Word: glenn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...GLENN E. HOOVER...
...empty engine mounts of the world's largest flying boat still gaped last week like empty tooth sockets. But in the well-guarded assembly building at the great Martin aircraft plant at Middle River, Md. the four 2,000-h.p. Wright Duplex Cyclones that will drive Glenn Martin's "No. 170" were on hand; so were the huge props. It would not be long before Martin's 170, called by the Navy XPB2M-I,- would be ready for her first trip aloft...
Cases in point are Omaha and the District of Columbia. Omaha schools have a seating capacity and normal enrollment of 6,000; this month, thanks to a new Glenn Martin plant, they have 7,778 additional pupils and no place to put them. Washington has at least 7,000 newcomers. If they were spread over the city, there would be plenty of room, but they are concentrated in the southeast section, near the Navy Yard. Result: school officials last week planned to teach in storerooms, gymnasiums, basements, nine old portable schoolhouses resurrected from World War I. They also decided...
...Aside from United, only big producer to show lower profits than a year ago was bomber-builder Glenn Martin, bitten by production bugs (aluminum shortages, redesigning, etc.), as well as by taxes. Its first-half sales rose only 36% over 1940; profits-after computing taxes at 60%-dropped...
...British orders through mid-June). Bethlehem Steel is still No. 1 war supplier with $1,228,242,000 in contracts; No. 2 is General Motors with $1,200,000,000 (placed or under negotiation); No. 3 Curtiss-Wright with $980,000,000. Consolidated Aircraft has $684,000,000, Glenn Martin $652,000,000. Many a newcomer was beginning to learn the defense business, getting a piece of the pie. But it will take the participation of many more little firms (via subcontracting) to solve the defense production problem...