Word: baileys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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George W. Smith could tell most war producers a thing or two about a business man's problems in wartime. As general manager of Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus, he has to feed, house, trans port, costume and otherwise provide for "the greatest show on earth" - without benefit of any priorities whatsoever. But last week as the Big Show boomed into its second jampacked week at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden (prospective gross for the 36-day run: almost $2,000,000), George Smith was calm & collected in the midst of his bedlam. He knows that...
...undisputed,--Yeoman Brill. Ensign H.S. Bailey...
Manhattanites opened their windows and their hearts again last week: spring had come and with it the circus. Since last year the great Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey troupe had acquired something besides $325,000 worth of new costumes. It had acquired a new top boss-Robert Ringling, who after a rumored family wrangle succeeded his cousin John Ringling North-and a new attitude. Gone were the Stravinsky ballet music, the Balanchine choreography, the blue tanbark and all the rest of the modernistic decor which had raised complaints and possibly cut the profits. Once again everything was traditional, absurd...
...Shand of Princeton is favored in the 150-yard backstroke with Navy's Bob Bailey and Dartmouth's Henry Dodd in the running. There is always the chance of a surprise, of course, from natators of little publicized squads such as Bowdoin...
Besides this big engine problem the whole escort program depends on other hard-pressed suppliers. Probably the worst bottleneck is valves made by Crane, Lunkenheimer and Worthington Pump. Shafting comes from such companies as Erie Forge, Camden Forge and American Locomotive. From Cleveland's Bailey Meter Co. and Connecticut's Bristol Co. come meters and regulating devices...