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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After a number of false starts characterized by high pressure promotion (gliding was once touted as the "salvation" of the U. S. aircraft industry), soaring is just beginning to get a foothold as a U. S. sport. In the third annual meet of the Soaring Society of America Inc. which ended at Elmira, N. Y. last week, flights were made which far surpassed previous U. S. records, but were still far short of Germany and Austria...
...president of the company since Jan. 1, 1929 when he succeeded William Sproule. The eastern rail and steamship lines were managed by Angus Daniel McDonald, vice chairman of the executive committee which in turn was headed by Hale Hol den. oldtime chief of the Burlington, whose son is Pullman Inc.'s eastern vice president. By last week's changes Mr. McDonald becomes president of the company, making him operating chief of all its transportation routes. He will be responsible to Hale Holden, for whom is created the new position of company chairman. President Shoup is shifted to vice...
...shock-cord crew of ten men stood ready in front of a black-&-white Hailer-Hawk sailplane named Unguentine. In the cockpit sat Warren Edward Eaton, one-time War flyer, executive staff member of Norwich Pharmacal Co. (Unguentine), president of the Soaring Society of America, Inc. Assistant Secretary of War Frederick Trubee Davison made a little speech, fired a little pistol. "Walk!" shouted Pilot Eaton to the shock-cord crew. After they had begun to walk, stretching the elastic cord, he cried "Run!" Down the hill they ran for ten paces or so, stretching the cord tauter. Then...
...food situation became so acute that Commander-in-Chief Walter Waters flew to New York to beg supplies. There Adam Hat Stores, Inc. donated 90 tons of food, of which 1,500 Ib. of beef was rushed to Washington by plane. In Commander Waters' absence, Communist John Pace, leader of the Workers' Ex-Service Men's League, arose to attack his dictatorship. A thousand conservative Veterans began closing in on the noisy little Red. Suddenly out of nowhere appeared General Glassford. "Pace has just as much right to speak here as anyone," he shouted...
...only 164 are active now. Only 24 of these have a capitalization of over $1,000,000. Most of them have been losing money for a decade and would need several very profitable years before they could brew dividends for shareholders. Colossi in the ruined industry are Anheuser-Busch, Inc. and Pabst Corp. Anheuser-Busch has built up profitable sidelines in yeast, ice-cream, ginger ale, truck bodies, coal. If beer is legalized the company can in two hours start turning out about half of its pre-Prohibition yearly output of 1,600,000 bbl. The company is ready...