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Wing Commander Robert T. P. Davidson, 27, of Vancouver, is a seven-year R.A.F. veteran who has fought in almost every theater of war, earned a D.F.C. Last week a report of his latest exploit came from Britain...
...changed hands in two hours, and twice during the week the tickers lagged. Up went the Dow-Jones industrial averages to 147.28, highest since May 10, 1940, when the Nazi strike into the Lowlands started the market on a long slide down. The rail average rose to 41.23, a seven-year peak...
Patiently he served a seven-year apprenticeship in Morris' Guild of English Craftsmen. When one of Morris' disciples set up a model community for artisans in an ancient English village, Arthur moved there with his family...
Boom in Juniors. Quietly, unspectacularly, corporate bonds moved up also-to a seven-year peak. With plenty of cash in their pockets, bond-buyers went bargain-hunting, notably in the "junior" bonds (second liens) of many a borderline railroad bailed out by the war. This made the boom in juniors the phenomenon of the year to date. Example: Illinois Central 55 (1955) hit 90 last week, up some 20 points since the first of the year...
...moviemaker, planemaker and speed flyer, shrank the U.S. continent this week. In a brand-new four-motored, 60-passenger Lockheed Constellation he took off from Burbank, Calif, at 3:56 (P.W.T.), landed at Washington, D.C. six hours and 58 minutes later. Average speed: 355 m.p.h. He cracked his own seven-year transcontinental record by 30 minutes, smashed the nine-year-old transport record by 3 hours, 24 minutes...