Word: douglases
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Observers were all eyes at her takeoff, but only a few of them knew that she was the secret entry of famed Planemaker Donald Douglas in a forthcoming competition for light Army bombers. Not even visiting Army fliers had been allowed near the guarded room of the Douglas Aircraft Co...
In the few seconds before flames surrounded the wreck something happened which soon made more news than the crash. Three employes of the nearby plant of North American Aviation saw an injured man in the wreck, dragged him out. The Douglas company identified the passenger as "Smithin, a mechanic." But...
Since Army and Navy make a great pother about secrecy in the design and construction of planes, questions had to be asked in Washington. From Major General Henry H. Arnold, chief of the Air Corps, Chief of Staff Malin Craig and others, the Senate Military Affairs Committee learned: 1) Ambassador...
Then Franklin Roosevelt, who had received a warning from Harry Bridges, spoke up at press conference. He had learned that France needed U. S. planes. He saw no reason why France shouldn't get the newest types, although practice has been not to permit manufacturers to sell any model...
But "Gunga Din" is an excellent film. Thoroughly as exciting and far more skillfully made than any of its predecessors, it adds to the usual story of native uprisings constant suspense, some rollicking humor, and incidentally an interesting characterization of Kipling's immortal water boy. Battling a band of natives...