Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...them knew that she was the secret entry of famed Planemaker Donald Douglas in a forthcoming competition for light Army bombers. Not even visiting Army fliers had been allowed near the guarded room of the Douglas Aircraft Co. factory where the ship, supposed to have a top speed of 400 m.p.h., had been built...
Europe raced last week toward another dictator-manufactured international crisis. Italy called out 60,000 men for training, stationed 30,000 troops at Genoa and La Spezia. France virtually doubled her mobilization speed, decided to call up 80,000 recruits in April instead of October. Britain took the first step toward conscription (see p. 16). From Germany came alarming reports of troop movements: five new mechanized divisions had been created, two whole divisions, equipped for "desert operations," passed over the Brenner Pass into Italy headed presumably for Italian Africa, trucks were requisitioned and "spring" maneuvers were scheduled to start February...
...morning of Barcelona's capture, Radio Barcelona warned the approaching Rebels that the "city will be defended inch by inch, house by house, street by street." This bold talk reminded the world that Barcelona had smashed the local Fascist uprising in July 1936 with speed and vigor not duplicated anywhere else in Spain. The revolutionary Anarchists, Communists and Socialists-who had learned their discipline and their politics in the only large industrial centre in the country-proceeded to clear Catalonia of Franco forces and chase them half way across Aragon...
This will be just another meet for the Ulenmen as they speed preparations for their league debut against the Pennsylvania Quakers next Saturday. Victims of a 38 to 37 upset at the hands of the powerful Brown Bruins, the Crimson tankers have been practicing steadily during the examination period and should not be stale despite the competition layoff...
...ready to go places. Already powered by Allison V-12's is the Army's twin-motored fighter, the Airacuda. More recently, the 1,000-horsepower Allison was built into a modification of the Army's snub-nosed Curtiss P-36. The ship has a speed of 280 miles an hour with a 1,100-horsepower radial. Powered with an Allison engine with 100 less horsepower, the lancelike P37 gained 75 m.p.h...