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...members of the crow, all of whom will be present, are: coxewhin, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Kroger 16, of the Army Air Force; stroke, Dr. Charles Lund '16; No. 7, Louis Curtis '14; No. 6, Dr. David P. Morgan '18; No. 5, J. W. Mittendorf; No. 4, H. S. Mittendorf; No. 3, Henry Meyor '15; No. 2, James Talbot; and Stroke, Leverett Saltonstall '14, Governor of Massachusetts...
Mainly responsible for development of the "U.P." (unrotative projectile) was Dr. Alwyn Douglas Crow, scientist in the Ministry of Supply. Dr. Crow, an infantryman in World War I, has been conducting rocket experiments since 1936; early work was carried out in a secret laboratory deep in the English countryside, firing trials in Jamaica, B.W.I...
...Crow's loud and lethal gadgets went into action again last week when some 100 German planes whisked over London sowing incendiary bombs, the worst of which landed in fashionable residential districts. Two famous squares were well scorched, an embassy and a legation partly burned out. London's defenders shot down 13 of the attackers, speedily put the fires...
...Administrator Ickes had little to crow about. OPA coolly brushed off his main contention-that an overall price increase is needed to boost wildcatting and thus uncover new fields. OPA pointed to figures showing that wildcatting is now at an alltime high; in all, estimated 5,000 wells will be sunk this year, a whopping 1,500 over last year's record high. As OPA sent its plan along to Stabilizer Vinson for approval, it hoped that it had taken the steam out of the drive for an overall crude-oil price increase...
...profits of 206 representative companies, found they had edged up not quite 5%. The New York Sun rang up the net incomes of 215 companies, found they were up a bare 2%. With U.S. production up a solid 17% during the year, this was little enough to crow about - with renegotiation still to come. But renegotiation, trimming off the lard, may not be such a hazard now: during the year, many a corporation sensibly slashed its prices to Uncle Sam. And as an additional bulwark, many companies built up special renegotiation reserves to take care of refunds...