Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Though the Morro Castle was smaller than most transatlantic liners, her 21-knot speed and sumptuous appointments put her in the deluxe class on the New York-Havana run. Her master, Robert R. Willmott, 31 years in service, was Commodore of the Ward Line fleet...
...Guard) was scratched 15 minutes before the start by a leaky fuel tank. Three pilots were left in the race. Flying the famed red-and-black Wedell-Williams "44," a drawling Atlantan named Douglas Davis took off from Burbank before dawn without breakfast. Headwinds, rain and fog cut his speed to 212 m. p. h., brought him to Cleveland an hour behind the course record but in plenty of time to win the $4,500 first prize and receive the Bendix Trophy from Cinemactress Mary Pickford. Said he, grinning: "I guess I'll be able...
...fawn-colored breeches, Sam Browne belt, riding boots. From Burbank he reached Cleveland in a pouring rain, three minutes behind his 1933 time. The crowd cheered, sirens screamed, Col. Turner cursed. Eight minutes later he headed east again, "poured on the coal," streaked to New York at half the speed of a high-powered rifle bullet, covered the 418 mi. in 1 hr. 24 min., broke his own transcontinental record...
...Early this year Founder Olds, now 70, emerged from retirement to win a proxy battle for control, has since been active in a thoroughgoing internal reorganization. An important point in any merger talk is Reo's truck business. For the past year Reo has been selling more Speed Wagons and Heavy Duties than passenger cars...
...dividends. Net income, if any, will be turned back into lower prices. "We are able to do this," said Mr. Levin, "because, fortunately, we have no stockholders, bondholders or bankers in this business. . . . There isn't a soul to drain off dividends. . . . We believe our plan will help speed recovery. More goods will pass over counters, more mills will be busy and more jobs will be the result. . . ." NRAdministrator Johnson had approved the plan, said Mr. Levin, and so had Alfred E. Smith and New York's Mayor LaGuardia...