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...ELDON L. HAAG...
Into the presidency of Manhattan's Todd Shipyards Corp., one of the three largest in the U.S., last week stepped burly, black-haired Joseph Haag Jr., 57, replacing John D. Reilly, 65, who moved up to chairman. An alumnus of Stevens Institute of Hoboken, N.J., Haag (rhymes with vague) started with Todd as a boilermaker after a World War I Navy hitch, rose steadily, became secretary of the company in 1937. As a vice president in 1940, he conducted negotiations with the British that resulted in Todd building two new shipyards to build 60 ships, which were the forerunners...
...dream of a four-minute mile, once considered a physical impossibility seemed a lot closer to reality last week. An Australian agricultural student named John Landy, who had never beaten 4:10 in his life, suddenly raced through the most sparkling mile performance since Gunder ("The Wonder") Haag's world record...
Still young (22) by middle-distance standards, Landy wants "to break Haag's record this season" (i.e., right away, since it is springtime in Australia), now thinks he may do it if he can find someone to pace a well-judged first half-mile. The reason for his hurry: "The boys in Europe are getting close to it now, and they're almost certain to crack four minutes during their next track season...
...inspection will be conducted by Mrs. Janet Haag, director of housekeeping, and Dean Small, who will go through every bedroom at Radcliffe next week...