Word: joyful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...machine was invented by Har old F. Silver of Denver, a designer for the sugar-beet industry. He tackled the problem shortly before the war at the request of a Colorado coal company, perfected his mining machine in 1947, then sold the patents to Pittsburgh's Joy Manufacturing Co. Joy, leading mine-machinery maker in the U.S., added the results of its own research to Silver's design, and began tests in the lignite fields of Colorado last year. But the tests at the Pittsburgh Consolidation mine in Daisytown, Pa. were the first in a regular coal mine...
...Both Joy and Pittsburgh Consolidation tried to keep all details top secret, but some leaked out. The "Joy Continuous Miner," as it is called, is under 25 feet long, weighs less than 20 tons and moves on caterpillar treads. It has powerful cutting arms which first dig into the face of a seam at floor level, then cut their way up to the roof. As it is cut and broken, a conveyer system carries the coal back over the machine directly into cars, in which it is hauled to the surface...
...Joy Continuous Miner will not solve the labor problem in coal mines. John L. Lewis once said that he would rather have 100,000 union members secure in their jobs than 400,000 who were insecure. But mine operators were anxious to see the machine. One of them has ordered 30, sight unseen. Joy hopes to have commercial models ready by year...
...many respects, Joy to the World, is a much better imitation of Hollywood than an indictment. It digs just as deep into the trash basket, and just as often; and while urging Hollywood not to be cowardly, at no time does it make Broadway seem brave. But the show is very well produced. Alfred Drake makes an excellent Soren, and in her first Broadway role, Hollywood's Marsha Hunt looks and proves delightful. Playwright Scott gets in some funny cracks and lively scuffles, and knows what Hollywood is like; but every time his findings bump up against his formula...
...fulfillment of a dream!" crowed NBC's General David Sarnoff: "What a joy it is that this can be done while our beloved maestro is still a young man." And with that, Arturo Toscanini, who will be 81 this week, raised his baton, and led the NBC Symphony into its first televised concert...