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...might be well to re-examine the naivete which Mr. Lear attributes to the Crimson...
...Such an argument as Mr. Lear states now is specious, but the fact is that the British have distinguished themselves in the last few years neither for intelligence nor breadth of concern. There is little reason to believe they have suddenly turned impeccable in these respects...
...however, in favor of feeding those countries from which the German army of occupation is withdrawn, and from which the German control of the press and radio is released. Walter J. Lear...
Said brash Bill Lear: "Many were the times I had my ears pinned back." First to pin them was Grigsby-Grunow Co., shortly after he had hit on the idea of adapting to radio the dynamic speaker, which launched the Majestic radio. Grigsby stock boomed, but bumptious Engineer Lear had been fired. Disappointed, he drifted until 1929, then on his own introduced the Motorola (first practical commercial radio for automobiles). Two years later he got interested in airplane radio, began to find his stride...
Today. Bill Lear is founder, president and principal owner (51%) of Lear Avia, Inc., which makes radios, instruments and control accessories for airplanes. Best known is his Learmatic Navigator, a combined automatic radio direction finder and directional gyro, for which he got the Frank Hawks Memorial Award last December. Better seller is a cheaper, non-automatic direction finder for use in private planes. In 1939, Lear Avia lost $15,000 on a $222,000 volume. Said Lear then: "I'd give my life for $55,000." Just out of a Miami hospital (result of a crackup...