Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...When he talks about the next war, Louis Johnson emphasizes: "The civilians will be fighting, too." Every U. S. citizen will be mobilized in some fashion. Heart of the War Department's plans for civilians is its Industrial Mobilization Plan, to throw U. S. industry into war-time gear with a minimum of muddling, profiteering and confusion. Core of I. M. P. is a file of 10,000 cards in Washington's stuccoed Munitions Building...
...with new and strictly U. S. flying instruments. Another stumbling block was the unwillingness of foreign lands to let anyone fly over with cameras possibly spotting military secrets. But eight hours after he blew into Le Bourget, Howard Hughes was aloft again with a jounce that rattled his landing gear. Soon he was flying discreetly high and fast over Germany, aiming for Moscow, then on around the world...
...rest of his new gear Franklin Roosevelt approved with gusto and dispatch-Spend-Lend, Wages & Hours, Deficiency Bill, etc. And during the week he added two executive devices of his own: 1) a raise in pay for all WPA workers in 13 Southern States; 2) a loosening of requirements in bank examinations...
This day all three tires of the new-fangled tricycle, or nosewheel, landing gear were firm.† DC-4 glistened in the sun, its four 1.400 horsepower motors thumping idly. In climbed Pilot Carl Cover. The great ship surged forward, took off in less than twelve seconds. On the ground, Douglas craftsmen threw their hats in the air, slapped each other on the back. In the air DC-4 stayed for an hour and a half, then landed gently where it had started...
...sculptural abstraction of aluminum rods and spheres. The Paley Award was founded in"recognition of relief work done by radio amateurs in the 1936 flood disasters. Last year it went to Coudersport, Pa.'s Ham Walter Stiles Jr. He. in March 1936, moved a half ton of radio gear to flood-stricken Renovo, Pa., restored communication contact with the outside world to bring food, clothing and medicine to 4,000 people...