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Because they can carry oil for one-third pipeline and one-tenth tank-car costs, tankers normally carry 90% of the 1,500,000 bbl. used each day on the Atlantic seaboard. When the first 50 tankers went, oilmen tightened their belts by speedups in tanker service, heavier loading, greater use of pipeline and rail. The loss of 100 more tankers would cut the daily intercoastal tanker haul to less than 600,000 bbl. This is a chasm no stopgap methods can bridge...
...raids, in which it claimed 226 German planes while losing195-a remarkable record considering the fact that during this period the R.A.F. was on the offensive over the Channel coast and Germany by day as well as night. Said Winston Churchill: "We are now bombing the enemy at a heavier rate in discharge of tons of bombs than he at any monthly period has bombed...
Nylon bearings. Advantages, claimed in a Du Pont patent: no lubrication required; less friction, vibration, heat; longer wear and ability to carry heavier loads than bearings made of bronze, brass, babbitt metal. In the past, bearings have been made of synthetic resins, but they had to be reinforced with fabric fillers, required water lubrication...
...Boston, one in New York) for charity. To see the two southpaws with strange bats in their hands, 2,000 folks turned out at Boston's Commonwealth Country Club. They saw no heckling match: it was much too serious for that. The Babe, now 47 and 30 Ib. heavier than in his heyday, put his 230 Ib. behind each tee shot, outdrove Cobb on nearly every hole. Cobb, 54, played a characteristically crafty short game. His brilliant putting stole hole after hole. On the 16th green, he won the match, 3 and 2. Finishing the 18 holes to please...
...Heavier loading of tankers: 130,000 tons...