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...several years this has made less than no sense to oldtime Flier-Designer-Manufacturer Grover Loening, famed for his Navy amphibians of the '20s. Months ago, full of the profitable all-freight flights of T. A. C. A. in Central America, of K. L. M. in Europe, of the U. S. Army Air Corps (which delivers engines, propellers, etc. by aerial freighter), Grover Loening set out to convince U. S. air lines they should have their own express-freight corporation. He got nowhere until July 1939, when Railway Express Agency, seeking to formalize its monopoly of the business, suddenly...
Last week, while air lines were waiting for CAA's final decision, top-flight air transport men who went to the National Aviation Forum in Washington to meet old friends, hear speeches, were not surprised to find the name of Grover Loening on the list of speakers. Sitting in the Department of Commerce auditorium, they saw toothy Grover Loening square off behind the lectern, lay down his spectacles, and tell them what they were missing...
...rates, cried Grover Loening, "work out at so high a price that it costs just as much per pound to ship a pair of shoes as it does to ship your wife. But with this difference, the box of shoes does not need a stewardess, or heat, or soundproofing or comfortable chairs, cargo needs no electric lights, no toilets, no lunch, and no fancy advertising promotion, elaborate ticket office or copilot. . . . The most important thing is to get the rate down, and at once, and this cannot be done under the present setup...
...Evanston, III.; George C. Bright 2G, Scranton, Pa.; William H. Cleveland Jr., of Austin, Tex.; George B. Cumming 2G, of Cambridge, Mass.; Richard Edwards 1G, of Englewood, N. J.; Robert R. Holt 1G, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Dale DeW. McAdoo 1G, of Cleveland, Ohio; Joe T. McCullough, of Painesville, Ohio; Grover C. Pitts 1G, of Richmond, Va.; James H. Soper 1G, of Hamilton, Ont., Canada; and Arthur R. Spurr, of Reseda, Calif...
...childbirth Emily reaches the last life experience known to the villagers. She lives through one more they do not have. In giving birth she nearly dies. As she wavers along the margin of life, Emily comes to the graveyard, sees the village dead, just as they looked in Grover's Corners. They stand in rows, quietly waiting for her. But the tug of Our Town, of life, is too strong. Emily leaves the graveyard, bringing a new life with her. Since there is no further experience for anybody in Our Town or anywhere else to have, the picture ends...