Word: bus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...they flew 9,093,360 miles and lost 18 lives-one fatality per 505,192 mi. This is a tremendously improved showing over early service records, but still not nearly so good as that of the Air Mail. The reason is: Air Mail pilots fly steadily along, like bus or locomotive drivers, they do no "stunts"; for Army men, stunting, tricky combat training and bomb dropping are all in a day's work...
...Figures prepared by the editors of Bus Transportation showed last week that 1,593 bus lines have been opened in the U. S. since last January. Over 5,400 motor buses have been purchased at an approximate cost of $30,000,000. Many of these were bought by electric railways for operation in connection with trolley lines. On this basis, the figures at the end of this year will be 25% larger than those...
...ninth annual convention of the International Baby Chick Association at Edgewater Beach Hotel, received reports from nine affiliated State Baby Chick Associations, unanimously approved the formation of Accredited Hatcheries, unanimously authorized their officers to eliminate dishonest chick advertising, watched baby chick motion pictures at a baby chick dinner, took bus rides, danced, bathed, presented their retiring President, Prof. Harry R. Lewis, with a handsome watch and Mrs. Lewis with an enormous bouquet, voted to hold their tenth convention at Atlantic City...
...need of six-wheel motors because their impact on the road is less than that of four-wheeled trucks carrying the same loads. Thus, his six-wheel trucks can carry loads large enough to operate effectively and efficiently without injuring the roadway?hitherto the real problem in bus and truck operation. According to Mr. Schwab, there are 2,941,274 miles of highways in the U. ,S. compared with 251,175 miles of steam railways and 47,150 miles of electric and street railways. He does not expect his new six-wheel buses and trucks to compete with railways "except...
Doctor of Bus. Adm. Henry S. Graves, Yale Dean of Forestry LL.D...