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...commission), surrounded by numerous cruisers and destroyers, were at sea 75 miles northeast of the advance British cruiser force, which immediately turned that way to give battle. After two hours' steaming they sighted four Italian cruisers and closed in, firing. The Italians turned tail, belching smoke. After a half-hour's chase, the British cruisers sighted the Italian battleships, one of the Cavour and one of the Littorio class, which opened with their biggest guns (12.6-in. and 15-in.). With heavy metal flying around them, the British now turned off, inviting pursuit by the speedy Italians...
...have a respect for the medium I am working in." For this respectful attitude, Oboler is paid $4,000 a week by Procter & Gamble. His contract gives him the last word on all problems connected with Everyman's Theatre, on which each week he offers a half-hour of what he calls "socially conscious drama," written and directed by himself. Out of his $4,000, Oboler pays actors (his top: $1,000) and musicians, sometimes spends as much as $3,600 to put a show across. One of these costlier numbers was This Lonely Heart, for which he hired...
...Madison Square. A weekend of conferences on foreign affairs preceded the President's second campaign trip; and as his train went north, Italians were moving southeast into Greece, and Turkey was arming. Except for a half-hour's delay for White House reports, the President kept on, parading through each of New York City's five boroughs on his way to his second major speech, at Madison Square Garden...
Flying 50 or 60 horse power Cubs or Taylorcraft, students in the primary course have begun training in half-hour intervals. After the solo, which is usually permitted after eight hours of dual instruction, students will fly in three-quarter hour periods for the next three hours, when they will begin to fly for an hour at a time until the course is completed...
Sailing ten foot Dyer Dinghys in a fluky wind that died before the day was out, George Nicholas and Roger Wilcox, Harvard representatives in Classes A and B, led the heats around a short windward - leeward course that took about an half-hour to sail...