Word: curtiss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Back in St. Paul young Stout, long a worshipper of such oldtime airmen as Octave Chanute and Glenn Curtiss, waded ear-deep into aviation. In 1922, heartened by the success of his crude "Batwing," he drafted plans for the first all-metal commercial plane. To some 100 U. S. industrialists went Inventor Stout, asked them for $1,000 each. Said he: "You may never get your money back, but you'll have $1,000 worth...
...last week fighting planes for the belligerents still rumbled on test hops over the big Martin plant at Middle River, Md., over the Curtiss plant in Buffalo, over the West Coast factories of Lockheed, Douglas and North American at Los Angeles, Consolidated at San Diego...
...baseball team's string of three victories was the big surprise of the year. Yale was reported to be strong, and the Crimson was coached for the first time by Floyd Stahl. The Crimson won behind "Slim" Curtiss at New Haven, 3-0, behind big Tom Healey at Cambridge, 8-1; and behind Sophomore Charlie Brackett and Curtiss at New London, 5-4. It was the varsity's first series victory over Yale since 1932, when legendary Charley Devens hurled for the Crimson...
When aircraft companies published their reports on the business of 1939's first half, Lockheed's was one of the most interesting. Three of the big makers-Curtiss-Wright, Douglas and North American- showed net profits ranging from 27% to 200% over the first six months of 1938. Boeing, still charging off development expense on its big four-motored jobs, showed a net loss of $183,550. Martin, slowed up in production while it tooled its factory for a 215-plane French bomber order, netted $967,624 (31.7% under 1938's first half) but looked forward...
Coach Floyd Stahl's Varisty crew swings into action on Soldiers Field afternoon at 4 o'clock with a strong Alumni outfit providing the opposition. For the Crimson, the regular lineup will start the contest, and hurling duties will probably be divided equally among Slim Curtiss, Tom Mosley and Charley Brackett. Charley (No Hands) Heckel will be unable to play until the end of the week due to a sore throat...