Word: shakedowns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...torpedoed 400 miles out of Brest by U-boat Commander Hans Rose, who hit her at 3,000 yards, the longest successful torpedo shot on record. The Navy, which does not believe in ill omens, will no doubt soon launch a sleek, new Jacob Jones III, and before the shakedown cruise is over the crew will call her "Jakie...
...first shakedown stage of U.S. censorship brought up a few baffling cases of censorship in action. Most striking example: Columnists Pearson and Allen (Washington Merry-Go-Round) were called on the carpet by a White House spokesman, and told to withdraw an about-to-be-published column criticizing Navy's competence at Pearl Harbor. They were told that if they did not change their editorial attitude they would be barred from all official news sources-a penalty which would virtually put any Washington newspaperman out of business. On the surface the action looked like an attempt to suppress criticism...
...Government, which accused Willie and his friend George E. Browne of racketeering, a group of moviemen told of paying $887,700 to the two bosses of the A.F. of L. stagehands' union-under threat of strikes if they resisted the shakedown. Then Willie Bioff took the stand to give his own version of his success story. He blandly raised the total that moviemen had given him to more than $1,000,000. But he denied completely that it was extortion money. His story...
...repeal of a Pennsylvania law which put an extra brakeman on every passenger train of more than five cars, every freight over 50 cars. Clement knows the chances of avoiding at least a small pay raise this year are slim. But he also knows a good shakedown of the rules might save the roads enough to pay whatever increase is granted...
...ocean Navy is the U. S.'s $7,000,000,000 insurance policy against the dread possibility that Adolf Hitler may defeat Britain and get the British fleet. But that insurance policy will not be fully in force until the last new ship has had its shakedown...