Word: air
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...standing force of U. S. planes, submarines and perhaps capital ships where they would be within practical fighting distance of 1) the Carolines, 2) the Philippines, 3) Japan-all well within an effective 1,500 mile radius of action. It would also make possible cooperation with Britain's air and seapower at Singapore in case Japanese tried to seize the Philippines and go on toward British and Dutch possessions in the East Indies...
...sunshiny morning last week a dimpled, strapping radio entertainer and his hillbilly band trooped into a broadcasting station in Austin, Tex., whooped and whanged in the style that has made them the Lone Star State's biggest air attraction. The studio audience of 200 noisily demanded encore after encore. But presently the band and its leader, Flour Salesman W. Lee ("Pass the Biscuits, Pappy") O'Daniel, had to leave to perform before a crowd of 70,000 that packed the University of Texas stadium...
...Cabinet declared martial law throughout Loyalist Spain. There was no panic as Rebel planes flew over Barcelona in almost continuous bombing raids (General Franco himself had a look at the city from the air and was shot at), as the city lived what might well be its last hours under the Spanish Republic. When a Loyalist squadron gave fight to Rebel attackers in a midday raid, the people ran out in the streets and cheered wildly. The rumble of Rebel artillery was distinctly heard. Until martial law was declared movies were still crowded, the opera was beginning another series. Evacuation...
When a script is finished by the ghost writers it goes to an adjunct of the Hummert mill known as Air Features, Inc. for production. No Hummert ghost may even stick his nose inside Air Features' production studios...
Arriving in Manhattan after six weeks in Hollywood "for me 'olidays," blonde, blowzy British Comedienne Grade Fields whistled, whooped, kicked her legs in the air, dunked doughnuts obligingly for photographers, said: "I've got a lot of funny noises. I'm a bit nuts, but don't tell anybody...