Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...expected to benefit by Franklin Roosevelt's tour was California's matinee idol, Governor Culbert L. Olson. He had been seen with the President frequently. But pictures-in-the-papers to prove it were scarce. With party funds low, reports had it that rich Governor Olson had to dig into his own pockets. His Republican opponent, Attorney General Earl Warren, remained a 22-to-1 favorite in the betting...
...British approach tactic was new. There was no formation. The 94 pilots flew so low through 300 miles of mist to Le Creusot that they saw Frenchmen waving. A sergeant pilot described the flight: "As we all took the hedges it was like the Grand National except that there were no falls. It was like flying over England, only more beautiful. People on the ground seemed stunned by the great flock of Lancasters and the noise. We saw no fighters on the way, but a duck came through the windshield with a wallop. My front gunner's turret...
...however, a two-stage, two-speed supercharger has been developed and thoroughly tested. This is an elaboration which in effect gives the pilot a high gear for his supercharger when his airplane has climbed beyond the best limits of his low-speed blower. Allison motors with this supercharger now are being manufactured and flown, and will shortly be in quantity production. They will vastly improve the performance of Allison-powered aircraft. Today the Allison engine is already a vastly better engine than many of its critics have made it out; few, if any, other liquid-cooled power plants...
...Bond & Share employes should be tossed out; "This is a stockholders' meeting." Another shareholder, threatened to call the police unless everyone was quiet. Finally President Murphy managed to read a 26-page report. It was bad news: profits in the year ended September plopped to a 20-year low; heavy taxes and Government competition were big worries; the Death Sentence Act "is such that perhaps we cannot stay in business...
Garland Lays Them Low...