Word: gallons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...completed in six and a half months. Army quartermasters, civilian contractors, 30,000 Tarheel work men moved in to construct 2,562 new buildings, 93 miles of paved roads, 75 miles of water mains, 60 miles of sewer lines, an 8,000,000-gallon (per day) water system, 60 miles of electric power lines, other huge essentials. The cantonment would be North Carolina's third largest city. By last week, 1,900 of the buildings had been finished (many with green lumber, which was bound to warp); 35,000 troops were quartered, and General Devers was sure that...
When Vichy finally granted a second visa, there was no gasoline for the drive from St. Gérand-le-Puy to Vichy. Defying police regulations, Giorgio Joyce bicycled to Vichy, begged every embassy and consulate for gasoline. Finally a bank clerk gave his last gallon of gas, which was enough to take the Joyces to the train...
...cycle motor, wide open, can turn over up to 25,000 revolutions a minute. For fuel, some owners have their own secret formula. But the most commonly used "soups" are over-the-counter concoctions of castor oil, menthenol, alcohol, ether, nitrobenzol and other rapid-burning combustibles. Price per gallon: 75? up. The average miniature car runs a mile on two ounces...
...wild bull or a horse "with a bellyful of bedsprings" take part. Each contestant gets $3 and a chance to win an additional $15 to $25 (first prize), $10 (second) or $7.50 (third) in the afternoon's eleven events. They also get a chance to wear ten-gallon hats, high-heeled boots and chaps over their white ducks (only those who have broken prison rules wear stripes...
...development costs and priced $731 and up, to compete directly with Chevrolet, Ford and Plymouth. The Ambassador 600 (three years in the making) is the only completely new car in the 1941 lineup. Its six cylinders are ballyhooed to give 25 to 30 miles a gallon. All four wheels are independently sprung. Body and chassis are one piece (no squeaks); one-piece rear fenders almost covering the wheels are new to U. S. motorists...