Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. William ("Bunk") Johnson, 69, Negro jazzmaster of the cornet, last famed survivor of Buddy Bolden's New Orleans jazz band and musical ancestor of Louis ("Satch'mo") Armstrong; in New Iberia...
...world's commercial airplane business is now almost wholly dominated by U.S. manufacturers, but the 'British hope soon to get their share. Last week Vickers-Armstrong showed off its Viscount 700, in most respects a conventional-looking craft. The novelty was the four engines. They carried ordinary propellers on their noses, but instead of being blunt and thick, the Viscount's engines stuck out ahead of the wing like half-cigars (see cut). On these slender "turboprop" engines Britain is pinning her commercial airplane hopes...
More Payload. Vickers-Armstrong claims that the Viscount 700, the first turboprop airliner to pass its structural aerodynamic tests, has already proved itself superior to comparable airplanes powered with piston engines. It burns more fuel, but it carries a ton of extra payload because of the lightness of its engines. It cruises at 325 m.p.h. with 40 passengers, and is designed for short or medium runs, such as London-Paris and London-Rome...
They had plenty to dig. French Jazzman Hugues Panassié had been applauded for bringing Louis Armstrong to blow at his Nice festival last year (TIME, March 8, 1948), but criticized for leaving out U.S. boppers. For this year's International Jazz Festival, rival Jazzman Charles Delaunay was playing it safe by inviting both the bop artists and two-beat specialists from half a dozen European countries and the U.S. The French radio blared out the goings-on for ten days...
However the throw was late and the bases were loaded. On the next play. Walt Armstrong hit into a double play while Kepler scored. The Princeton run didn't look very big at that time, as Goding quickly settled down and pitched fine ball for the rest of the game. He allowed one more single and struck out ten. The visitors never threatened again...