Word: pickup
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Talk. The really fantastic talk is on what gliders can do. Glider tows can at least double, sometimes triple the carrying capacity of towing planes. And a plane need not necessarily land to pick them up. By a new secret device, pickup can be made from the air without a destructive jerk...
...slower, but the U.S. war program will travel faster. After their silver feathers have been painted Army grey, the newly requisitioned ships will go to Army airfields, ready to transport officers, soldiers or war-rushed Federal bigwigs. But the new planes will mainly serve the Army as a freight pickup and delivery service...
Herreristas promptly charged that Baldomir was automatically out of office for "violating the Constitution." Trailed by a pickup crowd, they tried to force their way into the Congressional Hall. Barred by police, they shouted abuse until the police charged, injuring three Herreristas and two bystanders...
...face their first big test of World War II. The A.A.R.'s reiterated boast ("We can carry it all") will come face to face with over 150,000,000 tons of bituminous coal, which must be delivered before Christmas. The fall coal movement, coinciding with a seasonal industrial pickup, makes October the railroads' peak month of each year. This year, for the first time since 1930, October's weekly carloadings are expected to average around 1,000,000 cars...
...special feature of the new phonograph is the pickup mechanism of the two prongs, so light that it exerts less pressure (1 oz.) than the weight of the record. Like the Capehart, RCA Victor's new phonograph is expensive ($450). But with both on the market, competition may do a little price regulating...