Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Greyhound Lines began by losing money, and Wickman sent Orville Swan Caesar to build it up. Once a mechanic's helper, Mr. Caesar entered the bus business by operating a taxi fleet in Superior, Wis., then a small stage line which was later bought by Northland Transportation. He made Greyhound Lines prosper, and as a result now, at the age of 37, is U. S. bus tycoon, President of a corporation with an estimated investment of $16,000,000 and profits (last year), of $1,549,000. He rarely leaves motors and roads to putter on his yacht...
...Cruisers and more cruisers are the need of the American Navy. . . . This is the consensus of officers of the U. S. fleet, fresh from experiences gained and lessons learned in the 'Battle of Navassa...
Sirs: The enlisted strength of the U.S. Navy is less than 84,000. The officer strength (commissioned and warrant) is less than 7,000. The Shore Stations, etc., Detached Units, Special Service Squadron and Asiatic Fleet account for, normally, somewhere between 30 and 45% of the total strength. This is governed by conditions such as overhaul periods, etc. The joint maneuvers of the Scouting and Battle Fleets are not participated in by all units of these floating organizations. This arises from the necessity of repairs, overhaul and other conditions affecting the vessels attached to these fleets. From participation in several...
Petition, Tragedy, Advice. Moved by a petition in which 1,200 U.S. citizens, many of them clerics, urged him not to abandon the goal of reducing armaments, chief U.S. delegate Henry Lewis Stimson announced that a minimum 200,000 ton reduction of the U.S. fleet, and an even larger reduction of the British fleet is possible insofar as these nations by themselves are concerned, but basically the announcement was a left-handed reminder that everything depended on the attitude of "other powers...
Years before the War, Herr von Tirpitz gave up hope of beating the British fleet in open battle, concentrated secretly on submarines, then little more than an experimental toy. Many are the stories told of the grand admiral's extraordinary technical knowledge. It was a matter of pride with him never to speak from notes. Aides recall that during his years as grand admiral he could recite from memory the name, speed, armament and displacement of every battleship in the world...