Corp. eleven, 14 and 16 months from now. Carbon copies of the U. S. Navy's new long-range bombers (with mail compartments substituted for bomb racks), the 175-m.p.h. (cruising speed) S-44s will carry 16 passengers, a crew of eleven, and 2,300 pounds of mail & express for 3.600 miles without a stop. Two avid watchers of their future performance will be the Navy and Pan Am, which itself will run non-stop New York-Lisbon service when it gets delivery...