Word: stallings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Submarines, operating in the China Sea, hacked at the lifelines which carried coking coal from Indo-China, oil from the East Indies, materials which the Emperor's war machine must have or stall. Washington announced this week that 14 more Jap ships, including three transports, had fallen victim to the raiders, bringing the submarine score against Jap ships to 422 definitely destroyed...
...there was a limit to MacArthur's campaign, no matter how well fought. Without greater reserves of men, materiel and, ships than he appeared to have last week, his blitz would stall and die. About that limit, and the reasons for it, General MacArthur had something to say last week (see below...
...night but be invisible to the enemy; an improved means of signaling the identity of ground troops to friendly planes and vice versa; a simple, harmless process for darkening metals, especially aluminum, so that they will not reflect light; a method of waterproofing vehicles so that engines will not stall when they ford streams; an inexpensive, durable metal for soldiers' dishes; a means of absorbing or eliminating poisonous carbon monoxide (apparently a substantial problem to soldiers .working around motorized equipment and plane hangars); new methods of sabotage for use by "friendly inhabitants within [enemy] occupied areas...
Fred Beck's trick is to belittle his merchandise. This is a sure-fire way to attract attention in Los Angeles. Typical Beck comment: "Our tomatoes are tasteless. We'll let you know when they are good again." Readers, who like his frankness, jam the 84-stall market from 9 to 6 every...
Eager students, trying to get in on the gravy, would call the Network before the tunes were played and then stall around, hoping to be able to guess the name. Others called just to have...