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But when the Neutrality Act stopped the export of airplanes it did not stop the export of several other necessities of war-necessities that are life savers instead of life takers. Among them are: Pharmaceuticals (big makers: Parke, Davis & Co., Abbott Laboratories), surgical dressings (big makers: Johnson & Johnson, the Kendall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Life Savers | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

Today, no U. S. military or naval airman may go aloft without a parachute and the same rule is generally observed in Europe's air forces. Last year, while the world was busy at rearmament it spent generously on parachutes because a pilot is a fighting asset well worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Life Savers | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

Rides. The Midway has a full Coney-Island quota of thrill machines-whizzing bobsled rides, stratoships, turtle chases, roller coasters. Dwarfing them all is Life Savers' 250-foot Parachute Jump. Using hoist cables, the Jump carries couples seated under big umbrellas to the top in 42 seconds, shoots them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: As You Enter | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

Mr. Noble's service will be to supply qualifications which his new boss lacks. Social Worker Hopkins, sick though he is, has done a fair job of smoothing out his own relations with U. S. businessmen since he became Secretary last January. But Ed Noble, in addition to being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Life Saver | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

Most military photographs that cross the sea from Germany represent death-dealers-heavier bombs, bigger Berthas, faster Heinkels. Most military pictures that cross from France and Britain represent life-savers-slicker gas masks, thicker walls, deeper holes. Last week, straight from a Hounslow, Middlesex, firm with the reassuring name of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: ARP Art | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

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