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...reference to your article, "Food: A Weapon," TIME, March 31. Leaving Hitler out of this, if possible-what if the farmers of the U.S. should go on a strike for highert wages, shorter working hours, two weeks vacation with pay ? Oh ! My goodness! What am I saying! JAMES E. ALLISON Asheville...
...future production until they were fed up, have had very little solid news of production now. Last week they had a satisfying mouthful of such solid news. The cautious Wall Street Journal added up the February output of the chief U. S. military aircraft engine makers (Wright, Pratt & Whitney, Allison). The totals: about 2,600 units, up 200 from January, up from a piddling 200-300 units since September 1939. Prospects were even brighter: 2,800 in March, 3,500-3,700 a month by July, 8,500 a month (or 100,000 engines a year) by April...
From Britain's The Aeroplane U. S. citizens last week learned some things about their own military airplanes that they had not found out from the home press (see p. 46). They learned that Allison-powered U. S. pursuit planes were faster than any European fighters in the 1,000 h.p. class, but slower than the new 2,000-h.p. speedsters now being put in the air by Britain. They also read interesting facts about some fine U. S. bombers and patrol boats. Examples: > The Army's Bell Airacdbra (the British call it "Caribou") does 400 m.p.h...
...Detroit, General Manager Nicholas Dreystadt of Cadillac (now turning out parts for the Allison engine) canceled vacations for defense-order executives, or dered an overworked assistant South for a rest...
This afternoon's event, a 15-kilometer "langlauf" cross country race, was won by Allison of New Hampshire in 1 hour and 15 minutes 13 seconds to pace a field of 60 entries. Merrill's victory helped his team compile 97.6 points in the event...