Word: glenn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...giving the world a new standard of aircraft performance. To him went the award for "successful pioneering and achievement in aircraft manufacture and air transportation." Son of a wealthy Michigan lumberman, "Bill" Boeing went to Yale, left to learn the logging business. Taught how to fly by Glenn L. Martin in 1915, he bought a machine, decided he could build a better one. In Seattle he established a one-room factory with 20 employes. Today, with more than 1,000 employes, his plane factory is one of the world's largest, has produced 53 types of military and commercial...
...mound for the Harvard nine, although Proctor Avon is listed for the position. It is doubtful whether Dick Walsh will play any of the game after his stiff workout against the Danvers squad. Jayvees To Play Teachers' HARVARD BRIDGEWATER Gallagher, cf. c., Meler O'Brien, 1b. ss., Glenn McGoodwin, lf. 1b., Klernan Connolly, 3b. 2b., Bowles Lockwood, ss. 3b., Feeling Lee, rf. p., Whitcomb Carr, 2b. cf., Aherne Thom, c. rf., Barrows Wood or Victor, p. lf., Kelleher...
...California Martin concern was merged with Wright Co. in 1917, but Glenn Martin, whose temper is sharp, soon quit to re-establish his own plant, this time in Cleveland...
...Glenn L. Martin Co. moved to a superb new plant near Baltimore. To finance this project the company floated a $3,000,000 bond issue. After five lean years Founder Martin realized that he must let the public into his private company as a means of meeting its maturities. The $6,000,000 Martin company has never been a gold mine. Development costs in military aviation preclude bulging surpluses. In 1927 and 1928 Martin reported annual profits of about $500,000 but in 1932 the company just broke even, last year lost $140,000. Martin entered this year with some...
...nobbily dressed bachelor with a flair for plaid suits, Glenn Martin lives in Washington with his mother. He also has living quarters at the plant 45 mi. away where he often stays days at a time. From his company he receives a modest salary of $16,200 per year...