Word: corps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...representatives from the three dozen U. S. universities that countenance flying. Men from only 15 schools could afford to attend. They listened to, among others, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics Edward Pearson Warner, Associate Editor Myron Weiss of TIME, President Grover C. Loening of Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp. Assistant Secretary Warner promised the Intercollegiate Aeronautical Association the co-operation of the National Aeronautic Association. Associate Editor Weiss described TIME'S flying school* and suggested that some light plane manufacturers would gladly give planes to well-organized college units for the sake of the free publicity and advertising...
...business & finance in general, it is gold that melts in the furnace and earnings that spark from the spout. To Hoboken this week went the most potent of steelmen for the annual stockholders' meeting of the most gilded of steel companies. Had all U. S. Steel Corp. stock owners attended, those present would have totaled 100,000. Most, however, stayed at home; all knew that the main business of the meeting was to increase authorized common stock from $753,321,000 to $1,250,000,000 and reduce the preferred from $550,000,000 to $400,000,000. This...
Detroit, fourth U. S. community (pop. 1,378,900), has $25,000,000 invested in the aviation industry in its neighborhood. Aircraft motor makers are Continental Motors Corp., Packard Motor Co., Stinson Aircraft Corp., Stout Metal Airplane Co. At the show last week Eastman Aircraft Corp., and Verville Aircraft Co. for the first time exhibited planes. Cadillac Aircraft Corp. and Trella Aircraft Co. showed experimental models. Four other concerns are working on aircraft designs...
...units). March saw the millionth Oakland roll down the runway. Marmon had a record-breaking March, featured by its new Roosevelt (8 cylinders, less than $1,000). President A. R. Erskine of Studebaker told stockholders of $4,500,000 earnings, in best first quarter for five years. Continental Motors Corp. (engines) showed sales increases, exclusive of sales to Ford, of 18% over first quarter of 1928. Fisher Bodies (General Motor property) is building a new million-dollar plant. Dodge (now a Chrysler division) shipped 1,892 cars and trucks...
...heard of Artist Romney, and quite as naturally of hell's-bellsing Lawrence P. Fisher. The latter is president of Cadillac Motor Co. and next-to-youngest of the six Fisher Brothers who rose from their father's Ohio blacksmithy to dominance in General Motors Corp...