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...Chert (gravel) cost the Government $80-90,000 too much. Low bidder was the Cartwright Construction Co. at $1.63 per cubic yard. But Cartwright's contract was canceled, Memphis Stone and Gravel Co. took over at $2 per cubic yard...
...Ordinary soil mixed with 15% cement paves the three 3,000-ft. runways of a new 300-acre airfield owned by Brewster Aeronautical Corp. in Bucks County, Pa. This saved hauling countless tons of gravel and sand to mix with the cement, cut costs 40%, saved time too. The cement-and-dirt pavement can scarcely be broken with sledge hammers, can easily absorb the pounding of Flying Fortresses, is expected to last over ten years. Air force engineers who developed it expect small cracks to appear during the winter, will seal the field with asphalt to prevent ice heaves...
...landed in a sitting position with his head snapped forward between his knees and rubbing in the gravel...
Patricia Peardon gives a thoroughly unaffected, disarming performance as Judy, while Moss Hart's direction pries every possible giggle and snicker out of the script. Gravel-voiced Lenore Lonergan as Judy's bosom pal, Fuffy, and sister Lois's motley crew of boy friends, draw several of the deeper belly laughs. Everyone at the Wilbur, on either side of the footlights, is having a wonderful time this week, but hurry over there before "Junior Miss" leaves Saturday for a long stay in New York...
...Mullet Line's future under Harry Edwards looks bright. Specifications for a new Marine air base at Cherry Point call for 32,000 carloads of sand and gravel-more than twice the line's normal annual traffic. Soon to start at Morehead City is a $5,000,000 Marine supply base which will mean still more carloadings...