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...boss, who, with no time for love, undertakes a secret study of books like How To Be Happily Married. Miss de Havilland's boyfriend (Jess Barker), a smooth young attorney in search of scandal, is also interested in her boss. Investigated at long last by the Senate, Planeman Tufts is saved only by Miss de Havilland's impetuous glorification, before the Committee, of Men Who Get Things Done. Amidst the dramatic moments is a lighter passage which depicts the romantic leads running hogwild through the streets of the Capital on a motorcycle neither of them can operate...
...avoid any resemblance to Japan's Rising Sun, two well-known sport emblems were blotted out last week: > Seattle Planeman William E. Boeing, owner of a large string of race horses, had his racing silks changed from a red ball on white background to a red square. > The redball skating banner, for generations the traditional ice-pond signal to indicate "good skating today," was condemned by northern U.S. communities. To find a suitable substitute, a contest will be conducted. One suggestion: a black-&-blue flag...
...five years the two worked at cross purposes, Piper plugging for cheap mass production, Taylor for experimental engineering techniques. By 1936 they had turned out 333 planes, made no money. Weary of quarreling, losing his money, Planeman Piper bought out his partner for $5,000. With his three Harvard sons...
...While Planeman Piper was attending the Los Angeles aircraft show on March 16, 1937, his plant burned to the ground. Only 15 planes, some wings, fuselages, spare parts were saved. When he got back, he found his mechanics out on the field putting together a plane with one silver wing, one red one. Pocketing his $75,000 loss (virtually no insurance), he bought a fireproof brick building from Susquehanna Silk Mills in Lock Haven, Pa., 80 miles away, renamed his company Piper Aircraft Corp., and started over. His loss for the year was only $39,555, and in 1938 profits...
With comparatively few of his Cubs in the hands of private owners, Planeman Piper is doing everything possible to stimulate private flying. His sales policy includes a free training course with each plane sold. Last week he was pleased as punch to deliver twelve Cub Coupes (equipped with two-way radios and blind-flying instruments) to the Civil Aeronautics Authority, which is making many potential Piper customers by training 10,000 new pilots this year. To get ready for them, the No. 1 U. S. light plane maker last week offered 33,290 shares of stock (price: $8.75 a share...
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