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Bebe's taste leaned toward less gaudy satin dresses and silver foxes. Between them the Pattens shared four Cadillacs, two Packards, a Lincoln, a Chrysler, an Oldsmobile and a $6,000 cabin cruiser...
From the J.C.S. Sherman won permission to put an extra cruiser into operation, then wangled another four destroyers. He got approval for as many Marine battalion landing teams as he could squeeze into his budget (probably eight instead of the scheduled six). Finally by squeezing his budget some more, he got an extra carrier. Next he hoped to get 32 more destroyers, and 400 more planes a year. The Navy, which in the heat of change of command had whispered that Sherman was ambitious, cold and ruthless, was amazed and delighted. One officer, who had greeted Sherman's advent...
...Sails. Sherman remembers his chagrin when he saw his first ship-the Nashiille, an ancient cruiser that had fired the first shot in the Spanish-American War and steamed off to World War I with the help of two sails. Now, he likes to remember his tour in the Nashville as a personal link to the Navy's windjamming past. But staring into salt spray for periscopes did not fit Forrest Sherman's plans for long. He wanted to be a Navy aviator...
...More surprising still, the even heavier and more expensive Cadillac, represented by several entries, won both second and third places, getting 59.12 and 58.56 ton-miles respectively. Among the low-priced cars, a Ford 6 outperformed both Chevrolet and Plymouth; in higher price ranges, a Kaiser Special, Studebaker Land Cruiser and Frazer Manhattan won top honors...
...basis of gasoline mileage alone, the Studebaker Champion placed first with 26.551 miles to the gallon, the sweepstakes-winning Mercury second with 26.524 mi., and a Nash Ambassador third with 26.424 mi. Next, in order of ranking: Nash Statesman, 25.522 m.p.g.; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 24.887; Kaiser Special, 23.946; Frazer Manhattan, 23.907; Studebaker Commander, 23-794; Ford 6, 23.326; Cadillac 61, 22.972; Cadillac 62, 22.525; Cadillac 60, 22.080; Hudson Commodore, 21.386; Plymouth, 21.254; Chevrolet...