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Zerbe, 43, never liked the paint that comes from tubes. Since his student days at Frankfurt (where he studied chemistry), he had tried all the usual mediums, as well as egg yolk, casein, fig milk, wax soap and Duco automobile enamel. Zerbe got around to encaustic six years ago. He liked its fast-drying, refulgent surface. In 1934 Zerbe moved to the U.S.-out of Hitler's way. The Boston Museum school of art made him a teacher...
brought forth a string of major auto improvements - four-wheel brakes (which Sloan first saw on a European car), fast-drying Duco paint, Knee-Action springs, etc. They all paid well. As auto sales, notably those of Chevrolet, soared, so did G.M.'s profits. G.M. became the most profitable manufacturing enterprise in U.S. history, paying out to its 400,000 stockholders some $2,700,000 in dividends alone...
...First clause of the Atlantic Charter in Interglossa: U President de United States syn duco Commissari-pe, Mr. Churchill, ge electio e regi Crati de United Kingdom, pre acte unio. In English: "The President of the United States and the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill representing H.M. Government in the United Kingdom, being met together. . . ." *A Loom example of German word order: "These by Th. Nöldeke, History of the Koran, Göttingen, 1860, for the first time put forward basic views on the language of the Koran are in K. Voller's Spoken and Written Language...
...great revolt never came off. Erratic Lieut. Colonel Tomas Duco turned it into a comic-opera failure. Prematurely, he led his Third Infantry into the streets of Buenos Aires. They commandeered cars, trucks and a train. Occupying the suburb of Lomas de Zamora, they set up machineguns and artillery...
Colonel Perón moved fast. His First Division marched out of Campo Mayo. His planes dropped flares, pinpointed Duco's troops. There were ultimatums, negotiations. The "Single Command," confused or suspicious, did not give the signal for general revolt. Duco was left alone. At last he surrendered, went to jail...