Word: eighths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shortage of trained, experienced men . . . During this year we may lose as many as 200,000 men. Among them will be veteran pilots and experienced staff officers." The memo could have included top air commanders, for last week the head of the Strategic Air Command's combat-ready Eighth Air Force, 43-year-old Major General John B. Montgomery, resigned from the service. A non-West Pointer (Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C.), Montgomery was a colonel at 32, a general at 35, had a fine combat record as well as a reputation as a staff idea man during World...
...eighth annual Democrat-Republican baseball game in Washington. New Jersey's rippling (350 Ibs.) Democratic Representative T. (for Thomas) James Tumulty frisked through some horseplay with his teammate and close congressional pal, California's James Roosevelt, leftfielder. Bellowed Tumulty: "When I get up, I'll have to hit a home run because I sure could never run out a hit to first base!" When one-inning Third Baseman Tumulty came to bat, a pinch runner was ready to do his legwork for him, but hurly-burly "T.J." hit only a short dribbler, was thrown out at first...
...crew was able to match the Quakers from the University of Pennsylvania almost stroke for stroke; then Penn raised the beat to a man-killing 33 a minute. The Big Red faltered, and Penn's varsity eight slid home by more than a length, for its eighth victory...
Yale picked up their final two tallies in the eighth inning. With one out, Eli center fielder Ray Lamontagne laid a perfect bunt down the third base line. The next batter, Ray Guidotti, walked, and a double steal put men on second and third. After the following batter struck out, Mathias singled to center, tallying both runners. When Ward hit Ray Walker, coach Norm Shepard relieved him with Kon Rossano, who struck out Schiffino to end the frame...
...usual, the American Newspaper Publishers Association reported this week, the auto industry (which accounts for 24% of the ads) spent most with a 7.9% increase to a record $139 million, while food dipped 2.8% to come in second with $129 million. The biggest single U.S. advertiser for the eighth straight year: General Motors, whose ad outlay jumped 13.5% to an alltime high of $37.3 million. The next nine, in order: Ford Motor Co., $17,999,652; Chrysler Corp.,$11,787,596; Colgate-Palmolive...