Word: harrington
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Believe-It-or-Notable character is Thomas Harrington McKittrick, 54, of Milton, Mass. and Basel, Switzerland. Though he is a U.S. citizen, and his country is at war, he is a neutral in office hours. For he is the President of the Bank for International Settlements...
...country roads near Rockford, Ill. stands one of the queerest of all U.S. war plants. It is a white clapboard farmhouse with old-fashioned gambrel roof, dormer windows, neat flower boxes at the window sills. It is also the home office, sales branch and factory of the Harrington Bros. Machine Tool & Fixture Co., manufacturers of $1,000-a-month worth of machine tools for making shells and tank turrets...
...living room last week, grey-haired Pa John Harrington, 68, worked long hours at a grinder, grinned when the sparks flew, sometimes muttered: "I have more fun than a kid in this place." Buxom Ma Harrington, 58, wearing a house dress tucked into overalls, operated a lathe. Twins Richard and Russell, 34, wangled new orders, worked at machines, swept out the place at night, often were on the job 16 hours out of 24. Mrs. Richard kept books. Mrs. Russell did all the cooking...
...company started in the depression, when the Harrington boys borrowed money to build their own house and machine shop. The shop was a spare-time operation until the war began. Then the Harringtons set out to get some really big jobs...
...Harrington twins have four subcontracts, have given jobs to two brothers-in-law and five other employes, who keep the same hectic hours and share the profits. Says Rockford's local WPB director: "They're doing a swell job. I don't think they knew what they were getting into when they started, but they had the nerve to make a success...