Word: fla
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...then, for a rest, Walker goes to his farm in Rockland County, north of New York City (he also owns a cabin in Connecticut, a house in Tampa, Fla.). "Every once in a while I like complete rest and silence and the opportunity to get away from people and noise. When you get away, you are really renewing yourself-that and a hot shower-those are the two greatest things in the world...
Pensacola, Fla...
Died. Howard C. Marmon, 66, automobile maker and pioneer designer of racing cars; of a heart attack; in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In 1911 his Marmon Wasp won the first 500-mile international sweepstake on the Indianapolis Speedway, averaging 74.59 m.p.h. He helped develop World War I's famed Liberty plane motor, later produced a notable 16-cylinder Marmon that was a symbol of automotive dash and speed...
Examples: the Wage Adjustment Board has boosted the pay of workers on a Navy contract in Brevard County, Fla. from 30 to 50?-an increase of 66.6%. It has advanced the pay of glaziers at the Oklahoma City aircraft assembly plant from 90? to $1.25 per hour-an increase of 38.9% WLB argues that such increases were contemplated when the War Labor Board was set up, that the Little Steel formula was not meant to be a rigid standard. But unveiling the huge building-trade wage raises put WLB and the Administration on the spot. The New Deal still seemed...
Born. To Nilla Shiles Putnam, 30; and Air Forces Lieut. David Binney Putnam, 29, onetime boy explorer-author (David Goes Voyaging, David Goes to Greenland, etc.), stepson of the late Aviatrix Amelia Earhart: their third child, first son, David Binney Jr.; in Fort Pierce, Fla. Weight...