Word: repairing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...broke the race record by more than 12 m. p. h. and made it clear that she would win the Cup next day unless something unexpected happened. When the time came for the second heat next day. Gar Wood asked for a 45-min. postponement to repair his gas tank. Kaye Don refused-because he would have had to drain his oil and reheat it, which would have taken more than 45 minutes and perhaps made it impossible to finish the race before dark. Gar Wood repaired his gas tank as best he could and the three boats got ready...
There was fog in the morning and he planned to taxi the 15 miles to Muroton, wait there for clearer weather. When he tried to start, he found carburetor trouble, tied the plane to the Shimushiru and tried to repair it. His efforts were unsuccessful. Finally it was necessary to tie the plane to the ship and tow it. Even this was a failure. The towline broke, the plane was saved ,only by the agile efforts...
...hotel. These are not apt to be attended by such members as Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. David Hunter McAlpin or Percy Avery Rockefeller. More likely to be present are Professor William Henry A. Rockefeller, music teacher of Newark, N. J.; Albert Rockefeller, 45, operator of the Boston Shoe Repair Shop on Academy st., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Traveling Auditor George C. Rockefeller of United Engineers & Constructors...
Chillicothe. Serious fault Dr. Van Waters found with the Federal Industrial Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio, where housing conditions were reported "in poor repair, crowded, unsanitary and not fire proof." Children were thrown into the guard house for "possessing a 2? stamp . . . talking in mess line . . . concealing an apple in bunk . . . kicking a refuse can . . . stealing five eggs." To the Commission's charge of poor equipment Warden Albert MacDonald of the reformatory pleaded "I'm guilty, but not to blame." But vigorously did he deny that his discipline was too severe. Said he: "An aged woman from California...
...aluminum beams are whittled away wherever safety permits. The decks, made of expensive teakwood, are only 2 in. thick (compared to the 4-2-in. pine decks of U. S. Liners). Announced Secretary of the Navy Adams: "The use of holystones wears down the decks so rapidly that their repair or re-placement has become an item of expense [cost of replacing a cruiser deck: $50,000] which cannot be met under limited appropriations. The wooden decks of the new 10,000-ton cruisers . . . may be made unserviceable very rapidly by the use of holystones...